2-28 FOREST STREET, PO Box 83 TUMUT NSW 2720

Phone: (02) 6947 1533 Fax: (02) 6947 1377

franklin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.franklin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

FRANKLIN NEWSLETTER

TERM 1 | Monday 10th February 2020 | ISSUE 3

Week 3

Monday 10th February

Stage 3 Milson Island

Excursion leaves

Wednesday 12th Feb

Radio News on Sounds

of the Mountains at

10.15am every Wed

Friday 14th February

Whole School Assembly

for students ONLY. This

is a closed assembly

therefore there are no

parents permitted at this

assembly.

Week 4

Tuesday 18th February

Parent Information Night

from 3.15pm

Friday 21st February

Bass Assembly at 2.15pm

in the Hall

Breakfast Club:

There will be NO

breakfast club this

week at Franklin.

Note to Parents:

Mrs Stuckey is on

leave for four weeks.

Mrs Jodie Barton is

relieving Principal

during this time.

TOGETHER WE LEARN

Student Voice

Chloe Weir and Will Turner are our intrepid reporters writing for

Student Voice this week.

Will:

My name is Will Turner and I visited Cook Kindergarten class as part of my Student Voice report.

Haylee was getting ready to have her ‘crunch ‘n sip’ when I visited. Haylee loves making new friends at school and the gym equipment is her favourite thing to play on.

Darcy showed me how to build towers with blocks in his room.

I showed Eddie where the bikes will go when he old enough to ride his bike to school. Eddie thinks the best thing about school is playing and learning about numbers.

Chloe:

My name is Chloe Weir and I am reporting for Student Voice this week.

Kindergarten have just had their first week at ‘big school’. I remember having Gabi Davis as my buddy in Kindergarten. She helped me settle in to school by being helpful and friendly. I decided to ask my buddies what they thought of their first week at Franklin.

Maddison said she loves playing in the sandpit and her favourite thing to do is building sandcastles. Evie loves the gym equipment. I have seen her playing and she is like a little monkey there. Evie said she likes it when I help her get her food out of her bag for lunch and recess. Evie and Sadie showed me where they hang their bag each morning. Sadie said she loves the big Franklin playground and she loves reading books in class.

CELEBRATING FRANKLIN!

TOGETHER WE LEARN

Franklin Buddies 2020 At Franklin Public School we have a buddy program for our new Kinder-

garten students. This pairs up a Kindergarten student with a Year 6 stu-

dent who will help them adjust to life at ‘Big School’. Students sit with

their buddy at recess and lunch and are encouraged to show the Kin-

dergarten students how to play safely in the playground and also help

them learn the school PBL values. This helps Kindergarten students set-

tle in and feel safe, making coming to school less daunting for them.

Swimming Carnival

The swimming carnival was a great success, student participation level was high and it was

especially pleasing to see and hear the students supporting each other as they gave their

all in the pool.

The carnival could not have been a success without the support from the many parents

and friends who volunteered as timekeepers. All staff were involved in the smooth running

of events– mention to Mr Reddy, Ms Rampling and Mrs Somerville who organised a great

day at the pool.

We were delighted to have two Police Officers from Sydney volunteer to help out at the

carnival. Senior Constables Brad James and Richard Griffin are in Tumut as part of the re-

sponse team for the recent bushfires and were keen to help out. As well as timekeeping

the officers enjoyed getting to know staff, parents and students.

We would like to thank Narelle Buckingham and her staff for use of the pool and it’s facili-

ties and also thank you to Tumut Swimming Club for use of their club house.

Snowy was the winning house on the day. GO SNOWY!

TOGETHER WE LEARN

At the SaCC

Tuesday - Baby Ccino 9.30 to 11.30am Wednesday - Let’s Play 9.30 to 11.30 am Wednesday - Gurinya Playgroup 12.30 to 2pm Thursday - Paint and Play 9.30 to 11.30am

Contact Laura at the SACC Building for more information 6947 6961

We do ask if you can bring along a piece of fruit to

share.

Tumut Schools As Community Centre

Last week was our first week of playgroups for 2020 and it was mazing to see so many smiling faces. The children

explored the Native Australian animal small world play station and learned some names in Wiradjuri language. The new

mud kitchen was loved by all and the sensory garden corner inspired children to plant seeds, water and care for them.

All of our playgroups are FREE! For more information please contact Laura at the SACC on 6947 6961.

CAPPER

Sophie Cobden, Pheebe Stewart, Anika Baker, Millie Hargreaves, Lilly Young, Ivy Zerafa, Harley Giddings, Lilly Steel, Kiarlee

Anderson, Diana Shu, Maddison Sutton, Mason Harris, Maylc Baker

SNOWY

Lacey Martin, Lainey Sturt, Evie Thatcher, Ethan Smith, Lewis Wickham, Aiden Provan, Andre Cox, Patrick Pollack, Emily Stuart,

Haylee Hodges, Bridgette-Lee O’Keefe, Brielle Adams, Hayden Neville, William Smith

FOREST

Alexis McGrath, Sadie Richards, Rueben Smart, Brian Quarmby, Carter Coppin, Eddie Johnson, Tasmin Li, Evelyn Bradshaw,

Evie Wielinga, Chaise Bradshaw, Chance Trembath, Ethan West, Darcy Roddy, Chayse Sanderson, Max Cichocki, Jayden David

Kindergarten Sporting Houses

All Kindergarten students were put into their sporting houses last week.

Parents can now identify which coloured house their child is in and purchase a sporting polo shirt in the

correct colour.

Franklin kindergarten 2020

Our new Kindergarten students have settled in nicely last week. Each student has met their teacher, found friends in their

classroom, been paired with their buddy and are starting to learn about our core values and rules at Franklin Public

School. Our staff try very hard to make the classroom and school experience a positive one for your children and we wel-

come them to the Franklin family.

FRANKLIN STARS — Week 3 Students who follow our PBL school values of:

RESPECT ~ ACHIEVEMENT ~ SAFETY

Aiden

Banks

Ted

Flinders

Jimmy

Blaxland

CELEBRATING FRANKLIN!

TOGETHER WE LEARN

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

The newsletter is published on Monday of each week and is distributed to

families via the eldest child OR it can be emailed to you (guaranteed to get

your newsletter weekly so let us know if you wish to use this option.) The

newsletter is the most direct form of communication between the school and

parents. Regular features include:

School news - student achievement, planned school events and Department of Education and Communities news P & C, Canteen & Community News. Please take the time to read the school newsletter as this will allow every family to be actively involved in all aspects of school life. The newsletter is also uploaded to the school web page and Skoolbag weekly

Bass in Action

Oliver has designed and made a ball pit model in STEM during L3.

CANTEEN ROSTER

Mon - 10.02 K. Oxenbridge

Wed - 12.02 N. Withers, M. Hartwig

Fri - 14.02 L. Oxley, R. McLennan, K. Piper

Mon - 17.02 K. Oxenbridge

Wed - 19.02 K. Nolan, L. Harris, K. Oxenbridge

Fri - 21.02 J. Hodges & Co

Mon - 24.02 K. Oxenbridge

Wed - 26.02 N. Withers, M. Hartwig

Fri - 28.02 L. Oxley, R. McLennan, K. Piper

Mon - 02.03 K. Oxenbridge

Alianna, Alanah and Rayne at the Writing station.

Anelise, Jace, Jesse-James and Peppa-Jane at the Word Work station.

Parent Information Night

Franklin Parent’s Information night will be on

Monday 17th February— Week 4

Kinder: 3.15pm to 3.45pm

Tuesday 18th February - Week 4.

Stage 1: 3.45pm to 4.15pm

Stage 2: 4.15pm to 4.45pm

Stage 3: 4.45pm to 5.15pm