Medallion

Sophie Hobden !

!Merit

Aaleyah Atkins and Brendan Thompson !

!Gold Award

Isabelle Marsh, Aaleyah Atkins, Jaeda Symons,

Brendan Thompson and Sophie Hobden !!

Eggs for Sale $3.00 per dozen

See the front office

5C Maths Groups

Important Dates to Remember Term 4 2016

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.” !

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au !Website: http://www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au!

!Term 4 Week 6 Wednesday 16th November 2016

Thursday 24th November - Assembly by K/1M, item 5C, 2:15pm Friday 25th November - Barnaby Joyce visit to Kootingal Wednesday 30th November - Scripture Christmas Concert Thursday 1st December - End of Year Disco Tuesday 6th December - Presentation Night - 6:30pm Friday 9th December - Moonby House Christmas Carols Monday 12th December - End of years activities Wednesday 14th December - Year 6 Farewell Friday 16th December - Last day for students

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn (Mon - Wed) and Anne Doak (Thur - Fri) !Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Jill Cook !P & C Executive President: Cath Bubb Vice President - Lauren Witten Secretary: Vanessa Johnson Treasurer: Scott Cracknell and Jelka Schurink (Canteen)

!!Silver Awards

Emmielle Kingdom, Megan Bubb, Isabella Walker, Lillie Walker, Brendan Jarrett, Raymond Sydenham, Aaleyah

Atkins and Sophie Hobden ! !Weekly PBL Awards

Matthew Pollard, Emily Hatton, Lilly Thomas, Cody Turner-Bourke,

Lillie Walker, Brendan Jarrett, Zachary Parkes and Breeanna Howard !!

Uniform Awards Chanel Stockdale,

Menno Wallace, Isabelle Marsh, Georgia Ford, Lillie Walker,

Jakayla Tait and Aroob Faruqi !!

Students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. !The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the National Capital as part of the Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government has contributed funding of $30 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion and was factored into the cost of the excursion. !Our yearly magazine Koolangarra is available through pre-orders with payment. We will only print the number of magazines for which we have received money. The cost of the magazine this year is $20. It is in full colour and will include Presentation Night. Families will receive their magazine prior to the end of the year. Orders and payment are taken prior to Presentation Night (6th December) and at Presentation Night. There are no late orders after Presentation Night. Payments can be made at the front office.

!Johnathon Cook and Torah Humphris - Completing all ten sight word lists Liam Jarrett - Outstanding yearly Mathematics tests results Katie Riley - A big effort in homework this term Lotte Boniecki - Impressive results in yearly Mathematics tests Dailen Radmore and Liam Symons - Impressive results in Mathematics Thomas Atkins and Robert Hazard - Respectful behaviour at the Remembrance Day Service Braidy Cork - Diligent efforts in completing homework Naomi Maybury - Wonderful behaviour Taite Goodfellow - Fantastic effort and behaviour during music Emma Jarrett - Being a responsible member of 3SW Georgia Ford - A great result in her Flip, Slide and Turn test Jentzen Haak - Making wise choices regarding his learning Tianna Urquhart - Consistently following teacher instructions Keira Madden - Effort and improvement in all Key Learning Areas Codie Hogan - Improved effort in writing and reading groups Todd Milgate - Effort and application in all Key Learning Areas Alexander Cracknell, Jack Chapple, William Morris and Megan Bubb - Representing Kootingal Public School exceedingly well at the Todd Woodbridge Cup Savannah Barber - Always on task and striving to do her best Hannah Turner-Bourke - Always striving to do her best. A wonderful classroom worker Kelsey Burrell - Always striving to do her best, working quietly and diligently Cooper Brett - Showing outstanding maturity on a daily basis on the excursion Sophie Burrell - Being a respectful student in 6W Georgia DeBelle - Being a champion word creator Aroob Farqui - Producing a fabulous piece of writing Byron Lees - Persevering to find the correct solution !

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am

!Banking - Thursday !

Students who make at least 4 deposits in Term 4 will go into the draw to win

this fabulous prize bag! Winner drawn and announced at KPS

on Thursday December 1st. Banking Co-Ordinator, Cath Bubb

Weekly Bronze Awards

Canberra Excursion

Koolangarra 2016

It always amazes me just how busy schools are at the end of the year. Schools are busy places any time of the year but everything always seems like it is on overload towards the end. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel but there are so many obstacles and hurdles to dodge and jump before it gets closer. These things are reports, Presentation Night, finalising planning for 2017, budgeting, milestone planning for the School Plan, training and evidence collecting for the Department. !One aspect that is completed is our Kindergarten transition program. For the past ten school weeks, Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Chegwyn were busy ensuring our prospective 2017 Kindergarten students are prepared for the school environment and they were ably assisted by Mrs Knight, Mrs Buchanan, Ms Cook and our Year 5 students. I am pleased to say that our children are ready and eager to start! They left last Friday with smiles on their faces and with their new library bags, personalised with their name and drawings of themself and complete with a lead pencil, picture book and a portfolio of work documenting their transition to Kindergarten. The children sat with their family members examining each page carefully. With all the hard work put into these portfolios, seeing the smiles on both the child’s and parent’s face made it all worthwhile. Thank you to all staff who made transition possible and we look forward to seeing our children in 2017.

!!!!!!!!!This week, we had the pleasure of hearing the speeches of our candidates for 2017 School Captain. Speaking in front of peers is nerve wracking enough without having your family and the whole school present. Congratulations to all students and I know for sure the race for the captaincy is very tight! Look out Presentation Night. !

Last week, students from Year 4 competed in the Todd Woodbridge Cup Final at the Sydney Olympic Tennis Centre. 2016 is the inaugural year of this competition and it is based on the popular modified tennis format Hotshots. Our students

competed against 25 other teams from across NSW. We are pleased to announce our team placed equal 5th! Well done team, this is a wonderful achievement in our first year of competing in tennis.

!Mrs Doak, like all other teachers, is very proud of our students when they are excelling in their work. Mrs Doak had the pleasure, while I was on the phone, of seeing work from our students in 2M. These students are excelling in their spelling. Congratulations to Nate Symons, Angus Frewen, Addyson Vernon, Isabelle Marsh, Lilly Thomas and Braidy Cork. Well done students and keep up the wonderful effort.

Mrs Chegwyn introduced a new element to the Playgroup program this week with the borrowing of picture books from her Playgroup library. Each child received a library bag, complete with their name for borrowing each week. This is a wonderful extension of the program that Mrs Chegwyn offers our community and is a free resource. Come and join Playgroup. It’s on every Monday from 10-11.30am and everyone is welcome.

!At Kootingal Public School, our second break is time dedicated to afternoon tea and is a supervised eating time. Each Friday, when the canteen is open, students must have their own second break food. Once the bell is rung signalling the end of the supervised eating time, students may then access additional food from the canteen as a treat. It is important our students have a substantial second break eating time to ensure they have the energy for the remainder of the afternoon.

Our lessons continued this week in the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) program. This week, the students focused on the core value effective learners - Following Instructions. During Wednesday’s morning assembly, the students were impressive with their recall of the difference between a request and an instruction and how instructions make our life easier. Next week, our lessons focus on the role of the teacher and student.

Mrs Cracknell’s MessageMrs Cracknell’s Message

PBL News

!!Term 4 Volunteers Roster for The Star Cafe

Friday 18th November

Lirel Morris Kaelah Bowman

Friday 25th November

Kaelah Bowman Andrew Gregory

Friday 2nd December

Cassie Cook Carol Hobden and Kelly Tull

Friday 9th December

Kaelah Bowman Andrew Gregory

Friday 16th December

Cath Bubb, Tracey Walker and Jackie Phillpott

Kaelah Bowman, Jayden Charters and Nathan Charters

Remembrance Day - Friday 11th November

School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) Application for 2017 !TfNSW have advised that any student with an expiring bus pass at the end of 2016 should apply to update their details prior to 31st December 2016. This applies to all students who are: * currently in year 2 and year 6 * have changed address or school * have approval on special circumstances. The link to update student details is - https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails !After 31st December 2016 students must apply for a new pass at: https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/howtoApply !Completed forms must be printed, signed and dated and sent to the school for verification.