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TOMAREE PUBLIC SCHOOL PO Box 710, Nelson Bay 2315

EMAIL: tomaree-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEB: www.tomaree-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 4

November December January 2019 1st-Gymnastics program 3rd -Year 7 Parent Information Night 29th-Staff return

2nd- Colour Run Day 4th -HS orientation day 30th-Students Year 1 to Year 6 return

6th -1st Kindergarten orientation and parent Information session and -Year 6 Annual School Fair

5th -K-6 Assembly Kindergarten students start 4th FEBRUARY

7th -K-6 Assembly and -Gymnastics programme

6th -Twilight Bandstand at Anna Bay PS and Volunteers Morning Tea 11.30-12.30 pm

8th -Year 6 Fair -Gymnastics programme

11th -Presentation Day rehearsal

9th -Remembrance Day Service and -TEC 20th Anniversary /Grandfriend’s Assembly

12th -Presentation Day

12th-23rd -Commencement of Intensive Swimming Scheme

17th -Year 6 Farewell

14th -2nd Kindergarten orientation and Gymnastics programme

18th -End of year picnics

15th-Gymnastics programme 19th -Last day of School Term 4

29th -3rd Kindergarten orientation

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

1st November 2018

Term 4 Week 3 Wow! November already … and still so many things to happen before the end of our school year! Please keep up to

date with our newsletter, Dojo, Skoolbag, Facebook and the TPS website.

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Kindergarten Orientation Our Kindergarten Orientation Session 1 will occur next Tuesday the 6th November from 9.45-11.30. Students

enrolling in Kinder next year will spend the morning in the Kindergarten classrooms while parents will attend the

information session in the hall. They can RSVP to donna.abraham@det.nsw.edu.au.

Year 6 Fair Also next Tuesday is the Year 6 fair! This is a fantastic day run by our Year 6 students. There will be a variety of

sideshow like attractions and challenges for the children to enjoy. These activities are all included in the $5

admission price. The $5 is payable to the office before the event, and students can bring some loose change to buy

items from the white elephant stall. If anyone has donations of old toys and/or books for this stall, please send them

to Mrs Donovan. All students will attend the fair after an early recess.

Year 6 camp What an amazing time our Stage 3 students had during our three day trip to Bathurst and the Blue Mountains. The

behaviour of the students was exceptional, and the children learnt so much about our pioneering past and the gold

rush. They also had a lot of fun. Thanks to Mrs Holloway for spending so much time with her thorough organisation,

in order to ensure that the camp was amazing. Thank you too to the Stage 3 teachers (who do not receive overtime

for camps), our brilliant SLSOs (Student Learning Support Officers) and our parent helpers.

ES1/S1 Excursion On Tuesday, Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students went on an excursion to the Hunter Valley Zoo. Apparently, the lions

put on quite a show. I had asked some of the students to try to bring me back a meerkat, but they informed me that

unfortunately they cannot be kept as pets. The children’s behaviour was excellent and the weather perfect. Thank

you to the teachers and support staff that organised and supervised this fantastic day.

Grandfriends / 20th Anniversary Assembly We would like to welcome all grandparents and grandfriends to join us for a sausage sizzle and a special assembly on

Friday the 9th of November. This will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the school. A sausage sizzle

will start at 8.30am with the assembly commencing at 9.45am in the primary school hall. Come along, enjoy a hot

sausage and an orange juice, and maybe read a book with your grandchild. Unfortunately, parking will not be

available onsite. You can drop grandfriends off, and then park at the pool. Parking is not available in the staff

carpark.

We hope that you can make it!

Remembrance Day assembly Traditionally, when Remembrance Day falls on a weekend, we commemorate this day on the Friday before, but as

next Friday is already very busy with our special assembly and sport, it will be held on Thursday 8th November. It is a

very short memorial. Students will leave classes to meet under the COLA and have a minute’s silence before

returning to class. Thank you to Mrs Bunny and Mrs Hersant for organising a box of World War Two artefacts from

The National War Memorial in Canberra. Students will have the opportunity to touch and even wear these relics in

their classrooms, helping to connect them to what Remembrance Day is really all about.

Colour Run The school colour run is this Friday! Do your final round of fundraising and prepare yourself for an awesome day!

All of the cash collected can be dropped into canteen any day this week up until Monday 5th November! The

event starts at 11:30am on the school field so please come down and support the students after all their hard work!

If you would like to attend the event, please sign in at the front administration building. Please note that Keel Street

gate will be closed and the only access will be from the main administration building.

To order your prize simply visit http://schoolfundraising.com.au between Friday 2nd November and Monday 5th

November and create/ log into your profile page. Then click on the ‘ORDER PRIZES’ button and follow the prompts.

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ATSI AFL All of our ATSI students have been attending an AFL cultural development program every Monday afternoon for four

weeks. Caitlin from AFL NSW has been teaching these students skills and teamwork through a variety of fun AFL

based games. It has been lovely to see the way these kids have been working together and supporting each other

with the learning of these new skills from Kindergarten to Year 6. We look forward to another two weeks of the

program.

Teachers’ Day

Teachers’ Day was celebrated last week. Thanks to our amazing support staff for putting on a delicious spread for

our lunch! Thanks for all that our amazing teachers do for our students, and for each other. As I am sure you are

aware, teaching is much more than a 9.30am to 3.30pm job. Our teachers go above and beyond to provide a huge

variety of learning opportunities and extra curricula activities for your amazing children, often working for hours at

home to ensure that their students are provided with a quality education and every opportunity to develop into

productive and happy adults and citizens.

I hope that you can take the opportunity to attend one of our many special events happening across the school in

the coming weeks.

Ben Cornish

(for Christene King)

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Wonderful writing skills from our students

I was lucky enough to have Cooper O’Brien and Eli Hart visit me last week to share with me their wonderful writing.

It made my day to see these two talented kindergarten students confidently share and read their writing.

Well done boys

Mrs C King

Principal

Defence Aide News FamilySMART and KidSMART Programs

Defence Community Organisation will be delivering two FamilySMART and KidSMART Programs in November. The sessions will assist families to identify and build on their strengths, learn techniques to cope with the stresses and challenges of the military lifestyle, and become more resilient, self-reliant and proactive.

The dates the Programs will be run are:

Saturday, November 3 and Saturday, November 17, at 1.00-3.00pm, a tDCO Hunter, RAAF Base Williamtown.

RSVP or enquiries to DCO.HunterRIMS@ defence.gov.au or phone 40346973.

Christmas Treat The annual Christmas treat will be held on Friday, November 30 at Revolution Sports Park, 55 The Avenue, Maryville, from 12.00-3.00pm. All tickets are $25 each which includes 3 hours of jumping, lunch (for children) and a showbag.

Tickets are available at https://www.stickytickets.com.au/74386 until November 16.

I can be contacted on 4981 1444 or email debbie.hersant@det.nsw.edu.au Have a great week. Debbie Hersant DSTA

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Stage Three Bathurst Excursion Last week most of stage 3 went on their major excursion for the year. They went to Katoomba, Bathurst, Hill End and

Jenolan Caves. It was a very busy three days with our students gaining lots of knowledge associated with our studies

on colonisation and major events in Australia’s history.

The teachers were very proud of the respect shown at all of the venues we visited and the enthusiasm which was

demonstrated by all of our students. Overall the behaviour of our stage 3 was outstanding.

We would like to thank Mr O’Neill, Mrs Toscano and Mr Rawlins for giving up their time to be our parent helpers and

supporting our students.

Below are some photos of our time away.

Sue Holloway

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