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Tighes Hill Public School Newsletter No. 17
Principal’s Report
Congratulations to all our children and their parents, school
uni-forms look great. I make no apologies for insisting that all
children wear blue school hats throughout this term and during next
year as they are the most affordable sun safe hats available. We
will continue to encourage all children to wear wide brimmed hats
so that all areas around the face are protected. Caps do not offer
sufficient protection to the face and little to no protection to
ears and neck. If you have difficulty purchasing a school hat
please let me know and we can come to some arrangement. Remember
that children not wearing school hats will not be able to play at
recess and lunch, in keeping with the sun safe policy. Sun screen
is also necessary for all children and should be applied before
they come to school.
Swimming School
Swimming school began on Monday 26/10/2015 and will continue for
two weeks. The weather has been variable and I know that the
children are enjoying acquiring vital water safety skills. Again
hats and sun-screen is a must for the walk to and from the pool.
Students are in full sun for most of the way.
Selective HS Test 2016
All current Year 5 children who wish to sit for the selective HS
exam early next year (10/3/2016) will need to complete an online
application by the 16th of November 2015. Please make sure you meet
the deadline as late applications are not accepted. Par-ents must
apply online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/
shsplacement
Kindy Club
Invitation letters have been sent out to all the enrolled
kindergar-ten 2016 children and their families to attend our
Kindergarten Orientation program. Dates for this program are
planned for early November to maximise attendance. If you know of
any family that may not have advised the school of their intention
to enrol please encourage them to contact school so that they can
participate in these sessions. Our numbers for 2016 are tight and
we would
Term 4 Week 4 28th October, 2015
Dates for the Diary
26th Oct to 6th Nov
Swim School
Friday 30th Oct
Bandlink 1.30pm
Tuesday 3rd Nov
Kindy Club Farewell
Wednesday 4th Nov
Matilda - Sydney Lyric Theatre
Thursday 5th Nov
Y5 Leadership session 1
Tuesday 10th Nov
Kindergarten 2016 Orientation Day 9.20am
Wednesday 11th Nov
T20 Cricket Gala Day
OC 2016 Orientation Night 5pm
Thursday 12th Nov
CEP Outdoor Media Festival 5pm
Tighes Hill Public School
33 Elizabeth St, Tighes Hill, 2297
Phone: 4969 3720 Fax: 4961 2334
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.tigheshill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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Principal’s Report
Captains 2016
Year 5 children will begin participating in a leadership program
in preparation for the upcoming 2016 Captains and Vice-Captains
Elections later this term. During the leadership program Year 5
students will be able to nominate/ be nominated for the first round
candidates. They will then as a group, vote for the final 6
students. These 6 students can then begin to campaign and pre-pare
their speeches that will be delivered before parents and the whole
school on Thursday 26/11/2015. K to Y5 will then vote for the boy
and girl Captain while the other 4 students will become
Vice-Captains. This process enables all Y5 students to identify
leadership skill and attributes, that they each possess and gives
them confidence and ownership of the process of electing
cap-tains.
Enrolments for 2016
To enable us to correctly estimate enrolments and staff the
school appropriately for 2016, I need all parents enrolling
chil-dren K-6 to complete enrolment forms and leave their details
at the office ASAP. Please let me know of any neighbours and
friends, who may not have children already at this school but will
have school age children for 2016, we can then contact them and
include them on our numbers for next year. Thank you to all the
parents who are promoting our school in such a positive way and
encouraging all local families to enrol in their local school.
Assembly Awards ~ Term 4, Week 3 & 4
KD Sadie, Aubrey, Zane, Lachlan.
KR Jackson, Ava, Aiden, Jada.
KRB Giles, Rylan, Lil, Vesper.
1E Will, Isabella, David, Jacinta.
1C Orlando, Keira, Addison, Billie.
2HL Sienna, Koby, Seb, Adam.
2W Riley, Maiya, Jamie, Cooper.
2J3 Finn, Henry, Cody, Dylan, Natasha.
3B4 Keita, Logan, Abbey, Eli.
4S Finlay, Tyson, Ember, India.
5D6 Phoebe, Djala, Kaylah, Bailey.
5A6 OC Nelson, Cala, Max, Joseph.
Congratulations to all our
children and staff.
Tony Selwood
Principal
School Banking is on
MONDAY!
Book Club Orders
Order placed
Assemblies
Our assemblies are on Mondays.
K-2 from 2.15pm
3-6 from 12.45pm
Hall of Fame Assembly
Week 11 from 2.00pm
in our upper hall
The next P&C meeting will be held
Monday 23rd Nov from 6pm (AGM)
ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND!
Canteen Reminder
The Canteen is only open on Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays
this term
Please contact Mrs Crump if you can volunteer.
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School News
SRC Disco!
Well done and thank you to everyone who came along to our disco
last week. It was a great evening with
lots of dancing and a fantastic range of super spooky costumes.
For more photos, visit our school web-
site.
Chill Zone
Yesterday was the official opening of the Chill Zone, a pas-
sive play area in the weather shed. This project, created by
Joseph from the OC was developed to offer a relaxing
space for senior students during break times. A big thank
you to local artist Leslie Duffin for her time and effort
with
the wall mural designs. Thank you to the local businesses
who supported this project with donations - Paint Inspira-
tions, Bunnings and Masters. Thanks also to our P&C for
their generous financial support and to all the students who
helped with painting. All this wouldn't have been possible
without the great work, organisation and time on weekends
from Joseph, Max, Fiona Pringle and Mel Cox. Well done -
it looks terrific!
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School News
Bandfest 2015
On Tuesday the 13th of October the Tighes Hill Public School
concert band attended the 2015 Bandfest
competition at the Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre.
Bandfest is an annual competition where every year bands and
ensembles from around the Hunter come
together for a week of competition against each other.
When you enter a band in Bandfest you enter yourself in a
category depending on the band’s skill level,
then you are given a day where you compete against bands that
are also entered in the same level as
you, we entered in the Preliminary B section.
After every band has performed they add up all the scores and
hand out the awards. Each band is either
given a commended award or a highly commended. In no particular
order, then the band that preformed
the best that day wins. Unfortunately we didn’t win this year
but it was very close. After talking to the
judge we found out that we had lost to the winning band
(Elermore Vale) by only 1 point! We also got
some tips on how to improve so that next year we can maybe enter
ourselves in the next category above.
The other award that was given was an award for an outstanding
musician. But in our category two were
given out, one to the percussion section of the Newcastle East
band, and one was given to an Alto Saxo-
phone player.
We preformed 4 of our strongest pieces on the day: Bunyip Blues,
Some Nights, Magpie Warrior and We
Will Rock You. These were some of the best and most fun pieces
we have and it was super fun to play
them for a live audience! Bandfest was a really fun experience
and Tighes Hill is really looking forward to
competing again next year!
By Gill and Sarah
Visit our school website to view the video of THPS Bandfest!
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CEP Outdoor Media Festival
Please come along to support our school at this great community
event! Tickets are on sale before school
at the silver seats or from the office. See the premier of our
film, Happy, visit our fundraising tent and
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PICNIC IN THE PARK
On Sunday, 8th November the Islington
Baptist Church will be holding a picnic
in Islington Park from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm
for families in the local area.
There will be a free sausage sizzle.
Face painting and games will
be organised for the children.
Come and enjoy the time with us.
Week The Canteen will be closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
this term.
26th Oct 27th Oct 28th Oct 29th Oct 30th Oct
4 Kristy Crooks Christine Hallam
CLOSED CLOSED Lorena Stanmore
HELP Needed
Gwen Collis Kelly Stephens HELP Needed
2nd Nov 3rd Nov 4th Nov 5th Nov 6th Nov
5 Leah Fawthrop HELP Needed
CLOSED CLOSED HELP Needed Sarah Troke
Rachelle McCulloch Charlotte Jones
9th Nov 10th Nov 11th Nov 12th Nov 13th Nov
6 Kate Ross
Virginia Ross CLOSED CLOSED
Lisa Fisher Karen Eastwood
Dee Crooks Leah Fawthrop
Lorena Stanmore
Canteen Roster
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Uniform Shop
To assist our new Uniform Shop coordi-nators. We ask that all
parents & carers of the current students please come and place
orders for any uniform that they may be looking to purchase for
next
year.
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