Seaham Public School and P&C NSW

Phone: (02) 49886 234

Fax: (02) 49886 435

Email: seaham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.seaham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friday 28 March

Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday 1 April

Hot Dog Special Lunch

Wednesday 2 April

Zone Cross Country

Tuesday 8 April

Tocal Excursion Stage 2

Friday 9 May

Wetlands Excur. Yrs 1&2

Wednesday 14 May

Oakvale—Kinder

Friday 30 May

Swim Program Starts

Friday 22 August

Teen Talk Year 6

5—9 September

Life Education Visit

18-19 September

Stage 2 Camp

5-7 November

Stage 3 Camp

Wednesday 3 December

Annual Presentation

Tuesday 9 December

Year 6 Farewell

SCHOOL NEWS

Term 1, Week 9

Principal’s Message Dates For Diaries

Due to enrolled children’s life threatening Anaphylactic Allergic reactions to all nuts and peanut

products. We would like to encourage families not to send these products to school with their children.

These include peanut butter, nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars or any

products containing any type of nuts. We appreciate your support in this matter.

27 March, 2014

Young Leaders Day: Our four school leaders and I

are very excited about the upcoming Young Leader’s

Day at the Sydney Entertainment Centre (now known

as Qantas Credit Union Arena) this coming Monday, 31

March. There will be up to 6000 school leaders there

from schools all over Australia. Guest speakers include

Ita Buttrose, the 2013 Australian of the Year, former

Foreign Minister and NSW Premier Bob Carr, best selling

author, Andy Griffiths and Mike Martin, Executive

director of the Halogen Foundation. Check next week’s

news l e t t e r f o r pho t os and a r epo r t

a b o u t t h i s g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y .

Meeting with Teachers: From time to time parents

need to talk with classroom teachers regarding their

child and how they are developing in class. Our

teachers are only too happy for this to happen. It is

important, however, that parents make contact with the

school or teacher before hand so an appropriate time

can be organised. Turning up and expecting an

Student Welfare and Discipline: Today I spoke with Stage Three about

behaviour expectations and how important positive role modelling is, particularly

when you hold a position of responsibility. We discussed how our fun shouldn’t be

at the expense of another and we needed to be able to read the signs and be

aware to change our behaviour if it is having a negative response on someone

else. Asking for help or seeking help from a teacher is essential if they feel

overwhelmed or a situation is getting out of control. No student has the right to

belittle or tease another student because they have asked a teacher for help. This

was made really clear during our talk because we know bottling up emotions or

closing down and not talking about things can become a habit

w h i c h l e a d s t o a n x i e t y a n d d e p r e s s i o n l a t e r o n .

Lastly we shared and talked about behaviours and their consequences from our

welfare policy. In particular the consequence which can occur from continued

misbehaviour or a serious incident. This can result in that student being

suspended from his or her position of responsibility for a period of time while

the behaviour is monitored. These positions include school leaders, ministers,

bus monitors, house captains or their position on a school sporting team.

Stranger Danger: Please see page 3 of this newsletter.

Crazy Hair Day

Tomorrow.

NOT OUT OF

UNIFORM

The hot dog special

lunch will be

Tuesday. Please

get your orders in

by tomorrow.

interview before or after school creates added anxiety and disrupts the classroom

preparation and follow up that needs to occur.

Payment for Great Aussie Bush Camp paid yesterday: A mother came

into the school office, paid $20 on the GABC yesterday, 26 March. As the

payment schedule did not have your child names on it, could you please call

back into the office to ensure the correct child is receipted accordingly.

Payment Schedules: Payment schedules for both GABC and Point

Wolstoncroft were sent home on Monday. Could families please ensure that the

students name is written on the top of the schedule.

P&C News: Just a reminder to please sell your raffle tickets and bring your

tickets and money back into the office by next Friday 4th April.

Next P&C meeting is Wednesday 9th April at 7.30pm.

Please add the date to your diary and come along.

Battery World Update: Thanks to everyone who has brought in their old

batteries. So far we have already made close to $1000. Please keep the

batteries coming. Remember the bigger the better, talk to friends family or

work col leagues ask them to donate thei r batter ies.

If you have any ideas for fund raising or other ideas for the

P & C p l e a s e e m a i l K e r r i o n g a v - k e z @ b i g p o n d . c o m

Winter School Uniforms: In last weeks newsletter uniform order forms were

sent home for families to order their winter school uniforms. This will be the

final opportunity to order and ensure that your uniforms will be back in time for

the cooler weather. If you have not done so, please send them in tomorrow.

No payment is required to place your order.

Canteen Roster

Friday 28 March

Karen Codrington

Mandy Collins

Monday 31 March

Peta Salter

Julia Zoutendjik

Tuesday 1 April

Sandra Batchelor

Wednesday 2 April

Tracey Morris

Neil Morris

Thursday 3 April

Kellie O’Hare

Friday 4 April

Liz Akerman

Mel Meggs

Karen Forsyth

Sport Report: Seaham Public School students have again this week had a very

busy schedule. Congratulations to Georgia Fuhrer-Andrews, Jordan Murphy and

Ewan Mowbray who were successful in the zone soccer trials for both girls and

boys respectively. They will now move onto the hunter regional trials.

Congratulations also to our boys cricket team and boys softball team on their

wins for this week.

Softball Report: Yesterday Seaham School’s softball team went over to

Clarence Town to play softball. The opposition team was Clarence Town. Both

teams played well. It was a hard game but luckily our team did well and we

won with the score of 25-8. It was fun but hilarious when one of our team

members run off to outfield because he didn’t see the base. When we finished

we all congratulated the opposing team. Thank you once again to Ms Sciberras

and Ms Meehan for their coaching expertise. Thank you also to Miss Lowcock

for her support on the day. By Arion Zambelis and Luke Hannaway.

Boys Cricket Team: On Tuesday the boys cricket team travelled to Dungog to

compete in the PSSA knockout game. We kept Dungog down to 18 runs and

got the runs in 5 overs. By Andrew Akerman & Alex Lidbury

Zone Soccer Trials: Last Thursday we (Jordan & Ewan) went to the boys zone

soccer trials. There were 48 boys. We were lucky enough to get in the last 14.

In a few weeks time we will both go to the regional trials. By Jordan Murphy

& Ewan Mowbray

Girls Soccer Trials: Last Thursday I went to the girls zone soccer trials. 20 girls

attended and 6 got selected to go the hunter trials on 4 April. I was lucky

enough to get selected to go and I am looking forward to it.

By: Georgia Fuhrer-Andrews

Girls Netball Training: Thank you to Kerri McCaw who has generously

volunteered her time to coach our girls netball team in readiness for the PSSA

competition. Thank you Kerri.

Community News

Kids Markets at Clarence Town

Saturday 5 April, from 1-am-2pm. Come along and grab a bargain, find that missing part of your toy collection or just have a fund day out! If you have toys, games, clothes, books, anything that your kids have out grown, why not hold a stall. Phone Yvonne on 0417 040 398 for bookings. The Parish of St. Brigid’s,

Raymond Terrace Including the Mass

Communities of Mallabula, Medowie and Raymond

Terrace, will shortly commence a Sacramental Programme to form and

prepare those children who have already received the

Sacrament of Reconciliation for the

Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion. If you would like your child

to participate, and you believe they are ready, you

are invited to attend a Parent Information

Evening on Wednesday 21st May at 7.30pm in the St Brigid’s School Hall. Please phone Bernadette

Stellenberg by phoning her on 4932 1875 or email

bernadette.stellenbe@mn.catholic.org.au

Dad and son time: A series of

a d ve n tu re - f i l l e d ca m p i n g

weekends for fathers and sons

are being run at Sport and

Recreation centres. With no

computers, phones or TVs, dads

and their boys will be able to

spend time together and building

a healthier relationship. Find out

more: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/

y o u n g s t a r s

Motivating lazy children: All

kids are born active. Some just

learn lazybones habits and need

a nudge. Find out ways to

encourage your child to get up off

the sofa and get a little physical.

F i n d o u t m o r e : h t t p : / /

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/zh/

wellbeing/fitness/motivating-lazy-

c h i l d r e n

Homework for little kids:

Schools develop homework

policies with the help of teachers

and parents. These are used as a

guide and are based on common

sense. If you find homework is

becoming too much or is too

difficult for your child, have a chat

with your child's teacher. Find out

m o r e : h t t p : / /

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

homework-and-study/homework-

t ips/homework- for- l i t t le -k ids

Helping your child to become a

good speller : What do you do

when your child is struggling with

spelling? Should you let your child

use a spell checker, for instance?

Here are a few tips and

techniques to make spelling

easier. Find out more: http://

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

homework-and-study/english/

english-tips/getting-your-child-

used-to-writing

Premier’s Reading

Challenge

Canteen Night Out

Special Lunch Day

Payment Schedules for

GABC & Point

Wonstoncroft

Zone Cross Country

Team Permission Notes

Competitions

Years 3-6, Computer,

Science, English &

Mathematics

Stage 2 Tocal

Homestead Excursion

Newsletter Briefs

Current Notes

School Merit Rewards: Congratulations to

Ellie Marquet from 4/5L who was the very

first student for 2014 to complete their

bronze merit card. This year Seaham School

has introduced a new way of recognising this

achievement. Each student on completion of

their merit card will receive a ribbon which

will acknowledge a job well done. This

replaces the acknowledgement certificate

that was given out previously. We believe

s t u d e n t s w i l l a p p r e c i a t e a n d

t r e a s u r e t h i s m e r i t s a s h .

Student Invoices: Student invoices were

forwarded home to families on Monday. We

encourage families to utilize our part

payment arrangements that can be made.

Web Page: Just a reminder to our families that our newsletter and

permiss ion notes can be found on our web page.

Crazy Hair Day: Come to school tomorrow with your craziest hair style for a

gold coin donation. Support Tim Kerkhof as he shaves his head to raise

money for cancer research. Please note it is not a out of uniform day.

Head Lice: Head lice has once again been reported. Please be vigilant and

check your child’s hair regularly. If you notice any eggs

e v i d e n t , p l e a s e t r e a t a c c o r d i n g l y .

Premiers Reading Challenge: Notes have been sent home yesterday in

regard to the Premiers Reading Challenge. This is open to all students and we

encourage everyone to participate. Please give notes to Mrs Elliott.

Stranger Danger: Just a timely reminder to families to please discuss with

your children the importance of remaining safe on their way to and from

school. Please reinforce them not to talk to or approach people in unknown

cars or to speak to people they do not know. We also recommend that all

students are picked up in the school grounds. We do not encourage students

to be waiting at the shop for parents or older siblings to arrive.

Boys Softball Team

Absent:

Lex Shillington

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