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Principal’s Message Our school is alive and thriving.

Our children are environmentally

aware, and our community is a

supportive place for our young to

grow.

For the past three days, I have

been fortunate to take part in the

Principal Induction program. This

conference has provided me the opportunity to meet

with Karen Jones, the Executive Director, Aboriginal

Education and communities, where she encouraged us,

here at Huskisson to maintain our attention to inclusive

education for all students. It impressed her to hear how

our school operates and the important partnerships that

are forming in our community. I have also been lucky

enough to spend some time with Nicholas Danta -

Engagement lead, Disability Strategy Implementation

Team, to learn more about trauma-informed practice

and the recently implemented Disability Strategy. We

were addressed by The Honorable Sarah Mitchell,

Minister for Education, Mark Scott, Secretary NSW

Department of Education and Murat Dizdar, Deputy

Secretary, School Operations and Performance and we

put them on the spot to answer many difficult questions

about the enrolment policy and equity in our schools.

I have gained lots of new

skills and am super

excited to bring my

learning back to

Huskisson Public School.

By far the most

important thing that I

have learnt this week is-

"when you point a finger at someone, there are always

three fingers pointing back at you?

Shoalhaven District Basketball Tryouts Yesterday, we had 4 students from Huskisson Public

School tryout for the Shoalhaven District basketball

team. Evie, Yuki, CJ and Tyler fought hard to show off

their skills in what was a very competitive arena.

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There were reports of

other players making

our CJ look small, which

is difficult to even imag-

ine! Evie was successful

in making the girls team

and Tyler and CJ have

been selected as re-

serves, also being the

only Year 5 boys to try out on the day. Well done to all

students involved.

Staff Development Who said staff meetings weren’t fun? On Tuesday at our

weekly staff meeting, the ‘Tech Team’ of teachers being

Miss Loui, Mr Frost, Mrs Hanson and Mrs Jenkins pre-

sented great ideas to the staff. They demonstrated activ-

ities and opportunities in the classroom for ‘unplugged’

coding and STEAM challenges to get young minds think-

ing critically and creatively. There was a competitive re-

lay in the library where the teachers had to solve coding

problems with pens and paper! We are very fortunate

to have so many teachers skilled in a variety of areas and

that they are willing and excited to share their

knowledge with their colleagues.

Greta Lewis

Acting Principal

Together we are Stronger and Smarter

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Thursday 27 February

District Swimming carnival

Friday 28 February

5/6 Voyager Assembly

Mr Sansom’s retirement

Tuesday 3 March

Welcome Picnic

Tuesday 10 March

K-2 Gruffalo Excursion

Friday 13 March

Stage 2 Mini Excursion To Vincentia HS

Next Meeting

Thurs 12 Mar

9.15am

Bunaan Gudjah

Waraga Room

Success at the

Show When Nowra Show

came to town, Noah

wasn’t going to pass

up the opportunity to

enter into one of the

many competitions offered to school-aged children.

With the help of Pat to gather the materials needed,

and after lots of hard work, Noah’s grizzly bear and

train inspired masterpiece came 1st in the ‘Article of

Soft Craft’ division. Congratulations Noah!

Thursday 26th

March @

Husky Pub

7pm

Come along and join in the fun or get a group

together and book a table in advance

* Trivia *Games *Prizes

All funds raised going to Huskisson Public

School

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In the garden….

"It was all hands on deck this week as children

were involved in an array of learning experiences,

from measuring garden plots, tasting and prepar-

ing fresh veggies, and planting seedlings. Working

in a team, communicating, and problem solving

were all positive outcomes!"

- Mrs Norris

Wk 6 Lunch Order

Husky Sports Chinese Meal deal

***THURSDAY MARCH 5***

$5.50

Sweet & Sour Pork

with boiled rice, fried rice or noodles

Or

Honey Chicken

with boiled rice, fried rice or noodles

Please note: In week 6, lunch orders will be

for Thursday instead of the usual

Wednesday!

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War on Waste Starting at HPS Students at Huskisson Public School have a keen interest

in the environment especially when it comes to plastic

pollution. This week our special visitor Anthony Hill from

Plastic Pollution Solutions came to our school to help

students understand how we can make our beautiful

school even more environmentally friendly.

Anthony led our Green

Team on a litter audit

of the school grounds

to first work out what

sort of waste was being

left in our playground.

Then the students

sorted the rubbish

before logging their

discoveries with the

Australian Marine

Debris Database at Tangaroa Blue.

What did the kids find out? They discovered that we have

some problems when it comes to waste and will soon

pose some solutions to their findings. The Green Team

looks forward to presenting their ideas to our school

community in the

future.

Anthony also surprised some of the other classes with

a mystery activity involving his beautiful van, Bev.

Both Tapalla and Sailors had a short informative talk

with Anthony before exploring the brilliant underwa-

ter scenes painted on his van. The students also dis-

covered some of the human impact of plastic pollu-

tion within the artwork as well.

All other classes had the opportunity to explore An-

thony’s artistic van, which opened up great conversa-

tions about the state of our oceans. Thanks Anthony

for a real hands-on learning experience. We look for-

ward to putting our solutions into action in our own

War on Waste!

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Sports Report Swimming

Last Friday was our School Swimming carnival for

2020. Firstly, I would like to thank all of the parents

and family members that came along on the day to

support our students, especially those that were able

to assist as timekeepers during the carnival. Being a

smaller school we do rely on the support of our won-

derful parents to help the day to run smoothly. After

a few unexpected events in the morning we were

able to get the day back on track and be able to en-

joy a relatively relaxed carnival. Congratulations to

all of the children for their involvement during the

day. It was wonderful to see so many children com-

pete in the various events. Finally, well done to the

House Captains. They were able to organise their

relay teams and keep their competitors informed

throughout the day. The results and placing of each

race are published at the end of this week’s news-

letter with age champions and final scores to be pub-

lished next week.

The District carnival is to be held at Nowra Pools on

Thursday 27th February. This year’s District carnival

will be a lot different to what we experienced in the

past. As we have combined with Nowra to form

‘Shoalhaven PSSA’, there will obviously be more

schools involved and therefore more competitors

and greater competition to gain entry through to

Region. With over 20 schools involved parking will

be at a premium. You may wish to arrive early to

find adequate parking.

Trials

There are lots of District trials during the beginning

of the year for our students. This week we had stu-

dents attending the Basketball trials at Shoalhaven

Indoor Sports Centre. The District Soccer trials will

be held on Wednesday 26th February. Mr Frost has

selected children to attend these trials. Tennis trials

are to be held on Friday 28th February. Please in-

form Mr Vidler if your child is a regular tennis play-

er.

Yours in Sport,

Darren Vidler

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