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Message from the Principal

I would like to extend a very warm thank you to all students, parents and families who have welcomed me over the last two weeks to the Pretty Beach Public School community. For those whom I haven’t yet met, I am delighted to introduce myself as Principal of PBPS, Mrs Karen Wardlaw. I am so pleased to be in the position of leading such a school, supporting a great team of teachers and investing in the lives of our student. I look forward to getting to know families a little better as the term progresses. I have been very impressed by the calm and settled start to the term by all students and acknowledge the wonderful sense of community support that is tangibly evident within the school. I am slowly getting to know student names and faces and have been made to feel quite special by their interest in getting to know me and, in the process, sharing a little about themselves, too. I have been impressed by the wonderful good manners and articulate conversational skills of our students and the friendly welcome I have received in every classroom I have visited. I also had the pleasure of attending the 2019 Festival of Instrumental Music at the Sydney Opera House this week and cheering loudly as the name of Pretty Beach Public School was called out! Once again, the talent of the NSW Public School students showcased in this prestigious event was staggering. Congratulations to Teddy, Oscar, Sari and Thorne who represented the school admirably in the NSW Combined Strings Ensemble, performing a complex repertoire. A very proud principal moment for me to see our students on stage! Karen Wardlaw Principal

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Clever Kids Congratulations to the students who received Merit Awards at our last assembly. Term 2- Week 10 Kinder Roy, Summer, Ryan Kinder/1 Daisy, Imogen, Xander Yr 1/2 Blue Imogen, Otis Yr 1/2 Red Ella, Sully, Emily, Jonah, Flora, Amina, Scarlett, Eva, Freddie Yr 3 Frankie, Emily, Charli, Xavier Yr 4 Frankie, Sebi, Che Yr 5 Gnanita, Isabel, Max, Zane Yr 6 Ruby, Jasper, Oliver, Macyn

Festival of Instrumental Music 2019

A massive congratulations to Sari, Thorne, Oscar and Teddy for their brilliant performance on Monday night at the Festival of Instrumental Music. What an honour it is to be able to perform in Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House in front of an adoring audience! Our fabulous 4 were impeccably behaved and were dedicated during their rehearsal and performance and were excellent representatives of our school. A huge thank you to the parents for their ongoing support leading up to and on the night and to our wonderful strings teachers for helping our students learn the repertoire. It was a wonderful experience for all

involved.

Andy Podmore Coordinating Teacher

When? Events & Due Dates Who?

T3 Wk 3 EDUCATION WEEK 5-9 AUGUST

P&C Meeting 7pm

Thurs 8 – OPEN DAY 1.20pm

All

All

T3 Wk 4 Fri 16 – PBL Reward trade day All

T3 Wk 5 Book Fair 20-22 August

Wed 21 -CC Showcase Dance Festival

Thur 22 – Parade and Open Day

All

All

T3 Wk 6 Mon 26/8 – Zone Athletics

27-29/8 – Stg 2 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Stg 2

Green = Notes & or Money Due

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Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Welcome back to another exciting term in PBL. This term we have some new and exciting rewards. The end of term 2 rewards day was a lot of fun but due to the weather we decided to postpone the Turo Park visit. The date for this reward is now Thursday, 8 August (Week 3). Students who had traded for this reward will be given the opportunity to go to Turo Park on this date. The first PBL trade day will be Friday week 4 and the reward day will be Friday week 5. We will also have the second trade day on Monday week 10 with the reward day Friday week 10. Student can trade for any of the following rewards:

1. Sit next to a friend for a day (Coupon)

2. Crazy hair/hat (coupon)

3. No Homework for a week (Week 5 only)

4. Karaoke session (Week 5 only)

5. Local Walk ( Week 10 only)

6. Mufti (Week 10 only)

Keep up the great work everyone and remember to show Excellence, Respect and Responsibility at Pretty Beach Public School.

Education Week 5-9 August 2019

Education Week is a state-wide, annual event, held during the first week of August, to celebrate NSW public education. The theme for 2019 is 'Every Student, Every Voice'. Dates for your Diary: At Pretty Beach, we will be celebrating Education Week by inviting you to join us at our Open Afternoon. When: Thursday 8 August (weather permitting) Time:

1:25 – Enjoy a shared picnic recess with your child in the playground 2:00 – Whole School Assembly under the cola 2: 30 – 3:00 – Spend time back in your child’s class to see a snapshot of wonderful teaching and learning activities. Invitations were sent home yesterday.

Book Week

Book Week 2019 Is Just Around the Corner!

What will you dress up as this year? It's time to get excited about the annual

Book Week Parade! This event will be held on

Thursday 22 August at 9am. (Week 5) The theme is

‘Reading is My Secret Power’ Students may choose to dress up as a

book character or in a costume to match the theme. Costumes need not be expensive as many book character

costumes can be created using everyday clothing.

All students will receive a certificate for their efforts in participating in our school

parade.

This year we will be holding our annual Scholastic Book Fair

during Book Week! So please come visit our Book Fair

during Book Week. Times to visit the fair will be advertised shortly!

Central Coast Showcase The Stage 2 Dance group will be performing in the Central Coast Showcase at Laycock Street Theatre on Wednesday 21st August. Tickets for the evening performance are now on sale. Please visit http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/theatres to purchase your tickets. Alternatively, you can call Laycock Street theatre on 43233233. Ticket prices - Adults: $28 and Concession: $24. More information will be sent home in a note soon. Could all stage 2 dance students please bring in a plain black T-shirt to Miss McKinney. Thank you Ms McKinney

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KINDERGARTEN 2020

If your child is due to start school in 2020 please come to our school office to pick up an enrolment form. If you know of any families in the area that have school aged children for next year please direct them towards Pretty Beach. We look forward to starting our information sessions and transition program during Semester 2. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden This week Year 3 were in the kitchen with Sophie, Emily, Liam, Fin, Talia and Frankie preparing a lovely meal with Mrs Hutchens. The meal they prepared for us was Pizza Lettuce Wraps, yummy! The ingredients were: lettuce, salami, cherry tomatoes, basil, oregano and cheese. The oregano and basil was proudly and freshly picked from our school garden! Written by Lucy M Premiers Debating Challenge Congratulations to our Debating team for 2019 who have completed the Premiers Debating Challenge for this year. We had our final debate this week against Kincumber Public School. We were the negative team for the topic ‘All teachers need to participate in sport and exercise with their students at school’ We were able to come up with many reasons as to why teachers may not be able to participate but unfortunately we were defeated by the opposition. Thank you to the all students who participated in debating this year as well as the other schools, teachers and adjudicators for all your effort with the program. It’s wonderful to see many students participating in debating and learning lifelong skills. Ms McKinney Debating Coordinator Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all students who participated in our school Athletics Carnival at McEvoy Oval last Thursday. The K-2 Novelty Carnival and 2-6 Competitive Track Carnival was a huge success and a whole lot of fun. Ribbons and results will be announced at the Friday’s assembly and students who qualify for the Zone SCCPSSA Carnival on 26 August will be announced next week. Thank you to all of the parents, carers and family members who attended and supported students on the day and a big

thank you to all of the staff involved in making this event so awesome!

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VHS Mystery Box

Year 4 – Footloose Theme Song

K/1 - The Candy Man (Willy Wonka)

Year 5 - Back to the Future Mix

1/2Red - You’re the Best (Karate Kid)

1/2Blue - Step in Time (Mary Poppins)

Kindergarten - Inspector Gadget Theme Song

Year 3 - We Go Together (Grease)

Year 6 - Ghostbusters Theme Song

Students and other lead roles

These and many more school musical photos are now available to purchase in CD format. Photos have been taken from the dress rehearsal, matinee and evening performances. The photos have been grouped into class

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groups or lead roles as indicated on the order note sent home last Friday. Each group of photos contains numerous photos of each act their group performed. There are both distant and close up shots included so you can develop/utilise as many photos as you wish. Each group set of photos costs $5 each. You can also see our slide show in the office with a sample of photos available. If you don’t have a CD player in your computer just send a memory stick in with your payment and we can copy them onto it. The school musical DVD is also now available to purchase. This has been professionally filmed at the evening performance only and costs $20.00. There will be no personal information of any students on the DVD’s. If you are interested in purchasing a DVD please return the order slip also sent home last Friday together with your payment. New Inventor’s Expo

Last term, Stages 2 and 3 held their New Inventors’ Expo. Students showcased their incredible inventions to students and visitors. They did an amazing job explaining the needs their inventions met, describing how the product would be made and discussing the cost and profits made from each sale. Their brilliant displays showed various views of their inventions and many included actual working models! Well done all students on participating in this enrichment task over the term as part of your homework. You all did an amazing job! Michaela Bridgman Expo Coordinator Canteen News

Don’t forget lunch orders are placed in the gold box in the office every Thursday for Friday’s lunches. If your child is sick on Friday please phone the office and the order can be held over for the following week or a refund will be given. Lunch orders will be accepted on Friday before 8.45am at the Canteen.

Thank you to those who have volunteered to help in the canteen so far this term (roster below). If you are available to help either of the remaining days please call into the office or phone 4360 1012.

Date Volunteer Names

2/08/2019 Emma Pratt

9/08/2019

16/08/2019 Karin Witanoski

23/08/2019

30/08/2019

6/09/2019

13/09/2019

20/09/2019

27/09/2019 Louise Ware School Banking…each Monday

Our school banking day is each Monday. Students need to hand their bank book in to their teacher or drop into the box at the office before school. This year there are 8 new reward items for 2019 from the Polar Savers range with the Scented Stackable Highlighters and Snowy Origami Set available Term 1 or the Icicle Slapband Ruler and Yeti Fluffy Notebook available Term 2. This term the Artic Owl Fluffy Keyring and Scratch Art Cards are also available. Are you using the CommBank Youth App yet? Did you know if you use this app your child can:

Check the balance of their Youth Saver account

View school banking deposits in their transaction history

Track the number of times they have banked towards their next reward

Set up savings goals and monitor progress

Create lists of chores they can do to earn pocket money

So explore the CommBank Youth App to help encourage regular saving. Your child doesn’t have a bank account? To open a bank account just go to any Commonwealth Bank or this can be done online. The bank have advised if you do this the deposit book, with their account details and yellow wallet will be sent to you by mail within 5-7 working days. Could you please ensure that the account number details are completed in your child’s deposit book, prior to your child bringing the book in on their first School Banking Day.

PENINSULA JUNIOR TOUCH ASSOCIATION 2019-2020 REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN

ONLINE REGISTRATION and PAYMENTS can be done via our

website 24/7 at www.peninsulajuniortouch.com.au Registrations CLOSE – 5pm Friday 9 August 2019

FEE: $100 per child (1 child), $90 per child (2 children), $80 per child (3+children)

If you have any problems please email us – admin@peninsulajuniortouch.com.au

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