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TOMAREE PUBLIC SCHOOL PO Box 710, Nelson Bay 2315

EMAIL: tomaree-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEB: www.tomaree-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 4

October November December

30th -ES1 & S1 excursion Hunter Valley Zoo

1st-Gymnastics programme 3rd -Year 7 Parent Information Night

31st –Gymnastics programme 2nd- Colour Run Day 4th -HS orientation day

6th -1st Kindergarten orientation and parent Information session and -Year 6 Annual School Fair

5th -K-6 Assembly

7th -K-6 Assembly and -Gymnastics programme

6th -Twilight Bandstand at Anna Bay PS and Volunteers Morning Tea 11.30-12.30 pm

8th -Year 6 Fair -Gymnastics programme

11th -Presentation Day rehearsal

9th -Remembrance Day Service and -TEC 20th Anniversary /Grandfriend’s Assembly

12th -Presentation Day

10th - TEC 20th Anniversary Dinner 13th –Principal’s Afternoon Tea

& Scripture Assembly

& Carols night

12th-23rd -Commencement of Intensive Swimming Scheme

17th -Year 6 Farewell

14th -2nd Kindergarten orientation and Gymnastics programme

15th-Gymnastics programme 18th -End of year picnics

29th -3rd Kindergarten orientation

19th -Last day of School Term 4

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

25th October 2018

Term 4 Week 2 Term Four is well and truly off and away here at Tomaree Public School. We currently have Stage Three away on

camp, gymnastic sessions are running every Wednesday and Thursday across Kindergarten to Year 6, swimming on

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Fridays for primary students and our inaugural school Fun Run is just one week away. A huge thank you to all of the

staff, parents and P and C members who have helped organise and run these great events and activities at our

school.

Fun Run Fundraiser Our school Fun Run Fundraiser is on Friday 2nd November. We currently have around $9500 raised and registered

online towards our target goal of $30000. The funds are going towards the resurfacing of the netball/basketball

court and installation of rotating goal posts. Please continue raising funds and putting the details online, via the Fun

Run Fundraising online page. If you need details on this process please see the brochure attached to this week’s

newsletter.

Enrolments

We are now starting to plan our classes for next year and need to know if you will be sending your child to

Kindergarten in 2019, or if your family or child will be leaving our school at the end of the year. Please contact the

office as soon as possible, or let your child’s classroom teacher know if you intend to enrol a child or if will be leaving

Tomaree Public School.

Student and family details

Family circumstances and contact details change from time to time. At times, the office or classroom teachers need

to make contact with parents / carers for important events, activities or emergencies, and often the contact details

are incorrect. If your family or emergency contact details have changed, can you please let the office know either in

writing, email or in person. Updated information can be directly emailed to - tomaree.ps@det.nsw.edu.au

Swimming

Students from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be participating in swimming sessions every Friday at the Tomaree Aquatic

Centre. Students need to bring swimmers, a towel, goggles (if they have them) and payment for the pool entry.

Payment for the pool is $3.50. Students who have a ‘Pool Pass’ may use this for their payment, however, it needs to

be presented each week as they enter the pool facility. Students that have been selected not to attend swimming

will be participating in either bowling or school sport and will need to bring the appropriate money or equipment to

attend.

Intensive Swimming – Year 2

Students from Year 2 will be participating in the intensive Learn to Swim program each day during Weeks 5 and 6

(Monday 12th November – Friday 23rd November) at the Tomaree Aquatic Centre. Students need to bring swimmers,

a towel, goggles (if they have them) and payment for the pool entry. Payment for the pool is $35.00 and last day for

payment is Wednesday 7th November.

Year 6 Fair

Our Annual Year 6 Fair is on Tuesday, 6th November 2018, as part of the end of year celebrations for theYyear 6

students. This is a wonderful experience for the Year 6 students to practise their organisational and leadership skills

in a big event situation.

There will be games to play, similar to sideshow alley, such as sock wrestling, target games and obstacle courses.

Entry into the games will be $5 per student, this is to be prepaid at the office. There will also be some stalls selling

second hand toys and lucky dips for 20c, 50c and $1 for students to purchase on the day. Please do not send these

extra coins to school before the day of the fair, they are to be brought to school only on the Year 6 Fair day.

I am hoping that the whole school will be able to join in the celebrations on the day in support of our Year 6

students.

Take care and have a wonderful week

Chris King

Proud Principal of Tomaree Public School

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MERIT AWARDS

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

CLASS TERM 4 WEEK 2

KA Phoenix Foote Logan Karevelatzis Jessica Keerie

KH Emily Watson Jake Mackay Grace Lobley

S1H Kade Cowan Mason Sumner Davies

S1M Ava Lobley Jacob Hughes Ty Evans

S1O Alfie Dodd Jazmine Hughes

S1/2B Ashley Fleming McKenzie Ryan Daniel Cox

S2C Lani Bishop Brayden West Summer McLean Taj Sharp

S2H Leonie Tursan D’Espaignet Delta Mayer Hayden Bott Jasmine Gambell

S2R Alannah Sylvester Rylie Pettit-Connor Ashton Bond

S3D Charlotte Shaw Abby Orton Tamika Gambell

1C Jayden Peterson

3P Crystal Peterson

CLASS NOMINATIONS AWARD RECIPIENT REASON FOR AWARD

KA Charlie Garvey, Annabelle Shephard, Olive Hinks, Sunny Chen, Brody Northwood

Brody Northwood For his diligent approach to challenging tasks.

S1M

Christian Cole, Trey Sharp, Ty Evans, Orlando Peak, Nyah Eissa

Christian Cole For being a kind friend and a good buddy

S1O Ciara Thornthwaite, Landon Bunt, Mikaylah Clark, Harrison Stone

Ciara Thornthwaite For showing dedication to learning through her huge improvement in Mathematics.

S2H

Abdul Kareem, Isabella Gamgee, Ava Coppleman, Adele O’Rourke, Abby Chenhall

Abdul Kareem For making people laugh and making people feel happy.

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Jake Keerie, TJ Blackbourn, Lucy Blachford

Jake Keerie For improvement in all areas.

3P

Brock Davis, Sandon Baker Brock Davis For a positive attitude and great participation in all class activities.

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SOCCER GALA DAY On Friday 19th October, the Girls and Boys A’s and B’s soccer teams travelled to Mallabula Sports Complex to compete

against seven local schools in the Port Stephens GALA Day.

Our Boy’s A Team came first in their ‘pool’, to go through to compete in the semi-final against Shoal Bay, in which they

unfortunately lost 1-0. The boys played exceptionally well against this very strong side and showed significant

improvement from their previous tournament earlier this year.

Our Boys B Team lost in some very close matches but showed great promise for next year’s competition.

Congratulations to our Girls A and B Teams which both won their initial competition pools, got through to their semi-

finals and then into their Grand Final games. Unfortunately, both teams went down to the Tanilba Bay P.S. teams in

these finals, but each player should be very proud of their amazing efforts throughout the day.

Thank you to Soldiers Point Bowling Club for lending us their courtesy bus, to our wonderful parents/carers who came

along on the day to show their support and to those who helped drive the remainder of our 45 players to the venue -

we couldn’t have done it without you!

All in all, it was a very successful tournament. Our students represented Tomaree Public School with the upmost of

integrity and must be commended for their excellent attitudes and fine sportsmanship.

Michelle Donovan (Boys Coach) and Jess Sullivan (Girls Coach)

Grandfriends Day We would like to welcome all Grandparents and Grandfriends to join us for a sausage sizzle and a special assembly

on Friday the 9th of November. This will also celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the school.

The sausage sizzle will start at 8.30am with the assembly commencing at 9.45am in the primary school hall. Come

along, enjoy a hot sausage and an orange juice, and maybe read a book with your grandchild.

Unfortunately, parking will not be available onsite. You can drop Grandfriends off, and then go and park at the pool.

Parking is not available in the staff carpark.

We hope that you can make it!

Defence Aide News FamilySMART and KidSMART Programs – Defence Community Organisation will be delivering two FamilySMART and KidSMART Programs in November. The sessions will assist families to identify and build on their strengths, learn techniques to cope with the stressors and challenges of the military lifestyle, and become more resilient, self-reliant and proactive.

The dates the Programs will be run are:

Saturday, November 3 and Saturday, November 17, at 1.00-3.00pm, atDCO Hunter, RAAF Base Williamtown.

RSVP or enquiries to DCO.HunterRIMS@ defence.gov.au or phone 40346973.

Christmas Treat –The annual Christmas treat will be held on Friday, November 30 at Revolution Sports Park, 55 The Avenue, Maryville, from 12.00-3.00pm. All tickets are $25 which includes 3 hours of jumping, lunch (for children) and a showbag.

Tickets are available at https://www.stickytickets.com.au/74386 until November 16.

I can be contacted on 4981 1444 or email debbie.hersant@det.nsw.edu.au Have a great week. Debbie Hersant DSTA

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School Opal Cards – Term 4

The School Opal card gives eligible school students free or subsidised travel on public transport between

home and school on trains, buses, ferries and light rail in the Opal network.

Starting Term 4 - ALL students will be reminded that they are required to use their School Opal

Cards every time they catch the bus to AND from school. Students who fail to use the School Opal

Card will initially receive a warning and then a possible suspension off ALL school services for

subsequent offences. To prevent issues with their travel, please ensure your child has an School Opal

Card and is aware that they must use it every time they catch the school bus.

For more information about the School Opal card, visit https://www.opal.com.au/en/about-opal/opal-for-

school-students

ANTHONY BISCAN Bus Operations Manager

Phone 02 4982 2940

Email anthony@pscoaches.com.au

www.pscoaches.com.au

Colour Run We are very excited as Tomaree’s very first colour run approaches. Information regarding this has been sent

home if you require another booklet these can be collect from canteen. The date of the colour run is 2nd of

November please ensure you have registered online before this date at https://schoolfundraising.com.au/ Thank you to those who have registered and begun fundraising your amazing efforts have seen us reach $9000 already, well on the way to our goal of $30,000 that will see our school build a new basketball/netball court.

A huge thank you to Chris from Salamander screen printing who has printed our T-shirts for the day these will be handed out in class next week. Limited spare T-shirts are available please send $8 along with size required, name and class to canteen.

Kind Regards Kai Jones

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OSHC Tomaree Information

Continuing current arrangements?

Families with current bookings who do not require changes will have their booking rolled over to 2019.

Changing or adding days?

To make changes to a booking pattern for 2019, let us know what sessions you would like to book by completing a

New Booking Request on My Family Lounge.

New siblings attending?

To enrol a new sibling in 2019, complete an Enrolment Form and a New Booking Request on My Family Lounge.

Leaving school or cancelling care?

To cancel care for 2019, please let us know by emailing childcare@ymcansw.org.au* *Terms and Conditions apply Are your details up to date?

To check or change the contact details we have for you, please log in to My Family Lounge.

Please also ensure if applicable, updated documentation items are provided to your OSHC Service prior to finishing

care in 2018* *This can include Immunisation Records, Medical Action Plans & Alerts, Risk Minimisations & Communication Plans, Authorisations to Administer Medication, Additional

Support Plans and Court Orders.

Key Dates

19 Oct – Due date! Let us know what changes you require.

That is, if you’re requesting to change days, enrol a new sibling or cancelling care – please let us know by this date.

22 Oct – Change requests and sibling placements will start being assessed.

Booking offers and confirmations will be sent from this date.

5 Nov – New family enrolments for 2019 will commence.

2019 Fees & Charges

As a result of the increased requirements for child care providers to meet new legislation, YMCA NSW is currently

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reviewing its fees and charges for 2019. Further information will be provided in the coming weeks.

YMCA NSW Child Care Team is here to help!

If you have any queries, please contact us:

Monday to Friday, 6:30am-6:30pm

P: 1300 00 9679

E: childcare@ymcansw.org.au

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need to contact YMCA NSW if there are no required changes to my bookings?

A: No, you do not need to, however, you will need to update your My Family Lounge account if any personal

information changes.

Q: How do I make a change of booking request?

A: Please log onto your My Family Lounge account, click on “New Request” under booking requests and select the

new days you require.

Q: I have downloaded the My Family Lounge app on my phone, but cannot access my enrolment form

A: You must make your changes online using a computer. The app is designed for casual booking requests (before

school care, after school care and vacation care) and for marking your child as absent.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries at all about the information I have shared with you.

Regards,

Kylie Nadalin

Children’s Services Manager

YMCA NSW