Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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What’s happening at our school:

Tuesdays 3.15-4.15 Group 1 Dance Workshop Wednesdays Library borrowing Music School Banking Thursdays Scripture Fridays Canteen Swimming4Sport Yrs 2-6 ________________________

Friday 13 March Ride Safely 2 School Monday 23 March Years 3 and 5 Trial NAPLAN online Wednesday 8 April 2.00 End of term Assembly Easter Hat Parade

Dear parents and carers, The children were delighted to have the opportunity to work with technology experts as the T4L team visited the school this week. The children experienced Virtual Reality, Microbit and BlueBot, Dash the Robot and Ozobot activities. Staff attended Technology Workshops at Bega HS with the T4L team to further explore Microsoft applications, robotics and Google software after school. Mr Reeve’s class 3R, will be delighted that their new interactive panel will be installed this Friday. We thank the class for their patience and for finding a ‘work around’ during the delay because the panels were out of stock. Each class is now equipped with the latest technology. In addition, teachers have been issued SurfacePros as part of a DET Technology Pilot program. There are very happy teachers at Candelo PS! DET Asset Management has begun work on the replacement fence on the northern boundary to the school. We will work with the school’s neighbours to ensure that the fences do not interfere with their animals’ safety during this time. Katie Hedgcock our School Counsellor was pleased that the information session around ANXIETY and how to support your child helped a number of families. Strategies and advice was the focus of the meeting with take away information for follow up at home. Parents wishing to refer their child to the Counsellor will need to complete the form available from the teacher/office. Please make sure that you also discuss your concerns with your child’s teacher. Parents who are unable to make the meeting may ask for the information pack.

The Department of Education is keeping schools well informed about the department’s response to the COVID-19. Links to advice from NSW Health is available from the NSW Department of Education School Safety page. Remember Swimming4Sport for Years 2 to 6 swimming lessons each Friday.

CANDELO PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Week 7 - Term 1, 12 March 2020

Enjoying the Technology Workshop

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Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Writing Workshops with visiting author illustrator Susan Berren were a hit with the children! Ex-army and inspired by her

own stories and the desire to get reluctant readers to read and write, Susan taught the children to expand, exaggerate and illustrate ideas to create amazing stories. She has donated a set of her books to the Library and there is a line up to be the first to borrow them. Ride Safely 2 School happening this Friday, is a reminder to all children to learn the safety rules when riding their bike, wear a helmet and to do a regular maintenance check on their bike. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult if they have to ride on the road. Library books are to be read and returned each week so new and exciting reading adventures continue to take place. Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC) is up and running, that means 20 books to be read and recorded by the end of August; 1 book from the PRC list per week! Every child can achieve that! Pambula Public Dental Clinic is a free dental clinic that operates fulltime for both emergencies and comprehensive dental care. This clinic is for all children in the region eligible on a current Medicare card. Located at the Pambula Community Health Centre, 1A Merimbola Street, Pambula. Ph: 1800 450 046.

Student Invoices: This year we have purchased the following texts for students: Invoice 1 Junior Classes: iMaths, Soundwaves and Visiting performance. Senior Classes iMaths, Soundwaves, Practising Maths. The cost to families is 50% of the cost of these texts. Funds from our budget will subsidise each child to access the resources as we are mindful that families are finding it tough at this time. Invoice 2 is for Voluntary contribution. All families are invited to pay voluntary annual school contribution, $20 per child or $38 per family. The annual school contribution will fund technology and home reading resources for classes. Invoices will be sent home in the next few weeks and payments can be made online (POP) or through the Office. P&C Report P&C would like to thank the volunteers for the P&C BBQ Market. If each family is able to support one Market BBQ during the year it will build a greater sense of community. Please contact the school when you can help. April Markets requires 4 more parent helpers. Parent Meetings to support Student Goals Three-way meetings to include parents, students and teachers are important for every child. Please contact the school to organise a time to meet with your child’s teacher. Parliament Report Easter Raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 8th April at the end of term Assembly, straight after our Easter Hat Parade. Stage 3 children and staff are asked to donate Easter egg prizes. Raffle tickets will be sent out next week. You will receive one book per family. Each book needs to be accounted for, so if raffle tickets are not sold they are to be returned to the office. Additional books can be requested through the front office. Proceeds from the raffle will go towards the Stage 3 camp to Jindabyne at the end of the year. Peer Support Groups will resume on Tuesday to develop teams where there is a sense of belonging, care and responsibility as well as building leadership skills.

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Sport Swimming4Sport will continue each Friday. Children will need a rashie, sunscreen, swimming costume, towel, goggles (optional). Candelo Pool Monday afternoon swimming lessons are offered at the pool, please sign up with Sharon Wells. Primary School Sport Association (PSSA) regional trials are being conducted in the coming weeks. Best wishes to Lance, Eamon and Hayden and Ella as they try out for soccer and Lacey who will try out for the Hockey team. Performing Arts School Music program - Robyn Martin works with each class each Wednesday. CIP Music tutor program - Henry Grose and Susan Gray each Wednesday. Please apply to the school to have your child learn to play trumpet or clarinet. Recorder program – An information note was forwarded to recorder students preparing for the FOIM in Sydney. In 2020 the concert will be held at the Sydney Town Hall (while the Opera House is undergoing renovations). Each child will need a recorder and commit to daily practice. Jenny Collins will conduct lessons in piano/keyboard and violin after school each Monday. Jenny is the daughter of Phil Collins and sings at ANZAC every year. She has taught at Magpie School of Music for 20 years and is very suited to private tuition. Jenny also teaches privately at her home in Kameruka. SCLC Performing Arts Festival 2020 will take place in Week 2 term 3, 27-30 July. The school is developing a program for presentation at the concert. We will be involved with the Combined Choir, a musical item and the combined recorder ensemble. Dance Group 1 rehearsals - each Tuesday after school for a small selected group for this program from Tuesday 10 March from 3.15 to 4.15pm. The children should bring a water bottle and a snack to eat before rehearsal begins.

Listening to visiting author illustrator Susan Berren

1W Class Report We have had lots of fantastic opportunities with a visit from the author Susan Berran and the T4L team. We used Virtual Reality goggles to travel into space, swim in the ocean, explore Ancient Egypt and look inside a human body! K/1 have been working so hard practising our reading and writing skills during L3 and we are building on a number skills. This week we are looking at subtraction in Maths. In Art, we studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh and were inspired to paint beautiful sunflowers. Thank you so much for your support with home readers and don't forget Library is on every Wednesday. Miss Watchers Awards: Emily, Cody & Rachael - working consistently hard in all areas Maggie - joining in with lots of activities 2M Class Report On Tuesday Susan Berran, author of the Freaky Series and lots of other kid’s books, visited our school. She has very generously donated a number of books to our library. The children really enjoyed listening to her stories and learning to draw “Fluff Butt!” We also had a visit from the T4L (technology for learning) team. The 2M children made robots using Lego Wedo. Have you seen the pictures on seesaw? If you haven’t had a chance to get the app yet, you will find the instructions and the unique QRL for your child attached to this newsletter. You can get this app on any smart phone or sign in on a computer to see what your child has been up to in 2M. Great effort with the home readers and handwriting homework! Thank you. If you can spend a moment checking your child is forming the letters in the correct way that would be a big help (directions are on the sheet – a dot for where to start and arrows to indicate correct sequence). Correct letter formation really helps with learning running writing in year 3 and helps children write quickly and legibly (very important for note taking and exams in high school). Have a great week everyone! Mrs Moore

Awards: Jimmy – Fantastic work in handwriting Jahla – Excellent work in all areas Emma – Outstanding writing Peyton – Caring for others and playing responsibly

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

3R Class Report

During the last 2 weeks every student in our class has worked extremely hard to publish good copies of their narratives. I am so proud of everyone for their achievement. Students have enjoyed reading their narratives out to the class and sticking them up on the wall in our class. Parents feel free to come in and check out our fantastic work. Next week we will begin to write Persuasive Pieces. In Spelling, we are looking as ‘d’ as in duck (week 7), ‘i’ as in igloo (week 8) and ‘f’ as in fish (week 9). In Maths we are focusing on multiplication (week 7) division (week 8) and Time (days in each month/seasons/and quarter past and quarter too the hour times (week 9). Mr Reeve

Awards: Christopher for his hard work in Maths. Sienna I for her incredible narrative ‘Lost and Found’. Jack for his fantastic narrative ‘Dead Pool and Fat Man’. Oliver for his fantastic narrative ‘The Zombie’.

Class 4BJ Report Our class is so proud of Joshua and Eamon who swam Personal Best times when competing in the Regional Swimming events in Dapto this week. The writing stimulus and prompts provided by Susan Berren was very powerful and our eager writers exploded their imagery, making us part of the action. Great work to manage the Practising Maths homework, we will mark and complete Set 6 next Wednesday. Talking and Listening task: ‘Remember’ - Children are asked to share a mnemonic with the class (first letter of a list that is to be remembered eg points of a compass Never Eat Soggy Weetbix!) to help them to remember. Examples – major river systems of the world, 10 highest mountains, first 10 Prime Ministers… Awards: Emma, Lilly, Jasmine - exciting writing Alex - excellent compound sentences Riley - champion measurement conversions Canteen Community News

Canteen Friday 13 March

Sausage Roll $4.00 (1 per student)

Ham & Pineapple Muffin Pizza $3.00

Raisin Toast 50c