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ISSUE 4, March 2019

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Newsletter Title

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 1

WEEK 8

21—Harmony Day and

World Down Syndrome

Day

22 March—Cross Country

Colour Run

22 March— School

Assembly

Week 10

4 April—Parent Numeracy

Info Session Yrs 3-6

5 April—School Photo Day

5 April—School Assembly

Week 11

8 April—Music Bus Visit

12 April—Last Day School

Term 1

TERM 2

Week 1

29 April—Pupil Free Day

30 April—First Day Term 2

for Students

3 May—Zone Cross

Country

Kearsley Public School 130 Caledonia St, Kearsley NSW 2325 Phone: 49901705 Fax: 49911018 Email: kearsley-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kearsley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Principal: Mrs Melissa Trigg

ISSUE 4 TERM 1 WEEK 8 Thursday 21 March 2019

Swimming Champions

Congratulations to the following

students who were our swimming

champions for 2019:

Junior Girl—Evie M, Junior Boy—

Zarhn W, 11 Yrs Girl—Mary W, 11

Yrs Boy—Nate R, Senior Girl—

Zaria W, Senior Boy—Joaquin H.

The winning house—Allandale.

JAECG Leadership Day

The leaders of our Kuluwayn

Aboriginal Education Team

recently spent the day at Cessnock

High with other leadership teams

from around the area. They had lots

of fun getting to know the other

students and developed their

leadership skills. Well done!

Eddie Woo Maths Workshop

Year 6 students had the fantastic

opportunity to travel to the

Newcastle University and complete

some workshops with Eddie Woo, a

well known Maths teacher. The

students had a wonderful time.

Thanks to Cessnock HS for

organising the event.

National Day Against Bullying

Last Friday our school recognised

the National Day Against Bullying.

All classes participated in a range

of activities and designed posters

for a competition. The title for the

posters was—Be Kind, Lend a

Hand.

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School Assemblies

Some changes have been made to our Friday assemblies. For the remainder of Term 1 we will only be

holding whole school assemblies on the following dates. Week 8— 22 March with a performance by

class 1G, Week 10—5 April with a performance by Kinder.

This is a change from alternate weekly stage group assemblies. Assemblies will still be held at 2.30pm

and all parents and carers are welcome to attend.

Kookaburra Awards

Mrs Manderson Mrs Graham Mrs Stipack Mrs Power Miss Reid Mr Folpp Mrs Pitt

Skylah B Karleigh W Zach K Ryleigh H Madison k Joshua B

Lilly J Sage H Kai O Emily P Tennielle P Isabella Y

Tay B Denver R Parish P Selene H Montana K

Hector S Iszac P Jony C Ella B Gavin F

Principal Awards

Assistant Principal Awards

Zarhn W Theo H

TOMORROW our school will be holding a Cross Country Colour Run for all Years. 3 – 6 children and

those students in Year 2 who turn 8 this year. This will enable us to pick our team for the Zone Cross

Country. The race will be at Jeffery Park, Kearsley. We will be walking from school at 9.05am. The race

will start at approx. 9.15am and we will be returning to school by lunchtime. This year students will

run as normal but are invited to wear a white t-shirt or clothing that can be sprayed with coloured

water. At each checkpoint staff and parent helpers will be armed with water coloured with food dye.

Students will be only sprayed on the shirt.

On the day:

Please ensure your child is wearing:

Clothing that may be sprayed with coloured water, joggers (no spikes) and hat.

Please ensure your child brings along:

Water and puffer (if your child has asthma) and school uniform to change back into.

INFANTS CLASSES—will be participating in their own colour run at school starting at 9:05am.

Students will run around the school oval and are invited to wear a white t-shirt or clothing that can be

sprayed with coloured water. Please ensure your child is wearing clothing that may be sprayed with

coloured water, joggers and a hat. Please ensure your child brings along a bottle of water, puffer (if your

child has asthma) and a change of clothes. Looking forward to a great morning, hope to see you all

there!

Cross Country Colour Run

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Voluntary School Contributions 2019

The voluntary contribution rate has stayed the same as the last few years. We will have a $25 gift card

for one lucky family who will be drawn from a hat. To be eligible please make your payment by the end

of Term 1 to go into the draw for a $25 GIFT CARD.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS ARE:

$30 for families with 1 student ($7.50 per term)

$50 for families with 2 students ($12.50 per term)

$60 for families with 3 or more students ($15 per term)

These fees are not compulsory but are very much appreciated as they are put towards purchasing much

needed supplies and equipment used daily by the students of our school.

School Resources Update

Communication with our School

Parents and Carers, please be advised that the absentee SMS System is for responses to absences

ONLY. Your response will only be recorded on the day the SMS is sent. Replies weeks after the original

SMS will also NOT be recorded. There are a number of ways you can contact the school including

Facebook, Class Dojo, email and telephone. The SMS Absence system is not used for that purpose.

In line with our whole school plan the school has utilised some of our Equity Funding to purchase the

following resources. The P&C has also kindly donated funds toward the purchasing of some resources

as well.

P&C has paid for 10 new iPads—$4000

School has purchased 30 new iPads—$12000

2 new Interactive commboxes for Computer Lab and Year 3/4 room meaning every room in the

school now has a new commbox—$17000

$10,000 has been spent on STEAM resources including bee bots, coding robots, engineering kits,

drones and green screens.

P&C has donated $1200 towards new home readers

School is adding $1200 for new home readers

Spelling Mastery student workbooks—$3000

Reading Eggs Subscription—$2,200

New Maths Mentals program for Yrs 3-6—$1000

Maths Seeds subscriptions—$1000

Wellbeing Journals for each student—$1500

The school has also contributed $17,500 towards the Cessnock Academy of STEM Excellence and $6600

towards the CCGPS.

Parent Info Session—4 April

On Thursday 4th April at 2:20 pm Mrs Trigg will be running a workshop for parents on Numeracy. The

workshop will cover how numeracy is currently being taught at Kearsley Public School as well as how

children are taught to add and subtract. The aim of the session is to provide assistance for parents

when supporting their children at home with numeracy. The session will run for around 40 minutes.

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P&C News The AGM was held last Thursday where all positions became vacant and elections were held.

Our committee for 2019 is as follows:

President: Jane Fowler Vice President: Jenny Brooks

Treasurer: Kristy Callaghan-Wilkinson Secretary: Amy Archibald

Assistant Treasurer: Melva McLennan Assistant Secretary: Kristy Jones

Canteen Manager: Sammi Edwards Canteen Buyer: Rochelle Brady

Canteen Rosters: Kristy Jones

A big thank you to our outgoing committee for your hard work and dedication. Good luck to

the new committee.

The canteen will be holding a special lunch order day for Easter on Tuesday 9 April. Lunch

order forms have gone home. Please return your order with payment to the canteen by

Wednesday 3 April 2019. No late orders will be accepted, and no other lunch orders will be

taken on the day.

The P&C are holding a fundraising evening at Cessnock McDonalds on Tuesday 2 April 2019.

The evening will begin at 6pm and run for an hour. Kearsley PS must have 30 people attend

for the one-hour period in store and McDonalds will donate 10% of their total earnings of that

hour (in-store and drive-thru from all customers) back to the school. It would be great to see

as many families as possible on the night supporting our school.

Our uniform is looking great in the playground but if you still need a few things, please come

and see our lovely volunteers in the canteen. Our school shirts and school jackets can be pre-

ordered with payment through the canteen (correct money would be appreciated) on Monday

and Wednesday mornings between 9am – 10am. Our shirt price is $23, while our jacket price

is $34 and school hats can be purchased for $14.

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SCHOOL BANKING

Please send in bank

books every Thursday

for Ms Crane to

process. Some great

prizes can be earned

for regular banking!

Thank you.

All volunteers who work in the school canteen, reading groups

or who volunteer and are on school grounds need to pay a

membership fee to be covered for insurance purposes. Please

pay your $2.00 P&C / Canteen membership to the school

office ASAP. A prohibited employment declaration form needs

to be filled in as well as providing 100 points of ID. These can

be collected at the office or one can be sent home with your

child. Kristy Jones is doing canteen rosters and can be

contacted on 0488609023 for any questions regarding rosters.

If you are unable to make your canteen day please contact the

person you are doing canteen with to let them know you can’t

make it and try to find your own replacement. Thank you!

Thursday

Kearsley Canteen Roster 2019

April

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

March

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

25

Rochelle Brady

Matthew Yap

26

Ann Stanley

Catherine Crane

27

Rochelle Brady

Wes Batey

28

Kristy Jones

Karieanne Clifford

29

Kristy Jones

Jane Apthorpe

1

Rochelle Brady

Allison Powell

2

Kristy Jones

Larissa King

3

Rochelle Brady

Catherine Crane

4

Karieanne Clifford

Kelie Clifford

5

Kristy Jones

Sam Edwards

8

Allison Powell

HELP NEEDED

9

Kristy Jones

Sam Edwards

10

Larissa King

Brook Gatt

11

Karieanne Clifford

Kristy Jones

12

Kristy Jones

Sam Edwards

May

29 APRIL

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

30

Kristy Jones

Larissa King

1 MAY

Rochelle Brady

Allison Powell

2

Karieanne Clifford

Kelie Clifford

3

Kristy Jones

Sammi Edwards

6

Matthew Yapp

Brooke Gatt

7

Bee Scarborough

Ann Stanley

8

Rochelle Brady

Catherine Crane

9

Karieanne Clifford

Kristy Jones

10

Sammi Edwards

Kristy Jones

13

Sammi Edwards

Kristy Jones

14

Ann Stanley

Catherine Crane

15

Rochelle Brady

Allison Powell

16

Karieanne Clifford

Kelie Clifford

17

Sammi Edwards

Kristy Jones

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UNIFORM FOR PHOTO DAY

Girls—Summer uniform consisting of school polo shirt with navy shorts/skort/culottes

and white socks with black shoes.

Boys—Summer uniform consisting of school polo shirt with navy shorts and white

socks with black shoes.

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