Week 6 Principal’s Message “If you have a strong commitment to your goals and dreams, if you wake up every day with a passion to do your job, everything is possible.” Chantel Petticlere Values Assembly – Participation Last Friday, we held our first Values Assembly for 2020. I was very proud of all the students who were acknowledged for their wonderful effort in the value of active PARTICPATION in their school work, extra-curricular activities and application to learning tasks. Thank you, to Mr Smyth, Mr Mitchell and the tech team for the developing our new Student Copa News (SCN) channel which links to our value of Participation. Thank you to the school leaders and to Mrs Walters for organising this special assembly. Young Leaders Day On Monday 2nd March our Year 6 school leaders attended the Young Leaders Day at the National International Conference Centre Sydney with Mrs Woodham. They enjoyed a wonderful day with many inspirational speakers who presented at the conference. Scripture and Ethics Scripture and Ethic classes have now commenced and all children have been placed into their class for 2020. If your child wishes to change groups please send in a note to Mrs Woodham stating the changes. No changes can be made without written permission. Thank you for your cooperation. Thank you, to Mrs Woodham for her organisation of Scripture and Ethic classes for 2020.

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FRIDAY 6TH MARCH

K-2 ASSEMBLY 1.45PM

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P&C AGM 6.30PM

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YR 7 2021 PARENT

INFORMATION NIGHT

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Event Title FRIDAY 13TH MARCH

PRIMARY ASSEMBLY 1.45PM

Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews – Save the date! This year our parent/ teacher interviews will be held during Monday, 30th March to Friday, 3rd April. Our class teachers will schedule the times they are available. There will be opportunities for interviews to be held before school and late afternoon. These will be at the discretion of your child’s teacher. To help with the organisation of the interviews, this year we are again using the online booking system. A note will be sent home in the near future outlining how to access and log on to make a booking. Selective High School Placement Test The Selective High School Placement Test for registered Year 6 students will be held on: Thursday 12 March 2020 from 9:00am to 1:30pm. We would like to wish our Year 6 students the best of luck as they sit the test on Thursday 12 March for 2021. The allocated test centre for Copacabana students is: Terrigal High School Charles Kay Drive TERRIGAL NSW 2260 Duty of Care- Supervision/ Collection of Students at Home Time Parents are asked to inform the school about any changes to arrangements regarding who may or may not collect students from school. This applies particularly to younger students. In most cases a known parent, relative, carer or friend collects children from school day to day. It is requested that you inform the school by phoning the office, not through the REMIND app. Teachers endeavour to keep a check on which adults are collecting students but in the busy and congested time at the end of the school day, it is important that teachers have the correct information if they are any changes to normal pick-up routines. Staff Leave Mrs Woodham will be on Long Service Leave from Monday 9 March to Friday 20 March. Mrs Narelle Ryan will be teaching 5/6W whilst Mrs Woodham is on leave.

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SCHOOL PHOTOS

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K-2 ASSMEMBLY

Event Title SATURDAY 21ST MARCH

COPA P&C FETE

Event Title FRIDAY 27TH MARCH

VALUES ASSEMBLY K-6

(CO-OPERATION)

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SYDNEY NORTH SWIMMING

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News

Copacabana Community Support It is an incredible testament to the strength of our school and wider community that we can support each other during times of family challenges This has been most evident in support of the Fraser family. On behalf of the family, I sincerely thank you for the overwhelming support you have shown them in so many ways. Yours in education, Mrs Mary Hunt Principal

Kindergarten Primary Ethics @ Copa

Ethics classes aim to help children develop skills

of critical thinking and ethical reasoning.

Students learn to give reasons for their view,

listen to what other have to say and respectfully

disagree if their opinion differs.

We currently need a volunteer Ethics Teacher for

Kindergarten.

Classes are only possible with volunteers. If you

are interested please visit:

www.primaryethics.com.au

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From the Office….

School Contributions Each year we ask families to support their child/children by donating a small school contribution per child to the school. This voluntary contribution is tax deductible and is used to purchase much needed literacy, numeracy and technology resources for the school. Voluntary contributions can be made by cash, EFTPOS and Parent on Line Payment (POP) accessible via the school website. Early payment of voluntary contributions provides an opportunity for you to enter in the Early Bird draw to win a $50.00 voucher to spend at the school canteen or at the uniform shop. Payments need to be made by Friday 3rd April to enter the Early Bird draw to be drawn on Thursday, 9th April. Voluntary contributions for 2020 are as follows: $35.00 per child

$60.00 per family (2 or more children)

School Holiday Dates 2020

Autumn Vacation – Monday 13 April – Friday 24 April

Staff Development Day – Monday 27 April 2020

Winter Vacation – Monday 6 July – Friday 17 July 2020

Staff Development Day - Monday 20 July 2020

Spring Vacation - Monday 28 September – Friday 9

October 2020

No Staff Development Day for start Term 4

Summer Vacation – Thursday 17 December 2020-

Tuesday January 2021Staff Development Day –

Wednesday 27 January 2021

How can I encourage my child to write?

Read your child’s writing or have them read the

writing to you and comment on the positive aspects,

for example “I really like the way you’ve described

this.”

Praise your child for having a go at writing words that

are new and explain how to spell words, which are

causing difficulty.

Talk to your child about why an author or filmmaker

might create a book, play or film in a particular way.

What points of view are presented? What is the

author’s purpose?

In order to develop spelling and vocabulary, play

word games such as I Spy, Scrabble, Boggle,

Scattergories and crosswords.

How can I help with writing at home?

Have your child label things that he or she designs or

makes.

Compile a photo album or scrapbook with your child

and have them write captions for the photos and

pictures, or encourage your child to keep a diary of

special events e.g.: a holiday.

Build a climate of words at home. Go places and see

things with your child, then talk about what has been

seen, heard, smelled, tasted and touched. The basis

for good writing is good talk, and younger children

especially grow into stronger control of language

when loving adults – particularly parents- share

experiences and rich talk about those experiences.

Let children see you write often. You’re both a model

and a teacher. If children never see adults write, they

gain an impression that writing only occurs at school.

What you do is important as what you say. Have

children see you writing notes to friends, letters to

business firms, perhaps stories to share with the

children. From time to time, read aloud what you have

written and ask your children their opinion of what

you’ve said. If it’s not perfect, so much the better.

Make changes in what you write confirms for the child

that revision is a natural part of writing – which it is.

Be as helpful as you can in helping children write. Talk

through their ideas with them; help them discover

what they want to say. When they ask for help with

spelling, punctuation, and usage, supply that help.

Your most effective role is not as a critic, but as a

helper. Rejoice in effort, delight in ideas, and resist the

temptation to be critical.

Learning Support Team

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Welcome to our library news for 2020 There has been lots happening in the library, our lunch time “Lego Club” is very popular and our newly formed “Book Chickens Book Club” are writing and illustrating their own books which are displayed and shared with visitors to the library. Thank you Charlie Ryan for setting up this club! A great idea. There are lots more lunch time activities to do in the library, come along and check out what’s happening.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Students can access the site from school or from home, there is a link to the PRC website on the school’s homepage. The link below will also take you to the PRC site where children can use their password and username to log in. Students use the same username and password the children use at school to log into the computers at school. The Premier’s Reading Challenge opens for student entries on Monday the 2nd of March

https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

Happy reading everyone! Teacher Librarian Cathy Shearer

“The more that you read, the

more things you will know. The more that you learn,

the more places you’ll go’ Dr Seuss

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Sport Report

School Sport SCCPSSA Rugby League Trials Congratulations to Oliver McAnally, Cooper Rubagotti and Jake Kirkwood who were successful in making the SCCPSSA Under 11s Rugby League team. SCCPSSA Soccer Trials Congratulations to Imogen Tanti, Grace Rae-Banks and Summer Liufalani who were successful in making the SCCPSSA Soccer Trials team. Imogen and Grace were also successful in making the combined zone team that will now trial for Sydney North. Congratulations. Weekend Sport Central Coast Surf Lifesaving Championships Congratulations to the following students who achieved great results at the recent State Nippers Championships. Results will following in the next Newsletter. Oz-Tag State Cup Congratulations to Imogen and Grace who represented the Central Coast at last weekend’s Oz-Tag State Cup. Their team came 1st overall. State Champions - Well done! Swimming State Championships Congratulations to Summer Klein who competed at Sydney Olympic Park in the 11-14yrs classification events, finishing 4th in the final for Freestyle and 3rd in the final for Breaststroke. Well done! If anyone has any outstanding sporting achievements, please let Mr. MacDonald know as we would like to acknowledge them in the newsletter. Mr. MacDonald

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Awards

Values Education Assembly February Participation

Class

Student

KBP Alec Halter

KW Jude Eddey

K/1W Jordan Shelley

1ML Drew Champ

1/2C Jasper Lee-Smith

2A Frankie Kirkman

2M Oceana Correy

3/4A Robert Storey

3/4R Kye Guest

3/4S Axl Moore

4/5M Scarlett Kember

5/6F Matilda Burge

5/6M Callum Griffin

5/6W Coby Morrow

Awards

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3-6 Assembly Week 4

Class

Student

3/4A

Georgia Spare

Vince Blom

Frank Ferlazzo

Tia Sands

3/4R

Henry Campbell

Darcy Schwensen

Sienna Coleman

Levi Hazell

3/4S

Hamish Clark

Jye Ashton

Leila Vickers

Maya Taumata

4/5M

Marx Goucher

Leon Merven

Isabella Willey

Nalani Ingham-Maher

5/6F

Oliver McAnally

Matilda Risstrom

Jack Spare

Zoe Evason

5/6M

Leuwi Schaap

Jordan Thompson

Grace Rae-Banks

Josie Gray

5/6W

Anakin Kempster

Taran Tunnicliff

Roden Molyneux

Aiden Schwensen

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