Irrawang Public School 21 Geer Street

RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 P: 49872403/ 49872600

F: 49874063 Principal:

Stacy Mathieson Webpage: http://www.irrawang-

p.schools.nsw.gov.au Email:

irrawang-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inside this issue:

Principal’s Message 1

THINK & Assembly roster 2

Library News, Chess news 3

PBL 4

Who am I Family 5

NAIDOC DAY 6

Canteen volunteer 7

Car Park & School Zones, Spot light & Good for Kids

8

LMBR 9

Enrolment, Facebook, Aussie 5 10

Absentee Note 11

Caught You Being Good At Home 12

IRRAWANG PUBLIC SCHOOL

An Innovative, Vibrant and Diverse Learning Community

Term 2, Week 6, 2 June 2016

Dear Parents/Carers, Winter is here! As we move into Winter, I am pleased to see lots of student’s wearing a blue jumper at school to keep them warm. Jackets are also available from LOWES if you prefer. I ask that parents remind their children to leave their ‘hoodies’ at home. The arrival of baby Turner is close! As we know, the beautiful Miss Turner is expecting her little bundle of joy in the very near future. I am pleased to announce that Miss Tamsett will be taking 1T for the remainder of the year and Miss Compton will be team teaching 3-4I with Ms Isedale as well as RFF. We wish Miss Turner and her partner all the very best and look forward to seeing gorgeous family photos in a few weeks. LMBR is coming! Our school GOES LIVE on the 14th June. This is the day when all our school’s finance, wellbeing, data, records....all aspects of school management, will transfer to a new system. We are hoping for a smooth transition at this time. The office will be closed on this day for all money transactions. We thank you in advance for your support and patience around this LMBR GO LIVE day.

Getting to know ME afternoon! It has been nearly two terms now that I have been privileged enough to be Principal at Irrawang Public School. I am going to hold a ‘Getting to know ME’ afternoon on Wednesday 22nd June 2016. You will get to know more about me as a mother, wife, daughter etc, along with me as a Principal and what my goals are for the future of IPS. I would love all parents and carers to attend and also give your feedback on how the school is going and where you would like it to head. An information note will come home in the coming weeks. I think we will see that myself, the staff and you as a parent, all are working on the same goal: Improved outcomes for all students.

Kind Regards,

Stacy Mathieson Principal

School Calendar 2016

TERM 2

Tuesday’s - Go For Fun till 5.15pm

Friday’s - Gathang 9.15-11.15am

Fri 3rd June - Assembly P-6

Mon 6th June - PBL Assemble

Mon 13th June - Public Holiday! Tues 14th June - LMBR Goes Live!

Thur 16th June - Athletics Carnival

Fri 17th June - Assembly P-6

Thur 23rd June - Disco

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING RESPECT

Term 2 Class

Week 6 5-6P

Week 8 Special Ed

Week 10 Talent Quest

Term 3 Class

Week 2 2T

Week 4 3-4I

Week 6 KV

Week 8 KR

Week 10 1M

Term 4 Class

Week 2 3-6J

Week 4 Preschool

Week 6 4-5E

Week 8 Special Ed

Week 10 YEAR 6

ASSEMBLY ROSTER TERM 2-4 2016

LIBRARY NEWS

AARON BLABEY IS COMING !

We are preparing for a visit by the truly brilliant children’s author, Aaron Blabey. He will be here on 11th August, a week before the Book Fair. We have all his books in the Library and the children are familiar with most of his characters including “Pig the Pug”, “Thelma the Unicorn” and “The Bad Guys”. He is a great presenter, who believes that writing and illustrating children’s books is the best job in the world. It will be an absolute treat to see him in our Library. Thank you to everyone for the wonderful support of the Library Book Sale last week. It was an amazing success, with all books in new owners’ hands before the end of lunch on Wednesday. The Library is now clear of all the storage cartons and ready for a “Spring “ cleaning … though recent weather says we may be a bit early for that just yet.

What a great Crazy Hat day we had last Wednesday, celebrating National Simultaneous Storytime in the Library with the children from Preschool and the Infants. Thank you Miss Turner for the fabulous idea! All around Australia, there were over 500,000 children participating in more than 3,000 locations.

Happy reading everyone!

Chris Berry Teacher Librarian

Chess News

Chess boards are set up for matches each Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday lunchtime. Students of any age

keen to play Chess can come to the Library on any/all of those days to practice their skills and have match

play.

Chris Berry

Chess Co-Ordinator

I’m coming

to

Irrawang !!!

Irrawang Public School Community are

safe, responsible learners who show respect in all settings

HELLO PBL members

(IPS Staff, School Community, Students, Parents)

Putting our ‘Best Face Forward’! What does this mean?

If you saw a person coming towards you with a smile on their face how

would that make you feel?

I think I can guess! It would probably make you feel good and you would probably smile back!

Guess what you have done?

You have just shown respect to them by putting your ‘Best Face Forward’!

Putting our ‘Best Face Forward’ happens everywhere, at all times to

everyone!

PBL Week 6

I want to put my

best face forward.

But which one?

What about th

is one? Don’t think so!!!

5 Things you don’t know about me- Staff

There is no winner of our guessing competition in the “5 Things you don’t know about me”

feature of the Newsletter (Term 2, week 4).

The correct answer was Mrs Diane Holdom.

Thank you to Katie Baira for entering.

Better Luck next time.

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

WHO AM I—Family

We are a family of seven who have been together for 20 years.

Three of our children attend IPS, (one of our children was a school captain) one attends

Irrawang High and another will attend Preschool next year.

We have one pet dog and as a family we like to watch movies, go to the park and go

exploring.

I always attend the assemblies and School events.

Who am I?

Please write your answer on the tear off slip at the bottom of the page (or write on a slip of

paper). Place in the foyer at the office by the morning of Friday 27th May (week 5).

The winner is the first correct answer drawn out of the box which will be published in the

newsletter 3rd June (Week 6).

Good luck!

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

Guessing Competition Answer.

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Name: ………………………………………………………………………..

Class: …………………………………

Answer: ………………………………………………………………………

NAIDOC is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements

and is an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and

our society.

We will be celebrating NAIDOC 2016 on Thursday the 28th of July (term 2). Are you interested in joining

our planning committee? We would love to have you join us. We meet every second Thursday morning at 9am in the Drop-In Room. Please see Chris Berry, Aunty Margo or Gina if you would like more infor-

mation. You can also leave a message at the school office and we will contact you. Phone: 4987 2403

In need of volunteers for Masters BBQ on Sunday 12th of June We will also be hosting a Masters BBQ on Sunday the 12th of June, with funds going towards our school community NAIDOC Celebrations. We need volunteers to assist us on the day. If you can help out for 2-3

hours, please let us know. Please contact the school office 4987 2403 or Thou-Walla 4987 4666.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

‘You have brains in your head and feet in your shoes. You can steer

yourself in any direction you choose’ Dr Seuss

Careers Day at Irrawang Public School is all about celebrating career choices and the im-

portance of education in achieving your goals. We are planning the Careers Day for 2016 and

are looking for any families who may be interested in joining our planning committee. We

are also looking for any parents/caregivers or extended family who may be interested in be-

ing a career presenter or helper on the day. In particular, we are looking for any previous Irra-

wang Public School students. If you can help, please contact Community Liaison Officer

Melissa Beasley on 4987 2403 or Gina at Thou-Walla on 4987 4666.

CAREERS DAY 2016 SAVE THE DATE: 15th of September

Looking for Career Presenters

NAIDOC 2016 SAVE THE DATE: 28th of July

Canteen Volunteers Needed

Providing nutritious food in our canteen is a vital step in helping kids set up healthy routines and habits for life. Our canteen is run with the help of a network of volunteers from our school community working together. If you can spare any time to join our network and help prepare and serve food at our canteen, we would very much appreciate a hand. Its easy and fun work with On-the-job training and you can dedicate as much or as little time as you like. Our time is from 8:15am-12.30pm if you are available. All volunteers’ efforts are re-warded with a healthy lunch and as much tea and coffee you can drink. Just fill in the volunteers slip below and email or send it back to school. If you have any queries please feel free to contact me via phone, email or drop in to the canteen for a chat. Many thanks, Phyllipa Elvidge Canteen Supervisor 49872403 ipspandc@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Canteen Volunteer

This information is kept confidential and secure unless otherwise noted.

Volunteer Name: ____________________________ Best Contact Number: ______________________ Email Address: _________________________________________ Child(s) Name: _________________________ Class: __________ Day(s) Available to Volunteer: Frequency you would like to volunteer:

Monday Once a week Tuesday

Once a fortnight Wednesday

Once a month Thursday

Once a term Friday Other:_________________

Any Special request, such as being rostered with friends or particular dates ect: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Extra copies available from the Office or Canteen.

ROSLYN ST. CAR PARK AWARENESS

Just a reminder that the Roslyn St car park is a designated quick drop off and pick up zone for children arriving via

Special Transport vehicles. To maintain safety for our students, this area is restricted to vehicles with school parking permits. This

year’s permits are PINK and can be obtained via an application process. If you believe that you require a permit, please speak to

the office staff.

Please be aware that the gates to this car park will be closed and locked after the last Special Transport vehicle has depart-

ed. If you have a permit, it is requested that you park outside the school on days where you will be requiring an extended amount

of time in the afternoon, such as for parent/teacher meetings.

The pedestrian gates will be locked by 3:10pm. Pedestrians needing to leave the school after the gates have been locked will be able to do so via the Cambridge St and Geer St entrances.

We thank you for your patience and consideration in this matter.

SCHOOL ZONE PARKING OFFENCES:

$169.00

+ 2 Points

$304.00

+ 2 Points $304.00

+ 2 Points

Spotlight on a volunteer This week we shine the light on a volunteer

that has helped out in the Library.

Sylvia Davey

Sylvia said she started volunteering at IPS because her son had trou-

ble settling in at School last year. “After a lot of work from a lot of

great people we’ve finally got him mostly settled. I work at the Li-brary to be there for him and it also gives me a chance to give back to

those that have helped me”.

When volunteering in the Library, Sylvia said the jobs are easy to do and include placing returned books back on the shelves, helping chil-

dren with their work and covering books, as well as improving my

computer skills.

Thanks Sylvia we appreciate all your hard work!

Melissa Beasley & Megan Lysaght

LMBR IS

ALMOST HERE!

(Learning Management & Business Reform)

New upcoming changes within the Department of Education which will

affect Finance and Student Management at Irrawang Public School.

WARNING!!!!!!!!! WARNING!!!!!!!! Please pay any outstanding fees as soon as possible.

Absolute Last day for payments both

online and over the counter will be

Tuesday 7th June 2016.

Irrawang Public School Safety Responsibility Learning Respect

HAS YOUR CHILD ENROLLED FOR SCHOOL

NEXT YEAR?

WILL YOUR CHILD BE STARTING

KINDERGARTEN OR PRESCHOOL NEXT

YEAR?

ENROL NOW FOR THE BEST START TO

YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION!!!

ENQUIRE NOW!

Please ask at the office or phone 02 4987 2403

CAUTION: Please remember that if you are putting photos from school events on your personal Facebook page that other children should not be in the photos unless you have permission from their parents or carers.

IRRAWANG AUSSIE 5

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________

Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________

Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________

Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************