Seaham Public School and P&C NSW SCHOOL NEWS Term 1, …€¦ · student behaviour policy and are...
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Seaham Public School and P&C NSW
Phone: (02) 49886 234
Fax: (02) 49886 435
Email: [email protected]
www.seaham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Friday 7 March -item 3/4J
Whole School Assembly
Friday 14 March
School Athletics Carnival
Wednesday 19 March
School Cross Country
Friday 21 March
Harmony Day
Wednesday 2 April
Zone Cross Country
Tuesday 8 April
Tocal Excursion Stage 2
Friday 9 May
Wetlands Excur. Yrs 1&2
Wednesday 14 May
Oakvale—Kinder
Friday 30 May
Swim Program Starts
Friday 22 August
Teen Talk Year 6
5—9 September
Life Education Visit
18-19 September
Stage 2 Camp
5-7 November
Stage 3 Camp
Wednesday 3 December
Annual Presentation
Tuesday 9 December
Year 6 Farewell
SCHOOL NEWS
Term 1, Week 5
Principal’s Message Dates For Diaries
Due to enrolled children’s life threatening Anaphylactic Allergic reactions to all nuts and peanut
products. We would like to encourage families not to send these products to school with their children.
These include peanut butter, nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars or any
products containing any type of nuts. We appreciate your support in this matter.
28 February, 2014
You can find this at http://transport.nsw.gov.au/
sites/default/files/bzb/ssts/school-bus-flyer.pdf.
Put Up Dollars: Our put up dollars will start again shortly leading up to the “put
up” dollar shop at the end of this term. Put up dollars are part of our positive
student behaviour policy and are used to reward students who “put up” others, as
opposed to putting them down. Teachers talk about ways our students can earn
these dollars in the classroom. Each time a dollar is earnt it is signed on the back
by the teacher and the child’s name is also recorded on it so confusion doesn't
occur.
Harmony Day: Our school will be celebrating Harmony Day on Friday, March
21. Remember to mark the date on your calendar. This special day is all about
exploring our indigenous and multicultural backgrounds as a Country and working
towards reconciliation. We will be having an exciting whole school assembly with
items to be presented by students from Years One through to Year Six, starting
at approximately 10am. It will be an out of uniform day where students are
encouraged to wear orange clothing.
Bakers Delight: Bakers Delight from Raymond Terrace very generously
dropped off to Seaham Public School students today a sample of their pastries.
Every student received one. We thank them for their support of Seaham Public
School.
We are mid way through term one already. I would like
to say thanks to all our students for continuing on with
their positive start to the year. I spend a lot of time in
classrooms and I always find enthusiastic students
engaged in their learning.
Bus Travel: Our buses continue to be a concern. At
school we reinforce with our students that bus
behaviour has the same expectations as school
behaviour. It is important they realise that the same
consequences apply for negative behaviour on the bus as
they do at school. We have ordered badges for bus
monitors. Shortly each bus will have two senior
students who will act as bus monitors. Their job is to
encourage good behaviour, report back to me and to
attend regular meetings where positive strategies are
discussed. The NSW Government also has links to
brochures which outline expectations and
consequences for bus behaviour.
Canteen: Please remember to check the Term 1 2014 price list for the items
that are available for sale and the correct price of those items. This price list
was sent home in Week 1 and is available on the school website. Please also
note that lunch items can not be ordered for the afternoon break and orders
are not taken for snack or frozen foods.
Mobile/iPods/Technology: Families and students are reminded that these
items are not encouraged at school. If your student needs to bring them to
school for any reason, it is highly recommended that they are bought into the
office for safe keeping. Students are not allowed to use these devices between
school hours.
Makeup: Families and students are also reminded that makeup (mascara, eye
liner etc) at school is not permitted at any time.
Security Banking: Our school has security banking, which takes place of a
morning. Students are asked to please hand all payments into the office or
teacher first thing of a morning. Just a reminder as well that we have a secure
money box in the foyer where payments can be dropped in. This eliminates
having money sitting in school bags.
Lost Property: Our lost property is located in the corner of the school
canteen. Families and students are encouraged to please look in the lost
property box for any missing items.
Family Update: Thank you to our families who have sent back their family
update information. As stated previously it is essential that we have the most
up to date information to enable us to contact you in the case of an emergency.
If you have not sent the emergency forms in, have lost them or did not receive
them, please contact the office.
Attendance Exemptions: Attendance/School exemptions are available for
families. To complete a school exemption, if sick you will need a doctors
certificate. Exemptions are also available for circumstances such as holidays.
An exemption means that those days absent will not be counted in the overall
absent period.
Canteen Roster
Current Notes
Friday 28 February
Nat Meehan
Kylie Jordan
Shannon Werner
Monday 3 March
Carly Clarke
Nicole Clarke
Tuesday 4 March
Rachel Williams
Wednesday 5 March
Bev Dunn
Sandra Batchelor
Thursday 6 March
Kellie O’Hare
Friday 7 March
Kylie Jordan
Shannon Werner
E.O.I. GABC
E.O.I. Point Wolstoncroft
Years 5&6
Netball Gala Day
Zone
Swimming Results
Dallas Johnson
4th in 11 Years Backstroke
4th 11 Years Freestyle
Abbey Marks
4th in Snr Girls Backstroke
Emity Bridge
2nd Jnr Girls Butterfly
Cody Hancock
3rd 9 Years Boys Freestyle
Boys Jnr Relay
3rd
Girls Jnr Relay
4th
Girls Snr Relay
4th
Sport Report: Below are the sport reports for cricket, zone netball and zone
swimming.
Cricket: Tomorrow the boys cricket team will be going to Brandon Park to play
the first round of the knockout competition against Raymond Terrace. It will be
a good experience for all of us. We hope we will win. By Jeremy and Jordan.
Girls Netball Gala Day: Our girls’ netball team will take part in the Port
Stephens Gala day on 11 March, 2014.
Zone Swimming: Last Friday a team of 17 keen Seaham Public School students
converged on the Zone Swimming Carnival at Lakeside Leisure Centre,
Raymond Terrace. They represented their school well always showing great
sportsmanship and helping each other out. It was a tough meet with a lot of
very fast times performed by everyone. A big thank you to all the parents who
made the day very easy! Congratulations to all students for great effort!! By: Mrs Bowman
Homework help: Do you struggle to
understand your child's homework?
Does your child need to practise their
spelling and times tables? Are you
looking for inspiration for projects and
assignments? The free School A to Z
app has been created by the
Department of Education and
Communities to help parents and their
school-aged children, wherever and
whenever they have homework and
study questions. Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/about/
mobile-applications/school-a-to-z
Homework and multi-tasking
Somewhere along the line we seem to
have absorbed the idea that teenagers
can multi-task perfectly because they're
digital natives. Can kids really do their
homework and multi-task? Find out
more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/
technology/using-technology/homework
-and-multitasking-can-it-be-done
When lunch comes home again –
uneaten: Almost nine out of 10
Australian parents say children's
resistance is a major obstacle in their
efforts to provide a healthy diet, and in
many cases school lunches are one of
the battlegrounds.
But it's a battle families can do without and there are some simple steps to help avoid it.
Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/
food/when-lunch-comes-homeagain
Help with English: Does your child
need help with spelling or writing? Here
are some resources that may help.
Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework
-and-study/english
Maths: Struggling to remember
everything you learnt in maths? If you
need a refresher course, here are some
tips and tools to help you to help your
child. Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework
-and-study/mathematics
Seaham Netball Club "Meet and
Greet' morning Saturday 1st March
2 0 1 4 a t 9 a m a t
Seaham Public School. Please come
along and meet your team mates.
Please note time is 9am start not 10am.
Newsletter Briefs
Community News
Battery Recycling Program: With the support of Battery
World Maitland, our school will be participating in battery recycling
p r o g r a m d u r i n g T e r m s 1 & 2 .
What do I have to do? Your challenge is to collect as many batteries
as you can and drop them into the purple recycling bin in the office.
(Batteries only in bin).
How much money will the school get? The school will receive $2
per kilogram of batteries.
What sort of batteries? Every sort of battery you can image. Car
and truck batteries weigh the most, so they are awesome (but please
put them next to the bin). Also household AA, AAA, C,D,9V, video,
mobile phone, drill, digital camera, laptop, toy, remote controlled car
batteries.
Can I take them straight to Battery World Maitland? Yes, if you
would like to take them straight to Battery World Maitland, just
mention Seaham School when you drop them in their recycling bin
and they will add them to our tally.
What’s in it for me? Apart from earning money for your school
your helping the environment.
Boys Cricket
Team
Girls Gala Day
Netball Team
Absent: Milla Kime
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