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10th May 2018

Term 2 Week 2

Quality education and care with meaningful community

and parental involvement!

Tomaree Public School

EMAIL: tomaree-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEB: www.tomaree-p.schools.nsw.edu.au PO Box 710, Nelson Bay 2315

Ph: (02) 4981 1444 Fax: (02) 4984 1524

Important

Dates 2018

Term 1 Holidays

14th to 29th April

Students return

Tuesday 1st May

MAY

11th Hunter Touch trials

&

Stage 2 Camp payment due $60

14th Boys Soccer Knockout comp

& Netball Knockout

15th NAPLAN Language and

Writing

16th NAPLAN Reading

17th NAPLAN Numeracy

18th NAPLAN catch up day

21st Premier’s Spelling Bee

High School students visit Yr 6

22nd Athletics Carnival

23rd K-6 Assembly

&

National Simultaneous Reading day

24th Biggest Morning Tea

&

GRIP leadership conference

25th Stage 3 Camp Payment

Due $50

28th TOPs training day

29th UNSW science test

JUNE

1st Final payment Stage 2 camp due

4th-8th-Public Speaking Week

6th K-6 Assembly

8th PAT testing for Yr 6

11th Queen’s Birthday Long

Weekend NO school

13th UNSW Spelling test

&

Stage 3 Reptile show at High

School

14th UNSW Writing test

&

Public Speaking finals

15th Zone Softball trials

&

Payment for Stage 3 camp due $50

18th—19th Stage 2 Camp to Morisset

Outdoor Education Centre

19th Combined school sport Day Yr 6

20th K-6 Assembly

25th Public Speaking finals

27th 2019 Kinder Sports Spectacular

28th Principals Afternoon Tea

JULY

2nd-5th Student lead conferences

4th K-6 Assembly

5th payment for Stage 3 camp $50

Principal’s Report

NAPLAN Next week is NAPLAN week for our students in Year 3 and 5. The timetable below sets out the days students will be involved with NAPLAN testing.

Year 3 tests will be administered by Mr Carter and Mrs Bennett, with Mrs Hill and Mrs Rouhan super-vising the Year 4 students. The Year 5 tests will administered by Mr Cornish and Mrs Holloway, with Mrs Bunny and Mrs Donovan taking care of the Year 6 students. Mrs Bennett’s Year 2 students will be with Mrs Harrison.

Stage 2 and 3 Camps – Due dates for payments Many of our students will be heading off for amazing experiences this year with their classmates and teachers when they attend the Stage 2 and Stage 3 camps this year. It is vitally important that the due dates for payments are adhered to, ensuring the excursions can go ahead. Notes have been sent home regarding these due dates. If there are special circumstances whereby these due dates cannot be met, please contact the school to let us know as soon as possible.

Principal’s Afternoon Tea Thank you to the wonderful students who came and joined me for afternoon tea last Thursday. These students received a nomination for doing something wonderful during Term 1 and were voted by their peers to receive the award. The manners of these children were nothing short of beautiful. They certainly rose to the occasion and it was very apparent as to why they had been awarded this certificate. Thank you for making the afternoon so enjoyable. I look forward to having afternoon tea with Term 2’s award winners in week 9 of this term.

Standing Desks – Flexible Seating Arrangements This week each class in Stage 2 and Stage 3 received 2 standing desks for their classroom. As well as this, S3B and S2C are trialling other furniture that allows teachers to provide flexible seating arrange-ments for students. Flexible classrooms give students a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them. It also aids with collaboration, communication, and engaging in critical thinking.

Tuesday 15th May Language and Writing Conventions

Wednesday 16th May Reading

Thursday 17th May Numeracy

Friday 18th May Catch up tests for any still not completed.

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New Scholastic Book Club Catalogues out now!

Due: Friday 11th May 2018

Scholastic Book Club is a great way of purchasing reasonable books for your children and the school gains great rewards,

which are used for resources within the library and classrooms.

Place your orders by:

1. Registering online with scholastic for LOOP.

This allows you to key in your own order & pay by credit/debit card.

To register for LOOP, go online to scholastic.com.au/loopinfo

2. Order Form and Cash paid at school.

The catalogues have been sent home with the students, please return or complete your online order by

Friday 11th May 2018

If you have any questions please contact the office.

Happy Reading.

Mother’s Day Stall

Our students were able to purchase some beautiful presents at the Mother’s Day Stall today. We

wish all our Mums a wonderful day on Sunday and we hope you get to spend some lovely time

with your families. Thanks to our fabulous P&C for their hard work in preparing these gifts.

More Anzac Day Photos

The school has received even more photos showing members of the general public placing the

crosses from Tomaree Public School students on gravesites of our Anzac Diggers in France. It has

been a humbling experience to have so many people contact us and congratulate the school on

its participation of this initiative. Thank you.

Have a wonderful week

Christene King

Principal

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MERIT AWARDS Term 2 Week 2

KA Beau Parsons Phoenix Foote Jayden Wurth-

Edmond

KH Cooper Kerklaan Mimi McGrath Austin Hochkins

S1O Ciara Thornthwaite Tyler Landicho Harrison Stone

S1M Haizel Bird Dylan Leeson Macey Osborne-

Emmett

S1A Dre Miller Cruz McGrath Jasmine Hodgson

S1/2B Jorja Dunkley Rhyder Pirini Daniel Cox

S2C Koby Nowak Deegan Davies Amelia Borg James Hughes

S2H Abdul Kareem Isabella Gamgee Makayla Rose

S2R Blake Peterson Lydia Affleck Ava Whiteman Charlize Williams

S3B Lily Wild James Mason Ellie Watson Sienna Lauricella

S3C Jayde Wark Callum Bartlett-

Baldwin

Krystal Sampson Tia Bishop

S3D Tyler Scanlon Elle Borg Damica Mayer Zach Cowan

S3H Piper Ross Isabella Rawlins Iggy Schick-Doyle Ben Hall

1C London Rundle Lucy Blachford Larissa Page

3P Brock Davis

Class S1M I came to Tomaree Public School at the beginning of 2017. I’ve been teaching for almost 20 years and have

worked in many different schools throughout NSW. My husband and I live in Medowie with our 2 girls. Their

names are Giaan and Brianna. We love spending time together going on bushwalks and riding on our scooters.

We have a 1 year old dark brown labradoodle who loves ripping his toys to bits. I am constantly buying him

new ones to keep him entertained.

Mandy McLeay

In S1M we have been trying hard to get better at catching,

throwing and balancing bean bags. We are enjoying our time

outside doing activities and keeping ourselves healthy.

We enjoy participating in reading groups in S1M.

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PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Congratulations to the following students Week 10 Term 1

Class Nominees Awardee Reason for Award

KA Mia Gahan, Riley Hobbs,

Annabelle Shepard, Brody

Northwood, Ella Niddrie

Mia Gahan For becoming a confident, resilient

problem solver and learner.

S1M Nicholas Karavelatzis, Maci

Charmichael, Jacob Hughes,

Harper Green, Liv Cotterall

Maci Charmichael For listening to teacher instructions and

doing the right thing.

S1O Tina Benson, Grace Niddrie,

Harrison Stone, Cameron

Humphreys, Alfie Dodd.

Grace Niddrie For consistently working hard to display

all of our PBL values.

S3C Taylor Smith, Izabelle Sydor,

Elisha Lai, Bailey Coughlin,

Jayde Wark

Bailely Coughlin For being a good friend and trying hard

with his work.

S3H Izach Thomas, Taylor Rimmer,

Caitlin Maddocks, Dylan Walls,

Talon O’Neill

Talon O’Neill For listening carefully, working

cooperatively and making thoughtful

contributions in class.

1C Georgie Hughes, Ethan Mac-

kay

Ethan Mackay For always using the PBL value of Personal

Best in all tasks.

3P Harlee Heffron,

Amy Jenkinson

Harlee Heffron For being a hardworking and helpful

student who always displays the school’s

values of respect and responsibility

Congratulations to the following students Week 2 Term 2

Class Nominees Awardee Reason for Award

KH Ella-Rose Kadiroglu, Will Prof-

fitt, Harlow Earnshaw,

Heather Liney, Ulrich Tending

Heather Liney For being a kind friend, an enthusiastic

learner and an excellent school citizen.

S1A Jett Flannery, Nina Feenan,

Lilly Wilson, Sophie Sarno, Dre

Miller

Jett Flannery For consistently demonstrating the

school's PBL values.

S2C Lani Bishop, Jonty Bunny,

Brayden West, Pyper Pirini,

Jonty Dunkley

Jonty Bunny For always demonstrating good sports-

manship in games and sporting activities

and ensuring that they are inclusive to all

students.

S1/2B Daniel Cox, Nicola Williams,

Jayden Harris, Rhyder Pirini,

Malia Moses Kinkaide

Malia Moses

Kinkaid

For always being a considerate classmate.

S2R Alannah Sylvester, Ashton

Bond, Beau Joyce, Molly

Feenan, Sky Conrades

Alannah Sylvester For always being respectful during class

activities.

S3D Steven Watts, Kaitlyn Wil-

liams, Mahalia Beal, Luca

Granelli, Alexis Thiele

Luca Granelli For his enthusiasm in maths and his gen-

eral contributions to class discussions.

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The BARK Delta Therapy program has recommenced at Tomaree Library. Indy a six year old Cavalier King Charles passed her Delta exam recently with flying colours. Indy listened patiently to four Tomaree Public School students, all of who will read to her at Tomaree Library weekly throughout the term. Attached is a photo of Indy with her very proud owner Keith. Regards Sue

Tomaree Library Librarian

Debra Mould and Debbie Hersant are once again hosting The Biggest Morning Tea at Tomaree Education Centre and they are hoping it will be even bigger and better than last year and raise much needed funds for The Cancer Council.

There will be lots of scones (date and plain), cupcakes and “choccie” biscuits to enjoy with a cuppa, and all for a gold coin donation. The Biggest Morning Tea mugs ($10) and tea towels ($6) will also be on sale.

Date: Thursday, 24th May

Time: 9.45am – 12.00 Midday

Where: Tomaree High School – Home Economics Dept

Defence Aide News Buddies in the Bay – Get-together for defence spouses - at the Beach Boathouse Bar, on Friday, 11 May, from 5.30pm –

7.00pm. RSVP to Stacey on 0413968922.

Biggest Morning Tea – Support the Cancer Council. Our annual BMT will be held on Thursday, 24 th May, in the Home

Economics Department of the High School, 9.45am – 11.30am. Please come along and enjoy scones and a cuppa.

All parents/carers and staff welcome. Gold coin donation.

I can be contacted through the office on 4981 1444 or email debbie.hersant@det.nsw.edu.au

Have a great week.

Debbie Hersant (DSTA)

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