Dear parents

It is a very exciting day today as the P&C and staff prepare for the fete this afternoon. After many, many months of planning, it is now time for the whole school community to enjoy this great event. The P&C have ensured that there will be something for everyone with a range of stalls including White Elephant, face painting, hair and nail stalls and plenty of food from the canteen. There are also rides and a jumping castle. We hope you can join us for a great afternoon and support our P&C and students at the same time.

Coding at Tolland Earlier in the week I had the opportunity to visit 5/6F in the Library working with Mr Fryer. This term the students have been learning how to code (using a program called Scratch). Their challenge is to build a lego machine and then program (code) the machine to move around. Watching the students working collaboratively together was amazing and listening to the way they had to problem-solve on the run was really exciting. Some of the students also have the opportunity to attend a robotics class at Mount Austin HS every Tuesday for a masterclass in coding.

Kindergarten 2017 Parent Information Sessions Information sessions for parents of children commencing Kindergarten in 2017 will be held in the Library on Wednesday 23rd November. We encourage all parents to come along to hear important information to assist in a successful transition to Kindergarten in 2017.

Narrandera Swim Reward Day On Wednesday 14th December, we are holding our final reward day for the year at the Narrandera Lake Talbot complex. This is a chance to acknowledge those students who have displayed our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Care and Co-operation. The school has subsidised part of the total, making the cost for the day only $10.00. This includes the bus trip and entry to the pool. Please make sure you pay by the due date so the students can enjoy a fabulous day.

Have a great week.

Matthew Gray

Tolland Public School School Newsletter

We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people and recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of

Aboriginal people in our community.

Dates to Remember

Thursday

17th

November

SCHOOL FETE 3.30pm-5pm

Wednesday

23rd

November

Kinder 2017 Parent Information Session BOOK CLUB DUE

Thursday

1st

December

Levels Assembly

Friday

2nd

December

Cultural Day

Wednesday

7th

December

Presentation

Day

Week 6 Term 4 Thursday 17th November 2016

Principal Matthew Gray

Tolland Public School Hawkes Place TOLLAND NSW 2650

Phone: 02 6931 1263 Fax: 02 6931 4312 Email: tolland-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.tolland-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Weekly Merit Awards

Tyler L Isabella J Cindel S Cordell K Taylor A

Kya C Tyra-Lee M Nicholas S Kakala U Corey G

Ella E Molly C Jamika R Nathaniel G

Shanice A Shayne S Izabella D Matilda A

Savannah C George B Riah H Shakur N

Weekly PBL Awards

Liam G Ethan H Ella M Melitta M Amogh B

Madilyn B Kelissa K Ruby M Kakala U Nathan M

Tasmin C Lennox C Jaylen M Haneen A

Jett P Maleek T Levi W Nathan C

Jordyn M Grayden T Cody S Chloe M

Our target this year Attendance last week Attendance this year

92% 88.37% 87.38%

Week 6 Term 4 Thursday 17th November 2016

Home Reading Awards

25 Nights 75 Nights 100 Nights 125 Nights

Zjarlie L Jack G Liam G Manasa W

150 Nights Abbigail S Kyson W 200 Nights

Nathaniel G Lucas W Laura H

Family and friends are invited to attend the Tolland Public School student Presentation

Day on:

Wednesday 7th of December

Infants Assembly at 10.00am

followed by

Primary at 12.15pm

We look forward to celebrating your child/childrens’ achievements with you on the

day.

TOLLAND “TIGERS” TEE BALL TEAM

Constable Tim Bourke requires 6-10 players from

kindergarten and year 1 who are interested in playing

in a non–competitive tee-ball competition on a Friday

night. The competition is part of the local WWSA

Friday evening competition.

(6pm-7pm)

Training and a meeting with parents will start next

Wednesday the 23rd of November at 3:30pm on the

school oval.

Cost $50 for the season—No experience necessary—

Coaching provided

Season finishes Easter 2017

Week 6 Term 4 Thursday 17th November 2016

Week 6 Term 4 Thursday 17th November 2016

2017 KINDERGARTEN

PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

Wednesday 23rd of November 9:30am – School Library

Come for morning tea and be prepared to start school in 2017.

This term in K-2N and 1-4M the students have

studied a unit of work on the Fancy Nancy

book collection by Jane O’Connor. To

celebrate the end of our unit of work we had a

Fancy Nancy dress up party where the

students wore their fanciest outfits and

completed some special activities including

decorating bow ties and painting our nails!

3/4B have been conducting inquiry based learning in Science this term. Students investigated our current playground and decided they could design a more exciting area to play in. Through creativity and collaboration students worked together to design and make a model playground suited to our school.

They collected data from their peers, and considered the needs of students in the school. The process started by sketching their ideas, creating a design criteria and using a variety of materials to represent their ideas. Thank you to all the parents who brought in materials to help us create our amazing models.

NARRANDERA POOL

CELEBRATION DAY

Wednesday 14th December

Departing school 9:30am

Please bring following items on the day:

change of clothes, towel, lunch and recess

(NO lunches at canteen) drink bottle,

sunscreen, and school hat.

Optional Water Slide 50c per ride

A maximum of $5 spending money is

allowed for the canteen/slide. Students must

wear suitable sun safe clothes. No thongs or

singlet tops permitted.

Do you know of any families

that may not know about our

Bimbi Preschool ?

We are now taking

enrolments for Bimbi

Preschool students for 2017.

Please phone 6931 1263 or

call into the Tolland Public

School office for further

information.

Friday 2nd December

Children will be assigned a

specific country and dress up in the

colours of their national flag on the

day. The canteen will have specific

country based foods all of Week 8 to

support this day, with a special

lunch order option for the Friday.

More Information to follow.