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NEWSLETTER Telegraph Point Public School

177 Mooney Street, Telegraph Point NSW 2441 Ph: 02 6585 0224 Email: [email protected]

Term 1, Week 6 4 March 2020

Week Date Event Time

6 Thursday 5 March 2020 High School Information Evening

for Years 5 and 6 6pm

6 Friday 6 March 2020 P&C Disco – Welcome 6pm

7 Friday 13 March 2020 Library Van – Kindy to Year 2 Morning

9 Wednesday 25 March 2020 School Photos All Day

10 Friday 3 April 2020 Library Van – Kindy to Year 2 Morning

11 Monday 6 April 2020 P&C Meeting in the Library 6pm

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“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing

they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be

intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”

- Carol Dweck

Principals Desk

Welcome to Week 6 a rapidly disappearing term at Telegraph Point Public School. It is hard to believe that yesterday we have actually reached the mid-point of Term 1! The last two weeks have been extremely busy ones for our school, with a huge range of experiences and opportunities for all members of our community.

For parents of Kindergarten students it has been a whirlwind opening to your children’s primary school lives

with so many incredible experiences and also wonderful achievements throughout their first five weeks of

‘big school’. For all other students it has been an incredibly busy and diverse learning period as we set up

the new learning year, with so much happening in classrooms and through extra-curricular activities!

P&C AGM

Last Monday evening saw the Telegraph Point Public School P&C Association host their Annual General Meeting of the new school year. It was exciting to see so many new faces in attendance in this meeting.

Communication

From time to time, an issue may arise with your child whilst at school. If this happens, please do not approach other students at school. It is appropriate to communicate any concerns you may have with the classroom teacher, Ms Anna Hoelzl - Assistant Principal or myself.

Learning Goals

Over the next four weeks, our class teachers will have individual time with each student to discuss their learning goals for the rest of this term. Students will identify specific areas in their English and Mathematical learning where they would like to improve. These informal, guided conversations are significant in assisting students to develop a deeper understanding of themselves as a learner and identify the steps they need to take in order to achieve their set goals. This process is important and powerful in supporting students to take ownership of their learning journey.

High School Information Night – Thursday 5 March 2020 at 6pm

Tonight, Thursday 5 March there is a Year 7 Hastings Secondary

College information session from 6pm to 7pm at Telegraph Point

Public School. The information session will be held in the library.

Year 5 and 6 students and parents are invited to attend. There will

be a complimentary supper at the end of the session.

Opening of Parliament

On Friday 13 March will see the opening of Parliament for 2020 at 11.30pm. During this time, all students

who are parliamentarians and sports leaders will be officially inducted into their positions.

Uniform Shop

Belinda Isherwood is the contact for the uniform shop. To contact Belinda throughout the week please do so

through the front office.



Library Van

Due to our increasing student numbers, this year the Library Van will provide a service for Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students only. Library Van dates for Term 1 include:

Friday 13 March

Friday 3 April

Breakfast Club is now on Wednesdays

Breakfast Club will continue this year and will operate on Wednesdays mornings. Mrs Kerrie Robb - School Learning Support Officer will assist parent volunteers in its functioning. Breakfast Club is open to all students from 8.30am onwards.

Crunch ‘n Sip

Once again Telegraph Point Public School is a ‘Crunch ‘n Sip’ school. This means that all students from K-6 are asked to bring fresh fruit and or vegetables to eat during the morning session. This is a great way to promote healthy eating and set positive life-long habits. Easy ideas are grapes, carrots, apples, capsicum, watermelon or cherry tomatoes.

School Visitors

Just a reminder that all visitors to the school, including parents picking up their children, must report to the office. In most cases the office staff will send for the student reducing the amount of disruption to teaching and also monitoring who is on the school site. This is a security and Health and Safety requirement and we appreciate your help in this matter.

Medical Information

The school is also updating our student’s medical information and updating any health care plans.

We welcome information from parents about your child's health, even if you are not requesting specific support from our school. Our school asks for medical information when you enrol your child. It is also important that you let us know if your child’s health care needs change or if a new health condition develops.

Information about allergies, medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes and other health care related issues (including prior conditions such as medical procedures in the last 12 months) should be provided to the school by parents. Please provide this information in writing to the principal. This will greatly assist our school in planning to support your child’s health and wellbeing.

Please also remember to notify staff in the school office of any changes to your contact details or to the contact details of other people nominated as emergency contacts.

We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure you that any information you provide the school will be stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in order to support your son or daughter’s health needs or as otherwise required by law.

School Enews

We are looking forward to another great year. As always, we expect each term to be very busy, full of wonderful opportunities for our students. I encourage all families to read the newsletter each fortnight as this is our primary means of communicating with you and informing you of school events. If you have not previously registered for School Enews, please do so as soon as possible. It is an easy process and will allow you to receive the newsletter and notes via email or app. Details on how to register are included in this newsletter.

School Hats

Please remind your child to bring their school hat for recess and lunch. It is far too hot to be outside without a hat and children without a hat will be asked to sit under the shelter during playtimes. The school has appropriate hats in stock if you need to purchase one.



Financial Assistance

Please remember that if you require financial assistance to help pay for any school activity this year, to come and see me. We have a number of ways in which to help and please rest assured, all details are kept totally confidential. We would like to see all students involved in our planned activities and if finance is a problem please make contact.

I am looking forward to meeting with you and discussing the educational needs of your children and

working together to provide a quality education for all students at Telegraph Point Public School.

Duncan Adams Principal

Clean Up Australia Day

Last Friday, all students participated in the annual Clean Up Australia Day. This

year, students and teachers cleaned up inside our school and gave our classrooms,

store rooms and sheds a really good “spring clean”.

The Big Vegie Crunch

We celebrated ‘Vegetable Week’ on Tuesday 3 March, by having a taste and

name the vegetable game. The Parliamentarians, Mr Chalmers and Mr Jacobs

were the lucky contestants. The hilarious, entertaining and amusing faces being

pulled by the contestants had the audience giggling and laughing, which turned

into cheering for the winner, Shelby! While watching the antics, students in the

audience were happily crunching on a vast variety of fresh fruits and vegetables

kindly donated by Ken Little’s Quality Fruit and Vegetables, Port Macquarie.

Thank you for supporting our school community. Also, a huge thank you to

Shelby, Taelor, Anders, Lily, Hannah, Tiger, Mr Chalmers and Mr Jacobs for

eagerly volunteering to be the contestants! Thank you to all who were involved

in helping create a fun and entertaining celebration for the students of Telegraph

Point Public School!

STEWART HOUSE DONATION DRIVE

An envelope has been sent home this week for the annual Stewart House

Donation Drive. Stewart House is NSW Public Education’s Charity of Choice,

and has helped thousands of children over the almost 90 years it has been

operating. Children are able to attend a 12 day program designed to develop

their social and emotional skills, build self esteem and improve their overall

wellbeing.

This is a valuable and very worthwhile program, which is run entirely from

charitable donations.

If you would like to help, please complete the back of the envelope and enclose a $2 coin (or equivalent). Return envelopes (and money) to the school office by 9 April 2020. All envelopes will be returned to Stewart House and will be included in a draw to win a holiday worth $4000.



Assembly Award Recipients – Term 1 Week 4 KW Evie P Liam T Meika T

1C Mitchell K Charlotte H

2J Emma-Rose G Zach H Ellie R

3/4H Heidi B Deklan M Phoenix F

4/5C Finn R Demi I Zac C

5/6H Daniel I Indy H

Assembly Award Recipients – Term 1 Week 5 KW Mia M Vivienne M Ryan H Lincoln S

1C Sabastian C Lylith W Taj M

2J Logan R Lachlan T Dakota L

3/4H Mariah M Coopah C Lochlann C

4/5C Mahli G Abi W Zoey L

5/6H Ruby C Jacob C Taelor W Lily G





Class News – 2J Year 2 has been learning about Visual Literacy this term. They have been

developing skills to analyse and decode visual text and the partnership

between print and image. During this time students have been working

together to reimagine and recreate a number of texts. Most recently they

have adapted a short story called Cicada Do Brazil by Miniscule called

2J Do Brazil. Students have developed storyboards, participated as

actors and attempted filming different points of view. It has been lots of

fun and great to see the students being so creative!

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P&C News

P&C Meeting - Monday 6 April 6pm in school library

Come along and join in the discussion or share your idea, it is never too late

to join.

Thank you to everyone who attended the P&C AGM. The results are:

President: Mary Cas

Vice President: Bianca Kahler

Treasurer: Leanne Gates

Secretary: Mandy Hopkins

Uniform Manager: Belinda Isherwood

Canteen Manager: Tracy Wilcox

Assistant Canteen Manager - Claire Kennedy

Congratulations to all and I look forward to what we can achieve in 2020. A huge thank you to all past and

present members for their dedication and contribution, it is thanks to you and parents / carers who volunteer

at P&C events and school staff that we have been able to support our school. In the past 12 months we have

purchased laptops, home readers, maths resources, new goal posts, aluminium picnic seats, sandpit toys

and skipping ropes.

The AGM was followed by our general meeting. Discussions were held regarding purchasing school flags to

be used at special events such as swimming carnivals, assembly, athletics carnival and other special events

held throughout the year, quotes will be attained and a decision made at the next meeting.

Easter Raffle

Yes the year is already flying by and Easter is fast approaching. P&C will

be drawing the Easter raffle at the Easter hat parade on Thursday 9th April

at 2pm. Any donations of Easter eggs or Easter themed items would be

greatly appreciated and can be dropped in to the school office. We will be

sending home raffle ticket books this month.

DISCO

Yay the wait is over... The disco is this Friday 6 March at 6pm, everyone is invited so bring

along the whole family!! We will have sausage sandwiches, steak sandwiches, pulled

pork & coleslaw rolls, cold drinks, lollies and cake/slice available to purchase. If you are

able to help serve food or can donate cake or slice it is greatly appreciated. Hope to see

you there in your dancing shoes ready for a fun night!!

UNIFORMS

We are currently low on jackets and jumpers but we are waiting on quotes for these items. As soon as we

have more stock we will advertise in the school newsletter, on the P&C Facebook page and the school

Facebook page.

COUNTRY FAIR

We have set a date for the Country Fair, Sunday 2 August 2020. More information

will be in upcoming newsletters and on our Country Fair Facebook page.

Mary Cas P&C President



Community Notices



Mya-Lee G

1 C

Arabella E

1 C

‘Voice of the People’

Maddison C

1 C

Q. What makes you smile? A. I smile when people pull funny faces. Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. Tinkerbell is my favourite cartoon. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. When I grow up I would like to be a hairdresser.

Q. What makes you smile? A. Dancing with my sister Chloe makes me smile. Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. My favourite cartoon character is Twilight Pony. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. I am going to be a teacher of nature.

Q. What makes you smile? A. Jumping on the trampoline when it is wet. Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. Bluey the dog is my favourite cartoon character. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. I am going to be a shop keeper in Woolworths when I grow up.



Mitchell K

1 C

Charlotte H

1 C

Max P

1 C

Q. What makes you smile? A. My cat make me smile, she is so funny! Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. My favourite cartoon character is Wonder Women. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. I would like to be a Zoo Keeper and look after all the animals when I grow up.

Q. What makes you smile? A. I always smile when it is my birthday. Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. Iron Man is my favourite cartoon character. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. When I grow I would like to be a scientist and look at all the things in space.

Q. What makes you smile? A. Eating cake make me smile. Q. Who is your favourite cartoon character? A. All the characters in Skylanders are my favourite cartoon characters. Q. When you grow up what would you like to be? A. I am going to be a fireman so I can fight fires when I grow up.


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