Principal’s Report

Ocean Shores Public School

23 August, 2019 Issue 5, Term 3

Ocean Outlook

Festival of the Imagination

Thanks to the efforts of Damien Farrell and his

committed team, tomorrow’s FOTI should be

the biggest and best so far. We look forward to

seeing everyone enjoying the rides, activities,

food and performances at our community

celebration. All money goes back into our

school to construct the new adventure

playspace.

Please note that while there will be staff

present at the festival, this is a P&C event and

parents/carers are responsible for the safety

and supervision of children at all times.

Kindergarten Open Day –

Wednesday 28th August 9.30am

We look forward to meeting our 2020

Kindergarten enrolments and their families on

Wednesday. Please be sure to let the office

know if you will be attending.

SASS Appreciation Week

School Administrative and Support Staff (SASS)

are crucial to ensure all our students have the

best possible opportunities and experiences.

Next week is SASS Appreciation Week, when

we recognise the wonderful work of our

support staff including our office staff, school

learning support officers, cleaners and general

assistant. These dedicated staff regularly

contribute above and beyond their job

description and paid hours. Thank you!

Bundjalung Language and Culture

Camp

Hope Woods and our Stage 3 Aboriginal

students enjoyed the Bundjalung Culture Camp

at Lake Ainsworth this week which was

sponsored by the Aboriginal Education

Consultative Group (AECG). This was a great

chance for these future leaders to learn more

of the rich Indigenous culture and build

connections with others.

It has been impressive to observe the increase

in cultural knowledge and pride in our

Aboriginal children, along with a willingness of

Aboriginal people to share culture with our

non-Indigenous staff, community and students.

Safety around the school

Please take note of the letter in today’s

newsletter which was also circulated earlier

this week. All road users are asked to exercise

caution around schools to ensure our children

are safe.

Athletics

Well done to all the students who competed in

today’s Zone Athletics Carnival. Check out the

next page for results!

2R Staffing

Unfortunately Sue Riches needs to return to

Alberta, Canada for personal reasons. Mrs

Riches is a highly valued member of our staff on

exchange from Alberta, Canada for the year

and 2R have been benefiting immensely from

her enthusiasm and skills.

In Sue's absence, Ellie Phillips will be teaching

2R. Ellie is also a great teacher who has done a

lot of work with our students. Thanks to Ellie

for taking over. I wish Sue and her family well

back in Canada, and we look forward to her

return.

Martin Gill

Principal

166 Shara Boulevarde, Ocean Shores 2483 P: (02) 6680 2766 F: (02) 66802764

E: oceanshore-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.oceanshore-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Coming Up!

Sat 24 Aug

Festival of the Imagination

Ocean Shores Art Expo

Mon 26 Aug

SASS appreciation week begins

Tue27 Aug

Farmers Market 3/4D

Wed 28 Aug

Kinder 2020 Open Day

9:30am - 12 noon

Mon 2 Sept

National Child Protection

Week

Tue 3 Aug

ICAS Digital Technologies

Payments due!

Camp Goodenough

- Due by 9/9/19

Multicultural Day passports

Operation Dolphin - week 6

I am responsible. I look after my

environment & belongings. I

keep the playground, classroom

& books neat & tidy.

L-R: our junior boys relay team Cooper Bird, Taylor

Simpson, Kai Davidson and Zane Godbee came 1st

at the FNC Athletics Carnival today.

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“tye dying,

printing, clay

works, free

Spaghetti

Circus

classes.”

The Festival of the Imagination (FOTI) is on tomor-

row from 10am - 3pm!

Amongst all of the rides, music and stalls, there will

be tye dying, printing, clay works, free Spaghetti Cir-

cus classes and the Zameret wood community art

project.

Don't forget that there will be an ATM this year on

site - we've never had this before, so there will be

plenty of opportunities to purchase fantastic food

and goodies in order to support fundraising for the

school.

If anyone has the oven burning hot tonight - please

consider making a cake, slice or biscuits to bring

along to the cake stall tomorrow. Please write the

ingredients on the container you bring it in and your

name if you wish for the container to be returned.

Please remember that we are a nut aware school -

so no nuts please.

We will be using environmentally friendly paper

plates etc for the foods but if you remember to bring

your own drinking cups and mugs that’s an added

bonus to our desire to reduce the carbon footprints

we create.

Don't be shy to lend a hand on the day - head to the

rides ticket stall and put your name down if you have

a spare hour or two. A few helping hands at 7am

would also be useful for setting up this amazing festi-

val.

We still need donations of white cotton items for

the tye dye stall. Of if you would like to take part in

tye dying please bring something white to use.

A big thanks this week, in particular, to Rob Brough,

Tom, Ziggy, Christine Melkie, Sigge McKinley, Wayne

Gibbons, John Weir and Damien Farrell and to all of

the unnamed volunteers from across the school

community whose collective inputs make a large

impact.

We would also love to thank Zam Easson for all the

effort, creativity and time she has put in to make this

festival what will be fun and enjoyable for everyone.

See you there!

Festival of the Imagination - Tomorrow!

Boys 100m

1st place - Cooper Bird

2nd place - Finn McKenzie

Boys 200m

1st place - Taylor Simpson

2nd place - Finn McKenzie

4th place - Archer McCallum

Boys 800m

1st place - Archer McCallum

Girls 800m

4th place - Laila Davidson

Girls High Jump

4th place - Laila Davidson

Boys Shot Put

4th place - Zephyr Duignan

Junior Boys Relay

1st place - Cooper Bird, Taylor Simpson, Kai Da-

vidson, Zane Godbee

Athletics Carnival Results

Changes to assembly dates

Please note the assembly dates have been resched-

uled for the remainder of term 3.

All previously listed dates have been cancelled and

the new dates are as follows:

5 September - 1M and 5/6E

26 September - 2R and 3/4D

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The Great Book Swap

Providing quality primary education and resources in

remote indigenous communities across Australia is

challenging and books are especially hard to come

by.

Only 36% of students in remote communities have

access to any kind of library and 60% of Aboriginal

children are significantly behind non-Aboriginal chil-

dren by the time they start Year One.

The Indigenous Literacy Fund (ILF) works really hard

to address the literacy gap in 280 of these communi-

ties.

ILF are a national book industry charity and their

objective is to lift literacy levels and instill a lifelong

love of reading.

Many of their projects include publishing collabora-

tions of stories written by school children in remote

communities and well known authors such as Alison

Lester.

On Wednesday 4 September is Indigenous Literacy

Day (ILD), a national celebration of Indigenous cul-

ture, stories, language and literacy.

It is also a day when hundreds of schools around

Australia will take part in the THE GREAT BOOK

SWAP.

Ocean Shores Public School wants to be a part of

this annual event and help the ILF raise $350,000 to

buy 35,000 books to distribute.

What to do:

Before school on Wednesday 4th September bring

along any book/s or puzzles you want to swap and

take them to the hall where tables will be set up.

Each book swap will cost $1

Each puzzle swap will cost $2

The categories will include books suitable for pre-

schoolers through to preteen.

The swap will take place at recess and lunchtime.

Our goal is to raise at least $300 to donate to the

ILF, so please encourage your family to sort through

any unwanted/used books that other children may be

interested in and help support students in remote

communities to access a wide range of book. Don’t

forget your puzzles too.

Any surplus books/puzzles will be donated to charity.

“Ocean

Shores PS

wants to be

a part of this

annual event

and help the

ILF raise

$350,000”

Bundjalung word of the week - week 6

FEET

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An exciting new scholarship has just been launched

by the NSW Department of Education. Applications

are now open for the teach.MathsNOW Scholarship,

supporting the department’s commitment to ensur-

ing that all NSW public school students have access

to high-quality mathematics teachers.

Do you know an industry professional or university

student in a career area requiring tertiary studies in

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or IT, who would make a great secondary mathemat-

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school.

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For more information and to apply, visit: https://

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7 steps to good digital parenting

Seven simple, but still challenging steps to become a

good digital parent. It is definitely a journey, like

parenting itself. There is no such thing as perfection.

Just good enough.

1. Talk With Your Kids

Talk early and often.

Be open and direct

Stay calm

2. Educate Yourself

Search online for anything you don’t understand

Try out the apps, games, and sites yourself

Explore FOSI’s parenting tips and resources

3. Use Parental Controls

Set content and time limits on your kids’ devices

Routinely check privacy settings on social media

Monitor your kids’ use and their screen time

4. Set Ground Rules and Enforce Conse-

quences

Discuss and sign a family safety agreement

Restrict where and when devices can be used

Remove tech privileges when rules are broken

5. Friend and Follow But Don’t Stalk

Follow your kids on social media

Respect their online space and freedom

Don’t flood their accounts with comments

6. Explore, Share, and Celebrate

Go online with your kids and

Explore their digital world

Share your own online experiences

Learn from each other and have fun

7. Be a Good Digital Role Model

Curb your own bad digital habits

Know when and where to unplug

Show your kids how to collaborate

and be kind online

For more information:

fosi.org/parenting

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Community Announcements

“When a volcano erupts, people get

surprised, but it is a volcano! There is

no ‘place’ for the surprise! The big-

gest problem with people is that they

are not serious about the matters of

life and death! Be serious or alterna-

tively lose your existence!”

Mehmet Murat ildan

Did you know?

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