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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty

Important Dates

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Indo Corner

Term 2|Week 5|23rd May 2017

"The difficulty

lies not in the

new ideas....

but in

escaping from

the old ones"

John Maynard

Keynes

Sports (Olahraga)

Term 2 2017

Friday 26/5/17

School Athletics Carnival

Friday 2/6/17

Small Schools Athletics Carnival

Monday 12/6/17

Public Holiday

Friday 16/6/17

Year 3/4 Tennis Competition

Friday 30/6/17

Kaboom Percussion Performance and Last day of term

Berselancar - surfing

Berenang - swimming

Sepak Bola - soccer

Bola Tangan - handball

Bola Net - netball

Rugbi - rugby

Bulu Tangkis - badminton

Tenis Meja - table tennis

Bersepeda - bike riding

Berlari - running

Kriket - cricket

Berski air - waterskiing

Cross Country

Well done to our students who represented our school at the Mid

North Coast Cross Country in Grafton last Friday. Congratulations to

Kasimir, Nina and Tegan who will be travelling to Murwillumbah to

compete in the North Coast Cross Country on Friday 9th June.

Apa Olahraga favoritmu? (What’s your favourite sport?)

Olahraga favorit saya adalah berenang (My favourite sport is swimming)

Saya suka bermain bola net (I like playing netball)

Weekly round up

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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Hello, Giinagay, Hai,

Last Tuesday afternoon we had the new Kindy families for

2018 come along and have an afternoon information session

regarding school readiness. Thank you to Bu Bettina and Mrs B

for being part of this knowledge sharing opportunity, so families

can make informed choices regarding the best starting time for

their children. The highlight was the parents through a virtual

platform called Zoom, having access to Shona Bass a Director

of Early Foundations and a renowned consultant who has

worked in the education field for over thirty years, relating to

school readiness. This is taken from her website.

Is Your Child Ready for School? Ready or Not?

Readiness for school is in itself an important factor for

consideration before starting school, despite the responsive

and adaptable programs that schools provide for children and

the emphasis upon individualising learning for each child.

Readiness is not about schools just adapting and attempting to

meet the needs of children. International research emphasises

that certain areas of development and maturity are essential

for children so that once at school, they are able to maximise

the opportunities provided.

Social and emotional areas are the key areas of development

that are most important for a child in regard to school

readiness. This is in contrast to what many people believe -

reading, writing and knowing colours or numbers are NOT

readiness indicators. Some schools may suggest this is

necessary, however this is only a reflection of a particular

schools position and not reflective of a child's readiness for

school.

Principal’s Column Principal Awards Respect Congratulations to Ella, Lilly, Matilda and Banjo

Environmental Education

War on Waste in Scotts Head PS By Jalaara, Grace and Dimity

To help our wild life we are doing our best to make a change

to the amount of plastic that we use in everyday life.

For the last week we have been monitoring our rubbish

collection. It is usual to produce one small wheelie bin full of

rubbish.

We have a challenge for you!

If we can see a big reduction in the amount of rubbish that we

produce (particularly plastic) we can be rewarded with a

whole school beach picnic!

The challenge begins NOW!

The key areas of social and emotional maturity

related to school readiness can be found at :

http://earlylife.com.au/info/sites/default/files/

School%20Readiness.pdf

This Friday will be our school Athletics Carnival which

is held at Buz Brazel Oval, Vernon Street Scotts Head.

All students are asked to go directly to the oval, not to

school. The school bus will pick up and drop off

students to the oval as well. There will be no staff at

school. Any parents who would like to help on the day

would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.

Gillian Stuart—Principal

We see the difference but a turtle would

not. Do you want to help make a change?

Parent Information - reminders

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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SHPS Athletics Carnival

This Friday we will hold our Athletics Carnival at Buz Brazel Oval. Students are to go

directly to the oval. All staff will be at the oval.

Donations

Our TAFE team have a few projects on the go and we are looking for donations of

pavers, bricks and mosaic tiles. Please contact the office if you are able to help.

Senior Excursion to Canberra

Term 3 Week 3—Monday 31st July to Friday 4th August

Notes with additional information including an itinerary and list of things to bring have

been sent home today. A reminder that medical consent forms are now due to be in.

Also, the next instalment of $110.00 was due last Friday (19/5). Please ensure you

keep up to date with the payment plan.

Cooler Weather

We would like to remind parents that children who are unwell need to stay at home.

They need to rest and get better, not come to school where they will feel terrible and

pass on their germs to everyone else. We appreciate your understanding. Also, just a

reminder that children who are unwell for 3 consecutive days or more, a medical

certificate must be obtained from your doctor.

Parents, please make sure your child’s name is written on their school jumper. If they

leave it somewhere, we will be able to give it back! At the moment we have several

jumpers in the sick bay area at the office.

Links

School website:

http://www.scottshead-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

School facebook

page:

https://www.facebook.com/

scottsheadpublicschool?

fref=ts

Skoolbag Application:

Search “Scotts Head Public

School” in the app store.

8.30am Morning

Supervision (in

cola)

Start

School

9.00am

9.00am until

11.00am

Morning Session

(Crunch and Sip)

11.00am Lunch

11.50—1.30

pm

Middle Session

1.30 pm Recess

2.00pm-3pm Afternoon

Session

Bell Times

Remember to send in a

note if your child is

absent from school.

After 7 days, the system

automatically records as

an “Unexplained

Absence”.

Athletics Carnival - If you can

help out in the canteen at the

athletics carnival on Friday,

please let us know or just drop

in on the day. All baked goods

can be dropped off at the oval

from 8am. Thank you!

Meeting - The next P&C

meeting will be held on

Tuesday 6th June at 6.30pm in

the LLLCC. Please come along

to support our school.

P&C News

Canteen Roster

Week 5

MON 22/5 Rachel

WED 24/5 Rachel

Week 6

MON 29/5 Rachel

WED 31/5 Rachel

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Weekly Round Up

Tennis This term Scotts Head PS have been involved in a fantastic Tennis Program on

Fridays. Students have been learning a variety of skills including balancing,

throwing, bouncing, teamwork and racquet handling. Our tennis instructor Kylie

has made many comments about the excellent tennis skills Scotts Head Public

School students have. Tennis is a fantastic sport for all ages, supporting hand-eye

coordination, balance and working in collaboration with a partner.

The Year 3/4 students will be participating in a valley tennis competition with other

local schools on Friday 16th June, more information to come.

Athletics Training

Over the last few weeks, all students have

been practicing athletics events in

preparation for our school athletics carnival

this Friday.

Events including high jump, long jump,

discus, shot put, running and relay races. We

are really looking forward to seeing families

coming to support their children. If there are

any parents or family members who are

willing to help on the day, any support would

be greatly appreciated with time keeping,

crowd control, measuring distances, baking

for the canteen.

We look forward to having a great day!

At lunchtime, Duke teaches us the basics of basketball. We

play a game called 21, Pig and Round the World.

I’ll explain how these games work. 21 is where you shoot

from the 2 point line and the first one to get to 21 is the

winner. Pig is where you shoot from one place, if you get it in

the next person is on a letter “P”. If you get it in 3 times, the

person is out.

Round the world is a game you start from one spot and go to

the other on the circle. First one to get to the other side, wins.

We all like it! By Brodie Harvey

Basketball with Duke

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Weekly Round Up

Garden Club

Crystal Club

Gumbaynggirr Language classes

School Band

Cucumbers from

the garden!

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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Community News

Lifetime Connect

Playgroup

Scotts Head

Wednesday 24th May 2017

“Biggest Morning Tea”

Bread baking with Lisa

Fly Squat Painting at Easel

Bubbles

Hula Hoops

Assorted puzzles

Wooden garage with cars

Book Corner

Home Corner - Office Play Playgroup Contact Number: 0447 485 276

Routine

10am-10:55am – Planned Activities

10:55am-11am – Wash Hands

11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea

11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play

11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away

11:45am – 12noon – Group Time

12noon – Home Time

Please

remember

to bring a hat