18th March 2016 TERM 1 WEEK 8

Karangi News

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The term is progressing quickly and I am very pleased with the engagement and progress of your children in our school. This week I have had the pleasure of being visited by many students as they proudly share wonderful examples of narrative writing, reading progress and creative maths presentations. Today your child will have received a note inviting you to attend a parent teacher meeting. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to collaborate with your child’s teacher in supporting their academic progress and well-being. This week we held a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Meeting to establish direction. Classes will be seeking volunteers to assist in the garden and kitchen – keep an eye out for notices in up coming newsletters. We have had a large number of children presenting at the office with grass ticks. These are prevalent right throughout the Coffs Harbour District. Students have been instructed not to play amongst the lomandra grass or tree garden areas; they are reminded of this each play session. Please check your child for ticks regularly. I have also attached a tick alert brochure from NSW Health for more information. A few students have also presented with head lice. Please check your child regularly. Harmony Day On Monday we will be celebrating Harmony Day at Karangi Public School. It is asked that all student’s bring in a gold coin donation on the day. Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. It is a day for all Australians to embrace cultural diversity and to share what we have in common. The central message for Harmony Day is that ‘everyone belongs’, reinforcing the importance of inclusiveness to all Australians. A report from the students will be in next weeks’ newsletter. PSSA Tennis – Round 1 Congratulations to Majella Goulstone, Kaiden Jones, Ruby Pade and Eddy Phillips who won the 1st round of the PSSA Tennis on Tuesday, taking on Boambee Public School. These talented students displayed wonderful sportsmanship, endurance and talent and will be playing Macksville Public School in the second round of the PSSA Tennis Competition in the coming weeks.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Mon 21 Mar Harmony Day

Wed 23 Mar Easter Hat Parade 9.15 Easter Raffle drawn

Fri 25 Mar Good Friday

Mon 28 Mar Easter Monday

Fri 8 April Last day of Term 1

Mon 25 April ANZAC Day

Tues 26 April Staff Development Day

Wed 27 April Students return to school

Canteen & School Banking:

every Friday

‘Clean Up Australia’ work at Karangi Public School this week

Easter Hat Parade Next Wednesday we will be having an Easter Hat Parade at school. This will commence in the COLA at 9:15am and all students are invited to make an Easter Hat at home and bring it in for the Parade. Parents are more than welcome to attend as well. This will be followed by the drawing of the Easter Raffle. Easter Long-Weekend The school will be closed next Friday and the following Monday due to the Easter Long-weekend. We trust that you and your family have a safe and enjoyable break and we look forward to seeing you back on the Tuesday. North Coast Tennis Congratulations to Majella Goulstone and Charlie Pade who have made it through to the PSSA State Tennis trials. We wish them well! SRC The SRC met on Wednesday for our first meeting. Congratulations to the following students who are the SRC Representatives for Semester 1:

Class Students Year 1 Lily Wilson and Wilfred Kleinschaefer Year 2 Paige Goulstone and Solomon Baldwin-Jackson Year 3/4 Maddy Healy and Runa Naess-Kristensen Year 4/5 Wil Tarrant and Tylani Hickman Year 5/6 Charlie Geddes and Breah Wicks Leadership Group

Bella Badman, Chloe Badman, Charlie Pade, Oliver Wood, Eddy Phillips, Amy Marshall

We discussed various topics with Mr Macpherson and he raised them with Mrs Rovere to see whether we can implement them at Karangi PS. We have decided to do a project called Little Change 4 a Big Change where students will bring in small coins and place them in a container in class to raise money for charity. This Term we will be supporting Aaliyah Meek’s charity the Australian Himalayan Foundation (for more information see the article later on in the newsletter). We will also have a PJ Day in Week 11. The SRC have asked for more netballs for the students to use, which are going to be purchased by Mr Macpherson and Ms Hart. We are beginning a school- based basketball competition in Term 2 and we are hoping to play a friendly match against one of the Orara Valley Schools. We have also decided to start a class toy adventure, with more information about this being provided in 2 weeks. Amy Marshall and Eddy Phillips (School Captain’s) Pet Visit On Tuesday K-2 had a visit from a member of the State Governments Responsible Pet Education Program. Gina and her dog Tessa taught the children about being responsible pet owners as well as how to greet new dogs and recognizing when they are angry. The children were very engaged and were able to practice what they had learnt by patting Tessa.

AFL Next week all students at Karangi Public School will be commencing a 6 week AFL program which aims as part of our sporting program at Karangi Public School. We have been fortunate enough to secure funding through the Sporting Schools Project which will cover 100% of the cost of the AFL Program for all students. Sporting Schools is Australia’s largest school-based sports participation program to help children foster a lifelong interest in sport. Sporting Schools brings together schools and sports to help get Aussie children active in their local communities. Sporting Schools is open to all Australian primary schools, and offers quality programs developed by over 30 national sporting organisations. Year One News We are really enjoying the hands on mathematics activities this term. Last week we measured the length of our bodies out in the playground after drawing around our buddy’s body. We used

coloured paddle pop sticks as our unit of measure. Then as a class we had to answer the question “Does the tallest person in our class have the longest feet?” After more measuring of people and feet in the classroom our expert opinion is that the answer to the question is YES!

Week 8 Assembly Award Recipients: Congratulations to the following students who received an award today at assembly: Class Students Class Students

Kinder Indigo Angus-Brown Leah Ross Liam McCallum Joe Tomasoni

Year 3-4 Ruby Pade Charlie Wood Jasmin Millar Jules Sullivan

Year 1 Lenny Curlis Payton Judson Amelia Buckler Tye Tobin

Year 4-5 Noah Hambrook Flynn Miller Leni Rogan Hannah Buttigieg

Year 2 Grace Tomasoni Matise Barnhart Zane Myers Marcus Sykes

Year 5-6 Chloe Badman Ella Benton Jael Bloomfield Charlie Geddes

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Thank you to those people who were able to attend the Stephanie Alexander Meeting on Wednesday. Another meeting will be scheduled early in Term 2 to discuss the kitchen side of this venture and we will publish the roster in next weeks

newsletter outlining when individual classes will be cooking and gardening. Notes asking for parent helpers with this project will be sent home by class teachers at the beginning of Term 2.

P&C News Thank you to all who attended the P&C AGM on 7th March. Our 2016 committee is as follows: President: Nikki Tomasoni Vice Presidents: Suzanne Webster & Adam Curlis Treasurer: Leonie Bull Secretary: we are currently in need of a secretary. Brian filled this position last year and is temporary filling it until a secretary can be found so if you are able to help please contact the school office. Thank you to last years committee for all their hard work. A very big thankyou to all the families who have contributed to our Easter Raffle. Some lucky person will take home a hamper full of lots of Easter goodies. All tickets will need to be brought to the office no later than Tuesday afternoon with the raffle being drawn on Wednesday 23rdMarch after the Easter Hat Parade.

CaNteeN News Canteen roster to end of Term 1 date 9.00am -12.30 pm 12.30-2.30pm 9.00am -2.30pm Friday 11th March Christine Goulstone Leah Shoobert Friday 18th March Vivien Rink Leah Shoobert Stacey Hambrook Friday 25th March Good Friday Friday 1st April Paul Killey & Chris Clark Friday 8th April Belinda Kelly Leah Shoobert Sam Geddes

In May, my Dad and I are planning to climb Mt Kinabalu to raise money to help the people of Nepal with health, education and conservation following the April 2015 earthquake. Mt Kinabalu is the 20th highest mountain in the world and is 4096m above sea level. The two day climb and descent will be a big challenge for us. I will be training to climb at altitude now that I am off my crutches and hope to make it to the top on the 8th May. At the same time my Mum will be walking through villages of the Himalayas where the Nepalese people are still struggling to recover. If you can afford to sponsor my climb I would appreciate it. The web link is below and we will place a coin donation tin at the front desk for any small coin contributions, your donations will go to the Australian Himalayan Foundation, a small NGO helping the kids of Nepal. Any contribution, big or small will be appreciated. Donations made through this platform are secure and will be remitted directly through to my charity of choice. Thanks so much for your support! Aaliyah and Paul Meek (http://www.australianhimalayanfoundation.org.au)

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