Copacabana Public School Newsletter

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Term 2, Week 8 20 June, 2013

Excellence in a vibrant, caring learning environment.

DATES FOR THE DIARY TERM 2 / TERM 3 2013

Message from the Principal:

This is the final newsletter for Term 2. I hope staff, students and parents have a safe winter break. We have a number of special events to finish the term.

Reports home Friday 21 June.

The Five Lands Walk on Saturday 22 June. Artworks will be on display and a performance by as many students as possible that can attend on the day at 10.15am. We need some helpers from 7.00am to assist in the setup of the artworks. Students attending need to meet Miss Lewis at

9.30am. Sunday 23June P&C Mini Fair from 11.00am to 2.00pm.

NAIDOC activities Friday 28 June—Rotation of Activities for classes between the lunch and recess session and a K-6 Assembly at 1.45pm.

Parent/Teacher interviews will be held from Monday 24 June through to Thursday 27 June. Online bookings closed on Wednesday 19 June. If you were unable to make a booking you will

need to speak to your child‟s teacher to make an appointment at a convenient time in Term 3. I have included in this newsletter dates for your calendar in Term 3.

A Term Calendar will be sent out with the first newsletter next term after the break.

Thank you staff, students and parents for a great term. It has been busy and I hope everyone enjoys

a well deserved break.

Sue Lewis Principal

Week 8

Fri 21 * 4D & 4L Maitland Bay

Excursion * K - 2 Assembly 2.00pm

* Semester 1 Reports home

Sat 22 * 5 Lands Walk

Sun 23 * P & C Mini Fair

Week 9

Mon 24—Thurs 26

* Parent /Teacher Interviews

Thurs 27 * 5/6F to Umina Public School

Fri 28 * NAIDOC Activities

* K - 6 Assembly 1.45pm *LAST DAY OF TERM

Week 1 TERM 3

Mon 15 * School Development Day

Tues 16 * School resumes

for students Fri 19 * K-6 Athletics

Carnival

Canteen News: After a turbulent first 2 terms and following on from a recent survey it is with regret that the

Copacabana Public School P&C must inform the school community that the school canteen will close at the end of Term 2.

The P&C would like to thank all those parents over the years who have volunteered their time or donations to help the canteen provide a valuable service to the students.

However, with constant monitoring of income and expenditure as well as receiving financial advice and taking on board the 29 out of a possible 200 surveys returned, we are unfortunately no longer in a position to continue operating the canteen as it has been.

We are looking at alternatives, but please be aware that they may not be up and running at the start of Term 3. We will endeavour to keep the school community aware of what is happening and again take

this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support. Copacabana P&C Executive

Five Lands Walk:

The Five Lands Walk is on Saturday 22 June. The students have been working on their artworks that will be on display at the beach and around the Surf Club on the day. They have also been working on a special performance. This performance will be on the green outside

the Surf Club at approximately 10.15am. We need as many students as possible to meet Miss Lewis at the Surf Club by 9.30am (near the raised platform at the front of the Surf Club). Students need to wear

black / blue pants or tights and a bright, colourful t-shirt. Musical instruments will be supplied by the school.

NAIDOC:

On the last day of term, Friday 28 June, Copa School will be celebrating NAIDOC week. We will be having special activities between recess and lunch time and an assembly after recess where

Kindergarten will be performing the shake-a-leg dance. Parents are welcome to attend! All students are asked to wear something red, black or yellow in recognition of the colours of the Aboriginal flag.

Rosemary Chapman

Term 3 Dates For Calendar: Mon 15 July School Development Day

Tues 16 July School resumes for Term 3 Wed 17 July Boys Football (soccer) Gala Day

Fri 19 July K-6 Athletics Carnival—McEvoy Oval Mon 22 July Girls Football (soccer) Gala Day Wed 24 July OC Test Day

Fri 26 July Back up day for Athletics Carnival Mon 29 July Education Week

Tues 30 July Erina Fair Performance Wed 31 July Open afternoon

Thurs 1 Aug High School Roadshow visit Fri 2 Aug „Ye olde games athon”

Fri 16 Aug Yr3/Yr4 Lessons Afloat Excursion Tues 20 Aug Book Week Dress Up Parade

Thurs 22 Aug Zone Athletics Carnival Thurs 29 Aug Fathers‟ Day Stall Fri 30 Aug Fathers‟ Day Breakfast

High School Anti-Bullying Boot Camp Mon 9 Sept Sydney North Athletics Carnival

Tues 17 Sept K-2 Musical Wed 18 Sept K-2 Musical

Fri 20 Sept Final Day Term 3

Education Week: Education Week is held throughout Week 3 of Term 3.

This year as members of the Kincumba Learning Community the school will be a part of a static display outside Myers in Erina Fair throughout Education Week from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August. We

will also perform with the other schools in our Learning Community on Tuesday 30 July in The Hive from 10.30am—12.30pm.

At school we will have a open afternoon on Wednesday 31 July from 1.45pm and the schools annual athon will be held on Friday 2 August. The Kincumber High School Roadshow will visit us on Thursday 1 July.

More information will be sent home next term.

Meeting Spot: A meeting spot has been designated as the area next to the walkway to the Office. This spot is for

students to wait in full view of executive staff on bus duty if they have not been picked up, or have not been able to find their parents at the end of the school day. If a child is not collected by 3pm, they will

wait inside the School Office and phone calls will be made to parents. If a parent is running late, a call to the Office will assist us informing your child to wait at the meeting spot or in the School Office. Students have been shown this meeting spot at daily assembly by staff.

Congratulations—Kitty: Kitty attended Australia‟s largest Figure Skating Event named the Hollins Trophy in Sydney. It is

attended once per year by the top skaters Australia wide in 8 different divisions of ability including Australia‟s finest Development levels, International and Olympic Representatives.

Kitty skated in the National Development level called Preliminary division. She skated in an open age division of 24 skaters from around Australia and New Zealand most of whom were in their teens. Kitty placed first in her division, an awesome result for her first major competition.

We congratulate you Kitty on your achievement.

Congratulations—Zade: Congratulations to Zade who has been selected for the Sydney North Touch Football Team.

Mr Mitch Frew

Netball: Last Friday the school netball team travelled to Woodport Public School to play against Ettalong in the PSSA Knockout Competition. All the girls displayed great sportsmanship and teamwork throughout the

game. Unfortunately, after a close first half, Ettalong ended up winning the game 6—11 putting an end to our Copa Diamonds for this year.

Once again a huge thank you to our wonderful parent supporters who assisted in transporting the team to our game.

Kelli Wilson

Cross Country News: Congratulations to the nine students that represented Copacabana Public School and Southern Central

Coast PSSA at the Sydney North Cross Country Carnival last Thursday at Gosford Racecourse. All students tried their best and should be proud of their efforts on the difficult and soggy course. Many students placed in the top 20 or 30 in their age group and each displayed excellent sportsmanship and

courage. In conjunction with Australian Fundraising Specialists, the 2013 Copacabana Public School Cross

Country managed to raise an amazing $4,225.00 for the school which is an amazing effort by the students, parents and community. This money will be spent on purchasing netbooks and resources to

compliment our social and emotional well being programs for our students. Students should have received their nominated prizes, please contact Mrs Mumford if your child has not received their prize.

Mrs Peta Mumford Cross Country Coordinator

Premier’s Reading Challenge

We now have another 18 students that have completed the Premier‟s Reading Challenge and will be receiving their “early bird finisher reward” in the first week of Term 3. They are Cooper, Melissa, Jack, Logan, Cliona, Hayley, Talitha, Ashleigh, Holly, Skye, Joshua, Isabella, Amy, Jemima, Kellie and Nicola.

Congratulations to all the children who have completed the challenge! Remember—You still have until September 30 to keep reading and receive your certificate on Presentation

Day. The library is open before school and first half of lunch Monday through to Thursday; this would be a

good time to enter your reading log if you have not started. Or enter your reading log online at home using the same username and password you use at school to log into a computer @

https://products .schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html If you have any questions about the Premier‟s Reading Challenge please see Mrs Shearer.

Cathy Shearer Teacher/Librarian

THERE’S STILL TIME FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A $5000 FAMILY ADVENTURE HOLIDAY

So far we have 18 student bankers who have qualified for our School Banking

Competition. There are still 3 weeks left for you to be part of this amazing

competition. All you need to do is bank 3 times into your Youthsaver account here

at school and you will automatically be entered into the draw.

First prize: $5000 family holiday to anywhere in Australia plus $500 spending

money. There is also $5000 cash to be won for your school. 25 runner up prizes

are also up for grabs, these prize packs include Wii U, E spark electric scooter,

walkie talkie, night vision goggles and underwater camera valued at $700. More

details are at www.commbank.com.au/adventureisland. BANKING DAY AT

COPACABANA IS EVERY THURSDAY. Things to know before you Can: NSW Permit No. LTPS/13/1306 . VIC Permit No. 13/476. ACT Permit No. TP13/645. SA Permit No.

T13/307. Competition opens 15/04/13 and closes 5/07/13. First entry drawn on 23/07/13 from all entries received will win, and details will be

published in the Public Notices section of The Australian on 2/08/13. The Promoter is Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124,

Level 13, Darling Park Tower 1, 201 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000. Full terms and conditions at commbank.com.au/adventureisland

AVOCA BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE HAVE SPACES

AVAILABLE FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

Please see last two pages of this newsletter.

Australian Red Cross MOBILE BLOOD SERVICE will be visiting Copacabana Surf Club on Wednesday

3 July, 2013 between 1.30pm-6.30pm. Please bring photo ID with you. Drink up! Have 3 or 4

glasses of water or juice in the hours before you donate. Eat! Have a good sized lunch.

The Day Of The Excursion On Monday, 17 June, 2013 2L and a few more classes went on an excursion. We saw lots of fish,

sharks, lobsters, jelly fish, octopuses, stingrays and crabs and green sea eels. They were ugly, very ugly that Mrs Lanning freaked out! We had favourites too: Mrs Lanning‟s favourite was the sea dragon.

It was so well camouflaged. My favourite was a little fish. Its head and half a body was a gorgeous purple and the tail and half a body was bright yellow. It was amazing!!!! Then we went to the sharks.

They were scary, very scary! Then we went to the Wild Life Park. We saw wallaby‟s and cassowary. We saw devils. The most exciting part was when the crocodile was fed two fat hens. The crocodile was five metres long! But I can‟t remember how much it weighed but I think it weighed a lot. Then we

went to the butterfly tropical enclosure. It was filled with butterflies!!!! It was beautiful! Some landed on Matilda‟s hand and one on her head. It looked like a butterfly clip.

Then we went back to school on a bus. It was lots of fun. By Nika 18.6.13 The Excursion to Sydney On Monday 17 June, 2013 year 1 and year 2 went to Sydney on a coach with a TV. We went to see the

animals at the Aquarium and Wild life Park. Firstly we had recess and I had scooby-doo biscuits. Then we went to our groups and I had Michelle for my leader. Then we went and saw some sea dragons and then we saw some sea horses. Then we

went and walked in the under water tunnels. We saw some flat sharks and a dugong. There were also saw some big dory‟s and Port Jackson sharks. Then we saw some grey nurse sharks. Then we went to

night vision and saw glow in the dark jelly fish and glow in the dark eye fish. We saw some tropical fish and they were blue and yellow. We saw some tiny Nemo Clownfish too. Then we walked on some

glass and fish swam under us. Then we went to have lunch. I had 2 mushrooms and 1 cheese scone. We then went to the Wild Life Park and we saw a koala. Then we went in and I found a butterfly that

was on a wall because it had escaped from the butterfly tree tops. I picked it up and put it back. Then we went and saw the Tasmanian Devils. Then we went and saw a goanna. Then we saw the wallaby‟s

that my brother calls “wobellys”. We went and walked in through the kangaroo walk. We then heard the crocodile talk. Rex is 5 metres long and the keepers fed him 2 chickens! By Louise 18.6.13 On Monday the 17 June, 2013 the whole of year 1 and year 2 went on an excursion to Sydney

Aquarium and Wild Life park. There were three groups for year 2. I was in Mrs Lanning‟s group and the things we saw were sharks, sea dragons, jelly fish that were glowing and we saw crabs, octopuses,

sea horses and sting rays. We saw some little tiny creatures that we got to touch and pat. My favourite one was the starfish. Then we saw a huge leopard print stingray.

Then we went to see some sword sharks and sword fish. Next we saw some great white sharks and then we saw Rex the crocodile. The members of the place fed Rex two chickens. Rex is a humongous crocodile. He is 5 metres long. Then we went to the Wild Life Park and the first thing we saw were

some butterflies and if you stood still a butterfly could land on you. One landed on my head and one on my hand. Then we went to see some kangaroos, a cassowary, devils, wombats, bats and many

more animals. My favourite one at the Wild Life park was the cassowary. By Matilda 18.6.13 On Monday we went to the Wild Life park. We saw snakes spiders and amazing animals. We went on

a bus to get there. There was a giant crocodile. His name was Rex. It had a chicken for lunch. I saw earth worms and bugs. It was gross but fun. Then we had lunch. Then we went back to school. It

was fun. By Leo Class Excursion

At the Sea Life Park I saw a Great White Shark and I saw a lazy shark. Then I saw a stingray. The stingray went upside down. It was funny. At the Aquarium it was cool. Then I saw a spider crab. It

was so cool. Our group was me and Harrison and Faith and Louise and Mrs Lanning. I saw sea dragons. They were camouflaged. It was wonderful. Then we went to the Wild Life Park. We saw

kookaburras. They were cute. I saw a port Jackson shark. It was cool. Then I saw a sword fish. I saw a crocodile. His name was Rex. Then Rex killed a chicken. It was scary. I saw a red belly black

snake. By Lachlan

CANTEEN NEWS Canteen Roster

TERM 2

Week 8 19 June Elaine Catherine

20 June Susan Caroline

21 June Gilda Janelle

Week 9 26 June Elaine

Karen 27 June Bec

Sue Kelly 28 June Gilda

Margaret Creigh

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED URGENTLY

Canteen Opening Hours Wed, Thurs, Fri

8.30am - 11.45pm Lunch available

THE UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform Shop in 2013 will be open Monday & Wednesday mornings

8.30 to 9.00am

Thank You The Uniform Committee

Mini-Fete on Sunday 23 June

11.00am—2.00pm See you there!

We are still collecting donations for the mini fete.

Please bring any goods to the office by Friday. Thank you!

NAIDOC DAY on Friday 28 June

Canteen will be having a special treat day in celebration of NAIDOC Day. All donations of treats welcome, why not theme it in the NAIDOC colours.

Don‟t forget your coins.

McDonalds Fundraiser on Monday 1 July Too much happening the last week of term, so McDonalds Kincumber are happy to have their

fundraising evening on the first Monday of the school holidays.

Get together with friends and head down to McDonalds Kincumber for dinner and a chat while

helping the school at the same time.

MERIT CERTIFICATES

TERM 2

Week 6 Week 7

KB

Nelly Blake

Maddy Arlo

KC

Remy Mali

Kaiden Izzy

K/1S

Emily Owen

Mitch Darcy

1H

Lilah Zac

Tess Barton

1/2N

Jade Harry

Cliona Gabbi

2L

Cooper Matilda

Chaise Nicholas

2/3W

Zane Aden

Nomi Julian

3M

Holly Jack

Cooper Ashleigh

4L

Finn Lachlan

Chloe Georgia

4/5D

Lauchlan Skye

Talon Charlotte

5/6F Presley

Gigi Sophie Sean

5/6W

Angela Isabella

Savannah Jemima