Jock Garven - Principal1240 Ocean Drive, Lake Cathie NSW 2445PO Box 279 Lake Cathie NSW 2445 T (02) 6584 8060 F (02) 6584 8070E lakecathie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W lakecathie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Lake Cathie Public School Term 2 Week 5 Issue # 8 Page 1

DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday 26 May Nachos Meal Deal

ReconciliationWalk

Monday 29 May LNC Cross Country

ICAS Science

Wednesday31May GRIPLeadership

Thursday1June TouchFootballGalaDay

Monday5June Gymnastics-Primary

Tuesday6June Disco&familyBBQ

Thursday8June FormalAssembly3/4B

Term calendar available to view at http://www.lakecathie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/calendar and on Skoolbag App

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN FOR 2018

If you have a child or know someone with a child who will be starting Kindergarten at Lake Cathie Public School in 2018 please call in to the office to collect an enrolment form.

FAMILY BBQ & DinnerTUESDAY 6 JUNEfor the children of

Lake Cathie Public School and their families

Infants 5.00 - 5.45 pmPrimary 5.45 - 6.30 pm

$2.00 per child or $5.00 familyMovie in the library for the Infants children during the Primary Disco

SCHOOL

Glowstick

sSnacks &

drinks available

at the Canteen

This Friday 26 May, we will be holding our annual Reconciliation Walk on school grounds.This will involve all students K-6 and is a positive opportunity for us to reflect on our achievements as a nation in strengthening relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.Families are welcome to join us for a brief assembly at 1.45pm, followed by our whole-school walk.

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CLASSES UPDATE

As indicated in the last newsletter, our student numbers have increased such that we can form a 10th class. As a staff we are discussing several options in order to make the best educational decision for all of our students. We are still receiving new enrolments and will hold our decision until the last two weeks of term to cover all bases. The scenario most likely will involve a small modification to the year 1 students in Mrs Haste and Mrs Bishop’s classes. Any change will take place at the beginning of term 3, after all of the semester one reporting process has been completed. A transition process will also take place to assist the students in this change for semester two.

PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING

Over the next two weeks could all parents take the time to check clothing, lunch boxes, drink bottles, hats, handballs, etc. for names. Our teachers will also support the process by doing daily checks and writing names on items too. This label blitz will hopefully reduce the amount of lost and handed in items.

DISCO

Our next disco will be held on Tuesday 6 June. Thanks to the staff and P&C for making this happen, the kids really enjoy these discos!

GYMNASTICS

The children are really enjoying the Gymnastics activities so far. This is an activity funded through the Commonwealth’s Sporting Schools program and there is no cost to the children. Thanks Mrs McCleary for yet another great sporting opportunity for our students. Please ensure your child has returned their note so they can participate in this program.

LIFE EDUCATION

Teachers are going through a series of activities to follow up from the successful Life Education visit recently. It was great to see local educator Leanne Goggin and Harold turn up in our car park for several days and for the lessons that covered different topics from kinder to year 6. The $10.00 fee for Life Education is because the program has no government funding and relies on student participation fees, fundraising and donations. The small items of merchandise also help to raise funds to keep the Life Education program on the road.

LATE ARRIVALS PROCEDURES

Department of Education guidelines require any students arriving late to school, for any reason, to be accompanied to the front office where an official register is completed including a reason for being late. We understand that there are many acceptable reasons for being late including doctor’s appointments, speech therapy sessions, broken down vehicles and road closures etc. If your child is not escorted to the office for this completion of the attendance register, their partial absence is listed as an Unexplained Absence.

CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL – LOWER NORTH COAST

Good luck to our many runners heading off to Kempsey on Monday 29 May to compete in the Lower North Coast Cross Country Carnival. Mrs Haste will be attending as manager of our school team and I will be a marshal on the course somewhere, cheering on our kids as they run past.

CANTEEN ROSTER

Friday 26 May 9-2pm Mary ann Grant9-2pm Pepa Evans11.30-2pm Lauren Miller

Wednesday 31 May 10-11.30am Help RequiredThursday 1 June 10-2pm Melissa Riley

12-2pm Kate PagottoFriday 2 June 9-2pm Pepa Evans

10-2pm Help Required

GRIP STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Our six student leaders that make up our Student Leadership Team will take part in a leadership development program next Wednesday in Port Macquarie. This is to further develop the many skills required to make our leaders successful in their roles. Over the past two years, our student leaders have really enjoyed this leadership experience.

MULCH

Please feel free to bring your trailer and get a load of mulch, or seven, from the big mulch piles behind the cricket nets. It’s FREE!! If you need to come on the weekend, give me a call and I’ll try and coordinate to let you in.

NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME

“The Cow Tripped Over The Moon” by Tony Wilson

The aim of the campaign is to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books.

Hopefully more than 500,000 children over 3,500 locations will have the opportunity to take part in National Simultaneous Storytime today.

A very funny book about not giving up!

Lake Cathie kids enjoyed it. (So did the staff).

LIFE EDUCATION

The Life Education programs cater to all ages and stages – including a focused secondary program - engaging children in an age-appropriate learning experiences around a range of topics including: friendship; nutrition; resilience; peer pressure; cyber safety; bullying; drugs; alcohol; safe use of medications and smoking.

“The Life Education program puts students in situations where they need to make decisions, solve problems and interact with others to find the best possible outcome in a situation related to their wellbeing.”

The aim of these preventative programs is to empower children to make the best choices by giving them the knowledge and facts around issues they may face growing up. All material is based on sound theory and current research, and is an accessible and enjoyable experience for all children involved.

Life Education also offers a range of helpful resources for parents on their website www.lifeeducation.org.au

DEBATING WORKSHOPOn Thursday 18 May, 8 students from Lake Cathie attended a regional debating training workshop at Laurieton Public School.

Our school representatives were Quinn Carmichael, Vincent Miller, Cora Puttick, Kiera Hetherington, Zoe Bulmer, Eliana Pagotto, Eva McKerrow and Brooke Instrell.

Throughout the day the students were trained in the fundamentals of primary school debating, learnt how to plan and prepare a debate and also methods of delivery.

Experts from Sydney travelled to present the workshop and they passed on very, very valuable ideas and strategies to the students.

It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm all students displayed and fantastic to know that they took many life lessons in public speaking and debating skills home that day.

All students were very well behaved and fabulous ambassadors for our school.

A very big ‘thank you’ to Kate Pagotto, for helping to transport our students to Laurieton and back.

Mrs Bailey and I look forward to working with our debating teams this year, in preparation for debating competitions next year.

Well done and congratulations!

Mrs Melissa Harris

Debating Coordinator

Lake Cathie is a SunSafe School.

To protect the eye-health of our students, School Shades sunglasses are now available in 3 sizes, colour matched to our school uniform and labelled with our school name. School Shades sunglasses are approved to the highest Australian UV standards and have shatterproof, poly-carbonate lenses.

Each set of tough, built-for-kids pair of sunglasses includes: • an easy-to-use ID panel • a microfibre cloth • a matching case with bag clip.

Sunglasses are $13.00 per pair and may be ordered at the office. Please order by 16 June 2017. Please note that one pair of sunglasses in each size will be available at the office to try on if you would like to check sizes.

Helping Your Child to Read

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Assembly Awards

Term 2 Week 3

Term 2 Week 4

ROLL CLASS CLASS AWARD SPORTS AWARD STUDENT OF THE WEEK WORK OF THE WEEK1/2B DJ McCabe Jikyha Vitnell Max Jordan Otis James

Bailey Haste1P Blake Higgins Sophie Wheatley Eli McDonald Kaitlyn Latham

Ella GrantK/1H Amie McCulloch Madeline Morgan Lily Havron Tilly McDonald

Talia KapilaKE Odin Barlin Bronte Cross Elizabeth Collett Summer Prophet

Harlow Madden Coen KG Ella Collins Mason Mudford Cameron Webster Deklyn Latham

Bethany McKerrow

ROLL CLASS CLASS AWARD SPORTS AWARD STUDENT OF THE WEEK WORK OF THE WEEK1/2B Locke Williamson Aiden Scarff Olivia Morgan Benji Day

Lekeisha Sargent1P Jude Stricker Ciana Jones Cody Collins Lachlan Jones

Lilli Ireland2J Adam Hines Hayley Austin Marli Carmichael Beau Tougher

Kaii Nation3/4B Ella Gillbanks Jasmyn Everingham Nicholas Hodges Charli Carr

Reid Edmonds4/5C Rocco Day Jordyn Miller Zoe Ruurda-Waters Shayleigh Evans

Archie Hill5/6M Georgia Freeman-Johnson Jesse Riley-Stewart Olly Farrell Vincent Miller

Mackenzie EdmondsK/1H Stephanie Gould Evie Hall Lily Worthing Eva Butler

Elise GreinJarred Tumes

KE Bronte Cross Tahney Cross Summer Prophet Indi GarveyQuinn Miller

KG Cameron Webster Sonny Cowan Kadence A’Beckett Mila RaeMaia Sykes

Bus Pass Applications

Apply for a bus pass, check the progress of your application and update your details online at Transport NSW.

http://www.transportnsw.info/en/tickets/eligibility-concessions/children-and-students/school-student-transport-scheme.page?

Crunch&Sip means vegetables, fruit and water only.

It’s simple!Crunch&Sip ®What to pack for

For more information on Crunch&Sip, download the parent brochure from the Crunch&Sip webpage: www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/campaigns-programs/crunchsip.aspx

Sometimes

Association

ICAS competitions have commenced for this year, with our first sitting on Monday 22nd May.

Please be advised that other co-curricula activities and changes to normal timetables may result in the adjustment of sitting dates when required. Such changes are managed within the school to accommodate all examinations.

Kelly Jesser

ICAS Co-ordinator

P & C NEWS

The P & C Committee would like to thank Megan Lee for taking on the role of Treasurer and Danielle Wheatley for being our new Secretary. All P & C core roles are now filled.

We would also like to thank the team (Sarah Jones, Megan Kapila and Amanda Butler) behind the organisation of the Mothers Day Stall and all the parents who supported the stall.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday the 13 of June at 7:30pm in the Library. Everybody is welcome and we would love to see anyone who would like to come along.

Special Meal Deal $5.00

Friday 26 May 2017 (prepayment before Wednesday 24 May would be appreciated for ordering purposes)

Name: Class:

Sour Cream Yes or No (please circle)

Cheese Yes or No (please circle)

Drink Water or Popper (please circle)

Special Meal Deal $5.00

Friday 26 May 2017 (prepayment before Wednesday 24 May would be appreciated for ordering purposes)

Name: Class:

Sour Cream Yes or No (please circle)

Cheese Yes or No (please circle)

Drink Water or Popper (please circle)

Special Meal Deal $5.00

Friday 26 May 2017 (prepayment before Wednesday 24 May would be appreciated for ordering purposes)

Name: Class:

Sour Cream Yes or No (please circle)

Cheese Yes or No (please circle)

Drink Water or Popper (please circle)

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