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Quote of the Week

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 President of the United States 1861-1865

Dates for your diary Lunch orders due Wednesday Midday www.canteeneasy.com Mandarin Classes after school Term 2 Mondays 3 - 4pm Chess Lesson Years 2 - 6 Friday lunchtimes Interschools Chess Comp (team only) Friday afternoons Year 3 Assembly Monday June 17 @ 8.30am Last day Term 2 - Friday June 28 School Concert: Peter Pan Tuesday September 3rd - All boys involved Speech Morning (compulsory) Friday December 6

From Parenting Ideas: Friends

Children who develop healthy friendships generally have a definite set of social skills that help make them easy to like, easy to relate to and easy to play with. One such skill is the ability to adjust their behaviours to suit the social requirements of a particular situation. Many boys struggle in their area and can be loud, overbearing and bossy when their peers want them to be quiet, cooperative and to follow others. You can coach your child to fit in with the requirements of many of their social groups using their three-pronged approach:

Remind: Be pre-emptive with your teaching. Before your child visits their friends provide some relevant pointers about their behaviour. “Remember to say hello quietly and ask them if they’d like to play with you.” Rehearse: It’s useful to practise with children how they should act in social situations. “Okay, Jeremy tell me what you will say when you want to enter a game. Let’s practice waiting for a break in the game, approaching someone you know and saying, “Excuse me. Can I play with you guys?” Revisit: Give your child feedback after the event but keep it positive and upbeat. “That was great the way you let the other kids lead the way. Your friends love it when you let them be boss.” Boys, in particular, benefit from being told what works well in terms of their friendships behaviours.

Encourage healthy friendships

The wellbeing of many primary school boys are often impacted by their relationships with her peers. When relationships are going well they’ll tend to be happy, however when friendships become tricky then they can feel unhappy, even distraught. Help your son identify what a healthy friendship looks and feels like – he should feel safe, valued and able to speak up. Unhealthy relationships, such as cliques, are restrictive, one-sided, full of gossip and criticism. To assist them to reflect on the nature of healthy relationships help your child to formulate responses to these questions: “What does a good friend look like? How does a good friend behave? What do good friends do?”

Remember, friends a feather flock together

If you think that your child doesn’t have as many friends as a sibling or other children their own age, don’t be too alarmed. On average, children usually have only two or three significant friendships at any one time. It’s the quality rather than the quantity of friendships that count. If you are concerned that your child lacks friends at school encourage them to take up a variety of extra-curricular activities. It’s easier to strike up a friendship with someone when you have something in common.

Above all else, encourage your child to be friendly by talking to others, showing an interest in what other children do, offering help when needed, and being willing to enter a game or social situation. Consider teaching your child, if necessary, alternatives to fighting and arguing when there is disagreement and conflict within groups. To have friends you need to be a friend!

Charlie Serhan and George Tsacccounis were pretty happy to win their U9 Rugby

game at the weekend against Mosman

ICAS Tests This year all Primary boys are sitting the REACH tests from UNSW Global. These are taking the place of ICAS which is a more challenging testing system. However, if you would like your son to still participate in the ICAS testing, he will be able to sit for Science, English and Maths on the following dates respectively Thursday 5

th

September, Tuesday 17th September and Thursday 19

th Sep-

tember. The cost is $14.50 per test. Please let Ms Gershon know by the end of this term if you wish for your son to take part. kgershon@coogeeprep.nsw.edu.au

Premier’s Reading Challenge [ PRC ] Congratulations to the following boys who have already completed the reading challenge. Kindergarten - Jamie Stergoulis Year 1 - Thomas Capaan Year 2 - Noah Nunn Year 3 - Joshua Capaan Year 4 - Archer Wong Year 5 - Ben Capaan Year 6 - Maximo Di Blasio

Raffle Winners 3- Jackson Kimber 4- Charlie Appleton

Push and Pull Incursion in Year 2

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Kindergarten Leon Dunkley

Year One Ryan Rumble

Year Two Aiden Kim

Year Three Rafael Levy

Year Four Owen Storie

Year Five Brooklyn Lagos

Year Six Campbell Hathaway

This week’s Class Captains

Student News Student News

House Points

Kindergarten 625

Year One 500

Year Two 500

Year Three 420

Year Four 630

Year Five 571

Year Six 292

Class Points

Storey 3rd

Nimmo 1st

McKeown 2nd

Infants’ Stars of the Week Kindergarten Stephen Chen Year 1 Ryan Rumble Year 2 Marcus Hronis

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Chess Competition 2019 Chess Teams 2019

Championship A 1. Marshall Jones 2. Brooklyn Lagos 3. Billy Lagos 4. Vincent Larcinese Championship B 1. Harry Crewe 2. Arran Storie 3. Ben Capaan 4. Lachlan Doble Intermediate C 1. Luc Jurgens 2. Akash Dutta 3. Archie Coulton 4. Oliver Goold 5. Freddie Sharpe Intermediate D 1. Vlad Law 2. Joshua McSweeney 3. Henry Merrion 4.Jack Brandtman Reserves Cobey Owen and Jeremy Trueman-Farrell Rookies E 1. Dylan Crewe 2. Joshua Capaan 3. Sam Wolfe 4. Isaac Makim Reserve Luke Brown Rookies F 1. Archer Wong 2. Ned O’Halloran 3. Harrison Wood 4. Charlie Appleton Reserve Luke Brown Junior Rookies G 1. George Tsaccounis 2. Justin Lo Nero 3. Harry Mozley 4. Freddie Grindrod Junior Rookies H 1. Rugby Mangan 2. Aidan Quinlan 3. Zavier Prichard 4. Rowan Munro

Chess Results Round 2 Round 2 17th May Championship A won 3-1 against Championship B Intermediate C lost 1-3 against Kensington A Intermediate D drew 2-2 with St Therese C Rookies E game postponed Rookies F had a BYE Junior Rookies G won 2 ½ -1 ½ against Mt Sinai E Junior Rookies H drew 2-2 with Mt Sinai F

Chess Draw Round 3 Friday May 24 Championship A v St Spyridon A AWAY Transport LAGOS Championship B v St Therese A at HOME Intermediate C v St Therese B AWAY Transport COULTON Intermediate D v Mt Sinai C HOME Rookies E v Sat Spyridon D HOME Rookies F v St Spyridon C HOME Junior Rookies G v Mt Sinai F HOME Junior Rookies H v St Brigid’s D AWAY Transport Mangan/Quinlan

Chess tip of the week

GET THE KNIGHTS AND BISHOPS OUT Before you move your queen, rooks or king, move your knights and bishops toward the centre of the board. You want to get these pieces out from behind the pawns so they can attack

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Afters fun! Year 5 & 6 Country Tour

This is the year of our inaugural Country Tour incorporating Bathurst, Goulburn and also incorporating Canberra [for the first time]. This tour will now be biennial for years 5 and 6 and covers 4 days and 3 nights. The boys will explore the goldfields of Bathurst, visit a farm in Goulburn and experience many of the educational sights in Canberra, such as Parliament House and The War Memorial & Questacon.

The boys will b presented with a tour bag, hoodie and cap

which the P&F are very kindly paying for. Year 5 & 6 will

also be organizing some extra fundraising for the tour.

To offset some of the costs and help with the fundraising

effort we are offering TOUR BAG SPONSORSHIP. Your

corporate log featured on each bag is $500. Please contact

Steph Doble on stephanienorton1@gmail.com

We recently purchased a swag of new games for Afters which have proven very popular. Can we remind all parents that all boys are expected to do their homework at Afters if parents wish it. They can play games until 3.45 and only then can they go online or watch a movie. If you would like to ensure your son IS doing his homework or would like help with it - drop us a line. Please ensure his homework is in his bag if so.

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Sports Results Round 3

TEAM GAME SCORE Man of Match Venue Captain

U9’s Rugby 7’s VS Knox Win 8-4 Issac Makim Koola Park (away)

Rugby Mangan

U9’s Rugby 7’s VS Mosman Win 11-2 Charlie Serhan Koola Park (away)

Rugby Mangan

U10’s Rugby 7’s Blue

VS Cranbrook

Draw 5-5 Kingston Law Koola Park (away)

Henry McAusland

U10’s Rugby 7’s Blue

VS Kings Loss 5-6 Owen Storie Koola Park (away)

Henry McAusland

U10’s Rugby 7’s Gold

VS Knox Win 20-1 Whole Team Koola Park (away)

Ned Read

U10’s Rugby 7’s Gold

VS Cranbrook

Win 5-1 Whole Team Koola Park (away)

Ned Read

U11’s Rugby 7’s VS Newington

Win 3-4 Whole Team Koola Park (away)

Jack Brandtman

U11’s Rugby 7’s VS Waverley Win 4-2 Lachlan Doble Koola Park (away)

Jack Brandtman

U12’s Rugby 7’s VS St Pats Win 9-0 Campbell Hathaway

Koola Park (away)

Will White

U12’s Rugby 7’s VS Grammar Loss 5-4 Josh McSweeney Koola Park (away)

Will White

U9’s Football Blue VS Newing-ton

Win 15-1 Whole Team Linfield (away) Freddie Grindrod

U9’s Football Gold VS Newing-ton

Win 6-2 Whole Team Linfield (away) Josh Scala

U10’s Football VS Arden Loss 2-1 Anthony Panos Heffron Park (home)

Sam Radburn

U11’s Football VS St Pats Loss 3-1 Vincent Larcinese Heffron Park (home)

Asher Sarin-Hall

U12’s Football VS Redlands Draw 2-2 Fabian Wrigg Heffron Park (home)

Maximo Di Blasio

Well done! Maximo Di Blasio (L) swam as part of the South Maroubra U12’s Boys Team on the finish line. They very impressively became the youngest ever to compete and complete the 11km journey from Bondi beach to Watson’s Bay in an outstanding time of 2hr 42min. And they took the 3

rd place in the Male Group Division!

U9 Blue won their Soccer game 15.1 against Newington!

Chess Draw 2019 AWAY Games -Transport needed # No games on the last day of term 2

Team Round 1 10/5

Round 2 17/5

Round 3 24/5

Round 4 31/5

Round 5 7/6

Round 6 14/6

Round 7 21/6

Round 8 28/6

Last Day Term 2

Round 9 26/7

Term 3

Round 10 2/8

Make up Round

9/8

CH A

EC1

St Therese A

HOME

Coogee Prep B

During the week

St Spyridon A

AWAY LAGOS

Emanuel A

HOME

Emanuel B

AWAY

Mt Sinai A

HOME

Mt Sinai B

HOME

CH B

EC1

Mt Sinai B

HOME

Coogee Prep A During the week

St Therese A HOME

St Spyridon A HOME

Emanuel A AWAY

CAPAAN

Emanuel B AWAY STORIE

Mt Sinai A HOME

INT C

EC2

Matraville A

HOME

Kensington A

HOME

St Therese B AWAY

COULTON

St Therese D HOME

Mt Sinai D HOME

Matraville A AWAY

GOOLD

Kensington A AWAY

GOOLD

# St Therese B

HOME

St Therese D AWAY

Mt Sinai D HOME

INT D

EC3

Claremont

AWAY MCSWEENEY

St Therese C

AWAY MERRION

Mt Sinai C

HOME

St Brigid’s A

AWAY

St Spyridon B

HOME

Claremont

HOME

St Therese C

HOME

# Mt Sinai C

HOME

St Brigid’s A

HOME

St Spyridon B

AWAY

Rookies E

EC4

Coogee Prep F

During the week

St Spyridon C

AWAY POSTPONED

St Spyridon D

HOME

Emanuel C

AWAY

St Brigid’s B

HOME

Kensington B

AWAY

OLA

HOME

#Matraville B

AWAY Rescheduled

BYE

Rookies F

EC4

Coogee Prep E

During the week

BYE St Spyridon C

HOME

St Spyridon D

AWAY O’HALLORAN

Emanuel C

HOME

St Brigid’s B

AWAY APPLETON

Kensington B

HOME

# OLA AWAY

APPLETON Rescheduled

Matraville B

HOME

Junior Rookies G

EC5

St Brigid’s D AWAY

MORRIS

Mt Sinai E

HOME

Mt Sinai F

HOME

Coogee Prep H

During the week

St Brigid’s C

HOME

St Brigid’s D

HOME

Mt Sinai E

HOME

# Mt Sinai F

HOME Rescheduled

Coogee Prep H

During the week

St Brigid’s C

AWAY

Junior Rookies H EC5

St Brigid’s C AWAY

MANGAN

Mt Sinai F

HOME

St Brigid’s D

AWAY MANGAN

Coogee Prep G

During the week

Mt Sinai E

HOME

St Brigid’s C

HOME

Mt Sinai F

HOME

# St Brigid’s B

HOME Rescheduled

Coogee Prep G

During the week

Mt Sinai E

HOME