Email: tocumwal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or visit our website: www.tocumwal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Phone: (03) 58 742 128 Fax: (03) 58 742 281

Principal: Darren White

TOCUMWAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

Wednesday 7th March, 2018 Term 1, Week 6

Important Dates

Friday 9th March Brian Taber Sheild

Wednesday 14th March Riverina Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 21st March P&C Meeting

Friday 30th March Good Friday

Monday 2nd April Easter Monday

Friday 13th April Last Day Term 1

Principal’s Report 5 in a Row- Zone Swimming Carnival Champions It was a superb day on Friday to attend the PSSA Finley Zone Swimming Carnival. Our 28 swimmers representing Tocumwal Public School performed admirably throughout the day giving their very best in all races as we knew they would. All swimmers showed great determination and sportsmanship. This year they again shone wearing the team attire in shirts and new blue swimming caps. They looked awesome. The Tocumwal students supported each other, cheering and chanting bringing their team mates home in all races. As a result, we won the overall championship team for the day. This makes it 5 years in a row. An extremely impressive effort by all students! In addition, three individual highlights were: Logan White awarded Junior Boys Zone Champion, Remmi Wardlaw awarded 11 Years Girls Zone Champion and Jackson Bury being awarded Senior Boys Zone Champion. Well done to all of them for their individual achievements. A big thank you to all of our carnival parent helpers on the day including those who took on the stopwatches. We are so very grateful for your support and positive vibes.

Casey Chivers Jett Mathers

Lauren Jarrett

Mathletes of the

Week: Infants:

Abigayle Owen Primary:

Samantha Anderson-Catchpool

ASSEMBLY 2.30pm

School and Zone Swimming Carnival Ribbon Presentations

Regional Swimming Carnival A massive 19 students have qualified for the Regional Carnival to be held in Albury on Wednesday 14th March. Congratulations to Cooper Quick 8 Years 50m Freestyle, Adrienne Jones-Junior Girls Relay, Molly-Mae Ruigrok- 9 Years 50m Freestyle and Junior Girls Relay, Alex Booth and Heath Mansell 9yrs Boys 50m Free and Junior Boys Relay, Jett Parker-Junior Boys Relay, Evelyn McCallum and Abigail Walsh -Junior Girls Relay, Logan White-10yrs boys 50m Free, Jnr Breast, Back, Butt, including 100m Free, 200M IM and Junior Boys Relay, Katya Eddy- 11 Years Girls Breaststroke, Remmi Wardlaw-11Yrs Girls 50m Free, Back, Butt and 11Yrs Girls Relay, Hunter Hardwidge- 11 Years Breaststroke, Tahlia Pate, Alana Sutton and Dylan Schwan- Senior Girls Relay, Charles Locke and Will O’Connell- Senior Boys Relay, Kane Wardlaw Senior Boys 50m Free, Breast, Butt and Senior Boys Relay, Jackson Bury- Senior Boys 50m Free, Breast, Back, Butt as well as 100m Free, 200M IM and Senior Boys Relay. We wish our representative swimmers the best of swimmers luck in their events.

Western Riverina AFL Trials On Monday afternoon a number of our students tried out for the Finley Zone AFL team to play in the Western Zone AFL trials in Leeton on March 22nd. The students were put through their paces at the Berrigan Football oval under the watchful eyes of the selectors. They needed to display the fundamentals of kicking, bouncing, handballing, tackling and shepherding as part of the trials. At the end of the session 5 students from Tocumwal Public School were selected into the team. The successful students were: Hunter Hardwidge, Joe Barker, Jackson Bury, Brock Bear and Kane Wardlaw. Congratulations to these students and good luck at the next level. Well done to all those students who tried out.

Brian Taber Shield This Friday 9th March, our Boy’s Cricket Team will play in the first round of the Brian Taber Shield against a combined Jerilderie, Berrigan, Oaklands and Urana side in Jerilderie. The bus will leave the school at 9am and return back to school before 3pm. We wish the team the best of luck. Skoolbag App Skoolbag is our parent communication app for parents and caregivers of students from our school. This app has many functions from being able to alert parents from individual classes or the whole school of events that are coming up or to notify if the bus is running late home from an excursion. It uses free push notification alerts. It will have the latest newsletter for you to view as well as having the functionality for parents to send an absentee note directly to school if your child is away. Our aim is to further develop our communication between school and home. School Fees Attached to Newsletter in week 3 was the 2018 School Fee contribution form. This also takes into account the cost of text books and consumables. It also has the option to buy a Riversider (School Magazine 2018) at a reduced price at the start of the year. It would be appreciated if you could return the form to the school office with your payment promptly. We thank you in advance for your contribution. Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government School in 2019 Today, students in Year 6 received an information guide and expression of interest form for parents and carers. Regardless of where your child may be attending next year could all parents return the completed sections relevant to their intentions on or before Friday 16th March. Thank you. Change of Routine If your child is not going home the usual way they do every other day, they must have written permission from their parents. If the change requires them to catch the bus, a note must be supplied to hand to the teacher on bus duty. The bus company should also be contacted so the driver is aware of the change. Parents can also call the office and leave a message for their child if their normal home time routine needs to change.

Darren White

Email: tocumwal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or visit our website: www.tocumwal-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Phone: (03) 58 742 128 Fax: (03) 58 742 281

Canteen Roster

Friday 9th March 9am-12.00pm: Carly Almond 11.30am-2.30pm: Sam Mason Friday 16th March 9am-12.00pm: Michelle Su 11.30am-2.30pm: Olivia Haley

Friday 23rd March 9am-12.00pm: Emily Tuck 11.30am-2.30pm: Volunteer Required Friday 6th April All Day: Laura Palmer Thursday 12th April Volunteers Required

Canteen News Please note… The last canteen for Term 1 will be on Thursday 12th April.

I still require a volunteer to help out on Friday 23rd March from 11.30am – 2.30pm and volunteers for Thursday 12th April. Please contact the office if you can help.

Sonia Cracknell, Canteen Coordinator Phone: 0404502585

P&C Easter Raffle Drawn Thursday 29th March

Tickets $1.00 each

Raffle tickets have been sent home today Please return them to the office by

Wednesday 28th March

We are asking each family to please donate an Easter Item for the Raffle.

Thank you to those who have already

donated.

Community Notes THE SCOTS SCHOOL ALBURY EQUESTRIAN INTERSCHOOL CHALLENGE Saturday 19th March 2018 Albury Wodonga Equestrian Centre Corrys Road, Thurgoona Dressage | Mount & Rider | Handy mount | Novelties | Show jumping | Equitation Open to school students Years 3-12 Ribbons to 6th place, Age Champions, Winning team. Participation in this event allows riders to qualify for entry to Equestrian Victoria Interschool Championships in 2019. Program and entries coming soon to Event Secretary www.eventsecretary.org.au DYSLEXIA DRIVE FREE 90 MIN SEMINAR See venues and details online at www.dyslexia.com.au/register or call 02 9436 3766 THE RESILIENCE PROJECT Information session will be held at Cobram Anglican Grammar School in the Performing Arts Centre on March 7th at 7.00pm. Limited spaces are available, please book your seat by visiting the following link https://www.trybooking.com/357032 The Resilience Project uses successful mental strengthening strategies and procedures to help individuals become more resilient and grateful for the lives that they live.

Finley High School Hall

$5pp 6-10 people per table Drinks available to purchase | BYO Food and Snacks

RSVP Finley High School to book a table 03 58831344 |Pay on the night

Student Team on Mental Positivity