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02 4938 5114 This newsletter & attached forms are available to download at: www.paterson-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Soccer

Congratulations to our Soccer team who played against Branxton Public School this week. Our team played extremely well and won 3 –2. We now progress to Round 5 of the Soccer PSSA competition. Well done to our Soccer team! Thank you to Mr Pommer for coaching and thanks to our parents for assisting with transport and your ongoing support.

Netball

Our Netball team play against Dungog Public School this Monday at Dungog. Thanks to Miss Ernst and Mr Pommer for umpiring, coaching and supporting our netball team. Good luck Paterson PS Netball team!

Debating

Today both of our debating teams, The Dominators and The Pelicans are debating against Clarence Town Public School. I have been extremely impressed with our debaters and how well they work together. I look forward to providing an update soon.

Multi-Cultural Speaking Finals

Congratulations to Tess, Eve and Emily who presented their Multicultural Speech at the Multi-Cultural Public Speaking Finals at Medowie PS. All three students

worked hard practicing their speech and using their skills in public speaking to engage the audience.

Athletics Carnival

We are looking forward to our Athletics Carnival this Friday. Mr Lowrey and the amazing staff at Paterson Public School have been working hard in planning for our carnival.

Public Speaking

Notes went home this week with information about our Public Speaking Competition. Students are asked to write a speech with a topic of their choice. Students will present their speech in class in week one of next term. Following class speeches, finalists will participate in the Inter-Hunter School Finals.

PBL and STEAM day

On our last day of school students will have their PBL Rewards Day. The whole school will participate in a STEAM day full of fun and engaging activities . All students will participate in three different sessions over the course of the day. Staff have so many wonderful ideas and expertise in STEAM. I am sure it will be a funfilled day that students will remember.

Reports

Our teachers are busy preparing student reports to go home at the end of the term. A feedback sheet will also accompany the reports. If you would like to discuss your child’s report please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time to meet with your child’s teacher.

Year 6 Building Works

Outside cladding on the Year 6 classroom has begun. We have had a few disruptions with the weather. I am awaiting a date for completion.

Tocal Field Days Generosity

A big thank you goes to the Tocal Field Day committee for their generous donation of $1000 to our school P&C . This was presented to Nalani Palmowski at a special morning tea on Wednesday.

Kind regards

Lisa Noble, Relieving Principal

Term 2 Week 8

June 19th Coming Events

JUNE Fri 21st - Athletics Carnival

Mon 24th - Netball @ Dungog

Tue 25th - Debating v Vacy @ Vacy

Thu 27th - Train 4 School @

Paterson School 10am

JULY Wed 3rd - Yr 6 Assembly

Thu 4th - Debating v Dungog @ Paterson

Fri 5th - PBL Reward Day

- Last day for Term 2

Mon 22nd - Staff Development Day

Tues 23rd - All students return for

Term 3

NOTES SENT HOME:

Athletics Carnival lunch order form,

Soccer, Netball, Red Cross Pie Drive,

02 4938 5114 www.paterson-p.school.nsw.edu.au Term 2

Term 2 Assembly Awards

Week 8

Captain’s Award Tayla for showing resilience in the touch football game.

Term 2

Week 6

PBL

AWARD

CLASS AWARD PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Kindergarten Bree for being respectful in

class. Eli for being able to count to

120. Liam working hard in class

all the time.

Years 1/2

Colby for taking more responsibility with his Literacy

and Numeracy work.

Cody for improvement with his Literacy work and for

great participation in sporting activities.

Sarah for always being and enthusiastic learner and for displaying our PBL values.

Years 2/3

Xavier for demonstrating respect in the classroom

towards Ms Wilson and peers.

Tess for representing Paterson Public School at

Multicultural Public Speaking.

Charlotte for always doing her best in class particularly

in persuasive writing arguments.

Years 4/5 Drew for displaying respect

towards staff and peers. Emily for consistent

application towards all tasks. Addi M. for always putting in

100% effort.

Year 6

Jack for resilience in adapting to classroom activities with a

broken wrist.

Jackson for recall of history facts and critically thinking.

Bailey for adjusting to class changes with Miss Ernst and

trying hard in maths.

If you are able to help with field events tomorrow please let Mr Lyall know

on arrival at the sporting fields.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

FRIDAY 21ST JUNE

at the Paterson Sportsground from 9.30am

Hope to see you there!

2/3 Prac. Student

Hello! My name is Nichole Wilson. I am in my second year of

Primary Education degree at Newcastle University, and I have

absolutely loved the first week of my four-week placement

here at Paterson Public School. I am a mum to three children

who are in early years at high school; I have a beautiful boxer

dog named Padme - yes, my family are Star War geeks - and

three cheeky chickens who, I am sure, would love to have a

scratch around your little vegetable garden patch. Some of my

favourite things include gardening, renovating our house in

Tenambit, and curling up with a good book. So far, it has been

wonderful to see students playing respectfully, responsibly

and creatively in the playground, and persisting with their

leaning in the classroom. I hear that Paterson has a fantastic

sporting reputation, so I am looking forward to being a part of

the Athletics carnival on Friday. I am incredibly excited by

the fact that I get to experience the STEAM day with you all.

Soccer update!

On the 18th of June the school soccer team played against Braxton Ps at Branxton for round four

of the PSSA School Soccer Competition. The score at half time was 2-1 to Branxton but we

managed to win by 3-2 at full time.

Two of the three goals were scored by Sam and the other one going to Cohen. All three goals were

the result of an amazing team effort. It was a very close game and both teams played exceptionally

well. Congratulations to Sam for getting voted players player by the team. Good luck to the team in

round five!

By cub reporter, Riley Kidd

4/5 Legends

What a busy term we have had at Paterson Public School. We have had

students from our class off representing Paterson Public School at a

variety of events including Multicultural Public Speaking, Robo Cup, netball,

touch football, soccer, cricket, shadow puppetry and debating. This

large group of students have all represented the school with pride.

In class we have been learning about Australia as a democracy, first

contacts in Australia, extreme weather events and trying hard to

improve our skills in a range of athletics skills in preparation for our

athletics carnival this week. Students have also been working on their

ability to persuade the reader about a certain topic. We have been

working on graphing in maths where students learnt about line

graphs and column graphs. It was fantastic to see the entire class

rehearsing and improving their skits for our assembly item this

term where they got to publicly display their drama skills. Well

done 4/5 you were great.

Have a great finish to term 2 and remember to continue striving for

excellence.

Debating at Paterson PS

On Friday the 14th the Paterson

Pelicans Debated against Karuah

Public School on the topic: All school

work should be done on computers.

With the Paterson Pelicans as

affirmative and Karuah as negative

the debate was a close match, but

the Pelicans came out on top with an

outstanding effort from Karuah. The

Paterson Pelicans team consists of:

Riley, Charlie, Milarn, Cameron and

Stevie-Lee.

By cub reporter, Cameron Wright

Canteen Roster Monday 24th June

Kerri Hicks

Wednesday 26th June

Danielle Cowled

Friday 28th June

Robyn and Robert Cowan

Friday 28th June Maitland Art

Exhibition 10.30am –12.30pm

Brough House RSVP 49333330

Monday 8th July Flag Raising and

Welcome to Country

10am Rotary Park, Lang St. Kurri

Kurri 40157000

Tuesday 9th July Maitland

Celebration of Existence March 9am

Maitland Court House 9am.

Wednesday 10th July WaNay

children Disco.

Mindaribba LALC Hall 6pm-9pm.

Thursday 11th July Coquun Cup

Youth Touch Day. Maitland Park

10.30am pre-registrations 11am

kick off.

Family Fun Day at Maitland Park

10am - 2pm

Amusement rides for all ages,

entertainment, arts and crafts.

Free lunch supplied.

BACKTRACK BOYS ~ Free Community Screening Backtrack Boys is an inspiring and AWARD WINNING new Austral-ian documentary that scooped Audience Awards for Best Docu-mentary at the Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra Film Festivals. A group of troubled boys are on a perilous course towards jail until they meet up with the rough talking, free-wheeling jackaroo Bernie Shakeshaft, and hit the road with his legendary dog jumping team. This observational documentary, filmed over two years, follows boys in a youth program that Bernie runs from a shed on the outskirts of Armidale, a rural town in Australia. On the road, the boys find their voice, make great friendships and the dogs be-come national champions. But as the boy’s sleep under the stars at night the trauma is never too far away. With their survival and futures at stake they must constantly step up, push themselves, support each other and some days can be hard. This inspiring coming of age story revels the challenges and triumphs these boys face as they try to find their place in the world and the dogs that help tame their wild ways. Running Time: 100 mins Classification: MA15+ Website:https://www.backtrackboys.com/

SUNDAY 23RD

JUNE

DUNGOG RSL

100 LORD STREET, DUNGOG 3.00pm

Gold Coin Donation Welcome

UNSW ICAS—Assessments ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that

reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based

assessment. This allows greater accessibility for

students and faster delivery of results.

Payment and Permission Information

Your child is invited to sit ICAS Assessments for

English, Maths, Writing, Spelling Science and Digital

Technologies. ICAS fees are now to be paid online.

Visit the new online Parent Payment System to make

a direct payment to UNSW Global. Online payment

will close on 31 July 2019.

To enrol your child in the assessments please type

into your browser the URL site:

unsw.global/parentpay you will then be asked for

the Paterson Public School unique access code:

7744b0485a to enrol your child in the chosen

assessments for our school.