Term 2 Week 8 & 9 26th June 2013

DATE EVENT WHO ACTION

27 June Full day athletics

carnival

Whole school All students

All welcome

28 June Mufti / Movie Day Whole school Dress out of uniform.

1st day

Term 3

16/7/13

Children back to

school

K-6 All Students

Term 2 P&C Major Raffle

continues

Everyone Keep selling tickets. Ask

for more.

Dear Parents,

Our first Stokers School Market was held on Saturday 15th June. Lots of stalls, buskers and

fun activities were the highlight of the day. Thank you to all who attended and also a big

thank you to those who helped set up and pack up. We raised an outstanding $500.20 which

will help us buy our new Interactive Whiteboard for the library. Three cheers to our Small

School Big Family and our local and wider community!

Holidays

Please remind your children about Stranger/Danger as there have been recent reports about

attempted abductions. This time it was in the Kingscliff area.

Term 2 concludes on Friday 28th June and we return to school on Tuesday 16th July

2013. Have a wonderful break and we will see you all next term!

I will be away on leave the first 2 weeks of Term 3 and Mrs. Dickson will be relieving

Principal. I will be joining my husband Alan in Thailand.

STUDIO PROGRAM

We always welcome parents and members of our wider community into our Studio. You can

share your talents or just be there to support the students in their chosen projects. Studio

days are Tuesday. Please come along for a look. You can also catch up with what your child has

been doing on the website: studio.figjamit.com.au You will need to use your child’s password

or apply for your own onsite. Thank you to our long standing parent helpers.

Our youngest member Busy, busy, busy….. The Studio extending outdoors

STOKERS SIDING SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Email address: stokerssid-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web Page: http://www.stokerssid-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Index.html

HOUSE URGENTLY NEEDED FOR ONE OF OUR

FAMILIES!

THIS FAMILY WANT TO STAY IN OUR AREA

CAN YOU HELP?

Phone Susan on 0437 923 665

or contact Mrs. Eaton or Gloria at school

Full Day Athletics Carnival – TOMORROW!

At Walter Peate Oval Kingscliff, opposite Cudgen Leagues Club. The carnival will be starting

at 9.30am; the bus will be leaving school at 9.15am sharp. Please remember to wear full

sports uniform (orange shirt with black bottoms), a hat, joggers and sunscreen. A canteen will

be available but please bring additional food and water.

Half Day Athletics Winners Congratulations to Ella-Mai who came 4th in Shotput, 3rd in Long Jump and 3rd in High Jump, to

Aurin who came 2nd in 800m, to Connor who came 4th in Shotput and Ella B who came 1st in

High Jump and 4th in 800m. Mr Hollis was very proud of the behaviour and sportsmanship of

all who participated. Well done everyone!

Merit Awards Congratulations to our merit award winners for week 8 Term 2:Finn Glaser, Max Radlovic, Ella

Brown, Isaiah Parry, Summer King, Jasmine Roveglia, Indi Flanagan, Dalton Ansey, Sharleah

Parry, Veronica Pierce, Joe Williams, Hunter Dirks and Bhatha Harrison. Special

congratulations to Jasmine Roveglia, our Student of the Week for week 8.

Congratulations to our merit award winners for week 9Term 2: Mia Morris ,Kahlia McKay,

Saza Harrison, Seth Jamieson, Brazilia McKay, Ella Brown, Sage Roveglia, Jude Jamieson, Lily

Axford, Lilly McKay, Aaron Singh-Goesel, Rohan Singh-Goesel, Veronica Pierce, Bhima

Harrison, Sabine Glaser and Django Baartz-Hague. Special congratulations to Mia Morris, our

Student of the Week for week 9.

Year 2/3 Japanese Day Last week Ms Malivanek and Years 2-3 held a fantastic dress-up day and participated in

activities such as making sushi, paper lanterns and carp kits to conclude their unit of work

they have been studying on Japan. I would personally like to thank the following parents for

their contribution to our unit. Bob Axford for helping us make sushi, Bec Timmer for buying

us a sushi kit and Peta Warlow for sharing her personal experiences when living in Japan. Also

thank you to Mrs Shimizu for her presentation to K/1 and 2/3 classes.

THANK YOU - Kimberley Malivanek

MUFTI DAY

Last day of term. Friday June 28

Students dress out of uniform and please bring a gold coin donation to go to Story Dogs

P&C Raffle

More ticket books are available. All profits raised from this raffle will help buy an

interactive white board for the library.

Raffle Leaderboard

Family Raffle Books Sold

Van Zanden 5

Jamieson 3

Singh-Goesel 2

“Yoku yatta ohayo

kodomo”

in Japanese

this means

Good morning children

Well done!

Sports Carnival On Thursday 13th June we held our annual School Athletics Carnival!

The kids dressed in their house colours and got into the fun spirit of the day.

THE TAWNIES WON OUR CARNIVAL!

Congrats to our Champions! Congratulations to all our students who participated with

outstanding sportsmanship on the day!

Thank you to our mums and dads for cheering us on! Thank you to our hard-working teachers

and admin staff who helped in the preparation and the smooth running of the day.

Good luck to all students who have taken part in the Small Schools Half Day Athletics

Carnival and to all of our students who will be participating in the Full Day Carnival tomorrow!

We know that you will represent yourself and our school with true Stokers Siding Spirit and

Pride!

Regard, Rod Hollis

Way to go our lovely girls!

Sack Races forever!

Ribbons held proudly!

Run boys!

High jump!

Mates!

The overall age champions were:

5 y.o. Girls – Starling, 5 y.o. Boys Django, 6 y.o. Girls Mia A, 6 y.o. Boys Briar,

7 y.o. Girls Lilly M, 7 y.o. Boys Aaron, 8 y.o. Girls Ginger, 8 y.o. Boys Jiye,

9 y.o. Girls Jude, 10 y.o. Girls, Ella K, 10 y.o. Boys Meikaii, 11 y.o. Girls Ella B,

11 y.o. Boys Connor, 12 y.o. Girls Claire, 12 y.o. Boys Max

Vanuatu School Visit Thank you to those families who kindly donated school supplies for my visit to Ekonra School

Vanuatu. This school is located in Epau Village, 60 km from Port Vila (the capital of Vanuatu)

and in desperate need of any school supplies. On our arrival the students and teachers were

very excited to see us, as they didn’t know we were coming. The Principal Morris was

overjoyed to see the supplies we donated, these supplies included exercise books, coloured

pens and pencils, glue sticks and lots more vital supplies. Thank you again to those families

who helped with donated items.

Kind Regards.

Nicole Morris

Live Life Well

Head Lice Report

Cases of head lice have been reported.

Quit nits – Head lice defence spray-natural ingredients,

available at Coles

Let’s use the school holidays

for preventative treatments!

Thank you for your support.

QUICK AND EASY BREAKFAST IDEAS:

Make sure your child starts every school day with a nutritious breakfast

that includes foods from at least two of the five food groups.

For example

Wholegrain cereal with reduced-fat milk

Fruit smoothie

Boiled eggs and toast

Slices of fruit with yoghurt

Raisin toast with

sliced banana

Muesli, chopped

fruit and

yoghurt

Stokers School

Champions!

Hip Hip

Hooray!

Spelling Bee Yesterday Stage 2 & 3 participated in our in-school Spelling Bee competition.

Congratulations to our stage 2 winners: Nanda McColl and Lenny Flanagan.

Well done to our Stage 3 winners: Max Radlovic and Jayanti McColl.

These four students will go on to represent our school at the Regional

Spelling Bee competition next semester. Good luck!

Public Speaking Over the past week Stage 2 & 3 have been presenting their speeches during our in-school

Public Speaking Competition.

Congratulations to our Stage 2 winner Lenny Flanagan and our Stage 3 winner Claire Turner.

These two students will be representing Stokers Siding Public School at the Regional Public

Speaking Competition next semester. Well done!

Griffith University Visit

On Monday, Year 6 went on excursion to Griffith University

Gold Coast for the “Launch into Life” program. This day gave

students insight into University and the many career options

that are available to them. The students had a great day and

participated in Health, Science, Drama and Physical activities.

The children really enjoyed the excursion and all agreed that

they found the day very inspiring.

Dream Big Year 6!

K/1/2 Prop for Stewart House Concert Students from K/1/2 will need to bring in a yellow ‘rubber duckie’ early

next term for singing rehearsals. This prop is needed for the

performance at Murwillumbah High School in Term 3 for a combined choir

item. Please label the bottom of the duck with the child’s name and send

to school (Mrs Shimizu will collect them and keep at school for

rehearsals).

Thank you.

Community News

1. Murwillumbah Vacation Care. Phone 0755233708

2. Bubbles Swim School 8-12 July. Phone 66 702750

3. What Gonski means for your child. Leaflets at the school office.

4. School Holiday Activities – Sport & Rec – on notice board. Ph 66180400

5. Understanding Bullying Info Session. Ph. 0415532791

6. Gold Coast Occupational Therapy Clinic – free screening. Ph 0755893252

OUR STUDIO and its many facets

Proud of his creation Learning a new skill Artist in residence

Working with clay Deep in concentration Chess creations

This little Piggy Woodwork toolbox The art of photography

Teacher involvement Creating backdrops Gathering resources

A HUGE thank you to our volunteers:

CANTEEN CLOSURE

Canteen Roster Volunteers

Due to the lack of volunteers there will be

NO CANTEEN next term until further notice.

It is with great regret that the P&C are taking this drastic action.

Without the profits from the canteen our school would not have been

able to provide additional funding for school excursions and the purchase

of recourses. Over the past 5 years the canteen profits have enabled the

P&C to subsidise all school excursions, including bus and family subsidies,

to provide the food for the all school camp at Hosanna in 2012, the TV in

the office foyer, the brand new SLR Canon camera for digital art in the

studio, new BBQ for functions, the shade marquee used at all sporting

events and vital resources such as readers and computer equipment in

every classroom. The closure of the canteen will also jeopardise the

P&C's ability to subsidise any future funding for school excursions.

Please contact Nicole or Gloria at school if you can help us next term

in Canteen. New helpers urgently needed!

Marg Eaton, Principal

Date Volunteer Volunteer

28th June Jody Amber

Thank You To all our

helpers

In Term 2