PBL Focusing on the core value SUPPORTIVE

PBL Award Evie Fox, Zara Steers, Talarah Berrell,

Braxton Aworth, Letrell Allen, Sadie Nicholls, Connor Hilton and Naomi Maybury

Important Dates to Remember Term 1 2020

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.”

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Term 1 Week 4 Wednesday 19th February 2020

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Casey Kelly

P & C Executive President: Rebecca Pollard Vice President - Vanessa Johnson Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Monday 24th February - Playgroup Thursday 27th February - Assembly by 4/5B, item 3/4L Friday 28th February - Clean up Australia Monday 2nd March - Playgroup Monday 9th March - Playgroup Monday 9th March - NRMA Bus Safety Program Monday 16th March - Playgroup Tuesday 17th March - P & C Meeting, AGM 6pm

Gold Awards Braxton Aworth, Tyler Robinson,

Abby Hogg, Sadie Nicholls and Audrey Maher

Silver Awards Arla Dines, Chadrick Lang, Briley Moss, Ella Dwyer,

Hope Sichter, Lachlan Keen, Mason Russ,

Nikita Flemming and Sadie Nicholls

* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page). Please email or send into the office a copy of the online receipt. If payments are made online signed permission notes must still be returned to the front office.

* Voluntary contribution fees can be paid at the front office or online. They are $50 per year per student.

Library Borrowing Days KL - Mrs Lawrence - Thursday K/1M - Miss Magann - Thursday 1/2B - Miss Booby - Friday 1/2S - Miss Semmler - Friday 3/4L - Mrs Lulham - Tuesday 3/4W - Miss Warden - Tuesday 4/5B - Miss Bennett - Wednesday 5/6K - Miss Kelly - Wednesday

All students must have a library bag to borrow books to take home.

Thank you Mrs Dunn and Mrs Chegwyn

Elijah Sams - Trying hard to produce his best work Thomas Capel - His beautiful neat tracing and bookwork Grace Hamer - A settled start to kinder and being helpful in the classroom Tyler Wilkinson - A settled start to kinder and doing neat work Koby-Jay Lang - Excellent effort in writing Edward Sipple - Demonstrating creativity and persistence in writing tasks Briley Moss - Active participation in class discussions Ciara Cwach - Her participation during class discussions Ava Moxon - Her ‘can do’ attitude during writing tasks Lilly Cook - Her excellent narrative and use of paragraphs Dustyn Swadling - An excellent effort in weekly writing task Jack Gee - Showing great persistence in dance Charlie O’Neill - Great work in weekly task Mykayla Edwards - Excellent effort in all tasks Johnathon Cook - Consistent effort in Mathematics Phoebe Vernon - Excellent effort in Thursday’s ‘Big Write’ Charli Hogg - Always striving for a personal best in all areas of learning Joseph Lulham - Outstanding effort in ‘Think it, Write it’ workshop William Jones - Wonderful sportsmanship in stage 2/3 games Coby Hobden - His mature approach to learning in Year 6! Keep in up. Angela Baker - Working mathematically with complex problems Arian Hope - Demonstrating improved confidence in Mathematics

Breakfast Club will again be providing toast and juice to all students in 2020. It will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Mrs Kate Blinman Breakfast Club Organiser

School Banking Thursday

Weekly Awards

Message from the Front Office

Weekly Bronze Awards

Breakfast Club

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.

Library

All the best to our students competing in the Tamworth Zone Swimming carnival this Friday at Scully Park. It’s always an exciting day racing against students from other schools for the opportunity to compete in the North West trials. Thank you to Mrs Lulham and Miss Magann for your organisation and support of our students. Go Kooty!

This week we inducted our students elected to the Student Representative Council and House Captain positions. An induction ceremony is always special for our students and families. Thank you to our families who were able to assist on the day in the ceremony. Your presence is always greatly appreciated and valued. Congratulations students.

There are still some outstanding permission notes from families that Kootingal Public School requires to ensure we understanding the wishes of our families. The notes are Authority to Publish, General Permission Note, Internet User Agreement and Update of Information. Mrs Dunn is contacting families until they are completed and submitted. If you have concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

This week was our first P&C meeting for the year. It was lovely seeing so many new faces interested to hear about our school and how they can be involved. Thank you to all the parents, both new and existing, who were able to attend this meeting. At this meeting, I tabled the new Student Use of Digital Devices and Online Services policy for Kootingal Public School. This policy was recently released by the department and Kootingal Public School adjusted its policy to align with it. This policy promoted a lot of discussion about technology and its use. The P&C gave it’s endorsement to the policy. This policy will be uploaded to our school website with a link posted to our Facebook page. If you require a hard copy, please contact the school to arrange for a copy to go home with your child.

At the meeting we also discussed the alternate girls summer uniform. Images, as well as samples, will be available for viewing soon. It is advised by the P&C and uniform committee members that our families come in to view and feel the proposed uniform materials as they are quite different in texture and weight. We will inform our community once the samples have arrived.

This week, our djembe and didgeridoo programs with the Tamworth Conservatorium of Music commenced again for the 2020 school year. These programs are fully funded by our Equity funding. Our Year 2 students were humming along nicely with their drumming patterns. Keep up the great work!

Kootingal Public School will be holding Clean Up Australia Day on Friday 28th February 2020. Children can bring their own gloves if they would like, or gloves will be provided. Permission to participate in this activity is covered by the General Permission Note parents signed at the beginning of the year.

This week saw Kootingal Public School teach our second core value, Supportive. At our Monday afternoon assembly, students easily identified ways in which to be supportive, even if it was at the expense of Mrs Cracknell. The language of our core values are evidenced in our everyday practices. Students are aware and acknowledge our core values and whole school expectations as we talk about them everyday. Keep up the great work Kooty!

Below is our scope and sequence for Term 1.

Week 4 Core Value - Supportive

Week 5 Core Value - Effective Learners

Week 6 Five Whole School Expectations - Follow teacher instructions SAFE (follow teacher instructions) - Emergency evacuation procedures

Week 7 Five Whole School Expectations - Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself

Week 8 Five Whole School Expectations - Report issues immediately to a teacher SAFE (follow teacher instructions) - Lockdown procedures

Week 9 Five Whole School Expectations - Accept consequences

Week 10 Five Whole School Expectations - Show concern for others

Week 11 Lesson based on termly data review

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

PBL News

Clean Up Australia Day

The Canteen is open on Friday. If you are able to spare a couple of hours to help, please let Mrs Kelly Rankin or the school know. Thank you.

Term 1 Treetop Savers rewardsWhen your child makes 10 deposits with School Banking, they can redeem one of our Treetop Savers rewards. Term 1 rewards are available now, while stocks last.

Terry Denton’s Activity Book

Mini Soccer Ball

School Banking newsletter.CommBank Bushfire SupportIn light of the recent devastating bushfires, we want to share how we can help. Applications are now open for Bushfire Recovery Grants to help rebuild community facilities, schools, fire brigades and replace lost or damaged equipment. Please encourage your local community groups to apply by 31 March 2020, for grants of up to $50,000. If you’re a CommBank customer and you’ve been affected, we can also give you a hand with your finances. commbank.com.au/bushfirerecovery

Term 1 update.

Any questions about the School Banking program? Ask your School Banking Co-ordinator for a parent’s pack or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

*Parents of Australian primary school children, School Banking Research, conducted by Fiftyfive5, May-June 2018. Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124

Answer: Activity 1: $18. Activity 2: 10 Frogs and 11 Butterflies

2020 Treetop Savers Adventure.This year, the Dollarmites (Pru, Addy, Spen, Lucas and Pat) are ready to take children on a Treetop Savers adventure to the enchanted Treehouse of Savings. Here they’ll discover lots of fun financial activities and rewards for saving. Many surveyed parents think it’s important to make learning about money engaging and to reward good saving behaviour*. And this year, we’re changing our School Banking rewards for the better. We’re introducing new eco-friendly and reusable rewards, alongside other rewards that encourage creativity, as well as indoor and outdoor play.

Activity 1: Add up Addy’s pocket moneyAddy gets $2 pocket money every time she does a job in the Treehouse of Savings. If she does 9 jobs, how much will she have earned?A: $______.Activity 2: Find and count how many frogs and butterflies you can seeA: ______ Frogs and ______ Butterflies.

Canteen

Canteen Menu Term 1

Cheese Pizza $2.80 Ham & Cheese Pizza $3 Cheeseburger $4 Chicken Burger (cheese, lettuce & mayo) $4 Meat Pie $4 Sausage Roll $3.50 Chicken Nuggets

• Pack of 3 $1.50 • Pack of 6 $3

Ham & Cheese Toastie $2.50 Chicken & Cheese Toastie $2.50 Cheese Toastie $2.30 Milk

• Chocolate $2 • Strawberry $2

Popper • Apple $1 • Tropical $1

Tomato/BBQ Sauce 30c each Other items available for sale during 1st break are:

• Chips 50c • Quelch – 99% fruit juice 50c

All orders must be on a clearly labelled lunch bag with the student’s name and class.

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Kootingal Public School Positive Behaviour for Learning

What is Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)?

PBL is a consistent and user friendly school-wide system of support that helps define, teach and support appropriate student behaviours, creating a positive school environment.

PBL at Kootingal Public School

Core Values

We have 3 core values that underpin the teaching and learning at Kootingal Public School. We value Safe, Supportive and Effective Learners and encourage students to uphold these values to a high standard.

Positive Rewards System

We have a school-wide behaviour system that recognises and encourages positive behaviour. Students receive a PBL Bronze award and House Points for displaying the correct behaviour and these contribute to students' overall award system and the House Points Competition.

Weekly Lessons

Students participate in weekly school-wide lessons that focus on a specific behaviour that is determined from data. There is a weekly focus area and this aligns with the behaviour matrix.

Whole School Expectations

Kootingal Public School upholds 5 whole school expectations no matter the place or situation. They are evident across our school in all areas and form the basis of our expectations.

They are:

� Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself

� Follow teacher instructions

� Accept consequences

� Reports issues to teachers immediately

� Show concern for others

For more information contact

Kootingal Public School Denman Ave Kootingal NSW 2352 kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PEEL HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 7 SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL OPEN DAY

Parents and Guardians of students currently in Year 6 (2020) who are interested in our Year 7 Selective Class for 2021 are invited to attend our Open Day to share our vision for the future.

The Open Day is for both Year 6 students who plan to sit for the Selective Schools Test on March 12 and for mainstream students. The morning will feature information, a tour of the school facilities, information about class size and structure, curriculum, scholarships and you will also learn about the unique opportunities available to the selective class.

Peel High School is the only co-educational school within a 100 km radius of Tamworth that is part of the state Selective School’s Network.

Refreshments will be provided by our Hospitality students and staff.

Please come along 9.30am - 12 midday Saturday, March 7th 2020

Please RSVP by February 28 to assist with catering via the Peel High Facebook page or by contacting Kristen Miller or Lyn Stevenson on 67657088 or email Kristen on kristen.miller1@det.nsw.edu.au