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Bottlebrush St, THURGOONA NSW 2640 Phone: 02 60431 244 Fax: 02 60432 045 Email: thurgoona-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.thurgoona-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Relieving Principal: Joan Courtney

Term 2 Week 2 28 April 2015

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ANZAC PARADE

Wednesday 29 April Borambola Excursion Year 5/6 – Due home at 3:00 pm K-2 - GYMNASTICS

Friday 1 May ASSEMBLIES: K/Stage 1 - Kangaroo Paw at 11:25am to 11:55am Stage 2/3 - Acacia at 12:00 to 12:30 pm

Thurgoona Public School Many thanks to parents and students who participated in the Anzac Day march on Saturday. It was wonderful to see so many students involved in the march. Thanks also go to staff who assisted in the supervision of students. It is a credit to our students who waited ever so patiently to participate – being second last in the march. Their behaviour whilst waiting was excellent. Stage 3 are at present at Borambola enjoying the challenges of leadership activities. They are due back tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 pm. If running late a note will be placed on the glass doors at the office with anticipated arrival time. Again thanks to the staff for their participation and to Mrs Ward for her organisation of such a huge event. Congratulations to Liam Rule who this week is representing our school in the NSW PSSA Riverina Basketball team. Liam is trying out for the state team as we speak. Best wishes to him for the week. Congratulations to Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 on their wonderful ‘Fun Day’ at Oddies Creek last week. Everyone had a wonderful time and the day turned out to be perfect after a dubious start – weatherwise. Thanks to Mr Clark and Miss Davis for their organisation of the day and parents who supported the event. These children are also participating in weekly gymnastic lessons – I am sure we will see some photos soon of them in action. Although PSSA is a way off starting, please check with your child to see if they are in a team. They will require correct sports uniform to be able to participate – socks are available at the canteen for soccer and AFL. Reminder: Children whose parents require them to bring a mobile phone to school for safety purposes before or after school are required to hand them in at the office on arrival to school and collect them at 3:00pm. They are kept there for safety purposes and security, clearly named, during 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Students do not need to access their phones during the school day. Should these procedures not be followed the student’s phone will be confiscated and returned on either receipt of a note from the student's parent or in person to the student's parent. Students are not to bring any electronic devices to school. If brought to school, they will be confiscated and returned to parents as per the procedures above. Please remember that if your child brings personal property to the school they do so at their own risk – schools will not accept any responsibility for loss or damage to personal property. Kind Regards Joan Courtney Relieving Principal

NOTES HOME

Stewart House Donation Drive 2015 Envelopes-All Students Cross Country notes and Stage 2 Excursion notes to be returned.

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COOL KID WINNERS – EXCELLENT BEHAVIOUR IN THE PLAYGROUND

Winners for this week are: Caleb Honeyman, Kobe Watson, Cameron Hamblin, Matilda Clapham, Alyvia Bartholomew, James Deanshaw and Caitlin Stepowany.

RAINBOW AWARDS

Jake McNaughton Red Montana Bartholomew Green Phoenix Webb Purple Ella Bergic Green Ebony Heywood Purple Jack Furze Green Ben Fowler Green Chloe Kluver Bronze Stephanie Adams Green Tyler Creek Bronze Kira Howell Green Joshua Collins Bronze Patrick Gallagher Green

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN OUR CHILDREN.

Over the next few weeks I will include some thoughts from Dr Tim Elmore about building resilience in our children. This week the focus is on letting your children experience risk. This can be tricky for us parents – keeping our children safe is engrained from before they were born, which is generally a good thing! The problem comes when we are reluctant to let go and let them learn hard lessons for themselves – falling off the swings hurts and while it’s not good for a young baby, for a three year old being able to jump on the swing solo and run the risk of falling off is necessary in order to let them grow and learn. Dr Elmore explains that taking risks teaches children to make informed choices about behaviour when they are older. By not letting them take age appropriate risks, there is a good chance they won’t know how to determine good risks from bad when they are older, or they will lack confidence in themselves to try. Allowing your children to take some risks also shows them you believe in their ability to not only make choices, but recover when they fall. How do we get the balance right? How do we know when it is okay for them, to take climb to the top of the playground, walk to school alone or skateboard down the hill? The trick is to look around and let them take risks that are age appropriate. Factor in their nature – some are more cautious than others and inherently ‘look before they leap’.

LIBRARY NEWS

- Friday 1 May

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HEAD LICE

Please be diligent in checking your child’s head for head lice over the coming term. By following the steps below we can minimise the impact they have on your child and their learning. The facts Head lice infestations are a common occurrence, particularly in primary schools. • about 23% of primary students have head lice at any one time • anyone can catch head lice regardless of their age, sex, or how clean their hair is • head lice move from one person's head to another via hair • head lice do not survive long when they are off a human head • head lice do not live on furniture, hats, bedding or carpet • head lice have built up some resistance to head lice treatments

Treatment • daily combing of white hair conditioner using a fine tooth comb is effective in getting rid of head lice

and eggs (nits) • school communities may need to hold 'check and treat' or Nitbuster days where everyone learns about

and starts treatment on the same day.

Tips for parents in reducing the spread of head lice As infestations are particularly common in primary schools, it is best to choose a treatment that can be used over time. There is no single solution to eradication, only persistence. • regularly check your children's hair • teach older children to check their own hair • tie back and braid long hair • keep a fine tooth head lice comb in the bathroom and encourage all family members to use it when

they wash their hair.

INFANTS FUN DAY

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CLASS NEWS – KANGAROO PAW

Kangaroo Paw students have started a Curiosity Unit of Learning. We have learnt that being curious involves having a strong desire to know or learn about something that we are interested in. We started our unit by asking the question “what are you most curious about?” Here are their responses:

Adah – I am curious about ANZAC Day and what it means. Bailey – How are Mario games made? Hunter – What types of cats are there? Isabella – How are lollipops made? Izaak – Why is grass green? Liam - How is money made? Lily – I want to learn about the olden days! Milan – I am curious about what I am going to learn at school! Morgan – How and why do moths grow so big? Nicholas – How are motorbikes made? Olivia – I am curious about how to do magic tricks. Pratham – How do the Army build tanks and guns? Thomas – What countries were in World War 1? Tiahni – How many countries are there in the world? Toby – Who was the first person made? Bodhi – How was the world created? Chris – What are the parts in a car engine? Ella – Why do jellyfish sting? Jake – I want to learn more words. Joel – Why do different countries speak different languages? Kaidyn – Who made animals? Keith – Why is the sky blue most of the time? Sandy – How is chocolate made? Seanna – I want to know more about gums and teeth. Sophie – I want to learn all about baby animals from different countries. Tilly – What does discombobulated mean?

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Thurgoona Public School P&C NEWS

REMINDER: The next meeting will be held on Monday 11 May at 7.00pm in the P&C room. All welcome.

PRE-LOVED UNIFORM SHOP

The Pre-loved uniform shop will be open from 8.45am – 9.15am on: Friday 1 May or by appointment. Contact Janelle – 0423 073 911

CANTEEN NEWS

NO OTHER LUNCH ORDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THIS DAY

Counter sales remain the same.

COMMUNITY NEWS

MOTHERS DAY FAMILY NIGHT

Thursday 7th May

6:00pm - 8:00pm – Albury

Come along for a fun filled evening of entertainment at our FREE Mothers Day Family Night. The children will be entertained by our jumping castle, animal nursery, face painters, balloon sculpture as well as making a gift for mum.

Dinner and drinks are provided. Bookings are essential and can be made by ringing: 02 6042 3400.

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Term 2 2015 (New entries are in Red)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

Apr

il/May

2

27 Stage 3 Borambola

28 Stage 3 Borambola

29 Stage 3 Borambola

K-2 Gym

30

1 PSSA Training

2 3

May

3

4 5 6 K-2 Gym

7 8 TPS Cross Country

9 10

4

11 P&C Meeting 7pm

12 NAPLAN Y3/5

13 NAPLAN Y3/5 K-2 Gym

14 NAPLAN Y3/5

15 District Athletics

16 17

5

18

19 20 K-2 Gym

21 22 Paul Kelly Cup

23 24

6

25

26 27 K-2 Gym Grip-Leaders Conference

28 29 District Cross Country

30 31

Jun

e

7

1 2 3 K-2 Gym

4 SnakeTails Show

5 PSSA Starts

6 7

8

8 Queen’s Birthday

9 Riverina Cross Country

10 K-2 Gym

11 Lion’s Club Public Speaking

12 PSSA Stage 2 & 3

13 14

9 15

16 17K-2 Gym

18 19 PSSA

Stage 2 & 3

20 21

10 22 23 24 K-2 Gym

MPPS Public Speaking Final

25 Tony Lockett AFL

26 PSSA Stage 2 & 3

27 28

Jun

/Jul

29

30 1 2 3 4 5

6

7 8 9 10 11 12

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