NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Principal: Deanie Nicholls Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549 Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.gov.au

7 May 2019 Term 2 – Week 2

Term 2 Calendar 07/05/19 Scripture starts

08/05/19 Mother’s Day Stall

10/05/19 CHD Cross Country

24/5/19 MNC Cross Country

4/06-07/06 Stage 3 Excursion

06/06-07/06 Stage 2 Excursion

13/06/19 NGPS Athletics Carnival

14/06/19 School Photos

21/06/19 NC Cross Country

25/06/19 OVLC Athletics Carnival

05/07/19 PB Assembly

P&C Special Food Day

Welcome to Week 2. Another busy week ahead of us. You might notice some changes to routine as we refine

processes to ensure we maximise learning time and limit disruptions. Starting this week, students will still line up in

the line up area of a morning but only on Monday mornings will we have our mini assembly to announce birthdays,

give messages, hand out class awards etc. Every other morning teachers will take students straight to class. The bell

will go at 9:20am and students will be expected to line up in their class lines efficiently and in an orderly fashion. At

the end of other breaks students will head straight to their classrooms and line up outside their classroom door.

These changes have been explained to students. There will be an adjustment period, then the routine will be

expected to be part of our school routine.

Could I please reinforce to parents that the first point of call in the school is the front office. Parents coming to

collect students in the afternoon should wait in the COLA area. This is a great time to meet new parents and catch

up. Students walk up with their teachers and are collected from this area.

The P&C have two very big events coming up and they really need support for these events. Thank you to the many

people who have already put up their hands to help with either organisation, setting/packing up, working on the

day, baking etc… All these jobs bring together the whole event. The P&C still need 6 more people for the days. If you

can help, please let your P&C delegates or the office know.

We are still looking for a couple more people to assist on the Charity Golf Day in Coffs Harbour on 24 May to support

Cooper Hill and his Family, and the Leukemia Foundation. If you can assist to sell tickets, please let me know.

Another school raffle will occur this term to support Coopers family with ongoing costs. The SRC will start advertising

this next week and tickets will go out. Mr Hade and students are still collecting the 10c bottles to add to the support

for Cooper so if you have bottles please bring them in for Mr Hade. Thank you to the parents who have been

assisting and to those who have also cashed in their bottles and then brought in monetary donations. Every little bit

helps, and the family are very appreciative of the assistance. It has been wonderful to recently see Cooper linked up

with his kindergarten class. This is such an important link for both Cooper and his classmates.

Last week in the media, a new research was announced on the amount of screen time that is suitable for young

children. It outlined that research has shown that too much screen time can affect students developmentally. This

does not say that we need to race out and destroy our electronic gadgets. It does say though that little ones under 2

should have no screen time and children between 3-18 years should have no more than two hours a day with this

being a gradual time increase after introduction. This study was referring to both computer and television time when

they refer to screen time. The study encouraged parents and educators to consider more hands on and outside

activities. It is certainly food for thought for all of us, especially in light of students accessing social media.

Good luck to our students heading to Cross Country this Friday. We know they are all ready and fit as they have been

eagerly training with Mr Mitchell and Mrs Eberstadt in the mornings. As we always say, the result on the day is

always a reflection of the effort that has been put in before the day. It was so lovely to hear how excited our kids

were to see their improvement from last year with many saying, “I improved because I have been training and I

challenged myself.” Nothing comes without a bit of challenge! Have a great day kids and we look forward to hearing

about your stories and successes.

Last week notes were sent home to research lunches. Please be assured that this is not a personal research or one to

judge. There is no individual identification and all data collected is anonymous. It is in conjunction with the Healthy

Canteen initiative and trying to see what kids do like to eat in their lunches. All notes should now have been

returned indicating yes or no to your child’s involvement in the research. Please return by tomorrow.

Have a great week.

Mrs D.Nicholls

Premier’s Reading Challenge The PRC student site is available again this year! Students can search for books to read, add books to their reading

logs, and track their progress throughout the challenge. You can find the site at Premier's Reading Challenge Student

Site and there is a useful help video available to demonstrate how the site works.

Stewart House Stewart House is having their annual donation drive and envelopes have gone home today. If you are able to make a

$2.00 donation, please put the money in the envelop and return it to school by 22 May 2019.

Class Award Recipients- Term 2 Week 1

K 1/2 Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Lotus M Taking risks in class. Chayce X Demonstrating courtesy and respect to teachers.

Ruby W Interpreting information in data displays.

Jacob T Demonstrating amazing focus and concentration.

Cash A Always being a collaborative learner. Josee P Displaying focus and engagement during focus groups.

2/3 3/4 Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Hunta Z Writing a thoughtful learning goal. Logan C Showing great focus to star of term.

Angus B Challenging himself to read mathematical language himself.

Josie M Her great questions in the classroom.

Seychelles A Identifying her rights and responsibilities as a child.

Isabella Mc Showing good group working skills.

4/5 5/6 Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Declan W For settling into the procedures of

his new school. Ethan W His contributions during discussion

time. Bodhi P Excellent work with his angles

activities. Thomas W Engaging with class during children’s

rights lesson. Sophie L Her focused effort during maths

activities. Lincoln C Providing his peers with quality

feedback. RFF PRINCIPAL

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Cydni L Contributing thoughtful ideas to classroom discussion.

Brodie R Improving his focus during tasks.

Thomas W Contributing thoughtful ideas to classroom discussion.

Cooper G For using a positive mindset to conquer his learning challenges.

Josee P Being a focused learner and not allowing others to distract her.

Ryan W His continuous leadership skills in classroom.

PBL PBL Area Name Details of Award PBL Area Name Details of Award

RESPONSIBLE Saxon B I make positive choices.

SAFE Christopher V I move sensibly.

RESPECTFUL Eva P I listen attentively. PRODUCTIVE Eligh R I challenge myself.

Bronze / Silver

Details of Award Name Details of Award Name

1st Bronze Bruce Dunn 2nd Silver Alyssa C

1st Bronze Baylen M

What’s going well in class 4/5 Year 4/5 ended Term 1 with their Minecraft presentations. All students gave a 10 minute presentation

demonstrating their learning of materials, the how and why they chose materials for certain aspects and

how they could change or manipulate different materials. They did an amazing amount of learning,

collaboration and reflection and every student should be very proud of what they achieved.

Term 2 has seen our class start with 2 new exciting learning journeys. Students will be studying Bridge to

Terabithia with Mrs Happ as their literacy focus. The students put their creative hats on and constructed

toothpick bridges as an introduction activity to our literacy theme. Once completed, the bridges proved to

be a wonderful tool for students to reflect on their design choices and discuss the importance of correct

angle use in bridge construction. Tuesday continues to be hands on science learning with students creating

Rube Goldberg machines (think of the game Mouse Trap). The challenge this term is to use 2 different

types of forces to move a ball exactly 1 metre. Week 1 saw students using the Blue bots and Dash robots to

revisit their coding skills. These robots are from the STEMShare kit that our school was lucky enough to

book for this term. Our class will move onto the WeDo Lego as the basis for their Rube Goldberg machines.

We encourage parents to talk to their children about the learning that they are engaging with each day.

Nana Glen Public School P&C Newsletter

P&C News Hi Everyone,

Well Term 2 is well and truly moving on, so here is an update on what your P & C has going on this term.

The canteen roster for Term 2 is attached, there has been some updates to it, so please ensure you check when you

are rostered on.

Remember, if you are not able to attend on your rostered day, it is up to you to arrange someone to cover you. Kelly

our new Canteen Expert is not available until half way through June, so we need people to step up and assist until

Kelly is up and going again. Ideally, several people need to know how the canteen works, so several people can stand

in, if needed. So if your free and not on the roster, please see one of the P & C members.

Less people = rostered on more often, More people = rostered on less often.

Our first item on the calendar this term is the Mothers Day Staff, tomorrow, Wednesday 8th May. There will be a

stall for all the kids to purchase something for their Mums’. Price will be $1-50 per item through to around $8-00 per

item.

The Far North Coast and Mid North Coast Cross Country Carnivals’ are fast approaching, Friday 24th May is the

first carnival and we are in need of volunteers to assist with the running of the day. We specifically need

volunteers on the Thursday afternoon (23rd) to assist with taking items and supplies to the Equestrian Centre and

getting set up for the following morning. And again on Friday afternoon to take all the items back to the School

Canteen.

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2

Friday 3rd May Chrissie Rengger, Krystie Derrin

Monday 6th May Sarah McIntosh

Friday 10th May Chrissie Rengger, Krystie Derrin

Monday 13th May Pam Eberstadt, Sarah McIntosh, Tomoko Allen

Friday 17th May Chrissie Rengger, Krystie Derrin

Monday 20th May Pam Eberstadt, Sam McCoy

Friday 24th May CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL / FUN FOOD FRIDAY OR YEAR 6

Monday 27th May Pam Eberstadt, Tomoko Allen

Friday 31st May Chrissie Rengger, Ryan Webber

Monday 3rd June Pam Eberstadt, Tomoko Allen

Friday 7th June Chrissie Rengger, Michelle Bailey

Monday 10th June PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Friday 14th June Chrissie Rengger, Krystie Derrin

Monday 17th June Kelly West, Sarah Macintosh

Friday 21st June CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL / FUN FOOD FRIDAY OR YEAR 6

Monday 24th June Kelly West, Pam Eberstadt

Friday 28th June Kelly West, Michelle Bailey

Monday 1st July Kelly West, Tomoko Allen

Friday 5th July FUN FOOD FRIDAY

REMEMBER, IF YOU CANT FILL YOUR ROSTERED DAY, IT IS UP TO YOU TO FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE YOU.

Thank you NGPS P&C Association 2019

NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL Community News Principal: Deanie Nicholls

Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549

Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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