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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty

Important Dates

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Term 2|Week 2|8th May 2018

“Courage. Kindness.

Friendship. Character.

These are the qualities

that define us as human

beings, and propel us, on

occasion, to greatness.”

― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

Term 2 2018

Friday 11/05/18

District Cross Country Bowraville

Monday 14/05/18

P&C Meeting 3.15pm

Starting Tuesday 15/05/18

NAPLAN Yr 3 and 5 students

Sunday 20/05/18

School Working Bee 10am-12pm

Thursday 24/05/18

NRL Gala Day- Greg Inglis Shield

Friday 25/05/18

Mid North Coast Cross Country

Thursday 31/05/18

Questacon Science Show

Friday 01/06/18

SRC Pirate Day

Tuesday 05/06/18

Robotics Excursion 5/6

Young Jiu Jitsu champ takes gold !

Congratulations to Jace in Year 6 on his Jiu Jitsu achievements. Below

is the article from the Guardian newspaper last week.

Indo Corner Bagian Badan (Body Parts)

Muka - Face

Hidung - Nose

Mata - Eyes

Mulut - Mouth

Telinga - Ear

Leher - Neck

Lengan - Arm

Tangan - Hand

Jari Tangan - Finger

Siku - Elbow

Perut - Stomach

Kaki - Leg / Foot

Lutut - Knee

Jari Kaki - Toe

Punggung - Back

Scotts Head’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete Jace McMurray takes out Coffs

Harbour Invitational competition.

Eleven-year-old Brazillian Jiu Jitsu athlete Jace McMurray from Scotts Head, took out both the

kids Gi and No Gi submission only divisions at the Coffs Harbour Invitational competition on

Saturday, April 28.

Winning five out of six fights via submission was enough to claim both divisions.

Jace has been training with both his dad, Troy in Scotts Head and Zac Hughes at Valla BJJ in

the lead up to the competition.

The result at Coffs Harbour is a step towards the ADCC National Titles in Sydney at the end of

May.

Jace, who has been training in BJJ for nearly six years has won many titles in Queensland

including the East Coast Australian Title but the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious

grappling organisation in the world (ADCC) doesn’t come around too often so he is looking to

make the most of it.

Jace encourages all kids to try Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or the ‘gentle art’ as it is known.

Weekly Round Up

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Hello, Giinagay, Hai,

Congratulations to everyone involved in our cross country at the

beach last Wednesday. A great time was had by all and there was

some outstanding athletic performances. This year there is a

change to the number of students going on to the next level. Only

the top 3 students will be going on to district at Bowraville and the

event is only for students turning 8 this year and over.

Next week all Year 3 and Year 5 students will participate in the

National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)

from 15 to 22 May 2018 (see timetable over page). We have

conducted a range of preparation activities at school to get the

students ready for the new online format and please can you take

the time to reassure your children to think from a growth mindset.

Students with growth mindsets tackle challenges and think of

them as opportunities to demonstrate improvement. We wish all

Year 3 and 5 students great success in working their way through

the NAPLAN tests, and know they will do the school and

themselves proud.

Thanks to Mel Williams and to all the Mums and Dads helping in

the Green Canteen. Your hard work and contribution to the school

is invaluable. Our healthy menu is certainly something we should

be proud of. More volunteers are needed to help reduce the

workload.

Thanks to all the P&C committee and members. Your fundraising

commitments, time and energy is certainly appreciated. The

school community appreciates all your efforts.

Thanks to Janet Granek for her coordination of our Primary Ethics

class, helping children develop skills for life classes in our

school. The Kinder/1 students started last week thanks to Maree

Cooper for undertaking the two day training which allows us to

offer this extra class on Friday. We now have a Primary Ethics

program giving children the opportunity to discuss ethical issues

with their peers while developing important thinking, reasoning

and discussion skills.

Principal’s Column This Week’s Whale Awards and Class Academic Awards

Ethics in the infant years

Ethics classes in years K–2 focus on developing core skills such

as listening to others, taking turns to speak and giving reasons.

Stories, poems and rhymes prompt children to discuss ethical

issues such as hurting someone without meaning to, telling the

truth, being kind, forgiving, ownership, fairness and empathy. Our

skills-based topics for this age group include asking and

answering questions, disagreeing, changing your mind, working

out what is true, giving and evaluating reasons as well as giving

examples and counter examples. Logic is also introduced, with

topics touching on inductive inference and deductive reasoning.

Volunteer ethics teachers are needed to be able to offer this

course further to other classes. Experience is not required,

comprehensive training and access to lesson materials is

provided. Contact Janet Granek on ph: 0402 218882 if you are

interested.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums and grandmas this week,

hope you have a wonderful day.

On Sunday 20 May we will be holding a Working Bee at school

from 10am to 12pm. A school working bee is arranged to get our

site looking its best. Please bring gloves, whipper snippers and

push mowers. More hands make light work.

Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.

Bu Gillian

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Cross Country 2018

Parent Information - Reminders

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Links

School website:

http://www.scottshead-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

School facebook

page:

https://www.facebook.com/

scottsheadpublicschool?fref=ts

Skoolbag Application:

Search “Scotts Head Public

School” in the app store.

8.30am Morning

Supervision

(in cola)

Start

School

8.55am

9.00am until

11.00am

Morning Session

(Crunch and Sip)

11.00am Lunch

11.50—1.30

pm

Middle Session

1.30 pm Recess

2.00pm-3pm Afternoon

Session

Bell Times

Remember to send in a

note if your child is absent

from school.

After 7 days, the system

automatically records as

an “Unexplained

Absence”.

Book Club Issue 3

Book Club orders are due back by Friday 11 May.

District Cross Country

Will be held this Friday, 11 May, at Bowraville. Notes

went home last week. Travel is by private transport.

Please send in your permission notes by tomorrow.

Permission to Publish 2018

There are still a couple of outstanding 2018

Permission to Publish forms for students. If you received another copy today, please sign and

send in to the office ASAP.

Voluntary Contribution and Workbook Fees

A reminder payment for workbook fees and voluntary contributions are due now. Payments

can be made either through POP online on the school website or at the office by EFTPOS,

cash or cheque.

Mothers’ Day Raffle

The lucky winners of the 3 beautiful hampers,

wonderfully prepared by Cara Hawk are:

1st prize: April Miller, 2nd prize: Kate Flippence,

3rd prize: Maree Cooper. Congratulations!

Thank you to the SHPS P&C, some of our wonderful local businesses, P&C Committee

members who donated gifts & vouchers.

P&C Meeting The next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 14 May at 3.15pm. All

welcome.

Canteen The canteen is open on Monday’s and Wednesday’s. Thank you to the parents

who have already put their names down for the roster. If you can spare a couple of

hours to help in the canteen, please contact us.

P&C email : scottsheadpandc@hotmail.com

P&C News

Canteen Roster

Week 2

MON 7/5 Mel

WED 9/5 Jo Brady

Week 3

MON 14/5 Maree Cooper

WED 16/5 Jo Brady

Payments to School

Payments can be made to the school

using the following options:

EFTPOS— at the office.

Parent online payment (POP) - via the

school website—using the ‘Make a

Payment’ button.

Cash and cheque are still accepted at

the office.

CANTEEN NEWS

Pizzas are back!

Home made wholemeal

bases. $5.00 each.

Toppings available:

Chicken, ham, mushroom,

pineapple, cheese.

Naplan Online Test Schedule 2018

Tuesday 15th Wednesday 16th Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd

Morning 9:15 am Yr 3 Writing (written) Yr 5 Writing Yr 3 Reading Yr 5 Language

Middle 12 noon Yr 3 Numeracy Yr 5 Reading

Afternoon 1:45 Yr 5 Numeracy Yr 3 Language

School and Community News

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Students in 5/6 have had a great start to the term. They

have started developing their own digital portfolios using

Google sites. This will be a compilation of their learning

throughout the year that they will be able to share with their

families. They have also participated in collaborative

activities online using Padlet and Google Classroom.

Students have been learning about decimals, fractions and

percentages. They have also created their own block letter

initials by measuring dimensions then calculating the

interior angles. Students have created silhouette Anzac Day

art and perspective drawings.

Well done 5/6!

Year 5/6 News

Scotts Head Food, Wine & Music Festival

African Dance Performance

On Sunday 22 April a very successful Scotts Head Food, Wine & Music

Festival was held in the Recreation area.

Scotts Head PS P&C had a stall with popcorn, a coin toss and chai tea.

We also had our Boomerang Bag on display.

Students also displayed their fabulous artwork at the Art Exhibition at

the Surf Club.

During the school holidays, 11 students from our school

performed a traditional African Kpanlogo dance at the

Scotts Head Festival with Mamata African Dance School (Bu

Bibi and Vinay) and the Nambucca Drummers, led by Erin

Winter. The students had been practising weekly for a

month and they all did their best and had a great time

dancing. The drummers had only one previous practice with

us and they rocked! We look forward to enjoying more

community arts collaborations with the creative people of

the Nambucca Valley.

Spring Fair Planning Meeting

Wednesday 16th

May

3.30pm K/1 Room

Everyone very welcome to come and help us plan for Scotts Head Public

School Annual Spring Fair!

School News

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Got It! Tip of the Week

Many parents find their child’s challenging behaviours hard to understand and

frustrating to manage. It is important to remember that children’s difficult

behaviour is a way of expressing their emotional and physical needs. It can

sometimes be tricky to know what your child is trying to communicate with his

behaviour, however thinking about the emotions behind the behaviour is a

great place to start. Emotions guide our actions, and being aware of our

feelings and the feelings of others helps us to handle our moods better,

bounce back from emotional events faster, be healthier, get along better with

people, and manage our behaviour better.

BOOK Raising an

Emotionally Intelligent

Child : The Heart of

Parenting by John

Gottman

Got It! Newsletter Items for Parents & Families

Got It! is the school-based program that helps children who are struggling to manage their feelings

and behaviour that is currently in Scotts Head Public School. The program is being run by a local

child and adolescent health team in partnership with the school during terms 1 & 2. Each week

this term, the Got It! team will provide some tips in the school newsletter to support parents,

carers and teachers & to help children to develop some useful skills for managing their feelings

and behaviour. Alongside each tip we have included some resources that you may find useful.

Red Riding Robyn Hood

We all thoroughly enjoyed the

visiting performance on the last day

of Term 1 by Australian Playhouse.

They were very entertaining and

there were many laughs.

School and Community News

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Lifetime Connect

Playgroup

Scotts Head

Wednesdays in the LLLCC at SHPS

Playgroup Contact Number: 0447 485 276

Routine

10am-10:55am – Planned Activities

10:55am-11am – Wash Hands

11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea

11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play

11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away

11:45am – 12noon – Group Time

12noon – Home Time