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www.hastings-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER 17th May, 2019
85 Yarranabee Road,
PORT MACQUARIE, 2444
Phone 6582 2566
WHAT’S ON at HASTINGS … TERM 2 : WEEK 4 https://hastings-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/events.html
CERTIFICATE of
APPRECIATION to Amanda Cochrane
& Sue Richardson
(Charlie Cochrane’s mum & grandma)
Amanda recently donated a
Thomas the Tank Engine
play table and toys to Kindergarten.
Sue has donated two amazing
patchwork quilts for our sick bay.
Thank you ladies.
Your donations are truly appreciated!
Saturday, 18th
Election BBQ & Cake Stall
Monday, 20th
DANCE FESTIVAL TICKETS on sale
Uniform Shop open 8:30 to 9:30am
PSSA Boys & Girls Basketball v Tacking Point
K-2 Assembly 2:20pm. Presenting Class KS
Parent Workshop on Behaviour
Tuesday, 21st
Rugby Union Gala Day
Student Banking
Wednesday, 22nd
National Simultaneous Storytime - 10:40am
Uniform Shop open 2:30 to 3pm
Friday, 24th
LAST DAY for Kilometre Club
3-6 Assembly 9:20am. Presenting Class 5B
Responsible Pets Program - Kindergarten
PSSA Netball v Port Macquarie Public School
Uniform Shop open 2:30 to 3pm
PRINCIPAL MATTERS
Continuing Traffic Problems
Our school’s children’s crossings are located on Yarranabee Road and Braemar Drive. They are part-time
crossings which operate just before and after school hours. When CHILDREN CROSSING flags are displayed,
you must slow down and stop before the stop line if a pedestrian is entering the crossing or on the crossing.
Please note that when flags are not displayed, Yarranabee Road operates as a normal pedestrian (zebra
crossing).
Children are still developing skills that help them judge the direction of sound and the speed and distances
of vehicles. Children are physically small, harder to see and unpredictable. It’s everyone’s responsibility to
drive safely so children remain safe.
There are significant penalties for motorists who do not obey the road rules. If a motorist fails to stop at a
children’s crossing when there are children crossing, or if they approach a children’s crossing too quickly to
safely stop, they will receive a $561 fine and 4 demerit points.
Please slow down and be alert around our school!
The Polling Booth will be open and P&C’s famously renowned
ELECTION BBQ and CAKE STALL will be set up for Egg & Bacon Rolls, Sausage Sandwiches and home baked treats!
JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST OR MORNING TEA OR LUNCH!
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL
Learning I Growing I Caring
NSW Health
Last year the NSW Premier’s Department of Health media team contacted our school after hearing about
our healthy canteen initiatives and Kilometre Club. Impressed with what they heard, a visit was arranged to
do a short promotional shoot which is now of the NSW Health website and shared to schools throughout the
state. The video has also been uploaded to our website and can be viewed by clicking on the following link
…
https://hastings-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/doe/sws/schools/h/hastings-p/www/news/2019/5/nsw-premier-s-office---tackling-childhood-obesity.html
Parent Workshop on Behaviour
On Monday evening, I will be hosting a parent workshop on behaviour. The 2 hour program will help you to
help your child/ren now and into the future. Teaching children to be responsible decision makers, resilient
and self-regulated is always a challenge but an essential life skill. Sharing some strategies between home
and school can make a huge difference in supporting children to develop skills in effectively managing their
behaviour and emotions. The workshop will be held in the school library from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Cost is
$10.00 to help cover the cost of print materials.
Bookings are essential.
Thank You
Again, many thanks to the families who have paid their
child’s education resources levy. This levy supplies
your child with everyday classroom resources. We ask
parents to help cover part of the costs.
Jodie Paterson
Principal
KINDERGARTEN MOTHER'S DAY PICNIC & PAMPER
Our Kinder mums had a lovely time last Friday being treated by their children with hand & shoulder
massages and fun activities in their classroom. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a picnic lunch in the
sunshine. Thank you to all the mums for coming and we hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day!
OPERATION ART
Every year government and non-government schools
across NSW are invited to participate in Operation Art, an
initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in
association with the NSW Department of Education. The
Operation Art program provides a forum for schools and
students to demonstrate their visual arts achievements
through exhibitions at the Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic
Park and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Some
exhibited works will eventually be hung at the Children’s
Hospital at Westmead.
Each school can submit four entries and we say “good
luck” to this year’s successful students:
Millie Geddes (5/6S) for her painting titled “The Dot”
Poppy McIntyre (5/6S) “Wonder”
Emily Lyttle (4K) “The Sun” and
Abbie Brown (5B) “The End of Summer”.
FILM by THE BREAKWALL - Extra Screening
We are very excited to announce Mrs Harris has arranged for our school to have our own private screening
of Film by The Breakwall on Friday evening, 31st May. Students from 5H, 5J and 5/6S are again welcome
to walk the Red Carpet at 5:15pm with the screening from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Cost is a gold coin donation at
the door. Seating and standing will be limited but we hope all interested families will come and view the
films made by students from Hastings, Lake Cathie, Port Macquarie, Tacking Point, Telegraph Point and
Westport Public Schools and Hastings Secondary College – Port Macquarie Campus.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LEVIES
FAMILIES INVOICED $33,700
PAYMENT RECEIVED $15,043
OUTSTANDING $18,657
Millie, Poppy, Abbie & Emily
proudly displaying their Opertion Art entries.
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL
Learning I Growing I Caring
DISTRICT DANCE FESTIVAL
Dance Festival Tickets go on sale at the Glasshouse on Monday, 20th May. Tickets are $19.00 each and
can be purchased at the Box Office, over the phone or online. Notes regarding hair, make-up and costume
extras will go home and emailed soon.
• Year 1, Year 4 & Year 6 are performing on Monday, 17th June
• Year 2, Year 3 and Year 5 on Tuesday, 18th June
HASTINGS HULLABALOO 2019
https://www.facebook.com/hastingshullabaloo/
HELP PROMOTE 》We would love to see more people following Hastings
Hullabaloo 2019! Please invite your Hastings Public School friends and family
members to like our Hastings Hullabaloo 2019 facebook page so our messages
can reach the school community and beyond. We will keep you up to date with
all the fete news, upcoming meetings, donation requests, volunteer information
and all the excitement leading up to this major fundraising and community event
for our school.
ICAS COMPETITIONS
The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is run by the University of NSW for
students in Years 2 to 6 interested in Digital Technologies, Science, Mathematics, Spelling, Writing and
English. This year, the format has changed and all tests, with the exception of Year 3 & Year 4 Writing, are
online. The price per paper has increased to $14.50 and the competition will run between 3rd and 19th
September. Further information will be sent home early next term.
SMS ABSENCE MESSAGING
With our new Sentral system, parents will receive a message on the morning their child is late to or absent
from school (unless previously notified). Parents are asked to acknowledge their child’s absence by replying
to the SMS with a short, polite explanation. This then cuts out the need to call the office, write a note to the
teacher or send an email. If you know your child is going to be away in advance you can let the office / class
teacher know and the absence will be recorded ahead of time.
3-6 ASSEMBLY AWARDS 10th May, 2019
3D Lacey-Rose Barnes Jacob Bell Jourdan Robson Flynn Taylor
3G Hunter Page Cameron de Silva Aaliyah Burt
3L Tahlia Thompson Eli Bennett Misha Kolganov
3/4P Matthew Walls Poppy Mason Manni McGrath
4B Annabelle Mitchell Kaiden Southwell Zac Graham
4K Rubi Roser James Westcott Ashton Cater
4M Charley Mainey Avalon Enfield Harlem Todkill-Arndell
5B Ashton Murray Rudy Klein Bodhi King-Johnson
5H Brooke Camozzato Declan Power Eli Collins
5J Amber Grange Skyla Donald Alliyra Bentley
5/6M Joshua Kobelke Hayley Blackwell Noah McCrystal
5/6S Kyla Roach Oskar Morris Maddie Hughes Max Brockhouse
6B Audrey Cassegrain Riley Morris Raymond Ncube
SPORTS AWARD
Rourke Huens
Stephanie Lawrence
SMILEY AWARD
Annalise Morton
MATHS
Lalita Sen Gupta
Olivia Wilson
CAN YOU HELP IN THE CANTEEN EITHER MONDAY or THURSDAY?
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL
Learning I Growing I Caring
LIBRARY NEWS
Premier’s Reading Challenge
2019 …
The Premier’s Reading
Challenge is now open.
All Kindergarten students will
be participating in this
challenge during their Library
lessons. The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure and enable them to
experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge for each student to read, to read more
and to read more widely.
If your children from Year 1 to Year 6 would like to participate, they have until August 30th to select and read.
Our Teacher/Librarian, Mrs Dobson, has recording sheets available to keep track of the books read and
students have access to a computer to record and update their Reading Log during recess or library lessons.
For more information, go to the official website: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html
National Simultaneous Storytime …
The National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually by the Australian Library
and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and
illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in
libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and
many other places around the country. On Wednesday, our students will come
together between 10:40 and 11am to read “Alpacas with Maracas”.
Book Fair …
All classes will preview Book Fair next week, and will have the opportunity to fill
in a WishList, and take a catalogue home. Our 2019 Book Fair will run from
Monday, 27th to Thursday, 30th May. We aim to earn enough commission to buy a Film Kit which will be
accessible for all teachers to use with their class. Items SOLD OUT can be ordered and paid for.
POSTERS
BOOKS
BOOK PACKS
& STATIONERY
DATE MORNINGS RECESS AFTERNOON
Monday, 27th
Tuesday, 28th
Wednesday, 29th 8:00am to
9:00am
11.10am to
11.30am
3:00 to 4:00pm
Thursday, 30th May 3:00 - 3.30pm
WAUCHOPE SHOW SUCCESS
Congratulations to everyone who
submitted artwork to this year’s
Wauchope Show.
Your contributions saw our
school named “Overall
Champion Large School”.
Artworks are on display in the
main corridor.
CANTEEN CREATIONS
THANKS FOR
HELPING
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
HELP WANTED Katherine Yager Danielle Blenkhorn HELP WANTED Kimberley Day
11 to 1:30pm 12:00 to 1:30pm 12:00 to 1:30pm 11 to 1:30pm 12:00 to 1:30pm
ORDER LUNCHES (or cancel an online order) before 9am at www.flexischools.com.au
CHALLENGE Kinder,
Year 1 and Year 2
Year 3 &
Year 4
Year 5 &
Year 6
Number of books
you must read 30 20 20
Minimum number of
PRC books 25 15 15
Maximum number of
personal choice books 5 5 5
PRC booklists
you can read from K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9 3-4, 5-6, 7-9 5-6, 7-9
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL
Learning I Growing I Caring
BREAK A LEG! Wishing Reuben Reed all the very
best as he stars as “Pugsley Addams” in the Port
Macquarie Players Theatre production of The
Addams Family! The play will run from tonight until
2nd June.
SPORTS REPORTS
State Tennis … Report by Ben Grummitt
Last week I represented the North Coast at the PSSA State Tennis carnival in Inverell. Our team played
well coming 8th place overall from 13 teams. I played really well and I am very excited to try again next
year and vie for a national position.
Congratulations to one of our NC team members, Ruby Pade from Coffs Harbour, who was selected in the
NSW squad.
Touch Football … Congratulations to Manu Carter and Marley Carter for their selection in the Lower
North Coast Touch Football team. The boys will travel to Grafton on Tuesday, 11th June to compete in the
North Coast Touch Football trial. Best of luck to both boys!
Golf … This weekend William Martin will be competing in the North Coast Junior Masters Golf competition
at Kew Golf Club. The tournament is two rounds (36 holes) over Saturday and Sunday and attracts a field
from across NSW as it is one of the higher end competitions for ages 17 and under. William (whose
handicap is 26.4) will also represent Hastings Public School on the 2nd July in the PSSA competition in
Yamba and then in the U12’s NSW State Championships during the July holidays. We wish William all the
very best!
AFL Paul Kelly Cup … Report by Drew de Silva
Last Thursday, Hastings’ first ever AFL squad
competed in the annual Paul Kelly Cup. There were 2
teams; a Year 6 team and a Year 5 team. Many of the
students had never played a proper game of AFL
before. A special shout out goes to Josh Kobelke who
did his job so well that he caused the player he was
marking to fail at doing his job! Josh’s heroics enabled
Hastings to capture a win.
Both teams had some big losses and great wins. As a
newly formed group we are looking forward to
participating next year!
All the players would like to thank Mr Scott and James
Moir from the AFL development team for doing an
amazing job coaching us and organising this for
Hastings!
COMMUNITY NOTICES
First Holy Communion … The St Agnes’ Parish
Sacramental Team will be running a Sacramental Program
on Tuesday, 18th June (6pm) at St Agnes Parish Church, for
all children in Year 3 or above, that currently do not attend
a Catholic School, and are wishing to make their First Holy
Communion. To obtain your registration form and further
details regarding the program, please contact Simone Tydd
by Wednesday, 22nd May.
Email: [email protected]
Kids Flu Vaccination Clinic … Terry White Chemmart
are offering flu vaccinations for children 5 to 16 years on
Saturday, 25th May from 12noon to 3:00pm. Bookings are
essential and can be made by phoning 6584 0044.
Vaccinations are $19.95 each.
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GIVE ME 5 FOR KIDS ……………………………………………………………………………………………..