Tweed Heads South Public School

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Term 2 | Week 4 May 2016

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY• Wednesday, 18 May

District Cross Country• Book Fair• Thursday, 19 May

Book Fair School Banking• Friday, 20 May

Book Fair • Monday, 23 May Aboriginal Education Program Health Check• Tuesday, 24 May Rugby League Gala Day FNC Tennis Preschool - Year 2 Aboriginal Education Program Health Check

between the Earth and the Sun. When this happens, part of the Sun’s light is blocked. The sky slowly gets dark as the moon moves in front of the Sun. When the moon and Sun are in a perfect line, it is called a total eclipse.The phases of the Moon depend on its position in relation to the Sun and Earth. As the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon’s surface at different angles. These are called “phases” of the Moon. There are 8 Moon phases; New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter and Waning Crescent. 5-6M will be presenting their Moon Phases learning at assembly next week.

Moon Phases5-6M have been using one of the Primary Connections Science kits to investigate ‘Earths Place in Space. We have been using the kit to firstly understand the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun. We found out that the Earth, which is the third planet from the Sun, takes 24 hours to rotate or spin around. This is what causes day and night. As the Earth rotates, it also revolves around the Sun. The Earth’s path around the Sun is called it’s orbit. It takes the Earth one year, or 365 1/4 days, to completely orbit the Sun. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon orbits the Earth. The Moon’s orbit lasts 27 1/2 days, but because the Earth keeps moving, it takes the Moon two extra days, 29 1/2, to come back to the same place in our sky. Sometimes during their orbits, the Moon and the Earth form a line with the Sun. When this happens, an eclipse occurs.There are two kinds of eclipse - lunar and solar. A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the Sun and the moon, blocking part of the Sun’s light from reaching the moon. During a lunar eclipse, you will see the Earth’s shadow on the moon. In a solar eclipse, the moon moves

Term 2 | Week 4

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The Final Countdown“Yippee”! Cheered the class as we counted down the days left until we depart for our excursion to the Hungry Caterpillar this week. The students of 1-2C have been extremely excited! Leading up to our excursion, 1-2C have been looking at many Eric Carle books, including ‘The very Hungry Caterpillar’, ‘The Bad-Tempered Ladybug’ and ‘The –Mixed up Chameleon’. We have used these text to implement and explore adjectives and sizzling starts, and ways we can use them in our creative writing to engage our readers. “Roar”! Bellowed the yellow and blue polka-dot dinosaur as he ran quickly towards the cave. Shhh! Said the teacher to the very noisy class. Pop! Went the helium balloon at the crazy hat party. These are some of the great sizzling starts the students of 1-2C have developed. Over the past week we have been investigating the text ‘Mister Seahorse’ by Eric Carle. One of the reasons Eric Carle books are so appealing to children is that they are visually stimulating. I love his use of colour and I wanted to try and capture that in our visual art. During our visual arts lesson, the students’ developed their own wonderful seahorse paintings. We used water colours to recreate our own Mister Seahorse. We looked at the colour wheel and how we can combine colours to create new exciting colours. These wonderful creations will be on display in our classroom. Please feel free to visit and check-out what our little Picasso’s can do!

Preschool RAP with our Buddies Preschool have been enjoying their RAP (Reading Aloud with Preschool) program with their buddies.Each week the preschoolers meet up with their Year 5-6 buddies. The buddies help preschoolers choose a book and teach us how to borrow from the library. Our buddies read the book to us and have a focus for that week. So far we have focused on what the illustrator and author do; the title of the story, what the writing on the back of the book is for as well as predicting what the story might be about looking at the cover of the book.

Preschool really enjoy this time at the library with their buddies and look forward to it each week. Year 5 and 6 are doing a fabulous job and are excellent role models for the preschoolers. This program runs throughout the year and is a very successful part of our transition to school and literacy program. A big thank you to Miss Toop, Mrs Madden and the students in Years 5 and 6. New sports team uniforms on theway!A huge thankyou to the P&C (and canteen) for the donation to help meet the cost of the new team-sports shirts and shorts. It is greatly appreciated and will make our teams all the prouder to represent Tweed Heads South.

Term 2 | Week 4

NEWSLETTERPBL AWARDS Term 2 Week 3Shining Star Award Nakeisha 5-6TReaching for the Stars Leeroy K-1CCitizenship Teagan 5-6MPerforming Arts Samuel 5-6T

KEY LEARNING AREA AWARDSPD/H/PE Jesse 3-4NEnglish Shane 5-6TMathematics Nate 1-2CScience & Technology Mikayla 5-6MH.S.I.E Kiannah 5-6MCreative Arts Chelsea 3-4N

PEARL AWARDSLilly-Anne, Elena, Aiden, Lily, Marie, Israel, Marley, Sophie, Nate, Zoie, Georgina, Shaylee,Jadalee, Jye, Corey, Manaia, Eeooleah, Tyler, Koby, Mikailah, Daman, Chantal, Candice, Lucius, Miller, Rihanna, Kiara, Rykah, Satira, Kiannah, Angel, Renae, Otis, Jorja, Luka, Kirra-Lea, Samuel, Susanna, Jackson, Jordan, Tye, Ethan and Mathew.

Stage Two also entered a song in the ‘Harmony Day Singer/Songwriter Competition’ just recently called ‘Reconciliation’ and we are hoping to here from the adjudicators soon. The students enjoy singing and are getting better and better with every attempt. This is a credit to them because of the effort that they put in each time during singing practice.

Solid State CircusSolid State Circus is a fresh take on an old tradition. Combining slapstick comedy with big acrobatic stunts, SSC’s joyful exuberance delights everyone. As our whole school cultural event for the term we will be welcoming the “Solid State Circus” to our school on Monday, 6 June.Check out the kids activities link from their website at http://www.solidstatecircus.com.au/ or search for them on Facebook and YouTube.

District Cross CounrtyWhen: Wednesday, 18 May 2016Times: 8:45am Bus leaves school 9:30am Walk the Course 10:00am Races Commence 2:00pm Finish 2:15pm Bus returns to schoolWhere: Jack Bayliss Park Mainre Parade, Kingscliff NorthWhat: Students are to wear full school school uniform, other suitable clothing and footwear. Food, water and sun protection will also be needed.

3-4N Singing ScientistsThe students in 3-4N have been working well in class and have been very committed to their studies and learning in all areas of the Australian Curriculum. The dedication and effort the students have shown through being totally engaged in literacy and numeracy sessions is the foundation for achieving better results in all learning areas. A liking for experimenting with magnets and the extra tuition offered by the Southern Cross University Science Department was graciously received by the Stage Two cohort at Tweed Heads South Public School. The conversations in class around what magnets can do, what they are used for and how they create magnetic fields have been astounding. Stage Two would like to take this opportunity to thank the Southern Cross University Science Unit for its preparation of resource materials and teaching and during a five-week period.

Term 2 | Week 4

NEWSLETTER Community NoticesLove Food Hate Waste Free Cooking Workshop

Are you a family of food lovers and keen to save up to $1,000 a year?

A free Love Food Hate Waste Cooking Workshop will be held at Murwillumbah ACE on Wednesday 18th May from 6.30pm to help busy parents reduce food waste, save money and eat well at home.

This free cooking workshop, run by Alison Drover, will provide practical tools and recipes on making the most of your food through healthy, nutritious menu planning and creative cookery with leftovers.

Bookings are essential:

sign up at www.newaste.org.au

The workshop is coordinated by North East Waste and Tweed Shire Council, supported by the Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less Recycle More initiative, funded from the waste levy.

Date: Wednesday 18th May

Time: 6.30pm – 9pm

Location of workshop: Murwillumbah ACE Murwillumbah Plaza, Shop 9 47 Main St Murwillumbah, NSW Australia

Booking: www.newaste.org.au

MUDO Martial Arts

Taekwondo every Saturday at Tweed Heads South Public School. Juniors 3:30pm - 4:15pm. Seniors 4:15pm - 5:00pm All Ages 5:00pm - 5:45pm Cost $5 per class. Ph 0400 223 056 for more information.

Aboriginal Program “Health Check” Next Monday and Tuesday (23rd and 24th May) an Aboriginal Education program review will be held at our school. Known as a “program health check” it is a little similar to the Dare to Lead Snapshot that we conducted in 2014. If you would like more information see Mrs Sherriff or Mr Reeson.What is MCE’s point-in-time ‘Health Check’?• A 1-day or 2-day visit by principal-experienced colleagues from MCE to help provide an independent, external picture of what is happening with your school’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education strategies and focus• A simple but powerful process of informal interviews and discussions led by MCE with your stakeholders (staff, leadership team, students, parents, community members) to find out what is working and what can be enhanced• The school receives verbal feedback as well as a written report safely relaying conversations, identifying your school’s strengths in this area and suggesting opportunities for enhancement• Where applicable, we offer practical, do-able suggestions and ideas, based on our wide experience across hundreds of schools.

Life EducationOur school will soon be welcoming Healthy Harold of Life Education to our school. The scheduled dates are Wednesday 25 and Monday 30, Tuesday 31 May and Wednesday 1 June. Look out for a information note coming home soon.

P&C News A massive thank you for supporting our Mothers Day stall. It was a great success.

Thank you to Kelly and Jenny or running it for us.

A reminder that our next P&C meeting will be Wednesday May 25th at 2pm in the Parents Room. Everyone is welcome!