Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty

Important Dates

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Term 2|Week 7|12th June 2018

"Pedagogy is the

vehicle, the device is

the accelerator and

passion is the fuel" -

EDUTECH

Term 2 2018

Wednesday 13/06/18

North Coast Cross Country

Monday 18/6/18

P&C Meeting 3.15pm

Wednesday 20/06/18

K/1/2 Billabong Zoo excursion

Friday 22/06/18

Visiting Performance - It’s a Mad World

Wednesday 27/06/18

Jump Off Skipping

Monday 02/07/18

Science Fair LLLC

Friday 06/07/18

School Athletics Carnival

Indo Corner

Gumbaynggirr culture and the ocean:

a big day for mid North Coast students

350 students from seven mid North Coast schools used World Oceans Day as an opportunity to learn more about the Gumbaynggirr culture and the ocean’s central place in it. The students undertook a series of activities including local Indigenous calendar art, dance, didge, language and weaving. The day was supported by the Unkya Local Aboriginal Land Council, Scotts Head Public School, NSW Health’s Go4Fun children’s healthy lifestyle program and Ready Mob anti-smoking program.

Jam Berapa (What’s the time?)

Jam - o’clock

Lebih/lewat - more (i.e past)

Kurang - less

Pada - on/at

Setengah - half (I.e half to)

Seperempat - quarter (i.e quarter past, quarter to)

Jam tujuh - 7:00

Jam duabelas lebih dua puluh - 12:20 (12 o’clock more 20 minutes)

Jam sepuluh kurang sepuluh - 9:50 (10 o’clock less 10 minutes)

Jam setengah dua - 1:30

Pada jam sembilan saya bermain sepak bola

(At 9 O’clock I play soccer)

Pada jam setengah empat saya menonton televisi

(At half past three I watch TV)

Weekly Round Up

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Hello, Giinagay, Hai,

Ocean Day was a great success on Friday, with the students and

staff gaining a deeper understanding of the Gumbaynggirr people

who have occupied this land for thousands of years, forming one

of the largest coastal Aboriginal nations in New South Wales.

They were renowned as the ‘sharing people’ because their land

was so rich that food and other resources were commonly shared

with other nations.

Ocean Day is one step further on the path to mutual respect and

with understanding comes knowledge. Taking the time to learn

and experience Indigenous Australians cultural and customs

builds bridges to reconciliation. The ocean is significant

throughout the Gumbaynggir Country, as it is the Totem of all

Gumbaynggirr people connecting them all together. Thanks to all

involved a great time was had by all.

Working towards a School Vision

Whatever the context, the point is the same. If a group wants to

move forward, it needs to develop an understood and an agreed-

on purpose. Stopping to confirm common goals among the

various groups on our site will help our school community grow an

inclusive culture.

With student and parent input we are developing a strong vision

and mission statements that are helping our school reach a

common understanding. Our vision is our school's goal—where we

hope to see it in the future. Thanks to all the parents and SRC

students who are creating and positively building a shared

purpose. Thanks to the time and effort of Janet Granek for

guiding this process.

Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.

Bu Gillian

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Principal’s Column This Week’s Whale Awards and Class Academic Awards

Got It! Tip of the Week

Slow things down and tune in to how your child is feeling. You might

need to use your ears to listen to what she is saying; your eyes to no-

tice her face, her body language, and what is going on around her; your

imagination to put yourself in her shoes; your words to reflect back

what you hear and notice; and your heart, to feel what she is feeling.

Let her know that you understand and accept her feelings, and that all

feelings are OK. For example, you might say, “I think I would feel sad

too if I lost my favourite toy”.

(BOOK Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting by John

Gottman)

BOOK How to Be the Par-

ent You Always Wanted to

Be by Adele Faber and

Parent Information - Reminders

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Links

School website:

http://www.scottshead-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

School facebook

page:

https://www.facebook.com/

scottsheadpublicschool?fref=ts

Skoolbag Application:

Search “Scotts Head Public

School” in the app store.

8.30am Morning

Supervision

(in cola)

Start

School

8.55am

9.00am until

11.00am

Morning Session

(Crunch and Sip)

11.00am Lunch

11.50—1.30

pm

Middle Session

1.30 pm Recess

2.00pm-3pm Afternoon

Session

Bell Times

Remember to send in a

note if your child is absent

from school.

After 7 days, the system

automatically records as

an “Unexplained

Absence”.

Athletics Carnival—Change of Date

Please note the school athletics carnival will be held

on the last day of school—Friday 6th July.

Book Club—Issue 4

Due back on Friday 15th June.

K/1/2 Billabong Zoo Excursion

On Wednesday 20 June, students from K/1 & 1/2

will be travelling to the Billabong Zoo in Port

Macquarie. Notes went home last week, please

return permission note and money by Monday 18

June.

Visiting Performance— It’s a Mad World— Friday 22 June

Permission notes were sent out last week. Notes and money to be returned by Monday

18 June.

Students

spent part of

lunch today

talking

crystals with

Gregory

Dainty.

P&C News

Canteen Roster

Week 7

MON 11/6 CLOSED

WED 13/6 Jo Brady & Mel

Week 8

MON 18/6 Mel

WED 21/6 Jo Brady & Mel

Payments to School

Payments can be made to the

school using the following

options:

EFTPOS— at the office.

Parent online payment (POP) -

via the school website—using

the ‘Make a Payment’ button.

Cash and cheque are still

accepted at the office.

FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL ONLY

Milo and a muffin

OR

Milo and raisin toast

For $2.00

Fundraiser We are catering this Saturday 16 June

for the stand up paddle boarder’s presentation night

dinner. We still need more volunteers to donate a

tray of food and also to help on the night. Trays are

now available to collect from the office. Thank you in

advance for your support.

Next Meeting Monday 18 June at 3.15pm at school.

Canteen The canteen is open on Monday’s and

Wednesday’s. Thank you to the parents who have

already put their names down for the roster. If you

can spare a couple of hours to help in the canteen,

please contact us.

P&C email scottsheadpandc@hotmail.com

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Ocean Day

On Friday Medlow, Stuarts Point, Eungai Public Schools and Toormina and

Bellingen High Schools all came down to the Scotts Head reserve to celebrate

Ocean Day. We got to participate in awesome activities such as weaving,

dancing, listening to Dreamtime stories, making beeswax wraps and raising

awareness about pollution, learning Gumbaynggirr, playing at the park and

meeting new people and having a fabulous time.

By Elkie and Grace

Last Thursday and Friday our two teachers Lyndsey Caldecott and Deborah

Swan attended the EDUTECH Conference for teachers in Sydney at the

International Convention Centre. The conference is the largest teaching

conference held in the Southern Hemisphere with over 10,000 attendees.

Mrs C and Bu Deb had the opportunity to hear from a range of world class

speakers about the future direction of learning and teaching. They were able

to trial the newest forms of digital tools including virtual reality, spheros,

robotics and furniture for more flexible learning environments. They saw

demonstrations from HP, Dell, Google and Microsoft. It was a fantastic

opportunity for two teachers from a small rurally isolated country school to

see learning on a large scale.

EduTech Conference

School and Community News

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Robotics Day

Last Tuesday Elkie, Jalaara, Dimity, Siska, Kasimir, Grace, Chloe and Kalahni

went to Melville High School to attend a robotics expo. Many schools attended

including Lake Cathie, Medlow, Stuarts Point and Melville. There were 4

activities. One was an Expo which is where you perform to the other schools

what you can do. In the others we got to trial VR (virtual reality) where you have

a phone and choose a theme then put on a mask that makes you feel like

you’re in a different place. We also completed a maze. We had to program our

robot to make its way around a maze and touch certain colour boxes, if you

touched the wrong it was a minus point. We had 50 minutes to complete each

task. We expected there to be only EV3S but there was dash and dots and

sphero’s too! It was lots of fun. Thank you to Mr Simpson for your assistance in

preparing and Mrs C and Jo Brady (Siska’s Mum) for driving us! We had an

awesome time. We also made a little video which we will share with school

soon! Mrs C is attending an EDUTECH conference soon so we hope she learns

lots more to share with us. By Elkie

GIVE GUIDES A GO MONTH !!!!

Girl Guides invites girls aged 6-12yrs to come along any

Tuesday night during this month of June, and learn what

Guides is all about.

We offer girls fun, friendship, adventure – cooking,

camping, games, hiking, fishing, rafting, craft, campfires

and much more.

We meet from 5pm-6.30pm in our Guide Hall, Corner of

Briner and Park Streets, Macksville.

For more information call District Leader,

Leonie Holley on 65687013 or 0419285331.

School and Community News

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Lifetime Connect

Playgroup

Scotts Head

Wednesdays in the LLLCC at SHPS

Playgroup Contact Number: 0447 485 276

Routine

10am-10:55am – Planned Activities

10:55am-11am – Wash Hands

11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea

11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play

11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away

11:45am – 12noon – Group Time

12noon – Home Time