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29th November, 2012 Communicating with our valued community Term 4 : Week 7

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It was an absolute pleasure to attend the AECG Awards at Gorokan High School last night. Congratulations to students from Toukley Public School who received awards. PRESCHOOL Jet Gartside-Forrester : Strong cultural background, shows pride in Aboriginal culture and a willingness to share knowledge with others. Strong interest and knowledge of bush culture. Daniella Smith : Positive attitude to learning and completion of tasks. An outstanding artist. Cooper McEwen : Strong cultural background, shows pride in Aboriginal culture and a willingness to share with others enabling greater confidence and improved social skills within the group. Cody Dunn : Positive attitude to school. Outstanding attendance and commitment to school orientation programs. Rikki Pierson : Pleasing improvement in language skills.

K—6 AWARD WINNERS Academic: Peta Louise Rixom —Outstanding academic achievement. Cultural: Jack Lindsay —Interest in and promotion of Aboriginal culture. Sport: Nicholas Tabrett —Outstanding participation in sports activities. He always displays positive sportsmanship. Encouragement: Shannon Renwick —Displays a positive attitude to all areas of school life and is a positive role model for all students. Achievement: Lachlan Tabrett —Consistent progress in all areas . Highly developed leadership skills. Attendance: Trent Poore —Outstanding school attendance. Congratulations to Claire Cantwell who won the prestigious ‘The Lion, Peter Foster Memorial Public Speaking Scholarship’. All students who participated did themselves and the school proud. Narelle Armour—Principal

MC3 have made amazing progress this semester. The students thoroughly enjoyed creative writing each week and have all progressed to writing independently, using their fantastic imaginations. Each week we publish stories on computers and will collate our collection of stories at the end of the term. This term in Maths we have been honing our skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We are currently learning to carefully read worded problems and establish what the question is asking us to do. Then students are applying their previously learnt skills to solve the problem. Students are finding it challenging, but are realising how Maths can apply in the real world. In Science we are studying a unit called 'Life and Living Things'. We have completed lots of hands on activities including; growing grass head pets, collecting and sifting through leaf litter looking for and cataloguing living things, experimenting with types of foods that ants are attracted to, walking around the school completing a survey of the and different types of birds. Students are becoming adept at writing descriptions of various animals and have drawn some fantastic pictures to accompany their writing. What a productive and interesting semester. It has been a pleasure to teach the wonderful children in MC3 this year. We are all looking forward to end of year celebrations and activities followed by a relaxing summer holiday. Trudi Carter—Class Teacher

K/1H Jayke Cohen, Isabel Steiner-Hudson K/1W Ben Long, Tionne Bates KJ Tamika Gilkes, Justin Cousins KP Cohen Mundy, Finlay Smith KT Lola-Rose Pont, Thomas Ellen 1L Kiara Buck, Janaya Wiles 2/3P Hayley Corderoy, Lewis Swannell 2M Mia Hilder, Breiana Keays 2S Kai Chandler, Deakotah Finn 3/4N Kaitlin Gilchrist, Montana Sharpe 3/4W Joel Dunn, Amelia Barone 3G Zane Peachey 4L Aleysha Roffe, Josh Daniels 5/6B Fletcher Irvine, Georgie Saare 5/6M Emily Wright, Dannielle Smith MC3 Kameron Majkut, Courtney Bunyan

STAR CLASS AWARDS — 26th November, 2012

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Open Monday & Wednesday 8am—9.30am NEW PRICE LIST Polo shirt $ 20.00 Zip jackets $ 30.00 Skorts $ 25.00 Trackpants $ 20.00 Sport Shorts $ 18.00 Hats $ 10.00 January Holiday Opening Times The school shop will be open for you to buy or pick up lay-bys on Thursday 10th, 17th and 24th January, 2013.

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LION PETER FOSTER MEMORIAL PUBLIC SPEAKING SCHOLARSHIP Congratulations to Claire Cantwell who was announced as the first winner of The Lion Peter Foster Memorial Public Speaking Scholarship at an assembly on Monday. Claire won $700 in vouchers to be used for educational purposes for high school. Toukley Public School is thrilled that our school was chosen to be the recipient of this annual scholarship. Thank you to Colin Pyke from the Lions Club and to Mrs Foster who has donated this award in her husband’s memory. PLAYGROUP Playgroup will be visiting Kooloora Preschool next Tuesday 4th December. We will meet in the Community Room, then all walk together at 9.30am for a fun morning at Kooloora.

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TOUKLEY TALENT SHOW The annual Talent Show will be held on Monday 17th December . The auditions began on Tuesday, with the children excited to show us their acts, and will continue to be held at lunch throughout the next two weeks. A program for the day will be advertised in the newsletter in Week 10. The successful performers will perform in two shows. Kris Stillman NEWCASTLE PERMANENT PRIMARY MATHS COMPETITION Congratulations to Joel Shortland who came equal 5th (3rd in Gosford District) in the Newcastle Permanent Primary Maths Competition (Year 5). Joel was presented with a District Award at the Newcastle Permanent Primary Maths Competition Presentation Ceremony on 7th November. Joel was also invited to attend the Maths Camp along with Joeli Morris and Harrison Packham in March next year. SPORTS PHOTOS Sports photos have arrived and are on display in the foyer. Orders together with payment need to be left at the office no later than Monday 10th December. PRESENTATION DAY 2012 : TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER Presentation Day assemblies will be held as follows: Years 3-6 at 9.30am Preschool to Year 2 at 12.00 noon

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Friday 30th November � Kindy Start ends Tuesday 4th December � PBL Christmas Dress Up Day Wednesday 5th December � After School Sport ends � Gorokan High School Orientation

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS! DRESS UP DAY The PBL Committee are holding a fundraiser on Tuesday 4th December . The theme is “All I Want for Christmas”, with students being asked to come to school dressed as something they would like to receive for Christmas. All students should bring a gold coin donation on the day. There will be prizes for the best, most creative costumes so start thinking! NRL EXCURSION Last Friday 52 children from Grades 3, 4 and 5 travelled to Sydney to participate in a Literacy and leadership day at NRL headquarters in Paddington. The program was called “Dream, Believe, Achieve” and had a variety of Literacy activities focused on making good choices, setting goals, thinking big and believing in yourself. NRL players, past and present, spoke to the children about the value of hard work, commitment, leadership and success. Another excellent excursion for the children of our dynamic school! Alan Andoni

TERM 4 ENDS: Wednesday 19th December.

BUS PASSES 2013 Year 2 students progressing to Year 3 in 2013 are required to submit a new application for a free travel pass. Applications have been sent home to eligible families and these should be returned to the office as soon as possible. Families who live inside the 1.6km radius and are not eligible for subsided bus travel are able to apply directly to Transport for NSW stating their reasons. Students who are ineligible for subsidised bus travel can purchase a bus pass from the Busways depot at Charmhaven during the December/January holidays. PLAYGROUP Our Community Room comes alive with fun and laughter each Tuesday morning from 9am—11am. Our Community Engagement Officer Annette Starr conducts a play group where children from the entire Toukley community are welcome to come along with their parents/carers and enjoy 2 hours of play, fun, music and laughter. The children enjoy activities such as colouring in, playing with the vast array of toys and many interesting creations are made from playdough. During the morning our preschool teacher Mrs Sharon Buck engages the children in 15 minutes of educational musical activities. The increasing number of families attending enjoy this wonderful social interaction for 2 hours each Tuesday.

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