Principal – Mr Jason Tindall Lombard Street Coolongolook NSW 2423

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From the Principal’s Desk

Almost holidays again and how the term has flown! It really has been a great start to 2019 at our school and I look forward to working with the school community during Semester 2. On Wednesday June 19, I was lucky enough to travel with our students to this year’s Small School Athletics Carnival in Tuncurry. The children competed against students from Barrington, Stratford, Bungwahl and Krambach schools. It was exciting to have so many children telling of their success at the various events. Great sportsmanship was once again displayed and we should all be very proud of our school’s second place finish. This carnival really was another great example of why ‘Small schools are great schools’. Well done everyone! This week at our school, students have celebrated NAIDOC week. This year, the National NAIDOC Committee invites all Australians to join with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a movement of the nation for a better future. Under the theme – Voice, Treaty, Truth, it is suggested that we work together for a shared future. We have a number of exciting activities planned during the week so we hope to see you at our school. A big thank you to the parents and carers who completed our recent homework survey. As a staff, we are now evaluating our homework procedures and making decisions on what activities will be included during Term 3.

COOLONGOLOOK PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TERM 2 WEEK 10, 2019

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Congratulations to the children who received their Silver award at the NAIDOC assembly on Tuesday. These students should be extremely proud of their efforts in reflecting our school PBL expectations of Safe, Respectful and Switched On. A big thank you also to Mr Steve Brereton who assisted with the ‘Smoking Ceremony’. A full list of student names who received their Silver award can be found in this newsletter.

Best wishes to Mrs Hall who will be relieving as the Senior Administrative Manager at Hallidays Point PS next term. They are lucky to have her working at their school and I’m sure she’ll do an amazing job. In Mrs Hall’s place during this time, we welcome back Mrs Jenny Loveday. We look forward to working with her during Term 3.

Finally, can I take the opportunity on behalf of the staff, in wishing the families of all students at our school a safe and relaxing winter break. School resumes on Tuesday July 23. Jason Tindall Principal

CALENDAR TERM 3 WEEK 1 (22-26 JULY)

Monday SDD Term 3 Tuesday Students return to school Wednesday Thursday Friday Breakfast Club, Library

TERM 3 WEEK 2 (29 JULY – 2 AUGUST)

Monday Canteen Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Zone Athletics Carnival, Breakfast Club,

Library

TERM 3 WEEK 3 (5-9 AUGUST) EDUCATION WEEK

Monday Canteen Tuesday Education Week Assembly Wednesday Thursday Friday Breakfast Club, Library

Assembly Awards

At our NAIDOC Assembly on Tuesday July 2, our students received the following classroom awards, Bronze and Silver awards and Aussie PBL awards: Aussie PBL Awards – Term 2 Congratulations to our Aussie PBL students for Term 2. Brock Griffis K-2 and Jasleen Kaur 3-6

Above: Brock Griffis and Jasleen Kaur Bronze Awards Congratulations to the following students who received Bronze Awards in Term 2. Donovan Cornish-Walsh, Shae Coupland, Edward Hartridge, Darlene Pacey, Jesse Chapman, Shane Cornish-Walsh and Myla Ede

Above: Jesse Chapman, Myla Ede, Darlene Pacey Absent: Donovan Cornish-Walsh, Shae Coupland, Edward Hartridge and Shane Cornish-Walsh

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Silver Awards Congratulations to the following students who received Silver awards in Term 2. Kaiden Brooks-Glover, Brooke Callaghan, Brock Griffis, Isabel Griffis, Jacarla Murray, Natalie Roberts, Xavier Thoroughgood, Jordin Cole, Delilah Hartridge, Chloe Roberts, Jayde Roberts, Hallie Sabo and Jasleen Kaur.

Above: front row Brock Griffis and Jasleen Kaur. Middle row Jayde Roberts Xavier Thoroughgood, Isabel Griffis. Back row Chloe Roberts, Jacarla Murray and Jordin Cole Absent: Kaiden Brooks-Glover, Brooke Callaghan, Delilah Hartridge and Hallie Sabo

K-2 Awards Ayva Elms – PBL Award for improvement in the playground Seth Johnson – Mathematician Award for great problem solving in class Brock Griffis – Reading Award for consistent reading in class Isabel Griffis – Writing Award for improved vocabulary in writing

From left, Brock Griffis, Isabel Griffis, Seth Johnson and Ayva Elms

3-6 Awards Jasleen Kaur – Reading Award for continued improvement in reading Jesse Chapman – Writing Award for amazing sentence writing Myla Ede – Mathematician Award for a more focused approach to her maths Thomas Chapman – PBL Award for being a kind and considerate student

From left – Jesse Chapman, Jasleen Kaur, Thomas Chapman and Myla Ede

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P&C News

The Year 5/6 students held a Crazy Hair Day on Friday June 21. They did an amazing job of colouring the other student’s hair and everyone looked sensational. Thank you to Kelly Ede for donating the hairspray and accessories. The students raised a total of $46 towards their Canberra excursion. Kelly Ede and Kriss Thoroughgood will be meeting with the Year 5/6 students to discuss future fundraising ideas to assist them in going to Canberra. Please keep your eye out for events and fundraisers in Term 3. Our recent McJenny’s canteen day was a great success with a total of $155 raised. Thank you to Jenny for cooking the students and staff yummy burgers. Congratulations to the students for their amazing efforts at the athletics carnival, WELL DONE. It is fantastic that 7 of our students have made Zone and it was great to see everyone in their sports shirts, you all looked amazing. We can now officially announce that our Defibrillator is housed at the BP service station and is available to the school and community, 365 days a year, 16 hours a day. This has been a great community fundraising project and will benefit the community as a whole. CPR Training will be held July 22, if anyone is interested in taking part in this training, please contact Lisa in the office.

Above: Kriss Thoroughgood (Vice President), Lisa Hall (Secretary) and Jason Tindall (Principal)

The P&C Committee is always happy to welcome new members, your opinion and ideas matter. Our next meeting will be July 30 at 2pm, we hope to see you there. Finally the P&C would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holidays and we look forward to a fun and exciting Term 3. Kriss Thoroughgood Vice President NAIDOC Week

Students have enjoyed some great activities at this week’s NAIDOC celebrations. There has been storytelling, craft activities, cooking lessons, Indigenous food tasting, along with the Coolongolook Indigenous Games at Friday sport (weather permitting). We have also been lucky enough to have Bulahdelah Central School Indigenous Dance Group visit. The students saw them perform indigenous dance, sing indigenous songs and play indigenous games on the oval. On Tuesday afternoon Steve Brereton joined us and performed a smoking ceremony which was a great experience.

Above: Steve Brereton with students and staff

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Above: Steve Brereton performing a smoking ceremony

Above: Mrs Donnelly with Brooke Callaghan, Darlene Pacey, Donovan Cornish-Walsh and Jesse Cornish, tasting Indigenous foods such as Kangaroo, Crocodile, Barramundi, Bush honey with ginger and damper and lemon myrtle yogurt

Above: Ms Rose with Year 2 students, Isabel Griffis, Jacarla Murray, Ayva Elms and Darlene Pacey making damper

Above: Student dot painting on ceramic tiles with Chaplain Nathan Hanley

Above: Bulahdelah Central School Indigenous Dance Group

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Above: Bulahdelah Central School students Kleon Reid (Year 2) Shavenah Reid (Year 3) and Taylah Tassell (Year 6)

Crazy Hair Day

On Friday Junne 21 our Year 5/6 students ran an event to help raise funds for the Canberra Excursion in Term 4. The students enjoyed getting Crazy Hair Dooz and Year 5/6 students raised $46.00 towards the excursion. Well done guys!

Above: Brock Griffis, Ellijah Smith and Xavier Thoroughgood

Small Schools Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all students who participated in the Small Schools Athletics Carnival on Tuesday June 12. Coolongolook placed 2nd overall, just missing first place by a very small margin.

Photos below show our Junior Girls Relay Team who placed 2nd, our Junior Boys Relay Team who placed 2nd, and our PP5 Relay Team who placed 4th.

It was great to see our parents and carers at the event to cheer the student on in their events and we all looked sensational in our new sport shirts.

Above: from left Jacarla Murray, Darlene Pacey, Chloe Roberts and Jayde Roberts

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Above: from left Seth Johnson, Jesse Chapman, Shane Cornish-Walsh and Thomas Chapman

Above: from left Shane Cornish-Walsh, Chloe Roberts, Jesse Chapman and Jayde Roberts

Good luck to the following students who have qualified for Zone Athletics which will be held on Friday August 2 @ South Street Oval Tuncurry. Notes will go home with students in Week 1 next term.

• Darlene Pacey – 100mtr Sprint • Jacarla Murray – 100mtr Sprint • Jayde Roberts – 100mtr Sprint & 200m Sprint • Chloe Roberts – 100mtr Sprint • Myla Ede – 100mtr Sprint • Shane Cornish-Walsh – 200m Sprint & High Jump • Jordin Cole – 200m Sprint

Communities for Children (Mission Australia)

Communities for Children is an Australian Government funded service supporting families with children aged 0-12 years. Communities for Children aim to support parents to raise healthy children, giving them access to early learning opportunities and supporting them to make a good school transition. We do this by funding a whole range of services across the community. Those services include antenatal support programs, parenting support programs, supported playgroups, post-natal depression support programs, autism spectrum disorder support groups, domestic violence support programs, parent education and training and fun family activities.

If you’re struggling with the challenge of raising your children or would simply like more support, you can give Mission Australia a call and we can support you to find and access the supports you need, either through Communities for Children or other service providers across the community.

For more information contact:

Bree on 6539 2002 or Pauly on 6539 2003