Newsletter Issue No. 34 - Wednesday 9th November 2016

On behalf of the P and F we would like to extend a

huge THANK YOU to the students, parents,

grandparents, carers, teachers and volunteers for

their contributions and assistance in making our

2016 School Fair a huge success. Even with

inclement weather, we had a large number of

visitors to the school that helped raise a

considerable amount of money. The wonderful

support of our community for our bi-annual school

fair has helped this event become one of the most

effective fundraising events for our school. We

would now like to invite everyone who has been

involved in the organisation of the fair to attend a

Fair “debrief” next Tuesday 15th November at

9:15am.

Rebecca Bone

President, P & F

* Congratulations to the Fleming family,

who won first prize in the Raffle!

GROWING UP PROGRAM

Family Planning Tasmania will be visiting classes during

the week beginning Monday 28th November to provide

The Growing Up Program - a relationships, sexuality and

protective behaviours program.

Growing Up aims to provide your child with knowledge,

skills and attitudes to help them make choices for

positive emotional, physical and social health.

You are invited to attend a parent information session

to find out more about Growing Up so that you can feel

confident about discussing the program with your child.

The session will also include tips, strategies and

resources for talking about relationships and sexuality.

Date: Monday 28th November

Time: 8.25am to 8.55am

Location: The old Grade 1 classrooms (Please come

to the office if you’re unsure where to go)

For further information, please contact Louise Bird.

WMMF Update (Words Make Me Fly):

Last week I met with the WMMF Group and we

continued to work on their narrative story. We also

opened an exciting package from Karen that contained

a number of little trinkets. One of which was an emu

egg! Karen had also prepared a lesson for the

students with regards to editing and polishing their

work. The aim of this lesson was to emphasise the

importance of correcting your work as the purpose of

writing is for someone else to read it and they will

only be able to read and understand your work if the

spelling and punctuation are correct.

BEE TICKETS

The Bee ticket draw happens every Friday afternoon

to acknowledge students who are following the “Four

B’s”.

Congratulations to the following

students, who got to choose

something from the bee-hive last

week:

Angus (P/1FS), Molly (Prep H), Joel (Prep A), Roland

(2D), Joe (2P), Scarlett (1PS), Felix (3R), Angus

(3/4PF), Emily (3PH), Jude (5O), Anand (6B), Hannah

(4/5BF), Chloe (4/5S)

AUTHORS CLUB

With a number of students from grades 2

to 6 participating in this weeks Authors

Club, we had a great time sharing and

enjoying each others writing. This week

we had a number of creative stories,

recounts and a book review.

Keep up the GREAT work and let’s see who will be

picked next week!

Our star authors this week were: Amy N, Olivia H, Tiki

S, Charli T, Xavier C, Nathan S, Flynn S, Rhys W, Jack S,

Jack C and Ryan S

Mr McPherson

LAUNCH INTO LEARNING

The last LiL sessions for this year are on Monday

28th November and Thursday 1st December.

TOMATOES,

TOMATOES,

TOMATOES!!

Did you miss out buying

Tomato plants at the fair, or do

you need more?

A selected number of seedling

are still available to purchase.

Varieties include Stupice,

Tommy Toe, Amish Paste, mini

Amish Paste, Brandy Wine

Pink, Red Fig, Sweetie, Wild

S w e e t i e , a n d C o l l e g e

Challenger.

Seedlings will be for sale in the kitchen garden this

Friday (11th Nov) from 2.30pm - 3.30pm. All seedlings

only $1.00 (it's worth planting a few more!!!!). All

money goes towards an amazing new P & F project.

THANK YOU! To the amazing barista sistas, thank you for your

dedication and work ethic at the Grade One cafe. To all

the helpers on the cake stall, thanks also. Annie P

PREP - GRADE 2 LEARN TO SWIM

Prep Austwick, Prep Haley, and Prep/1 Fleming/Shaw

are at the Kingston pool on Monday 14th November,

Monday 21st November, and Monday 28th November.

Prep H - 12.30pm to 1.00pm

Prep A - 1.00pm to 1.30pm

Prep/1 Fleming/Shaw - 1.30pm to 2.00pm

All students will then attend a one-off session at the

Hobart Aquatic Centre on Friday the 16th of

December.

Prep - 10-11, Grade 1 - 11-12.30, Grade 2 - 12.30-2

GRADE 3 & 3/4 MUSICAL EVENING

Grades 3PH, 3R, 3/4PF & 3/4JF are presenting an

evening of singing, dancing and playing on Wednesday,

16 November, commencing at 6.15pm. Children are to

wear school uniform for this event.

The performances are a great opportunity for them to

showcase their progress and we hope that they are

able to attend. However, if it is not possible for your

child to participate, it would be appreciated if you

could notify the school office or class teacher, either by

phone, email, letter or in person. Please do not send a

verbal message via your child.

THE WRITING PROJECT

The Writing Project is now two weeks old and we have

had a number of students accessing the website and

writing some powerful descriptive responses. Here are

a couple of examples from Task Two (Shark Tank):

Fear and excitement flooded through me as I

stood there in wonder. The beautiful grey sharks

swam in their tank looking magical and majestic.

It looked as though I could reach out and touch

them in their underwater world.

By Jarrah W(Year 3)

Oh my eyes! The bright flashing lights, they are

everywhere. They're about ten of us but yet this

is such a tiny little tank. All this screaming hurts

my sensitive ears; even in here. Help. I want to

go home to my land, my place.

By Kala R (Year 4)

I'm too young to be swimming with older sharks!

Where's Mum?! Where's Dad?! Ouch, those

flashing lights make me get instant headaches. Do

those eels have seaweed on? What are those

shellfish shrieking about? MAKE IT STOP! Ouch!

Another flash. What is that, Mum? Oh, it’s just

Bob the hammer head. I want to go, back to the

sea.

By Ellen F (Year 4)

I can see a group of swerving sharks and hear

loud yells in the background. I think the swerving

sharks are annoyed because the room in the tank

is too small and it has to fit in a lot of sharks. The

sharks make me wonder if they feel sad being

away from their families or if they have their

families with them.

By Eric McP (Year 5)

Log on to The Writing Project using this website http://

casas.tas.edu.au/vle/main.phtml with your student

username and password to read more responses or to

type your own! Task Three: now active!

Have fun, Mr McPherson.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The ECE carnival for students

from K-2 will take place on

Thursday 17th November. The carnival will run from

9:15 until 11:00am with students competing in a variety

of activities. The emphasis will be on participation

across all activities and will be supported with a multi-

event certificate that students can earn stickers for

throughout the Carnival.

Parents are encouraged to attend and

support their children. Sunscreen will be available but

please ensure that where possible you put some on

your child before coming to school. Please ensure your

child also has a drink bottle filled with water for the

event.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

A reminder that there is surplus stock of some items

for sale in the Uniform Shop at the moment. There are

certain sizes that will be sold at reduced prices until the

end of November.

The Uniform Shop opens every Wednesday from

2.45 to 3.15pm for counter sales. Cash or cheque only.

Orders can be placed at the office or emailed to

harrisokmolly@gmail.com. All enquiries please contact

Kate Harrison on 0410 420 318.

STUDENT BANKING

Please note - Thursday, 24th November, will be the last

day of student banking for the year.

A big thank you to Maria Dungey for co-ordinating the

student banking!

GRADE 6 LEAVERS’ DINNER & BIG DAY OUT

A reminder to parents of Grade 6 students that

payment needs to be received at the Office no later

than Friday, 9th December. The cost is $42, and this

can be paid by either cash, cheque or EFTPOS.

Hello everyone,

What a week a week we had! Last week’s cooking class

focused on community and what it means to be members of

our local school community. The grade 3 classes had the

huge task of preparing salads and condiments for some of the

food stalls at the fair, and what an amazing job they did!

Salads we made were roast pumpkin, chickpea and roast

capsicum, a lovely green leafy salad, coleslaw and a broccoli,

fennel and green bean salad.

The salads were complimented on by many fair-goers. Well

done 3R and 3P/H!

A very big thankyou to the volunteers who helped out in the

kitchen during the day and all the lovely produce that was

very kindly donated.

Have a great week and til next time, keep cooking!

Jess Greener, SAKGF Kitchen Coordinator

Grade 3R and 3 PH went crazy over tomatoes last week.

We learnt that there are over 10,000 different varieties of

tomatoes in the world and over 3000 heirloom varieties. We

settled on planting just 10 different varieties around the

school – I wonder if you can find them all!!!

Happy gardening!

Anna Steinhauser, acting SAKGF Garden

Coordinator

Now that gardens are planted out with

tomatoes, zucchinis, pumpkins and cucumbers it

is time to turn your attention to beans. Now is

the perfect time to plant your climbing beans

such as scarlett runners, and bush beans of all

varieties – there are green, yellow and purple

ones out there, so have fun creating a vibrant

display in your garden.

Don’t forget your regular plantings of salads, and

annual herbs such as coriander and basil.

Happy gardening.

Ideas for home gardens

We would love to hear from anyone

interested in volunteering on a Thursday or

Friday, your time is greatly appreciated and

essential to our program.

Thursday gardening with Anna:

10.00 – 10.55 – 3R, 11.45-12.45 – 3PH

Friday cooking with Jess:

9.00 – 10.55 – 3PH. 11.25 – 12.45 – 3R

Volunteer in the kitchen and garden

CONTACT US:

Thursday gardening Friday cooking

Contact: Anna Steinhauser Contact: Jess Greener

annasteinhauser75@gmail.com jess.greener@education.tas.gov.au

Stephanie Alexander

Kitchen Garden Program

This week in the kitchen and garden

This curry is a great way to keep warm in the weather. You can make it with either pumpkin or sweet

potato, depending on what you have available in the garden. Or you could keep the recipe summery by

substituting zucchini for the pumpkin.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp olive oil

3 cm knob of ginger, peeled and finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped

500 g red lentils, rinsed and drained

2 long red chillies, finely chopped

1½ tbsp garam masala

450 g pumpkin or sweet potato, peeled and

roughly chopped

3 L freshly made chicken or vegetable stock

6 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped

300 ml tomato purée

1 large handful of coriander, finely chopped

1½ tsp sugar

salt, to taste

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What to do:

1. Prepare all of the ingredients based on the instructions in the

ingredients list.

2. Add the olive oil to the large saucepan and put it on medium

heat.

3. Fry the ginger and garlic until aromatic, then add the lentils,

chillies and garam masala and stir through to coat.

4. Add the pumpkin or sweet potato.

5. Add three-quarters of the stock, bring to the boil and simmer

for half an hour or until the lentils have broken down.

6. Add the remaining stock if the curry becomes too thick.

7. Add the tomatoes and tomato purée and simmer for 15 minutes

longer.

8. Add the coriander (reserve some to garnish) and sugar. Stir to

combine, then taste for seasoning and add salt if required.

9. Serve with coriander, natural yoghurt

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

11th November (Friday) 2 - 6 Remembrance Day Assembly - 10.00am in the PAC

14th November (Monday) PH 12.30-1.00pm, PA 1.00-1.30pm P/1FS 1.30-2.00pm, Swimming

16th November (Wednesday) Grade 3 & 3/4 Concert - 6.15pm in the PAC

17th November (Thursday) Early Childhood Athletics Carnival - 9.15am to 11.00am

21st November (Monday) PH 12.30-1.00pm, PA 1.00-1.30pm P/1FS 1.30-2.00pm, Swimming

22nd November (Tuesday) School Association AGM - 6.30pm in the Staffroom

25th November (Friday) Primary Assembly - 3R hosting (1.40pm in the PAC)

28th November (Monday) PH 12.30-1.00pm, PA 1.00-1.30pm P/1FS 1.30-2.00pm, Swimming

28th November (Monday - Friday) Growing Up Program Kinder - Grade 6

30th November (Wednesday) P & F AGM - 7pm in the Kitchen Garden room

2nd December (Friday) All Schools Triathlon - Bellerive Beach (Private transportation for students)

7th December (Wednesday) Playhouse Pantomime Prep - Grade 1 (Bus departs school at 10.45am - returning by 2.15pm)

8th December (Thursday) Botanical Gardens - Grade 3, 4, 5

8th December (Thursday) KHS Orientation Day - Grade 6 (Information will be sent from Kingston High School directly to

Grade 6 students)

9th December (Friday) Prep - Grade 2 Concert - Prep H, Prep A & Prep/1 FS at 9.15am, 1PS & 1M at 9.30am, 2P & 2D at

9.45am in the PAC

12th December (Monday) Botanical Gardens - Grade 2

15th December (Thursday) Carols Night - Food from 5.00pm, Carols from 6.30pm

16th December (Friday) Prep - 2 Aquatic Centre (Prep 10.00am-11.00am, Gr. 1 11.00am-12.30pm, Gr. 2 12.30pm-2.00pm)

20th December (Tuesday) Leavers Assembly - 1.00pm in the Gym

20th December (Tuesday) Grade 6 Leavers Dinner - 6.00pm for 6.30pm at The North West Bay Golf Club

20th December (Tuesday) All Kinder groups to Putalina (Bus departs school at 9.30 am - returning by 2.30pm)

21st December (Wednesday) Last Day of Term 4

21st December (Wednesday) Grade 6 Big Day Out (Bus departs at 9.00am - returning by 2.30pm)

21st December (Wednesday) No Kinder for Kinder Shield or Kinder Jarvis

The School Association is a voluntary organisation that supports the school in many ways. These include

consultation with the Principal on plans for school improvement, supporting improvement of facilities (e.g. car parking, proposed school developments), and supporting the school with management issues

(e.g. safety, school boundaries).

The School Association works with the Principal, the school staff and parents to build the communication

between the school and parents as well as building the capacity of the school community as a whole. The

Principal reports to the School Association on matters that affect the school at each of the quarterly

meetings.

An active School Association can be a voice for the school as a whole and can add input into decisions

that affect the school. For example speaking to Local Councils about issues to do with the school, writing

to government departments about matters that affect the school.

The School Association is comprised of parents, teachers and the Principal. A community Representative

can also be involved. All parents can attend the meeting (though only those who have a specific position

can vote on a matter).

The School Association is committed to the students of the school and can only do this with parents

joining the committee and being involved.

The AGM will be held on Tuesday 22nd November 2016 at 6.30pm, in the school staff room, please

come along.

Would you like to be involved?

THEN PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW FORM AND SEND TO SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, C/O

MARGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL OR PLACE DIRECTLY INTO THE NOMINATION BOX WHICH IS

AT THE SCHOOLOFFICE.

........................................................................................................................................................................................... I wish to nominate myself (NAME): ________________________________________________

I wish to nominate (NAME OF PERSON YOU WISH TO NOMINATE: _____________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Signed: _________________________________ Date: _______________________

Print Name: _________________________________________________________________

School Association - Call for Nominations