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Respect Responsibility Learning

ISSUE 17, November 2020

D E C - N S W

Newsletter Title

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 4

Week 8

1 Dec—Yr 6 CHS Orientation

Morning

30 Nov-3 Dec—Presentation

Week

Week 9

7 Dec—Ninja Park Excursion

Yrs 3,4,5 & 6

8 Dec—Hunter Valley Zoo

Excursion K-2

10 Dec—Yr 6 Graduation

11 Dec—PBL Reward Day

Week 10

14 Dec—Class Parties

15 Dec—Class Parties

16 Dec—Last day of school for

2020 for students

17 Dec—Staff Development

Day

18 Dec—Staff Development

Day

2021

TERM 1

Week 1

27 Jan—Staff Development

Day

28 Jan—Staff Development

Day

Kearsley Public School 130 Caledonia St, Kearsley NSW 2325 Phone: 49901705 Fax: 49911018 Email: [email protected] Website: https://kearsley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Principal: Mrs Melissa Trigg

ISSUE 17 TERM 4 WEEK 6 Friday 27 November 2020

Rugby League Gala

Last week a group of our senior

students travelled to Hexham to

participate in a Rugby league gala

day. Our students played with great

sportsmanship and had a wonderful

day. Thanks to Mr Carter for

organising this event.

Cricket Blast Cup

Our Stage 2 and 3 students

recently participated in the Cricket

Blast Cup. For many of our Year 3

students it was their first chance to

represent our school at a Gala Day.

It was a fantastic day all round.

Thanks to Mrs Power for

organising the day.

NAIDOC Celebrations

Our NAIDOC celebrations

continued last week with the team

from Gurrawin visiting and sharing

some great cultural activities with

our whole school. The students

particularly enjoyed the traditional

dancing!

Plans for 2021

At this stage, the plans for 2021 are:

Kinder—Mrs Susan Stipack

Year 1/2—Mrs Tracey Graham

Year 3/4—Mr Darren Carter (Assistant Principal)

Year 4/5—Mr Cameron Smith

Year 5/6—Mrs Maxine Power

Learning Support—Mrs Nikki Pitt

Instructional Leader—Mrs Sharon Wendt Principal—Mrs Trigg

Please be aware that these plans could change for a variety of

reasons. If you have any questions or concerns please call Mrs Trigg.




P A G E 2

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

This year due to COVID-19 restrictions the Year 6 end of year celebrations will look a little different.

We will be holding a Graduation Ceremony at Cessnock Leagues Club where students will be able to

invite 2 adults. Social distancing guidelines will be followed at the venue. The event will run from 5pm

until 7pm on Thursday 10 December. At this stage we will be unable to hold the whole school disco

after the ceremony, however if restrictions are eased we will add this to the evening at a later date.

Farewell to Long Serving Families

This year we have a few families who will be leaving the school as their

children move on to high school. On behalf of the staff and students, we

would like to thank the families of Luke A, Matthew B, Clare C, Ava D,

Ruby G, Bella I and Nate R.

Principal Awards

Leon H Zarhn W

PBL Reward Day

On Friday December 11, students will be participating in our school Positive Behaviour Learning (PBL)

end of year reward day. All students who have received at least 3 terms of being a Gold Reward student

will be able to attend our water slide and water fun day here at Kearsley Public School. Gold level

students are encouraged to bring with them a water gun if they have one. Students who have not

reached this reward will be included in activities with Mrs Trigg such as cooking

and games.

This day will also be a MUFTI day and students are encouraged to wear sun safe

sensible clothes with enclosed shoes. Don’t forget your swimmers, sunscreen water

bottle and hat.

Surf Fun

Safe

Program

Excursion




P A G E 3

Cessnock High School Transition

Presentation Week

Today classes K/1, 1/2 and 2/3 participated in an excursion to Kearsley dam and our local area. Students

walked with Mrs Trigg, Mrs Graham, Mrs Pitt and Mrs Power to investigate our local environment.

Our Local Environment

Transition for Year 6 students to Cessnock High School will conclude on Tuesday 1 December. On the

day students from all feeder schools will work with their peer support leaders to become orientated with

the school, and complete activities. Students are required to wear their primary school’s uniform. They

are expected to arrive at Cessnock High School by 9.25am and be picked up promptly at 11am.

As Covid-19 restrictions have eased, we are now able to invite small numbers of parents on to school

grounds for special events. Therefore this year we will be presenting end of year awards over a week.

This will allow us to invite parent/carers of award recipients onsite to be present for the award

ceremony. The outline for the week is:

Monday– K-2 awards

Tuesday– Kuluwayn Leadership badge presentation and Sport House Captain badge presentation

Wednesday– 3-6 awards

Thursday– School Leadership badge presentation and prestigious awards

All awards ceremonies will be held from 2.30pm. Families of award recipients will have already

received a letter inviting two adults to be present on the allocated day for their child’s award. Please

ensure when visiting the school to keep in mind Covid-19 protocols. There will be a sign on register for

each visitor to comply with requirements.

On Tuesday 8 December years K-2 students will be travelling to

Hunter Valley Zoo at Nulkaba. The cost of the excursion is free

as the P&C have covered both bus hire and entry fee as well as a

feed bag for the animals per student. Students will depart from

school at 9.40am and will return to school at approximately

2pm.The students will wear full school uniform including hat

and bring with them lunch and a water bottle.

Hunter Valley Zoo

Ninja Park

On Monday 7 December years 3, 4, 5 and 6 students will be

attending the Ninja Parc at Cooks Hill. The cost of the excursion

will be $5 with permission note, waiver and payment due by

Wednesday 2 December. The P&C have generously donated $20 per student to help families with the

cost of entry and bus. Students will depart school at 9am and will return at approximately 3pm.

Students will need to bring plenty of recess, lunch & water. Student will also need sunscreen and hat as

they will be having lunch at a local park. On the day casual and sensible clothing should be worn with

joggers for walking around the venue and to the park for lunch.




P A G E 4

P&C News

Season’s Greetings,

With our final meeting approaching really fast, we would like to take this

opportunity to thank our wonderful families for your continued support this

year.

Though it has been a tough year, your support has made it possible to still

contribute towards multiple school excursions this term for all grades and make

the cost a lot more affordable.

We will wrap up our year with our last fundraising opportunity with our

Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 5th December. We are still accepting donations and

every little bit helps. If you are available to help out on the day we are still

trying to fill the time slots please contact Nicole Wadsworth on 0401245521

To show our appreciation to you all we welcome you to join us for the next

meeting on Thursday 3rd December in Library at 3.30pm following the meeting

we will have snacks and drinks and we encourage everyone to stay. With Covid

restrictions we do require an RSVP if you are coming to Brook Gatt 0407450566.




P A G E 5




P A G E 6

Kearsley Canteen Roster 2020

The school canteen will remain partially CLOSED for Term 4 until further

notice due to lack of volunteers. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY will be

our only opening days. We are in desperate need of volunteers for our

canteen particularly on FRIDAYS. If you are interested in volunteering in the

canteen, please contact the roster manager— Brook Gatt on 0407450566.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Our Canteen Menu can be viewed online at https://kearsley-

p.schools.nsw.gov.au/p-c/canteen-menu.html or by scanning the QR Code.

SCHOOL BANKING

Please send in

bank books every

Thursday for Ms

Crane to process.

Some great prizes

can be earned for

regular banking!

Thank you.

Thursday

December Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

30 Nov

CLOSED

1 Dec

CLOSED

2

Bee Scarborough

Tammy Crane

3

Rochelle Brady

Wes Batey

4

Joy Johnson

HELP NEEDED

7

CLOSED

8

CLOSED

9

Bee Scarborough

Karieanne Clifford

10

Rochelle Brady

Catherine Crane

11

Joy Johnson

Kasey Robertson

14

CLOSED

15

CLOSED

16

Bee Scarborough

Tammy Crane

17

CLOSED—Staff

Development Day

18

CLOSED—Staff

Development Day

Water Bottles

The weather is heating up!

Please remember to send your

child with a drink bottle each

day. Our bubblers are still not

able to be used due to Covid-19

restrictions but we do have

bottle refilling stations.

COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

1. Parents and Carers are still asked to stay off school grounds.

2. If you NEED to be on school grounds, you MUST first go to the office to sign a declaration. This assists the school to complete contact tracing if needed.

3. The most preferred methods of contact are: phone call, Dojo messages, email or messenger.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.




P A G E 7




P A G E 8

Class Kinder Class1/2 Class 3/4 Class 4/5 Class 5/6

Plastic Envelope

for Homework

2 BOSTICK Blu glue

sticks (classroom use)

2 BOSTICK Blu glue


2 BOSTICK Blu glue


2 BOSTICK Blu glue


2 Highlighters Coloured Pencils Coloured Pencils Coloured Pencils

Scissors Textas Textas Textas

2 x BIC, 4 colour

Retractable Pens

1 Barrel Sharpener

Sharpener

2 x BIC, 4 colour

Retractable Pens

(Red, Blue, Black, Green)

2 x BIC, 4 colour

Retractable Pens

(Red, Blue, Black, Green)

4 Lead Pencils HB 1 Eraser 1 Eraser 1 Eraser

Library Bag 4 Lead Pencils HB 4 Lead Pencils HB 2 Lead Pencils HB

2 Plastic Homework

Envelopes

Pencil Case for pencils,

textas, sharpener etc

Small labelled Pencil

Case

Small labelled Pencil

Case

1 ruler with mm and

cm markings

1 ruler with mm and cm

markings

1 ruler with mm and

cm markings

1 ruler with mm and cm

markings

Small pencil case Highlighters Scissors Highlighters

Library Bag 1 Barrel Sharpener 1 Barrel Sharpener

4 Whiteboard

Markers

2 Whiteboard

Markers

1 Black fine Sharpie

Permanent Marker

1 Black fine Sharpie

Permanent Marker

1 Black Fine Sharpie

Permanent Marker

2 x BIC, 4 colour

Retractable Pens

Highlighters 2 Whiteboard Markers

Kinder Requirements will be covered this year by a one off payment of $20, payment

can be made to Mrs Stipack.

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