Hallidays Point Public School

Learning, Caring & Sharing

Find us at: 300 Diamond Beach Road Diamond Beach NSW 2430 Ph: 6559 3009/65593179 Fax: 6559 3011 Email: hallidays-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Homepage: www.hallidays-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Issue 2 7 November 2019

Dear Parents / Carers What an eventful time we have had in our area with the recent bushfires. The ongoing smoke and haze this week has affected how we use our playground, for the wellbeing of all students. Could I remind all families with students who carry their own asthma puffer to please ensure it is loaded and packed every day. Please be assured, however, that we do have spares in our first aid supplies if needed. End of Year Activities We are almost halfway through this term now with our end of year activities officially underway. This is always an enjoyable and busy time! The Year 6 Fun Day on Tuesday was a great success with all students enjoying the treats and activities organised so well by our senior students. Money raised on this day is put toward the Year 6 Farewell and annual gift to the school. Maths Success! All Stage 3 students recently participated in the Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition. This is a challenging assessment of numeracy and problem solving skills undertaken by more than 19 000 students across regional NSW. This year, Hallidays Point performed particularly well with 25 students achieving merit certificates and 10 distinctions. Well done indeed! Term 4 Assemblies A reminder to all of our families of the reduced number of weekly assemblies in the hall this term, as an ongoing result of the extensive building works during Terms 3 and 4. All class awards will still be presented on a junior/senior alternate week basis at

each Monday’s daily assembly under the COLA. Merit Certificates will also be handed out at this time. Our Combined Assembly in Week 5 will proceed as usual in the hall. Best wishes to all for a lovely fortnight.

Fiona Lewis

Relieving Principal

DATE ASSEMBLY / CLASS PRESENTING

4/11/19 Junior Assembly (COLA)

13/11/19 Combined Assembly

18/11/19 Senior Assembly (COLA)

25/11/19 Junior Assembly (COLA)

2/12/19 Senior Assembly (COLA)

11/12/19 Presentation Day

Coming events Term 4 2019

8/11/19 Kindergarten Transition 9:30 – 11:30 am

14/11/19 Parents of 2020 Kindergarten Students Information morning 10:00 – 11:30 am

9/12/19 Year Six Farewell

11/12/19 Presentation Day

16/12/19 Picnic Day

18/12/19 Hallidays Got Talent

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT FIONA LEWIS

The following students received Merit Awards and Assembly Awards at the Primary Assembly on Monday 28 October 2019 and at the Infants Recess Assembly on Monday 4 November 2019. Merit Awards:

Lauren Gilbert – Year 3 Blake Shedden – Year 3 Ava-Jane Smith – Year 3 Emily Castle – Year 4 Delaney Gilbert – Year 4 Wade Williams – Year 4 Luis Worth – Year 4 Oliver Castle – Year 5 Renae Croft – Year 5 Milla Giffin – Year 5 Zedric Gottstein – Year 5 Ashlyn Johnson – Year 5 Summer Mobbs – Year 5 Matilda Murray-Gill – Year 5 Jesse Nelson-Hauer – Year 5 Taia Shedden – Year 5 Bridie Steber – Year 5 Lily Voorby – Year 5 Mia Voorby – Year 5 Mitchell Wolfenden – Year 5 Marlie Egan – Year 6 Katie Rebbeck – Year 6 Adele Scott – Year 6 Eloise Clair – Kindergarten Eli Keyte – Kindergarten Molly Lynch – Kindergarten Oscar Muldoon – Kindergarten Nella Sladek – Kindergarten Alyssandra Yetendje – Kindergarten Arielle Clair – Year 1 Josse Klaphake – Year 1 Isabella Knoll – Year 1 Elsie Maxwell – Year 1 Angus Murray-Gill – Year 1 Jayko Northam – Year 1 Max Tynan – Year 1 Michael Castle – Year 2 Carter Cox – Year 2 Lilah Dewar – Year 2 Nicholas Lynch – Year 2

Pippa Nelson-Hauer – Year 2 Chloe Powell – Year 2 Ava Williams – Year 2 Assembly Awards: 2/3L Dontae Cain-Ashford – a fantastic attitude to our dance practice Lauren Gilbert – demonstrating fantastic mental maths skills during whole class multiplication practice Manoa Glover – consistently improving spelling results 3/4P Dermott Tancred – demonstrating excellent growth in his SA spelling test Ella Pegrum – showing fantastic care and attention to detail in her book report project Lucas Stenning – demonstrating fantastic growth in his SA spelling test Jaxsyn Seymour – demonstrating fantastic growth in his SA spelling test 4V Chad Strahorn – steady efforts with his sight words Mitchell Cougle – making progress with his multiplication algorithm work Nicholas Watt – excellent skills, strategies and improvements with his fractions work Sasha Green – achieving her goal and making improvements in her multiplication algorithms 5/6B Lucy Pearce – being respectful and following class expectations Carlie Nicholas – his effort and consideration to all mathematics tasks Zaiden Von Stoll – his positive attitude to learning Daisy Pickering – her commitment to reaching her maths goals 5/6C Brett Davies – working hard in all areas to improve and achieve his learning Adele Scott – her excellent dedication to making a creative Cactus artwork Charli Kizilos – excellent usage of poetic techniques in her writing Louise Seymour – showing improvements to her numeracy skills this term 5/6W Milla Giffin – working consistently in all areas

MERIT AWARDS

Evie O’Neil – fitting in so well into 5/6W and Hallidays Point Public School Katie Rebbeck – encapsulating the feelings of the community through a moving story and poem Bradley Feehely – starting the term off with a bang and showing an improvement in Literacy and Numeracy KL Lucy Carpenter – trying her best on all tasks Grace Powell – enthusiasm when completing all tasks Ivy Mifsud – greater application in literacy groups KM Logan Yates – improved focus during sentence writing Eloise Clair – great sentence writing during literacy groups Digby Stephens – showing more focus during whole class discussion Sophia Buckley – always coming to school ready to learn 1D Isla Wilson – a carefully made pinch pot Phoebe Herzberg Nicholls – completing all classwork beyond expectations Lilly Gorman – displaying beautiful handwriting in all learning areas Kidd Stephens – working hard to produce quality bookwork 1/2G – Nicholas Lynch – assisting his peers in paper mache Michael Castle – fantastic work when modelling his pottery Charlize Swain – working hard in all areas to achieve her learning goals Abby Yelavic – adding fantastic detail into her informative writing 2B – Ava Williams – her commitment to reaching her maths goals Max Richardson – using his imagination in creative writing tasks Ellery Kilshaw – effort and improvement in spelling Willow Sladek – being a self-motivated and resilient learner 2/3L Ella Narse – being an enthusiastic member of our class dance practice Friendly Schools and Families Awards:

2/3L – Ivy White – being a kind and caring person to an upset peer 3/4P – Ebony Besant – being an enthusiastic and capable classroom helper 4V – Zahara Clarke – for being a supportive classmate and demonstrating patience in maths games 5/6C – Tillisha Squires – being a happy and helpful member of 5/6C 5/6W– Ella Dunn – being a kind caring person by making our new student feel welcome 5/6B – Jack Orchard – positively modelling expected behaviours in class KL – Oliver De Courcy – commitment to reading KM – Jacob Dennis – being a productive and helpful class member 1D- Stevie Cook – always being a polite and caring class member 1/2G – Georgia Nicholas – positively modelling expected behaviours 2B – Irah Mifsud – being a dedicated classroom helper 2/3L – Julia Buckley – being a responsible and helpful learner As Infant Merit Awards were presented at a morning assembly under the Cola, we took a photo of all the recipients to celebrate their achievements. Congratulations to all.

Students across the school have had the opportunity to participate in lessons around respectful relationships with peers. Students discussed the impact their words and actions can have on others, and explored how that relates to our school expectation of 'Caring' and 'being kind and respectful to others'. Next week, we will continue with the theme and focus on speaking respectfully to adults. Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition Stage 3 students recently participated in the Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition. The annual mathematics competition is in it’s 38th year and open to regional New South Wales schools. This year, the competition attracted almost 19 000 students from 340 schools. Well done to all who participated. Pictured below are Merit and Distinction recipients. Congratulations. Annette Barber

Merit Recipients

Distinction Recipients

On Thursday 24 October, the Waste Warriors organised lunchtime activities for ENVIROWEEK. The students were able to choose various activities to participate in, including Dot Painting, Australian Bird Count, Tree Observing and Making, Take 3 for the Sea Waste Net, Scavenger Hunt, T-shirt Bag Making and Succulent Planting. The Waste Warriors were responsible for planning and conducting activities. A great effort and super fun while learning about our environment.

ENVIRO WEEK 2019 AT HALLIDAYS POINT PUBLIC

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