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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.

Weekly Round Up

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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.

School & Community News

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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)