Tea Gardens Public School News 25 Witt Street Tea Gardens NSW 2324

Office Phone: 02 4997-0286 Fax: 024997 1254 Email: teagardens-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: http://www.teagardens-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Principal: Mark Clemson

Monday 29 May 2017 Week 6 - Term 2 Issue Number 15

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Student of the Week Congratulations are extended to our Student of the Week award winner, Daisy Wilton. Daisy is acknowledged as our student of the week for her help across the school including in the library, with student parliament and within the broader school setting. Daisy receives a certificate and is rewarded with a $5 voucher to the Ice Cream Shack. Keep up the great work, Daisy! We look forward to announcing our next Student of the Week this Friday.

COMING UP

Stage Two Overnight Excursion to Sydney Heritage Excursion 31 May -1 June Our stage two students are looking forward to their excursion this week. The students will travel by coach down to Sydney before taking a ferry to Fort Denison for a tour. Upon their return, the Member for Port Stephens has invited our students to a meet and greet at state parliament. Afterwards, the students will stay overnight at the Hyde Park Barracks. On the second day, our students will undertake a walking tour of “The Rocks” before returning to school.

Hunter Regional Cross Country- Friday 2 June We wish our three school representatives Lilly-Ann, Sophie and Braiden the best of luck as they compete against other students from across the Hunter Region at the Cross Country this Friday. Overnight Cultural Immersion Excursion- funded by the Ready Set Go Coalition and The Smith Family Our stage two and three Aboriginal students have been invited to participate in an excursion next week to Murrook Cultural Centre and Taronga Park Zoo. Invited students are asked to return the permission notes immediately to enable the final excursion preparations to be undertaken. 28th Official Parliament Opening – Wednesday 7 June One of the significant events in our school calendar is the annual official opening of our school parliament. Local, State and Federal politicians have been special guests in the past, as well parents, carers, other family members and community representatives. The Parliament is run on the Westminster system, with the cabinet and shadow cabinet made up of Year 3 to Year 6 students, and teachers sitting in a Senate, the house of review. This year’s Prime Minister is Charli Alchin. The Parliament meets fortnightly to give advice on the running of the school in portfolio areas such as building and health, welfare, sport and special events. The Parliament has a Speaker, Sergeant At Arms and Hansard reporters. The Governor-General, Principal Mark Clemson, gives final approval for any changes to school policy. The official opening commences at 10am. Please come along and see student decision making in action at this very special event.

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MUSIC LESSONS Music lessons will be held in Mr Weightman’s old classroom (connected classroom). If any students wish to go to Bandlink, could you please let me know as soon as possible. Debbie Booth

EVENT REPORTS AND NEWS

Bulahdelah CS and Tea Gardens PS

Debating teams

by Miss Huish

Inter School Debating Last Tuesday, Tea Gardens Public School and Bulahdelah Central School participated in round one of the Lower North Coast Debating Competition. The topic was that we should solve the problems on Earth before exploring Mars. The speakers for Tea Gardens on the affirmative team were first speaker Kaitlyn Smith, second speaker Caitlin Condie, third speaker Sophie Frazer and team adviser Braiven Megallon. Both teams were resourceful, offering interesting and well developed arguments. They were determined and confident when presenting their speeches to the audience. It was a very close debate with our school winning by a quarter of a point. After the debate the boys and girls of the teams were able to discuss some of the things they had learned about debating and give each other some feedback. They showed good sportsmanship and complimented each other on a great debate.

Do the funky chicken! Our students and staff celebrated Library and Information Week with a visit from author Chris Collin. Students were enthralled while Chris read “The Funky Chicken, A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks” with background music to emphasise the story. The children enjoyed dressing up, watching puppets and dancing to the Funky Chicken song. The students were also the first group to hear his new book, Funky Chicken: Mission Incrocable!

Chris described the importance of teacher correction to student writing - “there is always room for improvement”, he said. As a writer, he states, it takes a long time to get a book ready before it can be published. He has a jar as a “Think Tank” to keep his ideas for future stories. His first book was written as a play for his son while on school camp, this version was adjusted before making it to book form. “Funky Chicken - Chooks in Space” was written in line with the theme of Book week in 2013 celebrating Read Across the Universe. This book won the Award for Speech Pathology.

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MORE EVENT REPORTS AND NEWS

Weirdo Musicians rehearse. Athletes train. Practice is the secret to success for anything. Practice is the key! Jules Faber, illustrator of the famous Ahn Do Weirdo books, reiterated this to the students on Tuesday 22 May. He explained that you are not born with the skills to draw but it is a learned skill that is hard but also easy at the same time.

The students engaged in the presentation, showcasing their own artistic talents, drawing Weirdo, as Jules took them through the process step by step. He gave them plenty of time to complete their creation, describing that whatever speed you work at is the right speed for you and that mistakes are fine. He makes them everyday! There are no drawing police, only judgemental people – so draw however and whatever you please.

The students asked some great questions but were most excited by the information that the next Ahn Do book should be coming out in October. There will be some enthusiastic children lining up at the library to read some Halloween fun.

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Stop! Look! Listen Thirty three students, set off from the Hawks Nest Koala Reserve and the bus shelter in Myall Street, last Friday to celebrate Walk Safely to School Day. Numbers were down this year, due to the fact that the walk had been postponed from the week prior due to inclement weather, and also the fact that Stage 3 were away on their Bathurst excursion. The five students that walked from Hawks Nest were lucky enough to see seven stingrays, 2 prawns and one very large eel along the way. Short stops were taken to observe our river and its beauty. Mrs Ingram and Miss Browne met 28 students and walked them along Myall Street to school. On such a beautiful morning we were lucky to see so many things as well as support walking safely with an adult to school. Many thanks to the parents (and pets) who walked with us. By Mrs Booth

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MERIT AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following Merit Award recipients who received awards at our weekly assembly. Class Student Name Reason Travellers Jackson Alderton Outstanding effort in reading Andrew Blakeney Improvement in writing Footprints Taryn Bryant Fabulous maths work

Ben Germon Trying extremely hard when reading Mallee Jack Browne Impressive comprehension skills

Summa Fitzgerald Producing some fantastic artworks Atmosphere Georgia Lawler Enthusiastic classroom learner

Rory Ingram Enthusiastic classroom learner Gibber Cameron O’Brien Always showing respect

Claire Carter Dedication to class work and dance Boulders Lara Randall Helping younger students in the library

James McCarthy Enthusiasm in the library Globetrotters Ciara Ridley Working well in class

Caitlin Condie Making excellent progress in her Gold project Assembly is held on Friday morning commencing at 9:10am and everyone is welcome. This Friday, the Mallee class will be hosting our assembly.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING- PBL The Positive Behaviour for Learning School Focus this week is: Library / Technology room Expectations Safety Always walk No food or drink Be careful of racks and shelves Chairs in Care near cords and cables Cyber safety

Respect Quiet space Care and look after books and games Use you own log in Keyboard monitor and mouse care

Personal Best Return books and resources Know where your book should go, ask the teacher if you are not sure Log our and shut down at the end of the day Ask or report is you think it is wrong

STUDENT BANKING

New School Banking rewards now available! Exciting new Term 2 rewards with a Future Savers theme are now available, while stocks last!

3D Chalk Set

Tablet Case

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

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CANTEEN “SNACK SHACK” NEWS AND WINTER MENU The school canteen is open each Thursday and Friday. See below this week and month’s specials

Salads, Rolls & Wraps Pre-Ordered – Lunch Time Only Salad bowl (Italian dressing or mayo) $3.00 Add chicken, roast beef, tuna or ham $1.00 Add egg or cheese .50c Chicken or egg, lettuce & mayo wrap $3.50 Chicken or roast beef & salad roll $4.00 Tuna or ham & salad wrap $4.00 Add egg or cheese .50c Chicken fillet & salad hamburger $4.50 Lean beef patty & salad hamburger $4.50

Sandwiches & Toasties Pre-Ordered – Lunch Time Only Vegemite $2.00 toasted $2.50 Cheese $2.50 toasted $3.00 Vegemite & cheese $2.50 toasted $3.00 Ham & cheese $3.00 toasted $3.50 Chicken & cheese $3.50 toasted $4.00 Tuna & cheese $3.50 toasted $4.00 Ham, cheese & tomato $3.50 toasted $4.00 Chicken, cheese & tomato $3.50 toasted $4.00 Ham, cheese & pineapple $3.50 toasted $4.00

Juice Drops, Ice Blocks, Yoghurt & Fruit Ice Creams Juice drops (2) .10c (4) .20c Juicy fruits (1) .50c (2) $1.00 Yogo fruits (1) .50c (2) $1.00 Frozen pineapple, grapes or orange (sml bag) .50c Frozen fruit soft serve cups $1.00 Quelsh fruit stick – mixed flavours .50c Juicies wildberry $1.00 Moosies – blue moon $1.20 Icy pole - lemonade $1.30

Snacks & Fresh Fruit Seasonal fresh fruit cup $1.00 Watermelon pops .60c Grape wands .60c Apple slinky .60c Milo custard .60c Plain rice crackers (3) .10c (6) .20c Plain popcorn (sml bag) .20c Pikelets (selected days only) .30c each or 2 for .50c Fruit Muffin (selected days only) .50c Zucchini slice (selected days only) .50c

Drinks, Slushies & Smoothies Bottled water 350mls $1.20 Bottled water 500mls $1.50 Fruit juice 200ml popper $1.40 *orange, apple or apple & blackcurrant Flavoured low fat milk 300ml $1.60 *chocolate or strawberry Milo – hot or cold (lunch time only) $1.50 Slush puppie (lunch time only) small $1.00 Slush puppies (lunch time only) large $2.00 Fruit smoothies (selected days only) $1.50

Hot Food & Jaffles Pre-Ordered – Lunch Time Only Chicken nuggets (6) $3.50 with sauce $4.00 Chicken nuggets (8) $4.50 with sauce $5.00 Chicken nuggets (10) $5.50 with sauce $6.00 Chicken nuggets (12) $6.50 with sauce $7.00 Low fat beef pie $4.00 with sauce $4.50 Low fat sausage roll $4.00 with sauce $4.50 Baked bean jaffle $3.50 Spaghetti jaffle $3.50 Hot chicken or roast beef & gravy long roll $4.00

VOLUNTEERS IF YOU HAVE A SPARE

THURSDAY OR FRIDAY LET DANIELLE DRISCOLL KNOW ON

0421 976 137 PLEASE HAVE LUNCH ORDERS SENT TO CANTEEN ON A BROWN PAPER BAG OR ADD 20 CENTS TO TOTAL ORDER

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