Dear parents,

The community support at Copacabana Public School never ceases to

amaze me! In light of recent events in schools involving dangerous trees,

every school is now required to get an annual arborist inspection, at cost

to the school. However, we have not had to pay that this year as Richard

Spillane from “Tree Surgery” has kindly donated his services to complete

our inspection and annual report. Thank you Richard.

The amazing community support does not stop there though. As you may

know, the school is aiming to enhance its technology and ensure we are

forging ahead in providing 21st Century education. We had a 3year plan

for this to happen but this plan has been significantly shortened thanks to

an unbelievable donation of $50, 000 from a family at the school! This

will allow us to purchase approximately 90 laptops for students in

Years 3-6. It also allows the school to put its money into the purchase of

30 more iPads for K-2. The school can’t thank this family enough for such a

generous donation. Another fine example of how our community works

together for the benefit of our precious children.

B. Thomas

Principal

Quote of the Week “People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.” – Tom Vilsack

MARCH 14TH

ZONE SWIMMING

MARCH 17TH

ZONE LEAGUE TRIALS

K-2 ASSEMBLY

3-6 ASSEMBLY

MARCH 20TH

SYDNEY NORTH SWIMMING

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MARCH 13TH

GATS PARENT INFO

SESSION – 5PM

INTERVIEW

BOOKINGS OPEN

Wall of Fame

My wall of fame is starting to

take shape for 2017. This week I

added artworks from our Senior

students. Jayden in 5/6F

presented a very colourful 2017

planner, Zane in 5/6F has been

studying natural disasters and

depicted one in his artwork and

Akira in 5/6W has been

experimenting with charcoal to

show tone and texture in her

artworks.

Term 1 Uniform & Attendance Awards

Thank you to everyone for ensuring they are getting to school on time and wearing school uniform to show pride in our school. Students receiving canteen vouchers this fortnight were; Stephanie (2W), Hayden (KW), Madeleine (KH), Zane (5/6F), Liam (3/4W), Arelina (3/4W) and Ethan (1/2BL).

MARCH 24TH

K-2 ASSEMBLY

3-6 ASSEMBLY

MARCH 26TH

COPA FETE

MARCH 27TH – 31ST

SWIMMING SCHEME

MARCH 31ST

SCHOOL CROSS

COUNRTY

INTERVIEW BOOKINGS

CLOSE

APRIL 3RD – 7TH

PARENT/TEACHER

INTERVIEWS

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MARCH 20TH – 24TH

SWIMMING SCHEME

News

Semester 1 Parent Interviews

Following feedback from 2016, we will hold

our parent/teacher interviews in Term 1 this

year. The interviews will take place in Week

11 (Mon 3rd April – Fri 7th April). Bookings for

these interviews will be done online, as they

have been in the past. You will shortly receive

booking information in a separate note if you

have not already done so. The booking period

will open on Monday 13th March and close on

Friday 31st March.

School Photos

A reminder that School photo day has been

moved. Photos will be taken on Monday 1st

May. Envelopes will be sent home soon for

pre-orders.

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Star Struck

Huge congratulations go to our Star Struck

dance troupe. They have successfully

auditioned to be part of Star Struck at

Newcastle Entertainment Centre for 2017.

Thank you to Mrs Burke and Mrs Mumford

for all their hard work to prepare the group

and submit the audition.

Scholastic Book Club

Please be advised all orders for Scholastic

Bookclub issue 2 2017 are due back by Friday

17th March 2017

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Values

Assembly

Congratulations to the following students who

were awarded the “Citizen of the Month” for

February as they displayed to their classroom

teacher/s their honesty and integrity.

This month, in March, we focus on the value of

‘EXCELLENCE’.

KH Evie

KS Mya

KW Thomas

1D Betty

1N Axl

1/2BL Iluka

2W Isaac

2/3M Olivia

3/4B Laura

3/4R Laura

3/4W Blake

5/6F Liam

5/6M Mika

5/6W Holly

Lib/Tech Alana

School Sport

Well done to Zane who represented

the Southern Central Coast PSSA at the Sydney

North Tennis Trials on Tuesday.

Good luck to all the students who will be

representing Copacabana PS at the SCCPSSA Zone

Swimming Carnival at Woy Woy next Tuesday.

Weekend Sport

Well done to all the students who competed at the

NSW Surf Lifesaving Age Championships at

Blacksmiths Beach last weekend. A special mention

to Kaiden, Sam, Cooper and Bailey who got 6th in

the U10 Boys’ Sprint Relay.

Good luck to Nicolas who is heading to St Louis,

Missouri to play Ice Hockey in the 2017 Friendship

Games. Nicolas is part of the NSW Representative

team that is touring the USA. Enjoy Nicolas!

If any students have some amazing sporting results at a

Central Coast, State or National level, make sure to write

them down and come and let me know so I can spread their

achievements throughout the school community.

Mr Chris Mensforth

Sport Enthusiast

The Copa P&C AGM was held on Tuesday 7th March and we’d like to thank everyone who attended the meeting. Special mention goes to the people who accepted the following positions: President – Jo Fraser Vice Presidents – Matt Barrett and Charlotte Morgan Treasurer – Katie Austin Secretary – Lauren Gencur Uniform – Linda Hartwell Fundraising – Charlotte Morgan Canteen – Kirsten Walter will continue as the Canteen Manager supported by Gemma Colreavy, Lucy Wenzke and Jessica Mulcahy General – Michelle Griffiths and Amy Prentis

A massive thank you goes to the committee from

last year. Their time, support and dedication to the

school community was outstanding.

The main aim of the P&C is fundraising for our

beautiful school. Mr Thomas has a vision for a 21st

Century learning environment including such things

as laptops, iPads and innovative furniture, which our

students and teachers deserve. The P&C and Mr

Thomas are mindful of financial pressures on

families and recognise the additional school costs

which invariably occur throughout the year.

However, due to the nature of funding for public

schools, Copacabana Public School relies very much

on fundraising to keep things, like technology and

home reading books, up-to-date. The P&C are

evaluating the number and scheduling of fundraising

events and welcome any feedback from the school

community. Please remember that everyone is

welcome to come along to our meetings held on the

first Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm in the

staffroom! If you can’t make our meetings feel free

to touch base with any of the committee members

or email copapandc@gmail.com

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Sport Report P & C News

TERM 1 / WEEK 7 Young

Leaders Day

On Friday the 3rd of March, Copacabana’s school leaders

went down to Sydney for the Young Leaders Day. We

travelled by bus and when we got to the convention centre

in Darling Harbour, there were over 4,500 young leaders

inside the centre. We had a great day learning about all the

different types of speakers that came to talk with us, what

their life was about, all their adventures and struggles and

how they had dealt with them. The hosts for the day were

Gemma Knight who is an actor and Scott Tweedie from

Prank Patrol. Gemma and Scott showed their leadership

skills by leading us through the actions of an inside

rainstorm. The first speaker was Sam Skinner and she was

the boss of Young Leaders Day and was telling us how she

became a leader. The second speaker was Sam Webb. He is

from the reality TV show named Australian Survivor. He told

us all that he lost his best friend so started a program called

‘livin’. He also talked about how ‘livin’ changed his life. The

third speaker was Jade Hameister. Jade was the youngest

person to conquer Mount Everest base camp, was the

youngest person to ski to the North Pole and participated in

and still competes in triathlons. The fourth speaker was

Jordan Nguyen. He told us about the time he made a

wheelchair that you could move and steer with your mind.

He told us about a young boy named Riley who could not

move, speak or eat without help. What Riley really wanted

to do was drive. So Jordan designed a radio wave head piece

that would allow Riley to look where he wanted to go and

the buggy went to the location. The fifth and final speaker

for the day was Barry Conrad who is an actor. Barry told us

about his childhood life and that he was born into a musical

family. Barry is a fantastic singer, and at the end of the day

he sang for us. After all the amazing stuff we had

experienced at the Young Leaders Day, we headed home on

the bus.

By Gemma – School Captain

Young Leaders Day,

On Friday the 3rd March, the 8 prefects, school

captains and Mr Thomas went to the National

Young Leaders Day. The theme for this year

was Imagination and Together We Can. The

school leaders and Mr Thomas listened to the

inspiring stories from the leaders Sam Skinner,

Sam Webb, Jade Hameister, Jordan Nguyen,

Barry Conrad and the hosts Scott Tweedie and

Jemma Knight. The leaders had a great time

there, listening to the leadership values and

hearing the very talented speakers.

Copacabana Public School represented our

school in a great manner and we left with big

smiles on our faces.

Thomas – School Captain

Thomas Hunt – School Captain

Teacher Profile

Hello to the Copacabana community and thank

you for welcoming me so kindly into your

school.

My name is Allison McCarthy and I’m

extremely fortunate to be the classroom

teacher of 2/3M for 2017. Term One has taken

off with a great start. I’ve loved getting to

know each and every one of my students, the

fantastic staff of Copa and all the other

children at school.

I moved to the Central Coast 11 years ago from

Manly NSW. I now live in Wamberal with my

husband, 3 kids and our beagle puppy, Megs.

We love our life on the coast and couldn’t see

ourselves ever moving back to the hustle and

bustle of Sydney!

On weekends you’ll find me going to all my

kids’ sporting events including nippers, netball

and soccer. To relax, I love taking Megs down

to Wambie beach for long walks. I also love

catching up with the many friends I’ve made

since living on the coast.

I feel very privileged to now be part of this

wonderful school and community.

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