Albion Park Rail Public School Box 1, Albion Park NSW 2527

Gow Street, Albion Park Rail phone: 42 561 287 fax: 42 571 912

email: albionpkr-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.albionpkr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Messages From Your Principal

Helping Children To Learn Well Term 3 Week 6 2014

Dear Parents and Friends of Albion Park Rail Public School

I hope everyone survived the wild weather we have experienced in the Illawarra over the past week. We

did need the rain, but enough is enough. It has played havoc with some of our events, but as always the

show must go on.

We have been celebrating Book Week 2014 at Albion Park Rail Public School this week. We

enthusiastically encourage all students to have a love of reading and stay connected with the world! A

week filled with fun events has taken place.

Congratulations to all those wonderful book characters we saw in our whole school Book Character

Parade on Wednesday. Thank you to the parents, carers and family members who came along to

support their children and spent many hours creating a wonderful spectacle. A special thank you to our

Teacher/Librarian, Helen Murray for organising a jam packed Book Week. I know many students

enjoyed the Cartoon Workshop by Tony Murphy, buying a book from the great selection at the book

fair and joining in the Grandparent Reading Session, not to mention the special movie opportunity.

Over the next few weeks our school grounds will have some environmental additions. The chook run

has started, the recycling compost heap is in place and we are in the process of ‘planting’ our family

story poles. Thank you to all staff involved, particularly Glenn Southwell, Paul North, Trish Gaffney,

Maxine Dobeson and Tamara Aleckson. We look forward to the finished product and the learning

opportunities that will arise.

Celebrate School Attendance

It is essential to establish a regular routine each morning and arriving at school on time is an important

part of your child’s morning routine.

It is important to be at school on time because:

It sets up good habits for the future

It provides social benefits - good play time and discussion between friends

The school day usually begins with the teachers giving of information to students.

Eg: Any changes to routines, coming events etc

It is an opportunity for important teacher/pupil interaction before school

There is plenty of time for ordering lunches if needed

Fiona Flannery

Principal

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NOW ENROLLING FOR KINDERGARTEN 2015

Upcoming Events TERM 3, 2014

Week 6

23rd Aug Saturday - Chook Coop Working Bee 9am

Please help!!

Week 7 Spring Fair Donations - Wrapped Lollies

25th Aug Stage 3 Bathurst Camp Day 1

26th Aug Stage 3 Bathurst Camp Day 2

Sports Ready

27th Aug Stage 3 Bathurst Camp Day 3

Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

P&C Meeting @ 6pm in Staffroom

28th Aug Whole School Assembly Stage 1

29th Aug Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Touch Football Gala Day for Stage 2 & 3

Week 8 Spring Fair Donations - Trash’n’

Treasure

1st Sept Fathers’ Day Mufti gold coin donation

2nd Sept Sports Ready

3rd Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Fathers’ Day Stall $5 gifts for sale

Walk-A-Thon Sponsorship cards to be

returned - NO money yet please!

5th Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Walk-A-Thon 11.30am

Week 9 Spring Fair Donations - Novelties

8th Sept Parent Information Evening for

Kindergarten 2015 from 5.30pm

9th Sept Sports Ready

10th Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

11th Sept Whole School Assembly Stage 2

12th Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Week 10 Spring Fair Donations - Groceries &

Cake Mixes

16th Sept Stage 3 Cricket Gala Day

17th Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Walk-A-Thon sponsorship money to be

returned to school

P&C Meeting 6pm in Staffroom (Yes.. it IS

a week early!)

19th Sept Uniform Shop OPEN 8.30am to 9.15am

Fresh For Kids Competition ends in

Canteen

Last Day Of Term 3

TERM 4

Week 1 Spring Fair Donations - Catch up week

Anything you may have missed from Term 3

6th Oct Labour Day Public Holiday

7th Oct Staff & Students return to school

Spring Fair All Day Ride Passes on sale

outside Canteen $25 every day

Week 2 Spring Fair Donations - Plants

13th Oct Spring Fair All Day Ride Passes on sale

outside Canteen $25 every day

Week 3

24th Oct Spring Fair @ 11am

Please check our Newsletter calendar each week

for new events and dates

Awards

Each week our teachers are awarding students who demonstrate the values of our school with a token. These

tokens are placed into a container and at Monday morning’s assembly six recipients; three from Kindergarten to

Year 2 and three from Years 3 to 6 are drawn out and awarded a Canteen voucher to the value of $2.

Not only are our students rewarded with APR Values

tokens, the teachers also award APR Stars stickers and

Student Of The Week certificates for positive behaviour.

This week our award recipients are:

Important Messages

APR Values

Achievement Brock 5H

Pride Jack 34T

Respect Zac 34T

Student Of The Week

Dylan KD Jarred 2-6C

Kyesha KC Josh 2-6L

n/a K-6K Teliah 2-6R

Thomas K-6L Jaida 3A

Logan 1M Brooke 34T

Reece 1N Gabrielle 4B

Amber 2M Troy 5H

Jace 2P Matthew 5L

Jahmali 6B

Claire 6S

Transition To Kindergarten for 2015

The following dates have been organised for our wonderful Transition To Kindergarten program:

Invitations and further information will be forwarded to parents who have registered their child with the Office to

enrol their child in Kindergarten in 2015.

If you have not given the Office your contact details please call on 42 56 1287 or pop in and chat to our friendly

staff.

We look forward to seeing our new parents and our new students at these activities.

Phil Maitland

Assistant Principal

Monday 8th September 2014 Parent Information & Sausage Sizzle from 5.30pm

Tuesday 28th October 2014 Parent Information Session from 11.30am

Kindergarten visit for children only from 11.30am to 1.30pm

Thursday 13th November 2014 Kindergarten visit for children only from 11.30am to 1.30pm

Wednesday 26th November 2014 Kindergarten visit for children only from 11.30am to 1.30pm

Food Allergy Reminder

Parents and caregivers are reminded that there are students at our school who have an acute allergy to nuts.

Students react differently, some are unable to ingest nuts, some only have to brush against another student who

has eaten a peanut butter sandwich and they can have a severe anaphylactic reaction. This allergic reaction can be

life threatening, resulting in the need for an ambulance and the use of an Epipen.

We ask that parents be mindful of other students’ medical conditions when packing their child’s lunch each day.

To assist us to ensure the safety of our students, we encourage parents not send peanut butter or Nutella

sandwiches or any other nut based food items. We thank you for your assistance with this important request.

P&C Messages

P&C Lucky Student Bankers

Congratulations to the following students, Jye of KC and Melissa of 5H who are our Lucky Bankers

for this week. They receive a voucher to use at the School Canteen.

Now Available Through School Banking

The moneybox and swimming bag are now available to order through School Banking

when you have reached 10 deposits. Speak to your School Banking Coordinator

(Tuesday between 9am and 10am) to check how many deposits you have or to order.

To get started with school banking please visit commbank.com.au/school banking

Uniform Shop Open on Wednesdays!

This term we are trialling an extra day to have the Uniform Shop open. We will now be open on Wednesdays

AND Fridays between 8.30am to 9.15am

Uniform Shop Committee

2014 Canteen Roster Term 3, Week 7

Monday

25th August

Tuesday

26th August

Wednesday

27th August

Thursday

28th August

Friday

29th August

Josie Grech

Emma Wilson

Myra Burns

Melissa Scott

Liz Clarke

Naomi Stanley

Belinda Photiou

Rose Nightingale

Marion King

Anita Hansen

Donna Penfold

Debbie Stamp

Dollarmite

Moneybox Swimming

Bag

Win Some Great Prizes!

Until 19th September our Canteen will be

participating in the Sydney Markets Fresh

For Kids - Eat Fresh And Win Competition.

Just buy some fresh fruit

or vegetable from the

Canteen and collect your

stickers to go in the draw

for some amazing prizes.

You can buy fresh fruit

like an apple or orange, a

salad box, salad sandwich

or frozen fruit cup to be in

the running!

Chook Enclosure Emerging

Tomorrow, Saturday 23rd August at 9am we will be holding a Chook Enclosure

Working Bee.

Any interested parents/grandparents who wold like to assist in the construction of

our school poultry enclosure you are invited to meet in the Kimbeth Crescent East

dead end at 9am. Tools are optional. We will need: a drop saw, nail gun, grinder,

hammers, lots of labour and some good ideas people.

This year the Spring Fair will be held on Friday 24th October starting at 11am. Once again teachers, students,

parents and caregivers all join together for a fun day of rides, stalls and food.

Each year the P&C ask for the invaluable help of Spring Fair Volunteers. If you would like to work with a friend

on a stall please state so. Most volunteers tend to take turns in looking after a friend’s children so they can both

do their time on a stall. It is vital we have extra volunteers in setting up early morning and packing up at the end

of the Fair. We will have a lot of tents, tables and supplies to transport and set up. Of course we will still need

helpers to man the stalls. Send in your stall preference ASAP.

The preordered All Day Ride Pass price will remain the same as previous years; $25 per child or $23 for families

purchasing for more than one child in that immediate family. We will start selling the all day ride passes on

Tuesday 7th October every day until the Thursday before the Fair. All Day Ride Passes bought on Spring Fair

Day will cost $35 each. Ride passes will NOT be available to high school students.

Our fundraising coordinator and committee have been hard at work collecting donations. This is a very time

consuming job. A lot of leg work is done going from business to business. We understand that some businesses

may not be able to afford to donate to us. If you have a business please consider a donation to our Spring Fair.

We appreciate all those businesses and people who have been so generous this year. We will publish all our

supporters in a later Newsletter so that you may in turn support them.

Donation Weeks Suggested Items

Term 3

Week 7 Wrapped Lollies – lollies, chocolates, toffees, lollipops

Week 8 Trash ‘n’ Treasure – only sellable items please and no clothing

Week 9 Novelties – small toys, balloons, pens, pencils, textas, hair ties, stickers, colouring book, army men,

plastic animals - Reject Shop and other bargain stores have many of these.

Week 10 Groceries & Cake Mixes – pasta, tinned food, rice, confectionary, condiments - use by date must be

longer than November 2014

Term 4

Week 1 Catch up week on anything you may have missed from Term 3

Week 2 Plants

Please complete and return to the school office as soon as possible if you are able to assist at our Spring

Fair.

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SPRING FAIR 2014 VOLUNTEERS

Parent/Caregivers’ Name……………………………………………………….……………………………………

Contact Phone Number/s ……………………………….……… ..………..…………………………………

Student’s Name and Class……………………………………….………………………………………………….

I would like to work with…………………………….……………………………………………………………..

Setting Up the Fair Yes / No

Packing Up at the end of Fair Yes / No

Spring Fair on Friday 24th October 2014

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