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The Junction News Newsletter of The Junction Public School

Union Street, Merewether. NSW 2291 Ph: 49 631343 Fax: 49 63 3501 E: thejunctio-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 – Week 8 Tuesday 6 September 2016

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Art Show If you haven’t already done so – you really need to pop into school this afternoon until 3.30pm or tomorrow until 12pm and have a look at the Art Show which is another outstanding effort from all students. Themed around ‘Australiana’ and Book Week – the students and teachers have put their creative thinking caps on to produce some simply outstanding works – paintings, prints, clay-work, ceramics, sculptures, candle-work and interactive displays. What has been produced is really quite remarkable. The Art Show – a biennial event has been on display since yesterday and will be finishing up by 12 noon tomorrow Wednesday. There are many really outstanding approaches to the celebration of Book Week in a most creative way. Come and see the talents of your children – I promise you that you will be really impressed with all that is on display. Stage 1 Swimming There were lots of little eager faces yesterday and today as Years 1 and 2 attend their annual swimming lessons over at Balance Swim Centre at Mayfield. This is such an important program and assists all our 6-8 year olds with the lifelong skill of swimming. Thanks to parents for your support of students in this program – and for the daily wet towels and clothes that you are attending to! For ease of changing in and out of swimmers, you may wish to send your child to school in their ‘summer tunic’ or ‘sports uniform’ throughout the next two weeks.

Congratulations Regional Athletes Huge congratulations to the large team of students who represented the Zone at the Regional Athletics Carnival on Friday. Though the weather was not the kindest – our team from The Junction had some outstanding personal achievements in lots of different events and we are very proud of them - Boston: 1

st 100m heat and 2

nd in 100m

Final, 8th in Relay. Noah: 3

rd in Shotput PB (9.85m). Tim:

4th in 800m, 5

th in 200m and 8

th in Relay. Harmony: 4

th in

100m heat and 5th in Relay. Tallen: 5

th in High jump

(1.35m). Luka: 3rd

in 100m heat and 8th in Final. Yorygi:

Shotput (6.7m) 6th. Maya: 5

th in 100m and 200m and 5

th

in Relay. Alex: 4th in 100m heat (missed out on final by 16

milliseconds). Lily: 5th in Relay. Lauren: 5

th in Relay. Ned:

5th in heat 200m, 8

th in Relay, 7

th in Long jump. Hugo: 8

th

in Relay. Exciting news for Noah and Boston who will now represent the Region at the State Athletics on Wednesday 19

th October in their respective events. Remarkable

achievements!

Choral Group and Choir Performances We warmly invite all parents of children in the choir and choral group to attend a concert performance by these groups next Monday evening at 6pm in the new hall. Mrs McLeod has put together a wonderful program of entertainment, featuring soloists, groups and choirs. The performance will go for approximately one hour – short and sweet but full of wonderful talent. Looking forward to seeing you all then.

Spring Winds Concert This coming Friday night sees the performances by the Senior and Intermediate bands and our Percussion band at Newcastle Conservatorium Spring Winds Concert. This is a prestigious event extended to our school each year to play along with the Conservatorium bands and is a stunning venue for a performance for all our students. Best wishes to all playing and many thanks for all your practice and hard work up to now. Parents and family members are

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very welcome with the performances beginning at 7pm. Band members need to be there at 5.45pm. Congratulations Piper! Congratulations to Piper of Year 6 who won the regional final of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition at Cardiff last Wednesday. Piper spoke on the topic ‘Stronger Together’ and also had to participate in an impromptu speech with 5 minutes preparation on the topic ‘Telling Lies’. She is a very talented public speaker and took out the final and will now progress in late November to the State Finals in Sydney. Well done Piper! Wendy Cheek, Principal

CALENDAR - TERM 3 – 2016

Week 8 Event

Mon-Thur, Sep 5-8 Year 1 & 2 Intensive Swimming

Mon-Wed, Sep 5-7 Whole School Art Show

Thursday, Sept 8 NO TAP CLASS TODAY

Thursday, Sept 8 Musica Viva – Whole school

Friday, Sept 9 Senior & Intermediate Band –

Spring Winds Concert at

Conservatorium 7pm

Friday, Sept 9 Kinder to Oakvale Farm

Week 9 Event

Monday, Sept 12 Choir/Choral performance -

6pm – New Hall

Mon-Thur, Sep 12-15 Year 1 & 2 Intensive Swimming

Friday, Sept 16 Hunter Life Education-1L & 5F

Week 10 Event

Monday, Sept 19 Hunter Life -1P, 3MC, 5R & 5W

Monday, Sept 19 Senior Band Concert – Sydney

Town Hall

Tuesday, Sept 20 Hunter Life Educ-1C, 3L, 5B

Tuesday, Sept 20 Intermediate Band Day

Wednesday, Sept 21 Hunter Life Educ-1WN, 3W, 3H

Thursday, Sept 22 K-2 Meal Deal day

Friday, Sept 23 Year 3-6 Meal Deal day

Friday, Sept 23 Book Parade – (K-2) : 9.15am

and (Yrs 3-6) : from 10am

Friday, Sept 23 Last day for Term 3

CALENDAR - TERM 4 – 2016

Week 1 Event

Monday, Oct 10 First Day back Staff & Students

YEAR 6 CONSTRUCTION CLASS! Students in Year 6 took up carpentry under the watchful gaze of teacher Jody Cooper - when they assembled many shelf flat packs from IKEA this week. It became a maths lesson as well! The shelves will be used to store our readers in the Tiered Learning Room. Well done kids!

CRICKET : CAPTAINS REPORT On Tuesday, the 30

th of August The Junction Public school

played Valentine Public School in the 5th round of the

PSSA Cricket State Knockout. The Junction won the toss and decided to bat first and lost 3 quick wickets. It resulted in Declan and Angus needing to form a steady partnership to get us back on track. A superb knock of 26 from Declan and some quick singles from David got The Junction to a competitive total of 81 runs. When it was The Junction’s turn to bowl we once again started with a great opening bowling partnership keeping the runs to a limit with Valentine 2/13 after 6 overs. After drinks The Junction really started to create more pressure with some exceptional fielding from Gus and Harry getting run outs. Highlights from our bowling included Jack (2/7), Archie (1/6) and Charlie with 1/6. It was another great team effort with The Junction bowling Valentine out for 55 runs.

RECENT NOTES HOME

MUSICA VIVA - $9 – Whole school – This Thursday! HUNTER LIFE EDUCATION - $10 –

Years 1, 3 & 5 (Yellow note) OAKVALE FARM - $25 – Kinder – This Friday!!!

(Orange note)

TAP CLASSES CANCELLED THIS WEEK Due to the hall being set up for the school Art Show,

there will be no Tap Classes this Thursday. Students have not been charged fees for this week.

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I would like to thank all my team mates: Jack, Declan, Lachlan, Harry, Gus, Joe, Max, Archie, Charlie, Alex, James, Angus, and David. By Alex

SPECIAL MENTION & VALUES AWARDS TERM 3 WEEK 7 KINDER to YEAR 2 ASSEMBLY

KK Lucas Sam Rafferty

Angus Maddie

KD Mackenzie Maple Lachlan

Archie Ash

KL Sullivan Indigo Corban

Liliana Caleb

KS Callum Natalia Kiah

Dylan Emilia

1L Steele Harrison Angus

Oliver Amelie

1C Charlotte Cedar Jasper

Zavier Jacob

1P Neve Coco Thomas

Clancy Oscar

1WN Ella Beau Zoe

Kye Lily

2C Oliver Jett Phoebe

Koby Jackson

2R Thomas Ruby Khair

Chloe Louis

2J Jarvis Felix

Clodagh Saoirse

2W Ellington Luka Rosie

Felix Audrey

ASSEMBLY TIMES Kinder to Year 2 assembly Assemblies are held on (odd weeks) at 2pm in the new hall. The next assembly will be next Thursday 15

th

September. Year 3 – Year 6 assembly Fridays at 11.20am in the new hall.

WATER POLO PLAYER PAYS YEAR 6 A VISIT Last Monday, three time Australian Olympic Water Polo Player, Richie Campbell surprised Year 6 at TJPS with a visit to their classroom. Richie brought in his 2016 Olympic suit cases, some outfits he wore during the Rio Olympics. Three lucky students were able to try on the outfits which included: Richie’s water polo cap and robe that he wore before each game when listening to the National Anthem, also the blazer he wore on opening ceremony night and lastly the outfit he would wear if he had won a medal. We were than able to ask Richie some questions about his water polo career. One person asked: “When did you start playing water polo?” His response was “I originally was a swimmer until I was about 11; my coach said I should try water polo.” Another asked: “What was your favourite part of the Olympics besides competing?” Richie responded by saying “It would have to be the food at the at the Athletes Village, I really loved the Brazilian Barbeque. There was also a McDonald’s in there!” Afterwards the whole of Year 6 had a photo with Richie ending our time with him. Some of us were lucky enough to grab a photo and an autograph before he left. It was a wonderful opportunity for all of Year 6 to spend time with an Olympian and find out what it takes to achieve your goals and follow your dreams in life. By Alexandra - 6S

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ONLINE UNIFORM SHOP ORDERING! Want to place your uniform shop order online? Simply go to www.flexischools.com.au and click “Register Now”. You will be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately. The Uniform Shop will still open Monday mornings in the Old Hall from 8.45am-9.15am.

STAGE 2 INDYAMARRA CULTURAL GROUP VISIT On Friday, Stage 2 students were given the opportunity to learn about our local Awabakal culture through storytelling and dance sessions. David, Luke and Shannon from the Indyamarra Cultural Group made the sessions engaging, informative and entertaining. David shared the beliefs and ideals of the Aboriginal culture with the children and told the local Awabakal Dreamtime story of how coal was made. Shannon taught the children traditional animal dances, including the emu, kangaroo, brolga and goanna. Luke shared his knowledge of the didgeridoo and demonstrated how to play this traditional instrument. The children also looked at some very interesting artefacts, including traditional tools and weapons. The session concluded with a dance performance, where all the children (and teachers) participated with great enthusiasm. It was a great morning and linked perfectly with our current English and History units. Next term, we will continue our study of the history of Newcastle and the Stage 2 children will participate in a guided walk of Newcastle East. We are looking forward to that. Lisa Hughes

BAND NEWS Performance attendance Please be sure to let me know as soon as possible if your child may not be able to attend any scheduled performances coming up. We try to notify parents well in advance so we can have our whole band team available in order for our fantastic bands to sound at their best. As always my contact details are: Mobile: 0409 221165 or michael.jobson@det.nsw.edu.au Just a reminder, our upcoming performance dates are: Spring Winds Concert: this Friday 9

th September for

Senior and Intermediate band. Band members to arrive at the Newcastle Conservatorium at 5.45pm for the 7pm performance. Sydney Town Hall excursion for Senior Band, Monday 19

th September.

Bandfest – (Week 2 : Term 4) All bands and Percussion.

CANTEEN NEWS The school canteen have now registered with Flexischools! You are now able to order and pay for recess and lunch orders on the Flexischools site. A brochure with step by step details went home recently.

MEAL DEAL DAY

Kinder – Year 2 : Thursday 22nd

September (Blue note) Year 3 – 6 : Friday 23

rd September (Purple note)

Meal Deal order forms are going home today with the newsletter. You are unable to place Meal Deal orders on Flexischools site. Orders close on Tuesday 20

th September.

There will be no other lunch orders on these days.

SCHOOL BANKING Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Commonwealth Bank offer banking to our students. Tanya Fitzgerald processes Newcastle Permant Building Society and Kylie O’Connell processes for Commonwealth Bank. School banking needs to be taken to our school library immediately after roll call on Monday.

UNIFORM SHOP – The Uniform shop is open on Mondays from 8.45am to about 9.15am in the Old School Hall. A huge thank you to the team who volunteer to make the Uniform Shop operate, Kim Forbes, Bec Lucy, Jasmine Page and Kim Van Huisstede. Thank you to Igne Kibble who has offered to help out

Payment for Uniform Orders here at the school shop on a Monday is by Cash or Cheque only Cheques payable to: The Junction School P & C. THERE ARE NO EFTPOS FACILITIES FOR THE UNIFORM SHOP HERE AT SCHOOL (Eftpos can only be made via the Flexischools site). When ordering on the Flexischools site – it may take one to two days for the order to come through, so if you place an order on the Sunday it may not be ready until the following week. Thanks. Donna Reay, Co-ordinator

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P & C NEWS BETTY ANDERSON AWARD: Nominations are now open for the 2016 Betty Anderson Award. Betty Anderson is a former parent of The Junction Public School who ran our school canteen on a voluntary basis for over 40 years through to about 2009. She continued to help long after her own children had grown up and her grandchildren were attending other local schools. Our canteen is named in her honour. Each year the P&C awards the Betty Anderson Award to recognise significant voluntary contribution to our school community. The aim is to try and identify the "quiet achievers". There are many people who provide quiet and consistent support in ways that we don't always realise, and it's important to find an opportunity to recognise their efforts. All members of our school community are welcome to submit nominations either using our online form here: http://bit.ly/2016BettyAndersonAward or by dropping a note to the P&C’s attention to the office. You may nominate more than one person, but please provide an overview as to why you think they are a worthy nominee. The more supporting information you can provide, the easier it will be for the P&C to assess the nomination. Please include your name and either a contact email or phone number, in case we need to contact you for more information. Nominations for the Betty Anderson Award close at 3 pm Friday 21 October 2016. Financial members of the P&C will vote on the award at the November P&C meeting. The result will be announced at Presentation Day on Thursday 8 Dec 2016 HOLIDAY RAFFLE: We will soon be embarking on this year’s holiday raffle. A huge thanks to Michael Jonker for securing a great range of amazing prizes which will complement the first prize of a $4000 holiday. We also have some wonderful kids incentive prizes on offer too. We are looking to develop a roster of people to help process incoming raffle tickets in Term 4. To enable us to develop a roster which suits the availability of people who are able to help, please complete this short survey if you think you can help with ticket processing http://bit.ly/2016RaffleAvailability More info available at the link regarding what is involved and when. Alternatively, drop us a line at junctionpandc@hotmail.com to let us know how you can help. ATTENTION CURRENT KINDY PARENTS: It's hard to believe it, but the incoming 2017 kindy cohort are fast approaching their orientation days. We’d love your help in welcoming the 2017 Kindy parents at the first orientation days which will be Monday 31 October, and Wednesday 2 November. Each year we organise morning tea for new parents while their cherubs are off meeting their buddies and enjoying their first orientation day at TJPS. We'd really like the current kindy parents to look after this event.

Closer to the time we will need people to donate cakes / slices and also be there on the day to meet and greet new parents, but right now we're looking for a coordinator or two. The P&C will provide support – so, if you’re interested, please touch base with me at the P&C email on junctionpandc@hotmail.com. Grab a friend to help you if you’d like – it can be handy to have another person helping you (although there's not too much to pulling this together). Any parents of the school are more than welcome to come along and help out, but we'd really like to make sure we have good representation from the current kindy parents where -possible. FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST THANK YOU Thanks to the hundreds of dads, uncles, granddads and kids who turned up last Thursday for the Father’s Day breakfast. We can’t believe how lucky we got with the weather, and we hope you had a lovely morning. A huge thanks to Kendall Long for again co-ordinating this year’s Father’s Day breakfast. Kendall spends time in the lead up to the event, making sure everything is ordered and organised and ready to go on the day. Thanks, Kendall! Thanks also to our huge army of volunteers. Each and every contribution is greatly appreciated and crucial to the success of the morning. Thanks to Anna Rose, Vanessa Hedges, Jenni Heyes, Olivia Ryan, Karen Bull, Michael Jonker, Leone Cook, Jane Hamson, Sonya McEntee, Kristen Saunders, Karen Howard, Raegan Jackson, Aleena Velich, Tracey Topic, Candie Fong, Aleisha Byrnes, Alli Garrett, Cameron Knight, Megan Noble, and anyone else I may have missed. Thanks also to all of the kids who chipped in and helped out early. Thanks to all of the teachers and school staff who helped out – we can’t do it without you. And lastly, thanks to Kath for being so accommodating in us taking over the canteen for the morning. Julie Wharton, Acting P&C President junctionpandc@hotmail.com

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UPCOMING P&C EVENTS:

Date Time Event Mon 31 Oct 9am-11am Kindy Orientation Morning Tea

Tue 2 Nov 7pm P&C Meeting

Wed 2 Nov 9am-11am Kindy Orientation Morning Tea

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PHOTOS FROM FATHER’S DAY & ART SHOW………