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September 2018 Term 3 Week 8

NewsletterPlattsburg Public School

Principal: Mrs Ellen Bax. P: 02 49559196. E: [email protected]. W: www.plattsburg-p.schools.nsw.edu.au.

Principals Message - What a busy time it’s been. Some great fun was had by Miss Ashley’s class during school photos (check out our Facebook Page). Our Community Communications Officer does a great job with keeping our Facebook page up to date and responding to queries and requests. We’ve added quite a few historical pictures to the page that include old class photos. Maybe you have a relative in one of them Thank you to all our families who take the time to check out our recent uploads and leave a comment. Your comments are very important to us and we enjoy your positivity.

Big thank you to our P&C for organising another great Father’s Day and thank you to the cooks for slaving so hard for all our great Dads. Next Wednesday is our annual Dress Like a Pirate Day. My favourite dress up day. I remind parents and carers that cutlasses, blunderbusses, boarding axes, boarding pikes, flintlock guns and explosives are not approved props and will be confiscated. I do promise to return them, Rrrrr.

Important DatesFriday

14th September 20185.30pm

Family Movie NightEvent Cinema Glendale

Wednesday19th September 2018

International “Talk Like A Pirate Day”

Tuesday25th September 2018

Whole School PerformanceGreatest Showman5:30pm in the Gully

Friday19th October 2018

Colour Explosion Fun Run

Thursday18th October 2018Interrelate Sex Ed

Years 3-6 at 6pm in the library

Monday22nd October 2018P&C Meeting 9:30

Wednesday24th October 2018

Year 6 Cake Stall

Friday26th October 2018

Day for Daniel

Monday5th November 2018Childrens University

Graduation at 4.30pm

Friday14th December 2018

Presentation Day/Christmas in the Gully

Our whole school performance will take place on Tuesday the 25th of September from 5:30pm in the gully. All classes are performing a class item and all students will be involved in the whole school finale. The P&C will be running a BBQ, selling fairy floss and other snack foods on the night. Please bring a chair or picnic rug to sit on in the Gully. We hope to see you there!

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Rugby League Skills ClinicOn Friday 31st August students from Year 2 - Year 6 walked over to Federal Park for a Rugby League Skills Clinic with Callaghan College Wallsend. Mr Johnson, Head PE Teacher at Callaghan College, designed the clinic with two of his Year 9 PASS Rugby League and PASS General Sport classes.

The clinic was part of the high school’s curriculum and the year 9 students were assessed on:-• Creativity of the drill(s)• Student interest and engagement• Explanation, Demonstration, Practice, Evaluate• Effective use of equipment• Equal contribution of all group members• Rewards, Praise and Encouragement

On completion of the Primary School Teach each group member will need to complete on CANVAS an evaluation of their peer teaching experience.

All students at Plattsburg Public School had a great time and it was awesome to see the smiles and laughter on their faces while interacting with the Callaghan Wallsend High School students. It was a great fun session had by all.

It was nice to see past Plattsburg students, Ella Moriarty, Ebony Woodcock, Jack Baggs, Zayne Woodrow and Jackson Craig teaching the fundamental skills of Rugby League (evasion, kick, catch, pass, tackling, play the ball) with our current students.

Mr Hopson and Miss Casey would like to thank all the Plattsburg students who took part and represented our school with a positive attitude.

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Father’s Day CelebrationsThe sun shone on our annual Father’s Day Breakfast where we celebrated all the significant fatherly figures in our students lives with a breakfast of bacon and eggs. Thank you to everyone who attended we hope you had a special day. To the staff who came to school at 7am with frypan in hand to cook our schoolcommunity a delicious breakfast, thank you. To the P&C for their donation of bacon, eggs and juice, thank you.

The Father’s Day raffle was drawn at the Father’s Day breakfast. Congratulations to the following raffle winners, Hayden Taylor, Xavier Bytheway, Hudson Bytheway, Hayley Williams, Jett Wheeler, Scarlett Holmes and Maddison McBride.

Thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets and for supporting our small school. Every dollar we raise goes directly back towards our great school and it’s students. All photos taken from the day can be viewed on our website and Facebook page.

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19 – 21 OCTOBER 2018

19 – 21 OCTOBER 2018

Perfect for kids of all agesPresented by: Tom the Pom

12:00pm - 1:00pm Sunday 21 October 2018

No uke, no experience, no worries. This workshop will have everyone strumming along. Music is in your hands with the mightiest of intruments, the ukulele. Each child will learn about rhythm, pitch, harmony, tempo and tone while working towards playing a song as a ukulele ensemble.

Tickets $12 (Limited to 50)

Bandmouth, beatbox & beyondPresented by: Mal Webb

2:10pm - 3:10pm Saturday 20 October 2018

Around the world and into your gob, vocal explorer and songwriter Mal Webb takes you on a lip to lung journey. Sideways yodelling, beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic technique, looping, advanced clapping and vocal distortion are all explored on the way to being a band with your voice.

Tickets $20 (Limited to 50)

Kids Workshop

Beatboxing Workshop

Festival Newcastle City Hall19 – 21 October 2018

General admission on Saturday and Sunday is FREE for all the familyThe weekend includes workshops plus over 50 groups and solo performers showcasing the ukulele and accompanying instruments. Come along and watch kids from local schools perform from 9am to 12 noon on Sunday, 21 October 2018. Tickets to the evening concerts and workshops are available by visiting the Newkulele Festival’s website www.newkulelefestival.com

MARKETS • WORKSHOPS • TWO EVENING CONCERTS • FREE DAYTIME

Chess Gala Day

On Monday 27th August the Plattsburg Chess Team represented our school at the gala day held at Broadmeadow PCYC. All students who represented our school showed great sportsmanship throughout the whole day. It was an absolute pleasure to take the team to the gala day. A big thank you to all the parents who helped out with lifts to and from the venue. I would like to make mention of Noah Rowe, Amelia Robertson and Callen Cosstick who made their first appearance at a gala day for the school and played really well. Chess is on at Plattsburg on Thursday and Friday lunch times in the library. New players always welcome. Mr Hopson.

There has been a number of incidents recently in our local area of children being followed and/or intimidated by strangers. Families please make time to discuss with their children the need to travel safely to and from school and also around local sporting fields, in groups where possible and to never engage with strangers. Should any child be approached they should as quickly and safely as possible leave the area and seek assistance from a responsible adult, eg. their parent/caregiver, school staff. We have reinforced ‘safe people, safe places’ with the students. If you could also do that at home and be vigilant when children are walking to and from school.

Coles Sports for Schools

Thanks for being a good sport. We are very grateful to everyone who collected tokens for our school during the Coles Sport for Schools campaign. Thanks to your generosity, our school was able to purchase new sporting equipment.

It is great to see so many of our students coming to school each day wearing our full school uniform except for school jumpers. Please ensure students are coming to school with the correct uniform, including hat and jumper. We have a 2nd hand clothing pool to assist with purchasing uniforms or you can purchase a school jumper from the uniform shop on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons or online at

www.quickcliq.com.au

The child Dental Benefit Scheme (CDBS) provides up to $1000 over two consecutive years in dental treatment or eligible children aged 2 to 17 years. Patients can use their full benefits within the first year if required; however, additional benefits will not be made available in the second year. CDBS Dental services include: examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fissure sealing, fillings ,root canals, extractions and partial denturesRing to check Eligibility. Special offer this soccer season for School kids , NO Gap for MOUTHGUARD. Select your favourite team colour for the mouthguard. Additionally, we also offer Family

Dental care and braces for all ages. Log on to www.mfdental.com.au Make an appointment with us today at Macquarie Family Dental.

Our Fathers Day Stall was a brilliant success. Our students were very enthusiastic to purchase a gift for their fathers or the significant males in their lives. A huge Thank You to our P & C for organizing the gifts and maning the stall, we are sure that all of the gifts make our Dad’s hearts melt.

This week is SAS Staff Recognition Week. As a school we would like to thank Mrs Dyson whos happy face makes visiting the office a pleasure, nothing is ever a problem for her. Mrs Moriarty as our Communication Officer writes the newsletter, manages the school website and ensures the newsletter, Skoolbag app, Facebook, online notes, CANVAS all important information is relayed from the staff to our community of parents and carers. Thank you to the School Learning Support Officers, Mrs Stokes, Miss Stokes, Ms Jones, Ms T Blacklock, Mr Brown, Ms Lane, Ms C Blacklock, Mr Gray, Ms Abdal and Mr Shakori who tireslessly support our students and staff. Ms Dezilva who organises the library, Kathy Bridge and our General Assistant Mr Booth who keeps the grounds and building maintenance in pristine condition. These are a wonderful group of people who work tirelessly to ensure that the teaching staff are supported and the school runs smoothly. Thank you for everything you do every day to support our staff, students and community.

Thank you to all the families who dined at the McDonalds’ Family Fun Night last Wednesday. You’ve helped raise another $284 that will go towards the P&C’s Playground fundraiser.

As we finally move from the shorter, cooler days into longer warmer days, we need to become sun safe aware again. All students will need a hat to play outside. If they do not have a hat, they will be able to play under the COLA in the shade.

The Department of Education Visitorssign on requirements All visitors to the school site are reminded to please sign on and off in the office visitors book every time you visit between the hours of 9am to 3pm, eg. canteen helpers, volunteers, classroom helpers.

The Department of Education requires any parent and close relative volunteers to complete an Appendix 5 - Declaration for Volunteeers and provide 100 points of proof of identify. Please refer to the link to obtain an Appendix 5 form or attend the school office to obtain a copy:-h t t p s : / / e d u c a t i o n . n s w . g o v . a u /policy-library/associateddocuments/WWCC-Appendix-5-Declaration-for-volunteers-andnon- chi ld-related-contractors_FINAL.pdf

Have you changed your address, mobile or emergency contact numbers? Please urgently update the office if you changed ANY contact details. We have had sick children presenting at sick bay and often not one of their emergency contact numbers are now relevant. We absolutely need your CURRENT contact details for every child. Please notify the office with any changes in these details as they occur.

All Department of Education school websites are in the process of being migrated to a new platform to support accessibility and functionality on a range of devices. This process is ongoing and not all features are up and running yet. We appreciate your patience and support in navigating this update. In themeantime, we would like to encourage you all to continue accessing our school Facebook page and app for the most current information about school events.

Thank you to everyone who recently took the time to participate in our Uniform Shop survey. After analysing the data gathered the P&C will open the Uniform Shop on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2.30 to 3pm or order online at quickcliq.com.au


Stranger Danger

School Uniform

Sign-on Requirements

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Father’s Day Stall

McDonalds Fundraiser

Change of Details


Volunteer Requirements

Free Dental Care

SAS Staff Recognition

New School Website

No Hat, No Play Uniform Shop Changes


Canteen RosterMonday

Sandra MoriartyOdette Radburn

TuesdayKylie Evans

Alison & Chris SmithWednesday

Bernadette JoppKylie EvansThursday

Sandra MoriartyFriday

Sandra MoriartyAmanda Wasowski

Order online at www.quickcliq.com.au

Breakfast Club RosterMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

17/9/18 HELP

Kristie O’Brien

18/9/18 Kylee Burnett Michele Ryan

19/9/18Kylie Evans (Bread

Cutter) Michele Ryan Nabeel Tawfia

20/9/18Christina Grew Carly Ackerman

Nabeel Tawfia

21/9/18Carly Ackerman Sheridan Uhrig

24/9/18 HELP

Kristie O’Brien

25/9/18Who is not going

to the whole school performance? Can

you collect the bread?

Kylee Burnett Michele Ryan

26/9/18 Michele Ryan Nabeel Tawfia


Nabeel Tawfia


1/10/18 HELP

Kristie O’Brien

2/10/18 Kylee BurnettMichele Ryan

3/10/18Kylie Evans (Bread

Cutter) Michele Ryan Nabeel Tawfia


Nabeel Tawfia


Meeting NoticeP&C Meeting

Monday 22nd October 20189.30am in the library

All Welcome.

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Facebook Code of Conduct

Using Real NamesAll users interacting with the P&C run Plattsburg Public School Facebook page must do so using a Facebook account that clearly identifies them by their real name.

EtiquetteOur Facebook page is to be a celebration of our community and we are happy to see people support various posts via a Facebook comment or a ‘like’. Plattsburg Public School reminds all families that our page is not the appropriate forum for raising personal issues. Matters involving any of our children, parents or staff must not be raised on our Facebook page. We encourage you to contact the Principal directly if you have matters that require attention.

How to Interact with the Facebook PageUsers will be able to comment on the school’s postings and on comments by other users. Users will also be able to ‘like’ a post or comment by clicking on the like button. Users are reminded that if you choose to ‘like’ our page, a thread is automatically linked to your personal Facebook page which then becomes accessible to others. It is therefore recommended that you regularly review your own Facebook settings.

Moderation and BlockingPlattsburg Public School reserves the right to set the strength level of the Facebook profanity filter and to add additional words and names to the pages block list. We reserve the right to remove any content that we believe is in breach of these policies, guidelines and the values of our school. Actions resulting in breaches to this policy may include prohibiting a user from interacting with the school Facebook page.

Actions Resulting from any Breaches of the Code of ConductPlattsburg Public School reserves the right to ban any user from interacting with its Facebook page for breaches of the Code of Conduct.

The Law and Facebook’s TermsPlattsburg Public School Facebook page operates under the Commonwealth Telecommunications Act and Facebook’s terms, of which both are enforceable. Plattsburg Public School will remove content if it contains:

• Offensive, abusive, obscene, profane, hateful or racist.

• Comments that threaten or defame any person or organisation

• Solicitations and advertisements by other organisations

• Endorsements of other organisations

• Any content the school deems inappropriate

• Any content which does not align with our values, standards and policies



INSIGHTSBuilding parent-school partnerships

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When kids miss school, not only is their academic progress impeded, forcing them to catch up on missed work (which some never do), they often miss important interactions

with their peers which can compound issues of social isolation and low self-esteem.

It’s not okay to be away ... nor to be late to school

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One of the most important things you can

do to ensure your child has a bright future

is to make sure he or she goes to school

every day—and gets there on time.

It sounds simple, but it’s true. The

correlation between school attendance

and children’s achievement levels is well-

established. The more time kids spend

at school, the more likely they are to

experience school success.

Conversely, according to a report from

the Victorian Auditor General, students

who are regularly absent from school are

at the greatest risk of dropping out of

school early, and of experiencing long-term

unemployment.

When kids miss school, not only is their

academic progress impeded, forcing

them to catch up on missed work (which

some never do), they often miss important

interactions with their peers which can

compound issues of social isolation and

low self-esteem. Also, many teachers tell

me, it’s often the kids who can least aff ord

to take time off school who are most likely

to be serial absentees.

Of course, most people know this intuitively, yet school absenteeism is a huge problem in Australian schools—and much of it is parent-condoned.

It’s hard to get an accurate picture across the country but it would appear that Australian students miss an average of between 12 and 15 days per school year, with parent-condoned absenteeism highest among young primary-aged children.

That adds up to a year’s lost schooling over the school-life of a child. In today’s highly competitive world, this rate of absenteeism is alarming, putting our kids at a distinct disadvantage.

That’s not a reason to be away! It’s now commonplace for children to stay away from school for reasons that would have been unheard of just twenty years ago. These include staying away to celebrate their own or a sibling’s birthday; being absent because they stayed up too late watching television; going shopping for clothes; an extended long weekend; and kids not wanting to take part in a

sports day or special school event.

This type of absenteeism sends a strong

message to kids that parents don’t really

value learning or their children’s school

experiences.

Australian kids only spend 15% of their

total time at school. They spend more time

asleep than they do at school. So we need

to maximise every day to get full value.

That means turning up to school every day,

on time.

Being late is not okay eitherMissing a few minutes each day may not

seem like a big deal but your child may be

missing more than you realise if he or she is

continually late.

Current research shows that mornings for

most children are the most productive time

of the day, with 10.00am the peak period

for productivity. When children arrive late

and take time to settle as they inevitably

do, valuable learning time is lost.



... It’s not okay to be away ...

nor to be late to school...

AS A PARENT:

✔ Commit to sending kids to school every day.

✔ Make sure kids arrive at school and class on time.

✔ Inform the school when they are away, sending medical certifi cates and other evidence of genuine absence.

✔ Consider catching-up on missed work.

✔ Make kids who are away stay in their bedroom – that is where ill kids should be.

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It takes strong parenting ...As a parent myself I know how persuasive children of all ages can be

when it comes to taking a day off school. It takes a strong will to resist

the persistent pressure that kids can bring to bear, particularly if they

play the guilt card with comments such as “It’s not fair that I have to go

school today because Aunty is coming to visit!” Nice try. But the answer

should be “No!”.

As parents we need to make a commitment that our kids make the

most of their precious time at school. That means that we send them to

school every day, on time and ready to make the most of the school day.

Of course, there will be times, such as illness or genuinely extenuating

family circumstances, when kids should be away. But these need to be a

rarity rather than the norm.

It’s reassuring to know that you increase their chances of future

success just by making sure they turn up to school every day. And

of course regular school attendance also helps kids prepare for the

workforce, where it will be expected that they turn up each day

work-ready. The real world is unforgiving of those who stay away with

NO EXCUSE.



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