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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty
Important Dates
Gillian Stuart—Principal
Term 3 |Week 1| 23 July 2019
“You’ll miss the best
things if you keep
your eyes shut.”
Dr Seuss
Indo Corner
Papan silancar - surfboard Dilaundry (Literally “laundered”) - dumped
Pantai - Beach Ombak kecil - little waves
Ombak - wave Ombak besar - big waves
Laut pasang - high tide Legra - natural footed
Laut surut - low tide Goofy - goofy footed
Bersilancar – surfing / to surf
Term 3 2019
Friday 2/8/19
District Athletics Carnival
Friday 16/8/19
Grandparents Day
Bookfair
Tuesday 3/9/19
School Photos
Mon-Thur 16/9 - 19/9/19
Senior Excursion to Coffs Coast Adventure Centre
Tuesday 24/9/19 & Wednesday 25/9/19
Life Education
The poster represents ‘Early dawn light rises over Uluru, symbolising our
continued spiritual and unbroken connection to the land’.
Our message, developed through generations, is echoed throughout the land:
hear our voice and recognise our truth.
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Principal’s Column
Torres Strait Islander people therefore did not cede
sovereignty to our land. It was taken away from us. That
will remain a continuing source of dispute.
Our sovereignty has never been ceded – not in 1788,
not in 1967, not with the Native Title Act, not with the
Uluru Statement from the Heart. It coexists with the
sovereignty of the Crown and should never be
extinguished.
Australia is one of the few liberal democracies around
the world which still does not have a treaty or treaties
or some other kind of formal acknowledgement or
arrangement with its Indigenous minorities.
A substantive treaty has always been the primary
aspiration of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
movement.
Critically, treaties are inseparable from Truth.
Lasting and effective agreement cannot be achieved
unless we have a shared, truthful understanding of the
nature of the dispute, of the history, of how we got to
where we stand.
The true story of colonisation must be told, must be
heard, must be acknowledged.
But hearing this history is necessary before we can
come to some true reconciliation, some genuine
healing for both sides.
And of course, this is not just the history of our First
Peoples – it is the history of all of us, of all of Australia,
and we need to own it.
Then we can move forward together.
Let’s work together for a shared future.
NAIDOC Week 2019 invites you to walk in a movement
for a better future. For generations, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples have sought recognition
of our unique place in Australian history and society
today as the oldest continuing culture on the planet.
Let’s work together for a shared future.
Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.
Bu Gillian
Gillian Stuart—Principal
2019 NAIDOC Week 7-14 JULY 2019
Let’s work together for a shared future.
To celebrate NAIDOC the whole school will be working with
David Carriage an Aboriginal dancer throughout Term 3.
We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian
people for a better future.
The Indigenous voice of this country is over 65,000 plus years
old. They are the first words spoken on this continent.
Languages that passed down lore, culture and knowledge for
over millennia. They are precious to our nation.
It’s that Indigenous voice that include know-how, practices,
skills and innovations - found in a wide variety of contexts,
such as agricultural, scientific, technical, ecological and
medicinal fields, as well as biodiversity-related knowledge.
They are words connecting us to country, an understanding of
country and of a people who are the oldest continuing culture
on the planet.
And with 2019 being celebrated as the United Nations
International Year of Indigenous Languages, it’s time for our
knowledge to be heard through our voice.
For generations, we have sought recognition of our unique
place in Australian history and society today. We need to be
the architects of our lives and futures.
For generations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
have looked for significant and lasting change.
Voice. Treaty. Truth. were three key elements to the reforms
set out in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. These reforms
represent the unified position of First Nations Australians.
However, the Uluru Statement built on generations of
consultation and discussions among Indigenous people on a
range of issues and grievances. Consultations about the
further reforms necessary to secure and underpin our rights
and to ensure they can be exercised and enjoyed by Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
It specifically sequenced a set of reforms: first, a First Nations
Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution and second,
a Makarrata Commission to supervise treaty processes and
truth-telling. (Makarrata is a word from the language of the
Yolngu people in Arnhem Land. The Yolngu concept of
Makarrata captures the idea of two parties coming together
after a struggle, healing the divisions of the past. It is about
acknowledging that something has been done wrong, and it
seeks to make things right.)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want their voice to
be heard. First Nations were excluded from the Constitutional
convention debates of the 1800’s when the Australian
Constitution came into force. Indigenous people were
excluded from the bargaining table.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always
wanted an enhanced role in decision-making in Australia’s
democracy.
In the European settlement of Australia, there were no
treaties, no formal settlements, no compacts. Aboriginal and
Parent Information - Reminders
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8.30am Morning
Supervision
in cola
Start
School
8.55am
9.00am until
11.00am
Morning Session
Crunch and Sip
11.00am Lunch
11.50—1.30
pm
Middle Session
1.30 pm Recess
2.00pm-3pm Afternoon
Session
Bell Times
Links
School website:
http://www.scottshead-
p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
School facebook page:
https://
www.facebook.com/
scottsheadpublicschool?fref=ts
Skoolbag Application:
Search “Scotts Head Public
School” in the app store.
P&C News
Remember to send in a
note if your child is absent
from school.
After 7 days, the system
automatically records as an
“Unexplained Absence”.
Canteen Roster
Week 1
MON 22/7 CLOSED
WED 24/7 Mel & David
Week 2
MON 29/7 Mel & David
WED 31/7 Mel & David
Little Whales Program
Little Whales will commence on Monday 29 July at 9am in the Kindergarten room. We
look forward to having our Little Whales here at school.
District Athletics Carnival - Friday 2 August
The Carnival will be held at the EJ Biffen Oval in Nambucca Heads. Notes will be handed
out this week to students who have made it through.
Book Club Issue 5
Book club orders are due in by Friday 9 August.
Grandparents Day & Book Fair - Week 4
Our Grandparents Day & Book Fair will be held on Friday 16 August including a book
character parade. Attached to the newsletter is an invite for students to give out.
Senior Excursion to Coffs Coast Adventure Centre - Week 9
The excursion dates are Monday 16 September to Thursday 19 September. There are still
a number of students who have not returned their permission notes. Please forward to
the office so all information can be collated. Final numbers will be submitted next week.
Payments can be made online via POP on our school
website (use the “make a payment” tab) or by cash,
cheque, EFTPOS at the office.
Life Education - Week 10
Life Education will be at the school on Tuesday 24 and
Wednesday 25 September. Notes will be sent out later
this term.
P&C email scottsheadpandc@hotmail.com
Crazy Hair and Sock
Day
Well done everyone
with ‘getting wacky for
a cause’. So many
wacky hairdos and lots
of bright coloured
socks. The day raised
$98.75.
Well done everyone.
Boomerang Bags Boomerang Bags is still working hard on
producing bags for the community. If you
are interested in being a part of this great
initiative, come along on Mondays from
3.15 to 4.15pm.
Notes to Students
Whole school notes are
sent home with the eldest
child in the family only.
Please fill in permission
notes including all SHPS
students in your family.
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Thank you to Heyden Lane from
Coastal Community Recycling for
his generous donation of $325
from the proceeds of the
community recycling.
Hayden presented the cheque at
the End of Term Presentation
Assembly in front of a packed
LLLCC.
Oxley
Captains
Presentation Day - Term 2
Chess Tournament
On the last day of term
there were fierce handball
competitions on the
basketball court.
Pak Adam was the teacher
winner. Winners of each
year are in the photo
adjacent.
Congratulations to all the
winners.
Handball Champions On Wednesday 3 July the Chess team travelled to
Frank Partridge to take on their top team. Our team
was very successful winning most of our matches.
We look forward to hosting Frank Partridge later this
term.
Chess Club is open to all students at lunch on Tuesday
and Thursday.
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Lifetime Connect
Playgroup
Scotts Head
Wednesdays in the LLLCC at SHPS
Playgroup Contact Number: 0447 485 276
Routine
10am-10:55am – Planned Activities
10:55am-11am – Wash Hands
11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea
11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play
11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away
11:45am – 12noon – Group Time
12noon – Home Time
Crazy Hair and Sock Day On Friday 5 July staff and students "got wacky for a cause" and came to school wearing
their craziest socks and hair-dos!
The day was to raise funds for The Kids' Cancer Project - gold coin donations tallied
$98.75. Well done everyone.
Timbertown Excursion More photos and student comments on the day to
come in next weeks newsletter.
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William Scott of Scotts Head
By Michael Blockey
William and Jane Scott and three daughters arrived in Port Macquarie in 1837. Having found digs for his family
he headed north to explore the Nmbukr (Nambucca) river.
He was a timber merchant in England. He wanted to make his fortune from the red cedar on the banks of the
rivers of the mid-north coast, the Macleay, Nambucca and Bellinger.
The main stumbling block to building his fortune was the mouth of the Nambucca river, the so-called Nambucca
Bar. It was a series of shifting sandbars that prevented ships from entering the river. Cedar trees growing close to
the riverbanks was felled into the river and floated down to the river mouth. But no ships could enter the river to
load the logs onto.
What cedar-getters did from 1835 to 1838 to get their cedar onto ships was the following. They loaded logs onto
bullock drays on the beach south of the Bar, took them along the Forster Beach to Scotts Head, up onto the high
ground above Little Beach and Wakki and headed south above the cliffs to Middle Head Beach. From there, the
bullock drays continued south to Grassy Head. At that time the Macleay River entered the ocean at Grassy Head.
Ships could enter the Macleay there. Logs were loaded either at Grassy Head or Stuarts Point.
In 1838, Scott devised a better way of transporting cedar from the Nambucca to the Macleay. Trees were cut and
dropped in the river as before. Logs were floated downriver and joined together in rafts on the small sand islands
where the Warrell Creek (the Gurravembi) runs into the Nambucca River. Then the rafts were floated up Warrell
Creek on the incoming tide. At ebb tide, the raft was tied to trees to stop it floating back on the outgoing tide. The
procedure was repeated until they reached the weir at Scotts Head.
The logs were landed and the wastage (branches) were cut off. Now the hard part. Logs were loaded onto a
bullock dray. All of this was done close to where the Scott family lived, between South Pacific Drive and Warrell
Creek. They were the first family in Scotts Head and one of their children, William, was the first white child born in
the Nambucca Valley.
Then came the dash to the Macleay. The bullock drays headed to where the Grassy Head road joins the Scotts
Head road, then along the Grassy Head road. They struggled over three ridges before arriving at Grassy Head.
This was the transport method Scott used until 1843. Then two things happened. The first was the cutter that he
had ordered, the ‘Jane Scott’, was ready. So, off he went to the Bellinger. The second was that it was more
costly to transport logs out of the Nambucca than to collect them on the Bellinger.
After 4 years working the Bellinger, Scott took his family to the Macleay. Then he disappeared. This man who
had accomplished so much simply vanished into thin air!
Instead of a LASH talk on 6 August we will have a LAMD talk, Learning About the Murray Darling (LAMD). Last week, 4
Corners alleged that large irrigators on the Murray Darling were rorting a system designed to take irrigation flows and
give them back to the river. The argument rages back and forth, leaving most of us confused.
We have a Grassy Head resident, Mark Merritt, who has a deep knowledge of the Murray Darling. He has agreed to
explain what is going on in simple language. His presentation will be in two parts, namely a number of audios over an
hour, then discussion for 30 minutes. Be warned. Mark is very passionate and it might rub off on you.
When? Tuesday 6 August Book early
Time? Meal 6 to 7pm. Cost of meal $29
Time of talk? 7pm to 8.30pm. No cost if you aren't having a meal
Food? Because Mark is transporting us to the Murray Darling the food will be Aussie-themed.
Michael Blockey, LASH Co-ordinator
Learning About the Murray Darling (LAMD)