Welcome back

Welcome back to Term 4 at Salt Ash Public School. I trust that everyone had a safe

and enjoyable holiday period. We are ready to begin an exciting term to finish off

the 2019 school year. Term 4 is already shaping up to be full of great, but busy,

learning opportunities. Please refer to the calendar each week in the newsletter as

new events are added.

Community PBL

Congratulations to our latest Community PBL awardees, Maddaline Logan and Jack Moyle. Maddaline received her award for “demonstrating leadership skills at Hunter River High School’s Showcase Performance during the finale by organising a number of younger students safely into position on the stage.” Jack received his for “consistently following our school PBL values of being a positive, respectful and safe learner in all settings. Jack always goes out of his way to include other students in activities ensuring no one is left out.” Congratulations Maddaline and Jack!

A message from the Principal

What’s On

25th Oct Grandparents Day,

Musica Viva

28th Oct Kindy Orientation

30th Oct Life Education

31st Oct Life Education

4th Nov Kindy Orientation

7th Nov Pirate Day, Aussie

Hoops

11th Nov Kindy Orientation

13th-15th Nov Canberra

Excursion

14th Nov K-2 Author Visit

21st Nov AECG Meeting,

Aussie Hoops

Salt Ash Public School Term 4 Week 2

Notes in

circulation

ICAS

Life Education

Canberra Excursion Medical

Information & Dietary

Requirements Form

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PBL

Term 3 Rewards Day

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in our Term 3 Rewards Day for consistently being positive,

respectful and safe learners. Students enjoyed a visit to SAPS Cinemas and were treated to a movie and a bucket

of popcorn. All students are now working towards attending this term’s Rewards Day. Every student begins with a

fresh start each term. If a student attends Reflection Room five times or more this term they will be ineligible to

attend Rewards Day.

Market Day

Congratulations to Stage 3 for planning and the smooth running of our first ever Market Day last term. The stalls

were all very well organised and the entire school had such an amazing time visiting each stall or activity.

Congratulations on raising an enormous $640.90!!!

Grandparents Day

This year we will celebrate our fabulous Grandparents this Friday 25th October. Each class will perform for our

Grandparents at an assembly commencing at 11:45am. Grandparents will then be invited to visit their

grandchild’s classroom. Our Year 6 students will also host a cake stall for Grandparents and students to enjoy.

Our Grandparent celebrations will cease at 1pm in order for students to prepare for the Musica Viva perfor-

mance. Please remember to return Musica Viva notes and money as soon as possible.

Week 2 Assembly

Due to our special Grandparent’s Day celebrations there will not be a normal Friday morning assembly this week.

Life Education

The Life Education van will visit SAPS next week. Each class will attend a lesson in the Life Education van and visit

Healthy Harold who will teach lessons based on the PDHPE syllabus. Topics covered are tailored to each stage

level and include subjects around making decisions, healthy bodies, friendships and drug education. Life

Education is part of our curriculum and therefore all students are expected to attend. This experience is one that

students will remember for a very long time, particularly the resources Life Education has available to them.

Money and notes are due by Friday 25th October.

Student Achievements

During the holidays Aleisha Hockey competed in the State Gymnastics competition. Her Hunter team came 5th

overall and Aleisha was awarded 2nd place in the State earning herself a silver medal. What a fabulous

achievement!

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Improving Attendance Pilot Program

Our school has been selected to take part in a pilot program targeting attendance improvement. The program has

been developed by the Department of Education and the NSW Behavioural Insights Unit. The intervention targets

parental behaviours and is designed to help parents engage with their child’s learning. This involves all parents

receiving a weekly text message and a letter for those students whose attendance is less than 95%. At this stage

the program is only designed to connect with our kindergarten parents.

Aussie Hoops

This week, Aussie Hoops began their four week program at Salt Ash Public School. The instructors take each class

on a Thursday and assist students in gaining skills and confidence not only in basketball, but with coordination,

balance and many other gross motor skills. The cost of this program was covered by the school and a Sporting

Schools grant. The remaining three sessions will take place on Thursdays of week 2, 4 and 6.

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Year 7 Selective High School Placement for 2021 (current year 5)

Selective high schools cater for high achieving academically gifted students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level. Parents must apply online at the following link: https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/eafa8804-3a28-4730-9fc0-0ee49dd90f83/1/SHS-application-information.pdf Please read the instructions carefully. Applications are available between 11th October and 11th November 2019. Parents who would like their child to sit the selective assessment must apply before the closing date. It is also requested that parents complete an ‘Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a selective high school in 2021 form. The Selective High School Placement Test for entry to Year 7 in 2021 is held on 14th March 2020 in test centres. The test has multiple-choice questions in reading, mathematics and general ability and a writing component.

Tell Them From Me Survey

A final reminder that this is the last week we are seeking parent feedback on our school. We use the feedback to drive future planning. It is very important that we gain a large proportion of parental and carer feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to assist us in providing us with valuable feedback. The link below will take you to a brief survey that should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/sapsparents2019

Kindergarten 2020

Our Kindergarten 2020 orientation process is about to commence. There will be three orientation sessions where

our new kindergarten students will join with this year’s kindergarten to participate in school activities, preparing

them to start school next year. Year 5 buddies will also accompany our newest students during their visits to Salt

Ash Public School. They will demonstrate how to be positive, respectful and safe learners. Kindergarten 2020

parents are invited to attend an information session. This will be held in the school library during the first

orientation visit on 28th October beginning at 10am.

Christmas Show and Shine

Our school choir and dance group have again been invited to participate in Raymond Terrace MarketPlace Show

and Shine where Santa will be making his big arrival. There will be a stage set up on the oval next to the

MarketPlace for students to perform on. We will also be able to take part in Santa’s parade. This will occur on

Sunday 10th November from 10am. Please let Mrs Smailes or Mrs Deguara know if your student is involved in

either dance or choir and is unable to make this performance on this Sunday.

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You Can Do It! Award Recipients

Congratulations go to the following students for receiving their You Can Do It awards for continuing to follow the keys to success of being Confident, Resilient, Persistent, Organised and Getting Along.

Silver: Dylan Partridge, William Cutmore, Emily Field, Maddaline Logan

Gold: Zaiden Kisi, Alice Prosser, Chloe Anderson, Emily Field, Emily Trimingham, Ethan Wyatt

Platinum: Cora Middleby, George Novotny

Holly Deguara

Principal

PBL News Term 4 Week 1

Congratulations to the newly appointed PBL Ambassadors for Term 4, 2019. This is a new initiative where one

student from each class is elected to act as a student representative for the term to help staff with our PBL

values, especially visiting teachers. These students were acknowledged in Friday’s assembly and awarded their

badges, which identifies them to everyone as our PBL Ambassadors.

Congratulations to: Cora Middleby from K/1 F; Joel Partridge from 1/ 2 N; Khloe Forde from 3/ 4 S; and Ethan

Wyatt from 5/ 6 H.

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PBL Focus for Week 2

This week our PBL Focus will be on behaviour and expectations whilst using our playground equipment. Please take a moment to speak with your child and we have included our playground expectations information as a guide for you.

Thank you.

Mrs Smailes

PBL Coordinator

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Office News

Payments to school:-

Payments can be made in cash at the office or online on the school website. Cash payments must be submitted

with the correct amount as the school does not issue change. If the cash submitted is higher than required we

will credit towards your child’s account. Please remember that we do not accept credit card or eftpos payments

at the office. All online payments must be made before 5pm two days before payment is due and this can be

accessed via our School website.

Notes Home - please note that all notes sent home to students will now be on our website for parents and care givers to access. These can be downloaded and printed if needed at anytime for your convenience.

Canberra Payments - please ensure that your payments are up to date as per the payment plan.

Volunteers - in line with the DoE Policy, ALL VOLUNTEERS must complete an Appendix 5 Form and provide 100 points of identification to our office.

Canteen News

We have included our Canteen Roster for Term 4 in this Newsletter and we need volunteers to fill each of these days. Please consider volunteering as we are in desperate need of volunteers. Please notify Cindy Winmill of the date/s you can help out on.

We now have a Canteen Daily Routine Procedure List for all volunteers to follow and this can be found in the Canteen. All volunteers will also be given a copy for their information.

Re-usable Canteen Lunch Order Bags are available for sale for $10 each with various colours available with an Orange Allergy Bag also available for any children with allergies.

P&C News

Our next P&C Meeting will be held tonight.

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Salt Ash Public School

are celebrating

Talk like a Pirate Day

on Thursday 7th November

You are encouraged to come dressed like a pirate and participate in a

sausage sizzle with oranges (this is how they use to prevent scurvy).

All proceeds will go towards purchasing a mobile reading/writing

centre for the Library (as pictured below).

If you would like to purchase a sausage sizzle and orange for a cost of

$3.50. Please fill in the form below and return to the school office no

later than Thursday 31st October.

Mrs Higginbottom.

Teacher Librarian.

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Name: Class:

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We urgently need volunteers to fill all of the above dates for Canteen in Term 4.

Please let us know ASAP if you can help on any of these dates.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 2

21st-25th

October

21 21 23 24 25

Grandparents Day

Musica Viva

Week 3

28th Oct - 1st

November

28

Kindy Orientation

29 30

Life Education

31

Life Education

1

Week 4

4th-8th

November

4

Kindy Orientation

5 6 7

Pirate Day

Aussie Hoops

8

Week 5

11th-15th

November

11

Kindy Orientation

12 13

Canberra

14

Canberra

K-2 Author Visit

15

Canberra

Week 6

18th-22nd

November

18 19 20 21

AECG Awards

Aussie Hoops

22

Week 7

25th-29th

November

25

Swim School

26

Swim School

27

Swim School

AECG Meeting

28

Swim School

29

Swim School

Week 8

2nd-6th

December

2

Swim School

3

Swim School

Year 7 Orientation

Day

4

Swim School

5

Swim School

6

Swim School

Week 9

9th-13th Dec

9

Presentation

Evening

10

11 12 13

Week 10

16th-20th Dec

16 17 18

Last day of term

for Students

19 20

Term 4 Calendar