HAPPENINGS

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Term 3 Week 8 NAROOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL 11 September 2018

Ali Guseli is an Australian Champion!

Ali Guseli is the National Champion in both her snowboard events at Perisher in the Australian Interschool’s last week. She won Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross in her age group/division.

She competed against the top 30 kids from ACT, NSW, VIC and QLD. She raced like a speedster, determined, focussed and fierce, having a great time doing it!

Here are a couple of photos taken by her proud mum.

Regional Athletics in Canberra Good luck to the boys and girls who will be travelling to Canberra with Mrs Muir on Friday September 14 to represent the school and Eurobodalla PSSA District at the South Coast Regional Carnival.

The squad is: Lachlan Druhan, Jett Cook, Shay O’Sheehan, Giaan Cafe, Logan Allison, Mystery Bennett, Bailey Hummel, Emily Spooner, Ruben Smithers, Bray Constable, Jade Wilson, Malayah Gibson, Grace Bailey, Daniel Betts, Rogue Constable, Halle Constable, Crystal Davies, Jorge Constable and Travis Stubbs.

We look forward to hearing about your achievements next week.

Year 6 to Year 7 Transition Today, our Year 6 children visited Narooma High School for a transition to school visit. They met many teachers from the High School and received information about the school and structures of High School. This will help them when they finally start in 2019.

Year 4 Jindabyne Camp From Wednesday September 12 to Friday September 14, we will see Mrs Osgood, Ms Loughran, Miss Jones and students of Year 4 embark on their three day camp to Jindabyne. The weather still maybe cold; it is possible it still may snow, however this is perfect for the children to experience the Snowy Mountains at their finest. Please ensure you pack clothing appropriate for this area.

Satisfaction Surveys I published the results of the Community satisfaction survey last week. Here are the results from the students. It is always interesting when you survey the children and we have converted them into a percentage for easy reading.

Our school has currently 440 students enrolled. We surveyed them on their thoughts and feelings as well on the same issues. 394 students were in attendance to complete the survey.

Here are the percentage results:

97.5% agree, 2.1% partly agree and 0.4% disagree that we have quality learning spaces and grounds at Narooma PS;

88.8% agree, 9.2% partly agree and 2.0% disagree that the environment is very important at our school;

54.3% agree, 42.2% partly agree and 3.5% disagree that they like how the school and the parents work together;

78.0% agree, 18.5% partly agree and 3.5% disagree that the school is friendly and all students are welcome;

21.2% agree, 78.0% partly agree and 8.0% disagree that students of Narooma PS are well behaved and respectful;

74.3% agree, 23.7% partly agree and 2.0% disagree that the teachers care for the students;

82.4% agree, 13.8% partly agree and 3.8% disagree that if they had a problem they know where to get help;

89.1% agree, 7.0% partly agree and 3.9% disagree that the school’s PBL rules are fair;

84.2% agree, 13.2% partly agree and 2.0% disagree that the teachers help us to be our best;

88.8% agree, 7.4% partly agree and 3.8% disagree that students who need extra help get it;

76.5% agree, 19.1% partly agree and 4.4% disagree that they have learnt a lot this year;

80.2% agree, 14.8% partly agree and 5.0% disagree that there are a lot of different things you can do if you are interested at Narooma PS such as sport, performances etc.;

49.6% agree, 42.5% partly agree and 7.9% disagree that you can get to use a computer for your work when you need to;

80.8% agree, 14.1% partly agree and 15.1% disagree that they like it at Narooma PS;

79.6% agree, 14.8% partly agree and 5.6% disagree that Narooma PS is a good school.

SASS Appreciation Week Last week was the official SASS Appreciation Week for the Department of Education. Our SASS team consist of our office workers, teacher’s aides and groundsman.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of these people for their hard work and contributions they give to our school. To put it simply, our school wouldn’t function if it wasn’t for our SASS team!

Paul Sweeney Principal

Coming Events: Tues 11 Sept: 1/2 day Transition to Narooma High School Wed 12 Sept: Dress-up as a Farmer Day fundraiser

Fri 14 Sept: Regional Athletics Carnival, Canberra 12-14 Sept: Year 4 Jindabyne Excursion 17-28 Sept: Smiles Dental Van onsite 17-21 Sept: Year 5 Berry Excursion Tues 18 Sept: Year 6 Questacon Workshop Tues 17 Sept: K-1-2 Woolworths Excursion Fri 21 Sept: Stage 1 (Years 1&2) Town Walk Excursion Fri 28 Sept: Last day of Term 3 Mon 15 Oct: Students return to school (there is no Staff Development Day in Term 4).

Wed 17 Oct: Teddy Bears’ Picnic (Kinder 2019) 22-26 Oct: Swim School - Week 1 Fri 26 Oct: Day for Daniel 29 Oct- 2 Nov: Swim School - Week 2

Stage 2 & Stage 3 Assembly - Thursday, 13th September 2018 at 2.00pm

The following students will be receiving a award at our Stage 2 (Years 3 &4) & Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) Assembly on Thursday.

Justin Alvarez 3 Whales Hudson Bromwich 6 Seahorses

Phoenix Clarke 3 Whales Halle Constable 6 Eagles

Keanu Craig 5 Sharks Bodie Crowe 3 Whales

Ebonie-Lee Day 3 Platypus Max James 3 Kangaroos

Shamiyah Kay-Hammond 3 Whales Peter Longbottom 3 Whales

Talicia Ogilvie 5 Sharks Shay O’Sheehan 5 Seahorses

Patrick Whelan 6 Eagles Parliament will be hosting this week’s assembly.

Please note: Gold Lighthouse Awards for Year 4 students have been held over until the assembly on 27th September.

Regional Spelling Bee Finals 2018

Three students attended the Regional Spelling Bee finals at Nimmitabel Public School last week. Jordyn Holzhauser and Finn Efraemson represented our school in the Junior competition. Both boys made in through to the final eight students and we are very proud of their efforts. In the Senior competition, Lilli Daly had a tough competition against 26 talented students but made it right through to a nail-biting final. She was the overall runner-up for our region! This is an incredible effort - well done Lilli! Congratulations to all students involved and to their wonderfully supportive families for travelling all the way to

Nimmitabel.

Date for the diary

This year Narooma Public School will be holding a creative expo, which will be an opportunity for children to try a range of creative endeavours.

This year’s theme is heroes. Start collecting arts and craft materials and thinking about things you would like to create.

The 2018 Creative Expo will take place on Wednesday 7th November at school, and will be an opportunity for you to share your creative flair with your peers and families. Watch this space for more information!

Swim School - 22 October to 2 November, 2018 Notes will be coming home for Swim School 2018. This is a great opportunity for students from Year 2 and up to develop water confidence and provide students with basic skills in water safety and survival. The only cost to parents will be entrance to the pool and bus money on wet days.

Lighthouse Merit Awards

5 Merit Awards = 1 Gold Lighthouse Award

5 Gold Lighthouse Awards = 1 Banner

3 Banners = 1 Gold Lighthouse Trophy

Dress-Up as a Farmer Fundraiser

Wednesday 12th September

Dress as a farmer or farm animal to support the appeal for drought

affected farmers.

Gold coin donation—give generously!

Fruit & Veg Month 2018

‘Happy Fruit & Veg’tember!’

Fruit & Veg Month 2018 runs for the last 4 weeks of Term 3, Monday 3rd to Friday 28th September.

As part of Fruit & Veg Month, students will be involved in various classroom and school based activities which encourage them to eat more fruit and vegetables.

From next week students can bring along a funny joke on a piece of paper about Fruit and Vegetables and put it in the box, next to the Whale Tails box in the office. We will share these jokes at assembly.

There will be a class competition starting on 3/9/18 and for four weeks you will be able to share a new fruit or vegetable at fruit break time and the winning class will have the highest number of new fruits or vegetables tasted! (Each teacher will bring along a chopping board to cut in to portions). Please feel free to bring in a fresh vegetable from your garden or a fruit that you have bought. Please let your child’s class teacher know if you do not wish to participate.

Good luck to all 18 classes, and lets hope we can increase our children’s intake of fresh foods!

Narelle Constable Fruit & Veg Month School Coordinator

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

PBL Whale-Tail winners this week: Minhal, Jordon & Dylan

Artwork orders next week! Calendar artwork order forms are being sent home early this week along with a copy of an artwork your child has completed in class.

Please return orders with payment to the school by Friday 21 Sept or pay online through the school website. The fundraising company is also happy to print photographs onto their products – the order form will have details of how to upload these direct to them if this is your preference. They are also happy for a scanned copy of an artwork that your child has completed at home to be uploaded if you prefer.

So please keep an eye out for the order form and support the school, while treating friends and family to some cute artworks AND giving the kids a thrill.

Jump Rope for Heart

Please return all donations to school by Monday,

17th September.

Thank you Many thanks for the generous donation of a drum kit from Ben and Zac Faulkner and family. The Music Department was very excited to receive the kit.