PAXTON 2/3 Busy bees making Father`s Day gifts.

2/3 have been sightseeing around the world,

investigating oceans and continents and their

countries in Geography. Students are working on

planning, writing and publishing information

reports.

Regards, Kylie Dow

The end of Term 3 is fast approaching and it’s

going to be a busy few weeks in our classroom.

This week we are completing our annual Public

Speaking Competition. The students will complete

their speech in class and the top two speeches from

each year will compete in the school finals from

Monday, 21st September. Good luck everyone! You

have all worked very hard.

This term our whole-class behaviour focus has

been ‘keeping an appropriate noise level’. We have

been chipping away at our goal of 1, 500 Dojo

points for quite some time now but we finally

achieved it this week! We will enjoy our reward at

the end of Week 10 when we have a some spare.

A few weeks ago I asked the students to write

about their dream day at school. The goal of the

task was to clearly describe each part of the day

and to keep it realistic. I was pleasantly surprised

with the similarities to our general daily routines

and the lack of ‘nap time’, which I was expecting!

The most clear and realistic writing will be

crowned the winner and the class will carry out

that person’s dream day at school next Thursday.

Winner/s announced Wednesday, Week 10!

See below Makayla and Sophie looking after our

school! Great job girls.

Mr O’Driscoll & 4/5/6

Basketball skills in action! 2/3 really enjoyed

learning a and developing the skills of Basketball

Paxton Public School SAFETY, TEAMWORK, ACHIEVEMENT AND RESPECT

20 Anderson Ave, Paxton NSW 2325 Ph: 49981278 Fax: 49981848

Email: paxton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3-Week 9 Friday 18th September 2020

Cross Country 2020

Despite COVID-19, we

had a wonderful Cross

Country event at school

in which each class

competed in their age

groups. We hope you

enjoyed the videos we

put together as much as we did when making them!

Congratulations to 100% of our students for completing

their races and of course, our age champions below!

Camp Cancellations

Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Stage 3

Canberra excursion has been cancelled for 2020. The Stage 2

Great Aussie Bush Camp has also been cancelled. We

understand this is very sad news for our students.

Sun Safety and Hygiene

We’ve been enjoying the

lovely spring weather over the

last two weeks and will soon

be sweltering during the Term

4 Paxton summer! Please

remember to encourage your

children to wear hats. During

lunch and recess, students will

need to stay under the COLA if

they don’t have a hat. We are

unable to provide spare hats

due to hygiene. Please ensure your child’s name is on their

hat. With hygiene in mind, it’s also the prime season for

little creepy critters! The holidays is a good time to treat

your children for head lice, ready for the summer months!

Our children are doing a wonderful job in keeping safe by

continuing to wash and sanitise their hands. Please continue

to encourage this by reminding children at home.

Remember, the bubblers are still off and students need to

make sure they bring a water bottle each day. Thank you for

your understanding.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

In the last few weeks, we have been focusing on safety with

property (green tickets) and respect for visitors (blue

tickets). Our students are working towards an end of term

PBL reward next week if they can fill the PBL jar. To

encourage students, this week we gave out ‘Zooper Dooper

tickets for being awesome’, to students who did not appear

in Sentral for minor behaviours. Well done! We have also

introduced yellow and red warning cards to allow students

a chance to correct their behaviours.

Smile Awards and Reading Awards

Warm regards, Teri Clark (Relieving Principal)

Assembly Awards Congratulations to the following students on their achievements.

Class K/1

Jayden Gillies For trying in Maths and forming his numbers correctly

Clancy Andrews For always being an attentive listener

Connor Ross For working well in small group activities

Class 2/3

Noah Blyton His dedication to improve his reading

Maximus Smith Using paragraphs and correct structure

in his information texts

Grace-Faye Jobson Using paragraphs in her writing

Class 4/5/6

Evan Nugent For taking pride in his quality class work

Taleana Armstrong For the hard work she has put into her speech

Sharvanee Wiggins For consistently trying her best in all areas of classwork

Miss Avery’s Awards

Jayden Gillies For searching for books to read and for borrowing

Jaxzen Ling For consistently borrowing from the library

Sophie Parkes For always being enthusiastic about borrowing

Paxton Star Awards

Jayden Gillies Making beautiful positive choices in the classroom and playground!

Jeremy Dafter Showing sun safety by always wearing his school hat!

Makayla Ball Teaching K/1 about PBL during PE.

Special Awards

Principal Award Shayla Armstrong

Her impressive Zoom interview for the MVHS Enrichment Class - Aim high!

Smile Awards Seth & Boyd Gibson Nixon Rheinberger Sharvanee Wiggins

For making a new student feel wel-come at Paxton Public School by saying hello and playing nicely with him!

Wk Date Upcoming Events

10 Mon 21/9 Public Speaking Finals

Fri 25/9 Last day of Term

Term 4

1 Mon 12/10 Staff and Students return

Fri 16/10 Canteen

2 Tue 20/10 Scripture 2.30pm

Reading

Awards

25 nights Hayley Lamplough, Skye Hackett, Emma

Dow, Clancy Andrews, Sonny Andrews,

Jake Dow, Noah Grunsell and Ava

Folbigg

50 nights Tyler Boorman, Bentley Horder, Thomas

Price, Alana Lamplough

75 nights Olivia Jobson, Jeremy Dafter, Reef and

Forest Dunkin

125 nights Connor Ross

150 nights Coralie Rossington and Makayla Ball

175 nights

200 nights Eli Townsand, Heath Saxby and Layla

McNamara

School uniform Uniform items can be purchased via our online system for at the school office. Listed below are the cost of uniforms items for sale: School Polo Shirts $24.00 School Jackets $38.50 Bucket Hats/Caps $13.00 If you wish to purchase a school tunic for your child please collect an order form from the office which you can then take to Flanagans and order directly through them.

Early Pickup or Late Arrival Due to social distancing rules if you need to pick your child up early from school could you please ring the school and a staff member will collect your child from the classroom and meet you at the gate. Also when dropping off items for your child throughout the day could you please ring the Office so that we can meet you at the gate. When your child is arriving late to school you need to send a note with them or ring the school to explain why they are late otherwise it will be recorded as an unexplained late arrival. School Security Hotline With the holidays coming up, we’d appreciate your support in calling the School Security Hotline on 1300 880 021 if you see anyone in our school grounds. Our GA Kim will be at school on Wednesdays but other than that no one should be on site (except Mrs Clark to feed Paxton). We appreciate your support in this matter.

Regards Leeanne Ledbrook School Administrative Manager

Ice Blocks are sold everyday at second break for students who may want to purchase one. We sell Zooper Doopers for 50 cents each. All profits are part of the Year 6 fundraising effort.

Mathematics

In maths we are learning about time – in particular months and seasons. The children are learning about when their birthday is, and to name and order the months. As the month changes, we have been talking about what comes next, and linking this to the season we are in and the way the weather changes. We have also been revising fractions. The focus has been has been on consolidating the understanding of a half of an object for and a quarter and eighth of an object. At home, cooking and food preparation are good opportunities to practise this concept eg ‘I can cut your toast in half in triangles OR rectangles.’

Literacy Groups

Literacy groups continue to be a favourite in our class. This is evident each morning when the children excitedly ask ‘Are we having literacy groups today?’ Reading is very much the core of our work in K/1 – thank you for reading with your children at home. Please feel free to see me if you would like to take some extra books home to read with your child over the holidays.

Regards, Corrin Shoesmith

Ice Blocks!