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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty

Important Dates

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Term 1|Week 3|13th February 2018

"Education is

not the filling

of a pail, but

the lighting of a

fire"

William Butler

Yeats

Term 1 2018

Wednesday 14/2/18

Swimming Carnival Macksville Aquatic Centre Yr 3 to 6

Monday 19/2/18 to 26/3/18

WAVES Program

Tuesday 20/2/18

P&C AGM 3.15pm in LLLCC

Wednesday 28/2/18

“Helping You, Helping Your Kids” Parent Seminar with lunch

2018 School Students & Staff

Indo Corner Pronunciation

“U” is pronounced:

Like the “oo” sound in “foot” when it is the first letter or within a word.

Like the “oo” sound in “food” when it is the last letter of a word

*Never like the “uh” sound in “fun”.

1. Umur - Oomoor (Age)

Tujuh - Toohjooh (Seven)

Ulang tahun - Oolung taoon (Birthday)

2. Kamu - Kummoo (You - informal)

Ibu - Ibboo (Mother; Mrs)

Friendly Visitor at school

I was walking along and everyone was yelling

‘possum’. I came over had a look.

I thought it looked cute. Duke said. “Get the

Camera.”

I ran off and got the camera and took the picture.

By Seb Harvey

Weekly round up

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Hello, Giinagay, Hai,

Leadership is about the art of motivating, influencing and

directing people so that they work together to achieve the

goals of a team or broader organisation. It’s important for

students to experience leadership opportunities during their

schooling, to learn the art of building relationships within

teams, defining identities and achieving tasks effectively. It

also provides an opportunity to learn to identify and display

effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Thanks to Ricky, Cass and Lyndsey for all the work you have

put towards the Year 6 Leadership camp, it was a great

success.

Professor David Townsend, University of Lethbridge, Alberta,

Canada, a leading world authority on his approach in leading

learning by working directly with schools in developing

school improvement programs. David worked with all our

staff on Monday exploring new and innovative ways of

developing a successful school and community-based

school improvement programs, whilst drawing upon a

significant body of evidence of best practice from the Alberta

research.

A HUGE thank you to Annie, Bettina and Adam for the work

you did in cleaning out the sports shed. Thanks to parents

Carly, Fitzroy, and Henrike and all the students who helped.

Tomorrow is our swimming carnival. Any parent volunteers

Principal’s Column This Week’s Whale Awards and Class Academic Awards

School visit from Professor David Townsend

"I start with an assumption that every school wants to be the best it can be, and every

person who works in that school is competent. I see this work as a form of research, so I’m

always trying to answer a question, such as:

How can a relentless focus on leadership, in all its forms, contribute to continuous progress

on key indicators of teacher growth and student achievement?

To me, the leadership to which I refer is the leadership of learning.

In my experience, more effective schools are those that can establish and sustain

processes and structures that honour professional practice, foster closer collaboration,

encourage individual resiliency, and concentrate on providing the best possible educational

services to every student.

I talk frequently about the power of teams. Based on our evidence, extending over more

than 400 schools, TEAMS are the way that much of the work of schools gets done best. That does not mean we should

ever fail to acknowledge and foster individual initiative and talent. It simply means that, most often, more can be

accomplished through collaboration than through solo effort when it comes to overall school improvement."

Professor David Townsend, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

would be much appreciated. All students who will are

turning 8 and over this year will be travelling by bus to

start the carnival at 10am.

Next week we will begin our WAVES Program on Monday.

Again any parent help would be appreciated. Notes have

gone home today.

Attached to the newsletter is our new canteen menu.

Thanks Pak Adam for your creative design. This menu

starts next week.

Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.

Bu Gillian

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Parent Information - reminders

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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.

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

Remember to send in a

note if your child is

absent from school.

After 7 days, the system

automatically records as

an “Unexplained

Absence”.

Swimming Carnival—Years 2 to 6

Our school swimming carnival will be held on Wednesday 14th February at the Macksville Aquatic

Centre. All students turning 8 years old this year will be attending the carnival. If your child doesn't

want to compete in events, that’s ok, they will be their house cheer squad. The bus will leave at

9.15am and return by 2.30pm. Events will start at 10.00am.

Wellbeing, Awareness, Versatility Environmental Surf (WAVES) Program

Our WAVES Program will commence on Monday 19th February. This program will run every

Monday for 6 weeks between 9.15 am to 12pm in partnership with the Macksville-Scotts Head

SLSC. Information and permission notes have been sent home today. Please return permission

note by Friday.

Book Club—Issue 1

Book Club orders are due back to school by Friday 16th February 2017.

Items needed at school

Shoe boxes/cereal boxes to Pak Karl. The canteen would like a couple of old surfboards, for new

signage in the canteen. Thank you!

Ethics 2018.

Ethics will start again this Friday 16/2 for Year 4 and 5 students who opted in last year. Janet

Granek will continue to teach this group.

The feedback from students in 2017 was very positive. We are looking forward to another special

year. Janet Granek

Payments to School

Payments can be made to the school

using the following options:

EFTPOS— at the office.

Parent online payment (POP) - via the

school website—using the ‘Make a

Payment’ button.

Cash and cheque are still accepted at

the office.

P&C News

Canteen The canteen will be opening on Monday and Wednesday’s from now on. This is due to the

availability of volunteers.

The new canteen menu is attached to this newsletter. If

you can spare a couple of hours to help in the canteen,

please contact the office.

Due to the swimming carnival the Canteen will be

CLOSED tomorrow.

P & C Meeting Dates The AGM will be held in Week 4 on Tuesday 20th February

at 3.15pm in the LLLC. All positions will be declared vacant

and a new committee will be formed. Please come along to

support our school.

The next P&C Meeting will be held in Week 7 on Tuesday

March 13th at 6.00pm in the LLLC.

Please come along to support our school and your P&C.

Canteen Roster

Week 3

MON 12/2 Mel

WED 14/2 CLOSED

Week 4

MON 19/2 Katie

WED 21/2 Gretchen

Active Kids Rebate Program

From 31 January 2018, parents will be able to claim up to

$100 per school child, per calendar year, as a voucher to

reduce the cost of sport registration or membership fees for

after-school, weekend and structured fitness or physical

activity. The voucher will not be means-tested and available

to every school child wanting to get active in their

community through sport and active recreation. Parents will

be able to register online to get their voucher to a sports

club or registered provider to receive the rebate.

The Active Kids Rebate program will help deliver on the

Premier’s Priority of reducing child overweight and obesity

rates by five per cent over 10 years. https://

sport.nsw.gov.au/sectordevelopment/activekids/fact-sheet

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From the 8-9th of February the year sixes went on a leadership camp. They learnt valuable skills to

be a leader. They went ghost crabbing one night and they had to use teamwork to catch every crab.

They learnt how four birds had different purposes. The dove: is people orientated. Loyal, friendly,

hardworking and a great team player but tends to avoid change, confrontation, risk-taking and

assertiveness. The Peacock: the peacock loves talking, being the centre of attention, has passion/

enthusiasm and is happy/ optimistic. Peacocks can be accused of talking too much, and aren’t good

with detail or time control. The Owl: the owl is logical, mathematically minded, methodical and

sometimes perfectionist. The owl can be slow to make decisions and inflexible if rules and logic says

otherwise. Owls are not big risk takers but love detail. The Eagle eagles are dominant and decisive.

Eagles can be very stubborn. They can lose sight of the big picture and can be insensitive to other

peoples needs. We had to learn that each leadership style has its place and has an important role.

We learnt that we are influential as leaders and need to be role models. The year sixes had an

unforgettable time and wish they could it again. It was an amazing experience.

Indonesian—Year 1/2— Safe Living

This term in Indonesian, Year 1 2 are studying a PDHPE (Personal Development, Heath and Physical Education) unit on SAFE LIVING.

On Wednesday 7th February we went down to the beach to learn about beach safety from Scotts Head Surf Lifesaving Club members

Jim Brazel and Angie Walker. Here we are play acting a first aid response. A beach goer is in need of first aid. Students send for help

from the lifeguards, who arrive in the ATV (all terrain vehicle) with the first aid kit. What a great emergency response team! A big

thankyou to Angie and Jim for a most informative and fun afternoon.

The Year 6 Leadership Camp 2018

“I really enjoyed making the ipad trailers about

leadership, it was funny!” Liam A

“I liked learning about different leadership qualities and

how you need them at different times” Henry

“It was good fun working together to make the food”

Kasimir

“I enjoyed getting along with others and playing new

games” Caylem

“It was great working as a team player and I’m looking

forward to using my skills at school” Jye

Thank you to Mrs C, Bu Cass, Ricky and Mrs Stuart who

organised the camp for the year 6s and taught us the

value and power of being good leaders. We had a

wonderful time! Written by Kasimir and Dimity.

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HELPING YOU, HELPING YOUR KIDS…

WITH EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIOURS

PARENT SEMINAR WITH LUNCH ‘FUN FRIENDS’

Tuesday 13 February marks the tenth anniversary of National Apology to the Stolen Generations. "Ten years ago Kevin Rudd spoke to and for the Australian people about what he termed “this blemished chapter in our national history”. It was his first act as prime minister – opening federal parliament with the words Aboriginal and Islander people and a legion of non-Indigenous Australians had longed to hear: sorry. It was an apology for “the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians” Ten years on, there is much justice and healing yet to be done. As we approach the anniversary of the historic Apology we know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are still grossly over-represented in our prisons, in out-of-home care, are still dying in custody and are still subjected to racism on a regular basis. There is still much work to do.

National Apology to the Stolen Generation

The Got-It! Team was at Scott’s Head Public School on 7/02/2018 which provided the

opportunity to meet any parents/carers who had questions regarding any aspects of the

program and the Strengths & Difficulty questionnaire. If you didn’t get a chance to meet the

team, then don’t miss the opportunity on Wednesday 28 February where the Got-It! team will

be back in the school to host the Parent’s Seminar. (see Seminar flyer information)

Time: 11.00 am – 2:00 pm (lunch provided)

Date: Wednesday 28 February 2018

The Parent Seminar - ‘Helping You To Help Your Child’ is a great opportunity for parents to

meet with the Got-It! team. The Parent Seminar provides the opportunity to learn more about what the Got-It! team is

doing in your school in Terms 1 and 2 and how you as parents/carers can be involved and to ask questions regarding

about the Got-It! program. You can contact your school if there are any concerns.

From the Got-It! Team

The Getting on Track in Time GotIt! Team: Derek (Senior Clinician

& Clinical Lead), Nathalie (Psychologist) Olivia (Social Worker)

Leighanne (Administration Officer)

Wednesday 28th Feb 2018

Time 11.00am – 2.00pm

All parents are invited to attend to find out how they can help their kids learn about emotions.

An invitation has gone home, please RSVP for catering purposes if you would like to attend.

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MACKSVILLE SOCCER CLUB

Registrations are now open. Go to: https://www.playfootball.com.au/player/player-registration to register to play this year. Registration days will be Saturday 17th & 24th February 9 - 11.00am outside Foodworks Macksville.

Don’t forget to apply for your Active Kids $100 voucher and bring along the voucher number on rego day. To apply for your voucher online go to: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-active-kids-voucher Macksville Soccer Club is an approved provider.

Under 5/6/7’s play free with the $100.00 Active Kids voucher! Under 8-11’s $125—so $25.00 is all you will pay with an Active Kids voucher. Don’t forget to have your voucher number ready when you’re signing up.

For more information go to the Macksville Soccer Facebook page or email macksvillesoccer@gmail.com

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

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