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5 December 20175 December 2017

Principal’s Report

INNOVATION

Air Conditioning in the Hall

What a fantastic innovation by our P&C in 2017 to raise funds toinstall and supply air conditioning in our school hall. We are veryexcited! There seems to be some misunderstanding around thespeed and way in which works such as this occurs in schooland there have been changes to the Department of Educationprocesses in 2017. This was discussed at our December P&Cmeeting. The first step is to seek approval. It is not simplysomething we as a school can undertake. As a school wehave submitted this application and have since had visits fromasset management to advise of the requirements for such aninstallation. We now need to get revised quotes as there arerequirements that now need to be included that were not inour original quotes. Once we have these quotes, we will submitthem to asset management and will expect to have the worksapproved. Then we can proceed. Major works such as theseare always a slow process in schools and I expect it will be thecase in this situation. I will keep you updated on our progress.

EXCELLENCE

School Spectacular

I was a very proud Principal spending two days at QudosArena with our amazing Stage 3 ensemble troupe. I would liketo congratulate these students on their fantastic performanceand for their hard work in training for this major event. A hugecheer to Miss Fry and Mrs Ptolemy for their enthusiasm andcommitment to bringing out the best in our children. A big thankyou to our wonderful parents for dropping off early and pickingup late. It was well worth the effort. Can I ask parents to makepayment for the costume this week or to return the costume tothe school. Thanks for your help with this.

CONNECTIONS

Thanksgiving Morning Tea

What a delightful morning it was for our staff and students tothank all parents for their support and help in our classrooms,across our events and school and what you do at home withyour students. We are so appreciative of the helpers who workin our classrooms doing reading groups, who work across ourschool with banking, who work on or support our P&C or whowork with your own children at home on their homework, withreading or helping out on that project. Most of all we thank youfor supporting all we do. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Wehope that those that could come along enjoyed our morning teaand our little assembly with lovely poems and words from ourstudents and that special song from those special guest stars!A big thank you to Mrs Wright for her amazing leadership andorganisation of the event. A big well done to all who helped outas well!

P&C Meeting

What a wonderful P&C meeting we enjoyed for the final P&Cmeeting for the year that was also our AGM. I would like to startby thanking Leanne Reed for a fantastic and purposeful threeyears as our P&C President. Leanne has been the driving forcebehind some amazing fundraising activities which have resultedin a high degree of funds being donated to the school for thebenefit of our children. A big welcome to our P&C executive for2018.

President: Sam IvimeyVice Presidents: Natalie Kitchin and Jo AuldTreasurer: Kelly WilkisonSecretary: Belinda Adams

I look forward to a very productive and purposeful year aheadwith this excellent executive. Please put our next P&C meetingon Tuesday February 27 2018 at 7pm on your calendar.

Adam WynnPrincipal

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MathleticsMathletics is a fun way for students from K-6 to practise theirmaths skills online at school and at home. Please complete thesurvey for your thoughts on the program in the future.

Presentation Day PerformancesThe following groups will be performing at the Presentation DayAssembly on Monday 11th December:

The Stage 2 Dance GroupThe Ensemble Dance GroupThe ChoirThe Bucket Drummers

The assembly will start at 9:20am and conclude atapproximately 11am. Parents of these performers are morethan welcome to join us at the assembly. Please note that ifyour child is a dancer, she/he needs to arrive to school dressedin their complete costume. They will need to change into theirschool uniform after the assembly. The choir and drummersneed to wear school uniforms.

We look forward to these wonderful performances at theassembly.

Peggy Cummings

Talent Show 2017The annual Talent Show is on Thursday 14th Decemberbeginning at 9.30am in the hall. It is going to be a fantasticdisplay of various talented students within our school. Everyoneis welcome to join us on the day. The program will be displayedoutside Noosa classroom. Please see Mrs Nelson if there areany issues by Monday 11th December.

A super excited, Mrs Felicity Nelson

Aboriginal Learning Goals Celebration

On Wednesday 29th November our Aboriginal studentscelebrated their learning journeys with staff, parents and friends.It was wonderful to see so many members of our schoolcommunity present at our celebration. The event was run bysome of our year 6 Aboriginal students: Natalie Sergiou, KatelynWhite and Tamikah Dunham with Nathan Sherriff in the soundroom. Our afternoon started with a Welcome Dance performedfor the first time by the K-2 girls ably supported by JamalHoskins on clap sticks. We were very proud of all our studentswho reached or are still working hard to achieve their LearningGoals.

My Chinese TeacherMy Chinese Teacher is an interactive learning experience inwhich students learn the Chinese language and culture throughinstruction from a teacher based in Beijing. The Teacher willpresent the students with a Chinese lesson once a week viavideoconference. The students will get to apply their newknowledge through exciting interactive games, activities andsongs and practice tasks following the video session.

Melissa BatesTeacherCambridge Gardens Public School

School SpectacularCongratulations to the 16 students who represented our schoolin the 2017 School Spectacular: OWN THE MOMENT in lateNovember. This highly prestigious event showcased the talentof 5,500 selected students from NSW public schools. It was anhonour and amazing experience for our students to be a partof as we have been anticipating our selection for a number ofyears. The students had many rehearsals and late nights andit wouldn't have been possible without the support of parentsand teaching staff that attended and assisted to make thisexperience a memorable one. The show will be televised onChannel 7 Saturday 16th December at 7pm est.

Miss Talia Fry

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Library NewsThank you to everyone who has been diligent in returning librarybooks, your co-operation is appreciated. A new overdue noticewill be going home this week with the replacement cost of thebook included. Could the Year 6 students please make suretheir books come back before they sadly leave our school,otherwise a replacement fee would be appreciated. If you feelthe book had been returned and you keep getting overduenotices, please let me know and I will check the shelves for anycomputer errors.

Remember, books make a wonderful gift for children and adultsat Christmas time. Children who witness adults reading forpleasure value reading as a life-long skill.

Merry Christmas and happy holiday reading.

Rose Antonelli

Gardening Club UpdateIn Week 6 we ‘hilled’ our potatoes again by piling up dirt aroundthe plants. The students were impressed to see how much theyhad grown since last week. After that we spread some sugarcane mulch around the other vegetables. We talked about howwe could not really mulch the potatoes because they would stillneed more soil hilled around them.

We checked out the pond on the way down the hill and thechildren spotted both turtles. We have been calling the largeone ‘Tuttle’. We tried to think of famous turtle names for thesmaller turtle, and Mr Bale suggested ‘Franklin’. So in thephoto, you can see Franklin hiding in his (or her) shell on the log,while Tuttle is in the water climbing sideways along the log.

In Week 7 we worked on the potatoes again, mounding up soilaround the new growth. Some of the children still find it hardto believe that it is all right to bury part of the plants - includingleaves. Someone dug up a little orange tuber and other childrenwere quick to point out that it was part of the sweet potatoeswhich we planted last year. We checked out the tomatoes andsaw that some of the little flowers have formed fruit already.

Julie Cheetham

NDIS

Requesting the delivery of an NDIS-fundeddisability therapy service for your child at a NSWpublic school

With families gaining greater access to NDIS funding to supportthe learning and health of their children, it is a great time toremind families of The Department of Education’s procedurethat applies when families are requesting that these services bedelivered within the school setting.

There are four key steps for parents and carers who seek tohave NDIS-funded services delivered in school:

For more information, please feel free to have a chat with me orvisit our website and click on the ‘Caring For Students’ page.

Many thanks,Casey Hetherington

IPlay

This edition highlights some practical and activeChristmas ideas for your kids!

The iPlay team wishes all our families awonderful and safe festive season. We arelooking forward to 2018 and will continue to

1. Ask the school in writing

2. Meet with the school staff to discuss details

3. Principal considers your request taking into accountthe needs of your child, other students and theoperations of the school.

4. If agreed, the service needs to enter into anagreement with the school and meet important legalrequirements.

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promote iPLAY’s active student message. Here are someChristmas gift ideas for all budgets, that will help get your kidsup and moving these holidays!

Encourage physical activity with these greatChristmas gift ideas:

0 - $9.99 Frisbee, skipping rope, skippa skim balls, handball, cricket bat

$10.00 - $19.99 Snorkel, goggle & flipper set, slip n slide,netball, hula hoop, surfing lesson, soccer ball,football

$20.00 - $29.99 10 pin bowling set, 7 game sport set, reboundnet, baseball set

$30.00 - $39.99 Boogie Board, Wahu beach cricket set, bikehelmet, tennis racquet

$40.00 - $49.99 10 pass visit to local swimming pool, backyardsoccer goals

$50.00 - $59.99 Baseball auto pitch, Wahu beach mega pack,volleyball set

$60.00 - $69.99 Running shoes, MP3 player

$70.00 - $99.99 Netball stand, roller blades, table tennis table,basketball system

$100.00-$159.00 Scooter, bike, ripstick, gymstick

Warm Regards Mrs Hetherington, Miss Allan and MrMcMaster

Parent Mathematics WorkshopsIt has been wonderful working with parents in our parentworkshops on mathematical strategies this year. We hope thatyou gained practical ideas to help your child with mathematicsat home. We look forward to running workshops again nextyear and would appreciate any feedback and suggestions fornext year.

Jacqui ThompsonStrategic Direction 3 Leader

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