Seaham Public School and P&C NSW

Phone: (02) 49886 234

Fax: (02) 49886 435

Email: seaham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.seaham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friday 21 February Zone

Swimming Carnival

Friday 7 March -item 3/4J

Whole School Assembly

Friday 14 March

School Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 19 March

School Cross Country

Friday 21 March

Harmony Day

Wednesday 2 April

Zone Cross Country

Friday 9 May

Wetlands Excur. Yrs 1&2

Friday 30 May

Swim Program Starts

Wednesday 14 May

Oakvale - Kinder

Friday 22 August

Teen Talk Year 6

5—9 September

Life Education Visit

18-19 September

Stage 2 Camp

5-7 November

Stage 3 Camp

Wednesday 3 December

Annual Presentation

Tuesday 9 December

Year 6 Farewell

SCHOOL NEWS

Term 1, Week 4

Principal’s Message Dates For Diaries

Due to enrolled children’s life threatening Anaphylactic Allergic reaction to all nuts and peanut products,

we would like to encourage families not to send these products to school with their children. These

include peanut butter, nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars or any products

containing any type of nuts. We appreciate your support in this matter.

20 February, 2014

If they walk or ride to the skate park, local shop or sporting practice they really

need to have a plan if someone approaches them.

Best of luck to the zone swimmers going off to Lakeside Leisure Centre tomorrow.

Mrs Bowman will be accompanying our students and I look forward to hearing

about the great day you will have.

It was great to see the many parents who were able to come

to the “Meet the Teacher” night. The sessions were a good

opportunity to meet our class teachers and hear about

classroom routines and organisation. Of course it wasn’t an

appropriate time to discuss individual students and concerns.

If you do have these questions you need to contact the

school or your child’s class teacher to arrange

a n i n t e r v i e w a t a c o n v e n i e n t t i m e .

The information in this newsletter about the stranger danger

incident is a real concern. Our school has addressed the

issue in classrooms where teachers have talked about

awareness and strategies to deal with such situations. It is

vitally important that families have these talks and reinforce

these strategies. If you child walks home or to school, talk

about a safe place they can go other than your house. It

might be a friends or relatives house or a shop on their

route.

Staff Carparks: Last week we had a reminder in our newsletter about the out of

bounds areas of our staff carparks for both students and families. Families are

not permitted to park in the staff car parks at any time. This is a Departmental

Policy. We ask for your cooperation in this matter. Also when dropping students

off, they are to use the concrete pathways and not enter or leave the school

through the staff carparks. Please help us keep your students safe.

Family Update Information: Thank you to all families that very promptly got

their information sheets back to the office. Please note that if there are no

changes, please send it back into the office marked no changes required.

Expression of Interest for Camps for Years 3&4 and 5&6: Expression of

Interest forms for Stage 2 & 3 Camps have been forwarded home this week.

Please note that final costings cannot be finalised until we have a definite

numbers. It would be appreciated if the E.O.I notes can be sent back with the

$20 deposit at your earliest convenience.

Young Boy Approached By A Stranger at Seaham: Police are

appealing for information after a young boy was approached and followed by a

man in a van at Seaham last week. About 4.10pm last Wednesday, a 12 year

old boy was walking along Cross Street when a white van stopped opposite

him. Police have been told a man called out to the boy and offered him a lift.

He declined and continued walking, however, the driver followed him before

doing a U-turn in Regal Place and driving off. The boy returned home and later

informed his parents about the incident before reporting it to police.

Police from Port Stephens Local Area Command are investigating the matter

and are looking for a man who has been described as being of Caucasian

appearance, aged in his 50s with grey hair, a beard and wearing a beanie. The

van is described as being a white van with no rear passenger windows and

missing a hub cap off the rear right wheel.

Meanwhile, the incident has again prompted police to encourage parents to

discuss the “Safe People, Safe Places”, messages with their children, including:

Make sure your parents or another adult you know knows where you are

at all times.

Always walk straight home or to the place you are walking to. Walk near

busier roads and streets, or use paths where there are lots of other

people.

Know where safe places are - a shop, service station, police station,

library or school. If you are ever frightened, you should go to one of

these places and ask them to call the police.

Learn about safe adults you can look for and talk to if you need help -

police officers, teachers at school, adults you know and trust.

Don’t talk to people you don’t know and never get into a car with

someone you don’t know. If a car stops on the side of the road and you

don’t know the person inside, do not stop.

If you are scared and can use a phone, call 000 and tell them you are

scared.

If someone tries to grab you, yell out, “Go away, I don’t know you”. This

lets other people know you have been approached by someone you don’t

know.

Canteen Roster

Current Notes

Friday 21 February

Cassie McCumstie

Nat Meehan

Michelle Sciberras

Monday 24 February

Sandra Batchelor

Bree Batchelor

Jean Godfrey

Tuesday 25 February

Caitlin Moroney

Wed 26 February

Dee McDonald

Peta Salter

Thursday 27 February

Sandra Batchelor

Friday 28 February

Nat Meehan

Kylie Jordan

E.O.I. GABC

Years 3 & 4

E.O.I. Point Wolstoncroft

Years 5&6

2014

P&C Committee

President

Kerri McCaw

Vice President

Rebekah Flynn

Second Vice President

Vacant

Treasurer

Allison Richards

Correspondence

Secretary

Caitlin Moroney

Minutes Secretary

Tracey Morris

P&C News: Thanks for the wonderful turnout for our first meeting. It was

great to see so many new faces added to the committee. We welcome anyone

anytime. Congratulations to the new P&C committee for 2014. You may

notice the Second Vice President role is vacant. If you are interested in joining

the committee or finding out more information about what is required for this

role, please contact Kerri McCaw, gav-kez@bigpond.com

Canteen: Our canteen is a key part of the school experience for the students

and they love seeing family members in there from time to time. We are still

needing some more volunteers to come forward to assist. even if it's for 1 day

per term this would be a huge assistance. Fridays seem to be the day we are in

need of most. If you can help out please contact Leanne Cox 0410320957.

Fundraising: We are in the process of planning our fundraising activities

for 2014. If you have any ideas please email Kerri, gav-kez@bigpond.com

Tennis Court Area: We are in the process of getting quotes for this work

to fix up the court area. If you know a plumber, or someone who can do tree

removal please contact Kerri so we can arrange for quotes on the work we need

done. We would always prefer to support local business.

Next Meeting: 12 March at 7.30pm in the Library we hope to see you

there.

What is Kik and why is it popular?

Kik is a free texting app popular with

younger teens who generally have a

limited texting plan or use an iPod

Touch. Find out more about Kik

messenger: http://

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

technology/technology-az/-/

technology_glossary/7w0F/5353/

Kik+messenger

Find out why experts say it's the No.1

social media problem involving kids:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital

-life-news/experts-warn-of-apps-hidden-

dangers-20131130-

2yif3.html#ixzz2mYlkXFyd

Helping with homework

How much should you help your child

with homework? When your child

makes a mistake, should you fix it?

Teachers talk about how parents can

help kids take responsibility for their

homework and avoid Thursday night

meltdowns. Find out more: http://

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework

-and-study/homework-tips/helping-your-

primary-school-child-with-homework

KL: Jorja Daskalovksi, Talan Jackson,

Amy Richens and Stuart Thorn

K/1S: Jackson Grono, Matilda Roberts

and Hamish Witcomb

1B: Sophie Letham, Louis Lilley, Asha

Collins and Darcy Grierson

2A: Isis Sullivan, Charli Codrington,

Brandon Tomkins and Phoenix Johns

2/3M: Jack Lees, Zachery Tomkins,

Dylan Wilson

3/4J: Madalyn Greentree, Rylee

Featherston, Sophie Jordan and

4/5L: Zayne Phillips, Will Richards,

Clare Moroney and Paige Williams

5/6B: Lex Shillington, Jay Scholes

Delmege, Milla Kime and

Eliza O’Donnell

5/6D: Bridie Holloway, Georgia Fuhrer

Andrews, Abbey Marks and Harry Wade

Assembly Awards

Newsletter Briefs

Battery Recycling Program: With the support of Battery

World Maitland, our school will be participating in battery recycling

program during Terms 1 & 2.

What do I have to do? Your challenge is to collect as many batteries

as you can and drop them into the purple recycling bin in the office.

(Batteries only in bin).

How much money will the school get? The school will receive $2

per kilogram of batteries.

What sort of batteries? Every sort of battery you can image. Car

and truck batteries weigh the most, so they are awesome (but please

put them next to the bin). Also household AA, AAA, C,D,9V, video,

mobile phone, drill, digital camera, laptop, toy, remote controlled car

batteries.

Can I take them straight to Battery World Maitland? Yes, if you

would like to take them straight to Battery World Maitland, just

mention Seaham School when you drop them in their recycling bin

and they will add them to our tally.

What’s in it for me? Apart from earning money for your school and

improving the school? We have some water bottles and mini garbage

bins that we will give to students supporting this program (while

stocks last). Please remember to leave the car and truck batteries

near the bin only.

Student Corner: Congratulations to Jayden and Cody Hancock who

have already achieved great things in athletics this season. Cody has

recorded season best in 8 out of 10 events in Under 9 Boys, he is

competing in 60m hurdles, 100m sprint and discus at Regions.

Jayden has season best in 7 out of 10 events in Under 12 boys, and is

competing in Discus at Regions, held at Mingara this weekend.

We wish both boys the very best for this weekend.

When we have room in our weekly newsletter, we offer a student

corner section. This is for out of school activities, events, special

occasions or achievements that students and families would like to

published. Please be aware that if you would like a photo, you need

to supply a good quality one per email or bring it in for scanning,

along with all the relevant information. Again please remember it is

only possible when space permits.

Seaham / Bowthorne Football (Soccer) Club ADDITIONAL PLAYERS

REQUIRED FOR

SEASON 2014

IF YOUR CHILD TURNS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 THIS YEAR

AND WOULD LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL (Soccer)

WE HAVE SOME PLAYER POSITIONS AVAILABLE For further details, please

contact Tim Griffiths

4988 6299

Clarence Town Soccer Club:

We are looking 6 more players

to register for the under 10’s

and 11’s Team. If you would

like to register for these age

groups or know any friends

who would, contact the

Registrar or secretary details

below before February 28th

2014. We don’t want any

players to miss out on a Team

this season. Scott Faust: 0467

789 205 e:mail:

scott.faust@rms.nsw.gov.au

(Registrar)

Julie Hawkin: 0402088226

(leave a message) e:mail:

julie.hawkin@hotmail.com

(Secretary)

Cheerleading classes for

boys and girls at Seaham

hall: Fridays from 3pm - 7pm.

Please call: 0438876789 or

Email:seaham.cheerstarz@hot

mail.com

Raymond Terrace Junior

Rugby League Registrations:

Final registration day for

players of all ages, Under 6-

Under 15 will be held at

Lakeside Sporting Oval

Thursday 20 Feb from 5pm-

7pm. Please email

rtjrlfc1@yahoo.com.au for

further details if needed.

YMCA Swimathon

YMCA is holding the annual

Swimathon on Sunday 2

March. We are trying to raise

money to provide swimability

lessons. Please call Kirsty or

Benjamin on 4987 4845

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