QUAAMA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Small School with a Big Heart — every student, every day

QUAAMA PUBLIC SCHOOL

CALENDAR

JUNE

15 Canteen operational (new menu)

24 Book Club online orders due

P&C AGM 5:00pm All welcome

Phone: 02 6493 8213 Email: [email protected]

website: https://quaama-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

OzHarvest

Please remind your child(ren) to not take food

from the OzHarvest shelf at school, however we

strongly encourage parents to call by and grab

what they need.

Tree Removal

This week trees being removed all throughout

the back of the school and this will continue into

next week. There are plans to replace the lost

trees once the area has been cleaned up and is

safe. Stay tuned for more plans in the future.

We are also having many of the fences being

replaced around the school that were damaged

earlier in the year.

School Cleaning

The school continues to be cleaned twice a day,

in the middle of the day and after school.

Regards

Daniel Roe

Relieving Principal

From the Principal’s desk: TERM 1, WEEK 1 31st January, 2019



From the Principal’s desk: TERM 1, WEEK 1 31st January, 2019



Newsletter: TERM 2, WEEK 7 – 11th June, 2020

Principal’s Message

Award Winners — Term 2

Congratulations

Dear Parents and Carers,

School Expectations

School expectations are being taught and

reinforced everyday at our morning assem-

blies. Students who have challenges follow-

ing the school expectations/rules will be sup-

ported with additional lessons to build their

skills.

Bucket Filling

We are strongly encouraging students to be

more respectful of each other. Specifically

we are getting students to be more reflective

in what they say to each other and when

they say it. Students have listen to the

amazing book "Have You Filled a Bucket

Today?" and understand the importance of

being a bucket filler not a bucket dipper. Ask

your child about the book's message.



Hello everyone from our classroom, where we

have been busy with assessments for our mid

-year reports, as well as continuing to learn,

have fun and play. We are so busy that the

weeks seem to be flying by!

We have been talking about how we can be

respectful when at school and here are some

of the great sentences Kindergarten children

wrote.

•Aroha: I can be respectful by doing what I

am told.

•Eve: I can be respectful by looking after the

•computers.

•Golda: I can be respectful by helping other

people and my sister.

•Kyra: I can be respectful by being kind to

everyone at school.

•Laith: I can be respectful by being kind to my

friends.

•Lorenzo: I can be respectful when I look after

animals.




Last week we played some traditional

Indigenous games as part of Reconciliation

Week. We enjoyed them because they in-

volved a range of physical skills in a fun, non-

competitive way. Our favourites were turi turi

(a skipping game), gitja (a tag game), chuboo-

chuboo (a throwing and catching game) and

koabangan (a hiding game).

Congratulations to all of our fabulous home

readers! Well done to Golda for 40, Eve for 50,

Mikaelah for 120, Maddison for 130, Zalia and

Braedyn for 140 and Lorenzo for 190 fantastic

home readers. Wonderful work, everyone!

Special congratulations to our award winners

from the last two weeks!

Our children to receive successful learner

awards for Week 6, for completing ALL home

K/1 Classroom News

learning activities, were Eve, Kyra,

Brookelynn, Mikaelah, Maddison and

Braedyn.

Our three children to receive special awards

for Week 7 were:

•Laith – Successful Learner (for trying hard

and asking for help when needed);

•Dylan – Confident and Creative Student (for

thinking creatively to solve problems) and

•Lorenzo – Active and Informed Citizen (for

participating happily in all school activities).

Have a great week everyone. Please see us if

you have any problems or queries.

From Mrs Hobbis, Kinder and Year 1

As part of National Reconciliation Week,

students participated in a range of activities

and lessons to acknowledge this important

event in Australia's calendar. Students in

Years 2 – 6 have discovered the talents of

Baker Boy, and Indigenous rap artist, who

creates original hip-hop songs incorporating

his native language of the Yolngu Matha lan-

guage. The students investigated why Baker

Boy has chosen to release music that fea-

tures both English and traditional Yolngu

Matha language, and the student's reactions

are below. We discussed how Baker Boy has

made a powerful choice to share his

Indigenous language as it helps to represent

his culture, heritage and beliefs and assist in

the reconciliation movement in Australia.

Miss Harding






2/3/4 Classroom News

The 456 class have been examining Change

as a concept. Last week the students came

up with ideas about how to influence change

in our society. Each student developed their

idea and wrote a script that they used to

create a Flipgrid video about their idea.

Some of the ideas the students came up with

were to recycle batteries, protect wildlife

communities, support the homeless, collect

litter, perform acts of kindness and take more

exercise. Please check these out via your

student’s Google log in.

This week they have been discovering the

history of changes in technology from farming

to fashion to food and drink. They are

producing timelines of inventions to help

others understand the evolution of life and the

tools we use.

My learning groups have been exploring the

use similes to enhance their writing. They

have also produced work based on emotions

such as Joy, Excitement and Disgust. In

Maths, students have been struggling to

grasp the tricky trading with subtraction and

are starting a unit on Time. Any support from

home to back up these concepts is always

appreciated.

Cheers

Mr Farran

Library News

P&C News






CANTEEN IS BACK FROM MONDAY 15TH JUNE

See Menu on the back page

Please have a look at home for overdue

Library books. Overdue slips were sent

home with students.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 24th June 2020

Quaama Office Staff Room

At 5:00PM

All Welcome

Book Club Issue #4

Orders Due:

24th June

4/5/6 Classroom News

WE ARE DELIVERING GOODNESS

To Quaama Public School EVERY

TUESDAY on the front porch

Ozharvest eliminates hunger and food waste

by redistributing EXCESS food such as

fruit N veg and bread.

Thanks to Woolworths, Honorbread & 777

VISIT US AT WWW.OZHARVEST.ORG

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OR

KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT OZHARVEST

PLEASE CONTACT

Rebeccah Norman 0409 530 832

RIVERINA MURRAY DROUGHT TASK GROUP

The impacts of drought are far from over and Covid-19 and the recent bushfires are adding fur-ther stress.

For information on support and services in NSW connect with Service NSW, at www.service.nsw.gov.au or call 13 77 88.

Farmers will also find www.droughthub.nsw.gov.au or www.farmhub.org.au have technical information with links to support and services, or you can call the southern Rural Financial Counselling service on 1800 319 458.

NETBALL

COME AND JOIN OUR MONDAY AFTERNOON NETBALL SKILLS SESSION - NETTA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS TURNING 6 TO 12 THIS YEAR HELD FROM 4.00PM TO 5.30PM EACH WEEK (TERM 3) 27TH JULY – 14TH SEPTEMBER COST IS ONLY $40.00 HEALTHY AFTERNOON TEA SUPPLIED PRIOR TO THE SESSION FOR THOSE STUDENTS COMING STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL. REGISTRATION FORMS AND FEES WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED ON THE DAY OF THE FIRST SESSION ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:

VANESSA: 0488 065 342, COACH/SECRETARY

LEE ANNE: 0427 944 545, PRESIDENT

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