Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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What’s happening at our school:

Term 2 2020 Music – Wednesday Library – Wednesday Canteen - Friday Friday 26 June School Cross Country 12.30 Sport Teams 1.00 8/9 yrs 1.20 10 yrs 1.40 5/6/7 yrs 2.00 11/12 yrs Thursday 2 July Ronald McDonald House Pyjama Day Fundraiser K-6. Gold coin donation and $2.00 for warm Milo and cake. Friday 3 July School Athletics events Canteen order $5.00 Friday 3 July End of Term 2 Tuesday 21 July Start Term 3 Students return Friday 21 August Small Schools Athletics Carnival

Rain! Children arrive in the Library and busily organise themselves for wet weather activities.

Dear parents and carers,

Modified school reports will come home this week as part of the assessment cycle in classes. Thank you to teachers for their work to manage the assessments and to the children who work so hard every day to achieve their learning goals. Parents are asked to share the report with students to help set new learning goals.

At the term review for our school with Director Educational Leadership Keith Duran, we were able to present the work that staff developed to support home learning and the progress of students, as assessed by staff as they prepared semester one modified reports. Our focus on reading, writing and numeracy to work towards School Improvement goals, the School Annual Report and budget were discussed.

We are all looking forward to the Cross Country tomorrow. The bell will ring at 12.30 and the program will start at 1.00pm – 8/9 yrs, then 10 yrs followed by 5/6/7 yrs then 11 and 12 yrs. It will be great to have an outdoor event to enjoy the spirit of competition between the glowing Golden Wattle with the defending champion team Grey Gums. We will have fun with lots of team spirit, lots of cheering as every child participates to achieve a personal best.

Thank you to the families who have supported the P&C Fundraiser Wood Raffle (value $180 and delivery included). All money and tickets (sold and unsold) should be returned to the office by Wednesday 30 June for the draw on Friday 3 July (to be drawn at the Athletics Event next Friday). Poetry writing is planned to engage parents in student learning as well as work towards our goal to develop vocabulary and creativity. The Hilarie Lindsay Poetry for Australian Schoolchildren is due at the end of this term for our school entries. The Cubby House design Competition is due this Friday 26 June. Pictured are Troy and Laila working together to develop their plan – dad’s expertise and Laila’s imagination will produce an amazing result we are sure! How is your design progressing?

CANDELO PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Week 9 - Term 2 June 25 2020

Attachments: Canteen lunch pack order form for Athletics Events – Individual and family order

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P&C Fundraiser July Meeting Wednesday 6.30pm login through Messenger/Facebook (please advise if you wish to join in) or in person in the School Library. A Working Bee is being organized for the first week of the holidays to lay pavers, to tidy up the bottom area of the school and the area around the vegetable garden, as well as spread woodchips. Wood Raffle (value $180 and delivery included) money and all tickets (sold and unsold) should be returned to the office by Wednesday 30 June for the draw on Friday 3 July (to be drawn at the Athletics Carnival). There are incentives for families to support the fundraiser – 2 x vouchers for Big W ($50 each) for the family who sells the most tickets in the raffle and a name will be drawn from the families who have sold tickets for another prize. Your support for the children at Candelo PS is appreciated. Uniforms Long sleeve gold polo shirts for Winter are available from the Office. School t-shirts have arrived!! $25.00 per shirt, they are available from the office. Please see Megan to organise payment to the P&C account. Canteen on Friday - PLEASE LABEL and BRING YOUR OWN REUSABLE BOWL and FORK FOR THE CANTEEN’S MAIN COURSE ON FRIDAY!!

Canteen lunch packs will need to be ordered for the School Athletics trials Friday 3 July. Please complete form attached for single child or family order and include payment to hand in on Wednesday 1 July. Music Tuition CIP music tuition with Susan and Henry will begin again next term. Library our thanks to parents, staff and friends who covered so many books: Christine, Zeta, Kathryn, Jo, Merryl, Christa, Natalie and Samantha - you are awesome!! Premiers Reading Challenge Congratulations to the following children who have recorded their 20 books: Ally, Max, Chiara, Koby, Jasmine and Lilly! Students record their books using the PRC app in the Student Portal. Each child has a goal to read 20 books by the end of August. One

book from the PRC list per week! Every child can achieve that! Sport A modified Cross Country race is being planned for tomorrow, Friday 26 June after the early lunch period. From 12.30 the teams will prepare for the events. School Athletics qualifying trials in field events will be held Friday 3 July for students who are aged 8 years and over. Track events for all students K-6 will follow from 12.30pm. Canteen lunch is available please complete the order attached. Small Schools Athletics Carnival Term 3, week 5 Friday 21 August. Wyndham PS will organise the carnival at Wyndham PS ovals. A bus will be organised to transport students K-6 to Wyndham, however some parents may wish to transport their child(ren) to meet us at Wyndham oval. Waste Education (BVSCWE) with the Trash Smashers from years 3 and 4 have developed an information letter for parents; a colouring competition; posters to place around the school and Tshirt logo designs which will be displayed in the hallway ready for us to vote to select the ‘winning’ design for the Trash Smashers team. Oliver and Michael presented the STEM plan to the school assembly this morning! Dear parents and carers, This is the Trash Smashers from Stage 2, and we need your help to support us. We are trying to get more nude food at school because every year we are getting more and more soft plastic and it takes a long time to break down. Animals are eating the plastic that gets blown into the ocean and we need to save the animals because they need to live. Last year we did a waste audit at school and there was 63% soft plastic in our landfill bins. We want to limit the amount of soft plastic we use at school. Please use recyclable plastic, we want our animals to be healthy once more. For the canteen we are trying to get Fogo-able food and containers. Here’s what we need help with: • More nude food at school • Less soft plastic

How we can do this: • Send food in a recyclable container to school.

We are trying to limit the amount of times we use soft plastic and are trying to reuse recyclable and Fogo food. If you don’t know what food to send your kids, here is a recipe.

Candelo’s nut and dairy free muesli slice • 4 cups of quick oats • 2 cups of rolled oats • 2 cups of desiccated coconut • 2 cups of sultana roughly chopped • 1 table spoon of cinnamon • 2/3 cup of sunflower oil

Canteen Friday 26 June

Pesto Pasta $3.00

Ham & Pineapple Pizza $3.00

Banana & Date Loaf $1.00 0

Smoothie $2.00

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Mix dry ingredients above together and then add the oil. 2 cups of chopped dates 1 cup of rice malt Place dates and malt is a saucepan and stir on medium heat for 5 mins or till softened and combined. Mix date and malt into the dry ingredients and combine well. Press mixture into 2 paper lined lamington pans. Use a rolling pin or jar to press really, really firmly. Brake in 170 degree oven (fan forced setting) for 15 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting – 20 pieces per tin. Add a stripe of chocolate on top if desired. Freezes well. From Natalie, Brianna and Layla Class 3R

Please note School Banking will resume in Term 3. The Bank will address the tokens that children will have earned during this period and the contribution payments to the school. School Parliament would like to invite all students for a Pyjama Day on Thursday 2 July. Wear your pyjamas and bring a gold coin donation as well as $2.00 for warm Milo and cake/biscuit. Peer Support activities will further support every child’s sense of belonging. Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) ensures that all children deserve the best possible education; education that provides opportunities for children of all abilities to reach their potential. Teachers have been working to review the NCCD profile of students to include. It is a fair and consistent way for Australian schools to collect information that reflects the support or adjustments being provided for students whose learning is impacted. When social/emotional, physical, cognitive and sensory factors impact on student’s ability to learn, we work with parents/carers and our Learning and Support Team to develop differentiated programs and appropriate interventions. Tell Them From Me Survey (TTFM) for primary students in Years 4 to 6 will be conducted in the next two weeks. The student responses inform our understanding of their level of wellbeing and school safety as well as their level of engagement. There are some questions about home life for example, are there books and newspapers to read at home...

Parents are asked to inform us if they do not want their child to participate in the survey data collection. Week 9 Class 1W - Miss Watchirs WOW! Kindergarten are half way through their first year of school! We all had a great time at Happy Harold last week, where we learnt about friendships and Rachael had a sword fight with Harold the giraffe! Well done Year 1 for their effort writing their information texts about Koalas and publishing using Google Docs. In Maths we are looking at telling the time and learning about how in some cultures, seasonal changes mark the passing of time. We are building an understanding of the D’harawal seasonal calendar and how it relates to what we can see in happening in our environment. Cross Country is tomorrow and we are very excited. Next Friday we also have the Athletics Carnival and Pyjama Day next Thursday, so lots of fun events happening before the term ends. Thank you to all the families for helping the school sell lots of raffle tickets for the P&C Wood Raffle which will be drawn on Thursday 2nd July. Awards: Blake – beautiful behaviour in class and playground Rachael – fantastic attitude in class Cody & Sophia – wonderful listening in Maths

K/1 Class in Music this week

Class 2M - Mrs Moore I am so pleased with all the reading the children are doing! Their bookworms are growing so long and (best of all) I can see that their reading is steadily improving when they read during literacy rotations! This week we are learning about information texts. The children have learnt that information

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

texts have a title, pictures with captions and factual information organised under sub-headings. We are writing our own information texts on grey wolves. Our sub-headings are appearance and diet and habitat. In STEM the children are working on their cubby house designs. They have so many great ideas and will present them beautifully to show Mrs Bourke and the P and C. Wish your child good luck for the cross-country tomorrow. It might be worth putting the kids to bed early tonight if possible, ready to run their fastest tomorrow! Lessons with Alex and Harold were great fun and will help all of the children to learn the safety messages and how to solve problems. Don’t forget to wear your pyjamas next Thursday and bring some coins for Ronald Mc Donald House Fundraiser. Awards: Zali, Antony and Elsa: excellent effort in home reading Ava: outstanding writing Artwork by Peyton M and Hayley

Class 3R - Mr Reeve I have been so impressed with everyone’s writing in our class. The last few weeks we have been focusing on autobiographies, biographies (on our friends, family and famous people) and information pieces on animals. Next week we are creating newspaper reports. In Maths, we have been focusing on reading timetables and understanding time duration. Eg If Clancy went to the beach from 10.00am until 2.30pm, how long did he go for? Next week in Maths, we are focusing on half and quarter of an amount, mixed and improper fractions. For homework we are working on completing Unit 18 in our Practising Maths books.

Healthy Harold lessons are being followed up to teach cybersafety in our class. A huge congratulations to Michael and Oliver for their fantastic speeches informing our school what’s happening with the Trash Smashers after our visit from Jules at Bournda EEC last week. Reports will come home this week for parents to share with their child. Don’t forget PJ Day next Thursday! Awards: Sandon: awesome information pieces on anacondas and red bellied black snakes. Christopher: fantastic information piece on polar bears. Ivy: fantastic biography on Tones and I. Natalie: entertaining biography on Mr Reeve. Class 4BJ - Mrs Bourke/Mrs Johnson Modified class reports will come home today. It has been the most extraordinary term and the children have managed the many changes. Our reports look for what the children can do and the next steps for their continuing progress. Literacy – An assignment has been created in Teams for the poetry writing. Please check the poetry writing rubric to see the criteria. Mrs Johnson is working with the class on their information report. Each child is researching and presenting information for their report. Numeracy - fractions and problem solving. Sport – our class have improved their cross country fitness ready for tomorrow and have started to practice for field events - high jump, long jump, discus and shotput. Each child has attempted a personal best during practice sessions. Peer Support groups provide the opportunity for Year 6 leaders to develop leadership and provide support for the younger children. A PJ Day is being planned for next Thursday. Reading PRC – we have another 4 students who have recorded their books. Well done Chiara, Koby, Lilly and Jasmine. Art – Postcard Art works are being developed for showcase in the Spiral Gallery in Bega next term. STEM design is due next week, we encourage all children to work with parent support, to develop a design for the top area. It is great that the STEM Virtual Reality kit will be in our school again next term. Awards: Isabelle, Lance, Hayden: excellent effort in Poetry writing Alex and Mikah: excellent effort in Spanish Duolingo course