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! !!PBL Award

William Buchan, Alijah Siemsen, Oscar Wallace, Emily Barwick-Taylor, Joshua Corbett, Isabelle

Marsh, Bailey Hilton and Lacee Hall !!!!!!Important Dates to Remember Term 3 2018

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.” !

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 6 Thursday 30th August 2018

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn !Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Jill Cook !P & C Executive President: Cath Bubb Vice President - Lirel Morris Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Friday 31st August - PSSA Zone Athletics Monday 3rd Sept - Playgroup Monday 3rd Sept - Regional Spelling Bee and PSSA Softball Wed 5th Sept - Kindy 2019 Come and Try - 1:30 to 3:15pm Wed 12th Sept -Kindy 2019 Come and Try - 1:30 to 3:15pm Thursday 13th Sept - Book Club due Friday 14th Sept - Josephine Wants to Dance (K-2) Monday 17th Sept - Playgroup Tuesday 18th Sept - P & C Meeting 6-8pm, Library

!!Silver Award

Kara Johnson, Riley McDowall, Phoebe Vernon, Menno Wallace

and Chelsea Sanderson !!!!Uniform Awards

Ella Dwyer, Aliegha Gismondo, Heleah Lazdins, Jahmarli Fields,

Ayva Elliott, Addyson Vernon, Jaeda Symons and Beau Robertson !!!

!* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page). Please email or send into the office a copy of the online receipt. !* Reminder to parents of students in Years 3,4,5 and 6 payments for Dubbo and Canberra need to be paid in full by Friday 28th September. Payments cane made at the front office or online through our website. !* Josephine Wants to Dance Performance - $10, Children in Kindergarten to Year 2 attending. Money due at the front office by Wednesday 12th September. !!!!Breakfast club is on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Breakfast Club is for all students K-6. Mrs Morrish, Organiser !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!Violet Parrotta - Improved effort in completing home reading each week Frankie Barber - Enthusiastic participation in all dance practices and performances Hope Sichter and Owen Radmore - Working well to learn our class dance Clayton Ford - Commitment to our performance Mason Russ - Working hard to listen to others in class discussions Chloe Cannon - Demonstrating excellent listening skills Beau Cox - Improved effort during Mathematics lessons Taylor Mills - Excellent effort in reading activities Lily Shiels, Damien Nicholls and Charli Hogg - Commitment to the class’ Wizard of Oz performance Liam Jarrett - Improved effort in creative writing and handwriting Abby Stokes - Involving herself in all aspects of performance preparation Jayden Rankin - Enthusiastic participation in performance rehearsal Jace Nash - Being an adventurous actor Brainna-Maree Goman - Being a creative and productive cast member Megan Bubb - Being a creative and wonderful student who leads by example Zac Hyson - Taking on extra responsibilities in the school production Jack Chapple - Excellent commitment to homework Desean Allen - Creative efforts in musical rehearsals Chelsea Sanderson - Being a kind an considerate class member !!

!Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.School Banking

Thursday

Weekly Awards

Message from the Front Office

Breakfast Club

Weekly Bronze Awards

!Cody Hudson Cody is a quiet student who goes about each day without a fuss. He consistently demonstrates excellent listening skills and shows a genuine love of learning. Cody continually strives to achieve his best in all tasks and graciously accepts teacher feedback and actively applies new knowledge in his learning. Cody works hard to continually meet the school’s expectations inside the classroom and on the playground. Cody is a proud member of Kootingal Public School, which is demonstrated in his actions and attitude. !Cody is humble in his success and enthusiastically shares in the success of others. He is consistently kind and cooperative in his interactions. He values the contributions of all students and encourages others in their learning. He is happy to help anyone needing assistance and can work independently and as part of a group. He is a responsible and trustworthy student and he can be relied on by his peers and teachers. He is polite in all his interactions and he wears his uniform with pride. Cody is a valued member of the Kootingal Public School community and a very deserving recipient of Student of the Month. Congratulations Cody! !!Jaeda Symons Jaeda is a wonderful student who deeply values her education and is a committed and dedicated Kootingal Public School citizen. She is a quiet, respectful, reliable and conscientious student who goes above and beyond what is expected of her. Her dedication to learning and progress is remarkable. !Jaeda never associates herself with negative talk, situations and is mature enough to surround herself with honest, caring and true friends. She reciprocates in kind by being an unwavering true friend who is always respectful and is there whenever someone is in need. She takes just as much enjoyment in her friends’ successes as she would her own. Jadea has a level head on her shoulders and can be relied upon to make sound and wise decisions. She demonstrates self-respect and care, yet never is advantageous, boastful or disingenuous. !Jaeda achieves wonderful results at school and works diligently to achieve satisfying goals. She also works hard in class because she loves to learn and takes enjoyment, pleasure and self-satisfaction from doing so. Her hard-working attitude, respect for others and self is a tribute to her values and that of her family. !She is the epitome of a wonderful student. Jaeda is every teacher’s dream student. !!!!

!Ryan Hatton - Excellent application and enthusiasm in completing all literacy activities. Edward Sipple - Excellent effort, application and achievement in Mathematics Lewis Rule - Consistent application and persistence in numeracy Talarah Berrell - Hard work and effort during literacy activities Shyloh Perkins - Hard work and determination in achieving her personal best in all literacy tasks Kaitlyn Watts - Effort and enjoyment of all numeracy tasks Sana Amiri - Effort and enjoyment of all literacy tasks especially story writing Dailen Radmore - Enjoyment and confidence displayed in numeracy tasks Liam Birks - Enthusiastic participation in all literacy tasks Torah Humphris - Enthusiasm and perseverance in all numeracy tasks Emily Hatton - Active engagement in all literacy tasks and fantastic descriptive writing Joshua Thomspon - Consistent application, persistence and achievement in numeracy Alexander Cracknell - Exemplary dedication to learning and commitment to growth across all aspects of numeracy Georgia Ford - Exemplary dedication to learning and commitment to growth across all areas of literacy Daniel Worth - Consistent effort in all literacy activities Zane Hyson - Consistent effort in all numeracy activities !!!!!!!!!!!

Education Week Awards - Thursday 23rd AugustStudent of the Month

Violet Parrotta - Improved effort and work habits in class Jaiden Cox - Improved effort and confidence to attempt all work Joshua Holliday - Excellent effort across all Key Learning Areas and being a kind friend to his peers Xavier Siemsen - Excellent effort in completing all work and a positive attitude to learning Sadie Nicholls - Always completing her work to the best of her ability Aleigha Gismondo - Beginning to develop independent work habits in English Braxton Aworth - Always doing his best in all learning tasks Phillipa Cracknell - Excellent attitude toward task completion Chloe Cannon - Enthusiastic approach to all classroom activities Piper Hammer - Consistently giving her best in all tasks Oscar Wallace - Demonstrating an excellent work ethic at all times Tyler Robinson - Enjoying writing stories Phoebe Vernon - Improved attitude towards her learning Emily Barwick-Taylor - Having an excellent attitude towards school life Matthew Pollard, Xavier Sansum and Hope Clarke - Enthusiasm for learning Ethan Walker - Taking on his role as a leading Munchkin with enthusiasm Layla Wilton - Effort, application and improvement in spelling and recount writing Menno Wallace - Fantastic descriptions in creative writing Colbie Butler - Improvement in comprehension through questioning and making connections Alexander Cracknell - Dedication to CAPA Amelia Wynn - Exemplary behaviour in class Harry Fields - Demonstrating dedication to learning in Mathematics Megan Johnson - Dedication to homework Damikah Barwick-Taylor - Exemplary behaviour in class Madison Roe - Dedication to CAPA Luke Wilson - Having a positive attitude to school life Tianna Urquhart - Excellent presentation and completion of spelling activities Beau Robertson and Matilda Lees - Commitment to musical rehearsals !!

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!What an extravaganza! Our whole school musical performance A Musical Extravaganza was a fantastic success. Our children were splendid in their performances of the various musicals and were dashing in their costumes. They relished the opportunity to demonstrate their artistic abilities to our broader school community. Thank you to our families and the community of Kootingal for your continued support of our students and school. Thank you also to the staff of Kootingal Public School who worked tirelessly with our children to ensure they were at their best on the night. With lots of hours sewing, cutting, pasting and painting in preparation for our performance, is it little wonder we are all a little blurry-eyed this morning. Well done to all involved.

!!The gold coin donation from the musical is supporting the “RU Aware, We Care”. This is a joint initiative of 88.9FM and Tamworth Regional Council with the support of the Wests Entertainment Group, Salvation Army Tamworth, CWA, Tamworth Business Chamber and the NSW Farmers Association. All donations will assist farming families who need a helping hand from the New England Northwest Region. From our musical performances, Kootingal Public School raised $763. Thank you! !Our Come & Try Program for Kindergarten 2019 commenced with great gusto. Working with Mrs Chegwyn, this week the children participated in a Book Week-themed afternoon making treasure boxes. All sorts of boxes were treated with lots of bling, or as I told the children, diamonds, with washi tape used to great effects also. The Come & Try Program is designed for all children intending to enrol in Kindergarten in 2019, regardless of school. The program orientates children to school and to the Kindergarten setting, as well as helping develop social skills, gross and fine motor skills, literacy and numeracy skills necessary for a confident and smooth start to school life. !

!At the start of Term 4, our Kindergarten Bright Stars Transition program will commence. This program is designed for students intending to commence Kindergarten at Kootingal Public School. All days will be advertised throughout long day care and pre-school centres and through our normal means of communication. !!!

Silver Assembly Awards - Thursday 23rd August Mrs Cracknell’s Message

!All students K-2 are invited to attend the stage production Josephine Wants to Dance. This excursion is kindly subsidised by the KPS P&C. Permission notes are due to school with payment Wednesday 5th September 2018. !Congratulations to Alexander Cracknell who received a Credit in the recent ICAS writing assessment. Both Luke Sydenham and Raymond Sydenham received Participation certificates. It was a difficult topic and one that required a great deal of thought. Well done children. !Good luck to Liam Jarrett, Naomi Maybury, Mia Stokes and Alexander Cracknell as they compete next Monday in the regional final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee at Westdale PS. !

!All the best to our Open Girls Softball Team as they compete in the regional final of the Softball Knockout on Monday. Our game against Perthville PS will be a difficult one, but I know how hard you have prepared for the game with many training sessions and practice games both during and after school. Good luck Ms Cook and thank you to our ever supportive parents. Go Kooty!

!!Good luck to our students competing at the Tamworth Zone Athletics carnival this Friday. I know you will represent your school, community and families with great pride. Go Kooty!

Very soon, Kootingal Public School will commence the process for the election of the 2019 School Captains. There are many stages of contact from the school to families advising them of the process for the election of the School Captains. The first letter families receive briefly explains the process for the

election of our School Captains. The next letter, families will receive notification outlining the timeline for this process. It is important to note that this is an election for School Captains and the Vice Captains only. The election of the Student Representative Council (SRC) members will occur in 2019. !Our Parent Teacher Interviews are fast approaching and again we are conducting interviews over the two weeks (two Tuesdays – 18th and 25th September) between 4 and 6pm to cater for families and their increasing demands. Parent Teacher Interviews are a wonderful opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher. We spend a lot of time with our children and we are always willing to talk with you about your child and the progress within the classroom. This time, Kootingal Public School is trialling a new system of booking interviews. It is through the website School Interviews. This will allow families to book directly with the teacher rather than wait for confirmation. Interviews are only made using the website address www.schoolinterviews.com.au and the event code 9tje3. This will allow families to see the available appointment times for their child’s teacher. Students received notes this week outlining the new process. !Often throughout the school year, schools are questioned regarding the nature of inquiries into the attendance of students. Students are required to attend school each day it is open for instruction. On days when students are absent, explanations must be provided by a parent or carer. In the department’s attendance policy there are a set of procedures that follow called Student Attendance in Government Schools – Procedures. In these procedures, it states the principal or delegate will undertake all reasonable measures to contact parents on the same day or following day of an absence where parents have not contacted the school. Contact may be made by means such as providing the parents with an Absentee Notice-Compulsory School Attendance, by telephone, email or SMS text message. !At Kootingal Public School, we notify families each day of absences via SMS text message. This is a convenient service for families and one that is time efficient for our school. However, when replying to an absence text message, it is important to state the reason for the absence. Replies of ‘because she is’, ‘family reasons’ etc are not satisfactory explanations. When these reasons are provided, families are notified and the absence is recorded as unjustified. !Throughout the remainder of this term and next, there will be weekly segments outlining absence procedures. As a result, everyone will be aware of the requirements and how to respond accordingly. !We have an increasing amount of children wishing to leave class early to change for after school activities. While we support and encourage active pursuits, children participating in sporting or other recreational activities after school must change their clothes after school, that is after 3:30pm. Children are not permitted to leave class early to do this. !If you have any questions regarding explanation of absences or the changing of clothes after school, please contact me during school hours.

Mrs Cracknell’s Message Mrs Cracknell’s Message