Term 2 Wk 7

Tuesday July 2nd 2019

Term 2 Week 10 Newsletter Tarro Public School

5 Eastern Avenue Tarro. NSW 2322 Phone: 02 49661255 Fax: 02 49641154 Email: tarro-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web site: www.tarro-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome to the final newsletter of term 2! Hard to believe

that the term is over already.

This week we are celebrating NAIDOC week, with a variety of

activities taking place throughout the week. The highlight of

the week however, is the opening of the art exhibition at

Maitland Region Art Gallery. Ms Yeend and a small but

dedicated group of students have worked consistently over

the past 12 months to create an artwork that is not only

amazing, but tells a magnificent story about Wonnnarua

country. I shared with Ms Yeend a text message I received

on Friday from a former principal of mine Hi Kell, just

wanted to congratulate you, your staff and students on the

wonderful art installation at Maitland Art Gallery. I worked

there yesterday and was amazed at the wonderful

exhibition. Well done!

Great work Ms Yeend and Tarro PS!

This term we have been Optimistic and Collaborative in our

learning, as we added 2 more dispositions to our toolbox.

What a brilliant opportunity for students to see that while

learning new things can be hard, great things can be

achieved through a positive attitude and working as a team.

As we close the term, I would like to wish everyone a great

winter break. This term has been very busy and there are a

lot of tired kids (and parents) who are looking forward to

sleeping in and taking a break. I will be on leave for the first

3 days in term 3. I am taking my family to Bali for a well

deserved break during the second week of the holidays. Mrs

Robinson and Mrs Collier will do a great job in my absence.

Kelly O’Shea

Looking forward to seeing everyone again next term

Teaching Award

Congratulations to Mrs Bourke who will be

receiving the Executive Directors Award for

Excellence in Teaching on Wednesday.

Mrs Bourke was nominated by her colleagues

at Tarro PS and is certainly deserving of this

award. Congratulations Mrs Bourke!

The Amazing Race

We are hoping for beautiful sunny weather over the

holidays to dry out Tarro Reserve so that we can finally have

our Amazing Race! The rescheduled date for this event is

Thursday 25th July. The event will still begin at midday and

students will still be in the same teams and wearing the

same colours.

Year 6 Fundraising

Thank you to the parent volunteers for your tireless effort in

supporting Year 6 with their fundraising for the Gift to

School and their Year 6 Farewell.

Term 3 will host:

- Week 1-5- Crazy Coin Challenge- All students can bring in

as many coins, they can collect over the 5 weeks. Students

will be able to see if they can fill a clear jar. The winning

class will receive a PRIZE in Week 6!

- Monday Week 4- PJ DAY Students can rug up and wear

their nice jammies to school, for a gold coin donation!

- Disco- Year 6 will be selling glow sticks for $2 at the

school disco in Week 8.

Year 6 Mini Lessons- FGHS Transition

In Week 5, Term 3, those students transitioning to FGHS for

Year 7, 2020, will have a transition day on the 21st August,

10.30am- 1.30pm at the high School.

Year 6 Shirts

A huge THANK YOU to the P&C for providing all Year 6

students with a Year 6 momento shirt.

Attendance Celebration

During a recent roll check by our Home School Liaison

Officer (HSLO) we were told that we had made significant

improvement in our attendance rate.

At the beginning of the year, our attendance rate was 88%

and as of this week, we are sitting at 94%!!

What a great achievement that was only achieved through

working together as a team to make regular attendance at

school important.

Next term will be a Zero Hero term, with the term broken in

half, and a celebration in the middle and at the end for all

students who arrive at school on time, are here all day and

have an average attendance rate of 99% or greater

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PSSA Girls' Soccer

The Tarro PS Girls' Soccer team are travelling

to Branxton to play in Round 3 of the PSSA

knockout on Thursday 4th of July 9:30 am at

Miller Park. Parents are encouraged to sup-

port. Good luck girls!

PSSA Touch Football

The Tarro PS Boys' and Girls' Teams are play-

ing at Tarro PS on July 30th against Lochinvar

10:00 am (Boys) and Woodberry 12:00 pm

(Girls). Hopefully third time's a charm and the

weather is kind to us.

Wakkakirri

SHOWTIME

Ticket price: $36.00

Public sale date: 5th July

Box office: Ticketek 02 4929 1977

Underage tickets: 3 years and under

K-2 Wetlands Excursion Friday 26th July

K-2 students will be visiting the Wetlands Environmental

Education Centre at Shortland. This excursion coincides with our

Geography and Science units for Term 2 and 3. At the Wetlands,

students will investigate what makes a place special to people,

how they can care for them and why the wetlands are important

to Aboriginal people. They will explore the needs of living things,

collect data and determine external features of a variety of living

things, including plants and animals. Cost is $15.00 per student.

MRAG Art Project

Wednesday 3rd July from 11am - 2pm there will be a celebration

day at the art gallery with a BBQ and school presentations of art

works. All family, friends and community members are invited

along to support.

NAIDOC week celebrations

During the week we will be holding our annual NAIDOC week

celebrations. We will be opening with a smoking ceremony and

performances by our Aboriginal dance and didge groups. We also

have a week of fun and inspiring opportunities in and outside the

classroom to immerse ourselves in Indigenous culture.

Feeling Arty?

Check out Tarro's amazing 'Tree of Knowledge'

Well, it's been 12 months in the making but the time has

finally arrived and it looks AMAZING! The whole-school ma-

jor art project for 'Stories from Wonnarua Country' is on

exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG).

Last year, every student in the school was part of creating

individual artworks to collectively make up Tarro's 'Tree of

Knowledge'. This year, the Jnr AECG art project team has

worked hard to put this artwork together piece by piece

with the final installation happening last Wednesday.

The very excited art project team and the talented boys'

didge group will be attending a community celebration this

Wednesday from 11am at the gallery with me to celebrate

and share our work. Family, friends and community are

welcome to join the celebration with a free BBQ.

The artwork will be on display until October. Why not pop

into the gallery during the school holidays? Come along and

see if you can spot your child's individually designed leaves

hanging from our amazing tree. It's free and there are loads

of fun kids programs running at the gallery during the holi-

days.

Danielle Yeend

Curious Legends

Next term on July 29th we are lucky enough to

have 'Curious Legends' visiting Stage 2 and 3. They are a

talented group from a theatre company who are coming to

run workshops on shadow puppets and a huge stingray

puppet based on a local legend. Check them out

here https://www.curiouslegends.com.au/

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Coming Events

TERM 2

Mon 1st July NAIDOC week

Tue 2nd July MRAG Art exhibition

Opening

Fri 5th July Last day of term 2

Tues 23rd July Students return to school

NOTE FROM THE OFFICE

Notes sent home /money due:

K-2 Excursion to Wetlands $15

Headlice Note

Stage 3 Camp installments

Bookpack money - $35

General Permission notes

Goal Getters Term 2 Week 10

Jackson Velich

I can count to 10.

Larea Welsh

I can count to 10.

Jasmine

I can add direct speech to my writing to gain the audi-ence’s attention.

Ashlee Dawson

I can use contextual clues to work out unknown words in reading.

Darnel Fitzgerald

I can compose a story which contains drama and mystery.

Jodie

I can write a well sequence comic using direct speech.

Jhett Vasiliou

I show commitment to learning mathematical con-tent.

Kyneen Honess

I can use the pictures in

books to help me retell the

Wyatt Thornton

I can be brave and take risks in his learning, showing growth!

Ossie Laing

I can demonstrate applica-tion to mathematical tasks.

Ayla Burns

I can use different strategies in reading to problem solve unknown words.

Bowen Hine

I can achieve my personal goals through hard word, dedication and determina-tion.

Blake Miller

I can summarise key events in a text.

Tahlia Stevenson

I can remember all my spelling words and write them correctly.

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Jump On into Early Years Schooling

With our JOEY’s program.

Do you have a pre-schooler ready to commence school at Tarro Public in 2020?

This program is for you! Joeys in Term 3 will be held every Wednesday

morning 9am—11am in our school hall.

Term 2

Awards

CLASS OPTIMISTIC RESPECT RESPONSBILITY PERSONAL BEST

K/1H

K/1W

1/2C

2/3P

3/4B

5Y

6R

Isabella

Aria

Laiyla

Toby

Ruby & Molly

Hunter & Dom

Phoenix

Damien

Alex

Tate

Koby

Hallie

Jack & Isaac

Blake & Rose

Ayla

Pheobe

Ruby

Kyneen

Alysha

Tyler & Pepper

Bailey & Jack B

Tahlia

Liam

Lacie

Brianna

Keely

Ben & Ryleigh

Mitchell & Bowen

Dates for Term 3 to remember

Book week parade Thursday 22nd August

Father’s Day breakfast and activities Thursday 29th August.

We will be running a raffle during term 3, with the prize being a framed and signed Newcastle

Knights jersey.

We are starting to plan our Christmas Capers.

If you would like to contribute, on this or any other activities, please feel free to join in with our next

P&C meeting.

At this stage our next meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 15th August, year 6 classroom, at

3.15pm.