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Farewell Camilla Nova – School Counsellor
After more than 30 years supporting students,
families and staff in NSW public schools, our school
counsellor Camilla Nova is taking leave and then
retiring. I would like to acknowledge Camilla’s
exceptional contribution to students and thoughtful
guidance at OSPS. We all wish Camilla a long,
happy and healthy retirement!
ANZAC
Yesterday Darren Gray from the Billinudgel-
Brunswick Heads RSL Sub-Branch addressed our
formal Anzac Assembly. This was a significant and
meaningful event thanks to Mrs Lengyel’s
organisation, the work of our captains and vice-
captains, and Miss Sonia, Miss Louise and the school
choir.
Don’t forget that all are welcome at the Dawn
Service at Brunswick Heads on Anzac Day. Special
thanks to Sonia, Louise and Wayne for organising
the choir, and the families for ensuring our school
is so well represented.
Beachathon
Today’s annual Beachathon was a resounding
success with over $5000 profit raised. Thank you
to P&C – and in particular Anj, Michelle and Gina –
for organisation. Thanks also to North Coast
Trophies in Bruns for donating the fundraising
trophy; this year it went to 1/2J.
https://www.northcoasttrophies.com.au/
This is one of our biggest fundraisers. Well done to
all students who raised money. It was wonderful to
welcome Mr Hauritz for the mega prize draw.
State Swimming
Congratulations to our state swimming
representatives. The boys relay team came fifth in
their heat while the girls finished sixth. This is an
exceptional result for a school our size – well
done!
Holidays
The staff at OSPS hope all families enjoy some time
away from school during the school vacation
period.
I would like to thank the staff for their ongoing
commitment to our students; we are blessed to
have such a hardworking team. Our students have
consistently participated positively throughout the
term achieving some outstanding results and
growth, while the partnership between the school
and parents/carers continues to support all
students.
Staff return to school on Monday 30th April for
professional learning. Kindergarten to Year 2 staff
will be learning about the ‘Fun Friends’ program to
target student wellbeing, while Year 3-6 staff will be
working with Saboni Sveedra-Duff from Mullum
High School on developing students’ writing.
Take care and enjoy the time off!
Martin Gill
Principal’s Report
Ocean Shores Public School
13th April, 2018 Final Issue, Term 1
Ocean Outlook
COMING UP!
Wed 25th Apr
ANZAC Day Dawn Service
Brunswick Heads 4:45am
Mon 30th April
Staff Development Day
Tue 1st May
Students return for Term 2
Mindfulness in Library 6:30pm
Thur 3rd May
NC Hockey - Grafton
Fri 4th May
Cross Country @ NBP
NC Football - Grafton
North NSW AFL - Newcastle
166 Shara Boulevarde, Ocean Shores 2483 P: (02) 6680 2766 F: (02) 66802764
E: [email protected] W: www.oceanshore-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Happy Holidays
!!!
OPERATION DOLPHIN
I am Respectful. I line up & wait
quietly & listen to teachers, bus
monitors and the bus driver.
Frankie from1/2J raised the highest individual
Beachathon sponsorship with Charli-Rose from
2M a close second. Well done girls!
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Stronger Communities Grants Funding
Our Ocean Shores Tidy Town Committee (Australia's lead-
ing and longest running Community & Environmental Pro-
gram) has proposed a community proposal for the next
round of Stronger Country Communities Grant Funding.
We've registered our proposal 'Connecting Places and
Spaces in Ocean Shores with Off-Road Shared Cycle/Walk
Pathways' on Council's 'Have Your Say' website to support
our kids and the wider community.
This project includes:
connectivity between Ocean Shores Public School,
via OS Sportsfield, along (1st Stage) eastern side of
Balemo Drive (Routes 15, 28 & 29) to Waterlily
Park along Orana Rd and (2nd Stage) Warrambool
Rd to Ocean Village Shopping Centre on the exist-
ing Rajah Rd pathway.
shared off-road pathways for pedestrians and cy-
clists.
all abilities access, including mobile scooters.
provide healthier, safer, affordable and sustainable
travel alternatives that connect places and spaces in
Ocean Shores.
Details of our proposal are on the 'Have Your Say' on
Council's home page, or below FYI. Just click on 'Have Your
Say' scroll down to 'View All Ideas' and vote for your fa-
vourite project. N.B. Every different email address in your
household can vote for this Ocean Shores project too. You
can each vote for multiple favourites as well, now that
Council techs have attended to the glitches.
If clicking on the heart to vote doesn't acknowledge/count
your vote after a few minutes, can you please email Jodi
Frawley at Council [email protected] and
report that the voting heart is not active/mobile phone
doesn't receive confirmation email/or if you had any difficul-
ties, and ask Jodi to add your votes manually for SHARED
PATHWAYS - CONNECTING PLACES AND SPACES IN
OCEAN SHORES.
Sharing on your Facebook sites and with family and friends
will help too. Thankyou in advance for your support .
My wife, Tina is President of OS Tidy Towns, and also the
Treasurer for Waterlily Community Playscape Inc. and
we've both witnessed the amazing support that the OSPS
students and their parents have provided with WCP event
management and performances over the past couple of
years, and we want you to know that Ben Franklin MLC
(NSW Parliamentary Secretary) was "absolutely blown
away" (Ben's words) by the student speeches and perfor-
mances" on the last WCP Community Event.
We hope that your students and parents can add their vote
online to support safe off-road cycle/walkways to connect
important spaces for our kids.
When our community works together we can achieve
incredible things.
Kind Regards,
Stan Petroff
Secretary/Ocean Shores Tidy Town Committee
vote online to
support safe
off-road cycle/
walkways to
connect
important
spaces for our
kids
It would be much appreciated if parents could
make NUT FREE cakes/biscuits/treats for cross
country day. Please label container with ingredi-
ents/dietary info and drop them into the canteen
Thurs 3rd May after 2pm or Fri 4th May before
9:30am.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you are available to help
out at North Byron Parklands for the morning please let
Nadine know 0432 418 130
Cross Country
Friday 4th May, 2018
VENUE:
10am start
Students will walk the course first.
We are excited about taking our School Cross Country
off site to North Byron Parklands. Parents and caregivers
are invited to come along and enjoy a family fun day with
BBQ/picnic lunch with the students.
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OSPS Maths Olympiad Team 2018
LAST WEEKS SOLUTION
119 square metres
The Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical
Olympiads (APSMO) is a not-for-profit, professional
organisation that offers a range of mathematical
competitions for students aged from around eight to 14.
This year, a team from Ocean Shores Public School, will
compete with teams from thousands of schools around
Australia and New Zealand, in 5 APSMO competitions
commencing May 23rd.
To support our Maths Olympiad Team, we offer weekly
training sessions to: introduce students to important
mathematical concepts; teach strategies and develop
flexibility for problem solving; foster creativity and
ingenuity and stimulate enthusiasm and enjoyment of
mathematics.
Introducing our official 2018 OSPS Maths Olympiad team:
Evie Boschma-Wagner, Evelyn Allsep, Anastasia Clark,
Eden Rotstein, Bodhi Gracie Henry, Griffin Pelling, Kai
Bar Giora, Jake Bailey, Quinn Labelle, Nicolas Bleach,
John Ray, Honey Mowbray, Skye Waters, Juliette Adlard,
Kane Wilson, Oscar Wilson, Indira Arnold, Jamie Garrett,
Kerala Richards and Yarrow Alleston.
We commend these students on their commitment and
wish them the best in these challenging competitions.
All other interested students in years 4,5 and 6 are
welcome to train with our team on Wednesdays at
Playbreak in Guraman 2M.
For more information about the competition go to:
http://www.apsmo.edu.au/main/apsmo_about_cm.php
THIS WEEK’S PROBLEM IS:
Five students sit around a circular table. Their chairs are
numbered in order from 1 through to 5. Juliette sits next
to both Oscar and Griffin. Nicolas sits next to both
Oscar and John. The numbers on Juliette’s and Griffin’s
chairs add up to 6. Who sits in chair number 3?
ANZAC Care Packages
This week classes have written letters to members of the
defence force who are currently deployed overseas.
These letters will accompany 'care packages' to lift the
spirits of our servicemen and women on Anzac Day.
Thanks to Tracey James for organisation.
“foster creativity
and ingenuity and
stimulate
enthusiasm and
enjoyment of
mathematics”
Commonwealth Games Report
Proudly written by Romme Williams & Evie Boschma-Wagner
Tuesday the 10th of April our School Parliament were
given the opportunity to accompany ‘The Pocket School’
to the Commonwealth Games. It was inspirational for us
to watch these hard working athletes compete. We saw
various sports, but one of the most exciting events was
the men’s long jump when an Australian (Henry Frayne)
set a new Commonwealth Games record with an
outstanding jump of 8.34 m (old record was 8.30m).
Another event that stood out was an Australian pole
vaulter who flew through the sky over a 5.10m high bar.
It was an amazing day, unfortunately there were a few
accidents in the long jump, where an athlete pulled his
ham string and in pole vault another athlete landed on his
head while practising. Whilst we were exiting the stadium
we got the chance to take a photo with Melissa Breen,
who runs in the 100m for Australia.
We would like to say a big thank you to the amazing
Pocket School for generously supplying us
parliamentarians with tickets to the 2018 21st
Commonwealth Games. This was a rare opportunity
which we will never forget.
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Celebrating Family, Learning & Community
On Thursday around 50 family members and friends of
Stage 2 students gathered to celebrate and play board
games made by the students as part of the unit of work
studied this term.
The theme of Australia was explored and students
applied their knowledge of award winning author and
illustrator Alison Lester’s book Are We There Yet to
create the board games.
Ambyr Jonhston from the Mullumbimby and District
Neighbourhood Centre is visiting our school every
Thursday morning. She is here to support our par-
ents and is available to meet with here at school, or
at a more suitable time during the week via appoint-
ment.
As a bonus she will be working the first week of the
April school holidays and would love to meet any
parents over this week, and hopefully offer support
or assistance where she can.
Ambyr can be contacted directly on 0439 668 544, to
chat or make an appointment.
Parent Support Worker My Time Meet other parents and family carers of children with
disabilities at our My Time facilitated parent
group. It's a great place to socialise, to discuss, to get
information, and to support and be supported by other
carers.
Making visual resources to support home routines @
Shaping Outcomes.
Contact Ela Goulding for more information
ph: 0488 270 973
email: [email protected]
“One of the marvelous
things about community
is that it enables us to
welcome and help
people in a way we
couldn't as individuals”
Jean Vanier
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