COMING EVENTS FOR TERM 2

Tuesday 7 May P&C Meeting - 2pm

9 & 10 May Mother’s Day Stall

Friday 10 May Mother’s Day Morning Tea 8.30-

9.15am Girls & Boys Soccer vs Aldavilla

9.30am

Monday 13 May K-2 Responsible Pet Visit

LNC Touch Football Trials

14 – 16 May NAPLAN (Yr 3 & Yr 5)

Tuesday 14 May Got-It! Parent Seminar

Thursday 23 May Science & Engineering Challenge

(calendar items are subject to change)

Week Assembly Date Afternoon Tea / Item

3 13 May (Infants) Mrs Waitoa/Mrs Byrne

4 20 May (Primary) Assembly Only

5 27 May (Infants) Mrs Ashton

6 3 June (Primary) Assembly Only

7 10 June Public Holiday

8 17 June (Primary) Creators Hub

9 24 June (Infants) Mrs Etheridge & Mr Easey

10 1 July (Primary) Innovators Hub & Assembly of Excellence

Issue 7 – Term 2 – Week 2 – Tuesday 7 May 2019

IMPORTANT NOTICES Active After School Activities Active After School Activities has resumed for term 2. Monday’s will be Tennis and Tuesday’s will be hockey. It runs from 3.15-4.15pm. If you child would like to attend and has not already submitted a form for this year, please see the office or Mr Henry.

Student Banking Student banking is on a Friday, passbooks can be handed into the front office or to the students teacher.

Assembly Roster

Fortnightly Assembly from Term 2 We will be having fortnightly assemblies on a Monday afternoon at 2.45pm. Infants (Kinder to Year 2) will have their assemblies on odd weeks and Primary (Year 3 to Year 6) will have their assemblies on even weeks. Afternoon Tea & Assembly Item – 2.15pm to 2.45pm We will again be holding our weekly class afternoon tea where parents/carers will have the opportunity to go into their child’s classroom. On the week your child’s class is doing the afternoon tea and assembly item you will go to your child’s classroom at 2.15pm for the afternoon tea. At this afternoon tea you will be able to review your child’s work towards their learning goals. Your child’s class will also be presenting an item at assembly following the afternoon tea. The roster for term 2 is below.

CROSS COUNTRY At the end of last term we held our school Cross Country. Well done to everyone who participated. The winning house was Verge - 116pts to 104 Age champions 8/9 boys Jack J 8/9 girls Latarah D 10 boys Cooper P 10 girls Pippa K 11 boys Hunter D 11 girls Dejia H 12 boys Riley T 12 girls Macy M The next level (LNC) is on Monday 27 May for students who placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their age races.

Stewart House 2019 Donation Drive Envelopes for the Stewart House Donation Drive will be sent home with a student from each family today. These donations support the 1,700 children who attend Stewart House each year from Public Schools across NSW & the ACT. If you would like to donate, please place a $2 coin or equivalent in the envelope and return this to school by Thursday 16 May. By donating you go into the draw to win a $4,000 holiday to a destination of your choice (be sure to fill in the details on the envelope).

Principals News

Mother’s Day Don’t forget our Tea-riffic Mothers Day Morning Tea is on this Friday from 8.30am under the hall COLA. During this time mothers and special people in the lives of students at Kempsey East Public School are invited to share morning tea and enjoy some craft, story reading, and visit the special photo booth for some pictures! Please make sure you have sent in your muffin orders as these were due today. Tea, coffee and some juice will be available as well. The P&C Will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall on Thursday & Friday this week also. Building Work During the holidays our school has had some improvements and more are planned as part of planned maintenance by the Department of Education. You will have noticed that the outside of Mr Clough’s classroom has had a fresh coat of paint and is looking great! This term some of the buildings around the school will be receiving new roof tiles. This will mean some changes in the playground and how some classrooms will be accessed for a short time once the work begins. Congratulations A big congratulations to Haylee O who was selected for Macleay Netball last term. She represented the Macleay at the Lower North Coast Netball today. Staffing This term we welcome a new permanent teacher Mrs Gabrielle Scott to our school. She will be working in the Creators Hub on Year 3 and 4. Gabrielle is an experienced teacher and we are lucky to have her joining our Kempsey East team! Mr. Jacob Easey will continue in the Investigators Hub teaching Year 1 and 2 and Mrs Alisia Byrne will remain in the Discoverers Hub working with Kindergarten and Year 1. The role of Learning and Support Teacher will be taken on by Mrs Teleah Waitoa. NAPLAN The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be administered at our school next week. This is a national assessment conducted each year for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 and provides a snapshot of information to schools about what each student can do in both literacy and numeracy. The 4 separate assessments are reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy and will be administered over 3 days from Tuesday 14th May to Thursday 16th May. During this time there will be some changes to class organisation for students in Years 3-6. NAIDOC Week We will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in the last week of this term. More information on the day will come out in the coming weeks. This year students are able to order a beanie, pencil case, bands, shirts or mini football –order forms will be sent home with students today and are required in by Friday 24 May. Got-It! Program at Kempsey East Public School Students in Kinder to Year 2 and 8 years olds in year 3 have been given information and a questionnaire in relation to the 'GOT-IT! Program'. This program aims to assist children, parents/carers and schools to support children in managing emotions, build social skills and improve behaviours. Please have the questionnaire completed and returned to the school office by Wednesday 15 May. On Tuesday 14 May from 9.30am-12.30pm there will be a parent seminar held at the school. Please RSVP to the school office if you would like to attend this seminar. More information is at the end of the newsletter. Assembly Changes There has been a change of the afternoon tea & assembly item roster for Primary classes. These will now be done in Hub's rather than individual classes. The new roster for Primary students is as follows: Monday 17 June - Mrs Pickett's & Mrs Scott's (formally Miss Harkins') Monday 1 July - Mrs Cassidy, Mr Kelly & Mr Clough (in conjunction with the Assembly of Excellence) Fortnightly Assemblies We will still be having fortnightly assemblies on a Monday afternoon at 2.45pm. Infants (Kinder to Year 2) will have their assemblies on odd weeks and Primary (Year 3 to Year 6) will have their assemblies on even weeks.

Christie Ashton Relieving Principal

Early Explorers Transition Program

to Kempsey East Public School

Early Explorers is a transition program to Kempsey East Public School for children commencing school in 2020. The program is designed to make starting ‘big’ school at Kempsey East Public School as successful as possible

for children, families and teachers.

Early Explorers Aims: - to get to know your child as an individual

- to enhance your child’s oral language, literacy and numeracy skills - to provide opportunities for parents/carers to share in their child’s transition to KEPS

- to allow your child to develop relationships with other children they will start kindergarten with, and - to complement the benefits of early childhood education programs your child may already attend.

What you need to do to enrol: If your child is going to start kindergarten at Kempsey East Public School in 2020

and you are interested in your child becoming involved in this program, please fill out an Early Explorers Expression of Interest form

and return it to our school office as soon as possible. You must also complete a Kempsey East Public School enrolment form

and submit this to our school office along with the child’s birth certificate, immunisation details and proof of address (ie. drivers licence).

Enrolment forms can be obtained from our school office.

Start dates and times: Attendance at Early Explorers is on a fortnightly basis on a

Tuesday afternoon from 12.30 to 3.00 at Kempsey East Public School. You are able to choose which fortnight your child attends on.

The first sessions will be on Tuesday 7th May (group 1) and Tuesday 14th May (group 2).

We look forward to meeting both you and your child in the near future.

If you have any questions, please contact Teleah Waitoa at Kempsey East Public School on 02 6562 4927.

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