PBL focusing on SAFE

Report issues immediately to a teacher

PBL Award Bonnie-Jean Sutton, Koby-Jay Lang,

Ella Wadwell, Phillipa Cracknell, Cooper Higgins, Kaitlyn Hope,

Chelsea Sanderson and Jayden Rankin

Important Dates to Remember Term 1 2019

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.”

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Term 1 Week 8 Wednesday 20th March 2019

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Casey Kelly

P & C Executive President: Rebecca Pollard Vice President - Vanessa Johnson Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Thursday 21st March - Harmony Day Thursday 21st March - P & C Movie Night, 6pm, cost $5 Friday 22nd March - Tamworth Zone boys Cricket Trials Friday 22nd Mar - Book Club due Friday 22nd March - Yr 6 Science and Engineering Challenge Saturday 23rd March - State Election Monday 25th March - Playgroup Friday 29th March - Tamworth Zone Girls Cricket Trials Tuesday 2nd April - Parent Teacher Interviews

Gold Awards Abbie-Lee Hilton

Silver Award Abbie-Lee Hilton and Elloise Sharpham

Uniform Awards Sophie Corbett, Zac Pollard, Arla Dines, Annika Cayzer,

Chloe Smith, Connor Hilton, Natalie Baker and

William Lulham

* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page). Please email or send into the office a copy of the online receipt. If payments are made online signed permission notes must still be returned to the front office.

* Voluntary contributions fees can be paid at the front office or online. They are $45 per year per student.

* Kindergarten Sound textbook, cost $14, are now available from the school office.

* Maths textbooks from Kinder to Year 6, cost $15 are now available from the school office.

* Stage 3 (year 5 and 6) Lake Keepit Excursion Expression of Interest permission note with $50 non refundable deposit needs to be returned to the front office by Thursday 21st March 2019.

* Aussie Allsorts (whole school) Friday 5th April, costing $6 per student. Permission note and money need to be returned to the front office by Wednesday 3rd April 2019.

* Billionaire Boy (3/4B, 3/4T, 5/6K and 5/6M) Friday 3rd May, costing $12 per student. Permission note and money need to be returned to the front office by Friday 3rd April 2019.

* Stage 2 (year 3 and 4) Thalgarrah Excursion Expression o f Interest permission note with $50 non refundable deposit needs to be returned to the front office by Friday 12th April 2019.

Charlotte Hunt - Being able to recognise and name all single sounds Ava Moxon - Excellent knowledge of single sounds Sophie Corbett - Being able to identify all numbers to ten Lillian Wilson and Paisley Swadling - Beginning to blend sounds together to make words Chelsii Williams - Learning number sentences in Mathematics Piper Hammer - Enthusiastically learning the process of reciprocal reading Rory Hobbs - Working hard to demonstrate resilience when encountering difficulties Phoebe Capel - Working hard to learn new concepts in Mathematics James Sharpham - Contributing to class discussions Greyson Elliott - Taking a settled approach to his learning Oscar Wallace - Consistently completing homework and home reading Nikita Caldwell-Harris, Beau Cox and Liam Jarrett - Working well with Mr Burnett Kahliah Day - Being an active member of class conversation Deakan Keven-Faulkner - Being a hardworking student who seeks help when needed Lincoln Jobson - Trying hard for Mr Cracknell in Mathematics Robert Hazard - Working well in spelling Taite Goodfellow - Commitment to writing tasks Jace Nash - Being a supportive class mate and positive participant at Life Education Jantzen Haak, Braidy Cork and Arian Hope - Excellent participation in Yoga and Meditation sessions Riley McDowall - Home reading for 20 nights

School Banking Thursday

Weekly Awards

Message from the Front Office

Weekly Bronze Awards

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.

Congratulations to Emma Jarrett, Damikah Barwick-Taylor, Jessie Johnson, Jordan Byrne and Brenden Thompson on their selection in the Tamworth Zone Football team. Congratulations also to Emma who was successful in gaining selection to the Tamworth Zone Girls Hockey team. All students will compete in the next round of selection trials in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to our Open Cricket team who took on Tamworth South PS yesterday. Kootingal batted first with Bailey Hilton and Brenden Thompson both top scoring with 14 runs each combining for a team total of 77.

In the field we were just as amazing. Our bowling team of Luke Sydenham, Bailey Hilton, Taite Goodfellow, Emma Jarrett and Jordan Byrne combined well to have Tamworth South at 8 for 8 after 14 overs. KPS bowled Tamworth South out for 27. The whole team fielded exceptionally well with some breath taking catches from Brenden Thompson and Darcy Harris.

A big thank you to Amery Thomspon for scoring, our supportive family members for transportation and encouragement, Farrer MAHS for the use of their grounds and Kurt Barton for umpiring. Also thank you to Mrs Blinman for your organisation and Mr Cracknell for coaching the children each break when working.

The team takes on either Timbumburri or Westdale in the next round.

Thank you to our P&C who conducted their AGM this week. Thank you to our outgoing office bearers for your work and determination throughout the course of 2018. In 2018, our P&C invested over $30,900 in Kootingal Public School. This is a massive contribution to our students and it was not possible without the support of our committee.

Congratulations to our office bearers for 2019. They are • President - Bec Pollard • Vice President - Vanessa Johnson • Treasurer - Scott Cracknell • Secretary - Tina Sipple • Canteen Coordinator - Kelly-Lee Rankin • Fundraising Committee - Nicole Chegwyn, Noni Kasch

and Kim Green.

The P&C set a date for their annual trivia night on Saturday 1st June 2019. Keep that date in your diaries. The P&C are also conducting a Pie Drive. What a great way to stock freezers for a quick winter dinner. More information on both the trivia night and pie drive coming soon.

At the general meeting, Mrs Jo Cayzer and Mrs Vanessa Johnson volunteered to be a part of the working group to review the current girls’ summer uniform in line with the department’s new policy. This policy indicates that girls must have a shorts option as a part of the uniform requirements. Currently, Kootingal Public School has a pants option for winter. Please note, the working group is only reviewing the girls’ summer uniform. This process will take the entire school year with a three-year phase in period.

During Weeks 10 and 11 this term, Kootingal Public School conducts Parent Teacher Interviews. We have kept the same process as last year with interviews scheduled over the two weeks (two Tuesdays – 2nd April and 9th April) between 4pm and 6pm to cater for families and their increasing demands. Families can schedule the interviews using the School Interviews hyperlink here. The code is 6zrxa. If you have any issues, please contact the school. Please note the option to secure an interview will close 9am each day of the interviews. This is so teachers are aware of appointment times and can plan accordingly.

Parent Teacher Interviews are a wonderful opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher. We spend a lot of time with our children and we are always willing to talk with you about your child and the progress within the classroom. If you have not been able to schedule an appointment as yet, please do so. Using the School Interviews website is straight forward and you are able to plan your interviews to suit your family.

A reminder for our families of the movie night scheduled for this Thursday evening. The movie night starts at 6pm and is expected to finish between 7:30-7:45pm. Please note Kootingal Public School still does not have a working text messaging service. As a result, Mrs Cracknell will not be able to send a text message to alert families as to when the movie will finish. Thank you to our P&C for providing this opportunity for our children.

Good luck to our Stage 3 students who are competing in the Science and Engineering Challenge Taster Day this Friday at the TREC. I am sure you will enjoy the day of fun and creativity. Thank you to the Tamworth Rotary Club for again hosting this program. Thank you also to Miss Kelly for your organisation.

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

SRC Easter Raffle This year’s SRC are holding an Easter Raffle to raise funds for our school Breakfast Club. If you are able to donate an Easter egg or Easter themed toy, book etc to our raffle, please send to the front office by Friday 22nd March. Tickets for the raffle will be on sale during Weeks 9 and 10. 50 cents a ticket or $2 for 5 tickets. The winner of the raffle will be announced at the school disco.

SRC Easter Theme School Disco When: Thursday 4th April 2019 Where: KPS School Hall Cost: $3 per student (pay at the door) - This includes entry and supper (chips and a drink) Time: 6:30 pm to 8pm

This week our focus for PBL is on the third of our whole school expectations ‘Report uses to a teacher immediately’. This comes under the core value Safe.

At our Monday afternoon assembly, Ella Dwyer of Year 1 informed the student cohort of what the word immediately meant and in direct fashion she said that it was to do it straight away. All students agreed that an issue is not reported at the end of break time when it occurred at the start. Congratulations also to Codie Hogan of Year 6 as he earned 100 house points for his house of Dwyer by knowing the colour of and symbol on the sign of this week’s expectation. This just demonstrates our students are vigilant and the posters are well known and distributed throughout the school.

This week, Mrs Cracknell is meeting with the Assistant Principal PBL, Miss Sally O’Connor, regarding the implementation of PBL into our classrooms in 2020. At present, the KPS PBL team is looking at the changes needed and the pathway required to ready our school for implementation in 2020.

Below is our scope and sequence for Term 1.

Breakfast Club will again be providing toast and juice to all students in 2019. It will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Thank you to Baker’s Delight for supplying our bread and the many families who have made donations.

Mrs Jan Morrish Breakfast Club Organiser

All students must have a library bag for home borrowing. If you need a library bag, the Library is selling them for $2, which will be spent on purchasing more books for the Library.

Book Club - Orders with money are due back to the front office by Friday 22nd March 2019. Online orders will also be due on Friday 22nd March 2019.

Thank you to all parents who ordered from Issue 1, the school has purchased new library books with the money received in rewards. Every purchase made through Book Club results in the school receiving 20% of the order spend in Scholastic Rewards. This is used to purchase new books for our library.

Library News

PBL

Week 8 Five whole school expectations - Report issues immediately to a teacher

Week 9 Five whole school Expectations - Accept consequences

Week 10 Five whole school expectations - Show concern for others Safe (follow teacher instructions) - Lockdown procedure

Week 11 Lesson based on Week 5 data review

Breakfast ClubSRC News

Instruction for schools The following sample can be used by schools to draft a letter to parents, alternatively, relevant parts can be cut and pasted into a school newsletter, school intranet or school letterhead.

Dear Parent or Carer During May 2019, students at our school in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 (delete as required) will sit the NAPLAN paper assessments. The schedule for tests is as follows:

Tuesday 14 May Wednesday 15 May Thursday 16 May

Language Conventions test

(spelling, grammar and

punctuation)

Writing test

Reading test

Numeracy test

On Friday 17 May, a ‘catch-up’ day is scheduled for students who missed a test. Students may be exempt from the NAPLAN tests if they:

x are newly arrived in Australia (less than one year before the test) and with a language background other than English, or

x have significant intellectual disability and/or significant co-existing conditions which severely limit their capacity to participate in the tests.

All other students are expected to participate in the tests. Disability adjustments which reflect the student’s normal level of support in the classroom may be provided. Large print, braille, coloured paper versions and electronic tests are also available to meet the needs of individual students. Access to disability adjustments or exemption from the tests must be discussed with the school principal and a parent or carer consent form must be signed. Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer after consultation with the school principal. To withdraw your child from NAPLAN, a parent or carer consent form must be signed. Please make an appointment with your child’s teacher if you need to discuss your child’s participation in NAPLAN. Any questions? Contact the NAPLAN team on 1300 119 556 or naplan.nsw@nesa.nsw.edu.au. For further information about NAPLAN, visit the NESA website.

SERVICES WOMENS & GIRLS HOCKEY CLUB Would you like to play Hockey this year? Junior Girls Hockey has divisions in U11 played on a half field and U13 on a full field. These games are played on Saturday on our international standard artificial surfaces. Services Womens Hockey Club is focused on all girls participating and enjoying their hockey. Our Come and Try and sign-on days are Saturdays 16th and 23rd March at 9.00-10.00am (see Tamworth Hockey Association Facebook page). For any further information or questions please contact Leonie Fitzpatrick 0400022460 email leonie@lubeng.com.au or Jenni Groth 0429465992 email.

Friday 22nd March