Kororo Public School

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Week 5 of Term 3. Yesterday, we enjoyed the students dressing as their favourite book character at Kororo Public School’s Book Parade. It was wonderful to see so many different characters happily parading in their costumes in front of their peers and families. Thank you for the great effort to our whole school community who assisted in making this a great event and a big thank you to our Librarian Miss O’Shea for organinsing the event. Miss O’Shea made 53 capes for our staff to promote Book Week theme - Reading is my Secret Power! I am on leave from today, Wednesday 21st August and returning to school on Monday, 23rd September. While I’m on leave Mrs Melissa Fenton our Deputy Principal will lead our school. She has had experience as a Relieving Principal and is looking forward to continuing to get to know our school culture and beliefs and the whole school community. Mrs Carolyn Burns will move into the Deputy Principal role and she is also looking forward to continuing to work with our leadership team, staff and the whole school community. Mrs Lynda Martyn will be the supervisor of Stage 1 while Mrs Burns is in the Relieving Deputy’s position. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Fenton or Mrs Burns if you have concern or you would like to provide feedback or ideas to continue to build Kororo’s excellent learning environment. This week the P &C are collecting Lollies!!! Please place donations in the box in the office (not on veranda!) NO! not because students will be tempted to eat them, the sun will melt them! Ha Ha! The admin staff can be trusted….... Habit 6 Synergize Innovate and problem solve with those who have a different point of view. To put it simply, synergy means " two heads are better than one." Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems. But it doesn't just happen on its own. It's a process, and through that process, people bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table. Together, they can produce far better results than they could individually. Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves. Synergy Student Action Plan

Define the Problem - Make sure you understand the problem or task. Their Way - Try to understand everyone’s ideas. Listen carefully. My Way - Seek to be understood. Share your ideas. Brainstorm - Be creative. Everyone create new ideas. High Way - Find best solution.

Leonie Smith, Principal

Week 5 Term 3 - 21st August 2019

FYI A case of Influenza A has been reported at our school. Please keep and eye on your child/ren and if you suspect they have the flu please see your doctor as soon as you can. Please do not send them to school if they are showing symptoms.

DEPUTY’S REPORT by Mel Fenton

Hello Parents, Last week’s Winter Sports Carnival and K-2 Fun Sports Day were both a resounding success. The students all represented Kororo Public School with great sportsmanship and I received many comments from both students and staff about how much they enjoyed getting outside and working together with students from lots of different schools. A big thank you must go to the students from Orara High School and Coffs Harbour High School who gave their time to umpire the sports on the day. This week I had the pleasure of attending my very first Kororo Public School P&C meeting on Monday night at 7.00pm. This week was an excellent chance for me to start to get to know some of the families in our fantastic school community. The P&C committee are currently working very hard towards the organisation of our annual Twilight Fair. Keep your eye out for notices in the newsletter and on Skoolbag about special ways that you can support this fundraising event and encourage your kids to share information with you. All the money that the P&C raises goes directly back into the school to purchase exciting new resources and programs that have an impact on the students learning and wellbeing at school. School photos will take place in Week 9 of this term, 17th and 18th September. Notes and envelopes have been sent home with students for individual photos. Sibling photo envelopes will need to be collected from the school office. If you have any enquiries about the ordering process please contact Chad at Camera House on 6652 5766. Today’s Book Week parade was a resounding success with this year’s theme “Reading is my Secret Power” shining through in many of the costume choices. Thank you to everyone who made such a big effort to make the morning so memorable and fun.

Important Dates

Thursday, 22nd August

2020 Kindergarten EXPO

Friday, 23rd August

5JS Assembly at 2.30pm MNC Athletics

Friday, 30th August

4/5DH Assembly at 2.30pm

SCHOOL PHOTOS Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th

September Envelopes were sent home last week for you to place your order for the school photos which will be held on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th September. This year payment is made directly to Camera House. PLEASE read the instructions carefully attached to the envelope provided and return it to the school. PLEASE DO NOT DEPOSIT YOUR PAYMENT ONLINE through the school website and PLEASE DO NOT PAY THE P&C. This year we are also offering sibling photos. Please come to the office to collect a gold envelope. If your child is absent on the day of their photos a make up day will be held the next week on Monday, 23rd September.

FATHER’S DAY STALL

Father’s Day is fast approaching

on Sunday 1st September.

Throughout next week the P&C

will be collecting payments to

purchase a present at the Father’s Day

Stall on Friday 30th August.

All presents are $5 each. Please place all

money in a well sealed envelope with

your child’s full name, class and how

many presents they would like to

purchase written on the front of the

envelope. Please return this to your

classroom teacher.

WANTED

PRE LOVED IN

GOOD CONDITION

BOOKS FOR THE

1BY BOOK STALL.

PLEASE DELIVER TO THE

1BY CLASSROOM OR LEAVE

AT THE OFFICE.

THANKS IN ANTICIPATION!

It’s time to start dropping off all your donations as outlined below on the school verandah in the boxes provided. You can still Get Creative: Have you started those handmade gifts and jams?

Colour in your picture and stick it in your car window for prizes to be won from Week 5 to Week 10.

Make it colourful as it’s advertisement of our great fair around town

Start collecting your empty can/bottles and each week drop them off into the big white collectors bin. Keep one or two bottles for our Spin the Bottle Game.

Start recycling your own, neighbour ’s, friend’s relatives and grandparents, every bottle counts! Donate a pair of NEW WHITE ONLY socks, T-Shirt or singlet for our amazing Tie Dye Stall

Donate a bag of lollies or chocolates for the Lolly Stall

Week 6 - Donate and item to regift. New, never used e.g. perfumes, beauty

products, stationary, hardware, (adults only) bottle of wine

To maximise profits for the school we are making our own food for the food stalls, any donations of these key ingredients would be greatly appreciated.

Week 7 - $2 Gold Coin donation towards our food perishables such as cheese, sour cream, avocados,

onions etc.

Week 8 - Donations of corn chips, jars of salsa, basmati rice, caster sugar.

Week 9 - Donations of cans of kidney beans, tomatoes, corn or packet of spice mix for nachos or

guacamole, or a bag of hot dogs.

Week 10 - Friday, 27th September, Mufti Day - $2 donation - theme Reuse, Recyle. Drop off your recycled bottle with a surprise inside to the cost of $2 for our spin the bottle game, e.g. pencils, rubber, bouncy ball, cars, hair ties, marbles…..the choices are endless!

HOLIDAYS

Start potting your plants, finishing off your sewing, jams, pickles, slices and cake ideas KIDS!

DON’T FORGET TO DO ODD JOBS AROUND THE HOUSE TO RAISE EXTRA POCKET MONEY FOR THE FAIR!

TERM 3 Week 1 - Drop off your plants and decorative pots for the plant stall.

Week 2 - IT’S FAIR TIME!!

It’s no too late to contribute to our amazing fair, any donations of the above items are greatly

appreciated. Complete your creative sewing/homemade gifts and drop it in for our Craft Stall.

Friday morning FAIR DAY- drop off your baked goodies, cakes, slices, jams, chutneys etc for our cake

stall.

If you can help please contact - AIMEE WHITE 0450 800 795 or Tracee Tyas 0417 227 379

SEE YOU THERE!!

TWILIGHT FAIR 2019 FRIDAY, 25TH OCTOBER FROM 3PM