Newsletter Term 3, Week 1

19 July 2016

Principal’s Message

Welcome Miss Duncan At the conclusion of Term 2, Miss Kylee Denham was successful in her application for Relieving Assistant Principal of Tarrawanna Public School. In her absence, Miss April Duncan will be teaching KD and is the newest member of our Unanderra Public School teaching staff. On behalf of our entire Unanderra Public School community I would like to welcome Miss Duncan. I’m sure that she will bring a great deal of passion and enthusiasm to the role.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on school students with disability is an annual collection that counts the number of school students with disability and the level of educational adjustments they are provided with. Information collected through this process assists our school and education authorities in better supporting students with a disability. The collection of data also provides an opportunity for our school to review our learning and support systems and processes to ensure that we are continually improving outcomes for students with disabilities. The privacy and confidentiality of all students and their families is essential. Personal details will not be provided to local or federal authorities through this compulsory process. For additional information, please contact administration at school.

Parent Café Re-launch During Education Week, on Wednesday 3

rd August, Unanderra PS

is re-launching the Parent Café. This concept has been conceived as an informal way for members of our community and teaching staff to come together to share ideas and promote greater community engagement within our school. There is no ongoing commitment. If you can spare some time on the 3

rd August from 2pm onwards, drop in for a free coffee or hot

chocolate and chat with Miss Dowdell or myself. We look forward to seeing you.

Unanderra Public School

TIMES49 Derribong Drive, Cordeaux Heights, 2526 Phone: (02) 4272 8730 Fax: (02) 4272 8734 E-mail: unanderra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.unanderra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

ISER Performing Ensemble(due Fri 22 July)

5 cent Friday (every Friday)

This Week

Monday July 25

ISER Performing Ensemble Concert Change of time now at 9:15am

Wednesday July 27 – Friday July 29

Stage 3 Mogo Camp

What’s coming up

Monday August 1 Education Week

P&C Meeting 7:00pm

P&C Spell-a-thon Sheet go home Tuesday August 2

ICAS University Test – English

Open Classroom 12:00pm – 1:00pm Thursday August 4

District Athletics ½ Day

SISA K-2 11:30am - 3:00pm Friday August 5

District Athletics full Day

Whole School “Ned Show” performance Monday August 8

Surf Education Yrs 2,4 &6 2pm Monday August 15 – Science Week

Dapto Library Visit for Book Week Primary 10am, K-2 11:30am

Tuesday August 16

ICAS University Test – Maths Thursday August 18

P&C Spell-a-thon Test Tuesday August 23

K-2 Literacy Day

Book Week Parade Wednesday August 24

Southern Stars Mass Dance Rehearsal Thursday August 25

Southern Stars Tech & Dress Rehearsal

SISA K-2 11:30am – 3:00pm Friday August 26

Newsletter Term 3, Week 1

19 July 2016

Fun Languages A reminder to parents who expressed an interest in their child(ren) attending either French or Spanish language classes this term that these classes will begin here at UPS from Week 3 onwards. French classes will commence on Monday, 1

st August while Spanish will begin on Thursday, 4

th August. Language

classes are held in Room 20 from 8:00am until 8:45am.

ISER Performing Ensemble Once again in 2016 we are fortunate to be hosting the ISER Performing Ensemble. This travelling ensemble provides students of our school with the opportunity to see highly talented instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers from within Public Education system showcasing their talents and presenting music and performance pieces that span an impressive range of genres and styles. The cost for this production covers expenses incurred with touring the show. It represents great value for money and personally, I consider it one of the highlights of the year here at Unanderra Public School. It’s not to be missed! Welcome back to school for Term 3. Have a great week,

Gavin Hoy Relieving Principal

Welcome to Term 3, everyone. This is a very exciting term for the

iLibrary as we will be conducting lots of library activities to help celebrate Book Week and quality Australian children's literature. Students will be participating each week in lessons focusing on one of the shortlisted books while Dapto Library will be coming to UPS in Week 5 to help us get in the mood for Book Week. We will top this off on Tuesday the 23

rd of

August in Week 6 with the traditional Book Week Book Parade. So get your thinking caps on for character costumes. Remember your child can always borrow a book from our school library to hold as they walk in the parade.

On that note, just a reminder of class library borrowing days:

Monday - 1/2D, 1/2H, 4/5A, 5/6M

Tuesday - 5/6B, 5/6N

Wednesday - KW, 1/2J, 3/4G

Thursday - KD, KM, 3/4M, 3/4S,

Friday - 1/2M, 1/2E

Happy reading.

Rachel Prior

Teacher Librarian

Newsletter Term 3, Week 1

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Welcome back to Term 3. Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.

P&C Meeting: Our next P & C meeting will be held on Monday 1st

August at 7pm, in the staffroom. If you would

like to hear more about what’s happening in the school, present ideas, share opinions, vote on items raised and/or help out with or hear about any of our events, please join us at this next meeting.

Upcoming events:

Spell-a-thon: Will commence next month with spelling word lists and sponsor forms going home on Monday 1st

August. Our Spell-a-thon written test will then be held on Thursday 18th

August to allow plenty of time for students to obtain their sponsors. This is always a great fundraising event that helps raise valuable funds for the school. Special prizes will be awarded to the top students who raise the most funds and also a class prize to the top junior and senior classes that raise the most funds.

Father’s Day Stall - Will be held on Thursday 1st

September with a great range of gifts available for $5 each. A

flyer will go home next month where we will also be seeking volunteers to help on the morning.

P & C Events – Village Fair: The Village Fair is scheduled for Friday 28th

October from 4pm to 8pm. Rides,

food, games and entertainment will all be included on the night. Our rides have been booked with Fosters Amusements and a variety of food options will be available for dinner. More information will be forthcoming when available. School Hats: School hats are available for purchase at the canteen for $11.

Joanne Crawford, P&C President

Term 3 Daily Specials

Mondays - Spaghetti Bolognese Tuesdays - Pizza Day Wednesdays - Chicken Stir Fry and Rice Thursdays - Chicken Carbonara Fridays - Fish Burger Thank you, Made Fresh

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Welcome back to School Banking for Term 3! There are two new rewards to choose from, and the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is running a competition for those who bank regularly. Read on for details… Firstly, congratulations to 4/5A, who were the weekly class winners in the last week of Term 2. Only 69 bankers made a deposit that week, so let’s see if we can improve on that, and be in the running for some great prizes! CBA is running an exciting competition during Term 3 with some great prizes to be won. To enter, students must make three (3) or more School Banking deposits during this term. Prizes up for grabs include camping kits, instant cameras and

magazine packs. In addition, those who also complete the online Stargazing activity go into a separate draw to win one of 50 Playstation 4 packs. Students can complete the Stargazing online activity at any time during Term 3 at commbank.com.au/prizelights. This term, the two new rewards that are available are the Jump and Skip Rope, and the Backtrack Eraser Pen. As stated in previous newsletters, the Mudsplat Handball and Flying Snake Tail are now out of stock. Available rewards include the Wildlife Writer Set, Outback Pat Bag Tag, Galaxy Glider (2015), Outer Space Saver Money Box (2015), Intergalactic Rocket (2015), and ET DVD (2015). Now there are lots more reasons to save regularly, so keep those deposits coming in. Happy saving! Thank you for your continued support. School banking coordinators and volunteers, Elizabeth Ilievski, Jenny Evans, Anne Davies and Nicole Martin

Recently, there have been a few reported cases of head lice within our school. People get head lice from hair to hair contact with someone else who has head lice. Having head lice is no indicator of hygiene; head lice do not care whether your hair is dirty or clean. Please check your child’s head for head lice to ensure they have not been exposed to head lice recently. If you find head lice, please treat them effectively by following the instructions from NSW Health found at the website below:

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/headlice/Pages/treatment.aspx If you have no access to the Internet please ask your local pharmacy for advice. It is generally necessary in the treatment of head lice to re-apply the treatment one week after the initially treatment.

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The FUN way to learn another language!

REMINDER

FRENCH and SPANISH classes will start this term, week 3 on

Monday 1st August (French) and Thursday 4th August (Spanish).

Classes run in the mornings from 8:00-8:45am in Room 20.

Ph. 0433 513 006

nicole.weber@lcfclubs.com.au

www.lcfclubs.com.au

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