Principal’s Message

D A T E S T O

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28 Jan Staff

Development

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29 Jan Years 1 - 6

Return

30 Jan Kindergarten

Students start

school -

WELCOME

Taralga Public School

NEWSLETTER

P L E A S E N O T E :

Assembly -

Friday, 7th February

at 9:00 am

All welcome

95 Orchard Street, Ph: (02)48402047

TARALGA NSW 2580 F: (02)48402152

E-mail: taralga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.taralga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents, Welcome back to 2014. Taralga Public School is a great school with caring staff who are happy to discuss your child’s progress/concerns with you. Please help us with some “housekeeping”

Return notes/money to school promptly;

Label school jumpers, hats, lunchboxes & drink bottles clearly as this helps us return property

Make sure your contact details are up to date plus emergency contacts (note attached);

Newsletters will go home on Thursdays, please check your oldest child’s bag or ask for it;

Ring school before 2:45 pm (if at all possible) to notify of changes to home time routine, otherwise students will follow their regular home time routine;

Student banking will be on Monday;

Assembly will start on Friday, 7th February at 9:00 a.m. All welcome to attend;

Library will be on Friday for K-6 at 1:30 pm followed by Peer Support. This year we are starting ‘fruit break’ at 10:00 am with a water/toilet break. Please note - this is where fresh fruit or vegetables are cut into bit size pieces as a quick energy boost for kids , eg: apple, rockmelon, kiwi fruit, carrot, celery, blueberries, strawberries (see Handbook). Classes are Mrs Marshall - K-1-2 with 22 students and Ms Duncan - 3-4-5-6 with 28 students. Ms Grahame will assist with stage groups, RFF and continue the Indonesian Program. Classes are dependant upon enrolment numbers, these could change. We will be asking for volunteers later this term when our class routines are established. Mrs Marshall will be away this week as her husband requires back surgery. Ms Grahame will be on her class and Ms Alderton will do RFF. Mrs Hayes resigned on Friday, 20th December as she has found employment closer to Goulburn. She thanks the P & C for their support over many years. We wish her well in her future endeavours. Sport will be on Friday, with Fitness on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. This year the Workbook packs are - K-1-2 - $60.00 - Maths Mentals, Handwriting, Maths Plus, Spelling and a workbook Dictionary. 3-4-5-6 - $42.00 - Spelling Text, Maths Mental, Maths Plus. Stationary - colour pencils, textas, pens, pencils, sharpeners, scissors, glue sticks etc is available from the office all year at very competitive prices. P & C Meetings are a great opportunity to meet other parents and discuss events of the school. Please come along on Wednesday, 12th February, at 6:00 p.m. Thank you to all those who assisted at the Taralga Rodeo. The Association makes a generous donation to our P & C to assist our students. Looking forward to being partners in the education of your child.

Regards,

Liza Duncan

WEEK 1, TERM 1 30th January, 2014

HIGHLIGHTS

OF OUR WEEK:

Back to School

P A G E 2

Celebrating Success

T A R A L G A P U B L I C S C H O O L

POSITIVE SIDE OF THE LEVEL SHEET - WATCH THIS SPACE

Kinder:

Year 1:

Year 2:

Year 3:

Year 4:

Year 5:

Year 6:

HOUSEKEEPING - Please send in an old shirt for art………. Thank you!!!! GOULBURN / CROOKWELL PSSA DISTRICT TENNIS - Tennis Trials are on Thursday, 6th February, 2014 at the Bishop Street, Tennis Courts, Goulburn commencing at 9:30 a.m. Students MUST be able to play competitively and serve well. If you are interested, please let Ms Duncan know tomorrow, Friday, 31st January. There are only places for 2 boys and 2 girls from our school. SMALL SCHOOLS SWIMMING CARNIVAL - This is for children 8 years and older who can swim 50 metres competitively. This carnival will be held on Wednesday, 12th February at Crookwell Swimming Pool commencing at 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. Parents will be required to transport students to this event. Permissions notes are available from the office, please notify Ms Duncan by Tuesday, 4th February if interested. This is a lead-up carnival to the District Swimming Trials on 25th February, 2014.

Andrew, Rani, Harry, Jessica, Nash and

Madelyn

POSITION VACANT -------

Required - 1 student. Taralga Public School needs 1 more

enrolment before Wednesday, 12th February. This 1 student

would mean 15 hours more teaching time for 50 other students.

Please inquire at school - 48402047. Of course we would

welcome any number of new students to our school.

Thank you.

W E E K 1 , T E R M 1

FRUIT BREAK - involves a 5 minute snack time each day. “Fruit Break” is designed to encourage high fibre, low fat, low GI snack options with an emphasis on and preference for fruit and/or vegetable snacks. The aim of “Fruit Break” is to provide a supplementary energy source to students, including a drink and toilet break. It can be a long time between breakfast and recess and for those students who have breakfast early or have little or no breakfast, “Fruit Break” will help top-up and maintain their energy levels for learning. Parents are requested to provide a fruit or vegetable snack for their children that can be easily consumed within 5 minutes. ALL FRUIT MUST BE CUT UP INTO PIECES FOR EASY EATING. Please -- NO Tinned fruit, jelly cups or anything that requires spoons. Some suggestions are: Fresh fruit, apples, banana, grapes, watermelon, kiwi fruit, rockmelon, berries, mandarins,

pineapple - ALL MUST BE cut up into small bite-size pieces; Dried fruit - sultanas, apricots, apple, pineapple etc.; Raw vegetable pieces - carrots, snow peas, celery, ALL cut up into bite sizes; Cheese sticks, cheese cubes/slices. Please do not send roll-ups, muesli bars, chips, lollies or baked goods (eg: biscuits, slice or cakes).

NO NUTS / PEANUTS PLEASE!!!

The Members of Taralga P & C Association would like to invite all families to attend the next Meeting on Wednesday, 12th February, 2014 commencing at 6:00 p.m.

Oliver and Lauren working with the new iPad.

TARALGA STORE - SCHOOL LUNCH PRICE LIST - TERM 1, 2014 Sausage Roll $2.00 Plain Meat Pie $3.00 Lasagne $3.00 Macaroni Cheese $3.00 Fried Rice $2.75 Pizza Rounder $2.00 Pizza - Ham & Pineapple $2.00 Nuggets (6) $2.50 Pizza - Cheese & Bacon $2.00 Chicken Sticks (6) $2.50 Tomato or BBQ Sauce $0.25 Chocolate /Strawberry Moove 300ml $2.50 Apple / Orange Juice $2.20 Water 300 ml $1.00

PLEASE KEEP IN A HANDY LOCATION

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NOTES - There are various notes and School Handbook (full of interesting information) going home, separate to the Newsletter. Some may look as though they are requesting the same information, but please sign each and return to school if you are happy to do so. Only Kindergarten children receive the Child Protection note as it remains effective unless parents advise the school otherwise. Thank you.

New Kindergarten students with their “buddy” going for a tour of the playground.

Year 6 - Lauren, Justin, Chelsea, Laura, Rani & Libby Mikayla, Jessica, Evelyn and Karisa - ready for lessons