NAROOMA PU LI S HOOL HAPPENINGS...all children arrive at school on time as lessons start promptly. hildren late to school miss out on vital information and direction from the teacher

HAPPENINGS Phone: 4476 2556 Fax: 4476 2264 Email: [email protected] Web: http://web2.narooma-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/internet

Term 2 Week 6 NAROOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL 4 June, 2019

National Simultaneous Story Time

National Simultaneous Story time was a huge success once again!

The children all enjoyed the reading of the book which was wonderfully delivered by Mr Neville. He truly made this book come to life. You may even see a photo of Mr Neville and Mrs Garcia on our Facebook site.

Thank you once again to Mr Neville for organising this event.

Debating at Narooma PS

Yesterday, our school’s team of debaters and Mrs Cross conducted a workshop in our school library where our team learnt many skills and tips to assist them in future debates.

The children that attended this workshop are:

Jesse Doull, Harmony Cannon, Claire Ovington, Eve Ratcliffe, Lilli Herman, Lacey Rowland, Ruben Smithers, Noel Booth, Marli Clark, Jack Close and Hunter McDonald.

Semester One Reports

Currently, teachers are busy compiling the Semester 1 reports for their classes. These reports will continue to report upon the continuums outlined in the National Curriculum as well as provide families with the NSW State Government’s requirement for a five point scale.

The school is aiming to hand out reports on Thursday July 4 to children on the second last day of this term.

Fingers crossed for a smooth printing process!

School Times.

We have noticed an increase with the number of children coming to school late each day. It is vitally important that all children arrive at school on time as lessons start promptly.

Children late to school miss out on vital information and direction from the teacher and they start each morning behind their classmates. They then need to play catch up which isn’t ideal.

I thank everyone for your anticipated co-operation with this issue.

Thank you,

Paul Sweeney Principal

Stay Sun Safe at School

To keep children safe we require that they wear a navy blue bucket hat for outdoor activities.

Please provide your child with a navy blue bucket hat to wear to school. $10 school hats can be purchased from the P&C Uniform Shop and the front office, but plain, navy blue hats without logos can also be worn.

We recommend that your child’s hat is clearly labelled and that it is kept in school.

SCHOOL PHOTOS—MONDAY 17 JUNE

Envelopes are coming home this week for the school photos which will be taken on Monday 17 June.

Please return envelopes to your child’s class teacher on the day of the photos (Monday, 17th June).

Sibling Photograph envelopes are available from the school office.

Coming Events: 4-7 Jun: BOOK FAIR Tues 4 Jun: P & C Meeting at 7.00pm in Staffroom Mon 10 Jun: Public Holiday Fri 14 Jun: Colour Fun Run Mon 17 Jun: School Photos Fri 21 Jun: NRL Stage 2 Cross Brothers, Narooma Tue 25 Jun: Premier’s Debating Challenge, Milton Fri 28 Jun: Year 5 NAIDOC Excursion, Mystery Bay Mon 1 Jul: Year 6 NAIDOC Excursion, Gulaga Tue 2 Jul: Year 3 NAIDOC Excursion, Boardwalk Tue 2 Jul: Year 4 NAIDOC Excursion, Town walk Tue 2 Jul: NAIDOC Evening Wed 3 Jul: Rugby League South Coast Finals Wed 3 Jul K/1/2 NAIDOC Excursion, Marine Park at NPS Thu 4 Jul: 1/2 day Athletics Carnival Fri 5 Jul: Athletics Carnival Fri 5 Jul: Last day of Term 2 Mon 22 Jul: Staff Development Day Tues 23 Jul: Students return to school Fri 2 Aug: District Athletics Carnival Wed 7 Aug: Whole School Performance (Matinee & Evening) Thu 8 Aug: Whole School Performance (Evening)

Kinder to Year 6 Assembly - Thursday, 6 June, 2019 at 2.00pm

The following students will be receiving an award at our Assembly this Thursday, 23 May. This week’s assembly is being run by the Echidna’s class.

Lighthouse Merit Awards

5 Merit Awards = 1 Gold Lighthouse Award

5 Gold Lighthouse Awards = 1 Banner

3 Banners = 1 Gold Lighthouse Trophy

Please ensure Achievement/Merit Awards are handed in

to the office by Friday, prior to the Assembly.

EARN & LEARN 2019

EARN & LEARN 2019 is in full swing. We have a few thousand points already and are aiming for over 50,000 by the end of June.

Please collect your stickers every time you shop and place them in our school box at Woolworths or send them to school with your children.

Many thanks, in anticipation of your support. Jo Millar, E & L Coordinator

Riley Almond 5 Sharks Rorey Croft 4 Kangaroos Mitchell Loudoun 5 Sharks

Drew Arentz 6 Seahorses Bella Davis 6 Seahorses Tyler MacDonald-

Thomas 4 Echidnas

Clayton Bailey 5 Sharks Lachlan Druhan 6 Stingrays Elke Neich K Possums

Evie Bailey 3 Whales Henry Durnan 3 Kingfishers Henry Niemoeller 5 Eagles

Layla Bailey K Bilbies Lewis Durnan 1 Platypus Jaelan Ogilvie 4 Kookaburras

Abi Black 2 Pelicans Elka Farrell 1 Platypus Talicia Ogilvie 6 Seahorses

Aiden Brearley K Penguins Libby Foat 4 Kangaroos Caprice Rose 5 Eagles

Ethan Bromwich 5 Sharks Oscar Haddon K Penguins Frankie Simpson 1 Platypus

Morgan Bromwich 6 Seahorses Lily Hart-Lefel K Penguins Jacob Stanford K Penguins

Sarah Brooks 3 Kingfishers Rourke Hart-Lefel 3 Whales Kymiah Stewart 5 Sharks

Marli Clark 5 Eagles Alexis Hawkey 4 Kookaburras Allynta Warner K Possums

Joel Constable 4 Echidnas Max Kay 2 Koalas

Johnny Constable 5 Sharks Peter Longbottom 4 Kookaburras

Premier's Debating Challenge On Monday, Narooma Public School hosted a Debating Gala day as a part of the Premier's Debating Challenge.

A dedicated team of Stage 3 students competed in three debates against Bodalla, Batemans Bay and each other. These students have given up their lunchtimes and worked extremely hard to learn

new skills in debating, so it was very pleasing to see them debate with confidence, learn from the professional adjudicator's feedback and truly enjoy the day.

Congratulations to the following students who were either a part of our two teams, took on important roles as chairperson or timer or simply came along to support the teams and learn: Jesse Doull, Harmony Cannon, Claire Ovington, Eve Ratcliffe, Lilli Herman, Lacey Rowland, Ruben Smithers, Noel Booth, Marli Clark, Jack Close and Hunter McDonald. Both teams won against Bodalla and Batemans Bay on the day and debated strongly against each other with a narrow victory by Narooma Blue. Well done everyone!

PAUL KELLY CUP On Friday 31st May, 15 boys travelled to Moruya to compete in the next

round of the Paul Kelly Cup, competing against schools from around the

South Coast.

The boys played a total of 3 games. Playing Merimbula PS in the first round,

the boys played strongly, coming away with a win 5-2-32 to 0-1-1. In round 2,

they faced Batemans Bay PS. With fantastic teamwork and some great

marks, the boys won convincingly, 8-6-54 to 0.

In the 3rd round of the day, they faced their toughest competitors yet, Milton

PS. It was a really tightly contested game. Milton were fierce competition and

they came away with the win 4-6-30 to 3-0-18. Unfortunately the boys didn’t make the final but played all games with great teamwork

and showed outstanding skills.

A huge thank you to Dean Friskin for coaching the boys and to all of the parents for your support on the day; we appreciate you!

Schools as Community Classrooms

What's on in Playgroup this week?!

Ever wanted to have a chat with a Speech

Pathologist? This week you can!

This week all our playgroups will run as normal but on Wednesday, we have a Speech Pathologist coming to playgroup! Claire will be at our Wednesday Playgroup from 9.30-11, and she is available to answer any questions, talk about assessment and therapy, and talk about any topics that are of concern.

This session is FREE but Claire will only be here on the Wednesday between 9.30-11.00am.

You can access her website for more information or to contact her privately at:

www.southcoastspeech.com.au

Playgroup is on at the Schools as Community Centres building during the following timeslots:

Playgroup: Tuesdays 10-12

Playgroup: Wednesdays 9.30-11

Koori Playgroup: Thursdays 10.30-12.30

All of our programs are FREE, everyone is WELCOME and if you can, please bring a piece of fruit to share at playgroup. We hope to see you there!

Call Krystle on 4476 4834 for more information!

Narooma Public School P & C is proudly sponsored by:

Canteen/Lunch Order Procedures Students arrive at school and take their lunch order straight to the Canteen from 8.30am.

Up To Date Student Details

Don’t forget to update your child’s details with the school if you :

Have moved and changed address

Have changed phone numbers, email addresses etc

Need to update your child’s medical conditions

Big Changes to P & C Succession planning is underway at P&C as many of the committee are due to retire this year. We need people to step up now to begin a change over.

Our Uniform shop at school has proved very popular over the last few years, it has kept prices way below commercial rates. We are proud of being able to offer this service to the families of our school. We need new people to run the Uniform Shop. If you or a group of friends would like to step up to this role, please contact us so we can begin the change over this term.

All other aspects of P&C also need new people. Without our P&C we wouldn’t have our discos, Mothers and Fathers Day stalls or vital money injected into our school. It is a very relaxed and friendly organisation, a great way to meet new people and show your kids you are committed to their school.

Please think about joining to take up positions. Many hands make light work!

You can leave your details with the office or call Rachael for more information 0404 065 028.

Wednesday: 9.00-9.30am

Thursday: 9.00-9.30am

Friday: 9.00-9.30am

Competition conditions of entry and entry form Budding artists between the ages of 5 and 18 are invited to enter the Eurobodalla Council’s

Little Sellers Art Prize 2019.

The theme for the Little Sellers Art Prize is ‘I can...’

Participants are encouraged to interpret the theme creatively in a way that is meaningful to them. There are four age categories:

• ages 5 - 8

• ages 9 - 12

• ages 13 - 15

ages 16 - 18

For more information please contact Council’s Coordinator of Arts and Culture, Indi Carmichael: T: 4474 1061 E: [email protected]