PBL Focusing on SAFE Expectations during Lockdown

PBL Award Lachlan Keen, Abbie-Lee Hilton,

Arla Dines, Brady Moses, Lienke Janse van Rensburg, Riley Robinson,

Abby Stokes and Coby Hobden

Important Dates to Remember Term 4 2019

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.”

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Term 4 Week 8 Wednesday 4th December 2019

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Casey Kelly

P & C Executive President: Rebecca Pollard Vice President - Vanessa Johnson Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Thur 5th and Fri 6th Dec - Years 3 and 4 Excursion to Thalgarrah Friday 6th Dec - Moonby House Christmas Carols Thursday 12th Dec - Year 6 Farewell Friday 13th Dec - SRC Disco, 12:45pm (K-2), 2:30pm (3-6) Monday 16th Dec - Playgroup Tuesday 17th Dec - Years 2 - 6 - End of Year Activities - Movies Wednesday 18th Dec - Kinder - Year 1 - Miniature Trains Wednesday 18th Dec - Last day for students Wednesday 29th January 2020 - Years 1 to 6 returns

Merit

Riley Robinson

Gold Awards Riley Robinson

Silver Awards Raymond Sydenham, Ayva Elliott,

Luke Wilson, Ayisha Mason Fernando,

Charlotte Hunt, Phoebe Capel, Ava Moxon, Dustyn Swadling, James Sharpham, Zoe Reid,

Ryan Hatton and Joshua Thompson

Uniform Awards Mackenzie O’Neill, Paisley Swadling,

Ella Dwyer, Ruby Rakus, Raymond Sydenham, Kaitlyn Hope,

Darcy Harris and Coby Hobden

Beau Caterer - Identifying numbers to 100 and improved effort in writing Isabela Robinson - Improved results in Mathematics Abby Hogg - Identifying numbers to 100, a big improvement Tom Chegwyn - Improved effort in CAPA activities Lacey Felsman - Enthusiastic participation in dancing for sport Reef Mason Fernando - For consistent dedication to improve his reading Edward Sipple - Enthusiastically engaging in creative arts lessons Lilly Cook - Engaging in all reading comprehension activities with enthusiasm Rory Hobbs - Engaging in reading comprehension tasks with enthusiasm Annika Cayzer, Alijah Siemsen and Oscar Wallace - Continued effort in Science Eli Whittaker - Improved application across all Key Learning Areas Zepplin Goman - His wonderful ‘ship wreck’ of the Friendship Chloe Smith - Her wonderful model of the ‘Alexander’ Katiana Reid and Rebekah Stimson - Welcome to Kootingal Public School Brock Ardouin - Outstanding skills and participation in dance Mikyla Phillpott - Being a thoughtful and caring class member Jace Nash - Improve application in all Key Learning Areas Joey Hyson - Demonstrating emotional resilience Jonathan Macaulay - Willingness to undertake extra duties when asked Braidy Cork - Always being a cooperative team member

All Library books should be returned by now, if your child still has books at home please return immediately to avoid overdue notices being sent home to pay for books to be replaced.

Hoping you continue to read over the holidays. Don’t forget the Kootingal Library will be open for all your borrowing needs. It is a great community resource .... don’t forget to support it.

Yours in reading 📚 Mrs Chegwyn ⭐

School Banking Thursday

Weekly Awards Weekly Bronze Awards

Library News

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.

Summer Soiree *Friday 13th December 2019 *Disco – K-2: 12.45pm-1.30pm 3-6: 2.30pm – 3.30pm *Dress in casual summer clothes. (No singlet tops or short shorts. Must wear enclosed shoes and school hat). *Gold coin donation. Money raised will go to Ronald McDonald House. *Students will receive a popper and chips.

We had such a lovely evening on Tuesday at our annual Presentation Night. It was wonderful seeing so many parents and community members there to support our students and school.

Our students performed splendidly singing their hearts out. Thank you to Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Simpson in ensuring our choirs where spot on in their performances of I'd like to teach the world to sing and Summer Wonderland. Thank you also to Mr Dutton of the Tamworth Conservatorium and the boys of our didgeridoo group who performed at a moment’s notice. It’s just impressive knowing you all have only learnt the didgeridoo in the past six months and are learning to master the art of circular breathing. Well done!

Thank you to our captains, Zachary Holliday, Damikah Barwick-Taylor, Brenden Thompson and Emma Jarrett, who conducted the evening and were ably supported by Mrs Chegwyn and Miss Kelly. Congratulations to all students who received awards. It was a pleasure sharing in your delight and pure surprise.

Congratulations also to our incumbent captains for 2020, Angus Frewen, Jessie Johnson, Coby Hobden and Elloise Sharpham. Your utter surprise of your selection made me so proud of your humbleness. I know the four of you will represent our school and community in the light with which it deserves.

Last but not least, thank you to Mrs Dunn and our P&C. Mrs Dunn was the person responsible for the organisation of the awards, photos and service booklets. To our P&C, thank you for conducting the raffle and to our community thank you for your generous donations.

This Thursday, our students in years 3 and 4 are heading to Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre for their overnight excursion. Miss Bennett, Miss Semmler and Mr Cracknell are taking this excursion and we know our students are looking forward to this. Have a great time!

Next week is the last weekly newsletter for the year.

This week the focus for PBL is our expectations during a lockdown. These expectations are underpinned by the core value Safe.

Next week, our students will participate in a practice lockdown. We practise this lockdown so our children are prepared in case of an emergency.

During the PBL lesson this week, students participated in the classroom following the directions given when in a lockdown situation. As a part of this lesson, students view a video demonstrating a lockdown in a school, noting the quietness of the students and school grounds.

The PBL team encourages families to discuss this scenario with their children.

The poster for a lockdown is below.

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

PBL News

# Year 6 Farewell #

Our Year 6 Farewell (for Years 5 & 6 only) will take place on Thursday 12th December.

Invitations and information will be coming out soon after all arrangements have been made.

Our Year 6 Farewell team would love the help of some year 5 parents on the evening to assist with the serving of dinner. If you are able to assist, please let either Mrs Blinman or myself know.

Thank you. Mrs Chegwyn

🎈🎉 End of Year Party Day 🎉🎈

Kinder and Year One Our end of year party day for Kinder and Year One will take place on Wednesday 18th December (sorry there has been a slight change of date). Students will have the opportunity to attend the Miniature Trains and Marsupial Park on this day. Cost for the excursion will be $9 per student. All notes and money are to be returned by Friday 13th December. PLEASE NOTE: No notes or money will be accepted after COB on this day. Mrs Chegwyn

Years 2 - 6 Our end of year party day for Years 2 - 6 will take place on Tuesday 17th December. Students in Years 2 - 6 will have the opportunity to attend the cinema on this day. Cost for the excursion will be $15 per student. The movie the students will be seeing is ‘The Addams Family’. All notes and money are to be returned by Friday 13th December. PLEASE NOTE: No notes or money will be accepted after COB on this day. Mrs Chegwyn

Friday 6th December

The annual Christmas Carols Night will take place at Moonby House on Friday 6th December. The carols will begin at 7pm however there will be a bbq dinner available from 6pm.

We would love for you to join us. If students are going to sing on behalf of our school please wear full school uniform. Hope to see you there. Mrs Chegwyn

Thank you to everyone you donated items and brought raffle tickets for our raffle at Presentation Night. Congratulations to our winners. Megan Johnson, Jay Herden, Noreen Boehm, Oliver Towler, Raymond Sydenham, Susan Zdencanovic, Kylie Cotton, Jayne Sharpham, Tania Jarrett, Georgia Ford, Travis Hope and Anne Maher

End of Year Party Day

P & C NewsYear 6 Farewell

Kootingal and Moonbi Carols Night

Choir singing at Moonby House - Wednesday 4th Dec

Kindergarten - Mrs Lawrence Abby Hogg – Outstanding Citizenship and application Charlotte Hunt – Outstanding academic performance and application Regardt Janse van Rensburg – A positive attitude to learning and outstanding application in all Key Learning Areas Ruby Rule – Consistent application and commitment to improve her learning across all Key Learning Areas

Winning House WILSON

K/1M - Miss Magann Hunter Barnett – Excellent performance and application in all Key Learning Areas Talarah Berrell – Consistent application in all Key Learning Areas Ciara Cwach – Excellent academic performance and application in all areas Joshua Holliday – Excellent application in all Key Learning Areas

Presentation Night - Tuesday 3rd December 2019

1/2B – Miss Booby William Buchan – Commitment to learning across all Key Learning Areas and continuous improvement Phoebe Capel – Commitment to producing quality results across all Key Learning Areas Malakai Melder – Consistent application resulting in improvements in academic progress across all Key Learning Areas

2L – Mrs Lulham Chloe Cannon – Consistent application across all Key Learning Areas Brady Moses – Improvement across all Key Learning Areas Oscar Wallace – Excellent performance and application Kaitlin Wilson – Outstanding citizenship and application towards learning

3/4B – Miss Bennett Emily Hatton – Achievement in English and Mathematics Charli Hogg – Commitment to learning and achievement across the curriculum Liam Jarrett – Outstanding application across all Key Learning Areas Madeleine McKelvie – Excellence in the Creative and Practical Arts Menno Wallace – Achievement in Mathematics and History

3/4T – Mrs Cracknell and Miss Semmler Johnathon Cook – Outstanding application in all Key Learning Areas Meika Haak – Excellent performance and application Sophie Hogg – Overall academic excellence and commitment to ongoing personal growth and development Matthew Pollard – Outstanding application in all Key Learning Areas Riley Robinson – Excellent performance and application

5/6K – Miss Kelly Jordan Byrne – Personal growth and improvement in Educational engagement Jessie Johnson – Excellent performance and application Jace Nash – Excellent application and positive attitude to learning Joshua Thompson – Excellence in Mathematics

5/6M – Mrs Morrish Isabella Cannon – Excellent application and Citizenship Zane Hyson – Effort and application in all Key Learning Areas William Lulham – Excellent application in all Key Learning Areas Zoe Reid – Excellent application and Citizenship

Library – Mrs Chegwyn, Mrs O’Reilly and Mrs Anderson Chaise Bridge – Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Enrique Wightman - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Arla Dines - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Shyloh Perkins - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Connor Hilton - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Joshua Corbett - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Darcy Harris - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons Naomi Maybury - Enthusiasm and dedication in Library lessons

Sporting Blues for 2019 • Damikah Barwick-Taylor – Athletics, Cross Country,

Football and Softball • Jessie Johnson – Football and Softball • Emma Jarrett – Football

and Softball • Jordan Byrne – Football • Luke Sydenham - Softball

Presentation Night - Tuesday 3rd December 2019