Coorabell Public School€¦ · Coorabell Public School Community ewsletter Always Do Your Best Coorabell P.S. is a proud member of Lighthouse Valley Learning Community Mango Lane,

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 1 Week 7 - 12th March, 2018

RESPECT Show respect to yourself, your peers and to all adults

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Marley, Oliver and friends with some fantastic artwork

Huge congratulations and thank you to Blair and his merry men/woman/children who persevered through some very ordinary weather conditions to participate in our P&C Working Bee on Saturday. The work they did around our school grounds and even in the canteen is greatly appreciated and will benefit our Coorabell School significantly. Also see P&C News attached.

Big welcome to new student Lydia and her family to our Coorabell School community.

As you may know I have continued to play traffic warden each morning and afternoon. I have also asked the staff to park in the school car park

adjacent to the library to alleviate congestion and available parking for parents in the morning. This action plan seems to be working very well. Big thank you to all the parents that have supported this initiative as illegally parking seems to no longer be an issue. We have formalised a risk assessment in regards to parent parking and the school bus turning area which will be presented to the P&C tomorrow evening along with an updated site supervision risk assessment for Coorabell Public.

Mrs Brown has taken leave for the following two weeks leaving our wonderful creative arts program in the very capable hands of Mrs Dyer. Check out the photo of 5/6’s latest visual art creations.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to attend the PSSA Football (soccer) trials for the Galuhndar District representative team: Girls-Edie, Rose, Hope, Annabel & Eden; Boys- Joshua, Jesua, Ryan, Harry & Asher. I would have nominated many more boys in particular this year as we have a very strong skill level in soccer but unfortunately was limited to only five nominations. Good luck kids!

Congratulations to Yumi for her time & effort once again volunteering for Sea Shepherd and managing to raise $130. (continued over page)

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 1 2018Mar 16 National Day of Action Against Bullying 19 PSSA Football Trials-Boys/Girls 20 Adoles.Sense (Yr 5 & Yr 6) 30 GOOD FRIDAY Public holidayApr 2 EASTER MONDAY Public Hol 10 Adoles.Sense (Yr5 & Yr6) 13 Last day of TERM 1

TERM 2 2018May 1 First day of TERM 2 17 Bravehearts (K-2)Jun 22 NORPA whole school 78 storey treehouseJul 6 Last day of TERM 2

FRIDAY Assembly this week Whole School Assembly will be on this FRIDAY

16th March - Commences at 1.45pm in the library

The Year 5/6 students will lead the assembly.

Class 2/3 will be presenting an item.

ALL PARENTS/CARERS WELCOME.

REMINDERS

Year 6 moving into high school forms should have been returned.(Year 6 students only)

Permission to Publish slip to be signed & returned.

Student Resources payment of $90 per child now due.

Voluntary Contribution now due $45 per child or $80 per family.

Ukulele Term 1, 2, 3 & 4 Tuition fee due - $25 per term due (or pay $100 for the year).

WANTED - BOOKCOVERERS

Thank you once again to Sybil (Reggie’s mum) and Alex (Persia & Xavier’s mum) for continually putting their hands up to cover our new library books for us. We have a major influx of new library books and would love some more volunteers as there are piles of new library books to cover. All

materials supplied.

Thank you also to all the wonderful volunteers who have helped in the past.

(continued from page 1) Congratulations also to Yumi and Amana for their creative participation in a promotional video clip for Byron Youth Theatre’s latest production. Check this out at https://vimeo.com/258703429/. Also see photo attached.

Unfortunately our incredibly generous and talented P&C Treasurer, Simon Field, is no longer available to continue in the role. It would be wonderful if we could alleviate Simon from this position as soon as possible as a mark of respect for everything he has done for Coorabell Public School. If there is anyone who is interested Simon has offered to assist in a transitional period for the new treasurer. There will be a P&C meeting in the library commencing at 6pm tomorrow. The P&C has been a wonderful supporter for our school. All most welcome to attend and contribute to our Coorabell community in a most meaningful and beneficial manner.

Big thank you also to Claire (Sascha and Hugh’s mum) and Mia (Hunter P’s mum) for providing some delicious pizza and treat last Friday that was thoroughly appreciated by all that ordered.

Many thanks

Geoff Coghlan

PS. Don’t forget this Friday we have a school assembly and Class 2/3 will be presenting an item. All most welcome to attend.



Coorabell SRC challenge Coorabell SRC invites you to be a part of the 5 and 10 cent challenge! All you need to do is bring in your 5 and 10 cent pieces to raise money for our sister school the Mahera Academy in Kenya.

Each class has a milk bottle to collect their coins- let’s see if you can fill it with 5 and 10 cent pieces.

You have 2 weeks until Monday the 26th of March to fill those bottles!

The class with the most coins will receive an ice-block. If we raise over $150 the whole school will get 15 minutes free play.

Coorabell SRC invite you to be part of the

5 and 10 cent Challenge

Bring in 5 and 10 cent pieces to raise money for our sister school The Marhera Academy in Kenya.Money will be collected in class.Can your class raise the most?Will you be part of the winning class?Challenge starts today and closes Monday 26th of March.

SCHOOL NEWS



HEALTH ADVICE Impetigo

There has been a number of reported incidence of impetigo at school over the past week.

Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection caused by Streptococcus and Staphylococcus bacteria. It is commonly known as ‘school sores’ because a majority of cases are in school-aged children. However, it can also affect infants, adults and adolescents.

How is it spread?

Impetigo is very easy to catch from other people. Impetigo is usually spread through direct contact with other infected people.

The bacteria primarily enter through damaged skin. People with conditions causing long-term damage to their skin, such as eczema or atopic dermatitis, are at greater risk of infection.

How is it treated?

Depending on how bad the infection is, your doctor may recommend the use of an antibiotic ointment or oral antibiotics in severe cases. Antibiotic ointment should be continued until the sores have completely healed. If oral antibiotics are given it is important to finish the whole course of treatment (usually 5 days) and not stop when the impetigo starts to clear.

Sores should be cleaned every 8 – 12 hours, dried thoroughly and covered with a waterproof dressing. Bathing the blisters with salty water will help to dry them out (use saline solution or dissolve about half a teaspoon of salt in a cup of water). Communicable Diseases Factsheet Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin. Good hygiene helps prevent spread of infection. If antibiotics are given it is important to finish the whole course to make sure the impetigo will not recur.

How can you avoid spreading the infection?

While you have the infection:

Sores should be kept clean and covered with a waterproof dressing to prevent them being touched or scratched.

Used dressings should be placed in a sealed bag and put in the garbage bin as soon as they are removed.

Hands should be washed thoroughly with soap and running water for 10 – 15 seconds after sores are touched or redressed.

Children with impetigo should be kept home from school or other group settings if their wounds cannot be kept covered until 24 hours after antibiotic treatment has been started, or until the blisters have dried out if antibiotics are not used.



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

week.

BAND NEWS Welcome Craig!Hello Parents and Students…

I am excited to announce I will be the Guitar and Didgeridoo tutor at Coorabell Pubic School for 2018 for interested students.

With 20+ years’ experience in performing, and the last 6 years sharing my passion and experience through teaching Guitar, Bass, Didgeridoo, Djembe and Cajon, as well as song writing. My lessons are designed to not just teach how to play guitar or Didgeridoo, but also to develop and enhance self-confidence & esteem, focus, communication and coordination.

Guitar and Didgeridoo lessons will be on Thursday’s commencing this Thursday 1st March, but as there are limited spaces please email me ASAP on [email protected] or call me on 0402 293 785 to secure your booking and assist me in developing the roster.

The costs are $30 for half hour solo lesson, or group lessons (2-4 students) will be $15 per person.

I look forward to the opportunity to take your child through their musical and creative journey.

Regards - Craig Atkins

COMMUNITY NEWSSCHOOL NEWS

Yumi raising money for Sea Shepherd

P&C NEWS

P&C MEETINGTUESDAY MARCH 13

6 - 8 pm THE LIBRARY

STAY IN TOUCH WITH THESCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS

We love to keep in touch. The P&C is keen to keep the community updated with news, please email us at [email protected] so we can add you to our

distribution list. Also do like us on facebook at Coorabell Public School P&C Association.

WORKING BEE

A huge thank you to all who came to the Working Bee on Saturday morning.The weather may have scared some off but there were a healthy number of ea-ger

helpers and we were able to mulch, prune and tidy a number of areas at the school. The kids had a great time in the wet as well.

I must send my apologies for not bringing the snacks I had arranged! Oops.

-----CANTEEN NEWS-----BIG thanks to Susan for her time and energy on Saturday cleaning, sorting and

restructuring the canteen... amazing things to come.

Thank you to Mia and Alice for their help last Friday and look forward to Emma and Stella’s offerings this Friday.

PS. New ordering system coming very soon!

-----P&C MEETING TOMORROW!-----We shall be planning the calendar of events for the year.

Please join us if you can.

ORDERFOR

MON Mar 19by FRI Mar 16

-----CANTEEN ORDERS-----Sushi & Canteen Orders must be in separate envelopes please. These two events are managed by different parents who already spend much of their valuable time helping out. Also can you

make sure if you have money owing that it is sent in as soon as possible.PLEASE PUT SUSHI and CANTEEN ORDERS in SEPARATE ENVELOPES!!!!!!!!!

UPCOMING DELIGHTS: Hosted by Emma (Asher's mum) & Stella (Hunter H's mum)Fri MAR 16 ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise or a veg sauce option - $6 PER LUNCH

ORDERS MUST BE IN BY THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR.Child 1 Child 2 Child 3

First Name__________________ First Name__________________ Family Name_______________Class: (please circle) Class: (please circle) Class: (please circle)

K 1/2 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6 K 1/2 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6 K 1/2 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6

Money enclosed: (circle) Money enclosed: (circle) Money enclosed: (circle)

$6 for Fri Mar 16 only $6 for Fri Mar 16 only $6 for Fri FMar 16 only

Meal choice: (circle one) Meal choice: (circle one) Meal choice: (circle one) MEAT / VEG MEAT / VEG MEAT / VEG

Family total $ ____________

Please ensure orders are in by 3pm this Wednesday

CHILD NAME CHILD NAME CHILD NAME

__________ ____________ __________ ____________ __________ ____________

CLASS (please circle) CLASS (please circle) CLASS (please circle)

K 1 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6 K 1 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6 K 1 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6

___ Tuna @ $4 = $___ ___ Tuna @ $4 = $___ ___ Tuna @ $4 = $___

___ Chicken @ $4 = $___ ___ Chicken @ $4 = $___ ___ Chicken @ $4 = $___

___ Veg @ $3 = $___ ___ Veg @ $3 = $___ ___ Veg @ $3 = $___

Total $_____ Total $_____ Total $_____

Family TOTAL = $_______

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