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Term 3 - Week 2 23rd

July 2012

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Dear Parents, Last week the netball team played valiantly against Eleebana demonstrating great sportsmanship and enormous enthusiasm for their sport with a match score of 30-33, Eleebana’s way. Congratulations girls, you did a great job. Congratulations to the boys who are playing in the Knights Knockout competition. They were successful in last week’s semi-final and now go on to contest the final in Penrith next week. Well done boys and thank you to Mr Manning and Mr Ballard for the coaching efforts! All of our participants in the Multicultural Public Speaking Competition also deserve to be congratulated. To Daniel P in 6T who came 3rd in his section and was highly commended, and Tors Webster in 4W who came 2nd in his section, well done boys. The Boys’ Soccer team also competed in a Gala Day, well done boys! Mr Roberts was proud of you. Next week is Education Week and our school is planning to hold an Open Day on Wednesday 1st August to which parents are invited. There will be more details later in the newsletter. This term we welcome a new staff member to our school, Mrs Jenny Coughtrie. Mrs Coughtrie takes over from Mrs Smart, as our Learning and Support Teacher (LAST). Her role will be to assist teachers to meet the identified learning and behaviour needs.

Denise Rispen ~ Principal

GATE CLOSURE TIMES Mornings 8.45 – 9.30

Afternoons 2.30 – 3.15

WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENTS

Loyd – 1M, Demiah, Logan and Charley 1/2C, Beauyn and Hugh 4W,

Rianna KR, Rebekah 6S, Olivia KG, Nick 2/3G, Chloe and Zach 6T,

Blake 3M, Jake 1F, Zak KB and Jack and Chloe 3/4J.

SCHOOL TELEPHONES

Our telephone lines have now been fixed so we have access to the

EFTPOS and Fax lines. Thank you for your understanding.

COMING EVENTS

23/7 P&C meeting 6pm

24/7 Civic Theatre excursion K-2

Girls’ soccer match

26-27/7 Stage 2 Awabakal excursions

30/7 Night of the Notables

Knights Knockout final

31/7 UNSW English competition

Galgabba Public Speaking Competition Swansea PS

1/8 Education Week Open Day activities

ASSEMBLIES Friday – 2.15pm

Week 2 6T

Week3 6S

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

From the 13th June Coles are again offering schools the chance to

collect vouchers to exchange for sports equipment. The collection box

for these vouchers will be placed in the office foyer.

AWARDS

Gold: Waziena C 3/4J, Olivia C 3/4J, Tyler A 6S, Mattiese L 3/4J,

Jed H 3/4J, Rhys McN 3/4J, Oscar N 3/4J, Isaac R 3/4J

REMINDER: PETER RABBIT EXCURSION

Tuesday 24th July 8.45 am children to meet

under the COLA .

EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES Monday 30/7-3/8

During Education Week we will be holding an Open Day and Olympic

Sports activities on Wednesday 1st August to which parents are

invited. The classrooms will be open from 12.45 - 1.15 for parents to

visit followed by afternoon tea (1.15-1.40), available from the canteen

for a gold coin donation before an afternoon of sports activities (1.40-

3pm). All parents are welcome to attend.

STUDENT CONTACT DETAILS UPDATE

Last term a printout of your child/ren’s contact details was sent home.

Regardless of whether or not changes need to be made, please return

these forms to school as soon as possible. We are still waiting for

some of these to be returned.

It is important that the parent and emergency contact details we have

for your child are accurate and up to date in case of emergency.

ATTENDANCE

If your family is going away on a holiday for a week or more, parents

can apply for an exemption from school. The forms are available from

the office.

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS

Enrolments are now being taken for Kindergarten 2013.

If you have a child that will be commencing Kindergarten in 2013,

please contact the office with their details as soon as possible so we

are able to organise enrolment packages to be sent out in Term 3. LIBRARY NEWS Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to these students for completing the challenge. Amy G 5-6 Challenge Audrey M 5-6 Challenge Emelie H 5-6 Challenge Emily G 3-4 Challenge Chelsea S 5-6 Challenge

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BAND NEWS Our Band Committee Meeting will be this Thursday at 8am in Mrs Gibson Room, all welcome. A reminder that our Family Band Night is on Friday, 17th August at Swansea RSL and we are asking for donations for our famous raffle. If you are able to contribute any prizes, please take them to Mrs Gibson's Room. Remember our theme for this year's raffle is "Entertainment".

RUGBY LEAGUE

Caves Beach played King St, Singleton in the final of the Knights

Knockout. In a hard fought and exciting game the final score was 16

all. Our boys won on a countback. The team will now play in Sydney

to determine the NSW champions. WELL DONE!

CANTEEN NEWS

Fruit of the Week: Granny Smith & Red Delicious

Dates to remember for term 3

Father’s Day Breakfast 29/8/12, Wednesday before Father’s Day this

will be a pre-order breakfast with a menu coming out soon.

Roster

Monday 23rd July Megan Boertje & Melinda McSpadden

Tuesday 24th July Karen Judd & Katherine Mason

Wednesday 25th July CLOSED

Thursday 26th July Lea Taber & Bec Liackman

Friday 27th July Shani Walmsley, Leanne Fox Mandy

Stead & Sharon Hancock

Monday 30th July Fiona Twyford & Mrs. Gain

Tuesday 31st July Jo Corbett & Dannielle Woods

P&C NEWS Please note that the P&C meeting is tonight at 7pm in the staffroom.

All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. Also, please note

the changes to the school calendar regarding the Father’s Day

Breakfast and Father’s Day Stall which are on the 29th and 30th

August, respectively. Keep your eye out in the newsletter regarding

the Family Bingo night that is happening this term which will be our

major fundraiser for the year. We are working toward raising money

for a covered walkway from the drop off zone to the Cola.

UNIFORM SHOP

The uniform shop opening times will be changing this term. The new

opening times will be Wednesday only, but we will be open for 1 hour,

2.30 – 3.30pm. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

There is a couple of ways you can purchase uniforms. You can come

into the shop on Wednesday or you can fill in an order form. This can

be done at your own convenience, anytime of the week.

Order forms are available at the school office or on the school

website. Payment can be made at the office, cash or cheque. If

paying cash, please ensure that you have correct money in an

envelope. If paying direct deposit details are on the order form on the

website. Please ensure that a copy of deposit receipt is attached to

the order form. Once we have received your order and payment the

items will be delivered to the classroom of your child. Thank you.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

1st Swansea Joeys

Boys and Girls aged 6 & 7 Years old.

Children who love to have lots of fun

Every Tuesday of term time

4:30 – 5:30pm

At the 1st Swansea Group Hall

For further information please call

Joey Leader – Liz Mackie - Tel No: 0447 403 535

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