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Principal’s Report Welcome to Week 5! A terrific day was had at the Small Schools Swimming Carnival yesterday. Our students embraced this interschool sports event and are to be commended for the way in which they represented themselves and our school.

Congratulations to the following age champions on your excellent performances – Evan Lawton (11 Year Boy) and Logan Eldridge (12-13 Year Boy). We also congratulate Savernake Public School who won the Handicap Trophy for the second consecutive year.

We sincerely thank Meagan Golsby-Smith from Mulwala Public School for organising this first sports carnival for 2021 and all of the accompanying staff from participating schools for their assistance with duties throughout the day. We also extend our sincere thanks to the Willawa Bus Committee for providing return transport and to Mr Bob Wray for driving.

Principals from across the Deniliquin Network are attending a two-day meeting with our Director Educational Leadership (DEL), Mrs Helen McRae today and tomorrow. The meeting focus is the development of our 2021-2024 School Improvement Plan (SIP); its implementation and monitoring cycle. I thank Miss Maloney for being Relieving Principal in my absence.

Congratulations to our 2021 Student Representative Council on their election. Next Wednesday we will host a special assembly to officially induct Stella, Evan, Teagan, Jacinta, Caleb, and Charlie into office along with our Captains, Zara and Logan E.

Best wishes to our entrants in the Zone Swimming Carnival this Friday!

Have a wonderful week! Nyree Taylor Principal

Newsletter Email: Jerilderie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: https://jerilderie-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Phone: 03 5886 1331

Term 1, Week 5

Jerilderie Public School

We congratulate our 2021 Swimming Champions

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This week’s events (Week 5) Bucket drumming Chris Bodey returns to JPS tomorrow for our third session of bucket drumming with Years 3-6 students.

School counsellor visiting This year, Miss Karen Andrews has been appointed our School Counsellor. School counsellors are primary or secondary teachers who have approved qualifications in psychology and school counselling. Their work activities may include counselling students, assessing students’ learning and behaviour, helping families make informed decisions about their child’s education, identifying impediments to students’ learning and liaising with external agencies regarding students’ wellbeing. Karen’s first visit is this Thursday 25th February. Please phone the office (5886 1331) if you would like to make an appointment for yourself or your child / children to see her.

Zone swimming carnival Berrigan Public School is hosting the Zone Swimming Carnival at the Finley pool this Friday 26th February. Congratulations to Zara, Logan E, Stella, Evan, Jacinta and Sama who have all qualified to represent JPS. Mrs Angelique Bruce (Principal, Savernake Public School) will be the small schools team manager and supervise competitors from Jerilderie, Urana and Lowesdale on the day. Return transport to Finley will be the responsibility of parents. A permission note will be distributed once received from the carnival organiser.

Sporting Schools On Friday we look forward to Adam Gatcum from Skillzone returning for Sporting Schools. Students enjoy this program and are improving their hand-eye coordination with every session.

Upcoming Events Term 1 Week 5 – February Wed 24

Thu 25

Canteen

3-6 Bucket drumming

School counsellor visiting

Fri 26 Zone Swimming Carnival (Finley)

Sporting Schools

Week 6 – March Mon 1

Tue 2

Wed 3

3-way Interviews begin

Finley PSSA AFL Trials (Tocumwal)

Canteen

3-6 Bucket drumming

Thu 4

Fri 5

SRC Induction Assembly 2:50pm

3-6 Class information session 5:30pm

Deniliquin & District AFL Trials (Deni)

Sporting Schools

The following notes have been published on Operoo. Please ensure you respond before

the due date. • 3-way Introductory interviews • Student medical information • General consent • 2021 General permission to publish • 2021 Publication of student’s work or

photographs in local media/events • 2021 Online services • 2021 Permission to access Mathletics

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Name: Sarah Age: 7 Favourite food: Rice Favourite drink: Milk Favourite Colour: Purple Favourite TV Show: Slug Terra

Favourite Movie: Puss in Boots Favourite Holiday Destination: Canberra Favourite thing to do: Play in the playroom Favourite Subject: Art When I finish school I would like to: be an artist Three famous people you would like to have dinner with? Jo Jo Siwa, Addy and Maya.

Next week’s events (Week 6) Introductory 3-way interviews We are pleased to offer parents and carers of students in Kindergarten to Year 4 the opportunity to attend a 3-way (parent-teacher-student) interview during Week 6. These interviews will give parents and carers the opportunity to share important information about your child so that teachers are well informed and better able to cater for each child's needs. They will also allow teachers to provide some feedback on how your child has settled into their class and the learning routines. Students will be able to showcase work samples and contribute to setting SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time bound.

These interviews will be conducted in person with all parties meeting in respective classrooms. Parents and carers are encouraged to make an appointment on line or by phoning the office. An information note has been published on Operoo. Mrs Browning has elected to hold a general parent and carer information session for Years 3-6 students. This session will provide an insight into the workings of this multi-age class and Key Learning Area (KLA) focuses. Please note, this session is in addition to attending the Years 3 and 4 interviews. Any 3-6 parents or carers wanting an individual appointment with Mrs Browning are asked to phone the office to arrange a time.

SRC Induction assembly Mr Jeff Ward, Principal of Finley High School is our special guest at the 2021 Student Representative Council (SRC) Induction Assembly next Wednesday 3rd March. The assembly will be held in the music room commencing at 2:50pm. Invitations to follow.

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Week 4 in review Robotics challenge day It was great to be back with such enthusiastic and willing learners. For some students, the initial session was a little challenging as they had changed the robotics kits they were using or for the Year 3 students, it was the first time they had an opportunity to build and program their own robots.

Each student was able to have a kit of their own, something that does not often happen, so hands on time was maximised. Our first session was a get to know your kit where we identified key pieces and developed skills to tell the length of axles, beams, and bricks. (Tip for this week – grey axles in boxes are odd lengths and black axles are even lengths).

To get the feel of the kits students were challenged to build a car that was powered by a rubber band. This was a little tricky to start with, as it was stretching our thinking, but after some examples were shown it was action time. Shout out to Zara who visualised and created not only the first car but then took time to support her classmates to get theirs working.

With all cars able to move forward using a wound rubber band it was time to get into the robotics. Whilst Years 5 and 6 built their first robot, Years 3 and 4 worked with me on WeDo2.

Our lessons included connecting, moving forward and backwards, sound, repeat and distance. Wow are Year 3 quick learners and Year 4 were able to show off what they remembered from 2020. It was time then to tackle the challenge.

The Street Sweeper I have rubbish in my street, and I want to move the rubbish and put it into the area for rubbish. Can you build a sweeper robot that moves using a belt system that can push the rubbish to the red area? When one piece of rubbish is collected it needs to return and repeat this 3 times. Once your robot starts you cannot touch it until it is finished moving 3 times. Oh, for safety it should beep before reversing back.

After many practice runs, followed by refinement in either design or coding, it was run time. The class exceeded my expectations with all street sweepers achieving their task. Thank you to Logan who shared his knowledge on coding with anyone having difficultly getting their sweeper to travel the distance.

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Week 4 in review cont.

Robotics challenge day Year 5 EV3 students built their first simple robot. Their previous experience in using WeDo2 was evident as the builds were completed very efficiently. There was then opportunity to learn how to connect the brick, move forward and backwards and the all-important turn. It was also important to learn how to turn off these robots as they can get away quickly. It was time to put our skills into action.

Challenge Floor Cleaner I do not like cleaning my floors so could you build a robot (instructions), that moves across the floor and touches the 16 squares as it cleans? It starts from the cross and returns to the cross. It can go in any order.

Students coded their robots, succeeding in moving them along at least 8 of the squares. Zara and Logan having had previous experience, covered the 16 squares. To ensure we put our cleaner robots into action a new path was designed whereby the students moved the robot from a designated distance forward landing in a specific location and returning. This was repeated until the area was clean (3 times). Well done to Y5 for showing their skills in adapting to a new path.

All Year 3-6 students’ robots achieved their challenges, some more efficiently than others, some with more elaborate designs and some with longer coding solutions, but they all put their robotics skills on show, and I would say made a clean sweep of things.

Parents and carers what was on show outside their learning was perseverance, patience, and persistence. They showed a willingness to ask for assistance, propose their own ideas and seek feedback. They stepped out of their comfort zones and showed amazing skills of resilience and dealing with things that do not go to plan the first time. I can’t wait until we take on our next challenge. (Vicki Kempton)

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P&C report – Annual General Meeting

Canteen menu

Housekeeping Working with children check All parents, carers and community members that work with children in any way (eg. sport, providing return transport for school activities, volunteering to assist with canteen or reading groups, etc) are required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number. Please complete the online application form which can be accessed at: http://kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/check

March 8 7pm

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Summer uniforms The NSW DoE supports the wearing of a school uniform which promotes a sense of belonging for students and creates a positive identity for the school community. School uniforms also contribute to the personal safety of students by allowing easier recognition inside the school and in the community and to protect students from injury. JPS expects all students to wear the uniform during school hours and also sun-safe hats for outside activities. Royal blue jackets are also winter uniform.

The P&C runs a uniform shop via the Office. We ask that parents utilise this service so that students are wearing clothing of the same style and colour. To assist families, we also have a clothing pool of preloved uniforms available free of charge. We seek your cooperation in ensuring our students wear their uniform each day. Nothing makes the staff prouder than when students wear their uniform.

At JPS we wear our uniform with pride!

When buying your child new

runners for school, please try to

buy plain black or plain blue to

blend in with our uniform.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Classifieds

IGA shopper dockets Please continue to support and shop at our local IGA. Keep your IGA dockets and place them in the box in the office to earn money for our school. It is now time to put in your January dockets. We thank you for your ongoing support of this fundraiser.

Relief General Assistant Expression of Interest

Jerilderie Public School is currently looking for a casual relief General Assistant (GA). GAs perform a range of tasks relating to the routine maintenance and upkeep

of a Departmental school/grounds.

A GA may be required to perform duties from the range listed: • Organise rooms, furniture, audio visual aids, public

address systems, and other equipment for school activities as required; dismantle and store items when not in use.

• Identify and report maintenance/safety issues to the principal; undertake minor maintenance of buildings & equipment not covered by contracts.

• Maintain and care for school grounds, including: mowing lawns and playing fields; marking of playing fields; preparation of ground for planting trees and shrubs and planting and watering of same; pruning shrubs, trimming hedges, light lopping and trimming of trees. Safely and proficiently operate mowers, tools and equipment; store and maintain mowers, tools and equipment in accordance with WHS standards.

• Unpack, store and/or distribute supplies in accordance with school procedures and safe work standards (eg. chemical storage and handling); assist with stocktakes as required.

• Other related duties, within the capabilities of the GA, as directed by the Principal.

Please submit an EOI of no more than 2x A4 pages addressing the following criteria: 1. Capacity to perform the range of GA duties. 2. Ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision

and to respond flexibly to emerging minor maintenance priorities.

3. Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to liaise with the Principal & staff to ensure coordinated tasking and a safe work environment.

4. Willingness to uphold the DoE’s core values and observe the Code of Conduct requirements.

Please include the names and contact numbers of two referees. Applications to be addressed to the Principal,

Ms Nyree Taylor and submitted by Friday 5 March 2021. Please note, as a condition of employment the successful

applicant will be required to provide proof of identity and a Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number;

complete employment screening and undertake a range of online and face to face mandatory training.