IRRAWANG PUBLIC SCHOOL...Presentation Day is coming soon and I look forward to celebrating the success of all our Aussie 5 Superstars. You will be informed by the school if your child

Irrawang Public School 21 Geer Street

RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 P: 49872403/ 49872600

F: 49874063 Principal:

Stacy Mathieson Webpage: http://www.irrawang-

p.schools.nsw.gov.au Email:

[email protected]

Inside this issue:

Principal’s Message 1

CARES Excursion & Assembly Roster

2

PBL 3

Library News 4

Who am I 5

Canteen volunteer 6

Parking Notice, Office calls, Screen printing

7

Enrolment, Facebook, Aussie 5 8

Absentee Note 9

IRRAWANG PUBLIC SCHOOL

An Innovative, Vibrant and Diverse Learning Community

Term 4, Week 8, 2 December 2016

Dear Parents/Carers Only 10 school days to go!

As the year draws to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for making my first year as Principal such an enjoyable experience. I have absolutely loved getting to know all the students and their families and am looking forward to an exciting 2017 with all of you.

Presentation Day is coming soon and I look forward to celebrating the success of all our Aussie 5 Superstars. You will be informed by the school if your child is receiving an award on the day.

Students have also been working very hard in the playground towards filling their PBL passport. All students with a filled card will be invited to a Principal Reward Day with me at the movies in the last week of school.

I would also like to take this time to say farewell to Mrs. Berry - our amazingly talented

Teacher/Librarian. Mrs Berry is taking leave for term one 2017 and will then be retiring. Mrs Berry, your love of literacy and learning has been passed on to so many of our staff and students, improving many lives. You will be missed by all and we look forward to hearing all about your future adventures. All the best Mrs Berry.

In saying farewell, we also say welcome to Mrs Lynch who will be joining us for term one, 2017 as our new Teacher/Librarian. Mrs Lynch comes with much experience as a librarian and I know the library will be in very safe hands.

Not long now until holidays. Enjoy the last couple of weeks of school, it is going to be busy!

Keep checking bags for notes and facebook for updates.

Kind Regards,

Stacy Mathieson

Principal

School Calendar 2016

TERM 4

7/12 - K-6 Presentation Day

8/12 - Preschool Presentation Day

12/12 - Assemble

14/12 - P&C Meeting 4pm Library

15/12 - Year 6 Farewell

16/12 - XMAS Concert!!

16/12 - Last Newsletter for 2016

16/12 - Last Day Of School!!!!!!!!!!!

30/01/17 Mon - !st School Day Y1-6

2/2/17 Thur - 1st Day for Kinder

6/2/17 Mon - 1st Day for Preschool

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING RESPECT

ASSEMBLY ROSTER TERM 4 2016 Term 4 Class

Week 8 Special Ed

Week 10 YEAR 6

(IPS Staff, School Community, Students, Parents)

Hello PBL Members

Irrawang Public School Community are safe, responsible learners who

show respect in all settings

Sometimes our emotions and our reactions can force us to intentionally

harm others or leave a supervised area, making it unsafe for us.

Controlling our actions and emotions is an important tool in making sure

we do not physically harm others and that we remain safe. Our Aussie

5 rule “I can control what I do and say” reminds us to respect others but

also ourselves.

At times routines are suddenly changed or there may be a change of

personnel. As safe, responsible learners we need to respect these chang-

es. For some, especially children, coping with change is hard, resulting

in making poor choices. We all need to learn how to cope with changes

by making the right choice.

PBL Week 8

Library News

Congratulations to our fantastic Gold and Platinum Premier’s Reading Challenge award winners! These students have been successful in gaining their PRC certificate for 4 consecutive years to

achieve Gold, and for 7 years in a row to achieve Platinum … that’s every year including kindergarten!!!

What a glorious achievement! If they continue for just a couple more when at high school, they

will receive a very special medal. Now that’s something to aim for!

Scholastic Bookclub orders are due back next week. Thank you to everyone who supports our school Library by ordering from Bookclub.

I recently read about some new research conducted by Macquarie University in Sydney. Their early childhood lecturer, Dr Colliver, said that parents are often pressured to buy pricey apps

and educational toys thinking these things will boost their child’s brain power. Her work with 4 year olds found that children were more interested in what the adults around them were

doing; that they learn how the world works by watching and copying the people around them. The research suggests less time on the apps in favour of engaging children in regular household

chores. So here are a few things you can do to improve your child’s literacy and numeracy.

1. Write a letter or postcard …. e.g., to Nanna who lives in another town just to say hello, or a special one to Santa.

2. Make a shopping list …. This helps with problem solving, thinking about what food needs to be bought and in what quantities.

3. Set the table …. Think about how many people are eating. Will we need just forks , or knives too?

4. Cook …. How much food will people eat? What if an extra person is staying for dinner? 5. Send an email …. Talk about what you are writing, how you are spelling the words and sound

them out as you go. 6. Sort out the laundry …. Helps children identify patterns. 7. Stack the dishwasher … Helps with grouping items such as round bowls and flat plates.

The Library is now closed for the two last weeks of the year. This gives time to do stocktaking exercises and other administrative tasks that are required to maintain our Library in an efficiently organised state. Thank you for the return of lots of overdue books. Please continue searching for those still “hiding”. Thank you.

Happy reading everyone! Chris Berry, Teacher Librarian

WHO AM I—Family

Congratulations to Katie Baira, the winners of our guessing competition in the “Who am I”

feature of the Newsletter week 6.

The correct answer was the Heidi Mascord / Mascord family.

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

5 Things you don’t know about me- Staff

1. I love fishing.

2. My favourite animal is a meerkat.

3. I dislike melted ice cream.

4. I am a twin.

5. I love Maths.

Who is this staff member?

Please write your answer on the tear off slip at the bottom of the page. Place in the foyer

at the office by the morning of Friday week 9 (9th December).

The winner is the first correct answer drawn out of the box which will be published in the

final newsletter for the year, Week 10 (16th December).

Good luck!

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

Guessing Competition Answer.

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Name: ………………………………………………………………………..

Class: …………………………………

Answer: ………………………………………………………………………

Canteen Volunteers Needed

Providing nutritious food in our canteen is a vital step in helping kids set up healthy routines and habits for life. Our canteen is run with the help of a network of volunteers from our school community working together. If you can spare any time to join our network and help prepare and serve food at our canteen, we would very much appreciate a hand. Its easy and fun work with On-the-job training and you can dedicate as much or as little time as you like. Our time is from 8:15am-12.30pm if you are available. All volunteers’ efforts are rewarded with a healthy lunch and as much tea and coffee as you can drink. Just fill in the volunteers slip below and email or send it back to school. If you have any queries please feel free to contact me via phone, email or drop in to the canteen for a chat. Many thanks, Phyllipa Elvidge Canteen Supervisor 49872403 [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Canteen Volunteer

This information is kept confidential and secure unless otherwise noted.

Volunteer Name: ____________________________ Best Contact Number: ______________________ Email Address: _________________________________________ Child(s) Name: _________________________ Class: __________ Day(s) Available to Volunteer: Frequency you would like to volunteer:

Monday Once a week Tuesday

Once a fortnight Wednesday

Once a month Thursday

Once a term Friday Other:_________________

Any Special request, such as being rostered with friends or particular dates etc: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Extra copies available from the Office or Canteen.

SCHOOL ZONE PARKING OFFENCES:

$169.00

+ 2 Points

$304.00

+ 2 Points $304.00

+ 2 Points

SCREEN PRINTING: Reminder you can leave your child/children’s

Sport shirts in the office with $2 per shirt and we will

have the school logo screen printed on them for you.

CALLS TO THE OFFICE FOR LATE PICK UP: If you have to ring the school to get a message to your child/children

that you are going to be late, please try to ring before 2.45pm.

If you ring after 2.45pm we can not guarantee that the message will

reach your child/children before the bell.

Thank you for your understanding.

Irrawang Public School Safety Responsibility Learning Respect

HAS YOUR CHILD ENROLLED FOR SCHOOL

NEXT YEAR?

WILL YOUR CHILD BE STARTING

KINDERGARTEN OR PRESCHOOL NEXT

YEAR?

ENROL NOW FOR THE BEST START TO

YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION!!!

ENQUIRE NOW!

Please ask at the office or phone 02 4987 2403

CAUTION: Please remember that if you are putting photos from school events on your personal Facebook page that other children should not be in the photos unless you have permission from their parents or carers.

IRRAWANG AUSSIE 5

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave:

*Sick ____________________ *Other Reason_______________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave:

*Sick ____________________ *Other Reason_______________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave:

*Sick _____________________ *Other Reason________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************