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Newsletter - Term 1 Week 2

Principal's MessagePrincipal's Message

It has been just over a week since I commenced duty atCronulla South Public School and already I feel very much apart of the school and its fabulous community. I have beenwelcomed so warmly by the staff and had a chance already towork with them in professional development and through frankand open discussions across the school. Everyone who I havespoken to is enthusisatic and full of great ideas for now andthe future. I have also been out in the playground and saidhello to many students, who have then used great mannersto respond. Walking around the school has also given me anopportunity to visit a number of classrooms and to say helloto the children. I have been impressed with the activities thathave been happening and the levels of engagement I havewitnessed. It is my intention over the coming term to visit allclassrooms through invitation and make myself visible to thestudents. This Friday I will be at the Swimming Carnival and Iwill be also taking the PSSA Girls Soccer.

I have also had a chance over the past week to speak bothcasually and formally to a number of parents and in all caseshave been impressed by the value they have for their children'slearning. I deeply respect parent viewpoints and see positiveand negative feedback as an opportunity to better lead theschool. I see that there are challenges and this energises me towork harder towards school improvement.

In this newsletter you will see some news about areas wherethere will be changes over the coming term. Additionally youwill have seen some changes to the K-3 pickup area. Wewould very much appreciate you providing feedback on thesechanges either through talking to me face to face, throughmeetings or simply via an email. I value all of your viewpoints. Ihope you all have a great week ahead.

Dr Neil Lavitt

Keeping you up to dateKeeping you up to date

Notes sent home this fortnight:Notes sent home this fortnight:

PleasePlease note:note: All Swimming Carnival notes are due back at theoffice with payment by Thursday.

Staff 2020Staff 2020

Our school administration, teaching and learning teams areready for the 2020 school year, and as you have seen we haveformed classes quickly to get on with our roles of educatingyour children.

Learning and Teaching TeamLearning and Teaching Team

Principal Dr Neil Lavitt

ClassClass TeacherTeacher LocationLocation

KB Mrs Noelle Buhagiar

KM Mrs Emily McIntosh

1B Miss Hayley Bennett

1P Miss Sally Pryor (Assistant Principal -Years K-2)

2/3R Miss Simone Rekes

2HG Mrs Tahnee Garrod and Mrs LauraHamill

3W Mrs Portia Wittey

NorthSite

4W Mrs Michelle Waring (AssistantPrincipal Wellbeing)

SouthSite

• Optional Attendance for Year 2 at the SwimmingCarnival

• Swimming Carnival - Years 3-6

• Year 2 Learn to Swim Lessons

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5/6D Mr Michael Dickson (AssistantPrincipal Years 3-6)

5ST Miss Charmaine Samsely and MrArthur Taylor

6G Miss Samantha Galletta

Music Mr Arthur Taylor

LearningSupport

Mrs Christine Askew

InstructionalLeadershipRelease

Mrs Bridgitte Chapman

SchoolLibrarian

Mrs Olivia Collins

SchoolCounsellor

Ms Ingrid Scales

AcrosstheSchoolandLibrary

School Administrative Support TeamSchool Administrative Support Team

AdministrationManager

Mrs Briony Nilan

AdministrationOfficer

Miss Ally Walmsley

Mrs Louise Dorsman

SchoolOffice

SchoolLearningSupportOfficer

Ms Eloise McKinlay

GeneralAssistant

Mr Geoff Bourke

AcrosstheSchool

We look forward to an amazing 2020 at Cronulla South PublicSchool

Early Stage 1 & Stage 1 NewsEarly Stage 1 & Stage 1 News

Welcome to another year of learning! Students and teachersare happy to be back and are settling nicely into their newclasses. Year 2 are very excited to be playing on the southsite each day and are looking forward to our Year 2 swimmingprogram beginning Friday Week 3 . Year 1 have been greatrole models to our new Kindergarten students. They have beenshowing how to be a Safe, Respectful and Active Learner in theplayground. Well done Year 1.

Thank you to all the families who have sent the requested classsupplies this week. Please ensure that everything is labelledclearly.

KindergartenKindergarten

Congratulations to our Kindergarten students on a wonderfulstart to school. We have been busy making new friends,learning school expectations and having lots of fun. So far wehave met our buddies, been to the library, participated in amusic class and learnt class routines.

Mrs Buhagiar and Mrs McIntosh

Stage 2 NewsStage 2 News

Stage 2 students have made a very settled start to the year andhave already commenced Term 1 learning programs. For thenext two weeks we will be focussing on counting patterns andplace value in Mathematics. In English, our unit will be basedon teamwork and relationships. The students will read andanalyse texts which look at how collaboration and teamworkcan achieve a goal.

We are looking forward to a successful year of learning andwould like to wish all students attending the Year 3-6 SwimmingCarnival this Friday the best of luck. If you have yet to returnyour carnival permission note, please bring it to the school officeby Thursday 6th February 2020.

Stage 2

Stage 3 NewsStage 3 News

Hello Parents and Guardians, and welcome to Week 1!

To start the year, Stage 3 have had an amazing week to kickstart their last and second last year of Primary School! To beginwith years 2-6 appointed House Sports Captains and ViceCaptains for Marshall, Davies, Jackson and Treloar.

The year 6’s met their buddies for the first time on Tuesdaywhere they played with them on the playground and madeportfolio’s of themselves and each other. Both Kindergartenand year 6 have had an amazing time and each of them aredesperately looking forward to seeing each other again onThursday. Everyone is ecstatic for the upcoming SwimmingCarnival, this Friday.

We wish everyone the best of luck at the swimming carnival.

From Elsie and Bo, your 2020 School Captains.

Swimming CarnivalSwimming Carnival

Swimming CarnivalSwimming Carnival

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The 2020 Swimming Carnival will take place this FridayFriday 7th7thFebruary at Sans Souci Swimming Pool.February at Sans Souci Swimming Pool.

Please ensure all students have returned their permission noteand payments before the day Friday as we require this toensure your children can attend. There will not be time on Fridaymorning to chase up permission and we want as many childrento attend.

If your child requires a swimming cap, the office sells the schoolhouse colours for $2 per cap.

StudentStudent NEEDNEED to BRINGBRING: Hat, sunscreen (their own broadspectrum water resistant sunscreen as they need to reapplyduring the day), food for the day, drinks (not glass containers)and towel.

NOTENOTE: The forecast for Friday has predicted rain, Sans SouciPool has shelter that students will be able to use in the eventof rain but clearly there will be trips between buses and theshelter areas that will require spray jackets. Parents are mostwelcome to attend and support their children, however, pleasebe prepared for wet weather and be reminded that there is ageneral admission fee of $2.50.

All children must return to the school by bus at the conclusionof the carnival. If parents/carers wish to take their children withthem after the completion of the carnival the class teacherneeds to be informed and the student signed out. We believeit is important that this be a positive experience for all studentsand part of that is cheering their houses and partcipating.

We look forward to enjoying what is always a great day!

Parent Information Evening - SAVE THE DATEParent Information Evening - SAVE THE DATE

This year on MondayMonday 1717 FebruaryFebruary, starting at 6:30pm in theschool hall, the school will be holding a Parent Informationevening. The purpose of the evening is to receive someinformation about how the school is setup in 2020 through aPrincipal address. Following this, parents are encouraged tojoin teachers in their classrooms where they will receive someinformation about what will be covered through the year indifferent subject areas, how the classroom is set up as a placeof differentiated learning, as well as how positive behaviour willbe encouraged, and student wellbeing will be managed. Wehope to see as many of you there as possible and ask that youput this date and time aside in your diaries. Some more specificinformation about this will be released at the beginning of nextweek.

K-3 Pickup AreaK-3 Pickup Area

Last week we started trialing a new Year 1-3 pickup, whichnext week will become K-3, in the area immediately in frontof the entrance to the hall. This undercover area has coveredwalkways servicing it and access via the paths to TrevellyanStreet and the pedestrian crossing. This, we believe, willprovide a unified place of pickup. Kindergarten students for thisweek will continue to be picked up via the COLA are in frontof the gate onto Ewos Parade. Next week, the covered area in

front of the hall will be used to pickup for all K-3 students. Alsonext week, the gate onto Ewos Parade will be closed. We arekeen to trial this and seek feedback from you as to how this isworking.

So far the feedback from the staff has been very positive andwe are looking to tweak a number of elements of it. Once againwe value your feedback as we strive to provide safer transfer ofduty of care opportunities between the school and parents.

Changes to Wellbeing ManagementChanges to Wellbeing ManagementProcessesProcesses

The school values the wellbeing of students as a pivotalcomponent of the educational journey of your children. Thisis a whole picture that includes; communication with parents,attendance, progress in learning, as well as changes inbehaviour. The school considers changes in behaviour to bean indicator of concern and as such it should be tracked veryclosely. This year, the school is taking actions to put wellbeingas a priority. The school has put Mrs Waring as the AssistantPrincipal in charge of learning support and she will be workingwith Mr Lavitt to make a number of changes.

These changes will be backed with professional developmentfor staff around planned workflows that will include triggerpoints for communication with parents. This will lead to anincrease in the communication between teachers and parents.

Mr Lavitt has extensive knowledge built on many years of usingthese modules and has seen the resource this has built asinvaluable in the decision making for teachers and parents alikeas we work together to improve students learning outcomes.We are excited to see these rollout this term and look forwardto adding to this over the year.

Another Call for Canteen VolunteersAnother Call for Canteen Volunteers

Last week we made a call for volunters to help with the canteen.The Canteen needs volunteers to sign up for Canteen duty that

1. Instigate the Sentral 'Wellbeing' module to trackdifferent categories of wellbeing across the school,including, behaviour, health, parent concerns andattendance. The intention is to substantially improveour evidence base to allow teachers, the executiveand the learning support team to make gooddecisions. The school already uses Sentral to trackattendance and this is further part of our rollout ofthis excellent application;

2. Employ a fully trained teacher initially 3 days a weekwith the option to increase this as the need arises toprovide evidence based (from Sentral Wellbing)learning support that utilises our Mini and Macq Litprograms and other resources to improve learningoutcomes; and

3. To utilise the 'Plans' module in Sentral to design andreview target based learning and behaviour planswhen needed and to track those plans closley.

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will enable the Canteen to function to the benefit of all studentsat the school optimally.

Volunteering in the canteen is really easy, and no priorexperience or skill is necessary (there is no cooking). Mums,Dad’s & Grandparents are all welcome.We have created an online roster using Signup Zone. It is easyto add your name - just click on this link:https://signup.zone/csps-canteen-rosterYou will be asked to sign in with an email and create apassword. You will also be asked to provide a contact number.These details are not visible to other participants and will bekept confidential. Contact Merrianne on 0448657708 if youhave any questions.Feel free to sign-up for as few or as many shifts as you wouldlike!!!Thank you for your support!The P&C Canteen Coordinating CommitteeThe P&C Canteen Coordinating Committee

Return & Earn!Return & Earn!

2020 kicks off another year of our Cronulla South Public SchoolReturn and Earn program. We have 8 blue bins provided byRockdale Return and Earn on our playground which we willaiming to fill up every term. We would love to see familiescollecting 10c eligible bottles and cans (please check the labelto make sure they can be included) and putting them straightinto the blue bins. We have many local community memberscollecting bottles and putting these in our bins also - thank you!Students are also reminded that the juice cans and flavouredmilk cartons purchased from the canteen can be recycledthrough the Return and Earn blue bins. Not only is this programgreat for the environment to ensure that these items are beingrecycled correctly, but the money raised will help us tocontinually update our resources for the gardens around theschool.

Thank you for your support!

Stay tuned for updates on how much money we raisethroughout the year!

Mrs Hamill

MindQuest 2020MindQuest 2020

MindQuestMindQuest

St George Girls High School,St George Girls High School, Victoria Street, KogarahVictoria Street, Kogarah

On SaturdaySaturday 4th4th && SundaySunday 5th5th AprilApril 20202020, the 94th NSWTalent Enrichment Weekend MindQuestMindQuest will be held for prmarystudents from Years 1-6 at St George Girls HS. These includegifted and talented students, gifted underachievers andstudents with above average ability with a special interest.Students will have an opportunity to participate in over 3737exciting,exciting, fastfast pacedpaced coursescourses inin thethe twotwo dayday programprogram. Theyinclude courses in chemistry, earth sciences, drama, legorobotics, art and much, much more. Many of these highly

successful courses have been run in the past and students'evaluations suggest that they have been challenged andenriched by the experience. The cost of the weekend is $210(including GST).

Brochures are available from the school office.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 13th MARCH 2020CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 13th MARCH 2020

Any questions, please contact Shelagh Poray (Director, NSWTalent Centre Pty Ltd) on 02 4959 7148.

Positive Behaviour for LearningPositive Behaviour for Learning

Week 1 & 2's PBL focus is being Safe, Respectful & Activelearners in the Classrooms & Library.

SafeSafe

Students will focus on moving sensilbly and safely, keepinghands and feet to themselves and using equipmentappropriately.

RespectfulRespectful

Students will follow instruvtions, raise their hands and wait,be tolerant of others and care for their own and other'sbelongings.

Active LearnersActive Learners

Students will be organised, work to the best of their ability andlisten to others.

Band NewsBand News

Band 2020 Rehearsal - commencing in Week 3 (10th Feb)Band 2020 Rehearsal - commencing in Week 3 (10th Feb)

Please note the change in location of the band rehearsalsfrom the note sent out recently. This change will allow bettersupervision of the school band and the soon to be announcedtutorial sessions that are to start in week 4. These will all takeplace in classrooms on the southern site.

Performance BandPerformance Band

WHEN: Monday 10th February - 8am till 8:45am

WHERE: Music Room (next to SCOOSH)

WHAT: Instrument & Essential Elements book

WHO: Performing Band members (Years 4-6)

Training BandTraining Band

WHEN: Tuesday 11th February - 8am till 8:45am

WHERE: Music Room (next to SCOOSH)

WHAT: Instrument & Essential Elements book

WHO: Training Band members (Years 3-6)

Mr Taylor

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Library NewsLibrary News

New blinds were installed today across the school and in theLibrary!

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