Athletics Carnival – Friday, 20 JuneMake sure you book it in your diary to come along and support the children in their athletics carnival events. Events will get underway soon after the class rolls are marked at 9am.

Everyone from Preschool to Year 6 will be participating and we’d love you to join us. The canteen will be in full swing at the carnival. Lookout for the BBQ and lots of other goodies. This will be one of our “Red Days” where special treats may be sold.

Children are asked to wear house colours (t-shirts or polo’s – no singlet or bare midriff tops) joggers must be worn in all track events. Please ensure children have their water bottle and hat (especially if sunny).

Sports House colours and mascot are:

Burbi Red Koala

Gwondo Blue Dolphin

Jugarah Green Pelican

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY● Monday, 16 June to Thursday, 19 June Life Education● Monday, 16 June AECG Meeting - Kingscliff Public School● Thursday, 19 June P&C Meeting● Friday, 20 June Athletics Carnival● Tuesday, 24 June NAIDOC Assembly

NAIDOCNAIDOC week will be celebrated in our school during Week 9 (Monday 23 to Friday 27 June) of this term. It is a special celebration and marks the outstanding contributions of Indigenous Australians to our community.

This year’s NAIDOC theme is Serving Country and aims to recognise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women who have served our country during times of conflict.On Tuesday 24 June we will conduct a NAIDOC assembly and flag raising at school. This ceremony will begin at 9:15am and we invite all of our school community to attend.

On Wednesday, 25 June the Yarn Up group have planned a day of activities. All students will have the opportunity to absorb Indigenous culture through workshops in dance, music, art, storytelling and crafts. During the day parents can join with students for a picnic style lunch and observe some of the activities. It will be a day of celebration.

On Thursday, 26 June our Term 2 Excellence Assembly and reward activity will be held in the hall with the assembly commencing at 9:15am.To wind up the week and the term, on Friday 27 June a sport and games day has been planned to engage the students in a number of traditional Indigenous games.

We hope to see as many parents as we can come along to these activities and to celebrate NAIDOC week at Tweed Heads South Public School.

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Ivan -Shining Star Award

Kiala -Citizenship

ShININg STAR AWARDSTerm 2 Week 7Shining Star Award Ivan 2-3GCitizenship Kiala 2-3GSportsmanship Charlie 1-2N

The Arts Rihanna KCEnglish Maya K-1WMaths Leahlani 3-4DScience and Environment Sophie KCHSIE Vanessa 5-6B

NSW PSSA Rugby League Classic Shield Knockout and ‘Legends of League’ ReportOn Thursday, 19 June, our Senior Rugby League team will be travelling to Lennox Head to play rugby league against Lennox Head in the 4th round of the NSW PSSA Rugby League Classic Shield Knockout.

Our team has been training very well and playing great rugby league of late. The team will be travelling to Lennox Head by bus and will leave Tweed Heads South Public School at 9.00am. The team will return back at school at approximately 2.15pm.

We know that the game against Lennox Head will be a tough encounter. We are looking forward to the clash. We won last year against Lennox Head on our turf in the 4th round and the boys will need to stay focused if they are to win away from home.

The team looked very impressive winning two of the three games that they played on Wednesday, 11 June at South Tweed Ovals in the ‘Legends of League’ Gala Day contest. The boys were strong in attack and punishing in defence. Noah played very well and made sure that the other players stayed in their positions on the field. Nathaniel played very well his first game and has cemented his spot in the team.

Tweed Heads South Public School also sent our Junior Rugby League team to the ‘Legends of League’ Gala Day and the boys did not let their followers down. They were in devastating form on the day under the guidance and expert coaching of Mr and Mrs Hicks. The team played four games and crushed their opposition in all four games. Bayden was the best and fairest player in our team and led his team well while Shayden continues to score numerous tries each time he plays. Shane scored an excellent try running 50 metres through the centre of the field. He was strong in attack and defence.

All of the players were very well behaved as usual and had a great day representing Tweed Heads South Public School playing rugby league to the best of their ability.

Mike Donnelly and his colleagues from the ARL organised the carnival and did a great job. The referees and medical staff were very efficient.

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The canteen staff of South Tweed’s Juniors Rugby League Club also did an excellent job supplying enough food and drinks for everyone. The groundsmen kept the fields in great order during the day.

Our boys are beginning to use the rugby league skills that they have practised and mastered in training. Great work boys! These players have been playing together for a while now and are putting their combinations together. Many thanks to Mr Taylor and Mr Nicholls for giving up their time to train the boys at school leading up to rugby league commitments.

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Preschool NewsWhich tree has the biggest girth?

This is the question that preschool investigated last week. We learnt that when we measure a trees, ‘girth’, we are talking about how thick or ‘round’ the tree trunk is. We used our bodies to measure the girth of the trees in the playground. The tree with the biggest girth was 8 children.

Yoga Fun

We enjoyed our second and final Yoga session with Miss Jo last week. Some of us were so relaxed during relaxation time that we fell asleep!

Healthy Harold

We are looking forward to our visit to Healthy Harold this week! We have been reading the big book ‘The Magic Lunch Box’ during language time and we can’t wait to tell Healthy Harold everything we know about packing a healthy lunch box.

Tweed Heads SouthSoccer StarsOn Tuesday, 10 June, 28 students represented Tweed Heads South Public School at Arkinstall Park for the PSSA Soccer Gala Day.

All students played their best demonstrating teamwork and sportsmanship. Unfortunately the boy’s team were defeated in both games by Cudgen and Centaur Public Schools and the girl’s team achieved one win and one loss to Banora Point.

Well done to all students’ involved. A great effort!

Life EducationThat wonderful character Happy Healthy Harold is on his way to Tweed Heads South. Along with his helper Nicole, Healthy Harold will be here to deliver his message about staying safe and being healthy.

The Life Education Van will be at school from Monday, 16 June to Friday, 19 June will programs to teach our students about safe living. These programs are the followed up with a series of lessons in the classroom that complement our Personal Development and Health programs. It is especially important that all students attend the Life Education van. A permission note with all the details about the visit was sent home on Tuesday. Spare copies available from the office.

Marcelle Bernard Practise practice! That was just one of the many messages that Marcelle Bernard delivered to the students to help them to overcome their fears of public speaking.

In an energetic, enthusiastic and engaging performance, Marcelle took the students on a journey to demonstrate the skills of speaking in public. Marcelle had many anecdotes from being very nervous to talk in public as a child to now making a living out of speaking in public. The students responded well and were enthralled for the entire performance. They left feeling inspired for when it is their time to speak in public.

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Future LearnersAs the teacher librarian my focus is well stated in the following quote from the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, December 2008: “All young Australians will become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens.”http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.Teacher librarians actively engage in leading and demonstrating the use and application of action research to secure data to inform decision making for the future development of our school learning community.

Being a teacher librarian and managing the library involves:• Asking questions and recommending future actions• The school library adds value to the teaching and learning program of the school.• School library programs improve student achievement and learning outcomes.• Teacher librarians embrace new models for interacting with learners using 21st century technology.• Teacher librarians deliver inclusive, whole school digital literacy programs

As we introduce and use more technology, Teacher librarians:• Provide equity of access to a range of digital resources and technologies.• Demonstrate expertise in using technologies for information creation, storage, retrieval, dissemination, organisation and communication.• Respect and adhere to guidelines and laws for intellectual property and fair use of information in a school setting.• Model the attributes of a responsible digital citizen.• Support teacher colleagues in exploring creative and innovative ways to use technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning, and• Use technologies to support problem solving and creative thinking by encouraging colleagues to set assignments that advance students’ skills in using technologies to access information and to create and design products that demonstrate the students’ understanding of the content.

Adapted from ASLA (Australian School Libraries Association) http://www.asla.org.au/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/2013-ASLA-futures-paper.pdf

Damien Taylor - Assistant Principal