Term 4 Week 2

Principal’s Message Dear Parents As I have previously mentioned all schools are currently preparing their next 3 Year Plan for 2012 – 2014. This involves gathering data and evidence from a variety of sources on which to base targets and strategies for the future to ensure continued growth for each individual student and for our whole school to continue to meet the needs of our community. Your input into this process will be sought in several different ways over the next couple of weeks:

telephone surveys to randomly selected families,

focus group workshop (followed by a sausage sizzle) on Tuesday, 8th November commencing at 5.30pm.

(This is also P&C evening) and

our traditional annual survey to all families. Please consider what you would like to see for our school and our students over the next three years and beyond. Everyone is invited to attend the workshop which will be an opportunity to get your ideas down on paper. Please put the date in your diary. Today the graffiti removalist was on site and despite his best effort was not able to completely remove the red paint from our basketball court surface. It is extremely disappointing that our facilities have been damaged in this way and I would ask that you please report any unauthorised presence on school grounds to either Belmont Police on 49429899 or School Security on 1300880021. Best wishes to our fabulous band who have been working hard for today‟s Bandfest with Mrs Paget and Mrs Blake. Also our softball boys are off to Nabiac tomorrow and I‟m sure their hard work at training will pay off. Thank you for your support with the Coles vouchers and Woolworths dockets. While we don‟t as yet have totals I‟m sure that our school will benefit from the additional equipment which will come our way. A reminder also that from 2012 we will not be requesting the voluntary contribution. In its place there will be book packs containing each grade‟s requirements for purchase. More specific details will be available shortly. Application forms for the Enrichment classes for 2012 will also be available next week. Even if you are currently in the program you will need to re-apply. Nielsine Oxenford Principal TES FD***IMPORTANTES FOR YO

Positive Affirmation – Persistence

This week‟s affirmation is “I am willing to put in the hard work.” This affirmation is about

Quality.‟ It encourages us to work hard to achieve our goals. Everyday there are new things to learn

and it is important that we are prepared for the work that needs to be done in order to understand a

new concept or master a new skill. It is our willingness to work hard that serves us well.

From The Deputy

It was delightful to see so many eager faces at the Kindergarten Orientation last week. Stories were told in the

library, with our new students trying hard to remember to „put your hand up‟ when you answer a question.

In Mrs Barclay‟s room there was singing and movement activities and Mrs Sattler had her groups dancing up a

storm in the hall. The 2012 Kinders were so well behaved and settled in the program and look like they are ready

for school next year.

Once again

we hosted „Musica Viva‟ in our school. This is a quality music program that aims to teach children about making

music and in particular focuses on learning about different musical instruments and their role in a concert band.

The students had a lot of fun participating in making music and watching fabulous demonstrations. Mrs Paget

enjoys teaching the Musica Viva program to her students.

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Best wishes to our band students who are off to participate in the Bandfest competition today at Warners Bay

Entertainment Centre. Our band has moved forward a category this year and we are proud of their efforts.

It‟s almost that time of year again...a busy term will fly by and soon Santa will be getting ready to visit us at our

annual Carols on the Green community Christmas celebration. This year it will be held on Wednesday 14th

December and it will be „on the green.‟ Pop this date in your diary and come along and enjoy a fabulous night of

carol singing and Christmas fun.

Year 5 are getting ready to head of The Great Aussie Bush Camp in week four and we are all looking forward to the

upcoming cricket workshops that will be held across the school over the coming two weeks.

Mums and dads and family members, don‟t forget to check out the Calendar Art on display outside your child‟s

classroom. The calendars and Christmas cards that can be produced using this artwork proves to be a wonderfully

personal Christmas gift that lifts the esteem of your child as they see their art valued in within the family.

Artwork from 5/6M.

Good luck to our boys softball team who will play Nabiac in the sixth round of the State Knock-out competition on

Thursday.

Monday 17/10/11

Tuesday 18/10/11

Wednesday 19/10/11

Cricket Workshops

Bandfest

Thursday 20/10/11

KO Softball v

Nabiac

Bandfest

Friday 21/10/11

Monday 24/10/11

Tuesday 25/10/11

Orientation Day

BHS

Wednesday 26/10/11

Cricket Workshops

Thursday 27/10/11

Band Soiree

Kinder Orientation

+ Year 5 9.15

Friday 28/10/11

Family Portraits

+

Sat 29/10

Marine Rescue Day

at Pelican 29/10

Floraville P.S. Currently Focusing on Playground – Stop, Freeze, Teacher This initiative requires our students to stop and freeze on the bell and wait for teacher’s instructions to leave the playground in an orderly way.

Office Office hours 8.30am to 3.15pm

Please make sure you have the correct money when paying for activities or excursions. Please note we do not have EFTPOS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK LOST PROPERTY IF YOUR CHILD HAS MISPLACED ANY OF THEIR BELONGINGS. LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CANTEEN. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR CHILDREN’S BELONGINGS Please be aware that the school has a bounce back service that is used to notify parents of any change of arrangements to times for students returning from excursions, camp or major sporting events. All you need to do is text the word “flora” to 19922767 and you will receive any updated information the office has on hand.

Library News Lexile Legend

This week‟s Lexile Legend is Esther Kim of 2/3J. Esther has a wonderful,

positive attitude toward Lexile and reading. She visits the library almost daily,

in her own time, and changes her books. Esther has read more than 30 books

in the 6 weeks she has been part of the Lexile Reading Program.

Congratulations Esther!

Overdue Books

It‟s getting to that time of year when all library books need to be accounted for. Unfortunately, there are currently

almost 400 books that are more than a month overdue. At present, we are not asking for money to replace missing

books but we are asking for your support in having students search for and return overdue and/or missing books.

Stocktake will get under way in the next few weeks and usually does help find books that may have been

mistakenly shelved before being returned. Unfortunately, for auditing purposes we can‟t just take a child‟s word that

Monday 31/10/11

Aussie Hoops

Program K – 3

Tuesday 1/11/11

Aussie Hoops

Program K – 3

Wednesday 2/11/11

Sports in School

Stage 3

Thursday 3/11/11

Aussie Hoops

Program K - 3

Friday 4/11/11

K- 2 Zoo Excursion to

Taronga

Year 5 Great Aussie Bush camp

the book has been returned, we need to physically see the resource. Thank you for your support, it is greatly

appreciated.

Thank You

A huge personal thank you from Mrs Southward to the wonderful „library fairies‟ who have been shelving library

books. You are AMAZING!

Sport News Coles Sports Vouchers This valuable competition has now come to a close and families have until the Monday afternoon assembly of Week 3 to bring in their vouchers to use in the class competition. A weigh-off will be held at the whole school assembly to determine which class will receive the P&C sponsored prize of a vortex ball for each child. Thank you again to our wonderful community and P&C for the massive support this program has received. Last year it was used to supplement of sports budget and buy some much needed resources such as a gym mat trolley and infants novelty items. We hope to buy just as many fantastic pieces at the end of this year as well. Primary Summer Sport Primary sport began with a hit last Friday with nice weather and a trip in the „bendy-bus‟ for all students attending water sports. A reminder that all students who attend water sports need swimmers each week as these events will run even in the rain (although obviously not if there is any sign of lightning or if the weather is intolerable). If you have any queries regarding your child‟s sport please see Mr Kuchling. Cricket Workshops Floraville Public School has been fortunate enough to secure the services of In2Cricket in supplying a qualified cricket coach for three days. Infants children will each receive a 30 minute session while primary students will have 40 minute timeslots. Students will not need to bring along any equipment from home for these sessions as everything will be provided. If you have any queries please see Mr Kuchling. Ausgrid Coaching Clinic

On Wednesday 12th October, fifty Floraville students were invited to attend a one off special coaching clinic with the

2011 Australian Rugby League Team at Ausgrid stadium, Newcastle.

The afternoon was a fantastic experience for all students. All students recieved a tee shirt and where able to train,

play, talk to the players and get some much wanted autogragphs and pictures.

P&C NEWS

Belmont Retravision continues to sponsor the Floraville P & C please bring

in a copy of any receipts from the store. We receive 1% commission for

each purchase.

IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOAL.

Can parents or caregivers please stop walking their children through the staff car park. This is an unnecessary risk

that you are putting your children through.

Saturday 29 October is the Marine Rescue Open Day at Pelican. From previous years this has been a great day.

The volunteer coastal patrol provides a great service and this is a good day to show your support. I believe our

school will be in attendance showing off the talents of some of our children on the day.

NEXT P AND C MEETING

THE NEXT P AND C MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER AT 7 PM.

CALENDAR ART – All the children‟s artworks have been on display in

their respective classrooms. All orders need to be in at the office by

today. If you have any questions, please ring Carolyn on 0416 125335.

HELP NEEDED:

We will be collating the calendar art orders on Monday morning in

the uniform shop. Any help to make the job quicker would be

appreciated.

IN REGARDS TO FAMILY PORTRAITS – Thank you to everyone who has already returned their portrait vouchers.

If you are still interested in having a family portrait taken, please get your form in by Friday 21 October. There are

also spare forms in the school office. Any questions, please ring Lisa on 0411 151174

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB

A Book club catalogue has been sent home this week; any orders are required to be at school by Friday 21

October. Please make cheques out to Scholastic Australia. Kelly Woodger will be looking after the orders and she

can be contacted on: 0430092940. If you wish to make a secret order, place your phone number on the order form

and not the class details.

CAROLS ON THE GREEN

The P and C will again be working with the school to have a merry night. We are looking at having Christmas raffle. Any donations for a prize list would be appreciated. A message can be left at the office. Thank You.

Newcastle Permanent Offer

The Newcastle Permanent is again offering the school P and C $300 for any person

associated with the school that takes out a new home loan. Please consider the

Newcastle Permanent for your new home loans. So call in at the Jewells or

Belmont branch for further details.

Nextra Newsagents at both Belmont Citi Centre and Lake Fair Mt Hutton.

5% of all purchases (excluding lottery products, bus tickets, phone recharges & tobacco products) will be donated to the P&C. Just take a copy of your receipt to the school office. It‟s that easy to help us raise funds for our school. Thanks to Aeron Gribble for his support. There is also a great range of printer cartridges available at NEXTRA

Canteen News

CURRENT CANTEEN ROSTER

Thursday 20/10/11 - R.Delahunty, J.Woodyatt

Friday 21/10/11 - K.Toll, C.Rapp, T.Roberts, S.Morrissey

Monday 24/10/11 - L.Moore, T.Taylor, L.Allen

Tuesday 25/10/11 - B.Richardson, A.Steadman, J.MacLean

Wednesday 26/10/11 - M.Nicholson, K.Gibson, P.Finn

Thursday 27/10/11 - K.Saultry, L.Lentfer, N.Masson

Friday 28/10/11 - C.Hawkins, C.Thompson, T.Davies, K.Christian, S.Jopp

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Canteen Committee is aware as it is nears the end of the year that many other events and work can crop up and for some volunteers that may mean not being able to work their day in the canteen. If you are no longer able to volunteer in the school canteen or unable to volunteer on a particular day can you please notify Margaret as soon as you possibly can. On occasions people have just not turned up without informing Margaret. In these situations it is not always possible to get others to fill in at very short notice. At the moment volunteers are desperately needed for most days of the week for the remainder of the year. If you are able to assist please see Margaret in the canteen as soon as possible If there are no volunteers or insufficient volunteers for the canteen to remain open after week 3 the canteen will be closed from 11.30am.

i.e. the canteen will be open for 1st break but will then close.

COMING UP Summer menu – Term 4 2011 and Term 1 2012 - coming out next week 2012 Kindergarten Morning Tea - Thursday 17

th November

Canteen volunteer applications for 2012 coming soon Christmas Lunch Bags KINDERGARTEN 2010 PARENT MORNING TEA – HELPERS NEEDED The P&C are holding a Kindergarten 2012 Morning Tea for parents on Thursday 17th November 2011. Are you able to help out serving tea / coffee / cold drinks and slices OR are you able to provide a slice, cake or other yummy morning tea item? If you are able to help out at the morning tea your help will be needed from 9.15am. If you are able to help in any way, can you please complete the form below and return to Margaret in the canteen ASAP. Thank you. Yes, I am able to help out at the Kindergarten 2012 Morning Tea that is to be held on Thursday 17th November 2011 from 9.15am Name: ________________________________________________ Contact Number if Margaret needs to contact you: ______________________________ Your Child’s Name & Class: _______________________________________ OR Yes, I will be able to provide the following morning tea item for the Kindergarten 2012 Morning Tea on Thursday 17

th November

2011 Name: __________________________________________________ Food Item: _______________________________________________

Your Child’s Name & Class: __________________________________________

Community Information Educare Support Service invites Carers to attend a Health, Well Being and Vitality Workshop. Thursday 27th October, 9.30am – 2.30pm at Newcastle Jockey Club, Broadmeadow. Ph. 49 214895 or 1300 887 776 or Fax 49 855702 or email: Educare-Admin@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au for further details, RSVP and payment.

Rathmines Catalina Festival

This festival is being held on Saturday 5th November, 2011 from 10am until 3.30pm at Rathmines Park. The festival

will be starring the “RAAF Roulettes”. Admission: Adults $5-00 Children Free

Diva for a Day

Diva for a Day is a fundraising event for SIDS and Kids Hunter Region. For $10 you can nominate a parent you

know who has lost a baby, to win the opportunity to be a Diva or a Dude for a day with proceeds going directly to

SIDS and Kids Hunter Region. The winning male and female will win lots of fabulous prizes and have the chance

to feel pampered for the day. For further details regarding the rules and nomination forms and payments visit

www.kourdizophotography.com.au

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