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02 4938 5114 This newsletter & attached forms are available to download at: www.paterson-p.school.nsw.edu.au Term 3

Term 3 Week 10

27th September

Coming Events

OCTOBER

Mon 14th - Staff & Students return for Term 4

Mon 21st - P&C meeting 7.00pm

Tue 22nd Cyber Safety Talk Yrs 5 & 6

Wed 23rd - 1st Kinder Orientation 9.00am

Thu 24th - Musica Viva

Fri 25th - K-2 excursion

Wed 30th - 2nd Kinder Orientation

NOVEMBER Fri 1st - Drum Corp Super Jam

Tue 12th - Grandparents Day

NOTES SENT HOME: Canteen Volunteer form

Learning Comes ALIVE in Kindergarten! Kindergarten have been learning about living things in science. They

have learnt about life cycles as they watched hundreds of silk worm

eggs hatch and are taking care of the silk worms as they have grown

from tiny babies to more than double their size. Soon they will start

spinning cocoons and then later hatch as moths, which will lay eggs and

the life cycle will continue again next spring. Kindergarten are also

growing some plants from seeds. They have learnt all about what living

things need to survive. They presented their very first projects to the

school for their assembly item on Wednesday. The kids did a great job

of building a model of an enclosure for their chosen animal, which

included all the things their animal would need to stay healthy.

Canteen

Notice

Please note:

The canteen will be CLOSED for

the first week of Term 4.

Netball Gala Day

Last Friday, Vacy, Gresford, Clarencetown and Paterson schools got together for a Netball Gala Day at our local courts. They thoroughly enjoyed the day. Thank you to Mrs Karen Oldfield from Clarencetown school for organising the day.

Principal’s Report

Newsletter Week 10, Term 3

End of Term

Today is the last day of term 3. Students and teachers return on Monday, 14th October. We hope you have a wonderful, peaceful holiday with lots of relaxation, sleeping and family time. Term four is very busy and we will ensure that as much notice is given for events but please keep watching the calendar and newsletter for dates.

Congratulations Mr Thompson

We would like to congratulate and thank Mr Thompson, our University of Newcastle student teacher on year 4/5. Mr Thompson has now successfully completed his studies and training. He worked with our students with great enthusiasm and dedication and has been an asset to our school. We look forward to having him return next term as a fully qualified casual teacher.

Cyber Safety Workshop

On Tuesday, 22nd October (Week 2), Senior Constable Todd Cremer from Gresford Police will be presenting a workshop to our year 5 and 6 students on Cyber Safety. This will take place at 12.15 in the library. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend as online behaviour and protective software will be covered in the workshop. An invitation with RSVP will come home in week 1. Even if your child is in a lower grade, parents are welcome to attend, but it is only suitable for year 5 and 6 students. We hope to see you there.

Save the Date – First P&C Meeting for Term 4

On Monday, 21st October we will have our first P&C meeting for the term. We hope to see you at 7pm in the library. Don’t forget that children of all ages are welcome to come with you.

Staffing News

Recently I was informed that we have enough enrolments to employ a permanent Assistant Principal. Mr Lowrey has been in this role on a temporary basis for the last three years. This week the position was advertised externally and applications close during the second week of the holidays. The successful candidate will take up this position in 2020. A parent representative nominated by the P&C Association has been appointed to the selection panel along with myself, a teacher representative, and an Assistant Principal from a similar school.

Garden Club

Thank you very much to Brock and his family and Tyler and his family for their generous donations to our garden club. We are still looking for donations of time, plants or seeds (fruit and vegetables are preferred) or garden equipment. The P&C has provided $200 for the purchase of new garden beds, so we are well on the way to a much improved program.

Before and After School Care Survey

The Department of Education wants to hear your feedback on Before and After School Care. When you log in, it will ask you for your postcode so that the information can be collated for our local area. This information will be used to inform decisions about Before and After School Care in our area so it is very important that we have as many people as possible have their say. The survey can be accessed at this address https://forms1.service.nsw.gov.au/basc or through our school Facebook page. If you know of families who have children enrolling next year, please pass this on to them so that we can have all relevant information collated.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2020

Our kindergarten orientation program will start in term 4. Our orientation program starts on Wednesday, 23rd of October and continues for four weeks. If you know of any families who have students in our zone who are starting school next year, please ask them to contact us to provide their details if they have not done so already.

Uniform Reminder

The uniform policy will be implemented from the beginning of next term. Please remember that the P&C have amended their uniform list from ‘black leather shoes’ to ‘black shoes’. Any black shoes including joggers are acceptable, but coloured shoes are out of uniform. Thank you for ensuring that your child is in uniform.

with thanks,

Mrs Sarah-Jane Hazell

Term 3 Assembly Awards Week 10

Captain’s Award

Zoe Campbell for being responsible in the playground.

Term 3

Week 10

PBL

AWARD

CLASS AWARD

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Kindergarten Annan for being a respectful, diligent learner.

Tayla for excellent work with learning her Tricky Words.

Lucy for being a kind helper with other students.

Years 1/2

Kailey for being a responsible member of the class during new activities.

Cooper for completion of all work and always trying his best.

Breana for being a respectful listener and always being polite to her peers and teachers.

Years 2/3

Lily for choosing to work hard and improve her results in mathematics and English.

Jayden for making a decision to not rush in class so he can improve his handwriting.

Brock for ‘having a go’ in class, and completing more of his work, showing respect to Mrs Gibbs and learning his sounds and words.

Years 4/5

Nicholas for being a responsible student while on Stage 2 camp.

Sam for consistent work with times tables in Mathematics.

Eve for showing initiative and displaying school PBL values in all areas.

Year 6

Charlie for following instruction and listening carefully.

Riley for producing consistent and quality work in writing tasks.

Accaylia for setting a good example in and out of the classroom.

Congratulations Jett

Jett has been selected to represent the Hunter Region at the PSSA State Cricket Carnival.

Jett will participate in a number of games in Wollongong

during Week 1 of Term 4.

We wish Jett all the best during this time.

A great achievement Jett.

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