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ASSEMBLY AWARDS STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KS Charles Foell Jennah Hayden Zyron BarranceK/1H Ty Ellis Ekala Panton Jaycob Manning1S Dakota Collins Nicholas Chong Aila Dawn Foa'i Auimatagi

1/2TM Cameron Smith Ellie Ross Cooper Hall2G Chloe Dalton Madison Quinlan Jarrod Martin-Larkham

3/4C Ella Hemers Logan Van Kempen Draven Korytnyj3/4F Ria Vij Anthony King Carlos De La Pena Raez5/6D Mackenzie Evans Jack Jones Keira Neave5/6M Raj Vij Julian Foa'i-Auimatagi Darran Hooke

ASSEMBLY AWARDS STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KS Chloe Izzard Sam Frewin Ella StewartK/1H Uisce Connolly -

CowanCaleb Chrul Kaleb Gainey

1S Callum Stewart Keira Lee Withyman Lily Grant1/2TM Violet Oldfield Jasmine McNair Riley Cameron

2G Olivia Lowe Jake Mullen Erin O'Neill3/4C Joshua Penman Aydan Chrul Tianna-Isabella

Withyman3/4F Natasha MacNamara Katie Watson Tayah Lodge5/6D Owen Hall Samuel Melinz Kynan Reeves5/6M Callum Skeem Penina Taula Brock Johnston

18 May 2015 Congratulations to our Year 3 and Year 5 children on the manner in which they have attempted all aspects of the NAPLAN assessments this week. The children really have worked hard to achieve their very best. The results of the NAPLAN assessments are not expected back in schools till next term.NAPLAN receives a great deal of media coverage both positive and negative. At TPS we want our children to strive for their own personal best and we want our parents to look at the results in conjunction with other assessments and teachers comments when making a judgment on each child’s success.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PANELDue to the retirement of Mr Hollins we currently have a vacant Assistant Principal position being filled in a relieving capacity by Mrs Shaw. The Department of Education and Communities has notified me that the position will need to be filled by merit selection. A panel has been formed and will begin the process in coming weeks.

CROSS COUNTRY ASSEMBLYWe will be holding our Cross Country Assembly Monday, 25 May at 2.15pm in the hall. Everyone is welcome.

P & C

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Our next P&C Meeting is tonight Monday 18th May at 7pm we would love to see more people at our meetings to share ideas and allow us to better represent your interests. All opinions are welcome and we are happy to listen.

UNIVERSITY OF NSW ASSESSMENTS Some of our primary students will sit the University of NSW Digital Technologies Assessment at our school on Tuesday. This competition assesses skills and knowledge in the areas of: word processing, computer hardware, internet, databases, multimedia and operating systems. Our students will be competing against students from across Australasia. We wish them all the very best for this event.

Do you have any old photos for of our school for Facebook? We receive many requests to share historical photos. Please email the images to the school email and we will share them with the community.

Later in the week I will be in Pokolbin to attend the ConnectED conference. This will give me a chance to share in the latest ideas in teaching practice from around the world. Presenters will include Sir Ken Robinson and Ric Charlesworth. I hope to return with a more thoughts on how to continue to make TPS a great place for children to learn and grow. Have a great week at TPS

Owen Dalkeith - Principal

STAGE 2Welcome to Week Five! We are halfway through the term already and what a busy term it has been so far.

Thank you so much StageTwo for your fantastic efforts and attitudes last week. The week of NAPLAN is always unsettling for students but they all took it in their stride and truly did ‘Participate with Enthusiasm’.

By now students should have chosen their topics for their public speaking and have begun working on their speech. If your child is experiencing difficulty completing this task, please let us know as early as possible so we can help them.

We have been learning how to use lots of different apps in our technology lessons this term. Our students have proven to be very capable ipad users and have enjoyed making their own ‘Tellegami’. Please let us know if you come across any apps that you think would be beneficial to our students, we are always on the lookout for new exciting apps.

Thank you to those that have paid for our excursion already. If you need an additional copy of the note, they are available at the office.

Please ensure that your child has enough lead pencils, a ruler, glue sticks, sharpeners and erasers. It is important that students have the right equipment each day so they are organised for each lesson.

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Please do not hesitate to make a time to come and speak with us if you have any questions.Have a great week, Mrs Cashin and Mrs Farnworth

STAGE 3Wow! Week 5 already! Stage 3 are working hard in their classrooms. NAPLAN tests were held last week and we are very proud of all our Year 5 students for participating and doing their best over the three days!

On Wednesday this week Year 6 will have a Wadalba High School Year Advisor visit us here at school.

The senior girl’s netball team will participate in a Netball Gala Day at Wyong on Wednesday with Mrs Day. We hope you have a fantastic time!

CARES Program - Students will be participating in a Bike Education and Safety day at Palmdale on Tuesday 9th June, 2015. The cost is $12 please return the permission note and money to the office as soon as possible.

Stage 3 students will be attending the Great Aussie Bush Camp (Tea Gardens) from Wednesday 2nd September- Friday 4th September, 2015 (Term 3, Week 8). Cost: $250 and final payment is due by Wednesday 19th August, 2015.

Public Speaking Class competitions will be held in Week 8 of this term in class, with stage competitions in Week 9. Please start your preparations!

Have a fantastic week! Brian McNally, Sandra, Burckhardt & Kate Day

FIREMAN FRED VISITKS and K/1H were very excited to welcome Fireman Fred (alias Fred Simpson) to school last week. We learnt about what to do in an emergency and being safe around fire. Children were given a Fire Safety escape plan to work out with their families, so we hope you were able to plan a safe escape plan for your house and everyone will keep safe.Children learnt to call 000, to be carful around fire, to Get Down low and GO GO GO and to STOP DROP COVER and ROLL if their clothes catch on Fire. We really appreciate Fred giving up his time to deliver such an important message Thankyou

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Monday, 18 May - OOSH Meeting (Exec) – 6.30pm P & C Meeting – 7.30pmThursday, 21 May - Infants Cross CountryMonday, 25 May - Cross Country Ribbon Assembly-2.15pm

Tuesday, 2 June - Infants Excursion – Laycock StreetThursday, 18 June - Stage 2 Sydney Excursion

LAST DAY TERM 2 - Friday, 26 JuneHOLIDAYS

TERM 3Monday, 13 July - Staff Development DayTuesday,14 July - Students Return

STEWART HOUSE DONATION DRIVE REMINDERTomorrow, Tuesday, 19 May is the last day to return your Stewart House Donation Envelope. Thank you Michelle Shaw

CROSS COUNTRY RIBBON CEREMONY – Monday, 25 MayThe ribbons will be presented on Monday, 25 May. All students K-6 who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd will receive a ribbon. The Zone Carnival (Years 3-6) will be held next Friday, 29 May at Wyong Race Course. All the students who have qualified for the zone carnival would have received a note. Please return the note and money as soon as possible. Mrs Burckhardt

INFANTS CROSS COUNTRYThe Infants Cross Country will be this week, on Thursday, 21 May. The Infants will begin the race at 9.20am. If you would like to volunteer for the event, please let your child’s class teacher know. Any help would be appreciated. Mrs Stephens

GIRLS SOCCER Girls PSSA Knockout Soccer Competition will be held this Friday at Bateau Bay from 9.15am – 2.15pm and will combine the first 2 rounds of the K.O. competition. All girls have received their permission note today and this has to be returned by Wednesday, 20th, to Mr McNally. PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE Congratulations to the students who have already completed the PRC. Penina T., Zali S. , Ashleigh P., Ella H., Ria V., Joshua H., Connor L.What a great job you have done to read so many books! Remember, you have until the 31st of August to complete the challenge

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UNIFORM SHOP 2015 Uniform Shop hours - Wednesday 8.45am – 9.15am.

Size 10 Sport Polo Shirts – Temporarily out of stockSize 10 Zip Jackets – are now in stock

Scrunchies - $3.00 each

Canteen (Heidi) Phone Number: 0487 100 1542015 - TERM 4 - CANTEEN ROSTER

Monday18/5/15

Tuesday19/5/15

Wednesday20/5/15

Thursday21/5/15

Friday22/5/15

Heidi O’Neill Marg SimpsonFred Simpson

Marg SimpsonFred Simpson

Heidi O’NeillJo Collins

Heidi O’Neill

Monday25/5/15

Tuesday26/5/15

Wednesday27/5/15

Thursday28/5/15

Friday29/5/15

Heidi O’Neill Marg SimpsonFred Simpson

Marg SimpsonFred Simpson

Heidi O’NeillJo Collins

Heidi O’Neill

TUGGERAWONG PUBLIC SCHOOL OOSH NEWS!Hello from OOSH, what an awesome week we have had at OOSH. We have now started to pick up children from other schools which is so awesome, this means our OOSH bus will be leaving our school around 2:50pm, we ask if we can keep the driveway near the hall clear as our

bus will be exiting from that driveway and will be returning around 3:15pm. We are so excited about this new achievement. We hope to see some more new faces from other schools in the coming months.Ash and Rhiannon have been working really hard on the winter holiday vacation care itinerary, we have created such a fun an exciting holiday program for the children booking sheets and the itinerary will be out in the following weeks so please keep a look out and return the booking sheets in asap as spots fill quickly.It is now coming to the cooler months; we have now changed our OOSH routine. We now go outside around 3:30pm till 4:30pm. We ask if all children can please bring a jumper, as in the afternoon it can be very cool.We would love to thank all the parents who have taken the time to help with our parent information table. It looks awesome, so many information pamphlets for the parents to take. We love this parent input. If any parents have any community based pamphlets that they think could benefit the families that attend OOSH.

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FIRE & RESCUE NSW OPEN DAY 2015Fire & Rescue NSW is hosting its annual Fire Station Open Day on Saturday, 30 May 2015 between 10am and 2pm. Children and their parents are invited to watch fire safety demonstrations, hop aboard our station’s fire truck, hold a fire hose and chat with firefighters about what they do.This is a fantastic opportunity for children and their parents to meet their local firefighters and with winter just around the corner, which is the worst time of the year for house fires, this is a great opportunity to learn as much as you can about home fire safety. Visit www.fire.nsw.gov.au to find your nearest 2015 Open Day participating station and join us on Saturday, 30 May 2015

TUGGERAWONG PUBLIC SCHOOLFAMILY CONTACT DETAILS UPDATE FORM

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SCHOOL HOURS:School starts 9.00 am (supervision is available at 8.45 am)Lunch 11.00 am to 11.55 am (children eat in a supervised area for 10 minutes)Recess: 1.55 pm to 2.15 pmSchool Finishes: 3.00 pm

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On occasions children may need to be brought to school before 8.45am. Between 8.30am and 8.45am there is minimal supervision available. Students should not be at school before 8.30am as there is no supervision available.

TERM DATES 2015Term 1 Wednesday, 28 January – Thursday, 2 AprilTerm 2 Tuesday, 21 April – Friday, 26 JuneTerm 3 Tuesday, 14 July – Friday, 18 SeptemberTerm 4 Tuesday, 6 October – Wednesday, 16 December

Staff Development Days: 27 January 20 April 13 July 17/18 December

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