Jerrys Journal Newsletter of Jerrys Plains Public School

27-31 Doyle Street, Jerrys Plains NSW 2330

Phone: 6576 4018 Email: jerrysplain-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

- Respect – Organisation – Commitment – Kindness – Safety -

Term 4 Calendar

INTENSIVE SWIMMING: Week 8: November 27th—December 1st

Wednesday, November 29th: Ready4School

Tuesday, December 5th: High School Orientation (Year 6) Wednesday, December 6th: Ready4School Graduation Thursday, December 7th: Visit to PCYC, Cess-nock Monday, December 11th: Stephanie Alexan-der Kitchen Garden Lessons Wednesday, December 13th: PRESENTATION NIGHT Friday, December 15th: Pink Stumps Day (LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS)

2018 SCHOOL BEGINS

FOR STUDENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY

30th.

Ready4School begins on Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 7th.

Regina

This is the team that Miss Maher supported at the League Tag Gala in Singleton

recently. Every student performed at his or her best and there were some out-

standing passages of play throughout the day. This level of team participation has

a positive influence on students, encouraging them to “dig deep” for the team and

these qualities produce worthy adults.

In the coming year, our students will participate in more sporting events, such as

netball, cricket, touch football, soccer and rugby league, organised by PSSA and

facilitated by our Sports Coordinator, Miss Maher. I know these experiences will

be enjoyed by all those who are involved.

End-of-year reports will be going home next week. Please take the time to dis-

cuss the reports with your children and complete the response. Your ideas and

opinions are important to us and are considered when we plan our teaching year.

Also, I would welcome the opportunity to chat with anyone who would like to dis-

cuss the reports, which are based on ongoing in-class assessment.

CANTEEN: Please have your orders in by 9.00am Wednesday.

Friday, December 1st Friday, December 8th

Friday, December 15th Thank you to the won-

derful volunteers who

take time out to work

our canteen

Local family proudly producing quality milk

Sponsored by the Gee Partnership

Friday Cake Raffle

50 cents a ticket to support Stu-

dent Leadership Team.

Friday, December 1st

Julie Elbourn

Friday, December 8th

Kylie Peel

Friday, December 15th

Thank you so much for

your support through

out the year.

Ready4School … little people enjoying big learning!

Level playing field

By Jess Maher

The students, Mr. Stoltenberg and I had a wonderful day in Singleton

for the Mixed League Tag Gala. All of our students showed great

sportsmanship and tried their very best which led to a win on the day! With more

skill and game development next year we will be bigger and better! Thank you to

those families that came out to support us.

We recently had a visit from our Live Life Well Health Promoting Officer and it was great to share the won-

derful things we are doing within our school in relation to healthy eating and physical activity. She was very

impressed with our healthy canteen menu and the great things we are doing to increase organised sport and

physical activity within our school.

revising sounds

All shapes we are counting

Friends of 10 mixing colours

‘Tis the season to be jolly

It is that time of year again and our little people could not be

happier. Christmas celebrations have begun in the

Ready4School classroom. We have been busy writing Santa

letters and making Christmas decorations to brighten up our

room.

Our little people have only a short time left before we bid

them farewell in week 9. A celebration of their achievements

this year will be marked by a graduation ceremony on the

Wednesday of week 9 at 2:00pm. We have prepared some-

thing special for you all so we hope that you can join us. Thank

you for all of your support this year, we truly appreciate it. A

big thank you to YANCOAL for your on going support. MERRY

CHRISTMAS!

The monster in the box Narratives by Years 3-6

There’s a rumour that there was an overseer of Vault

315, who had plenty of power, water and food. The

Vault is secure so no raiders from the wasteland

come.

One of the Dwellers noticed a sound coming from a

box in the storage room. He listened carefully and

said, “No, it can’t be…. Aaah!” He sounded the

alarm and yelled, “Yao guai!” All the strongest Dwell-

ers yelled for every pet, child, mother and father to

go to the barracks and stay in the back room.

As the last Dweller, the one who found the yao guai,

ran into the barracks… “sck...pswpswpsw”…

“Uh oh, power cut,” said one of the three strong

Dwellers. The barracks door got sealed and the three

strong Dwellers, Alex Simpson, James Woodruff and

Lucas Simms, were all stuck outside the barracks—

and inside the Vault with the monster!

We heard the monster scurrying around the vents,

we saw its glowing red eyes and claw marks. We’ve

tried to catch it several times; we just hope we can

do it before the Vault runs out of water and food.

Suddenly, I see it out of the corner of my eye, it’s run-

ning at me. Schh! Most of my vision goes red and all I

hear is a loud ringing, very high-pitched. I also hear

muffled voices and gun shots. Lucas puts his gun at

the back of the one who’s firing and cheers, “kwar!”,

or translated, “I got it!” But it’s only stunned.

They bandage me up and we drag it to the boiler

room. I want revenge…

They open a fire hatch and I pick up the yao guai

and I throw it in there! Sccc! Crackle, crackle, crack-

le!

“Great, now all we need to do is to turn the power

on the tell the Dwellers,” said James Woodruff.

“I’ll grab my Mr Handy out,” said Lucas Simms.

“Okay,” I said.

We got to the power generator and got Mr handy to

fix it: bump, patter, patter…

“The lights are on now,” Mr Handy said.

We got to the barracks and opened the door. They

asked if the monster was gone and we confirmed.

After this incident the Vault returned to normal.

Alex, Year 5

One morning the postman came to the door with a bog

box. A purple people-eater was in it! A sound came

from the box. It sounded like a bear, growling and

cross, then a boy yelling for help.

The postman said, “It was for Jack.”

Jack is my little brother. He is three-years old, has

brown hair, green eyes and he is loving Hot Wheels.

“Why is it for him, not me, Max?” I asked.

“Wait and listen to me. Do you like Jack,” asked the

postman. “He is mean to me!” Max yelled.

“Can you keep a secret?” asked the postman.

“Yes, why?” replied Max.

“Okay, then inside this box is a purple people-eater but

your brother will think it is a Hot Wheels car,” said

the postman.

“Okay,” said Max.

“Here is the box,” said the postman.

Max took the box inside and gave it to Jack.

“Is this for me?” asked Jack.

“Yes it is. It is a Hot Wheels car,” Max lied to Jack.

The next day Jack undid the box and the monster

jumped out of the box and swallowed Jack . Max nev-

er saw him again. Lily, Year 4

It was the year 2017 in a small town, a local town

where everybody knows each other.

I was at school on a Friday. My friend Alex was talk-

ing to me at fruit break, asking if maybe he could

come to my house.

“Hey, James, want to come to my house?”

Alex convinced me.

“Okay,” I said.

“JAMES! ALEX!,” stormed Mrs Stoltenberg . “Pay at-

tention!”

At lunch, which is 11.00am, I got an Up and Go,

salad and a bar. “What do you have?” “I have

sandwich, cake and a bar, too”

It is Saturday and Alex is at my house. We find a

metal box in my backyard. “Wow! Look!”

“Rar! Rar!” we hear.

“Mum, get the digger!” Mum got the digger and

threw it over the back fence. We never saw it

again because she buried it with dirt. We put ce-

ment over it and built a house.

James, Year 5

One fine and sunny day four teenagers were watch-

ing a movie. Their names were Matilda, Lilly-Jane,

Clay and Noah. A cardboard box was shaking on a

shelf. They stared at it. Clay said, “It’s probably just

your pet dog.”

Matilda said, “I don’t have a pet dog.”

“Then what is it?” whispered Lilly-Jane.

Noah said, “Don’t know, don’t care.” “Really?” “Yes,”

Noah said. “It’s just a cat or a trick.”

They went to the box and looked in. It was a fat, ug-

ly, chubby, tiny monster. So they went outside.

In a rush, the monster made a mess and Mum and

Dad were coming back from their holidays in two

days!

So they thought of a plan for the next day.

“Oh no, we’ll never do it in time,” said Lilly-Jane.

“Yes we will; don’t give up hope,” said Matilda.

So they tried their plan. Matilda and Clay had to go

around the back and Lilly-Jane and Noah went around

the front. They knocked on the door and ran away

while Matilda and Clay went in.

The monster in the box Narratives by Years 3-6

“Okay, lock the door!”

“Wait, no don’t, because it could not work,” said Ma-

tilda.

They caught the monster, dug a hole and buried it,

then went inside and cleaned up.

Five hours later… “We’re done. Phew!” said Matilda.

“Do you care now?” said Clay.

“Yes,” said Noah.

“Oh no, Mum’s coming home,” said Lilly-Jane.

“Noooo, we’ve not got a new sofa,” said Matilda.

“Quick,” said Clay.

They got a new sofa just as Mum got home.

“Did you behave?” said Dad.

“Yes,” said Matilda, Clay, Noah and Lilly-Jane. Matilda, Year 3

Hello there! My name is Oscar and I’m 12 years old.

I just live with my Mum and Dad, no younger or old-

er brothers and sisters, just me. I’m cool with it, too.

I had a dream last night that somehow made me

like monsters. Weird, right? Yep! I thought so.

So me and Mum and Dad all went to the shops. I

saw a toy monster that screamed “RAAR!” It was

$10. There was one left! Gotta get it! But Mum and

Dad said ebay might have something better and

cheaper. I said, let’s have a quick look.

Mum and Dad said, “OH MY GOODNESS!”

I said, What is it?

They said it’s a huge 2metres tall monster for

$15.00! And there’s only two left! With free deliver-

ies! Get it!

So we got it.

A few days later I get it. The box makes a mon-

strous noise…

So the gentleman put the box down, I cut it open.

RAAR!!

What on earth was that? I say to Mum. She’s al-

ready asleep so I wake her up. RAAR RAAR!!

Oscar! What was that?!

I’d say it’s just the toy monster randomly making a

noise.

No worries, said Mum in a panicking way.

I now open the front of the box. The monster walks

out of the box. The mon...mon...monster is alive!

This doesn’t make sense!

So I call the guys. The guys say hello, how can I

help you?

The monster, aah, I thought you were going to

have a problem.

You know about this? I screamed.

Oscar! Take it back. Oh man. The guy hung up! I’m

so ANGRY!

I’ll call them again, hello?

Hi! How can I hep you?

I’ve got a monster toy here off your site, I opened it

and the box monster is alive.

No worries, we’ll come and pick it up. Is it giving

you trouble?

Well, not exactly. That didn’t sound convincing. Oh

fine!

Yes, it’s giving me trouble.

Okay, where do you live?

2237 Golden Highway, Jerrys Plains, New South

Wales.

Okay, thank you. I’ll see you in about 1hour 30

minutes.

Okay, thanks, ‘bye!

Four hours later…

Knock, knock, knock. Screech!

Hi! Come in!

Little monster, attention!

Raar?

Come back in the box.

Raar Raar.

Okay, wait, what’s your name?

Oscar.

Okay Oscar, tape the box.

No worries. Tape, tape, tape, tape.

Thank you! Alright Oscar, see you later and thank you

for giving us a call!

No worries! Thank you for taking the monster! ‘Bye!

Well that monster thing is gone, my life is back to nor-

mal. Let’s hope that monster didn’t make any sort of

mess. My room! The bathroom, the kitchen, Mum

and Dad’s room, the dining room, the lounge room!

Oh my goodness! Son!

Yes, Mum.

I have ordered a ring for you as a different present!

Okay, thanks Mum!

(Six days later…)

Here you go, Son.

Yay! Thanks, Mum! Now can I open it?

Yes, Oscar! You can.

Yay! Wow! It’s a baby monster! Noooo!!

Ethan, Year 6

Kids in the Community

Out of school learning... There are lots of fun learning activ-ities outside the classroom… Chil-dren who partici-pate in team sports learn how to collaborate with others and think for the group. These are the same skills that are required in class when stu-dents are en-gaged in critical and creat ive thinking activities.

The social benefits of group holidays enhance the inter-relationship ideals of a collaborative classroom. Sharing time, space and equipment is vital for a smooth-running lesson, and students learn to take turns.

Kids in the Community

Intensive Swim-

ming Note

On Friday the

students will

need to bring

with them in a

bag ready to be

put on a pair of

light winter pyja-

mas and an extra

towel for life

saving skills.

If you have a

pass for Single-

ton gym & Swim

please let us

know so your

child can enter

the pool for free.

Please remem-

ber to pack a

plastic bag to

put wet clothes

in.

Library Books &

Home readers

Please remember

students are no

longer able to bor-

row books for the

remainder of the

year. Could we

please ask that you

return or Library &

Home Readers to

school as soon as

possible.

Next P&C Meeting on Friday, December 8th 1.30pm Please come along and contribute to the progress of your School. There are many opportunities for you

to collaborate on critical decision making.

Thank you for a great year of School Banking. We would like to thank all of our students who have participated in the CommBank School Banking program this year.

Our final School Banking day for 2017 will be Wednesday, 13th December. If your child is eligible to order a reward item please ensure that the reward coupon is completed and returned prior to this Wednesday, 29th November. Any tokens that have not been redeemed this year can be used in 2018.

Pink Stumps Day

Jerrys Plains Public School will be holding a Pink Stumps Day on Friday the 15th December 2017.

We are holding this day to raise much needed funds for the McGrath Foundation and enjoy the

beautiful game we call ‘cricket’.

To support the foundation we are selling a limited number of pink McGrath Foundation bandanas. If

you would like to purchase a bandana please come into the office with $5 as soon as possible!

There are only 10 available so first in best dressed. We also have a McGrath Foundation box at

the front office and Go Fundraise link for any donations you may have for this wonderful cause.

The link is https://pinkstumpsday2018.gofundraise.com.au/page/JessicaMaher

Thank you for helping Jerrys reach our $250 goal.

Miss Maher

Principal Contact

regina.stoltenberg@det.nsw.edu.au Mobile: 0488106697