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Coramba Public School 6 Short Street CORAMBA NSW 2450 Phone:
(02) 6654 4227 Fax: (02) 6654 4009 Website:
http://www.coramba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Relieving Principal Email:
[email protected] Mrs Julie McKenzie
Week 10 Term 3 2018
IMPORTANT DATES
NOTES DUE BACK TO SCHOOL
P & C Sporting Goods Raffle
Messages from the Principal We have almost made it! Week 10 is
here already.
So many great achievements, activities and learning
this term. Thanks to the initiative shown by parent
Jenna Lacey, Coramba PS raised $835 for the Aussie
Helpers
drought
relief fund.
What a
fantastic
effort!
This term we have strengthened our Gumbayngirr
studies through our expanded use of the yarning
circle in classrooms, our excursion to Muttonbird
Island and our visit from Aunty Debby yesterday. We
listened to Dreamtime stories and made sculptures
based on these stories.
SEPTEMBER
Friday 28th Last Day Term 3 - Reward Day
OCTOBER
Tuesday 23rd Oztag
Monday 29th P & C Meeting - 3.15pm
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 7th Remembrance Day Assembly
Friday 16th Kindergarten Orientation
Friday 23rd Kindergarten Orientation
Monday 26th – Friday 30th
Intensive Swimming
DECEMBER
Monday 3rd P & C Meeting - 3.15 pm
Wednesday 5th Captains’ Speeches Assembly
Friday 7th OVLC Principal’s Big Day Out
Tuesday 11th Year 6 Farewell
Wednesday 12th Presentation Night
Friday 14th Helpers Morning Tea Reports sent home
Monday 17th Reward Day
Wednesday 19th Last Day Term 4
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Next term, our staff will participate in the Aboriginal
8 Ways of Learning professional development. This
will allow us to use traditional Aboriginal teaching
methods in our classroom, which have been proven
to be highly effective and engaging for students.
In recent days we have had some rain and have
noticed some parents using the staff car park to pick
up or drop off their children. This is very dangerous
as there are still a number of students who walk
down this road. If it is raining and you wish to pick up
your child, please park in Keevers Close. You can call
the school to advise us if you will be doing this.
Alternatively students can bring umbrellas or
raincoats in wet weather. There simply is no way to
keep students safe if cars are using this road as they
walk down and it puts everyone at risk. We thank you
for your cooperation in this. The only exception
would be where a parent is working in the school for
the day, for example on a Meal Deal day.
I am very pleased to announce that I have been
offered the position of Relieving Principal for 2019
and look forward to another great year at Coramba.
Next term I will be taking the first week and part of
the second week as Long Service Leave as my
daughter completes her HSC. Mr Glover will be
Relieving Principal for that time.
Last week we had a number of teachers from Orara
Valley school visit Coramba PS for an afternoon of
sharing our Positive Behaviour for Learning journey.
We certainly are on the right track and received very
positive feedback on the way PBL is running in the
school and how it is embedded in everything we do.
We have been asked to share our approach with the
next group of schools in Coffs Harbour who will be
undertaking professional learning next term.
You may have noticed we are refurbishing our foyer.
We are currently in the process of having all our
school photos reframed, which will be displayed
shortly. They are looking fantastic so far and we are
very excited about it!
The Department of Education and Roads and
Maritime Services recommends that students under
10 do not ride their bikes to school unless
accompanied by an adult. Students must wear a
Standards Australia approved helmet and must
dismount their bikes before entering the school
grounds. The school does not have an updated policy
at this point, and will issue one shortly. Scooters,
skateboards or similar are NOT permitted at school
or as a mode of transport to school.
We are very pleased to include our kindergarten
students in our assembly student leadership roster.
Please see the updated roster in this newsletter. This
is a great testimony to wonderful teaching, which has
developed the confidence and public speaking skills.
It is very unique for students of such a young age to
be running a whole school assembly and I applaud all
teachers who work with them, in particular Mr
Glover.
We are very excited about our upcoming Reward Day
on Friday. Thank you to Mr Hillery and the SRC for
organising this. It is going to be a fabulous day.
Thanks also to our SLSO Steph Upston who is an
enormous asset to our school, Lee Moss who makes
everything administrative run so smoothly (in a time
of massive change), and Paul Carney, our General
Assistant, who manages to pack in about 3 days’
worth of work in the one day he is allocated. I am
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happy to announce that recently Paul was made
permanent to the school. Finally our cleaner Dee,
who not only does a great job, but gets involved in
our carnivals and has helped this term in a number of
school events, all on a voluntary basis.
Have a great holiday everyone! Julie McKenzie
Merit Assembly Student Leaders Roster 2018
PBL This week’s PBL focus area is being respectful, being
resilient and being an achiever, no matter who is
teaching. This includes classroom teachers, casual
teachers, other students and visitors to our school.
Mr Glover
SRC This week the SRC have been working on deciding
and preparing activities for our Term 3 Reward Day
this Friday. The format of the day will be a morning
of free choice activities such as an obstacle course,
craft, cooking, scavenger hunt, trivia as well as
sandcastle and handball competitions. The middle
session will be rotations of team based activities
around the school and during the afternoon session
the children will have a choice of a movie or free play
in the classroom. Mr Hillery
Kindergarten Enrolments 2019
Do you have a child enrolling in Kindergarten next
year or know of anyone who is? We are currently
taking enrolments for 2019. Information packs are
available from the office.
Our Kinder Orientation dates are: Friday 16th November, 2018 –
10am – 11.30am Friday 23rd November, 2018 – 10am – 11.30am
Chickens
A big thank you to the Williams family who have
offered to care for our chickens over the holidays.
We are sure the girls will have a lovely break also!
Community News
Week Students Term 4
1 Tynan, Marissa, KB, Alahni
2 Shannon, Destiny, Shelby, Kai
3 Jaime, Jarrah, Jathan, Alexi
4 Leyton, Jade, Carter, Lochlan
5 Tynan, Brilee, KB, Alahni
6 Millee, Connor, Shelby, Kai
7 Payton, Jack W , Jathan, Alexi
8 Ricky, Charlie, Jaime, Jack B
9 Jacob, Seth, Jarrah, Ali
10 Allan, Marissa, James, Sam
Our Respectful, Resilient Achievers
Ryan, Charlie, Brilee, Jacob, Jack, Millee,
Sam, Carter
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Mark this date on your calendar:
SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER
Festival of Small Halls will be presenting
at Coramba Hall:
Lucy Wise from Melbourne &
Old Man Luedecke from Canada
Tickets: $25.00 Adult
$15.00 16yrs and under
Licensed bar run by Jetty Theatre
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Speech Pathology Survey Can you share your experiences of
accessing speech pathology services? Are you able to access the
technology you need? A study from Griffith University being carried
out be a speech pathologist in NSW is trying to find out more about
parents' and carers' experience of accessing services like speech
pathology and their opinions about different types of services that
are offered. The questionnaire takes about 15 minutes to complete
and is completely anonymous. The aim of the study is to provide a
picture of the availability of services for families in rural and
regional areas as well as your preferences for how these services
are delivered (e.g. Have you been able to see a speech pathologist
if you needed one? How do families feel about telehealth services?
What types of services do you think would work best for your
child?). We hope that the information provided by families will
help inform decisions about services in the future. If you are
interested in completing the questionnaire, simply go to this link:
https://prodsurvey.rcs.griffith.edu.au/prodls190/index.php?sid=73724&lang=en
The questionnaire works best on a computer (lap top or desk top).
Thanks for your help!
Coffs Harbour Futsal (Indoor
Soccer) Club, based at 32
Industrial Drive, Coffs Harbour, is
presently signing on for the
summer season. Programmes or
competitions for all ages from 3
years upwards to open men and
women. To sign up or enquire re
joining go to
www.coffsharbourfutsal.com
email [email protected]
or ring 0448 157 049
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