Paterson Post

02 4938 5114 This newsletter & attached forms are available to download at: www.paterson-p.school.nsw.edu.au Term 4

Term 4 ~ Week 8

6th December

Coming Events

DECEMBER Fri 6th - Swim School finishes

Tue 10th - Presentation Night 6.30pm @ Tocal

Wed 11th - Choir Christmas party

Thu 12th - STEAM session

Mon 16th - Year 6 Farewell

Wed 18th - Last day for students

JANUARY Tue 28th - Staff Development Day

Wed 29th - Students return for Term 1 2020

NOTES SENT HOME: Parent Survey

Thank You Buddies! Kindergarten have loved having their big buddies help and

support them this year. They have formed a special bond and

will miss the Year 6 students next year. Kindergarten thanked

their buddies at assembly this week presenting them with a

drawing and a thank you speech. They all did an amazing job.

Thank you buddies for doing such a wonderful job with our

Kindergarten kids!

C

Alert! Alert! Alert!

Please do not park in Fire Brigade car park nex to the school. This needs to be left vacant for the emergency vehicles. Especially at this time of catastrophic conditions.

Term 4 Assembly Awards

Week 8

Captain’s Award Chloe G for being a responsible student.

Term 4

Week 8

PBL

AWARD

CLASS AWARD

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Kindergarten Sophie for being organised and helping others stay organised at swimming.

Tyler for wonderful writing and taking pride in his work.

Annan for being a respectful and responsible student within the classroom.

Years 1/2

Archie for taking more responsibility with his learning and improvement with his swimming skills.

Jack for lovely neat handwriting and improvement with his reading.

Ava for using adjectives in her writing and for improvement with her swimming skills.

Years 2/3

Lily for demonstrating all PBL values-respect, responsibility and resilience whilst at school and at the pool.

Lucas for an improvement in his reading accuracy, fluency and comprehension.

Holly for always doing her best in everything she does-100%.

Years 4/5 Coby for displaying great sportsmanship at the touch football gala day.

Ella for consistent effort in all areas.

Natasha for random acts of kindness.

Year 6

Angus for showing great sportsmanship at touch on Friday.

Annabel for consistent effort in all learning areas.

Bella for her contributions to teams sports.

Principals - Newsletter ~ Week 8, Term 4

Canteen Roster Term 4

Monday 9th - Danielle Cowled

Wednesday 11th Anita Whitehorn

Friday 13th - Jacky Keena & Dru Crouch

The Paterson Brigade is collecting cans and bottles to

raise money.

If you have any cans or bottles and you would like to

donate them, you can drop them off at the station or call

0428 601 046.

2019 Parent Survey Attached to the newsletter today is a 2019 parent feedback survey. We aim for continuous improvement and your feed-back is a vital part of informing our decisions into the future. If you can take 5-10 minutes to answer the questions and add any other feedback you would like to share, it would be very much appreciated. We hope to get a large representa-tion of our parents, whether you are very happy, not so happy, or anything in between. The survey is anonymous.

RFS Fire Fundraiser We were overwhelmed by your generosity yesterday. Our out of uniform day for the RFS raised over $500! This will be taken to Paterson Tavern to be included in the money that they raise in their fund raising event on Saturday. Our students were given the opportunity to discuss their experiences during the fire threat during class time and have been offered additional support outside the classroom if they need it. We will continue to monitor our students and offer targeted sup-port if necessary. Please feel free to give us a call if you have any concerns.

We also had the amazing experience of getting close to Gerry, the water bombing helicopter. It landed at the oval and we took all interested students over to watch them refuel, do their safety checks and take off. We then met Brian and Rylan, two fire fighters from Canada. Our students were able to express their appreciation for their work.

Swimming School Swimming school finishes this week. Many thanks to our wonderful teachers who accompanied the students every day and supported them so well to settle in to a routine and get the most out of each lesson.

Library Books Please help your child look for all library books that may be at home as all returns are due next week. Overdue notices will be issued next week.

Uniform Orders for 2020 If you need any new uniforms ready for next year, please submit the order form as soon as possible to allow it to be filled before the end of the school year.

Head and Heart Mindfulness Our Mindfulness program has finished for the year. Our students have responded very well to the exercises and we have had positive feedback from a range of sources. We will continue with the program next year in order to further build resili-ence, positive thinking, and add new strategies for proactive mental health care.

Presentation Night We are looking forward to our presentation night on Tuesday, 10th December at 6.30pm at Tocal Hall. For those families who haven’t attended before, we ask that all students from K-6 attend in full school uniform. Every student will receive a certificate and will participate in a whole school performance. It would be much appreciated if families could bring a plate to share for supper.

STEAM Day Our final STEAM day for the year will take place on Thursday, 12th December. If you have a Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, Art, or Mathematics challenge or activity you would like to share with our students, or if you would like to assist one of our teachers with a sometimes messy but fun and interesting activity, please contact the office to let us know.

Planning for 2020 We are currently in the final stages of planning our classes for 2020. If you believe your child may not return to our school next year, we would appreciate it if you could let us know as soon as you can.

Holiday Contacts Following the period between Christmas and the new year, our school phone will be checked at least once a week. If you need someone to return a phone call, please leave a message. All staff return to school on Tuesday, 28 th January (not Feb-ruary as I wrote last week – wishful thinking), the day before students return.

With thank, Mrs Hazell

02 4938 5114 This newsletter & attached forms are available to download at: www.paterson-p.school.nsw.edu.au Term 4

Santa and his helpers are

on their way.

On 14th December Santa will be in our

neighbourhood. From 4pm Santa will be

making his way from Webbers Creek, Frances

Dun Close, Martins Creek Road, Brisbane

Grove, Keppies Road, Gresford Road and

Paterson.

Santa’s itinerary will be updated on the

Paterson Brigades Facebook page.

The Paterson Brigade is collecting cans and

bottles to raise money.

If you have any cans or bottles and you would

like to donate them, you can drop them off at

the station or call 0428 601 046.