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WEEK 2ASSEMBLY AWARDS STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KS Alexis Jones Rihanna Beamish Mia Ryan-KerrKH Skye Drazevich Quinn Butler Amira Georgopoulos

1TM Kallan Aitken Laylah Hall Zak Karnowski

1/2B Jaycob ManningKeira Lee Withyman Elora-Dannyn Walford-Paull

2S Cameron Smith Caitlyn Gallagher Nicholas Thomsen2/3R Lucy Warren Riley Ford Sinbad Hanney3/4A Lilly Tichy Laikyn Drew Jordan Argiridakis3/4D Isaac Sammons Zara Palfi James Wood5/6F Amy Makin Mackenzie Evans Letisha Davis5/6M Lucy Neal Dakota Allen Kalaye Lees

WEEK 3ASSEMBLY AWARDS STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KS Alexis Jones Charlotte Turnbull Max PringKH Arwyn Partridge Tristan Metcalf Brooklyn Shepherd

1TM Zyron Barrance Jet Higgins Tuiaulia Taula1/2B Jaycob Manning Lily Grant Benjamin Georgopoulos2S Noah Eastwood Cameron Smith Rebekah Reeves

2/3R Lucy Warren Emmalee Lobb Matilda Avis3/4A Liscinda Marshall Luke Bowden Jasmine McNair3/4D Daniel Hooke Brayden Galea Caitlin Stewart5/6F Amy Makin Emma Larkham Jack Jones5/6M Jamie Graham Hayden Palesy Rochelle Beamish

15 February 2016

It has been a very busy start to the year. Thank you to all of our parents who have been attending our morning musters and Friday assemblies. It is wonderful to see so many families showing an interest in our school. Tonight we have our first P&C meeting for the year that will be held in our School Community Room. Please feel welcome to come along and join a dynamic group of people, working together for the betterment of our school.We are all looking forward to our Swimming Carnival tomorrow. Many of the kids have been working hard to make sure it is a fun day for all. We will be holding a Special Swimming Presentation Assembly on Thursday, 25 February at 2:05pm. Please add this to the school calendar.

P&C MEETING Our first P&C meeting for the year will be held in the School Community Room on Monday 15th February at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

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Each year we ask families to support their child/children by donating a small school contribution per child to the school. This money is tax deductible and is used as a fund to purchase much needed literacy and technology resources. For us to continue to provide quality literacy and technology resources, we would appreciate your support.School Contribution as follows:

1 child $202 children $403 or more $50

School contributions can be made to class teacher or front office.

HOMEWORK Rationale Homework enhances and reinforces the learning and development of students. It encourages and supports parental involvement in student learning and fosters and reinforces the development of home/school partnerships.

Aims To establish regular patterns of homework and to develop sound working habits in each student To provide interesting and stimulating homework activities designed to enrich, extend and/or reinforce concepts already learned at school To provide an opportunity for parents to become involved in their children’s education, to be informed as to the curriculum content being covered at school and to have an indication of the level at which their children are achieving To support students in the development of skills, knowledge and concepts according to their own stage of development Teachers are responsible for reviewing the homework of each student in an agreed upon timeframe and are to provide feedback Special homework may be arranged on request for children absent from school due to illness or vacations Activities, for infants, may include: research and collecting resources for use in class; Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 sight words/spelling words and reading. For Primary: drill of tables and spelling; reading, writing activities, handwriting practice, news reports, research and collection of resources Maths activities would directly relate to work previously or currently being undertaken

Recommended Time Use (daily) Kindergarten 5 - 10 minutes Year 1 and Year 2: 10 minutes Year 3 and Year 4: 20 minutes Year 5 and Year 6: 30 minutes Parents Please Help • Take an active interest in your child's homework • Support your child in setting aside time for homework/home study • Provide a dedicated place for homework which is preferably quiet and free from distractions

David Ireland - Principal

KS Wow! What a great start to kindergarten your children have had. Congratulations to Paige for receiving our Participation Award and Thea for receiving our Fairness SCHOOL SECURITY – 1300 880 021

Award. The students are becoming settled very quickly and are quickly getting used to the routines of big school. We have been practising doing groups and look forward to all of the parents/grandparents that have offered to help out with groups. Literacy groups begin this week and are really busy times in kindergarten. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you to everyone who had brought in tissues, wipes and glue sticks. Could you please label your child’s glue stick as they will keep it under their desk. In reading we have been focusing on one-to-one correspondence. The best way to practice this concept is to point your index finger under each word, in a left-to-right progression, as you read to your child. Your child will start to model this reading behaviour, and begin to make that "see and say" connection. When your child is reading their home reader, have them use their index finger to point under the words as they are reading.  This simple technique will enable your child to become a more fluent reader!Home reading seems to be going well and I am so impressed with how everyone’s crisp finger pointing is going. Don’t forget to jot the book read in the home reading diary. You may wonder why there is a highlighted line in the home reading diary. This is just my record for keeping count of how many nights your child has read (just in case a diary gets lost). This week we have been learning the words ‘a’ and ‘am’. This week we will be learning ‘my’ and ‘is’, so if you’d like to practice these words at home, that would be great. We have also been learning to read by ourselves by sitting down and reading the pictures. If you have any of the following items at home which are no longer needed, could you please send them in?

Cardboard tubes (paper towel or wrapping paper tubes) Paper bags: lunch size & grocery size Cardboard boxes: tissue etc Styrofoam trays Newspaper & Magazines Large & small boxes and lids (shoe

boxes) Yarn, ribbon or string scraps Plastic containers (margarine, yoghurt

etc.) Baby food jars Paper cups (foam or paper) Milk bottle lids Wrapping paper & wallpaper scraps Corks Old pasta-assorted Felt or fabric remnant pieces

If you have any queries or concerns, please don’t hesitate to see me. Have a great week. Michelle Shaw

KH The children are all settling well and enjoying class activities. It is a very exciting but challenging time. The children were very tired by the end of SCHOOL SECURITY – 1300 880 021

last week, but still kept working hard. Congratulations to them all. Rest assured any crying does stop when we go into the classroom and begin our routines. Thank you to everyone who came to the information session last week. We hope you feel more informed about things at Tuggerawong. If you have any more questions don’t forget to ask. Thank you also to those who have remembered tissues or wipes. They will come in very handy in the classroom. We are going to start groups this week, so if you have volunteered to help please come along at the time you nominated. All are most welcome. Volunteers need to sign in at the office and then come to the classroom.Homework and Home Reading have begun and the children were very excited to hand in their work. Home Reading Logs go home Monday, readers changed every day, but reading logs only need to come back on Friday. These will be given back to the children on Monday. Books they read over the weekend can then be updated in the diary. Reading every night earns them awards. Remember one entry per day.In reading we are working on pointing to every word as we say it and return sweep to the beginning for the next line of text. Children need to bring their blue plastic folder or similar every day please. Children really enjoyed Dancing with Buddies on Tuesday. They are making lots of new friends amongst their classmates to play happily in the playground with their peers.Children should have brought home their Licence Cards letting you know how they have been behaving. All have made a great start, so you can congratulate them, sign their card and return it, if you haven’t already done so. The usual routine is that they will go home Friday for parents to sign and are returned Monday. Thank you also to the parents waiting at the COLA and silver seats. We will continue to try to bring the children to the silver seat area at bell time. Children can become anxious when they start to hear the noise from the parents gathering outside the rooms, so by waiting further away the children can relax to pack up ready for home, and we can avoid some of the congestion and chaos outside the rooms and office. This keeps the children safe. Have a great weekMrs Hurley- Class teacher

1/2BHi everyoneI hope that everyone has settled well into the school year and all of our students are happy in their new class. We have started getting used to our routines and the students are becoming more confident in following the tasks that have been given to them.Thank you to all of the parents who attended the afternoon information session last week. If you would like a copy of what was discussed, please ask your child to collect one and I will send it home with them. This week in 1/2B we will have parent volunteers starting. Please remember to sign in and out of the office when you help out. If you are interested in helping out during groups or assisting with sight word changing/reading with students please see me. Your help is greatly appreciated!In our class, the students are working towards earning Dojo points to put on their ‘Brag Tags’. When students earn points, they receive tags to show everyone the good work that they have been doing. Check them out next time you pick up your

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child so that they can brag! Also, you can send in your email address to me, if you’d like to see how they are going with their Dojo points at home.Students have started taking home readers home and should be reading these each night.If you have any questions please pop in and see me.Thanks - Mrs Stephens

1TMWelcome to Week 4! We have been so impressed with how well 1TM have settled into our classroom routines, well done! In Maths, we have been learning about “friends of ten”, using tally marks and this week we are learning about length and numbers that make 20. It was great to see so many parents at our information session. If you were unable to attend, notes have been sent home with your child.It was great to see so many students return their homework and home reading on Friday. This week students will be talking about their pets and next week about their favourite food. Have a wonderful week and please do not hesitate to come and speak with us if you have any questions or concerns.Mrs Towns and Mrs Melvin

STAGE 2Well done Stage Two on a great start to the term! It is so lovely to come to school each day to pleasant, well mannered, hardworking students. Keep up the great work!A big thank you to all the parents that attended our information sessions last week. It was a pleasure to meet you all and we are looking forward to a fantastic year with your child. We know that time is precious so we thank you all very much for taking the time out to attend. We would also like to thank you all for taking the time to cover your child’s school books. We are also looking forward to our swimming carnival on Tuesday, 16 February at Wyong Pool. Students are encouraged to come dressed in their house colours with lots of sunscreen, their hat and sunglasses. We are urging all students to jump in the water, participate and most importantly have fun! Your child would have also received information about Stage 2 Active Education Camp last Friday. Just a reminder that in order to secure numbers and confirm reservations we will need a deposit of $50 to be paid to the school by Wednesday 24th February, 2016. The cost of the excursion is $240 for the Camp (accommodation, activities, meals and transport). Please do not forget to send your payment card in with your child’s payments. You have the option of paying the total cost for the excursion up front or making individual payments on or before the due date specified. You can also choose to make smaller payments at different dates.Please ensure that your child has enough lead pencils, a ruler, glue sticks, sharpeners and erasers. It is important that students have the right equipment each day so they are organised for each lesson.Please do not hesitate to make a time to come and speak with us if you have any questions.Have a great week,Miss Anderson, Mrs Day and Mrs Ryder

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week’s information afternoon. If you were unable to make, do not hesitate to call or come in for a chat before or after school. Wednesday is not ideal due to teacher staff meetings in both the morning and afternoon. Important Dates this fortnight:

Tuesday, 16 February – School Swimming Carnival Wyong Pools. Please be at school promptly at 8:45am.

Wednesday, 24 February – Wadlaba High School Information evening Monday, 29 February – National Young Leaders Conference Sydney Tuesda,y 1 March - Premiers Debating Workshop Wednesday, 2 March – Wallarah Zone Swimming Carnival

Mr McNally, Mrs Farnworth

Monday, 15 February - P & C Meeting 7.00pmTuesday, 16 February -Swimming Carnival

Wednesday, 2 March - Zone Swimming Carnival

Last Day Term 1 - - Friday, 8 April

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING- PBLExciting News! Tuggerawong Public School are in the process of reviewing current school wellbeing practices and we will be implementing Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) into our school this year. In order to continually improve the manner in which our school operates, we have revised and are beginning to implement changes to our school wide expectations and consequences which are used in the classroom, in the playground and when representing the school.

What is PBL?Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a whole school program that actively promotes positive behaviour. It enables students to develop a clear understanding of required expectations, become responsible for their own behaviour and work together to create a positive, productive and harmonious learning community. Our school-wide expectations for students are Respectful, Responsible and Personal Best.PBL is a data driven program. Therefore, what we learn from the data, such as, specific inappropriate behaviours which we need to address, effects what we do throughout the school in PBL. A PBL committee meets on a fortnightly basis to organise the implementation of PBL and review data. Each week, the school will have an area of focus that involves explicit teaching and support of positive behaviours. Teachers and students will participate in lessons that involve discussion, role-play and reflection.Background InformationPBL has been adapted from the Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program developed in the USA. The Regional Director of WSR and the Regional Leadership Team, though impressed by the PBIS model, recognised that its focus on behaviour support needed to include overt emphasis on learning in order to appeal to WSR schools. This regard for learning builds on the NSW Department of Education's Quality Teaching framework (2003).How does PBL operate in schools?PBL operates as a systemic umbrella for a broad range of programs in schools, including values education, anti-bullying, learning support teams, and Priority Schools and Priority Action Schools programs. The elements of this model can be applied across all years of schooling, K–12, and all curriculum areas. The process employs coaches that provide a localised connection between the schools and the Region. The coaches help participant schools transfer learning experiences in training sessions into practice in the schools. Coaching is essential in the PBL process to increase transfer of learning in the areas of needs assessment, evaluation, systems development and action planning.PBL TEAM Our PBL Staff team leading this initiative are: Mrs Kate Day (Assistant Principal), Mrs Belinda Stephens, Miss Kell’ee Anderson and Mrs Katie Sturgess. As part of this initiative the school works at ensuring that consistency in the wellbeing of children exists.We are very excited about the upcoming changes and will keep you informed as our journey with PBL begins! Kate Day - Assistant Principal

DANCE GROUPSSenior & Junior Dance groups held their auditions last week & permission notes where handed out last week to selected students.

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After School practices will begin this week with the Junior Dance group rehearsing on Mondays from 3-4pm with Mrs Ryder and the Senior Dance group with Mrs Burckhardt on Tuesdays from 3-4pm in hall. We are also looking for some parent volunteers to help with making & creating the costumes for both dance groups. If you are able to help, see Mrs Burckhardt is the Library Mon- Wed afternoons.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Lauren Ryder & Sandra Burckhardt

BOOK CLUB All bookclub orders are due this Wednesday, 17 February 2015.

UNIFORM SHOP 2016 Uniform Shop hours - Wednesdays from 8.45am – 9.15am.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS 2016

Students in Years 3-6 have the opportunity enter the 2016 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Aus. This group of tests developed by EAA, University of NSW, are the largest external schools assessment programs available in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region. The assessments provide extensive independent evaluations of skills, knowledge and understandings in many KLA’s. Students receive individual feedback. The competitions are offered in the subject areas of:

Digital Technologies Science Writing Spelling English and Mathematics

If you would like your child to enter, please indicate which competition/s on the form below and return to your child’s class teacher. Entry forms must be returned to school before the competition closing entry date and please include payment to cover the cost of the competition.Students entering competitions will receive a reminder a few days prior to the competition sitting date.

Sue Hurley - Co-ordinatorInternational Competitions and Assessments for Schools

Entry Form- 2016

Student’s name: _____________________________ Class: ______________SCHOOL SECURITY – 1300 880 021

Please tick Subject

Closing date for entry to all

competitionsICAS sitting date Cost

Digital Technologies

Friday,1st April

Tuesday, 17 May $8.00Science Tuesday, 31 May $8.00Writing Monday, 13 June $17.00Spelling Wednesday, 15 June $11.00English Tuesday, 2 August $8.00

Mathematics Tuesday, 16 August $8.00

I have enclosed the amount of $______________ Signed:________________________________ Date:______________________

P & C FUNDRAISINGFundraising meeting:

WHEN: Wednesday, 17 FebruaryTIME: 12.00pmWHERE: Canteen

We will be discussing this year’s events. All welcome

MOTHER’S DAY STALL – as it will be approaching very quickly we are asking for any donations. Must be new items please.

STUDENT BANKING

BANKING DAY WILL BE EVERY THURSDAY COMMENCING 18 TH FEBRUARY. PLEASE PLACE BANK BOOKS IN CLASS SATCHELS PROVIDED.

Win a wildlife family adventure holiday to Australia Zoo!

This year School Banking is giving students the chance to win a family trip for up to two adults and three children to explore Australia Zoo and meet Bindi and Robert Irwin.

Students who make 15 or more School Banking deposits by the end of Term 3, 2016 will be automatically entered into the draw. This is another great way to motivate students to save regularly and reach their savings goals.

If you would like to know more about School Banking program parent information packs are being distributed to each child.

We will be holding an Account Opening Day at our school:

Time: 2pm – 3.30pm Date: FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARYLocation: SCHOOL HALL

If you are interested in opening a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account for your child please bring along your current driver’s licence or another form of photographic identification. Identifiation is not required for children

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enrolled at Tuggerawong. Please bring birth certificates for non school age children. No money is required on the day to open accounts.

Canteen - Phone Number: 0487 100 154

2016 - TERM 1 - CANTEEN ROSTERMonday15/2/16

Tuesday16/2/16

Wednesday17/2/16

Thursday18/2/16

Friday19/2/16

Fred Simpson Margaret Simpson

Lindal Penman

Olivia Burke Shikah Vij

Monday22/2/16

Tuesday23/2/16

Wednesday24/2/16

Thursday25/2/16

Friday26/2/16

Lindal PenmanNicole Vella

Lindal Penman

Olivia Burke Bec Argiridakis

Monday29/2/16

Tuesday1/3/16

Wednesday2/316

Thursday3/3/16

Friday4/316

Lindal Penman

Olivia Burke Shikah Vij

*****Any parents who would like to volunteer for canteen is more than welcome to pop in and learn the ropes. Even if someone is rostered on we need more helpers.If you can help please fill out form below and return it to the front office or pop in see Bron or Kylei to add your name to volunteers list.

CANTEEN HELPERS: New helpers would be most welcomeName & Phone Number MON TUES WED THUR

SFRI

TUGGERAWONG PUBLIC SCHOOL OOSH NEWSLETTER!Welcome back everyone what a wonderful start we have had to 2016. We would like to say a big welcome to our new families and our big Kindy’s

they have both settled into Oosh so well. This first week has been a busy one, introducing all of our new friends. During an orientation for a new family to Oosh, we got lovely feedback from a parent stating that our service feels like home. It was so nice to hear, and we like to thank that family.This week we have accomplished so much, we have completed our fairy and vegetable garden, Rhiannon and Ash created a responsibilities chart for the children to contribute to during the afternoon routine with responsibilities such as watering the garden, setting the table of afternoon tea, tiding the craft cupboard etc. the children have responded really well to this and are getting back into the Oosh routine.We have been brainstorming some ideas for our next sustainability project we will be looking into the Henny Penny incubation lab to have at our service. We will keep you all updated on this.SCHOOL SECURITY – 1300 880 021

The children have been completing a questionnaire stating their likes of Oosh and what they would like to add into our daily program such as Cooking and more electronics.If you have any inquiries about our service please don’t hesitate to call us on 0402799490, we still have positions for both before and after school care.

Coastal Valleys Region Girl Guides invite you to

Come and Try Guides! Wyong Shire Girl Guide Units (Budgewoi, Toukley, The Entrance, Wyonga, Tumbi, Wyong, Ourimbah)

For girls aged 7-10 and 10-14 yearsLeadership opportunities for women 18+

Guides enjoy challenging and fun program of indoor and outdoor activities: games, leadership, life skills, craft, special interest badges, cooking, camping, community awareness and events

For information on the location and available meetings in your area Contact local Manager, Rhonda …. rxm55@bigpond.com

or Region Membership Advisor at helenEG2@live.com.au

Visit our website www.girlguides-nswact.org.au to find out more about Girl Guides HAVING FUN TODAY - LEADING THE WORLD TOMORROW ..

SCHOOL HOURS:School starts 9.00 am (supervision is available at 8.45 am)Lunch 11.00 am to 11.55 am (children eat in a supervised area for 10 minutes)Recess: 1.55 pm to 2.15 pmSchool Finishes: 3.00 pmOn occasions children may need to be brought to school before 8.45am. Between 8.30am and 8.45am there is minimal supervision available. Students should not be at school before 8.30am as there is no supervision available.SCHOOL SECURITY – 1300 880 021

TERM DATES 2016Term 1 Thursday, 28 January – Friday, 8 AprilTerm 2 Wednesday, 27 April – Friday, 1 JuneTerm 3 Tuesday, 19 July – Friday, 23 SeptemberTerm 4 Monday, 10 October – Friday, 16 December

Staff Development Days: Wednesday, 27 January Tuesday, 26 April Monday, 18 July Mon/Tues, 19/20 December

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