Tuntable Falls Community School www.tuntablefallsschool.nsw.edu.au66891423tuntableschool@gmail.net

117UpperTuntableFallsRoadNimbinNSW2480

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February2019Newsletter1NextIssueDue19.02.19

From the committee Welcome back Everyone! We hope you have had a fabulous break spending time with family and friends. Firstly, I would like to welcome our new families to Tuntable. Welcome to: Ari and parents Romy and Sam. Escher and parents Jacinta and Scott. Hugo and his parents Nicola and Ash. Jeevan and parents Peter and Nozomi. Juno and his parents Cushla and Cairn. Marshall and his parents Nat and Joel. Miela and her parents Blossom and Sean. Mikayla and her Mum Trudy. Taya and her Mum AJ. We are also very excited to welcome our new and highly experienced educators. Joe Landers is teaching our 4/5/6 class and is also our coordinating teacher. Ishta Wilson is teaching our 1/2/3 class and Lisa Boyd will be working as our learning support teacher every Thursday in Term 1 with the possibility of other days. Jessica McCaul is returning and is teaching our kindy students. Welcome back also to our teachers’ aides Cath, Amanda and Heather. How lucky we are to have such a wonderful team. The teachers would like to let you know that we have given our classes Bundjalung names. Kindy will now be referred to as The Boodabee Class, meaning Koala. The Middle class will now be called The Gooyarnj Class, meaning Possum and the Uppers are called The Goodaman Class, meaning Kangaroo. Many thanks to the many parents who came to the working bee on Saturday. It was an amazing turn out and we accomplished so many things. If you couldn’t make it but would like to see the $50 taken from your fees, please let the committee know a good day for you to come in. The kitchen garden would love to see you!

For your information:

• We have a library of family well being books in the kitchen for families to take home on loan and read. Have a look and see if one takes your fancy.

• We are a nude food school. • Parental involvement is what we love about our school. If you can think of a way

you can be involved, let the committee know. Roster days can include hours spent in the garden, cooking in the kitchen, helping teachers in the classroom with reading or an activity you are good at eg art, woodwork etc or simply finding the odd job that needs doing around the school. Getting to know all of the students, the staff and other parents through your involvement makes life at Tuntable even more special.

• Parking next to the upper classroom shed or in front of the upper classroom is for the teachers of both the primary school and preschool. If you could please park in the car park near the hall that would be great, however, we understand the nature of having small children and the carrying of too many items so the car park to the left is ok too. We have been asked to keep the area in front of the school clear for it is a turn around point for fire trucks.

• Our very first MEET and GREET followed by a Parent Meeting will be Thursday 14 th at 3pm . This will be the perfect chance for you to meet our new staff and ask questions if you have any. Afternoon tea will be provided.

Cheers Nicole

School calendar

Meet and Greet followed by a Parent Meeting on Thursday 14th February 2019 Afternoon Tea provided.

L ibrary Open Monday Afternoons ti l l 4pm See Nicola

Update any changes to your contact/ address details with the office. A revised Contact List will be sent to families next week.

Reminders: Parking at the Hall and walking to school with your children/ child is preferred when possible.

There is now a fridge for students to keep their lunches cool just outside the kitchen.

We are a Nude Food School-please avoid using plastic wraps or packaged items in school lunches.

Contact a Committee Member if you’d like to get involved with the school.

Kindy

Boodabee Class Hello families of the Boodabee (Koala) Class. Thank you for a wonderful first week where students were organised with water bottles, healthy (wrapper free) food, shoes and bags. It was lovely to meet you all – welcome to Kindergarten! Learning Focus This term, we will be exploring “Our Universe” – getting to know each other and learning how to work together. We will be reading Australian stories including Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and books by Pamela Allen. The first sounds we will learn are s, a, p and t. When we blend these sounds together, we can make words like at, sat and pat. We will be looking for words that start with s, a, p and t by playing games like “I spy” and Treasure Hunt. Our play-based learning sessions will have a Maths focus where the students’ interests will

be linked to counting, reading and working with numbers. Morning Drop- Please support your child’s transition into kindergarten by following this morning routine: Arrive 8:45 – allow for some time to connect with friends and teacher and settle before the bell; classroom will be closed – place school bag neatly along railings. Bell 9:05 Say good-bye to your child and re-assure them that you will be back later to pick them up at 2:45. Please be on time. Looking forward to seeing you all at the Meet and Greet. Many thanks, Jessica

Reminders: Spare clothes Spare underwear and clothes, kept in a plastic bag in your child’s school bag is very handy for accidents, wet weather and dips in the creek. Toys at School Please leave toys at home – there are many things to play with at school. Students know that school toys are to stay at school – please return any toys that may find their way home.

Middle Gooyarnj Class

Hello Tuntable Falls Families

I am so happy and excited to be a part of this wonderful school and community, and am enjoying getting to know your beautiful children. This year the Gooyarnj class will be taking a journey through the elements - Earth, Water, Fire and Air. In term one we will be exploring Earth and Space. The class will study the daily changing environment –taking photos and monitoring daily rain fall and temperatures. We will map the phases of the moon and learn about the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun. By chasing our shadows and employing the sun we will create unique works of art. In the garden we will be working with Ginger and the whole school every Tuesday an Thursday morning, preparing for the first plantings of the year. Watching and working with the gardens cycles to inform us in our earthly investigations. Literacy and numeracy will be a priority throughout all our learning with targeted lessons throughout the week and guided reading and word work daily. If you would like your child to have a levelled home reader for 5-10 min reading practice every evening please let me know and I will put it into the weekly routine.

I look forward to getting to know all of you and if you ever have any questions or concerns, or you would just like to have a chat please don’t hesitate to come and say hi or make a time to meet.

Ishta

Reminders: MOON DIARIES – On Wednesday 5th February the Gooyarnj Class will all bring home a Moon Diary. Please help your child to complete this diary by looking at the moon with them every night while they draw the shape of the moon into their diary and record the date (or if it’s cloudy). The Moon Diary will record one full moon cycle from the 5th February to the 5th March. Don’t forget to howl at the moon when it’s full!

Upper Goodaman Class Well If this year is going to be anything like this first week, then it promises to be an outstanding time at Tuntable Falls Community School. The more people of this school community I meet, the luckier I feel to be part of it. With some new faces in the staff, me being the newest, we have started the year learning new routines and processes, and getting to know where we are heading and how we will get there. The most exciting part of my first week was discovering the marimba collection, and then discovering that our students were capable of learning to play them. The Goodaman Class is quickly moving towards an impressive repertoire, in between all of our other activities. I have had a wonderful welcome to the school and I am very grateful to all of those parents, staff and students who have made it such an enjoyable experience. Thank you. Joe

Reminders: Karate for Goodaman Class will be every second week, on the ODD numbered weeks for Terms 1, 2 and 3. So We have Karate on Weeks 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Lisa Boyd Hello all! My name is Lisa Boyd. I am working at your amazing school this year. I would like to thank you for the wonderful welcome. It has been lovely to see some known faces and meet new people in the last week. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about myself. My husband, Steve and I live at Stony Chute with our little people Ezekiel and Eulalie, and our sheep, chooks, and ducks. We have been here for a year and a half. I grew up in Lismore and always hoped to return to the region. We came here after 7 eventful years in a remote community in the NorthernTerritory. I have been teaching for 18 years in a variety of settings and roles. This has included in rural, urban, and remote settings as a teacher, Assistant Principal, Inclusion Support teacher, and Curriculum Support teacher. I am passionateaboutEarlyChildhoodandensuringcurriculumisaccessibleandrelevant,soschoolfeelslikeasafeandsuccessfulplaceforall

kids.

I’mexcitedtobeworkingatTuntablewithallofyouandlookforwardtotheyear.Feelfreetochatwithmewhenyouseeme!

Lost… If anyone finds a pair of prescription glasses with black frames and silver arms in or around the school, please contact Sean: 0490178927 Thank you

The Committee Members are all very approachable people. Contact them anytime.

There are regular meetings so it is easy to arrange a time to meet in person if you prefer. This can also be discussed with Administration staff at the Office.

Please consider others when parking your car.

Managementcommittee

Ash Mathieson 0429816824 Iri s Vos 0428 317 426 Nicole Devery 0432 429 296 Alison Southey 0414013318 Petria Handby 0427063599 Nathalie Dease 0400322437

Library News OPEN EVERY MONDAY AFTERNOON TILL 4PM Any parents wanting to be involved in the Library, please see Nicola on Monday Afternoons, or contact her to meet up another day. Nicola: (02) 6689012 There are a few overdue items from last year. Notes have been sent home with book names. If you think you have already brought back the item, let Nicola know because some books may not have been returned via our catalogue system.

Garden News Welcome back Ginger! We are happy to have Ginger teaching all classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (part days) Summer greetings from the Garden! Nerelle, the children and I have begun to harvest and revitalise the school garden after the very hot, dry summer break, with a focus on leaving our spaces better than how we arrived in them. We have harvested many Tomatoes and Cow Pea’s, saving the seeds for the future. The Chook’s are healthy and happy to have the children back, thank you to all who assisted in keeping their water topped up over the school holidays. The Goodaman Class have begun measuring and planning the bush tucker food forest, pending permission from the Tuntable Falls Co-Op tribal meeting. I am looking forward to upholding the integrity of the beautiful SEE program this year with our new teaching staff, new children and new parents. Welcome. Peace, love and cow pea’s. Ginger