Seaham Public School and P&C NSW

Phone: (02) 49886 234

Fax: (02) 49886 435

Email: seaham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.seaham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friday 14 February

Whole School Assembly

Tuesday 18 February

Surf Safe Years 4-6

Wednesday 19 February

Meet the Teacher’s Night

Wednesday 19 February

P&C AGM @7.30

Friday 21 February Zone

Swimming Carnival

Friday 7 March -item 3/4J

Whole School Assembly

Friday 14 March

School Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 19 March

School Cross Country

Friday 21 March

Harmony Day

Wednesday 2 April

Zone Cross Country

Friday 9 May

Wetlands Excur. Yrs 1&2

Friday 30 May

Swim Program Starts

Wednesday 14 May

Oakvale - Kinder

Friday 22 August

Teen Talk Year 6

5—9 September

Life Education Visit

18-19 September

Stage 2 Camp

5-7 November

Stage 3 Camp

Wednesday 3 December

Annual Presentation

Tuesday 9 December

Year 6 Farewell

SCHOOL NEWS

Term 1, Week 3

Principal’s Message Dates For Diaries

Due to enrolled children’s life threatening Anaphylactic Allergic reaction to all nuts

and peanut products, we would like to encourage families not to send these

products to school with their children. These include peanut butter, nutella,

sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars or any products containing

any type of nuts. We appreciate your support in this matter.

13 February, 2014

Welcome to another busy and rewarding

week at Seaham Public School. Our

classes seem very settled and all of our

students have settled in well to their

new class environment and routines.

Our teachers are looking forward to the “Meet The Teacher” evening next

Wednesday, 19 February. The first session will commence at 6.30pm and the

repeat session at 7pm. Therefore if you are late or if you need to attend more

than one session you will be able to do so.

Technology Update: The order has been placed for our new Smartboard in

the 2/3M classroom. Hopefully that will be up and running soon. That only

leaves 1B’s classroom without this technology. There is a portable whiteboard

there, however it is unreliable and not working efficiently. A Department IT

support person is booked to try and fix it or at least tell us if it can be fixed. I

will hope to have positive news about this soon. Work is almost complete on

the upgrade of our wifi network. When complete access to the internet should

be a lot faster and smoother for our staff and students. It will also allow us to

move forward with the purchase of a mobile class set of iPads.

Whole School Assembly: Our first whole school assembly will take place

tomorrow in the hall at 2.15pm. There will be no class item at this assembly.

3/4J will be providing the entertainment at our next assembly on Friday 7

March. Friday 21 March is Harmony Day, so watch out in the next few

newsletters for information about this special day.

Family Update Information: Yesterday our family update information was

forwarded home. There is an IT problem with these reports that some families

are aware of. We apologise for this. IT in Sydney have assured us that it is

being rectified as soon as possible. We would like to reassure our families that

information or phone numbers are never given out to any person without

permission.

Surf Safe: Our surf safe program is taking place on Tuesday. Numbers need

to be finalised tomorrow. If you are wanting to attend, please get your notes

and payment into the school tomorrow. If you have misplaced the note, please

see our web page under “Our School” for permission notes.

Canteen: The canteen will be closed on Friday 14 February for both

breaks. This day is unable to be covered by volunteers. If you are available

on Fridays for canteen your help would be appreciated. Cover is needed for

28th Feb and the 7th of March. Please contact Leanne cox on 0410320957.

P&C: Just a reminder that our first meeting for 2014 is 7.30pm on

Wednesday 19 February in the library. The Meeting will be immediately

following the “Meet the Teacher” Information sessions. The AGM meeting will

be first (approx 20mins). We then will get straight into our first meeting for

2014. We encourage everyone to come along and be involved in the P&C. New

members and new ideas are really important to the P&C and it's ability to

continue to offer the additional value and opportunities to the school and our

children.

Supercover: Yesterday our Supercover for 2014 were forwarded home to

families. It would be appreciated if the workbooks and technology fees could

be finalised before 28 March. Please remember that we offer payment plans to

our families to accommodate budgets. Thank you to those families who have

already paid.

Family Update Information: Family update information also was sent

home yesterday. It is imperative that you make any changes and complete the

forms to enable the school to have the correct information in case of

emergency. We thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Year Six Jumpers: We are needing to finalise the Year Six Jumper Order

by Wednesday 19 February. If you are wanting your student to have this great

memento, please get your order into the office. Payment can either be

finalised now or on delivery of jumpers.

2A Sport: 2A will be participating in infants and primary sport during Term

One due to the upcoming Athletics Carnival. This will enable those students

that are eligible to participate to practice for the events. Sports Uniform will be

required on both Wednesday and Fridays.

Staff Carparks: Just a reminder to families to please not park in the staff

carparks. It is a WHS Departmental Policy and your cooperation in this matter

is essential. This Policy is in place to ensure the safety of your children.

Lockdown Drill: I’m sure your child/ren came home yesterday with

stories about our lockdown procedure. This was our first drill for the year.

These lockdown and emergency evacuations are essential to enable us to be

well equipped if there is ever an emergency at Seaham Public School.

Asthma Plans: Asthma plans were sent home yesterday for our asthmatic

children who we have on file. If you did not receive a plan, please contact the

office.

Lost Property from Swimming School: We have some lost

property that was not claimed from the recent swimming school. If you are

missing a towel or pink rash shirt please contact the office.

Publication Consent: Enclosed with todays newsletter for Years 1-6 is

the publication consent form. Please complete them and return to the teacher.

This consent form is for our publication into our school newsletter, web page,

photos within the school etc. Please note that this is for school purposes only.

Kindergarten have already completed their publication forms for 2014 with their

enrolment.

Canteen Roster

Current Notes

Friday 14 February

Canteen Closed

Monday 17 February

Dannielle Turner

Renae Armitage

Alison Drew

Tuesday 18 February

Catherine Woodbine

Wed 19 February

Terri Walters

Alyson Hodgson

Thursday 20 February

Sandra Batchelor

Friday 21 February

Cassie McCumstie

Nat Meehan

Michelle Sciberras

Supercover Notes

Surf Safe

Years 4-6

Term 1

Canteen Roster

Canteen Routine

Canteen Price List

Canteen Changes Term 1

Year 6 Shirts

Due Back 19 February

2014 Classes

KL

Mrs Lawler

K/1S

Mrs Stewart M-W

Mrs Bartlett T-F

1B

Mr Barnes

2A

Ms Atchison

2/3M

Mrs Millburn

3/4J

Mrs Johns

4/5L

Miss Lowcock

5/6B

Mrs Bowman

5/6D

Mrs Dybell

Junior Boy: Ethan McCaw

Junior Girl: Emity Bridge

11 Year Boy: Jeremy Nunan

11 Year Girl: Dallas Johnson

Senior Boy: Jay Scholes Delmege

Senior Girl: Abbey Marks

2014 Swimming

Champions

Newsletter Briefs:

School Swimming

Carnival: The Seaham

Public School Swimming

Carnival was held last

Thursday at the Clarence

Town pool and proved a

fantastic success. All

children who attended

had a great time and

should be congratulated

for their participation and

excellent behaviour. The

Winning House of the

Swimming Carnival was

Fisher. Well done! I

would like to thank the

teachers and parent

helpers who made this day an enormous success.

Students who qualified to participate in the Port Stephens Zone

Swimming Carnival on Friday 21st February at Lakeside Leisure

Centre Raymond Terrace will be notified shortly.

Many thanks

Deb Bowman

House Relay Winners

Junior Girls: Warren

Junior Boys: Fisher

Senior Girls: Dixon

Senior Boys: Fisher

Zone Swimming Team

Jay Scholes Delmege, Ethan McCaw,

Amber Sullivan, Dallas Johnson, Abbey

Marks, Eden McCaw, Emity Bridge, Lex

Shillington, Isis Sullivan, Cody Hancock,

Jeremy Nunan, Jordan Murphy, Shelby

McNaughton, Rhianna Brooker, Archie

Lilley, Kye Andrews, Amber Sullivan and

Bridie Holloway

Homework and study planning: Most children find planning easier to understand when they have a visual representation of their day or week in front of them. Help your child learn to manage their daily tasks and responsibilities with this weekly s c h e d u l e t e m p l a t e . Weekly schedule template: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/homework-tips/weekly-schedule-t e m p l a t e S c h o o l ’ s b a c k : Life seems to go from zero to 100 during the first few weeks of school. These parents have pooled their years of experience to bring you some suggestions to make the rest of the year run more s m o o t h l y . G o o d l u c k ! Back to school checklist: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/planning-for-the-future/back-to-s c h o o l - c h e c k l i s t L e a r n i n g t o r e a d Learning to read is hard work and can be frustrating at times for parents and their kids. Watch the video to hear what these public school teachers have to say to help, with quick tips on how to make it easier. Learning to read: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Om77mluKU&feature=share

Congratulations Fisher.

5/6D & 5/6B Photo Gallery

Here are some images of 5/6D & 5/6B.