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CROSS COUNTRY FUN

A modified cross country was held on Thursday 18 September, 2020, for students aged 8 and over.

Mr Sams designed a great little course in the school playground. Students aged 8, 9 and 10 years com-

pleted five laps of the course, which equated to 2 kilometres, and students aged 11, 12 and 13 years ran

seven laps, which was 3 kilometres.

Pictured below and on page 5 are students enjoying the

event and putting in a great effort around the course. Pic-

tured right are four of the top placegetters from Stage 3.

IMPORTANT DATES

FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

Last day of Term 3

MONDAY 12 OCTOBER

First day of Term 4 for students

Issue 12 WEEK 10 - Term 3

24 September 2020

CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430 Ph: 02 6551 1081 E: [email protected] Find us on facebook

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

ENDEAVOUR

PBL FOCUS

Week 10 - RESPECT - ‘Follow all staff instructions’.

RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - ENDEAVOUR Page 1

SILVER AWARDS 14 SEPTEMBER 2020

SILVER AWARDS 21 SEPTEMBER 2020

GOLD AWARDS 21 SEPTEMBER 2020

Pictured above are just some of the silver and gold

award winners presented at our Monday’s assem-

blies.

PEER SUPPORT

Last week, children revised what they have learned

about resilience and discussed the people who

show them support. Through a story, the children

Isabella KW Kadance KW

Evelyn 2L Hayleigh 2L

Skye-Rose 1/2P Callan 3C

Chelsea 3/4S Jayda 4M

Isabella 5M Joey 5M

Madison 5/6G Matilda 5M

Samantha 6B

identified where the character had used her per-

sonal qualities, strengths and skills to help her

overcome challenges. They identified times when

she needed support to continue. The children dis-

cussed a range of challenges and determined the

best person to approach for support. They consoli-

dated the protective factors for resilience by revis-

ing their own strengths and skills and identifying 5

people they can go to for support.

This week, we introduced a 3-step model to en-

courage resilient responses; Pause, Plan, Proceed.

The children took part in an activity to identify their

feelings and the immediate effects on their bodies

ie butterflies in their stomach. The normalcy of feel-

ings was acknowledged and the importance of be-

ing proactive was emphasized. The children

learned that pausing when they are emotional can

be helpful. They can do this by being still, taking a

deep breath or counting to ten. Pausing gives chil-

dren space to see a situation more accurately be-

fore planning a response.

Ask your child to describe the 3 steps of the model

and what is involved in each one. Also, remind

your child of their qualities and skills and encour-

age them to ask for help in challenging situations.

Miss Morris

Peer Support Coordinator

Pictured below are students in 1R with SLSO Mr

Clint, working on their activity to assist them to

identify their feelings.

Bailey 3/4S


Aaliyah 2L Aliza 2L

Nicholas 1/2P O’Shay 2L

Allira 3/4S Bailey 3/4S

1R: Amelia, Sugar-Pearl, Charlotte, Skylah and

Daniel (Buddy).

1/2P: Mila, Prashant, Alixandra, Lukas, Ethan and

Nicholas.

2L: Aaliyah, O’Shay, Lucy, Kalaysha, Dominic and

Aliza.

3C: Alex, Bentlee, Chad, Alexis, Callan and Isa-

belle (Buddy).

3/4S: Bailey, Lain, Vaughn, Emmily, Ayesha, Trae,

Allira and Lachlan (Buddy).

4M: Maddi, Jamaine, Vinnie, Breanna, Kenji,

Chase (Buddy) and Jake (Citizenship).

5M: Taleigha, Stevie, Sienna, Lily, Isabella, Declan,

Matilda, Tianna (Citizenship) and Abygale (Buddy).

5/6G: Ebony, Jesse, Bethany, Lauryn, Madison,

James (Citizenship) and Mackye (Buddy).

6B: Laura, Cruz, Samantha, Martin, Tyler, Hayley,

Keneisha, Lilah, Luke (Citizenship) and Brydon

(Buddy).

WEEKLY AWARDS

The winners of the weekly attendance draw for

Week 8 were: Kaitlyn KW, Alix 1/2P, Skyla 3/4S

and Kingston 5/6G.

The winners of the weekly PBL draw for Week 8

were: Joel KW, Tanayah 2L, Jace 3/4S and Loch-

lane 6B.

The winners of the weekly attendance draw for

Week 9 were: Ella KW, Kalaysha 2L, Charlee 3C

and Riely 5/6G.

The winners of the weekly PBL draw for Week 9

were: Mahleah KB/A, Skye-Rose 1/2P, Trae-John

3/4S and Scott 5/6G.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Week 9 -

KB/A - Mahleah, Gary, Logan, Nevaeh

(Citizenship) and Mia (Buddy).

KW: Ella, Aydrian, Noah, Joelin, Kaleeah (Buddy)

and Charli (Citizenship).


Week 10 -

K/BA: Maycee, Lursandra, Matthew, Lockey, Lew-

is, Mylah (Buddy) and Stella (Citizenship).

KW: Jana, Jonah, Joel, Kadance, Kaiden (Buddy)

and Emilia (Citizenship).

1R: Hailie-May, Dale and Hollie.

1/2P: Mikayla, Alixandra, Nicholas, Elizabeth,

Aria, Henry and Lukas (Citizenship).

2L: Kayden, Cooper, Jeremiah, Jacob, Armani,

Evelyn and Evie.

3C: No awards this week

3/4S: No awards this week

4M: No awards this week

5M: Abygale, Dominic and Taleigha (Buddy).

5/6G: Aidan, Ciara, Ethan, Emily, Kingston, Scott

(Buddy) and Charlea (Citizenship).

6B: Blake, Lochlane, Chloe, Nathan, Chanel, Bry-

don, Bianca, Hunter, Cruz (Citizenship) and Jack

(Buddy).

PRODUCTIVE TERM FOR K-2

It has been a busy and productive term in K-2 and

it has been wonderful to watch the students grow

and develop. This term, Kindergarten has been

learning about 2D and 3D shapes and number pat-

terns. They have been reading Aranea by Jenny

Wagner, a book about spiders and learning how to

write informative texts.

1R has been focusing on healthy eating and mak-

ing healthy choices. They have planted some yum-

my strawberry plants (Chantelle and Kayden pic-

tured below) and have been watering them each

day. It will be wonderful to see how much they

have grown over the holidays.

1/2P have been working on researching Australian

animals and are writing their own reports (Mila pic-

tured below). Mrs Pasierbek is very impressed with

their research skills and ability to write informative

texts.

2L has been producing wonderful spring artworks

using a variety of mediums. They have been prac-

tising their typing skills and writing their stories on

the computer.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the

teachers and Learning Support officers for all their

hard work this term and on their behalf we hope all

our students have a safe and happy holiday. We

look forward to seeing you in Term 4.

Ms Long

Assistant Principal Early Stage 1 & Stage 1


Continued from the front page …..


Pictured on this page are students participating in

the cross country event. Above are some of the

placegetters after receiving their ribbon. Congratu-

lations to these students and well done to all stu-

dents for their participation.

6B WEBCAST FROM TARONGA ZOO

6B enjoyed an interesting webcast from Taronga

Zoo with a koala expert. They learnt about koala

behaviour, the impact of habitat destruction and

worked on design ideas for koala crossings. We

were able to participate in a live Q&A session with

Andrew who works as a zookeeper and meet a

young koala named Baxter, pictured below.

Mrs Blick

6B Class Teacher

3/4S PRAC TEACHER WELCOMED

Class 3/4S welcomed 3rd year prac teacher Miss

Smith (pictured below) this term. Miss Smith has

now completed her 4 week prac with us. We wish

her all the best.

COMPUTER LAB CREATIONS

Stage 1 students have been getting creative in the

Computer Lab.

Pictured below and right are some creations from

Isabella 1/2P, Charlotte 1R and Cooper 1/2P.


Visit us on

facebook

looking at old photos and encouraging your child to

have positive and respectful relationships with family

members and important close family friends.

Help your child develop social skills and develop peer

friendships by modelling these skills to them. Children

learn social skills by observing how the people around

them interact with each other. You are their role mod-

el! Encourage your children to play with friends and

socialise.

Helping your child to develop empathy involves provid-

ing your child opportunities to practice interacting with

others in a kind and caring way. Again, you are their

role model. They need to be able to see you interact

with others in this way. Talk to your child about being

aware of others feelings and not making judgements,

noticing when their friends are sad or needing support

and needing to listen to others.

Recognise when your children are experiencing feel-

ings like sadness, anger, frustration or loneliness. Talk

with them and let them know it is ok to have those

feelings. As a parent we try to fix our children’s prob-

lems straight away to protect them. Support them to

experience these feelings of everyday life and over-

come them.

https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/healthy-

homes/building-resilience/build-supportive-

relationships

Have a very safe and healthy school holiday everyone.

Mrs Moore

Learning & Support Teacher (LaST)

Pictured below are good friends Alexis and Olivia.

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN

PART 2

Building supportive relationships

Quality relationships are important for resilience.

You can help develop your child’s resilience by help-

ing them build and strengthen their relationships with

other children, and with significant adults in their

lives – including your parent-child relationship.

It is important to remember to:

• spend quality time with your child

• support your child to build relationships

with other adults

• help your child develop social skills and

friendships with peers

• help your child to develop empathy

Spending quality time with your child or children in-

volves making a connection with them. You can do

this by doing something together that you both en-

joy. It could be bike riding, walking the family dog,

cooking, gardening or watching your favourite family

movie together. You can also use this together time

to talk with each other and make a connection.

Talk to your child or children about things that are

happening for them. Talk about what is happening at

school, what interests they have, what they dislike.

Ask them open questions like “Tell me about your

day”, rather than “did you have a good day”. You

may get more than just a simple “yes” or “no” an-

swer.

Listen carefully to your child or children. They may

be telling you something they dislike or something

that is worrying them. Try to remember that they

have a different view on the world. What might seem

trivial to you may not be for them. Help them find

ways to solve their problems rather than trying to fix

things for them. When your child is having a hard

time ask them how you can support them.

Support your child or children to build positive rela-

tionships with other adults. This can be done through

family connections and involvement in local commu-

nity activities. Help your children connect with family

history through storytelling of family member history,


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BUSY RESEARCHERS

Pictured below are students in 1/2P

busy researching Australian animals. As

stated on page 4, they were then writing

some informative text from their re-

search.

EFTPOS is available for

your convenience.

The canteen is unable to take flexischool orders tomorrow

(Friday) for recess (second break). The usual small over the

counter purchases can still be made.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

• Taree Tornadoes - Summer League 2020/21. Registra-

tions now open for individuals and teams. Active kids

voucher can be used. Phone Miranda to book on 0403 590

073.

• Biripi Foster & Kinship carer information session. 15/10

9.30am to 11am OR 11.30am to 1pm. Please RSVP by

phoning 6591 2411.

• Taree Respiratory Clinic - at Butterworth Carpark. Chang-

es to operating hours. Now Mon to Sat 9am to 1pm. By

appointment only. No access via the Health Hub.

THE SCHOOL CANTEEN IS OPEN

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.


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