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Friday, 29 November 2013

Tanilba Bay Public School

Fortnightly Newsletter

Term 4 Week 8

Ph: 49824762 Fax: 49823112 Email: tanilbabay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Online: www.tanilbabay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Message

There are thirteen school days left of the 2013

school year with the last day for students being

Wednesday 18th December. Term 4 is always a very

busy yet enjoyable time in all schools. We currently

have swim school running, we had the Carlingford

High School Band perform this week and we had our

combined scripture concert. There are so many

other things we have to fit in these final few days, I

don’t know where we will find the time. However, I

look forward to the fun and excitement the coming

weeks will bring!

2014 School Year

We currently have 520 students for the 2014 school

year which will be spread across 21 classes. Another

classroom will be installed over the Christmas

holidays to accommodate our 21st class. We are still

getting the occasional new Kindergarten enrolment

and new students moving to the area, which is

changing our numbers daily. If you are relocating

over the break and your child will not be returning to TBPS in 2014, please advise the front office or

your child’s teacher ASAP if you have not already

done so.

Reports to Parents

All teachers are currently working on our students’

end of year reports, which will be sent home on

Monday 16 December 2013. Students from Years 1 -

6 are reported using a common grading scale which

is based on clearly defined state-wide syllabus

standards drawn from the Board of Studies

syllabuses. The common grading system is mandatory

in all public schools in NSW. As always if you have

any questions regarding your child’s report or

progress contact your child’s teacher to make an

appointment.

Year 6 Farewell

This night is one of the highlights of the year for Year

6 students, their parents and staff. We look forward

to an enjoyable evening of ‘Glitz and Glamour’ on

Tuesday 17th December in the Tanilba Bay School

Hall. Doors will open at 4.45pm for a 5.00pm start

with the formal Graduation Ceremony. Please note,

the evening will commence promptly so get

organised early.

Staffing Update

Ms Sue Fitzgerald (2F) has taken leave from TBPS for

the remainder of the year and has been replaced by

Mrs Jenny Blyth. I would like to welcome Mrs Blyth

to our school community.

I would like to welcome Alan Beedon to Tanilba Bay

Public School, who will start working at TBPS on

Monday as our General Assistant. Al is an

experienced General Assistant from Tomaree High

School and is looking forward to getting stuck in to

our grounds.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dave Eggert, who has been our relieving General Assistant

in 2013. Dave has done a great job and we have

appreciated his effort.

Stuart Wylie

Principal

Parent Online Payment Thank to you to all the parents who have discovered and used POP. We have a lot of parents now paying their fees and

excursions with our new system and relieving them of the worry of cash being stolen or lost and the convenience of doing it from home. You also get your receipt immediately. How

great! Don’t forget to use our new easy system to pay outstanding fees. Parents have commented how easy and wonderful it is to

use and quick; no need to miss out on deadlines or cut off times now! The payment page is accessed from the front page of

the school’s website (www.tanilbabay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/) by selecting $ Make a payment .

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Friday, 29 November 2013 Week 8 Term 4

Calendar of Events

Mon 25th Nov - Swim Scheme

Fri 6th Dec

Mon 2nd Dec Stage 2 Assembly -

2.15pm

Tues 3rd Dec Stage 3 Assembly -

12.50pm

Thurs 5th Dec K-2

Christmas Concert

Mon 9th Dec - Stage 3 -

Fri 13th Dec Milson Island Camp

Thurs 12th Dec ES1 & S1 -

Special Awards

Ceremony

Fri 13th Dec Disco

Tues 17th Dec Presentation Day

Yr 6 Farewell

Wed 18th Dec Last Day of Term 4

for Students

Christmas Assembly K- 2 Christmas Assembly 2013

It has come to that time of the year again when we

celebrate this joyous time. This year all classes will be

performing a special Christmas item for you. The

concert begins at 2:00pm. All children and siblings

are more than welcome to come to celebrate with

us.

This year we are having a Giving Tree. The Giving

Tree will be used to donate gifts to the St Vincent

De Paul Society to the people less fortunate than us.

The present does not have to be an expensive gift,

something small will be appreciated. Could you

please label the gift either “boy” or “girl” and with an

appropriate age.

Dear K-2 Parents/ Guardians,

You are invited to come and celebrate Tanilba

Bay Public School’s Christmas Assembly.

Classes will be combining to perform

something special for you. There will be a

giving tree with all the presents donated

towards the St Vincent De Paul Society; your

contribution will be appreciated. Please label

the gift either “boy” or “girl” and with an

appropriate age.

Date: Thursday 5th December, 2013 Time: 2:00pm-3:05pm

We ask you please arrive on time and be

seated by 2:00pm. Thank you from all the staff at Tanilba Bay Public School

Awards Trading

The final Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 assembly will be

held on Thursday 12th December. This assembly will

only be for presenting awards and will be the last

chance for traded awards to be presented for

2013. If you have any awards to trade please present

them to your teacher by Monday 9th December

to allow enough time to process the awards. Any

awards to be traded after this date will need to be

kept at home until the 2014 school year. This

assembly will begin at 2:00pm.

Kindergarten News

What an exciting and busy term it has been and

there is more to come! We hope that you enjoyed our fabulous Performance as much as we enjoyed

performing for you! Perhaps in the future there may

be an Oscar winner who comes from Tanilba Bay,

Australia!

We have been very busy doing assessments, as well

as our normal classwork, for our Semester 2 Reports

which will go home in Week 11. It is wonderful to

see so many students working very hard and

achieving great results.

There are a few things that all students need to do

before the end of term. Could everyone please

return all school library books by this Friday 29th

November as borrowing will finish on this day.

Please check in Lost Property in the wet area of

K/1B and 1K for any missing items. There are a lot of

new smaller jumpers with no names on them. Please

label ALL property. Thanks!

Keep bringing in P & C Raffle tickets as they are sold.

It was great to see so many parents at our Parent

Helper Morning Tea. Thank you again to all of those

people who are able to help us in the school, for

your wonderful generosity.

Next week our special Christmas Assembly will begin

at 2.00pm. We hope to see you there for lots of

Christmas fun.

Kind regards,

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Kindergarten Teachers

Stage 1

This term is going very quickly, it is hard to believe

that we are in week 8 already! The students in Stage

One have been working extremely hard in class.

On behalf of the Stage One teachers, I would like to

take this opportunity to congratulate all of the

students on their dedication, perseverance and

outstanding behaviour during performance week. We

have received positive feedback from parents and

members of the wider school community and we were all so proud of the students and their

performances.

Swim school has now begun and the students have

been enjoying learning how to swim at the local pool.

Congratulations to the many children who received

their Purple PBL badges last assembly. Well done!

Happy birthday wishes go to: Madeline Lilley, Taliah

Billett, Luca Jones, Ryley King, Tarah Sharp, Lachlan

Chamberlain, Jake Merrick and Mason Holbert.

The library this term has been a buzz of activity both

in class time and at lunchtimes. Early Stage One have

been discovering our new picture books that have

arrived, as well as discussing and learning about non-

fiction books. These students have shown a great

interest in the world around them, especially the

world of underwater marine life and fossils.

Stage One have been learning about the story ‘the Terrible Suitcase’ by Emma Allen and Freya

Blackwood and what it would be like if we were to

travel into space. The students had to discuss and

think about what would be the most important items

to take.

3G and 4/5B have been studying the novel ‘the

Worry Tree’ by Marianne Musgrove, about a little

girl who discovers a hand painted tree on her

bedroom wall, under the wallpaper of her new room.

There are painted animals in the tree and each animal

helps her to understand and talk about her many

problems, enabling her to have a settled sleep at

night. The students are really enjoying this novel and

have been able to discuss aspects of their lives that

worry them.

Stage Two have been working on the discoveries of

Ancient Egypt. The students have been involved in

mapping, brainstorming facts about Egypt,

comprehension skills, watching documentaries on the

building of the pyramids and looking at artefacts. Lily

Morris of 4S was kind enough to bring in a couple of

amazing artefacts from her mum’s Egyptian

collection. One of the items was a beautifully

designed painting on an authentic piece of papyrus, a

small stone pyramid and the other, a sandstone lamp

that projects a three-dimensional image of King

Tutankhamen through the use of light. We thank Lily and her mum so very much for sharing with us their

special artefacts.

Stage Three have been working extremely hard on

writing Information Reports on the Weddell Seal.

These students have been working on writing

bibliographies, writing in their own words and

checking information and it’s validity.

Lunchtime Library Fun!!!

Our school library is open Monday through to

Thursday at lunchtimes, except for wet weather.

The students enjoy a variety of activities, drawings,

games, computers and dramatic play. Students are

encouraged to “Be Friendly” and cooperate in the

playing of games and for the older students to care

for, assist and interact with the younger students in

peer situations. It is an exciting place to be and below

are a few pictures of just what we get up to in our

school library.

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Scrapbooking

Another activity that students are involved in at

lunchtimes is our scrapbooking club. In this club,

students are taught how to mount photographs,

design pages, journal and use art, craft and computer

skills to enhance the pages. What do we scrap? The

photos of our amazing students in action at all our

school events, such as camps, swimming carnivals,

dance, performances, the list is endless!!! Any

students across the school are allowed to participate.

Some students turn up and complete one page,

others have stayed with the group all year. It is up to the individual student. The motto, however, is to

have fun!!!.

Senior Reading Book Club

At recess we have a small senior reading book club. The group is made up of students who have a passion

for reading and friendship. In our group, we have

been reading, discussing and researching the book

‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’ by

Eleanor Coerr. The story follows a young girl

Sadako, who has been greatly affected by the

chemical fallout from the atom bomb on Hiroshima

in the 1940’s. The reading group, on finishing the

book, has recently begun learning how to make

paper cranes in memory of Sadako. The goal is to

make one thousand paper cranes for the library and

as you can see, the ones that have been made already

are fantastic. Below are the group’s thoughts and

feelings on the book:

Abbye Irwin 6K

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a beautiful

story about a twelve year old girl who lives in

Hiroshima in the time of the atom bomb in Japan.

Sadako is such an inspiring young girl. The story is

about her life and is amazing especially me being the

same age, it made me feel so lucky to live in the

beautiful place we live in. Definitely a MUST read!!!

Kirsty Atkinson 6K I really like Sadako because it is interesting and sad

and it is a true story. I like the bit in the story where

they made the statue of her with a thousand paper

cranes below her in her memory.

Rhian Wilkinson 6K

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is based on a

true story. In Japan they have a park called ‘Peace

Park’ and in the centre they have a statue of Sadako

holding a big paper crane. Sadako was twelve years

old when she died. Sadako is a role model to many

others who have the same disease as her.

Kinder Transition Library Story Time

Each year in our library, Mrs Wylie and myself run a

two week art and craft story time program for new

kindergarten students who will be starting in the

following year. This program is provided as extra

time in our school to provide our new kindergarten

students with time in our library which is a large

space and to allow them time to become familiar

with another environment, meet staff and therefore

feel more comfortable on their arrival next year.

In this time we have been reading ‘It’s a George

Thing’ by David Bedford and ‘Dinosaur

Sleepover’ by Pamela Duncan Edwards. The

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children have then enjoyed making craft dinosaurs

and lion masks to go with the stories.

Bunnings Port Stephens’ Annual Christmas

Family Night

On Thursday 5th December 2013, Bunnings Port

Stephens (Taylors Beach) will be holding their Annual

Christmas Family Night. This is a FREE EVENT so

bring your family along for a fun night and celebrate

the festive season with Christmas craft workshops,

jumping castle, pony rides, mini jeeps, face painting

etc. and of course there will be a visit from Santa!

A sausage sizzle will be on the go for our attending

families – kids eat free, adults donate $2 to Raymond

Terrace Rotary Club.

Hope to see you there!

P & C News

BBQ

We have our last Bunnings BBQ this Sunday, so if

you are up at Taylors Beach at all, please drop in and

buy a sausage sandwich.

Carols by Candlelight

Don’t forget this annual event will be held on

Saturday 7 December at the RSL. We will have our

glow wear available for sale and we will also draw the

Christmas Raffle. Don’t forget that if you win 1st prize

and you are up at the Carols, the RSL will give you an

extra $200 cash.

If you want some extra tickets, there are some more

books available at the school office.

Canteen

Robyn is again seeking volunteers, so if you have a

few hours to spare, even just once a month, she

would love to have you help out.

Price Rise

Jackets will now be $34.00 and trackies will now be

$25.00

Kindy 2014

Just reminding all new starters that it is wise to have

your uniforms before we break up for the Christmas

Holidays. The uniform shop is open on Mondays

from 9-10 and Wednesdays 2-3pm.

P & C Meeting

P & C meetings take place on the last Thursday of

the month at 3.15pm in the library. All welcome.

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