Dear Parents

Term 3 been an outstanding term in many aspects.

Being recognised as one of 15 schools in the whole of

NSW in regards to “Local schools, Local decisions”

with our community partnerships has been a highlight.

Partnerships between staff, students, parents, carers

and families, the broader community, business,

schools and other education and training providers

bring mutual benefits and maximise student

engagement and achievement. Partnerships prompt

support for the development and wellbeing of our

young people and their families and provide

opportunities for our young to connect with their

communities, participate and develop a sense of

responsible citizenship.

Our great NAPLAN results, which indicate clear growth

in every one of our students from Year 3 to Year 5, in

all areas especially reading, where we doubled State

average. This data positively supports the design of

our high-quality learning programs and fulfilling our

school direction of being a School of Excellence. We

are living by our school motto which is “We learn as

we grow” and the ethos “Opportunities: no one misses

out”.

Listening to each speech delivered by most of the

Year 6 students, is what I am most proud of this term.

Each Year 6 student is a winner and a leader, as they

were able to reflect on their time as successful

learners, with an abundance of confidence and

creativity, who are all motivated to reach their full

potential and ready to move on to high school. As they:

Are able to think deeply and logically, and obtain

and evaluate evidence in a disciplined way

Are creative, innovative and resourceful, and are

able to solve problems in ways that draw upon a

range of learning areas and disciplines

Are able to plan activities independently,

collaborate, work in teams and communicate ideas

Are able to make sense of their world and think

about how things have become the way they are

Are on a pathway towards continued success in

further education, training or employment, that

acquire the skills to make informed learning and

employment decisions throughout their lives

Congratulations to our new School Captains Finlay

Lamont and Wulaaran Walker and our School Vice

Captains India Stephens and Toby Hill. Only a few

votes separated the entire group.

Congratulations to all staff and the members of our

valuable partnerships as we are all working together

successfully.

Please come along tomorrow to the end of term

assembly at 2.00pm. To celebrate individual student

achievements, values awards, performance by the

school band and Kindergarten.

Have a well deserved restful holiday break and I

continue to look forward to learning, teaching and

leading next term.

Gillian Stuart

Principal’s Column

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty

Important Dates

Gillian Stuart—Principal

Indo Corner

“Education breeds

confidence.

Confidence breeds

hope.

Hope breeds

peace.”

Confucius

Term 3|Week 10|20th September 2016

Berkeluarga – having a family

Hamil - pregnant

Bayi - baby

Anak - child

Keluarga - family

Melahirkan - give birth

Ibu - Mother, Mrs

Bapak - Father, Mr

Orang tua - Parents

Apakah anda sudah

berkeluarga?

- Do you have children?

Term 3 2016

Wednesday 21/09/16

End of Term Assembly 2.00pm

Friday 23/09/16

Last day of Term 3

Canteen Roster

Week 10

MON 19/9 April

WED 21/9 Jenny

Principal Awards Responsibility Congratulations to Gem, Leigh, Savannah and Zayn

Term 4 2016

Monday 10/10/16

Students and staff return to school

Friday 28/10/16

Spring Fair

Weekly round up

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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Cooking with Year 3/4

Today our class the 3/4 class did cooking. We all

loved it. I was a leader of the mint and chocolate cake

with Allie, Ethan and Isaac it tasted phenomenal it

was so tasty. My other friends were in different

groups. Egg and lettuce cups, tabouli, kale chips and

spinach pie. We had a class

party while we were eating

it. By Kasimir

The Serpents Tail

Students helping Nelli mosaic the serpent tail.

Parent Information -reminders

Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447

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End of Term Assembly—TOMORROW 2.00PM

Week 10 Wednesday 21/9/16 at 2.00pm. The school band and Kindergarten will

be performing and the School Captains will receive their badges.

Congratulations to our School Captains and Vice

Captains

Peter Cooper (an ex SHPS student)

has Insulin Dependent Type 1

Diabetes. Last year’s Student

Representative Council (SRC) decided

that all money raised by their

fundraising would be given to Peter

and his family to help purchase a new insulin

pump for Peter. This pump is very expensive

costing over $8,000.00 and Peter needs it

replaced every 4 years. The SRC also wrote

letters to local businesses asking for help.

The Lions Club contacted the school and invited Lilly Pacey (2016 SRC

President) and Elliot Joyce (2016 SRC Vice President) and Peter and his mother

Jenny to their meeting.

Today Peter and his family received a cheque from the Lions Club to purchase

his new insulin pump. Lilly and Elliot also presented Peter with a cheque for

$858.30 which was the amount they raised last year. The Lions Club’s cheque

made up the remaining amount for the new insulin pump.

Lucas and Luka from Kindergarten

showing off their excellent writing

skills.

Links

School website:

http://www.scottshead-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

School facebook

page:

https://www.facebook.com/

scottsheadpublicschool?

fref=ts

Skoolbag Application:

Search “Scotts Head Public

School” in the app store.

8.30am Morning

Supervision (in

cola)

Start

School

9.00am

9.00am until

11.00am

Morning Session

(Crunch and Sip)

11.00am Lunch

11.50—1.30

pm

Middle Session

1.30 pm Recess

2.00pm-3pm Afternoon Session

Bell Times

Remember to send in a

note if your child is

absent from school.

After 7 days, the system

automatically records as

an “Unexplained

Absence”.

First Aid Course with Peter Swan

Where: LLLCC at school

When: Monday 10th Oct &

Tuesday 11th Oct 3.15-6pm

Cost: $90.00

Phone Peter on

0421 648443

Holiday Disco Helpers

Thursday 29 Sep—Malina Evans & Kelly Pacey

Thursday 6th Oct—April Miller & Casey Symonds

Disco starts at 6.30pm-9.00pm at Club Scotts

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Weekly round up

All of our students are developing the essential skills in literacy and

numeracy and are creative and productive users of technology, especially

ICT, as a foundation for success in all learning areas, through our coding

program.

Students are enjoying learning about the logic behind computer coding by

using Bee Bots and code.org courses.

Computer Programming in Kindergarten

This week Pak Terry brought in the Bee Bot Robots!! They were so much

fun! We learnt how to program the Bee Bots using an algorithm (steps for the robots to follow). It was really hard at first,

we had to use a lot of problem solving strategies! Eventually we had success and our Bee Bots were following our

programming instructions! Fantastic mathematicians in Kinder! Bu Bettina

Computer Coding

Kindergarten have been studying how things move in

Indonesian Science and the photo shows them with their

fabulous designs of something that rolls. Great work

Kindergarten.

Bu Bridget

Indonesian Science

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Community News

Spring Fair Raffle

We are having a raffle at our Spring Fair.

We would love any donations that have a

Kitchen/Garden Theme. Raffle will be drawn

on the day of the Spring Fair, the 28th October.

All proceeds go to support the Kitchen/Garden

Program.

Thankyou Bu Bettina and Bu Annie

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Community News

Lifetime Connect Playgroup

Scotts Head

Eddie will be presenting the ‘Small Talk Program’ during Term 3.

Wednesday 21st September

PLAYGROUP OUTDOOR FUN

(Please head to the School

Basketball Courts)

Monday 28th September

No Playgroup School Holidays.

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Playgroup resumes:

Wednesday 12th October 2016

10am.

Playgroup Routine

10am-10:55am – Planned Activities

10:55am-11am – Wash Hands

11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea

11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play

11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away

11:45am – 12noon – Group Time

12noon – Home Time