Education Week Thank you to everyone who came along for a picnic recess today and enjoyed a special Education Week Assembly in the afternoon. Thank you to the choir and Drumbeat group for showcasing your talents. Congratulations to all of the Award winners and special thanks to Munchkins Family Day care, for sponsoring some special awards for the occasion. One child from each class received an award and a book. Three significant awards were also given, as part of the annual Kurri Kurri Learning Community’s Education Week activities. Student Award – Tahlea Franks – for being a safe, respectful active learner who always contributes to all aspects of school life. Staff Award - Mrs Jennifer Knight – for outstanding contributions and involvement in all aspects of our school community. Community Award – Mrs Rowena Boughton– for her continued involvement and outstanding contributions to the school community.

Zone Athletics Congratulations to all students who competed last week at the Zone Athletics Carnival. All students were fierce competitors on the day displaying sportsmanship and teamwork. Thank you to the parents who provided transport to make this day possible for our students. The 2018 Athletics Champions will be presented at our special Education Week assembly on Friday 3rd August, and will be announced in next week’s newsletter. Students who qualified for the Regional Event will be notified accordingly.

10 AUG 2018

D A T E S F O R T H E D I A R Y

Tuesday 14th August P&C Meeting Friday 17th August Assembly in the Hall 2.30pm Tuesday 21st August Book Week Parade from 10am in the Hall Wednesday 22nd August Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition Tuesday 28th August Canberra Parent Information Session 6pm Friday 31st August Assembly in the Hall 2.30pm Wednesday 19th– Friday 21st September Canberra Excursion Saturday 22nd September Spring Fair

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Book Week Book Fair

Books will be available for purchase in the

library before school on Tuesday 21st of August

and after the Book Week parade.

SCHOOL FEES Our voluntary school contributions of $47 per family are now

due. Payments can be made at the office by

Eftpos or cash & online.

Canberra Excursion

Final Payments are now due for students

attending the Canberra Excursion.

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Bike Safety Occasionally, unfortunately I see or hear reports of

unsafe bike behaviour around our school. Students are

asked to walk their bike through the playground and out

of the bottom end gate, due to the high volume of

people around the area. To assist with pedestrian safety,

students are also asked to walk their bike or scooter until

after the laneway. If students are repeatedly not

following these expectations, we will notify parents and

children will spend some time in planning room for not

following instructions. These expectations are only put

into practice to ensure the safety of our students.

All students riding bikes are required, by law, to wear a

securely fitted and fastened helmet. Students who ride

their bike to school without a helmet will not be allowed

to bring their bike onto the school grounds.

If your child rides to school, please remind them of these

expectations. Thank you for your assistance in ensuring

our children are safe when riding bikes or scooters.

Staff Movement Next Monday and Tuesday, Mrs Warren-Davey, Miss

Perry and Mrs Wendt will be attending professional

learning, as part of our Early Action for Success.

Mrs Foggett will be taking some leave next week and will

be replaced by Mrs Jacqui Adams. Normal Library lessons

will continue, with students continuing to prepare for

Book Week activities.

In Week 7, Mrs Harris will be taking some long service

leave, for the remainder of the term. During this time,

she will be replaced by Ms Penny Dimmock, who some

parents may remember. She was an Assistant Principal

here from 2007 until mid-way through 2012, when she

left to take an Assistant Principal position at Bolwarra

Public School. Ms Dimmock has been leading Explicit

Instruction at her current school and will bring to this

position a wealth of knowledge and experience. She is

very excited about the opportunity to come back for a

few weeks and share her expertise with our staff and

students.

Working Bee

We will be holding our first Working Bee on Sunday, 19th

August, from 10-2pm. Lots of activities are planned, to

ensure our playground is looking its best before our

Spring Fair. The sandpit needs painting, and some

gardens need tidying and re-mulched. Any assistance

would be greatly appreciated, for as long as you can

spare the time.

A sausage sizzle lunch and refreshments will also be

provided. Just remember…many hands make light work!

Early Arrivals It has been noticed that some students are arriving at school far too early. Staff supervision is not provided until 8.45am. Your support and cooperation of ensuring students arrive when supervision is provided is greatly appreciated, as it ensures our students are safe.

Focus on Bookwork As part of our Explicit Instruction implementation, each Friday three randomly selected students from each class will present their Vocab books to me to receive some feedback. The sentence structure is as follows – Who, what they did. Last week I was extremely proud of the effort each and every student put into their bookwork and their sentences. I have chosen a few fabulous examples to share with you from last week.

As the blazing sun set over the enclosures, the terrifying tiger roamed and hunted for tasty morsels of meat. – Trevor H 4 Indigo

As the majestic lion roared to sound the start of a scorching hot day, the dedicated keepers cared for each animal, making sure they were not treated inhumanly. - Sam B 4 Indigo

In the middle of noisy feeding time, the magnificent menagerie of hungry birds flew through the air displaying their striking feathers. - Neveah W 4 Indigo

When the visitors had left the zoo, the majestic birds glided through the air displaying their striking feathers. - Jordyn R 3/4 Blue

As the moon set over the enclosures, the fantastic keepers cared for each animal, making sure they were not treated inhumanely. - Kye B 3/4 Blue

When the final family left the zoo, the funny monkeys displayed their unique ability to swing from branch to branch with such excitement. - Natty D 3/4 Blue

When they lost their Bey Blade, my loyal friend went to find the empathetic teacher. - 1/2 Yellow

When they lost their Bey Blade, the trustworthy boy went to find the empathetic teacher. - Deegan M 2/3 Green

PBL Awards for this week

Be Safe Bentley K Red Be Respectful Sacha 5/6 White

Be an Active Learner Andrew 4/5 Violet

Ribbit Award Orange & Pink

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Breakfast Club

Breakfast club is offered to all students each Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8.30am. Our volunteers prepare toast, cereal, milo and fresh fruit. We have some of our students also volunteering their time to help prepare and serve breakfast. Come along and enjoy some yummy breakfast.

Debating

Our debating team have been representing our school in the Premiers Debating Challenge this term. We have currently participated in 4 debates and have been successful in winning all of our debates. We will keep you posted on when our next debate will be as we now move into the next level of the challenge. Well done to Chelsea, Ella, Hannah and Angelo.

NSW Netball Schools Cup

Our school netball team have been training hard and giving up their own lunch time to train since the middle of Term 1. They represented our school at the NSW Netball Schools Cup last Friday and competed against 6 teams from across the Hunter and Central Coast. Not only did we show fantastic sportsmanship but also great team spirit. We ended up winning all of our games apart from one. Well done Pelaw Main.

Hunter Inter-Schools Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to all students who represented Pelaw Main Public School at the Hunter Interschool Public Speaking competition last week. A special mention to Andrew Anderson of 4/5 Violet and Hannah Quinn of 5/6 White who were Highly Commended by the judges on the day. A HUGE Congratulations to Bodie C of 2/3 Green who was the Winner of the Stage 1 division. Bodie will now compete at a Regional level.

Library News What a great start to Term 3! We are celebrating Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week 2018! This year’s theme is ‘Find Your Treasure’ and many children are already thinking about and organising their outfit for our special Book Week Dress-Up Assembly. The assembly will be held on Tuesday 21st August 2018 (Wk 5) in the Hall from 10am. On the same day we are hosting a Scholastic Book Fair – I will have sales in the morning before school as well as straight after the assembly – I look forward to seeing lots of familiar faces during our special celebrations. We can take cash or credit card (sorry, will have to use the very old-style swipe back and forwards machine) on the day (information notes went home during this week). I also enjoyed announcing our Term 2 Star Readers during the week. Rachel and Xavier are both very keen readers and borrow just about every week – I know they will enjoy their special new library bag. We continue to enjoy using our library with students offering to learn how to do library admin jobs such as returning books and shelving. This is great to see and just another example of Active Learners! Some classes last term had a great time making ‘frogs’ for our unit of work. They will still be on display during the Book Fair, come in and check them out. 4 Indigo were really getting into their quiet reading on Monday – take a look! Finally, just a quick update on some new stock that just arrived from our subscription to Australian Standing Orders. Our students are really keeping an eye on the new release shelves! Finally, keep your eyes open for another note coming home this week about our exciting visit in Wk 9 – Jackie French is coming to visit us!! I am sending home book orders for those families who are interested in a signed copy as well as Cessnock City Library membership form for those interested families. Thanks again for your continuing support ! Tracy Foggett – Teacher Librarian

Merilyn Burton - Principal

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P&C News

P and C Meeting Tuesday 14th 6pm Spring Fair/Fund Raising Meeting Monday 13th 9:30am Spring Fair September 22nd 2-6pm Keep an eye out for your pre purchase ride tickets notes for the Spring Fair. The Students should be starting to get excited now! We are well on the way to raising $10,000 for technology. This is our biggest fund raiser to benefit our children by updating our technology Each class will be having a side show alley type stall or similar and the students and parents are encouraged to get in and have a great time helping and participating. We are very active on Facebook with updates for P&C, Canteen and the spring Fair, so please find us if you are on Facebook. (Pelaw Main P & C and Spring Fair 2018) See you at the meetings! And please, if you can spare a day a term, we are very keen for assistance with canteen.

Canteen News

We had a very successful day in canteen for NAIDOC Day. A big thank you to our amazing helpers who got in, rolled up their sleeves and really excelled to feed students from our school and our two visiting schools. Busy but satisfying!

Merilyn Burton - Principal

Kurri Kurri Pre-school would like to invite you to our

Open Day on Thursday 6th September, 2018, 10.30 to 12.30.

We would love to see you there! We are currently taking names for our

waiting list for 2019 for children aged 3-5 years.

We are also preparing a waiting list for children requiring pre-school education

for children eligible to attend pre-school up to 2021

ie. Born before 31/7/2017. For any enquiries, please contact the

preschool on 49372110 or email admin@kurripreschool.com.au