Coorabell Public School · Brisbane and Federal Loves Refugees had the honour of attending the 5/6 Brisbane excursion for the kids to spend the day at the school. The Coorabell P&C

Coorabell Public SchoolCommunity Newsletter

Always Do Your Best

Coorabell P.S. is a proud member of Lighthouse Valley Learning Community

Mango Lane, Coorabell NSW 2479 t: 02 6684 7281 f: 02 6684 7161w: www.coorabell-p.schools.nsw.edu.au e: [email protected]

Principal: Mr Geoff Coghlan

We are a nut aware school

To Be Considerate, To Be Positive, To Be Safe, To Be A Learner

INFORMATION VALUE OF THE WEEK P.B.L.

Term 3 Week 2 - Monday 25th July

EXCELLENCE Always Do Your Best

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

QUOTE OF THE WEEK‘A person who has no imagination has no wings’

Muhammid Ali

Tristan Bancks & happy crew

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! to Tristan Bancks, The Byron Writers Festival and Shelley (Luis’s mum) for providing classes 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6 with a truly valuable creative writing experience with Tristan last Wednesday and Friday. Tristan’s vibrant presentation captivated each classes imagination and creativity in a most beneficial manner. Tristan was so impressed with Coorabell’s astute and insightful contributions that he has decided to include an acknowledgment to our kids in his next publication. Well done everyone!

It’s official. The 125th Anniversary and the unveiling of the time capsule buried 25 years ago at the 100th Anniversary (1991) of the school will take place on Friday the 26th August with the ceremony beginning at 1.30pm. All past, present and future students, families, community members and staff are most welcome to attend. Please see invite and further information attached.

As an integral part of the PDHPE curriculum Coorabell will be participating in

an 8 week Gymnastics skills program commencing this Friday. Many schools are now choosing not to undertake gymnastics due to the expense of equipment and the

Tristan

level of expertise required for safe instruction. School Gymnastics is Australia’s leading provider offering fun programs of excellent quality by highly accredited and experienced instructors.

Hope everyone can make it to the P&C Triv & Tunes Trivia night this Friday. It promises to be a really fun night. See you all there.

Many thanks

Geoff Coghlan

Coorabell Public School t: 02 6684 7281 w: www.coorabell-p.schools.nsw.edu.au


POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING This week we are focusing on

the PLAYGROUND

UPCOMING EVENTS! TERM 3

July 27 ‘We will rock you’ Class 5/6 Excursion 29 Gymnastic 8 week program commences - Whole school K-6

August 2 ICAS English 5 District Athletics - Cavanbah Centre 16 ICAS Mathematics 16 Milperra High School visiting 17 Zone Athletics 26 125th Anniversary/Open Day including time capsule opening

Sept 2,9 & 16 Kindergarten 2017 Orientation 5 Life Education Van 6 Life Education Van 23 LAST DAY of Term 3

TERM 4Oct 10 FIRST DAY of Term 4Dec 16 LAST DAY of Term 4

NO Tuesday Assembly this weekNext School Assembly will be in Week 3 Term 3

The 5/6 students will lead the assembly.

G y m n a s t i c s permission note & money ($45) due by 27/7.

District Athletics Carnival permission note & money ($7) due by 29/7.

Ukulele Term 1, 2 & 3 Tuition fee due - $25 per term due (or pay $100 for the year).

Student Resource payment of $80 per student now due.

Voluntary Contribution $40 per student or $70 per family now due.

IMPORTANT Please make sure notes and money are forwarded in a sealed envelope with correct money and

marked with child’s name & activity.

REMINDERS

Class permission notes & money should be handed in by student to classroom box. Don’t forget if you pay on-line you still need to send in

a signed permission slip.

Tristan Bancks & crazy crew

Writing with Tristan



SCHOOL NEWS

Coorabell After School Care Operates from Coorabell Primary School

This service is available to all local student’s hours 3.00pm - 6.00pm afternoon tea is supplied

All fees are subsidised once the Child Care benefit and Child care rebate is applied.

The below fees are without rebate applied.

Bookings can be permanent from one day per week (the same day each week) to five days per week fees per day $24:00

We take casual bookings this will incur a casual fee $32.00 per day.

Please do not hesitate to contact the office on 66217397 or email [email protected]

PARENT ACTION SYMBOLParents - this symbol is an easy way to identify what you need to action this

week.

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

MULLUMBIMBY CHESS CLUB

The mullum junior chess club meets after school until 4.45pm Tuesdays in room F7 at Mullumbimby High School. All ages all standards. Fun games, encouragement and professional coaching. Ph Mike 66846281 further enquiries.

BYRON BAY JUNIOR BASKETBALL WINTER 2016-TERM 3

MINIBALL (8-12yr olds) Tuesdays 4-5pm @ Cavanbah Sports Centre starts Tuesday 26/07/16

AUSSIE HOOPS ( 5-8yr olds) Thursdays 3.30 - 4.15pm @ Byron Bay Public School (Term 3) starts 28/07/16

NB- We are still looking for Girls and Boys for some of our Primary School Teams!!

For more information www.byronbasketball.com or ph; 66872246 a/hrs

e-mail, [email protected]

Coorabell Public School w

ishes to invite you to join us to celebrate

Coorabell Public School 125th A

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The Anniversary cerem

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elcome all fam

ilies past, present and future of our school comm

unity Please share our invitation w

ith your friends and family

There w

ill be seating available for the elderly and special guests For further inform

ation and to RSVP please call the school office on (02) 6684 7281

We hope you can join us for this special celebration



As you know, in Term 2 Mr Coghlan and Mrs Crawford supported the Year 5/6 class to establish pen pal relationships with some of the students from Milpera school in Brisbane and Federal Loves Refugees had the honour of attending the 5/6 Brisbane excursion for the kids to spend the day at the school. The Coorabell P&C subsidised the cost of the bus to Brisbane, donating $370 to the school for that purpose.

It’s now time for the Milpera kids to visit Coorabell! This is a very exciting development in the relationship between the two schools and helps increase the connection our kids feel towards refugees and asylum seekers who are happy to call Australia home. One of the stand out comments of the day for me was my son who said after the excursion ‘mum, you always say refugees are people just like us, but now I know that they are literally just.like.us!’ – that’s what FLR is all about, it’s quite simple really – just people helping people.

FLR has offered to donate funds to the Milpera school to help with the cost of getting their kids to us. They are extending their school camp for a night to make the excursion possible and we didn’t want any of the families, who are already on very tight budgets, to struggle with that cost. We raise funds to support refugees in Brisbane in a number of ways – including simple things like buying kids school shoes, paying for driving lessons, paying for public transport travel cards and paying for legal support.

We would like to invite any parents or community members who would like to contribute toward FLR bringing the class from Milpera to Coorabell on August 16th to get in touch with us. It will cost $30 per child and we are hoping for 18 kids to attend. If you can help we would really appreciate your financial support – any amount would help!

We would also like to invite interested members of the community to attend a FLR film night showing of ‘Chasing Asylum’ on Saturday 27th August at the Federal Hall. Cost of entry is $20 without food, $30 with a vegan meal.

If you can donate any funds toward supporting the Milpera kids visit to Coorabell on August 16th, please email me at [email protected]

Thank you!

Peta, Fran and Julie

LUNCH ORDER Friday 29th July - NOTE & MONEY DUE WEDNESDAYP & C Lunches this week will be hosted by Clare (Hugh & Sascha’s mum). Cost of Lunch is $4.00 which

includes a healthy treat. Please have money & order handed into the classroom notes/money box by Wednesday morning.

.....................Avo Sushi roll ....................Tuna Sushi roll (Please indicate clearly the choice for each child)

Name......................................................................................... Class ........................ Enclosed $ ...........Please note: PLEASE NO VARIATION REQUESTS ON LUNCH ORDER DUE TO DIFFICULTY IN PREPARING FOR

LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS OHS- Students are not allowed to help with food preparation in the canteen.

Dear Parents and school community, Welcome to term 3! We are hoping that the pace of the P&C will be less arduous this term and thank you so much to everyone who contributed to what was a pretty hectic (but financially rewarding) Term 2. We are keen to start spending some of the funds we have raised and will be asking the school to make the first wish-list purchases ASAP. This term we are kicking off with our social event – Trivia and Tunes – this Friday night. We’ll start with a couple of hours of trivia so you can mingle – we have lots of great prizes thanks to our amazing supporters - and then local sensation DJ Pob will spin a few tunes for us to dance into the evening. The best way you can help P&C with this one is to please come! BYO platter to share, booze and glasses. Due to the tight turn around to organise this one early up in term, please get your tickets ASAP so we can arrange seating. We really need at least 80 people to put this on so please book your babysitter, grab your partner, friend or family member and come along. All proceeds going towards the many new computers needed in all classrooms for our kids. It should be heaps of fun. Tickets are available from the office and you can pay online: Summerland Credit Union A/C name: Coorabell Public School P&C BSB 728 728 A/C 2230 9885 Ref: Your Full Name Thanks for your ongoing support. FilmNightBrilliance!HugethankstoShellyandPobfortheirsterlingjobincoordinatingandcookingfortheFederalFilmNight–andduringtheschoolholidaysnoless.Thanksalsotothemanyhelperswhodonatedfood,bakedcakesandslavedoverahotdish-washeronthenight.It’salwaysheapsoffunandthefoodwasreallyamazing.Wemadejustover$1800aftercosts,soanotherreallyworthwhilefundraisingeffort.

TERM3DATESFORYOURDIARYJuly Fri29 ParentsNightOut:Trivia&Tunes

CoorabellHallCoordinator:DiVolunteers:DJPob

Sat20 BangalowBBQ&BluegrassFestivalGamesstallBangalowShowGrounds10-5pm

Coordinator:Simon&PaulVolunteers:Aarna

Wed24 P&CMeetingLibrary6pm Allparentswelcome!

August

Sun28Datetobeconfirmed

WorkingBeeSchoolgrounds9am-12pm

Coordinator:TobeadvisedVolunteers:

Sept Fri2 FathersDayBBQBreakfastCanteen7:30am-9:00am

Coordinator:FranVolunteers:Peta,Kelly

KeepintouchwiththeP&CandeachotherviatheP&CFacebookpage:SearchforCoorabellPublicSchoolP&CAssociation

LUNCH ORDERS THIS WEEKDUE WEDNESDAY



P & C LUNCHES - Cost $4.00 per lunchTHANK YOU so much to all those wonderful parents who volunteered in Term 2 - you’re awesome! Time to get it together for Term 3 so the kids can look forward to Friday lunches. So if you can please put your name down by returning the details to the school office. Thank you. For all new parents please feel free to contact Jenny or Karen in the office to find out about our Friday lunches.All expenses are reimbursed by the P&C. Just remember to keep all your receipts. Lunch suggestions: burritos/veg and meat, pizzas, soups, nori rolls, pasta dishes, lasagna, sausage rolls/cheese and spinach rolls, sausage sizzles......or try something new! Please provide a vegetarian alternative.

P & C LUNCHES - ROSTER TERM 3

Lunches need to be ready at 1.10pm. Kindergarten will be served first at this time with the rest to follow from 1.15pm.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW FOR TERM 3! TERM 3 ROSTER

Week # Date Parent Helper MenuWeek 1 Friday July 22 NO LUNCH Week 2 Friday July 29 Clare Connolly Sushi Rolls - Avo/Tuna

Week 3 Friday August 5 Caddie & Matt Ridgwell TBA

Week 4 Friday August 12 Week 5 Friday August 19 Week 7 Friday September 2 Week 8 Friday September 9

Week 9 Friday September 16

Week 10 Friday September 23

C O O R A B E L L P & C P R E S E N T

Triv &TunesA night of trivia and dancing.

Dress yourself & theme your table as something beginning with letter ‘t’

Prizes for best dressed table and the winning table

We have formed a table of 8. Names for the list are: ................................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

OR We need ..................................... (tickets) and to be put on a table with the ...................................................................... group please.

$................................... is enclosed or electronic transfer to P&C Bank account: The Summerland Credit Union – Coorabell Publ ic School P&C – BSB: 728 728 A/c No.2230 9885. Receipt number is .................................................................................................................

Friday 29th July 6pm – lateat Coorabell Hall

BYO Share Plate, Drinks & Glasses. Dessert provided.

Silent auction of fabulous donated prizes. $20 per ticket.

Please RSVP with slip below ASAP.

Coorabell Public School · Brisbane and Federal Loves Refugees had the honour of attending the 5/6 Brisbane excursion for the kids to spend the day at the school. The Coorabell P&C

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