YEAR 5 CAPTAINS SPEECHES Our Year 5 students will be presenting their speeches at this week’s Assembly setting out why they should be voted in as a school leader to represent Yoogali Public School in 2013. For the first time in consultation with Yoogali PS P&C, Yoogali PS will have four school leaders in 2013 - one school captain, one vice captain and two prefects. These students will also be the students who will represent Year 6 next year on the Student Representative Council. To allow us to complete the voting process straight after the students present their speeches, we will be holding this week’s Assembly at the earlier time of 2.00pm. We ask that parents do not take any students home with them after the Assembly to allow all students the opportunity to have their say in who the leaders of the school will be in 2013. We wish all candidates the very best of luck!

Term 4 Week 6

12th November 2012

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Each week in our newsletter we will

be focusing on an issue related to

attendance. This week we would like

to focus on the importance of

regular communication between

home and school. If for any reason

you are finding it difficult to get

your child to come to school, please

contact your child’s class teacher

as soon as possible. By working

together we can ensure that your

child gets the very best education

possible at Yoogali PS.

We have had a very busy couple of weeks at Yoogali PS with students being lucky enough to participate in an interactive drumming performance by Planet Rhythm last Monday and also the Beach to Bush information session about surf safety last Thursday. These performances, combined with Crazy Hair Day on Tuesday and the torrential downpour we had on Wednesday made for a very interesting week indeed! As you can see in the photos below, a great time was had in Week 5 by all!

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION Our new Kinders for 2013 have settled in well during their orientation sessions over the last two weeks and are very keen to start their adventures at big school. This week’s orientation session starts from 1.00pm on Friday to allow our new students to eat lunch at school and to have time to play with other students in the playground at lunchtime.

Cindy Sadler - Principal Ph: (02) 6962 4540 Fax: (02) 6964 1476 1 East St, Yoogali, NSW 2680 email:yoogali-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NO HAT NO PLAY

SUNSMART POLICY Just a reminder that in Terms 1 and 4 all

students require a bucket hat to play in

the sun. No caps are permitted. Students

who do not have a bucket hat must play

under the COLA as part of our school

Sunsmart Policy. Parents/carers are

reminded that Yoogali PS school bucket

hats are available for purchase through

the School Office for $10.00.

Congratulations

For achieving their Silver Certificate

Riley

Clark

Cody

Angel

Sean Smith

Damien

Gibbs

For achieving their Bronze Certificate

Sarah

Atkinson

Cameron

McDermott

Bethany

Parsons

2012 Term Planner

Term 4

Week Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

6 12/11 13/11

Calendar Art 9.30am

School Counsellor

14/11 Year 5 Captains

speeches at Assembly - 2pm

15/11 Middle School

ENVIROMENTORS

FREE WORKSHOPS

16/11 Kinder Orientation

1-3pm

17/11 18/11

7 19/11 20/11 21/11

22/11 23/11

Kinder Orientation 11-3.10pm

24/11 25/11

8 26/11 27/11

28/11

29/11 Middle School Yr 6/7 Wade HS

Information Evening - 6.30pm

30/11 Kinder Orientation

All day

1/12 2/12

9 3/12

Presbyterian Xmas Performance - 2pm

School Counsellor

4/12 5/12 6/12 Year 6 Graduation -

6.00pm Catholic Club Yoogali

7/12

8/12 9/12

10 10/12 11/12

12/12 13/12

Presentation Night

14/12 15/12 16/12

11 17/12 18/12 19/12

Last day for students

20/12 Staff Development

Day

21/12 Staff Development

Day

22/12 23/12

Well done to all the students who participated in crazy hair day. You all looked amazing! The students have been using ‘ The true story of the three little pigs’ text to explore narratives in literacy. They have also learnt lots of interesting facts about pigs and wolves. To follow the fairy tale theme, the students have been recreating scenes from classic fairy tales in art. So far we have made scenes from Rapunzel and Jack and the Bean Stalk and we are currently doing a scene from Hansel and Gretel.

1/2/3 have also created a Christmas tree that will be displayed in the Griffith Central Shopping Centre soon. Kelly (Mrs Wright)

This week has seen 4/5/6

getting stuck back into learning.

During Art this term we have

been looking at famous

artworks that were created in

the time of the Gold Rush.

Students this week have been

creating their own artwork

based on this time in Australia.

As part of the students task

they need to write an artists

statement explaining their

work.

In the coming weeks we have

many exciting events to look

forward to but in the meantime

we have lots of learning and

teaching to do.

Sam =)

(Miss Causer)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to…… Demi Whitehead 8th Nov

Billy Patmore 10th Nov

K/1 have been very busy

completing assessments and work

samples in preparation for end of

year reports.

We have been looking at

narratives and all students are

having a go at writing their own.

We have many interesting stories

including monsters called Miss

Sadler and visits to Candyland.

In the coming weeks our writing

focus will shift to procedures and

book reviews which is exciting as

we will be able to read many new

and exciting books.

Kindergarten had a great time

welcoming the new kinder

students for next year and look

forward to seeing them again!

Sarah :)

K/1 Awards

Claire Boots - Wonderful improvement in all KLAs.

Deegon Byrne - Fantastic work when using his ”friends of 10”.

Maddison Tremble - Having a go at spelling unknown words.

Julian Marcanio - Always having beautiful and neat work.

Ellie Bradshaw - A wonderful narrative about Humpty Dumpty.

Cameron McDermott - Always taking pride in his work.

1/2/3Awards

Anthea Soligo - A neat and detailed biography/information report.

Daniel Morris - Completing all work in class and showing enthusiasm for learning.

Ryan Cumberland - Consistent work and effort in the classroom.

Makayla Connell - Improved effort and quality during handwriting.

Anthea Soligo - Continuous effort in all subjects.

Jayden McCoustra - Improved effort and attitude in class.

4/5/6 Awards

Cody Clark - Being a great role model while helping in K/1.

Emily McPherson - Excellent application in Maths.

Osman Ozgur - Assisting in PE and putting in 100% effort.

Isabella Trimboli - Fantastic improvement in alphabetical order.

Citizenship

Ryan Cumberland for being a “true gentleman”. Isobelle Smith for excellent manners and behaviour on the 5/6 excursion.

Principal’s Award

Tanayah Crowe for excellent effort and application in class. Laycie Taylor for being a conscientious worker in class.

Assembly Manners

Kurt Powers, Alex Sayers, Cody Angel and Robbie Peterson

Cindy Sadler - Principal Ph: (02) 6962 4540 Fax: (02) 6964 1476 1 East St, Yoogali, NSW 2680 email:yoogali-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au