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Lake Cathie Public School Term 3 Week 2 Issue # 12 Page 1

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

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EDUCATION WEEK OPEN DAY AND BOOK FAIR

THURSDAY 3 AUGUST

8.30 – 3.00PM BOOK FAIR IN THE LIBRARY

11.15AM EDUCATION WEEK

ASSEMBLY & PERFORMANCES

12.15PM PARENT/GRANDPARENT/

VISITOR MORNING TEA

available at the Canteen

12.30PM OPEN CLASSROOMS

1.00PM LUNCH WITH THE STUDENTS

(Parents can order lunch from the canteen. Parent orders can be placed in class lunch tubs or handed into the canteen by 9.00am)

1.45PM NORMAL CLASSES RESUME

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EDUCATION WEEK

I Learn, We Learn is the theme for Education Week this year. It signifies the individual and collaborative nature of the learning process. We all learn throughout our lives with many individual learning goals and aspirations, however our learning can be greatly enhanced when learning collectively, as part of a group. Collectively as a system, the NSW Department of Education strives to achieve equity and excellence for all of its students across the state in over 2200 schools. Staff constantly develop their skills and understandings to best cater for the individual and collective needs of all students. So this week, please join with us on Thursday for our Open Day to celebrate the successes of our students and to maintain your level of support for the students at our school and across the state.

BOOK FAIR

Our annual Education Week Book Fair will be on again this Thursday. The Book Fair will be in operation from 8.30am – 3.00pm except between 11.15am-12.15pm during our assembly. What a great way to encourage reading in our children by purchasing a book or two from the Book Fair. Thanks Mrs Cassidy for your hard work in organising this for our students and families.

CEREMONY OF EXCELLENCE – HASTINGS VALLEY COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS

Students from each of our grades representing Year 3 to Year 6 were nominated and presented with Certificates of Excellence at the Glasshouse on Tuesday evening. Congratulations to:

Lexi Drury Year 3 – Excellence in Literacy,

Eva McKerrow Year 4 – Excellence in Literacy and Numeracy,

Vincent Miller Year 5 – Excellence in Literacy

Mackenzie Edmonds Year 6 – Excellence in Technology

This was a prestigious ceremony including students from all 8 schools in our Community of Schools.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Congratulations to all of our Lake Cathie students who competed at the District Athletics Carnival last Friday at Wauchope. Great effort, determination and spirit was on show throughout the day by all of our students, parents and families. Congratulations to the students who will progress to the next stage, the Lower North Coast carnival on Tuesday 8 August.

BOOK WEEK CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY!!!

Please start thinking of ideas for our book character dress up on Friday 25 August. The staff will also be dressing up so please join in the fun.

BAND CAMP

A large number of our Lake Cathie Public School band students joined me at the annual Community of Schools Band Camp at the Francis Retreat, Bonny Hills. We joined students from Kendall, Laurieton, North Haven and also some great kids from Camden Haven High School. Mrs Skerritt, Mrs Bruggemann and Mrs Regan from North Haven, along with Mr Richardson, music teacher from Camden Haven High School and a large number of volunteers, joined Mrs Irving and myself for three great days at band camp. The kids were fantastic and the final band camp concert was brilliant. There were great meals, games nights, developing friendships and a good deal of fun and we encourage more of our band members to join us next year.

DATES TO REMEMBERTuesday 8 August LNC Athletics Carnival

Monday 14 August Hastings Science Fair - Yr 5

Tuesday 15 August Stage 2 Excursion

Thursday 17 August Showcase of Excellence for Kinder 2018 parents

PLEASE ENSURE ALL OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS ARE FINALISED BY FRIDAY 25 AUGUST. NO PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN MONDAY 28 AUGUST AND WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER AS WE PREPARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW SYSTEM.

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SHOWCASE OF EXCELLENCE

Thursday 17 August – 10.00am

Our annual invitation to families of students starting school in 2018 and 2019 involves a visit to see our students perform along with our student leaders. This is part of our ongoing Transition to School program to assist our prospective students and their families become more familiar and at ease with coming to school. We look forward to seeing you there. Please pass on this information to any families you may know who are joining us in the next few years.

PARENT/ TEACHER INFORMATION/WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Details about each class’s session, date and time will come out shortly. Parents will also have the option to book in for a one-on-one session with their child’s teacher.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND VACATION CARE

After a large selection process through the State Government’s eTendering process, Active OOSH has been awarded the contract to provide this service at Lake Cathie Public School. Information sessions are being planned and dates and times will be communicated very soon. Thank you to Susie Storm and Claire Briggs, our two past Presidents, for their role on the Tender Selection Committee representing the P&C.

LMBR – NEW SCHOOL OPERATING SYSTEM FOR FINANCE, STUDENT MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT WELLBEING

As part of the state wide transition to LMBR, a reminder to parents that we will be unable to receipt any money at the office between 28 August and 6 September. Thank you for your support as we transition to this new system.

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN

Please start collecting your stickers as part of the Earn and Learn program. They can be placed in the Lake Cathie box either at Woolworths or we have one at school in the foyer. We aim to use the Earn and Learn allocation on passive play toys, games and equipment this year.

CANTEEN ROSTER

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Last Friday, 37 students proudly represented Lake Cathie Public School at the District Athletics Carnival in Wauchope. These students showed wonderful sportsmanship by cheering each other on during events and trying their best during all individual events. The four relay teams exhibited awesome sportsmanship and amazing baton changes thanks to training with Mrs McCleary and Mrs Bishop. There were some huge schools attending the carnival so competition was tough, however the following students managed to earn ribbons:

Faith Brown - 4th in Shot Put Sonny Crisp - 2nd in Shot Put Max Fellowes - 2nd in 100m Rocco Day - 3rd in 100m and 4th in 200m Summah Harris - 4th in Long Jump Jordyn Miller - 4th in Long Jump

Max Fellowes, Rocco Day and Sonny Crisp will be progressing to the next level and we wish them the best of luck!

A massive thanks to the families that attended on the day and assisted with transport. We had many wonderful cheerleaders helping to push our athletes to their best!

It was an absolute pleasure to attend the carnival with such a positive bunch of individuals.

Kelly Cowan

Thursday 3 August Pepa Evans 9-2pm

Kate Pagotto 10-2pm

Mary-ann Grant 9-2pm

Emma Grant 9-2pm

Friday 4 August Linda Barnett 9-2pm

Louise May 10-2pm

Wednesday 9 August Hayley Murphy 10-11.30am

Thursday 10 August Help Required 10-2pm

Friday 11 August Help Required 9-2pm

Help Required 10-2pm

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Assembly Awards

Term 3 Week 1

ROLL CLASS

CLASS AWARD SPORTS AWARD STUDENT OF THE WEEK WORK OF THE WEEK

1P Cody Collins Bailey Preston-Laws Blake Higgins Misty ConnorsAva Miller

1W Eva Butler Jikyha Vitnell Bailey Haste Georgie KeoghOtis James

2J Summer Waite Adam Hines Summer Gemmell Nate StrickerBeau Tougher

KE Flynn Briscoe Annaliese Murphy Charlotte Hill Indi GarveyOdin Barlin

KH Riley Knight Madison Whiting Nathan AzerberzinTilly McDonald

1P 1W 2B 2J 3/4B 4/5C 5/6M KE KG KHMERIT Eli

McDonaldWillow

HoustonJazmin

RayRochelle

GrantReid

EdmondsLily

ButterfieldIsabelle Leiper

Cameron O’Callaghan

Mila Rae Angus Castle

Nate Downing

Kye Randall

Corbin Robinson

Roy Dunn Kirra Harris

Korb Giles Zoe Bulmer Marci Peterson

Mitchell Hine

Charlotte Drury

Kaitlyn Latham

Ava Giles Lavali Connors

Liam Henderson

Sophie Barton

Archie Hill Tobias Lee Harlow Madden

Ella Collins Elise Grein

Tora Smith Ekana Pemberton

DJ McCabe

Marli Carmichael

Mitchell Whiting

Tilly Short Kiera Hetherington

Summer Prophet

Stirling Henderson

Luke Mance

SPIRIT Locke Williamson

Eliana Pagotto

Term 3 Week 2Formal Assembly

Helping Your Child to Read

IdleWilde Open Range Farm Eggs

IdleWilde is a family owned and run 100 acre farm on the Bulga Plateau.

As a school fundraiser they are offering a dozen Free Range eggs for $6, with $1 from every dozen sold donated back to the school.

(Cash only)

Collect your eggs from the office each week and support this family business as well as our great school.

SCHOOL FUNDRAISER

On Monday 14 August 2017 we will be launching an exciting School Banking competition with prizes to win and an incredible game experience. Your school will receive more details soon, so stay tuned.

PLUS EXCITING GAMES TO PLAY AND PRIZES TO WIN PLUS EXCITING GAMES TO PLAY AND PRIZES TO WIN

Exciting reasonsto keep saving with School Banking.

Things you should know: Full terms and conditions found at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking Competition is open to Australian residents aged 4–13 years only with parent/guardian permission, who have an active CBA Youthsaver account and participating in CBA’s School Banking program. Competition starts 23/1/17 and ends 11.59pm AEST 29/9/17. Max 1 entry/person. Draw takes place at L3/11 Harbour St, Sydney NSW 2000 at 12pm AEDT 11/10/17. Winner’s details published in The Australian 17/10/17. Prize details: 1 x 5-night trip for 2 adults + 3 kids (aged 13 and under) to Tokyo, Japan, valued up to AU$22,855. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ABN 48 123 123 124, of Level 3C, 11 Harbour Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Permits: NSW LTPS/16/07099; ACT TP16/01759; SA T16/1590.

Welcome back to school for Term 3. It’s great to see School Bankers showing continued saving efforts through the fi rst half of the year.

Don’t miss out on the Grand Prize competition ending this termTo be in the running for a family trip to Tokyo Disneyland, children need to make 15 or more School Banking deposits between 23 January 2017 and the end of Term 3.

New reward items available in Term 3After making 10 School Banking deposits, children can now choose to redeem the Smiley Emoji Keyring or the Volt Handball.

Keep track of savings and tokens with the CommBank Youth appTo help enhance the fi nancial education of children, we’ve introduced the CommBank Youth app, available on any iOS 9.0+ device from the App Store. This innovative banking app gives kids hands-on experience in learning real-life money skills in a safe and fun digital environment. It also provides a new way for School Bankers to keep track of their Dollarmites tokens.

More information about CommBank’s School Banking program and the CommBank Youth app is available at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

CBCON3941 SBC School Banking Newsletter FA.indd 1 17/7/17 11:27 am

PUBLIC SCHOOLS NSW – LAKE CATHIE PUBLIC SCHOOL

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P&C MEETING MINUTES

MEETING DETAILS

Purpose P & C Meeting

Date and Time Tuesday 18th July 2017 Opened 6.36 pm Closed 8.14pm

Location Lake Cathie Public School Library

Attendance See Attendance Book Minutes: Danielle Wheatley (Secretary)

ITEMS ACTION

Minutes of previous meeting reviewed

Minutes accepted – Louise Fellows Seconded – Kim McNiff

President’s Report

Father’s Day Stall items ordered and arriving Holiday Raffle – checking terms and conditions, Lyn-Marie to check and pass

details on to Kelly Cowan Amart all sport $460 to spend, please place reminder in newsletter and thank you

to parents and supporters

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Treasurer’s Report

Renewal for domain name $22 P & C membership need to be paid by end of July approx. $ 400 Bendigo Bank changing of accounts submitted hopefully finalised this week.

Megan will chase.

Findings of canteen contractual Issues Sub-committee has as yet not met. Contract for canteen manager Megan has investigated getting the contract reviewed this has turned out to be very expensive approx. $250 per hr with a 4hr minimum. P & C association recommend that paid employees cannot be used in a voluntary capacity. Solution to perhaps contact Healthy Kids for solution. Discussion of how to get parent in to volunteer, Can we do an A4 flyer from the P&C to the parents explaining our need from parents, Do we consider the canteen running at a loss for the initial as it provides a service to the school, Can we liaise with North Haven PS regarding products, prices, profit, management, volunteers, Should we consider a volunteer roster for all families, Jock and Megan to work on letter to parents, Extra days such as sport days and disco will be p & c events not canteen events Class with the best volunteerism Volunteer of month

Future funding requests for LCPS staff – Passive Staff Development Day - Staff has come up with some wonderful ideas and will be asking for future funding

Principal’s Report

Values focus group and community. 2 members to work towards creating checklists for expected behaviour that will give privileges. Will also assist in future leaders

Currently looking at 2 new classroom positions for next year and 2 for the following year

Hasting Valley community of school will be putting on their ceremony for excellence. 1 student per grade 3 – 6 for LCPS

Education week open day P & C pre-orders for parent and morning tea that we charge for ( Thursday 3rd August Week 3) Book fair on the same day

Showcase of Excellence for kindergartens 2018 and 2019 paid morning tea Staffing Rose Wakefield permanent 1st day on 1W today, very excited. Melissa

Harris was successful at transfer for 2018

Canteen Report

$5817.83 bank balance Online ordering free through myschool connect to be discussed with Kylie and

Lincoln Short Before and After school Care Grant for storage, oven, air-conditioning for canteen

Uniform Committee Report

Claire and Lana only members Order placed at pre July price intake for kindy 2018 Encourage parents to buy uniforms in term 4 Showcase of excellence give out order form, order and pay on orientation which

will be handed out on drop in days. Packs for new students Fashion show of uniform ask Katy

Fundraising Report

Father’s Day Stall well on its way. Volunteers to sort to put a call out for help ?Thursday 27th July after school, helpers on the day to advertise for. 31st August and 1st September. Check with Annette if Kindy Orientation and Father’s Day stall can co-exist in library

Car Wash Term 4 19th November

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General/Other Business

Parent Rep for each class Website domain name renewal, useful , Lincoln keen to create committee to work

on content Will another P & C website be used or should we use utilising existing skool bag

app and school website. Turtle beach Raffle can we hand number tickets?, what are the legal terms and

conditions?, do they need to go on the back?, get back to Kelly about printing do we need another quote as will be double sided print

Kindy orientation day speech on the day (? Megan? Lyn-Marie discussion with Jock), show bag, printed stickers. Flyer, slide show of volunteers in a variety of settings, what does the P & C do for your children, school banking, uniform planting the seed at showcase and then payments and trying on at orientation. Speak to Annette as she is organising

6.30pm

Upcoming Meetings (and dates to remember)

Dates for term 3 meetings: Week 7 August 29th 6.30pm Dates to remember: Car Wash Term 4 Father’s Day Stall

Dear Parents and caregivers of Kindergarten children,

Join our Pictureproducts Project!

Turn your child’s treasured memories into durable, high-quality melamine Pictureplates that will last a lifetime!

Both decorative and useful, Pictureplates are simply beautiful. Children love eating off their very own Pictureplates, and as the years go by and they grow up and have their own families, their Pictureplates will bring back memories of those happy childhood years.

Your child can complete the artwork at school or at home and you can order as many copies of your products as you’d like, so it’s a fantastic gift idea for grandparents and family members. If you have a younger or older sibling that you would like to order a plate for to complete the artwork at home, please see Mrs Haste.

Buy now and put them away for Christmas.

How to get involved

We’d love for you to join in this exciting and creative activity. Fill out and bring in your order form with cash or a cheque made out to the school in an envelope marked ‘Pictureproducts’.

If you are ordering more than 1 plate and you wish the artworks to be different please indicate this below.

Jock Garven Katy Haste Principal Fundraising coordinator

Please pay at the office or online before Wednesday 23 August 2017 (Week 6)

Name: Class:

Pictureplate

Number of plates required

Total amount of order Indicate payment method

$28.00 each Cash / Cheque made payable to Lake Cathie Public School POP (online) Receipt No: __________________ OR EFTPOS at office

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CATS Cathie Accounting & Taxation Services (mobile accounting service)

Basic returns $100

Gold card holders & under 21s $70

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Dear parent,

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Dear parent,

Go4Fun is a healthy lifestyle program for children aged 7 to 13 years, who are above a healthy weight. Best of all it’s absolutely FREE. WHEN DOES GO4FUN RUN? Go4Fun runs for 10 weeks after school during the school term, and children attend a fun filled 2 hour session each week with their parent or carer. WHAT DO WE DO AT GO4FUN? Every week children play fun and interactive games and activities to get their heart rates up and enjoying being active. You and your child also learn about healthy eating, setting goals, portion sizes, label reading and more. The child receive up to 3 attendance prizes, and parents a $15 fresh fruit and vegie voucher each session they attend. Registration for Term 4, 2017 is open with limited places in Port Macquarie, Camden Haven and Coffs Harbour programs. We’d love to welcome you and your child to Go4Fun and encourage you to secure a place. Register at Freecall 1800 780 900 or at www.go4fun.com.au

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