ALDAVILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL A Proud Member of the Macleay Public Schools

Delivering Excellence, Opportunity, Innovation, Success

Find us at: Sherwood Road Aldavilla NSW 2440 PH: 6563 1141

Email: aldavilla-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 8 11 September 2018

Message from the Principal Thank you to all the wonderful, creative volunteers that helped students produce some incredible art pieces for our CAPA Day. These art pieces will take pride of place around the school along with many entries to be showcased at "Spring Into Art". We value feedback!

This survey will be open for one more week. It provides us with valuable feedback to enhance your child’s educational experience at Aldavilla Primary School. Follow the link below to have your say. https://goo.gl/forms/XZJ7WwA5NjzQKjyy1 Our Fete is only a few weeks away and is such a fun family day out. Please get on board and support this event. All proceeds will directly benefit students. Congratulations to our State Dance Festival team who performed on Monday 10 September. We are all very proud of your efforts. We would like to thank our parents and teachers who have supported the team in Sydney. Well done to our girls soccer team who competed in their final game last week. You all demonstrated great skill and outstanding sportsmanship. Thank you to everyone who supported our recent events including the Stage 1 Healthy Breakfast, Bloke’s Breakie, Art Day and our P & C meeting. All of these events were highly successful and enjoyed by all.

Kathryn McNee

Principal

YEAR 1 HEALTHY BREAKFAST On Thursday 6 September, Year 1 students enjoyed participating in the Year 1 Healthy Breakfast. Some of the delicious meals included making scrambled eggs, raisin toast, toasted sandwiches, pancakes, fruit salad and fruit smoothies. We hope that all of our families that were able to attend enjoyed themselves as much as we did!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 12 September

Lunchtime disco Yrs 3-6 Fete Fundraiser Friday September 14

North Coast Athletics Monday 24 September

Stage 1 “Off by Heart” Poetry Competition Final 1.50pm Thursday 27 September

APS Spring Spectacular Fete Friday 28 September

BSG Rewards Day Last Day of Term 3 Monday 15 October

School resumes for students and staff

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LOWER NORTH COAST ATHLETICS Well done to all of our students who participated at the Lower North Coast Athletics Carnival on Friday August 31 in Wauchope. Congratulations to Taliah A who matched the 200m record and Jayden S for breaking the Jnr Boy record in Shot Put. Congratulations Jayden S Junior Boy Champion and Darcy S Senior Boy Champion. We have 7 students

going onto the North Coast Athletics Carnival at Lismore on Friday September 14. We wish you all good luck.

STAGE 1 ‘OFF BY HEART' POETRY COMPETITION – This week in class, all Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students will present their chosen poem to their class. The teachers have the tough job of selecting two finalists from their class using a marking Criteria. The final will be on Monday 24 September at 1.50pm in the school hall.

All parents are welcome to attend. If your child is a finalist, you will be notified early next week so you can make arrangements to be here. It has been fantastic to see so many students developing a love of poetry and showing enthusiasm when practising their poem in front of their peers.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) This fortnight, our focus on our school wide playground expectations is the ‘Toilets’. Students in HB4 have created a PowerPoint Presentation demonstrating how to display the 4Cs in the ‘Toilets’. 4C Behaviours in the ‘Toilets’: * Caring – I can respect the privacy of others. * Cooperation – I can leave the toilets quickly. * Courtesy – I can use the toilets quietly and sensibly. * Commitment – I can use the toilets during break times. 4C Award Recipients Congratulations to the following students for displaying positive 4C behaviours around our school. The following students were the recipients of the $1 canteen voucher: Week 6 – Michael K, Riley B, Charlie O Week 7 – Darcy B (absent from photo), Lucas N, Allyssa R The following students were the recipients of the $5 Dizzy Lizzy Country Store voucher: Week 6 - (Stage 2) Esther B and Week 7 - (Stage 3) Linc Mc

Week 6 recipients Week 7 recipients

POSITIVE AWARD SYSTEM Congratulations to the following students who have progressed through our positive awards system and have been recognised by their peers and teachers for a great effort. Assembly Awards 3rd August 2018

HB1 Mahlia D Lachlan H HB2 Claire F Lucy H HB3 Gemma P Ezra R HB4 Levi S Willow M HB5 Emily B Harley H-B HB6 Makayla M Mackenzie S HB7 Cruz K Jamaikah T-O’D HB8 Daniel B Tilly W HB9 Blake D Brooklyn A HB10 Charlie O’N Charlotte L HB11 Connor B Jayden D HB12 Charlie T Georgie B Bronze Awards: Charlie T, Toby R,

Tyler F Silver Awards: Lucy H, Joshua F,

Charlea K, Sonny S, Linc McC, Dominic J, Charli W, Jen S, Beth W, Mason P, Mackenzie S, Michael B, Teliyah K, Samuel F, Aleigha O’N, Toby S, Sarah W, Bella T, Amelia W, Stuart F, Ari D-M, Pyper K, Brianna C, Safiyah C, Brooklyn A, Well done to these students

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PSSA SOCCER KNOCKOUT COMPETITION On Tuesday 4 September, Aldavilla Primary School’s Open girls soccer team played their Round 6 match as part of the NSW PSSA Soccer Knockout Competition. The thrilling encounter against Narranga Public School was played at Toormina in torrential rain. This resulted in a close game filled with lots of slipping and sliding. With the scores locked at 1-1 during the halftime break, Aldavilla went on the attack but were unable to find the back of the net. The final score 3-1 in favour of the Narranga. Mr O’Brien would like to thank the girls for their courageous and inspiring efforts throughout this year. A super performance entailing sportsmanship and friendship was a fitting end to their impressive run in the competition. A further thank you to all the parents, relatives and friends who travelled to Toormina on the day and endured the wild weather. An email sent to Aldavilla Primary School from Narranga read, “Please congratulate Aldavilla’s girls. They played fantastic”. Aldavilla bow out of the competition as one of the top 32 primary schools in NSW. Mr O’Brien

ALDAVILLA’S SPRING SPECTACULAR UPDATE - 27 SEPTEMBER Disco: As part of our preparations for the fete, we will be holding a lunch time disco on Wednesday 12 September for 3-6 students. To gain entry, students will need to donate a

bag of lollies for our Lolly Shop at the fete.

Raffle Tickets: Please return sold raffle tickets to the office. The student or family that sells

the most tickets will receive a free Showbag and 5 free ride tickets.

Showbags and Ride Preorders: Pre-orders for show bags and Rides must be in by Friday 14 September. No late orders will be accepted. They will also be available at the

Fete without the pre-order discount.

Parent helpers: Some Homebases have sent a note home requesting parent helpers if

they require help for their stall. If you can spare some time before the fete or on the night, please fill in the Parent Helper Roster form and return to the office.

Class Stalls: Last week, each class received a wristband specific to the donation needs of

their Homebase. Please return these items to your child’s teacher as soon as possible.

We are also collecting donations for:

Plants and Produce Stall: We are hoping to collect a wide range of plants and produce from our

families for sale on the night. Donations of plants or vegetables can be delivered to the school in the week of the fete.

Jars and Bottle Stall: It would be greatly appreciated if students could donate clean bottles/jars full of

tricks or treats for this stall. Please contact Miss Giorgi if you have any questions or queries.

STEHANIE ALEXANDER KITCHEN GARDEN PROGRAM We are now already into our last two weeks of cooking - please remember that we do need volunteers for each cooking class to enable students to complete all recipes in a safe environment. Thanks again for all the wonderful volunteers who have helped students produce some incredible food from around the world. Our tastebuds were taken on an Oriental Journey from the hot & spicy food of India to the exotic taste of Asia - including Thailand, Phillippines, China & Malaysia to the delights of sushi, gyozas and wontons renown in Japanese cooking. Hope you have enjoyed the journey so far and hope to see you for the last leg! Just a reminder for donations for the Fete Raffle – donations need to be non perishables and in date at the time of the raffle draw. All donations can be left at the front office. Please let me know if you can help with the Pizza and Rock n Roll Café at the fete.Thanks again, really appreciate all the support. Gaye Dufty Aldavilla Primary School, Community Project Coordinator

P&C NEWS Our Blokes Breakfast was a huge success, with around 200 people attending and another $920 profit going towards air-conditioning for the school hall. A huge thank you to our fabulous helpers- Gaye Dufty, Stacey Potter, Kristy Wills, Leeton Smith, Mr O’Brien, Miss Thomas, Mr Fuller, Miss Downing, Mrs Mainey, Mrs Wright, Mr Glover, and Madonna Stokes.

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