Sydney Street, PO BOX 91, Huskisson NSW 2540

T 02 4441 5074 F 02 4441 6220 huskisson-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Principal’s Message

Term 4 Week 7 19th November 2015

WE ARE PROUD TO ACKNOWLEDGE

ABORIGINAL

PEOPLE AS THE TRADITIONAL

OWNERS

OF THESE LANDS AND WATERS

Diary Dates Friday 20th Nov * Junior Gala Day Super 8s * Jump Rope for Heart paper sponsorship form due Tuesday 24th Nov VHS 2016 Y7 Purchasing night 4:00pm to 5:30pm Thursday 26th Nov * In2Uni - Y5/6 visit to UOW - Shoalhaven * 2pm Assembly - K and K/1 Friday 27th Nov Family Disco Carnival 5pm to 8pm POSTPONED till 4th Dec

Glenn Sansom

Principal

Wow! What an awesome week it has been! On Monday we

had the Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange Program

come and performed for us. Unfortunately I was at Kiama

P.S at a Principal’s meeting, but staff, students and parents

were all in high praise of our visitors. Ann Sudmalis MP was

here to enjoy the afternoon as the program is a federally

funded initiative. On Wednesday we started the day with the

follow up to the Public Speaking and debating workshop

held at Vincentia H.S. Students who attended this workshop

learnt further skills in the art of public speaking and debat-

ing. Pam Barling who ran the workshop is returning next

week to run another workshop for our Year 5 students who

may be interested in running for a student leader’s position

in 2016. Also on Wednesday the tennis sessions continued

despite the challenging heat. In the afternoon we had the

Jump Off for Jump Rope for Heart. It was a great afternoon

This morning the Carlingford H.S performing ensemble

arrived and entertained our students for a solid hour. They

were not only highly entertaining; they were educational and

at times very amusing. Tomorrow we have our Years 3 and

4 participating in the Junior GALA Day – Super 8’s at

Sussex Inlet. It will be hot, so ensure your child has plenty

of food and especially fluids. Slip, Slop, Slap! The school

will be taking shelters for shade.

It goes to show you how Public Schools provide many rich

and broadening opportunities and experiences.

INTRODUCING OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Recently interviews were held to fill the newly created

Assistant Principal Position. The successful candidate was

Mrs Greta Lewis from Artarmon P.S. Mrs Lewis comes

with a range of experiences from schools in the Riverina

both small (56 students) and medium sized (300 students)

and her current very large (1200 students) city school. We

warmly welcome Mrs Lewis to Huskisson Public School.

CLASS TEACHER POSITION

Yesterday the school due to our increasing numbers this

year advertised a class teacher position on the NSW

Teach NSW job site. It will be advertised for 2 weeks

before interviews will be held.

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KIDSMATTER INITIAL SURVEY RESULTS

Top 6 what parents want to know more about:

1 Dealing with bullying

2 Children’s mental health and wellbeing

3 Managing challenging behaviour

4 Cyber safety

5 Building resilience and parenting information

6 Healthy family relationships and separation

Surveys indicate:

* Staff, students and parents were overwhelmingly

positive about HPS having a positive school

community.

* The majority of the school community was

represented (more than 70%).

* Perceptions of staff and student relationships

were positive in both K-2 and 3-6.

* Peer relationships and feeling safe – 3-6 indicat-

ed this was more of a concern than K-2,

however both areas had overall positive feed-

back.

* Friendships K-2 quite strong, indicating they

were happy with peer relationships. 3-6 over-

all happy, although there were a very small

percentage of students who felt they didn’t

have wide friendships. Almost all students

indicated they had the capacity to help a friend

in need.

* Immediate action – finalise and publish anti-

bullying policy on website. Promote current and

accessible information about Kids Matter via web-

site, newsletter and Facebook.

Another initiative arising from the survey results will be

the introduction of Y-Brave to the school. This will be

an integral component of our anti bully curriculum. A

comprehensive overview is below. I’d like to thank Ali

Goodwin for bringing this idea to the school after

recognising how well it would fit in with KidsMatter.

Y-B.R.A.V.E

Be Respectful and Value Everyone

Y-B.R.A.V.E is about promoting healthy relationships and targets students in stages 2 & 3 in primary schools. Participants will learn skills to minimise harm and develop resilience. YWCA NSW delivers the pro-gram presenting workshops on: Resilience, Bullying, Cyberbully, Cyber safety and Protective Behaviours.

Y-B.R.A.V.E specifically addresses the issues that young people face throughout their formative years and equips them with an understanding that will ena-ble them to make informed decisions about present and future relationships. Y – B.R.A.V.E - Stage 2 and Stage 3, aligns with the following Strands in PDHPE: Growth and Development, Personal Health Choices, Safe Living and Interpersonal Relationships

Y-B.R.A.V.E has delivered the program since 1996 to over 54,000 participants. This success and the inter-est received from schools have encouraged YWCA NSW to deliver presentations to local public schools in the Shoalhaven area, assisting participants to gain valuable knowledge in maintaining healthy relation-ships leading into their future.

Y-B.R.A.V.E Outcomes

Participants raise their awareness of respectful

relationships.

Participants increase their knowledge and under-

standing of rights and responsibilities in relationships.

Participants increase their skills in recognising

and assessing risk.

Y-B.R.A.V.E is presented by trained YWCA NSW facilitators. Flexibility has been built into each module of the program in order to ensure that content is cul-turally relevant and age appropriate. It is funded by YWCA NSW.

Learning Objectives

Resilience

* Participants demonstrate an understanding of

resilience.

* Participants can identify different emotions and

the body language associated with different

emotions.

* Participants develop techniques for reframing

negative thoughts about difficult experiences

into positive thoughts.

* Participants develop skills that will assist them

to build a strong foundation of resilience that

will enable them to ‘bounce back/forward’

from a difficult situation.

* Participants demonstrate an understanding of

empathy.

Bullying

* Participants demonstrate an understanding of

bullying and generate examples of bullying

behaviour.

* Participants generate strategies for dealing

with bullying behaviour.

* Participants develop an understanding of how

someone might feel when being bullied.

* Participants realise the negative effect hurtful

words can have.

* Participants gain an understanding that there

are many reasons why people are bullied and

none are justified or fair.

CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen will be open next week

Wednesday 25th November

Thanking you, Canteen Managers

Huskisson Public School

Before and After School Care

Operating hours

Mon - Fri

7:30am - 8:30am

3pm - 5pm

Casual positions available daily - if an

emergency occurs during the day please

contact the office on 44415074

Class teachers will make sure your child

is sent to After School Care.

Huskisson P & C Association

PLEASE NOTE: NEW DATE

FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER 2015

5PM - 8PM

FAMILY DISCO CARNIVAL

All members of the community are welcome

This event will be held in the school grounds

Lots of activities for all

CAN YOU HELP WITH RAFFLE PRIZES?

If you can assist with the donation of prizes for our

Family Disco Carnival which will be held next month, or

you know a local business who might help, please

contact Tracy Warnecke on tel. 0410 304 945.

Likewise if you can volunteer to help on the night,

please call Tracy also.

Thanking you, Huskisson P & C

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Cyberbullying

* Participants gain a greater understanding of

what cyberbullying is.

* Participants begin to understand how big the

internet is and how quickly information can

travel.

* Participants gain an understanding of the

laws on cyberbullying and what risky behav-

iours are on the internet.

* Participants gain an understanding of the long

term effects cyberbullying can have on an

individual and practice skills learnt.

* Participants demonstrate an understanding of

strategies to use for safe online use.

Cyber safety

* Participants will have an understanding of

what cyber safety is.

* Participants understand that there are online

risks and are shown techniques to minimise

those risks.

* Participants have the opportunity to make

safe choices in regarding situations such as

opening attachments and emails; using the

internet and searching online, safely using

chat rooms and internet etiquette, the dan-

gers of uploading photos.

* Participants will review what to do when faced

with risks, and who to go to for help.

Protective Behaviors

* Participants explore what safe looks and feels

like.

* Participants look at how their inner voice con-

tributes to their safety.

* Participants learn about situations that may

be harmful to them.

* Participants develop an awareness of poten-

tially unsafe situations.

* Participants identify a safety network.

* Participants develop their own network.

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LIBRARY NEWS

This week was the last one for borrowing.

All books need to be back as soon as possible.

If you have lost a book or damaged it, please let

us know.

Stocktake is about to start.

Thanking you, Mrs Hanson and Mrs Clark

IMPORTANT DATES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

NOVEMBER:

TUESDAY 24TH VHS BOOK PACK & UNIFORM PURCHASING 4 -5:30PM

THURSDAY 26TH YEAR 5/6 VISIT TO UOW-SHOALHAVEN

FRIDAY 27TH FAMILY DISCO CARNIVAL( NOW 4TH DECEMBER)

(postponed due to organisational complications)

DECEMBER:

WEDNESDAY 2ND # LEADERS SPEECHES (in the morning)

# YEAR 6 MINI FETE 1:10 - 2:55pm

THURSDAY 3RD # TASTE OF HIGH SCHOOL Year 7 2016 at VINCENTIA HS

# 2PM ASSEMBLY Kinder and Kinder/1

FRIDAY 4TH # TASTE OF HIGH SCHOOL Year 7 2016 at VINCENTIA HS

# FAMILY DISCO CARNIVAL 5:45pm

MONDAY 7TH YEAR 6 FAREWELL DINNER

THURSDAY 10TH TALENT QUEST

TUESDAY 15TH PRESENTATION ASSEMBLY 5:45pm

WEDNESDAY 16TH LAST DAY OF TERM (for students)

TALENT QUEST

THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER

Auditions will be next week

Mr Vidler will be advising of day and time

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Thank you Huskisson Public School for your participation and support for Jump Rope For Heart.

The latest tally of money raised is $2800. Our target was $1000 so we well and truly beat that.

Paper sponsorship forms and money are due in tomorrow so they can be processed and prizes organised

by the end of the year.

The Jump Off day was a huge success and it was great to see everyone wearing red. We were impressed

by the skipping skills you demonstrated after learning and practising them since the start of this term.

Keep skipping!

Mrs Raymer, Mrs Brooks and Mrs Wilson

Jump rope for Heart coordinators

Colouring In Competition winners were

Millie Kinder

Georgia Kinder/1

Kaeden 1/2

Thor 2/3

Nikita 3/4

Samantha 5/6

The Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange Program came and performed for us

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART JUMP OFF

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YEAR 5/6 RECIPE BOOK

This book will include recipes and ideas for school lunches and the cooking

class’s recipes.

The books will be $5 each.

If you wish to buy one or more please send in money and how many you require

in an envelope with your name to Mrs Domazar’s class, Year 5/6.

Thanking you.

Very Veggie Fried Rice was our delicious recipe this week.

Our cooks were Luke, Eryka, Atali and Jaiden.

Herbs and spring onions from the school’s garden and the

eggs from our hens were used.

VISIT FROM CARLINGFORD HIGH PERFORMING ENSEMBLE

SHOALHAVEN FOOTBALL CLINICS

Shoalhaven Football will be conducting school holiday clinics in January

at the following venues:

(Ages 5 - 13 years)

Shoalhaven Heads: 14th and 15th - 9am to 12 noon Cost $70

South Nowra: 19th and 20th - 9am to 12 noon Cost $100

All enquiries mjonno1@bigpond.com.au or 0488 034 500