Toronto Public School

Newsletter Quality and excellence… Learning together

10/09/2019

Dear parents and carers,

One of the jobs I really enjoy as a Principal is showing new families around our school. It is such a rewarding experience to walk through the school and see calm, settled classrooms where great teaching and learning is taking place. There is a beautiful energy in our rooms; the children are happy and engaged. They love to say hello and welcome new people. This is so special and heart-warming. I am very proud of our students, teachers and support staff. TPS is a beautiful school and a wonderful place to be.

I am also very excited to share great news in regard to our staffing. Three of our long term temporary staff now have permanent positions at TPS. Francine Nilson has been a temporary teacher at TPS for the last 8 years. Francine is a fantastic teacher and contributes so much to our whole school success through strong engagement with our community, supporting staff, leading our Aboriginal Education team, taking our primary choir and just being a lovely person to be around. We are delighted with her appointment. Louise Fernance (Nance) has been with TPS since 2014; supporting our children and teachers in classrooms. Louise is much loved and has a wonderful presence in our school. This year Louise has worked with our ED class and this appointment has been made permanent. Mrs Gayler and the boys are particularly excited. Leah Richens has also received a permanent position. Leah has also worked at TPS since 2014 and for four of these years has supported our children in our MC class. Leah has now been appointed to this position permanently but has promised to also continue in her role as our resident art teacher! This is another well-deserved and much celebrated appointment. Congratulations and thank you to these wonderful women.

I will be a way from school for the last two weeks of this term and the first three weeks of next term. Rachael Robinson will be Relieving Principal in my absence. I am sure that Rachael will be supported by our wonderful team.

Kind regards Kim

Dates to remember

11/9/2019 P & C Meeting 9.15am

19/9/2019 Cricket Gala Day

20/9/2019 Senior Netball Gala Day 24-26/9/2019 STEM Camp

26/9/2019 Canteen meal deal day

26/9/2019 Out of Uniform Day for farmer relief

27/9/2019 Showcase Assembly

Contact Us: Toronto Public School Renwick St Toronto NSW 2283 Phone: 02 4959 1571 Fax: 02 4950 4717 Email: toronto-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: toronto-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

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ROAD SAFETY AND OUR

CHILDREN • If you are parking on the opposite side

of the road, you will need to walk over and collect your child/children.

• If you are parked on the school side of the road and are not right in front of the gates please come to the gates to collect your child/children.

• If you are entering the school through the entrance opposite McDonalds, You will need to use the pedestrian

gate.

P&C News A massive thankyou to all our dedicated volunteers who helped the children purchase and wrap their Father’s Day presents. The children all really enjoyed picking their gifts for the special men in their lives. On Thursday the 26th of September we will be holding our term 3 meal deal. Homemade Nachos, a drink and popcorn will be available for $7.50. Order forms will be sent home with all children this week. With spring in the air and all children required to wear hats at play time we have stocked up on TPS hats. Our uniform shop is open on Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8.30am. Our canteen is still in desperate need of volunteers. If you can spare a couple of hours on either a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday morning please call in see Roma in the canteen. Without volunteers our canteen runs risk of having to close. Our next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday the 11th of September from 9.15 am in the cottage. All welcome.

Success is about waking up everyday

and being excited about the day ahead.

Farmer Relief Day

The drought continues and the farmers and their families are still doing it tough. Last year we had an amazing response to our farmer relief day. This year we will be collecting for the pets in the Farming Families. They, too suffer from the effects of the drought. So on Thursday 26th Sept we are having an

“OUT OF UNIFORM / DRESS LIKE A FARMER DAY”

Instead of a gold coin donation we are asking

for donations of non-perishable/ tinned pet food or water. Farmers and their families have a wide variety of pets including the hard working dogs, cats, birds and goats.

Helen Sibthorpe in association with the Country Women’s Association will be taking a trailer filled with our donations to Gilgandra in the holidays to distribute our donation

Did you know? You know that you can make payments for school excursions via the school website?* (*This cannot be used for canteen meal days or P& C activities) Visit the school web page: toronto-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Go to: Make a payment Fill in the required details via each section In reference Number – Type what payment is for: eg Yr 3 /4 camp, Year 5 /6 Canberra, Soccer Gala Day etc

Kindergarten enrolments for 2020 now open

Progress payments for Stage 2 & Stage 3 excursions are now due. Thank you.

Bottle Lids, Wool and Buttons! Miss Leah has asked for more donations of plastic bottle lids in all colours. Please save your lids and drop them into the office of give to Miss Leah. Our bottle lid artwork in red zone is looking amazing. We would also appreciate donations of buttons and wool to be used in the Art program. Many thanks

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Congratulations

In sport, 1T have been working on their relaxation techniques and improving concentration through guided meditation. The hall is so peaceful when the headphones are being used!

I like it when we get to learn how to do yoga -Jayden

My favourite part is where we listen to relaxing stories through the headphones -Sarah

Nate- It was so much fun using sticks and playdoh to make different 2D shapes.

Keira- We sorted 2D shapes by the amount of sides and corners each shape has.

Bailee- Did you know a square and a rectangle both have 4 sides and corners but a rectangle has a 2 short sides and 2 long sides.

Lost Property!

We have a number of students who have lost jackets, beanies and hats. Please check your children’s clothing to make sure you have the correct items. Also please ensure your child (children’s) names are written in their clothing. Many thanks.

2I’s Open Literacy Books

We have such beautiful handwriting and create the most incredible stories here in 2I.

Here are some of our workbooks for you to see!

What do you like about writing?

“That you get to make up anything you want and it’s all ‘you’ telling the story”. - Elkie

“It’s fun! You get to practice letters”. – Toby

3E's Maths lessons are always fun and challenging. Over the last two weeks the students have been exploring mass, volume and capacity. This has been very hands on and the students have engaged in real world problems.

Connor - I liked when we got to measure the capacity of our drink bottles and working with partners.

Kobi - The scales for weighing things were fun to use.

Maddelyn - It's fun to measure capacity. I liked filling up the lunch bucket.

Intensive Swimming for Years 2 to 4 Monday 25th November – Friday 6th December, 2019

Arrangements have been made to include a learn to swim program in our school curriculum. The Department of Education and Training School Swimming Scheme is an intensive learn to swim program, which develops water confidence and builds on a child’s currently swimming ability. The Scheme is conducted over ten days. Each daily lesson is 50 minutes. This is for students in Year 2-4. It may be opened up to students in Year 5 if all places aren’t filled. Permission note and a $20 deposit to be returned by the end of Term 3 to secure your spot as spots are limited. The remainder can be paid in full or in two separate instalments.

Deposit of $20 to be paid by 27-9-19 1st instalment of $12 to be paid by 4-11-19

Last instalment of $12 to be paid by 18-11-19

K-6C have had a busy few weeks...

Our Year 5 students have been exploring Place Value and playing games with 4-digit numbers. It's been fun to challenge Ms Wilson to see who can make the highest number by rolling a dice and choosing which column the number should go in.

In art with Ms Leah, we've been creating Aboriginal prairie dog sculptures using wool to wrap around the dogs we made.

Last week, we decided to change things up a bit, and we cooked toasted ham and cheese croissants - so yum!!

Year 6 girls have been working on some beautiful long stitch. They have been working very hard and are very proud of their creations

DUGS Breakfast 2019 (Dad’s, Uncles, Grandfathers and Special Friends)

Thank you everyone for coming!

MEAL DEAL On Thursday 26th September, 2019 the P&C will be holding a homemade Nacho meal deal day. The cost will be $7.50 which will include a drink and popcorn.

Orders and money must be returned to the office in an envelope with your child’s name and class by Tuesday 24th September, 2019. NO ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED AFTER TUESDAY 24th SEPT. SORRY, NO OTHER LUNCH ORDERS ON THIS DAY. THE CANTEEN IS OPEN AT LUNCH TIME FOR OTHER PURCHASES. Name: __________________________________________________ Class: ____________ Qty Nacho ______ Please circle choices: Plain Mince Taco mince Salsa Sour Cream Cheese Milk Chocolate/ Strawberry Chill J Juice Water

Total $_ _____