Quaama Public School Newsletter

CLASS NEWS Phone: 02 64938213 Fax: 02 64938345

Principal: Graham Roberts

Quaama Public School 48 Cobargo Street Quaama NSW 2550

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Thursday 30th November 2017 CALENDAR DECEMBER 1 – 8 - Special Swimming Scheme 1 – School Assembly 9:30am (all welcome) 5 – BHS Transition Day (Year 6) Kindergarten Orientation 9:30 – 12:15pm (Includes parent information session at 9:30am) 6 – Volunteer’s Morning Tea 11:30am YESS Tutor’s information session 4:00pm P&C Meeting 6:00pm 8 – School Parliament 10:50am 11 – Presentation Night 7:00pm School Reports - to go home this week 12 – 4/5/6 ‘Wonder’ Movie (Merimbula Cinema) 14 – End of Year Pool Party/Goal Celebration 15 – Special Assembly 3:00pm (all welcome) Students Last Day Mondays - Canteen available Tuesdays - School Banking 2/3 Classroom News WOW, only a few weeks to go! Last week 2/3 was lucky enough to have a very special visitor! A good friend of ours, Troy came to teach us all about his indigenous culture. We were lucky enough to have Troy bring some amazing items for us to look at, discuss and even hold. He showed us different types of boomerang and told us all about their uses. There was a throwing boomerang as well as a hunting one, they were very interesting and the students enjoyed a discussion about why they had different uses and why they were slightly different shapes. Troy also explained to us that Oka is often used in Aboriginal artwork, body paint and special ceremonies, everyone was very interested!

A big hit was the Coolamon, a type of bowl which is used for so many things! From carrying babies to food and water, this amazing tool is useful in so many ways! We also enjoyed learning about all of the symbols that are used within Troys aboriginal artworks, making some fantastic stories of our own! Between Japanese, scripture, music and having some gorgeous puppies visit we were jam packed and super busy. Everyone is doing a great job at the special swimming scheme and we were all so excited to see Mrs Scarpin at the pool this week! We have been working on many important safety skills in the pool to kick off the week. Students have already improved their ability and confidence in sculling water, floating and getting comfortable in the water. Learning new skills, improving and refining what we already know are our ultimate goals for swimming and already we are making amazing progress! A special mention to Courtney who was practising her dives when a loose tooth popped out! I am very impressed with everyone’s efforts and I am pleased to say that everyone is being very sun safe and sensible, being organised with hats, rashies and sunscreen before learning for the pool! More updates next week of the amazing progress we are making! Have a great week! Miss Weldon

Quaama Public School Newsletter

CLASS NEWS Phone: 02 64938213 Fax: 02 64938345

Principal: Graham Roberts

Quaama Public School 48 Cobargo Street Quaama NSW 2550

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Kinder and Year 1 Classroom News Hello from our classroom, where we are now finishing off bits and pieces of our work and preparing for presentation night. We have had many exciting things happening at our school over the last two weeks, including our final swimming for sport last Friday. We all really noticed the difference even three weeks practice can make – so well done to all of our super fish! Congratulations to our award winners for weeks 7 and 8! Our week 7 award winners were:

Abbi - successful learner, for listening actively and completing tasks;

Tommy - confident and creative student, for always being a good friend, and,

Leeroy – active and informed citizen, for participating happily in ALL school activities.

Our week 8 award winners were:

Orren - successful learner, for setting himself realistic goals;

Maliyah - confident and creative student, for showing respect and empathy and being a good friend, and,

Tiller - active and informed citizen, for being a responsible user of technology.

Well done also to our latest fantastic home readers for the year – Lily for 150, Hayden for 250, Tiller for 270, Matika for 290, Stevie for 300, Aalyrah for 680 and Rose for 750 fabulous home readers. All of the children have tried very hard to regularly practise their reading, making them much better and impressive readers for their efforts. Next week is the last week that home readers will be sent home. The week after, we will begin collecting, repairing and stocktaking those books we have back at school. Please return all home readers then to help us complete this task. Congratulations, everyone! You have all done an incredible job! We have a busy week ahead. Next Tuesday we have another orientation session, and again look forward to welcoming our kinder children for 2017 to our school. Parents and carers will also be able to attend an information session, beginning at 9:30 in the staffroom. We also have lots of singing and music practice, and lots of fun Christmas art to do! Have a great week everyone. Remember, any problems or queries, please see me. Kind regards, Mrs Hobbis, Kinder and Year 1 4/5/6 Classroom News Hello from the 4/5/6 classroom, What a busy term we have had. It is hard to believe that it’s week 8 already! Everyone in our classroom has been working hard towards kicking goals this term, with a strong focus on producing quality work. Each student has a Maths, English and Personal goal that they are working on. They have been encouraged to continue practising these goals at home and preparing examples to show to the teacher as observations. It’s important that the kids don’t leave these until the last week, as this often results in disappointment when goals are not kicked. Special Swim Scheme started this week, with several students from the 4/5/6 class attending these daily sessions. While it has caused some disruption to our daily routine, it has been well worth it, with the kids learning some great swimming and water safety skills.

Quaama Public School Newsletter

CLASS NEWS Phone: 02 64938213 Fax: 02 64938345

Principal: Graham Roberts

Quaama Public School 48 Cobargo Street Quaama NSW 2550

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This week some of our year 6 students attended Peer Support camp at Bournda. This is a year 6 camp for students who attend small schools. It provides a great opportunity for the kids to meet other people who they will be attending high school with. I was lucky enough to get to spend the day at camp yesterday and participate in some activities. Our kids are having a fantastic time and enjoying all aspects of camp life. Congratulations to all the year 5 students who spoke for 2018 School Captain at our most recent assembly. They all did a fantastic job! We will find out who our captains will be for 2018 at presentation night in week 9. Just a quick reminder about our class excursion on Tuesday of week 10, where we will be spending time in Merimbula to see the movie ‘Wonder’ and having lunch at the park. After reading the text in class, all of the kids are very excited to see the movie. It will be a great day that we are all looking forward to. Money and notes need to be returned to the office as soon as possible. Thanks. Have a great week, Mrs Ferris.

LIBRARY NEWS

The year is quickly coming to its end! We would like to remind everyone to have a search around the house for

library books and home readers that need returning. Thank you for your support.

CANTEEN NEWS

CANTEEN NEWS Canteen helpers for Monday 4th December

Morning Shift 9:30 until after lunch is Karen and Rebekkah Kruger

Afternoon Shift - 1:40pm start is Beck Baking Roster for Monday Maples and Proud families

COMMUNITY NEWS

Cobargo Show Society’s Supper Dance and

Showgirl Presentation Saturday 2nd December at the School of Arts Hall. Starts 7:30pm. Dance and enjoy the music by John and Mandy

Jessop. BYO supper and drinks. Adults $10 Book a table at Cobargo Post Office!

WANDELLA HALL CHRISTMAS TREE The Wandella Hall Christmas Tree celebration is

happening on December 3rd 7pm at the hall. There will be games, a raffle, a visit from SANTA

(parents/caregivers to provide wrapped gift for own child) and refreshments – please bring a plate of

food to share. See you there!!

Quaama Public School Newsletter

CLASS NEWS Phone: 02 64938213 Fax: 02 64938345

Principal: Graham Roberts

Quaama Public School 48 Cobargo Street Quaama NSW 2550

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