NEWSLETTER Term 1, Week 10

Friday 5th April, 2019

Seventh Avenue, Llandilo NSW 2747

Tel: 4777 4124 Fax: 4777 5085

Email: Llandilo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.llandilo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Our Vision

Community and School in a partnership of mutual trust and respect, to ensure all students will thrive as learners, leaders and responsible, productive citizens.

PBL Values

Respect Responsibility Personal Best

PBL Focus -Playground

I play where the teacher can see me

I put my rubbish in the bin

I sit on the seats until I have finished my food

I return sports equipment I have borrowed

I play safely on the fixed equipment

School Staff 2019

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Ms Wilson (AP) Amazon

Miss Crammond Bondi Beach

Mr Fox Kakadu

Miss Cockburn Fraser Island

Mrs Goss Loch Ness

Mrs Warren Great Barrier Reef

Ms Bryce Broome

Mr Basso Yosemite

Ms Harris Daintree

Mr Vella Colosseum

Mrs de Kretser (AP) Everest

Miss Wilson New Caledonia

Ms O’Connor (AP) Serengeti

Miss Cole Sphinx

Principal Mrs Getley

DP / IL Mrs Cotsford

Mrs Waugh

Library Mrs Caloia

Support Mrs Sheens

Mr Farrugia

Mrs Chapman

RFF Ms Sant

Miss Huang

EAL/D Ms Laws

Counsellor Ms Begg

SLSO Mrs Elmer

Mrs Olsen

Mrs Marsh

Mrs Carroll

SAM Mrs Williams

SAO Ms Sherwood

Mrs Wheeler

GA Mr Kitchin

School Security

1300 880021

What’s coming up . . . . . . Mon 8th April Healthy Harold

Tue 9th April Healthy Harold

Stg 3 Anzac Service - Penrith

Wed 10th April Healthy Harold

After School AFL Clinic

Thur 11th April Healthy Harold

Fri 12th April Easter Hat Parade 9.30am

Last day of Term 1

Students return for Term 2 on Tuesday 30th April. School ANZAC Service - Wed 1st May @ 11.30am

REMINDERS

Healthy Harold notes and

money are due

If you haven’t brought back

your medical note, please do

so ASAP

Spare notes as well as canteen and uniform

price lists are available from the front office .

Follow us on Facebook for daily updates and

reminders.

@LlandiloPublicSchool

Easter Hat

Parade Our Easter Hat Parade is being held on

Friday, April 12th at 9.30am. Seating will be

available for parents and extended family who

wish to join us. Children can wear mufti and

come with an Easter hat, crazy and colourful hat

or crazy hair.

Our amazing Easter raffle will be drawn

throughout the parade. Tickets can be

purchased in the morning before school on

Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th and Thursday

11th April.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

I cannot believe that we are almost at the end of Term 1. It seems like only a few weeks ago we were still

coaxing our new little people into classrooms at the beginning of the day. Now our Kindy rooms are

bubbling with learning. I was even told by a student today, that she had named her Barbie doll

‘Mrs Getley’ – what wonderful imagination and insight into the inner soul.

Last week, our Year 3 and 5 students sat the NAPLAN on-line trial run. This was conducted to so that, as a

school, we can test the functionality of our resources before the real NAPLAN kicks in next term. I am

pleased to announce that all went well, everything worked, including the fickle wifi, and we are ready to

go. We have purchased 30 more Chrome books so that two groups can undertake the test

simultaneously. This will enable us to get through the program in a shorter time frame.

On this note, each Chrome book came with a laptop bag, which we do not need as we store and charge

them in a specially designed trolley. If you would like one of these bags, we are selling them for a $20

donation each. They are good quality HP brand and of course, never used. Please contact the office for

more information.

This week we start our Life Education lessons. This is the first time that the mobile van has come to us

for many years. There’s always a bit of excitement when we see Healthy Harold’s home camped in the

front yard. A timetable has been sent home to let you know when your child will be attending.

Our PBL and anti-bullying day was a bit hindered by the weather but we still managed to get through the

activities. The highlight was a whole school photo with the signed anti-bullying message - LEGENDS SAY

NO TO BULLYING. It was a bit tricky getting it all in, but creativity and determination won through in the

end. The key message for students was – be an upstander not a bystander, and use NO-GO-TELL. For

parents, we ask that you contact the school if you feel something is not quite right, so that inter-

vention can be put in place early.

Last newsletter, I put out a call for any receptacles you may have at home that have the potential to be

recycled and re-used into a plant container. Since then, we have had one response of a donation of some

tyres – thankyou to that person. So what do you have down the back of your property that is an ugly

duckling waiting to be transformed into a swan? Perhaps it’s the innards of an old washing machine or

dryer, or maybe a laundry sink, or a tinny that’s full of holes and would sink to the bottom if you put it in

the river! We’ll happily take anything that does not pose a danger to our students and we can paint and

fill with soil! The possibilities are endless…….

Yours in learning

Deborah Getley

In Sphinx with Miss Cole and her legendary Year 5 and 6 students… We have been focusing on learning different strategies to help us solve multiplication problems. Each of us has now picked the strategy that we like the best. We have been working our brains hard by doing math talks.

In Literacy, we have been working hard to complete our daily activities to develop our knowledge and skills in grammar, vocabulary, writing, reading, spelling and comprehension. We have been learning all about our class landmark and the country where it is located, which has inspired lots of our art and writing.

We are all looking forward to the rest of the year and enjoying what will be the last year of primary school for some of us. Thanks for reading about our class!

LEARNING LINKS – CYBER SAFETY

If you have been following our Facebook page, you

may be aware that there has been a large focus on

“Number Talks” throughout the school. This arose from the participation

in Early Action for Success (a Department of Education initiative) and the

Building Numeracy Leadership project which was undertaken by Mrs

Waugh, Miss Crammond and Mrs Warren. Number talks are designed to

pose mathematical questions to students and have them consciously

think about what they know, how they will solve the question and the

strategies they use to solve it. Number talks are designed to enhance

student ability to solve maths mentally and expose students to a variety

of strategies.

If you are interested in developing your understanding of number talks

and the changes that have occurred in the teaching of mathematics,

there is a free course available to everyone (adults and children) through

Stanford University entitled “How to learn maths”. The course looks at

really important information on the brain and learning with new evidence

on the ways to approach and learn maths effectively. The link for the

course is below

https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Education/EDUC115-S/Spring2014/

about

If you are looking for websites to support your child’s learning of mathe-

matics, the following sites may be of benefit:

https://www.prodigygame.com/

https://www.coolmathgames.com/

Please note that it is recommended that parents continue to check these sites as content can change.

In Llandilo’s Garden Our gardens are starting to grow! The 3-6 interest group planted fresh veggies at the start of the term and they have been busy looking after them. The oranges are growing, hopefully they will be ready to pick soon.

Llandilo

Legends

Congratulations to our Llandilo Legends for February.

KINDY - Chloe Amazon YEAR 1 - Nicholas Fraser Island

YEAR 2 - Candy Broome YEAR 3 - Zephaniah Colosseum

YEAR 4 - Zak Yosemite YEAR 5 - Kyesha Serengeti

YEAR 6 - Eloise New Caledonia TEACHER - Mr Vella

Principal’s Award Chantelle - Colosseum Mannon - Everest

Dario - Loch Ness Mackenzie - Loch Ness

Sisilia - Everest Eloise - New Caledonia

Dakoda - Great Barrier Reef

School Banner Felicity - Serengeti Massimo - Everest

Sienna - Colosseum

Teacher Feature

Mrs Jacqui Goss

Where did you grow up? Penrith

What was your favourite subject in school? Math

Best childhood memory : I went camping a lot as a child. Once a

goanna tried to steal our watermelon. We chased it around the tent. I still

can’t recall who won the chase.

Favourite book / movie / TV show when growing up? Harry Potter

Favourite book / movie / TV show now : Harry Potter - Some things

never change!

Favourite Sport to play / watch : Quidditch - yes it is a real sport! I

have been to the British Quidditch Cup, Australia won in 2019.

Favourite Colour : Orange and purple

Favourite music / band / musician : I like all types of music.

Favourite place to go on holiday: London and the Harry Potter studios

(I’ve been twice).

What do you like doing with your family and friends? Reading, playing

games, having BBQ’s, camping.

What do you like doing in your quiet times by yourself? Reading

If you could be anything, what would it be? A teacher

In your opinion, who is a ‘legend’? Marie Curie

Why? She never gave up and always did her personal best. She was

the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

What advice would you give your 10 year old self?

Follow your dreams.

Sweaty Brain Challenge

Tricky Can you solve this riddle?

Trickier Can you solve this riddle?

Roden went to a pet shop. He bought 15 gold fish, 7

blue fish and 3 packages of fish food. How many fish

did he buy?

I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more

than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than

my tens digit. What number am I?

Trickiest

If 4+2=26, 8+1=79 and 6+5=111. Then, what is 7+3?

Can you solve this riddle?

Last weeks answers:

A clock

Short

Teacher Feature

Mrs Deborah Getley

Where did you grow up? I was born in Essex, England and

migrated to Australia when I was 13, where I lived around

Bankstown.

What was your favourite subject in school? Writing - I loved

using words and my imagination.

Best childhood memory : Going on camping holidays to the beaches in Cornwall.

Favourite book / movie / TV show when growing up? My favourite book was The

Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. My favourite TV show was The

Flintstones.

Favourite book / movie / TV show now : My favourite book now is To Kill a

Mockingbird by Harper Lee. My favourite TV show is Gardening Australia.

Favourite Sport to play / watch : Tennis

Favourite player : Past - Andre Agassi Present - Rafael Nadal

Favourite Colour : Blue

Favourite music / band / musician : So many, but some of my favourites are, The

Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Miller-Heidke, Michael Bublè, Elton John and

Tchaikovsky.

Favourite place to go on holiday: England

What do you like doing with your family and friends? I love having them over for a

meal or spending the day shopping.

What do you like doing in your quiet times by yourself? Walking on the beach with

my dog ‘Daisy’.

If you could be anything, what would it be? An author. I’d love to entertain people

with stories that make them want to keep reading.

In your opinion, who is a ‘legend’? Rosa Parks

Why? She stood up for what she knew was right even

though she knew she would be looked upon as a second rate citizen. She showed

pride in herself and made a difference for African Americans.

What advice would you give your 10 year old self? Read more. Go to

bed when you’re told. Eat your greens and surround yourself with

friends who will build you up, not bring you down.

Voluntary School Contribution

Each year we ask parents to make a

voluntary contribution of $25 per

student. These contributions go

towards purchasing equipment for the students

to use in their daily school life. Please note that

this is entirely voluntary and is not compulsory.

Colgate Community Garden Challenge

Don’t forget that we are collecting used oral care waste. Please

place your items in the box at the back of the office block.

Teacher Feature

Mrs Emma Elmer

Where did you grow up? I was born in Penrith and

moved to Tasmania when I was 10. I returned to the

Penrith area when I was a young adult.

What was your favourite subject in school? Cooking classes

Best childhood memory : Saving up for my first pair of roller skates. They

were white with pink wheels. I had to do so many jobs to earn my pocket

money.

Favourite book / movie / TV show when growing up? Land Before Time

movies

Favourite book / movie / TV show now : Lion King

Favourite Sport to play / watch : My children’s sport that they play on

weekends.

Favourite player : My kids Favourite Colour : Blue

Favourite place to go on holiday: I never holiday in the same place

twice but I always love visiting the beach.

What do you like doing with your family and friends? I like to go on

adventures with my family and friends.

What do you like doing in your quiet times by yourself? Relaxing with a

good coffee.

If you could be anything, what would it be? A Unicorn. They’re always

bright and colourful.

In your opinion, who is a ‘legend’? I think anyone who

has overcome adversities in life and followed their dreams

is a legend.

What advice would you give your 10 year old self?

Believe in yourself and follow your dreams.

Please be aware that the

school’s car park is for staff

only at all times.