Tighes Hill Public School Newsletter No. 7

Principal’s Report

Anaphylaxis/ M.A.T.E. Award

On Wednesday 7th May the school was presented with the M.A.T.E. award by the Newcastle Jets on behalf of Anaphylaxis Aus-tralia. This award recognises the school for an outstanding effort in being a MATE and making allergy treatment easier for students with food allergies. Thank you to all parents, caregiv-ers and students for helping us achieve this award by ensuring that we wash our hands on entry into classrooms, are aware on what foods we should and should-n’t bring to school and looking out for our students with allergies.

Term 2 Week 4 21st May 2014

Dates for the Diary

Wednesday 21st May

OC Straw tower Comp.

Monday 26th May

Principal’s Personal Best Assembly

Tuesday 27th May

Athletics Carnival

Friday 30th May

SRC Cake Stall

Monday 9th June

Queen’s Birthday holiday

Wed 11th June— Sat 14th June

Starstruck rehearsals & Performances

Monday 16th June

P&C Meeting 6pm

Tighes Hill Public School

33 Elizabeth St, Tighes Hill, 2297

Phone: 4969 3720 Fax: 4961 2334

Email:

tigheshill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website:

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

Have you visited our

class blogs yet?

Principal’s Report

NAPLAN

The supervising staff at THPS has been very impressed by the ‘no fuss’ approach our students have shown towards the NAPLAN tests last week. With all the negative publicity in some media outlets about kids getting stressed, it is nice to know that our students understand that this is an assessment like any other they might do at any other time throughout the year and should be treated accordingly. The data gathered from these assess-ments can provide valuable information to assist teaching pro-grams.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2015

To enable us to correctly estimate enrolments and staff the school appropriately for 2015, I need all parents enrolling chil-dren K-6 to complete enrolment forms and leave their details at the office. Please let me know of any neighbours and friends, who may not have children already at this school but will have school age children for 2015, we can then contact them and in-clude them on our numbers for next year.

Reports

Semester 1 reports will be sent home in week 9. These compre-hensive reports reflect all the work that the children have achieved in term I and 2 based on regular assessment tasks and indicate the outcomes achieved and goals set for term 3 and 4. Please don’t hesitate to organise an interview with your child’s class teacher to clarify any questions that you may have in re-gards to your child’s learning and progress.

Student information update

Please make sure that if any information in regards to your child’s living arrangements, phone numbers, emergency con-tacts, medical records, etc has changed in the last 12 months will need to be noted to the new Family Information sheet included in an earlier newsletter. Please return these forms ASAP to Mrs. Carlier in the office so that we can update our records. Current information allows us to contact family members and support ill children quickly.

PEANUTS/ Anaphylactic reaction reminder

The number of children at Tighes Hill PS with allergies to differ-ent food products and substances is growing. At this school we have students with severe (life threatening) reactions to peanuts and all tree nuts enrolled. To maximize the wellbeing and safety for all students, parents are asked not to pack peanut butter sandwiches or nut products for your children and to make sure that you are vigilant in reading labels of all pre-packaged foods. Please let’s work together to provide a safe environment for all students.

School Contributions

School fees for 2014 are still only $30 per child and can be paid at any time or in installments throughout the year. School fees contribute towards the purchase of resources/materials that are used for class work each day. Notes have been sent home this week to those students who have not paid $45 for book packs.

School Banking is on

MONDAY!

Book Club Orders

Closed—16th May 2014

Assemblies

Our assemblies are on Mondays.

K-2 from 2.15pm

3-6 from 12.45pm

Principal’s Personal Best assemblies

Weeks 5 & 9 from 2.15pm

in our upper hall

The next P&C meeting will be held

Monday 16th June from 6pm

ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND!

Canteen Reminder

Open Monday, Tuesday & Friday

Please contact Mrs Crump if you can

volunteer

Principal’s Report

Assembly Awards ~ Week 3 & 4

KD Mirja, Giverny, Aidan, Matthew, Mia, Billie.

KR Billie, Orlando, Sidney, William, Jacinta, Ivy.

KS1 Tama, Maiya, Kaidon, Mitchell, Memphis, Dylan.

1E Justin, Callum, Jamie, Ruby, Zanthe, Chloe.

1C2 Isabella, Wyatt, Zanetta, Coco, Luisa, Seb.

2B Eli, Keita, Mika, Jack, Jules, Gabriel.

2J3 Grayson, Jatali, Gemma, Noah, Georgia.

3S4 Duncan, Zakk, Harmony, Dakota, Chloe, Kate.

4B5 Phoebe, Jarvis, Jaden, Shannon, Phoebe, Vincent.

5I6 Constance, Mikayla, Gemma, Khobie, Jessica, Dori-an, Stephanie, Kira, Jasper.

5A6 OC Lucas, Heidi, Rory, Daniel, Jacob, Noah.

Congratulations to all our children.

Tony Selwood

PRINCIPAL

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Violin Lessons

Would you like to learn how to play the

violin? Why not start now?

Skye Harrison has completed a Bachelor of

Music majoring in classical violin perfor-

mance, and also 8th grade AMEB. She has

taught in various capacities in the past, in-

cluding a stint at Macquarie Conservatori-

um. While classically trained, she is enthusi-

astic about many genres of music. Skye

plays in a professional string quartet and an

indie/folk band.

Currently teaching privately and at The Stu-

dio, Newcastle.

Contact The Studio on: 0405 537 272

Contact Skye directly on: 0407657878

Email: skyfly555@hotmail.com

Reforms to P&C Federation

The NSW Parliament has introduced legislation to reform

the NSW Federation of Parent and Citizens Associations,

which has suspended operation pending Supreme Court

action. While these reforms will not affect the day-to-day

operation of individual school P&Cs, they will introduce a

new executive structure which will ensure the Federation

operates as a modern and representative body on behalf

of school P&C Associations.

Each school’s P&C Association will be asked to vote for

councillors and delegates who will represent their elec-

torate at the Federation’s Annual General Meeting and

councillors who will serve on the Federation’s Board of

Management. More information will be available on the

Department’s website at

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/gotoschool/a-z/

involvement.php.

School News

SRC Cake stall

SRC are having a cake stall to raise money for an outdoor clock.

Week 5 Friday 30th May

All items are to be clearly marked with all ingredients and not contain

nuts or nut products.

Athletics Carnival — 27th May

Due to construction works on extension to toilet/showers and new canteen we would request that parents attending the carnival be asked not to park inside the ground but use street park-ing or the #2 Sportsground carpark. The canteen will be open and a menu was sent home yesterday.

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

Our Stage 3 students have the opportunity to take part in a 3 day excursion to Canberra in

Term 3. The cost of the excursion is $290 per student. Notes have been sent home and can

also be accessed on our school website including our excursion itinerary. Please make sure

you have paid your $50 deposit to the office by the end of this term.

19-May 20-May 21-May 22-May 23-May

4 Simon Marrable Kate Ross

Naomi Isaacs Fiona Pringle CLOSED CLOSED

Rachelle McCulloch Help Needed

26-May 27-May 28-May 29-May 30-May

5 Christine Hallam Kristy Crooks

Ase Anette Sneddon Andrea Metcalf

Thuy Long CLOSED CLOSED

Dale Graham Lisa Fisher

2-Jun 3-Jun 4-Jun 5-Jun 6-Jun

6 Dee Crooks Kylie Meiforth

Naomi Isaacs Jessica Coleman CLOSED CLOSED

Charlotte Jones Leah Harvey

Canteen Roster

School News

Class Blogs

Have you visited our class blogs yet? All our classes have their blogs up and running for 2014. This is a great way to stay connected with events taking place at our school and in the classroom. Visit our school website, class pages, to find links to all our class blogs. Subscribe to receive updates of new posts and feel free to leave a comment.

Interschool Chess Challenge

Congratulations to our students from the OC who represented our school in the Interschool Chess Challenge last Friday organ-ised by the Sydney Academy of Chess.

It was a huge day of mental tactics, strategy and intense concentration! Many schools from across the region were represented including Plattsburg, St Phillips College, Valentine and HSPA.

The competition was extremely close throughout the day and our students showed great sportsmanship and encouragement of each other. Overall, our team finished 2nd place, just half a point behind Plattsburg, who were the day’s winners. Congratulations also to Dan, who placed 2nd in the individual scores. Our school has made it through to the semi-finals which will be held next term.

A big thank you also to our wonderful parents who helped make this event possible by providing transport to and from the venue.

School News

Expressions of Interest for

Piano lessons.

My name is Jodie Kell. I am a secondary teacher who has 20 years of experience in teaching music both at high school and primary school level. I have taught in schools and private lessons, currently teaching piano, singing and trumpet. I have a graduate Diploma in Music spe-cialising in Audio Engineering. I am a working musician and I perform in bands around Newcastle and beyond.

I will be offering individual piano lessons at Tighes Hill School on Wednesdays this year. This will save parents taking their children to music lessons after school when everyone’s lives are so busy. The cost is $30 per half hour lesson that will need to be paid upfront at the beginning of each term. The students will come out of class and attend lessons at the school.

I believe in the value of music for young people. Firstly I hope the students will enjoy music and learn to play music they love. They will learn about the im-portance of practise and develop confi-dence to perform and share music with others.

There are limited places so please let the school know if you are interested.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

—Student Banking

For your chance to win a share of exciting prizes, simply make three or more deposits every Monday at school during Term 2 and you’ll be automatically entered into the competition.

Major Prize.

Five nights’ accommodation at the Sea World Resort & Water Park on the Gold Coast;

VIP Passes for two adults and three kids to Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast;

A Dolphin Family Aqua Adventure; and

A $3000 travel gift card to get you there.

Runner up Prizes.

130 Toys “R” Us Gift Cards to the value of $250 each to spend on your favourite toys.

PLUS, a separate draw of $1000 cash for one school in each state/territory.

So come on xxxx let’s get saving and remember your deposit can be as little as twenty cents just as long as you make 3 deposits!

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