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Term 4 Week 2 Weekly Newsletter of Tamworth Public School 24 October 2019

Calendar

OCTOBER

Friday 25 Girls Basketball FinalsMonday 28 Peel High Extra

Transition Kindergarten Orientation Program 9.30am - 12pm

P&C Meeting 7pm Staffroom

Tuesday 29 Kindergarten Orientation Program 9.30am - 12pm

Life Education Notes & Money Due

Wednesday 30 Kindergarten Orientation Program 9.30am - 12pm

Thursday 31 Chess - Nemingha

NOVEMBERFriday 1 Charity DayMonday 4 Stage 2/3 CAPERS Mass

Rehearsal Music ConcertTuesday 5 Stage 1 CAPERS Mass

Rehearsal Life Education startsFriday 8 CAPERS matineeMonday 11 Application for Selective

Schools closes Remembrance Day

Service - 10am

Monday 18 P&C Meeting 7pm Staffroom

Monday 25 Year 6 Canberra Excursion departs

Intensive Swimming begins

DECEMBER

Wednesday 11 Presentation Day

Thursday 12 Year 6 Formal

Monday 16 Year 6 Graduation Assembly

Wednesday 18 Last Day for Students

Most countries around the world celebrate World Teachers’ Day on October 5, however, because this date usually falls during the Australian school holidays, we celebrate World Teachers’ Day on the last Friday of October instead. This year, World Teachers’ Day falls on Friday 25 October in Australia. In 2019, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the UNESCO theme, “Young Teachers: The future of the Profession.” The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, to take stock of achievements and to address some of the issues central for attracting and keeping the brightest minds and young talents in the profession. This Friday our P&C have decided to provide our teachers with a morning tea to express their appreciation on behalf of the parent body for the amazing job done by our teachers, as they prepare our children for the future in a Caring, Courteous and Considered way.

World Teacher’s Day

Kindergarten Orientation

This coming Monday 28 October 2019 our highly engaging Kinder Orientation program will begin for those children starting school in 2020. A special information session for parents/carers will be held that day in the school Library commencing at 10:00am. Sessions for children will be held Monday 28 October through to Wednesday 30 October 2019 between 9:30am and 12:00pm. The first year of school is such an important time in your child’s life and we are committed to making the transition from preschool/home to school, a happy one. I am looking forward to meeting all our new and continuing parents at this special information session.

Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition

Last term, almost 90 Stage 3 students sat the Newcastle Permanent Primary Schools Maths Competition. Across the state over 19000 students were involved.

We’re very pleased to announce that our students performed exceptionally well in the competition, with Year 6 student Owen Shepherdson topping the Year 6 section for the Hunter Region. He will be attending an awards ceremony in November. See full results Page 4.

This is a phenomenal achievement and it is clear that Maths is certainly alive and well at TPS! Well done to everyone who gave it their best shot on the day. You have made Miss Mack, Mrs Morris and Miss McKerrow (and all teachers) very proud indeed!

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Special Awards

Bonnie Berman Mia Burgess

Harrison Chaffey Jayda Chaffey

Ruby Clegg Harrison Curran

Isabella Hazelwood Mykayla Hensby

Izabella Johnston Arleen Kaur

Benjamin Kingham Avie Liddicoat

Ethan Loveday Lucy Lyden

Harrison Lye Audrey Mann

Evelyn Mann Sophie Martin

Connor McLean Zac Parkinson

Oliver Prout Phoebe Rankmore

Alexander Rasmussen Amelia Rindo

Jonothan Rogers Viraj Singh

Clair Thuhan Lucy Woods

Principal Awards

Taheem Araaf Piper Blinman

Scout Clarke Lachlan Montgomery

Louis Woods Toby Wright

Principal Award of Excellence

Lola Keech Philippa Mattheus

Year 5 Exploring Rotational Symmetry

Building Update

At present our builders are pouring concrete for footings for both the new classrooms and the hall. There may be some interruption to traffic in Brisbane street during this time. Please be mindful that there will be an increase in heavy vehicle traffic this week. I would suggest you avoid the area and drop off children in Bourke or Napier Streets.

Asthma Alert Days

Parents are reminded that during this period of lingering bushfire smoke many of our students who suffer from asthma struggle during physical education lessons or just in normal play. Please send them to school with their asthma puffers or, if they have a serious medical condition consider whether having them running around outside would be detrimental. As a school we are very conscience of those students who have an Asthma Management Plan and will find alternate things for them to do to avoid outside exertion or exposure.

Chris Connor PRINCIPAL

Last Full School Assembly

Please make sure your children have handed in any awards they would like processed this year by WEEK 6, FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2019.

Year 6 need to have their awards handed in as soon as possible, Kindergarten to Year 5 can carry over until next year.

Thank you to everyone for handing in their awards this year. Just a reminder that office staff do not keep records of who has been given awards. It is up to the student (or parent) to monitor this. We are unable to produce special awards without the appropriate merit awards attached.

Remember that all awards can be carried over from year to year so keep them in a safe place. As soon as you have the required amount of awards please hand them in to receive your next higher award. Do not ‘save’ them until the end of year.

6 little Magpie Awards = 1 x Merit Award (teacher issues this)

3 Merit Awards =1 x Special Award (office issue)

3 Special Awards =1 x Principal Award (office issue)

3 Principal Awards =1 x Principal Award of Excellence (office issue)

IMPORTANT DATES FOR END OF YEAR

Tuesday 10 December Practice for Presentation Day

Wednesday 11 December Presentation Day - Town Hall

Thursday 12 December Year 6 Formal

Friday 13 December Medallion Ceremony 9.30am

Friday 13 December Kindergarten Buddy Disco

Monday 16 December Year 6 Graduation Assembly

Wednesday 18 December Last Day of School for Students

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SHOW DON’T TELLSweat building up, the cold air pricked the back of Josh’s neck, the clouds only letting in the soft glow from the Sun’s beaming rays. With the breath-taking backdrop of The Himalayas, if he makes it across and retrieves the fortune, his victory photo will look incredible, but are treasures and a photo worth this unforgiving risk? That, Josh isn’t so sure about. The pros and cons weighing in his mind, and the (questionable) encouragement from his brother made this life-changing decision the slightest bit easier. The icy feeling of the thin wires made him tremble, but by now, it was too late to turn back. With fear-engulfed, steady steps, the endless riches were slowly getting closer. Suddenly, the fear that had been building up inside of him tore itself out and was released, and Josh’s legs painfully buckled. No more steadiness, no more calm, just panic and heavy fear. Without a thought, he leaped, but it only fell short.

Screaming, sirens, black.

Olivia Galbraith

Tamworth Public School’s Annual Music ConcertsWhere: Oxley High School

TIme: 6pm

Come and be entertained by our very own Tamworth Public School Music Program Students!

Wednesday 4 December

Clarinet - Mrs Val Godden

Flute & Brass - Mr Ivan Bevan

Band - Mr Ivan Bevan

Thursday 5 December

Piano - Mr Robert Weir

Violin - Mr Sam Blaxland

Junior Choir & Senior Choir - Mrs Jane Blanch

Monday 9 December

Ukulele, Drum & Guitar - Mr Von De Moray

Gold Coin Donation

Please be seated by 5.45pm

We hope you enjoy the show!!

The Big Camp Out Armidale 2019 – for schools Hands up if you like camping?

Well, I’ve got a quick piece of news for all the dads, father-figures and also for all the kids here today!

In November, you have the chance to go and enjoy an exciting sleep-over Camp Out at Rugby League Park (home of the Rams)!

This event is called the Big Camp Out and it’s run by an organisation called The Fathering Project. We think it’ll be a great time, and even a couple of dads and families at our school might already have tickets?

It sounds like it will be heaps of fun, with lots of quality fathering time and other fun activities like arts and crafts, blind fold sports, camp cooking and more! For more information, please contact: John Everett Armidale Coordinator (john.everett@thefatheringproject.org)

Questacon

The Shell Questacon Science Circus will be holding a Pop-Up Science Centre on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October at Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre (TRECC). Visitors of all ages can enjoy over 40 interactive science exhibits and watch spectacular science shows as Science Circus presenters lie on a bed of nails and levitate beach balls. Come any time between 10am and 3pm. Tickets are only available at the door: adult $6, child/concession $5, family $18 and children under 5 are free.

Further information is available via:

https://www.questacon.edu.au/events/sqsc/exhibition/tamworth

Charity DayCharity Day will be held on Friday 1 November, 2019 (Week 3) between recess and lunch. Everyone loves Charity Day and the stalls are getting bigger and better each year.If your child has an idea for a stall, they need to discuss it with their teacher, then fill out the information form signed by their teacher and then place it in the box outside of Mrs Wilson’s room.Some ideas for stalls are: Guessing competitions, food stalls, games and activities, finger nail painting, arts and craft, hair decorating, lucky dips just to name a few.No stall is allowed to have any electrical appliances.We will supply the tables for the stalls.Every year we raise an amazing amount of money which is then split between 5 charities that the SRC choose.Thankyou to all the parents that generously donate all the items for the stall.

Mrs Wilson 6W

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NEWCASTLE PERMANENT MATHS COMPETITIONThe Year 6 results included:

High Distinction: Owen Shepherdson, Dominic Barbara.

Distinction: Kane Clemson, Eugene Harris, Emma Conning, Luke Suter, John Cooper, Mathew Beattie, Nicholas Green, Oscar

Morphett, Toby Dew, Lily Diver, Emily Wood, William Hall, Amelia Brown, Natasha Dustin, Georgia Cowell, Chloe Freeman,

Mikah DeRossi-Simpson, Campbell Green, Jessica Elms, Kahlab Miller, Nate Ervine, Josie Francis, Jonah Sylvester, Katie

Sheppard.

Merit: Hayden Miller, Nicholas Page, Qi Zhan, Shelley King, Megan Carr, Cameron Loseby, Olivia Galbraith, Noah Richards,

Lucy Carroll, Jorja Roach, Emily Prout, Jessica Anderson, Sebastian Burrows, Fraser Simpson, Natalie Hanks.

The Year 5 results included:

Distinction: Liam Griffiths, Nouran Razize, James Wise, Max McDonald, Jack Lawson, Bella Miller, Aidan Ray, Kyan Martin,

Roy Peatling, Ella Jones, Jack Large, Andrew Savovski, Charlie Wellings, Charlotte Kingham, Ruby Woods, Brooke Litchfield.

Merit: Kevin Do, Azkah Fawaz, Jemima Gray, Hannah Lawrence, Thomas Blanch, Lachlan Montgomery, Philippa Mattheus,

Charlie Ward, Oliver Burrows, Ethan Loveday, Laura Woods, Luke Barratt, Brodhy Carter, Kaelen Northey, Ella Wright, Kris

Mackie, Mila-Harrie White, Callan Beard, Archie Taylor, Makenzee Davison, Bronte Gillan, Amelia Arndell.