Jock Garven - Principal 1240 Ocean Drive, Lake Cathie NSW 2445 PO Box 279 Lake Cathie NSW 2445 T (02) 6584 8060 F (02) 6584 8070 E [email protected]W lakecathie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Lake Cathie Public School Term 3 Week 9 Issue # 15 Page 1 DATES TO REMEMBER Friday 16 September Kinder Alphabet Day & Picnic 12 noon Parade in the Hall 3/4J Assembly This term in History 3/4J have been learning about the ‘First Contacts’. They will present an item at the assembly. All parents and carers are welcome to join us. Wednesday 21 September Uning Church Performance Thursday 22 September Dance Eisteddfod Friday 23 September Last day of term Reward Day 4/5/6 Camp deposit due Monday 10 October Students return STAFFING Congratulaons to Mrs Katy Haste who has just last week, received noficaon from the Department of Educaon of her transfer appointment to Lake Cathie Public School. Katy has been with us from Day 1 and it is very excing for us all. Over the coming weeks we will receive applicaons for an adversed classroom teacher posion for 2017 and run a selecon panel consisng of Kylie Short (parent representave), Jane Egan (staff representave) and myself as panel convener. We will inform the community of the successful applicant early next term. Well done to Miss Elise Navan who is in the final weeks of her Internship which marks the final phase of her Educaon Degree. We wish her well in her future career as a teacher and hope to see her successfully casual teaching around the area in Term 4. REWARDS DAY On Friday 23 September, students who have maintained a high level of personal behaviour during the term will be invited to an acvity aſternoon of games, as recognion for their successful term. If your child does not receive an invitaon this term, I will be running a wellbeing and posive behaviour workshop to help support them in their endeavour for more consistent and posive behaviour in future terms. Final details will be provided early next week. PASSIVE PLAY AREA We remind and encourage students and families of our passive play area where running and ball games are not permied. The enre central courtyard area between our classrooms right up to the office, including the undercover hall/canteen area is our passive play area. We certainly encourage running and ball games on our grass playground area and basketball and skipping on the basketball court. We have had two significant injuries to heads where students have turned sharply during games and struck one of the galvanised poles. AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION To ensure student safety aſter school, we will be insisng that all students are not to be playing on the climbing equipment or playing ball games in the bus lines and parent collecon areas. This is in response to an escalaon of injuries in and around those areas which are not supervised by staff aſter the school bell. This communicaon to parents is in line with Health and Safety Directorate guidelines. We certainly encourage parents to connue to have me socialising together around pre collecon me as this is part of the appeal and friendliness at Lake Cathie Public School. A sincere thank you for your support and consideraon with this safety issue. DANCE EISTEDDFOD A huge congratulaons to staff and students in preparaon for the Dance Eisteddfod performances next Thursday aſternoon and evening. We are certainly looking forward to these dance performances, regardless of the compeon outcome. We are so proud of our students and the staff involved.
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Jock Garven - Principal1240 Ocean Drive, Lake Cathie NSW 2445PO Box 279 Lake Cathie NSW 2445 T (02) 6584 8060 F (02) 6584 8070E [email protected] W lakecathie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Lake Cathie Public School Term 3 Week 9 Issue # 15 Page 1
DATES TO REMEMBER
Friday 16 September Kinder Alphabet Day & Picnic
12 noon Parade in the Hall
3/4J Assembly
This term in History 3/4J have been learning about the ‘First Contacts’. They will present an item at the assembly. All parents and carers are welcome to join us.
Wednesday 21 September Uniting Church Performance
Thursday 22 September Dance Eisteddfod
Friday 23 September Last day of term
Reward Day
4/5/6 Camp deposit due
Monday 10 October Students return
STAFFING
Congratulations to Mrs Katy Haste who has just last week, received notification from the Department of Education of her transfer appointment to Lake Cathie Public School. Katy has been with us from Day 1 and it is very exciting for us all.
Over the coming weeks we will receive applications for an advertised classroom teacher position for 2017 and run a selection panel consisting of Kylie Short (parent representative), Jane Egan (staff representative) and myself as panel convener. We will inform the community of the successful applicant early next term.
Well done to Miss Elise Navan who is in the final weeks of her Internship which marks the final phase of her Education Degree. We wish her well in her future career as a teacher and hope to see her successfully casual teaching around the area in Term 4.
REWARDS DAY
On Friday 23 September, students who have maintained a high level of personal behaviour during the term will be invited to an activity afternoon of games, as recognition for their successful term. If your child does not receive an invitation this term, I will be running a wellbeing and positive behaviour workshop to help support them in their endeavour for more consistent and positive behaviour in future terms. Final details will be provided early next week.
PASSIVE PLAY AREA
We remind and encourage students and families of our passive play area where running and ball games are not permitted. The entire central courtyard area between our classrooms right up to the office, including the undercover hall/canteen area is our passive play area.
We certainly encourage running and ball games on our grass playground area and basketball and skipping on the basketball court. We have had two significant injuries to heads where students have turned sharply during games and struck one of the galvanised poles.
AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION
To ensure student safety after school, we will be insisting that all students are not to be playing on the climbing equipment or playing ball games in the bus lines and parent collection areas. This is in response to an escalation of injuries in and around those areas which are not supervised by staff after the school bell. This communication to parents is in line with Health and Safety Directorate guidelines. We certainly encourage parents to continue to have time socialising together around pre collection time as this is part of the appeal and friendliness at Lake Cathie Public School. A sincere thank you for your support and consideration with this safety issue.
DANCE EISTEDDFOD
A huge congratulations to staff and students in preparation for the Dance Eisteddfod performances next Thursday afternoon and evening. We are certainly looking forward to these dance performances, regardless of the competition outcome. We are so proud of our students and the staff involved.
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CANTEEN ROSTERSHOWCASE OF EXCELLENCE
What a delight for our future kindergarten students and their families at our very first Showcase of Excellence. Last Thursday staff, led by Mrs Annette Bailey prepared, produced and showcased students from Lake Cathie Public School in a number of creative arts performances including dance, drama, vocal ensemble and band. Our student leaders ably assisted Mrs Bailey for this presentation. A highlight of the Showcase was our wonderful 2016 Kindergarten classes wowing us with singing and a super fashion parade. A huge thanks to all of our staff for providing yet another opportunity for our students to shine.
CHARITY PERFORMANCE BAND AND VOCAL ENSEMBLE
We invite parents and families to a charity performance at the Uniting Church Port Macquarie next Wednesday 21 September starting at 10.30am. We are joining with Port Macquarie Public School for this concert after two band workshops over the past two terms. There is a $5.00 donation entry that will go towards two worthy charities: Burnside Family Support and Dyslexia Support Mid North Coast. It is very important that our students learn about being involved with community charity in a direct way. Our ongoing commitment to fundraising targets is great but for the students to have to work hard and prepare for a charity event takes it to a higher level. We hope to see you there.
CAMDEN HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL WORK EXPERIENCE
We welcome both Annah Eade this week and Paige Wilkie next week for a week of work experience in our school. Camden Haven High School is a fantastic partner in education with Lake Cathie Public School and these two outstanding high school students will be great role models and mentors for our students as they assist the class teachers during their time with us.
KARATE REMINDER
Term 4 Karate starts on Monday 24 October as Karate Instructor Katrina will be on holidays. We are looking forward to hosting a major grading weekend on the 25-26 November. Many of our students train weekly in our hall on Monday nights with Katrina and her fabulous Karate School. Please call the office if you are interested in your child becoming involved in Karate on Monday nights.
Thursday 15 September Eve Gillbanks 10-2pmFriday 16 September Linda Barnett 9-2pm
Teash Owens 12-2pmWednesday 21 September Free Fruit Wednesday
Lisa Hall 10-11.30am
Thursday 22 September Christie James 10-2pmFriday 23 September Linda Barnett 9-2pm
Chris Wheatley 9-2pmPeter Jones 12-2pm
Teaching Observations
Over the last two days I have been lucky enough to visit our classrooms during the process of classroom observations.
Your child may have mentioned that there were extra teachers in their classrooms watching them learn and work. Mr Garven even visited some of our classrooms and was involved as an observer in the observations.
The classroom observations are a part of the Performance Development Framework across the NSW Department of Education.
Each year, teachers are required to be formally observed twice.
Lesson observations are directly related to each teacher’s professional goals and are used as evidence looking at the progress towards their goals.
At Lake Cathie Public School teaching staff are involved in peer observations and a lesson study format.
The reasons why we promote and support teachers to participate in lesson observations are:
- in line with Departmental policies and Teachers federation guidelines;
- it provides opportunities to discuss challenges and successes with trusted colleagues;
- supports sharing of ideas and expertise amongst teachers;
- builds a community of trust through opening classroom practice to a wider audience; and
- encourages openness and sharing of practice with a focus on improving impact on learning.
Current educational research has determined that the largest, most significant impact on a child’s education is the classroom teacher.
Here at Lake Cathie Public School we work each week to share, collaborate and build our teaching expertise to benefit the learning needs of each and every one of our students.
Next term, I will continue to lead the staff through the process of professional learning each week. Our focus will continue to be writing.
It is a privilege to work with such a dedicated and professional staff.
Mrs Annette Bailey
Assistant Principal
Aboriginal Dance Workshop
Laci, Jye, Korbin and Charlie from 3/4J recently participated in the Aboriginal Dance Workshop at Kendall Public School. The kids had the opportunity to work with Sonny, formerly of Bangarra Dance Company, and Jordan, a qualified dancer through NAISDA, model and former national and international gymnast. Both Sonny and Jordan are inspirational role models and our students were very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with them. Another wonderful opportunity at LCPS.
Miss Jesser
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KINDER GREEN FUNDRAISER CAKE STALL
Kinder Green has been studying a unit about ‘Meeting needs’ this term. When investigating shelters we learnt that over 100 000 people in Australia are homeless each night. We thought it would be a great idea to help the homeless by buying a street swag which is made especially for them.
We kicked off our fundraising with a cake stall on Monday. What an amazing result. We were inundated with such wonderful yummies to eat. And eat we did. $190 later all goods were eaten. Thank you to everyone involved especially two mums who stayed all day! One of our very thoughtful students also donated her pocket money! Such wonderful spirit.
This Friday will be the culmination of our fundraising with a gold coin donation on our Kinder alphabet parade.
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Class MERIT AWARDKG Ciana Jones Brooklyn Northcott Willow Houston Harley Holden
KB Jarrah Ingram Ava Giles Sophie Wheatley Eli McDonald
1 P Beau Tougher Corbin Robinson Amelia Bulmer Marli Carmichael
1/2 B Freya Briggs Charli Collins Jasmyn Everingham Nicholas Hodges
3/4 J Haylee Watt Samantha Ulph Tao Connors Korbin Giles
4/5/6 M Tobias Lee Robbie Fiorenza Molly Cicak Emily Barlin
SPIRIT AWARD Brenton Mance Mitchell Whiting Alexandra Ellis
TERM 3 WEEK 8
ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS
Camden Haven Junior Touch Football Registration The 2016/17 Junior Touch Football competition will commence on Wednesday 19th October finishing on Saturday 25th February 2017 (there will be a 4 week break over Christmas). Games will be played on Wednesdays at the Laurieton fields, at 4:30pm and 5:10pm. You can register individually or get together some mates and put your own team in. Registrations will be at Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club. Registration dates:
• Wednesday 21st September 5pm – 7pm • Tuesday 27th September 5pm – 7pm • Wednesday 28th September 5pm – 7pm
*Please note there will be no more registrations taken after 28th September 2016. Cost: $50.00 per child (includes a team singlet) Divisions: under 8’s, 10’s, 12’s, 14’s and 16’s We are looking forward to another great junior touch footy season!!! Any further questions please email us [email protected] or call Bec on 0403909799.
The Fast5s@Fairmont will be a fun and social 5-a-side soccer competition held at Fairmont Gardens, Wauchope.
- Age groups available for 6 years up to adult. - Games played every Thursday from 5pm. First round October 6th to Finals on December 15th.
Registrations are open now and can be easily completed online through Wauchope Soccer Club at: www.myfootballclub.com.au
Junior registration: $50
Senior registration: $70
For more information contact: [email protected] or Ph/SMS: 0429328383
Contact Kylee on 6584 8060 to place your advertisement in
