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Hallidays Point Public School

Learning, Caring & Sharing

Find us at: 300 Diamond Beach Road Diamond Beach NSW 2430 Ph: 6559 3009 Fax: 6559 3011 Email: hallidays-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Homepage: www.hallidays-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Issue 3 6 June 2013

Who would have thought 37 Kindergarten students could have so much energy. Well, I certainly found out why Kindy teachers are such special teachers on Tuesday, when I went with 37 very excited students and 2 wonderfully dedicated teachers up to Billabong Zoo. The day was jam packed looking at, patting and having lots of fun with a wide variety of animals. We saw birds, turtles, emus and heaps of kangaroos and wallabies. The students’ behaviour could not be faulted, and I was very proud indeed of how well-mannered and beautifully behaved everyone was. I am really looking forward to the next excursion. Punctuality It is vitally important that everyone arrive at school as close to 9am as possible. When your child arrives on time they are able to focus and prepare themselves for a wonderfully successful day. The school day starts promptly at 9am each day and rolls are marked basically straight away. Important instructions for the day are delivered during the first 20 minutes and if your child is not present it can mean they miss some very important information. Teachers will soon be marking the roll electronically and any late arrivals or early leavers will need to go through the office so the electronic roll can be amended. It is important to make sure your child arrives at school, on time, each day. Athletics Carnival A big thankyou to Mr Voorby and Mr May for their hard work in organising an excellent athletics carnival last Friday. The weather was very kind to us, although a bit cold, It seemed that all the students had an enjoyable day with lots of records being broken. These days are impossible to run without the support of the parents and I want to thank all the mums and dads that helped out on the day with timing and other jobs. You did an excellent job – THANKYOU.

P&C Disco The P&C are holding their disco this Friday night. This is one of the great ways for the P&C to raise funds to support the school and for the students to have a great time as well. Infants 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm Primary 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm Too sick to go to school? Sometimes it's hard to know if your child is really coming down with something or just suffering a bout of Mondayitis. The chart on the website below, will help answer your questions about common childhood illness and how long sick children need to miss school. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/health/too-sick-to-go-to-school Speech problems All children learn how to talk and listen at different rates but there is a general pattern to children's language development. If you're worried about your child's speech development – or their teacher has concerns – the best thing you can do is get it checked out professionally. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/health/speech-problems Regards Peter Johnson PRINCIPAL

Coming events Term 2 2013

7/6/13 Infants Athletics Carnival

12/6/13 P&C Meeting

14/6/12 Year 1/2 Transport Excursion

28/6/13 Last Day for Term 2

16/7/13 Students return for Term 3

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The following students received Assembly Awards at the Combined Assembly on Wednesday 29 May and the Infants Assembly on Monday 3 June 2013. Combined Assembly: KB Charlie Keyte – Class Citizenship KJ Yasmin Smith – Class Citizenship 1 M Brooke Wilson – Class Citizenship 1/2H Madison Forsyth – Class Citizenship 2/3M Laila Dangel – Class Citizenship 3/4I Adam Dangel – Class Citizenship 4J Emily Orchard – Class Citizenship 5/6C Halle Ford – Class Citizenship 5/6V Angel Bendeich – Class Citizenship Infants Assembly: KB Holly Vaughan – Giving her best effort in maths Sunny Aldridge - Excellent effort in reading & writing tasks Arion Wouterlood – Excellent effort in reading & writing tasks Ashlee Brabant – Clever work with addition & subtraction KJ Thomas Stenning – Excellent reading Troy Bush – Excellent effort in reading sight words Stevie Burston – Clever work in maths Sonny Cougle – Clever work in maths 1M Hannah Atkinson – Improved speed at completing activities Emily Davis – Excellent effort in reading Tayla Wait – Applying herself quietly to activities Jay Carroll – Excellent effort in reading 1/2H Jack Edwards – Story writing Kalan Cavanough – Story writing Blake Richardson – Story writing Lachlan Small - Reading 2/3M Friendly school & Friendly Families Awards; KB – Charlotte Nunn – Being a caring class member KJ – Bridie Hooper – Being a genuine caring person 1M- Wilson Frith – Being a kind & caring class member 1/2H – Emily Cougle – Being a caring person

2/3M – Schafer Aiken – A kind and caring classmate The following students received Merit Certificates at the Infants Assembly on Monday 3 June. Primary: Kalan Steber – Year 2 Infants: Ava Simnett – Kinder Charli Kizilos – Kinder Brooke Wilson – Year 1 Kye Wilson – Year 1 Izaac Boag – Year 1 Schafer Aiken – Year 2 Boston Ford – Year 2 Kaiden Franks – Year 2 Hamish Wilson – Year 2 Baden Bell – Year 2 Indeanna Lane-McNally – Year 2 Madison Forsyth – Year 2

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

MERIT AWARDS

MEDALLION WINNERS

Congratulations to Riley Giffin, Laila Dangel and Grace King, on gaining their Bronze medallion (Collecting 5 merit certificates)

On May 22nd the girls’ and boys’ softball teams travelled to Nabiac to play the first game of the PSSA State Knockout competition. Both of our teams had been training for a couple of months, including a few week-end sessions. They have been trying to quickly learn a game that is not played locally. Mr May and I have been very pleased with the huge improvement of all the players. We are also very appreciative of Mr Jason Walker and Mr Trevor Blanning for assisting and running some of the sessions. Thank you! At Nabiac the girls played first and took off with some great batting and running. Nabiac could not match them in the first innings so we were up 14 to 2. After two more innings the score was 18 to 10. The pressure was back on, but in the last innings our girls batted strongly again. We declared at 27 to 10. Well done girls for playing so well! We will be concentrating on our throwing and catching over the next few weeks until our next game against Grahamstown. The boys began their game in the field. Nabiac, as always had some very powerful hitters who found the gaps or even hit over our fieldsmen’s heads. This gave them a good lead in the first and second innings. Nabiac were up 10 to 4. The battle continued with our boys clutching their way back to only 3 behind. It was very exciting as our boys went in for their final bat. Unfortunately two got out in one play and the third soon followed. No extra runs were made. The final score was 15 to 12. The boys were great sportsmen in their defeat. I hope they were proud of their efforts, as we all were. Mrs Channell

Congratulations to Angel Bendeich, Kyia Madadghar-Smith Ebony Cavanough and Nelson Jackson on gaining their Bronze medallion (Collecting 5 merit certificates) Christina Davis - Absent

Congratulations to Keseah Bell and Chala Cevik on gaining their Silver Medallion (collecting 10 merit certificates)

Congratulations to Laura Davy and Emily Green on receiving their Gold Medallion (collecting 15 merit certificates)

SOFTBALL REPORT

MEDALLION WINNERS

On Tuesday 4 June our Kindergarten students travelled to the Billabong Park for their first excursion. The students had a great day seeing many different animals and reptiles.

KINDERGARTEN BILLABONG EXCURSION

SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL HALLIDAYS POINT PUBLIC SCHOOL 2013 ATHLETICS RESULTS

The school athletics carnival was held on Friday 31 May at Tuncurry Oval. We were very lucky with the weather with competitors and spectators enjoying a warm sunny day. The point scores for the sporting houses was very close, Ruby 264 points, Sapphire 267 points and Emerald winning with 268 points.

BOYS RESULTS

12Yrs 100 Metres

1st Brendan Davison

2nd Fletcher Pearce

3rd Ned Gardner

11 Yrs 100 Metres

1st Kade Hooper

2nd Ethan Williams

3rd Jesse Welsh

10 Yrs 100 Metres

1st Blayne Smith

2nd Jak Wunder

3rd Nelson Jackson

9 Yrs 100 Metres

1st James Davison

2nd Oliver Wynne

3rd Xander Marshall

8 Yrs 100 Metres

1st Hamish Wilson

2nd Jack Farnell

3rd Schafer Aiken

Junior 200 Metres

1st James Davison

2nd Jak Wunder

3rd Blayne Smith

11 Yrs 200 Metres

1st Ethan Williams

2nd Kade Hooper

3rd Jack Kelly

12Yrs 200 Metres

1st Brendan Davison

2nd Ned Gardner

3rd Fletcher Pearce

12/13 Yrs 800 Metres

1st Fletcher Pearce

2nd Brendan Davison

3rd Ned Gardner

11 Yrs 800 Metres

1st Kade Hooper

2nd Ethan Williams

3rd Callum Boag

Junior 800 Metres

1st Ned Bush

2nd Rainer Fagerstrom

3rd Dylan Hooper

12/13 Yrs Long Jump

1st Brendan Davison

2nd Ned Gardner

3rd Fletcher Pearce

11 Year Long Jump

1st Jack Kelly

2nd

Kade Hooper

3rd Ethan Williams

Junior Long Jump

1st James Davison

2nd

Jak Wunder

3rd Nelson Jackson

12/13 Yrs High Jump

1st Brendan Davison

2nd Fletcher Pearce

3rd Ned Gardner

11 Yrs High Jump

1st Jesse Welsh

2nd Billy Varrica

3rd Ethan Williams

Junior High Jump

1st James Davison

2nd Blayne Smith

3rd Jak Wunder & Oliver

Wynne

12/13 Yrs Shot Put

1st Brendan Davison

2nd Leyden Moore-Miller

3rd Fletcher Pearce

11 Yrs Shot Put

1st Jack Kelly

2nd Billy Varrica

3rd Kade Hooper

Junior Shot Put

1st James Davison

2nd Harry Grant

3rd Otto Pickering

GIRLS RESULTS

12/13Yrs 200 Metres

1st Emily Green

2nd Molly Aiken

3rd Laura Davy

11 Yrs 200 Metres

1st Christina Davis

2nd Claire Turville

3rd Bianca Young

Junior 200 Metres

1st Amber Morris

2nd

Te Reremoana Walker

3rd Lilli-Mae Geer

8Yrs 100 Metres

1st Olivia Dew

2nd Charlie Parkinson

2nd Jasie Brown

9Yrs 100 Metres

1st Chloe Young

2nd Jasmine Nunn

3rd Tiah Carroll

10Yrs 100 Metres

1st Amber Morris

2nd

Te Reremoana Walker

3rd Lilli-Mae Geer

11 Yrs 100 Metres

1st Claire Turville

2nd Christina Davis

3rd Amber Whiteley

12Yrs 100 Metres

1st Brooklyn Daniels

2nd Molly Aiken

3rd Emily Green

12/13 Yrs 800 Metres

1st Brooklyn Daniels

2nd Jillian Black

3rd Molly Aiken

11 Yrs 800 Metres

1st Christina Davis

2nd Amber Whiteley

3rd Halle Ford

Junior 800 Metres

1st Te Reremoana Walker

2nd Amber Gardner

3rd Jasmine Nunn

12/13 Yrs Long Jump

1st Molly Aiken

2nd Brooklyn Daniel

3rd Emmerson Fleming

11 Yrs Long Jump

1st Claire Turville

2nd April Cougle

3rd Amber Whiteley

Junior Long Jump

1st Amber Morris

2nd Te Reremoana Walker

3rd Maddison Aiken

12/13 Yrs High Jump

1st Jillian Black

2nd Emily Green

2nd Katie Clarke

11 Yrs High Jump

1st Amber Whiteley

2nd Christina Davis

3rd Ebony Cavanough

Junior High Jump

1st Lilli-Mae Geer

2nd Laura Wilson

3rd Te Reremoana Walker

12/13 Yrs Shot Put

1st Katie Clarke

2nd Elizabeth Hill

3rd Molly Aken

11 Yrs Shot Put

1st Bianca YOung

2nd Halle Ford

3rd Angel Bendeich

Junior Shot Put

1st Amber Morris

2nd Laura Wilson

3rd Amber Gardner

The Blue Mufti Day held for Autism Awareness on Wednesday 29 May raised $230. The money will be forwarded on to Aspect Australia which will fund events in this area. Thank you for your generosity and continued support.

The Daniel Family Fundraiser Hallidays Point Public School raised $158 towards the very successful fundraising night on Saturday 25 May.

Woolworths Earn and Learn Stickers So far a great response has been received for the Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers. This promotion finishes this Sunday 9th June, so please make sure you have collected your stickers and from family and friends and place them in the boxes at the front of the Woolworths (Tuncurry, Forster and Taree) stores or in the box located in the School Office as soon as possible. Thank you for your excellent support for this free school equipment incentive!

SOCCER CLINICS - JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Used by international clubs such as Manchester United and Arsenal,

Coerver Coaching develops the individual technical skills of all player

levels.

Hallidays

Point

1 - 3 July 8-11yrs

12-16yrs

9am-12pm

1pm-4pm

Taree

4 - 6 July 8-11yrs

12-16yrs

9am-12pm

1pm-4pm

Kempsey

8 - 10 July 8-11yrs

12-16yrs

9am-12pm

1pm-4pm

The cost is $130 and includes an adidas soccer-ball, training jersey,

water station, home-training program, 9 hours expert coaching by a

Coerver accredited coach and a Certificate.

To register or further enquiries contact Jeff Summers (Regional Director)

on 0402 211 738 or email: jeffsummers76@gmail.com

WEEK DATE CLASS

TERM 2 ASSEMBLY ROSTER - 2.05 PM

7 June Long Weekend

8 17/6/13 Primary – 5/6V

9 26/6/13 Wednesday – Combined

IMPROTANT DATES FOR 2013 29/7-2/8/13 Education Week

30/7/13 Jollybops Science Show

2/8/13 Zone Athletics Carnival

5-7/8/13 Year 3/4 Great Aussie Bush Camp

28/8/13 Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Comp

9-13/9/13 Year 5/6 Lake Ainsworth Camp

17/10/13 2014 Kindergarten Orientation Day

9/12/13 Year 6 Farewell

11/12/13 Presentation Day

16/12/13 Picnic Day

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

KIDS COMMITTEE

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