MEREWETHER PUBLIC SCHOOL

Thursday 29/8 Friday 30/8 Monday 2/9 Tuesday 3/9 Wednesday 4/9

Kindy Club

Swimming Scheme

Father’s Day Bonfire

Weekly Assembly

School Banking

Term 3 Week 6 Wednesday 28 August 2019 Principal: Greg Culhane

Address: Henry Street Merewether NSW 2291 Phone: 49 631318 Website: http://www.merewether-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

From the Principal’s Desk

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While chatting with a parent at pick up time he asked a great question, ‘Why do we call it the STEAM Room?’ It

reminded me that it is very typical of The Department of Education to over use acronyms to describe things that are

‘wordy’ and that others might have wondered the same thing. You may hear the acronym STEM being used in the

media when talking about future focused learning. “STEM” represents science, technology, engineering and maths.

“STEAM” represents STEM plus the arts – humanities, language arts, dance, drama, music, visual arts, design and

new media.

At Merewether Public we are proud of our focus of getting our children back to basics through the “three Rs” of

reading, writing and arithmetic through our ‘Daily 5’ focus on literacy and our hands on approach to maths. For

educators, there is now a greater need for STEAM to help drive integrated learning across the wider curriculum. We

know this because business and industry broadcast that future-ready employees need to have multiple areas of

expertise or at least appreciate how a range of skills fit together. In our STEAM Room often see their students

making connections between concepts and solving problems in new and exciting ways. They demonstrate this by

active engagement, their discoveries visible in enthusiastic “aha” moments. The students love going there to learn

and the staff and I love spending time with the classes enjoying the look on their faces as they make these

connections. Take a moment to chat with your child about the things going on in our fabulous STEAM Room!

Regional Athletics

Congratulations to Heath W on qualifying for the Discus at the Regional Athletics carnival. What

a great effort and we wish him all the best at the next level .

Book Week Parade

Students and teachers alike went to great efforts last week for Book Week. Amazing costumes within all classes. It

was fantastic to see students in the playground with their new book open and enjoying literature. Thank you Mrs

Penn and the library monitors for making Book Week such a success. Keep reading!

KJ

K/1V

1/2N

4/5M

3/4P

2/3LD

Where’s Wally!!!!!

The staff decided we needed

to find Wally.

But look there are more Wally's

5/6R

Crazy Hair Day

Lots of crazy hair styles today for the Year 6 fundraiser. Thank you to all the students who participated.

Book Club

Brochures have been sent home for the current Book Club. If you would like to order please

return order form and money to the school office by Friday 13 September.

Technology

Olivia M and Huntah B using the ipad to program the windmill to run.

Students are enjoying the technology sessions every week.

Cooking Classes

What a great experience all our students are having in the cooking classes. We have decided to include all the

recipes in this newsletter so students will be able to cook for their families.

Pizza

Ingredients

2 cups self-raising flour, plus more for dusting

1 cup full fat Greek yoghurt

Pizza sauce and shredded cheese for topping.

Method

1 Put a pizza stone or inverted baking sheet on the centre rack of the oven and preheat to 220 degrees Celsius

2 Put the flour and yoghurt in a large bowl and mix with a fork until a shaggy dough forms. (The dough may

appear dry and crumbly at first, but it will come together as you mix it.) Turn the mixture out onto a lightly

floured work surface and knead until the dough is smooth and slightly elastic, about 8 minutes, dusting with

more flour if necessary. If the dough feels too dry, add water, a tablespoon at a time and continue kneading

until it is soft and pliable. Divide the dough in half, roll into balls and then use a rolling pin to roll out into two

10-inch pizzas. Dust the back of another inverted baking sheet or pizza peel with more flour, semolina or

coarse cornmeal and place a circle of dough on top.

3 Top the dough round with sauce and shredded cheese as desired, leaving a half-inch bare border around the

edge. Slide the pizza onto the preheated stone or baking sheet in the oven. Alternatively, roll out the dough

on a baking sheet, top as desired and put the sheet in the oven to bake. Cook until the crust is golden and

the cheese is bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes. Using a large spatula, transfer the pizza to a cutting board and let sit

5 minutes. Repeat with the remaining dough round.

Easy Fried Rice

Ingredients

1 cup white long grain rice

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

2 eggs, lightly whisked

2 rashers of bacon, chopped

1 carrot, peeled and grated

2 shallots trimmed, finely sliced

1/2 cup frozen peas thawed

1 tablespoon soy sauce

Method 1 Cook the rice in a large saucepan of boiling water for 12

minutes or until tender. Drain and leave to cool.

2 Heat oil in non-stick wok or large frying pan over

medium heat. Add eggs. Swirl over the base to form an

omelette. Cook for 2 minutes or until set. Transfer to a

chopping board. Set aside to cool slightly. Cut into short

strips.

3 Add bacon to wok. Cook 4 minutes until light golden.

Add carrot. Stir fry 1 minute. Add shallots, peas and rice.

Cook, stirring , 3-4 minutes. Add egg and soy sauce. Stir

until heated through. Serve immediately.

Healthy Choc Chip Muffins

( makes 12 large or 18 mini muffins)

Ingredients

2 cups wholemeal self raising

flour

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup milk

1/4 cup mild olive oil

1/4 cup honey

Method

1 Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius and lightly spray a muffin

tin with cooking spray.

2 Sift flour into a large bowl and combine with the choc chips.

3 Whisk eggs and combine with the milk, oil, honey and vanilla.

4 Make a well in the flour mix and add all wet ingredients, stir

well to combine.

5 Divide batter in muffin tin and bake 15-20 minutes until a

skewer comes out clean

Gravy Beef Pie Filling

Ingredients

500grams mince

1 Onion

3 1/2 Tablespoons gravy powder

1 cup beef stock

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

Method

1 In a saucepan, cook onion until soft.

2 Add mince and cook until browned all over.

3 Sprinkle gravy powder over mince and mix through.

4 Add stock and tomato sauce and mix through.

5 Let simmer until thickened.

6 Make your pie.

Ingredients

2 medium carrots, peeled, grated

1 medium zucchini grated

1 medium brown onion finely chopped

100g sliced leg ham, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 cup grated cheese

1 cup self raising flour

1/4 cup chopped parsley leaves

4 eggs lightly beaten

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup rice bran oil

Method

1 Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius . Grease a slice tin

or muffin tray. Combine carrot, zucchini, onion, ham,

garlic, cheese, flour and parsley in a bowl. Season with

salt and pepper. Stir in egg, milk and oil.

2 Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35

minutes (for slice) or 10 to 15 minutes (for Muffins) or

until firm to touch. Set aside to cool cut into squares.

Carrot and Zucchini Slice/Muffins

Dates for your Diary

Date

K –2 Excursion Wednesday 28 August

NHS Year 6 Taster Lessons Wednesday 28 August

Swimming Scheme Thursday 29 August

Kindy Club Thursday 29 August

Father’s Day Bonfire Thursday 29 August

Premiers Reading Challenge closing date Friday 30 August

NHS—Yr4/5 Gats Day Wednesday 4 September

Swimming Scheme Thursday 5 September

Congratulations to all award recipients

KJ

Flynn A Oliver V

Jack W Isabella M

Jack C Grace B

Aleerya S

Mia A

K/1V

James W Smith D

Monique F Jaylan E

Connor O Viktor J

Sehbastion S

Angus M Madison B

1/2N

Thoma R

Marlon E

Kooriarna S

Oliver H

Bodhi M

2/3LD

Harry W Abby G

Henry C Emily B

Khloe C

Skye O

3/4P

Owen T

Joshua F

Kira S

Huntah B

Emma T

4/5M

Olive L

Olivia H

Jessie T

Jason J

5/6R

Riley B

Joe T

Rickie-Lee D

Kimesha E

Georgie A

School Assembly

Our weekly school assembly is held every Friday at 9:15am. All parents are welcome to attend.

School Banking

School banking is every Tuesday. Students can drop off their banking books to the school office

or they will be collected from the classroom.

Reminder that would you have collected 10 tokens you

can claim a reward.