PBL focusing on expectations under

the COLA

PBL Award Hamish Linton, Elijah Sams, Leo Fenner,

Hunter Barnett, Charlotte Hunt, Chloe Cruickshank, Phillipa Cracknell, Joseph Lulham and Zavier Oliphant

Important Dates to Remember Term 2 2021

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.”

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Term 2 Week 6 Wednesday 26th May 2021

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Casey Kelly

P & C Executive President: Maree Merry Vice President - Vanessa Johnson Secretary: Jo Cayzer Treasurer: Anne-Maree McGrath

Thursday 27th May - Zone Cross Country Thursday 27th May - P & C Movie Night Monday 31st May - Playgroup 10am to 11:30am Thursday 3rd June - Assembly by 5/6B, item 5/6K, 2:30pm Monday 7th June - Playgroup 10am to 11:30am Monday 7th June - Regional Girls Softball Trials Tuesday 8th June - School Photos Tuesday 8th June - Girls Basketball Gala Day Tuesday 8th June - Choral Speech Wednesday 9th June - Scholastic BookClub Issue 4 due

3/4W are Writers and Makers

Gold Awards Tyler Wilkinson and Braxton Aworth

Silver Awards Xavier Siemsen, Brady Moses, Damien Nicholls, Tom Chegwyn

and Indi Maher

Uniform Awards Tilly-May Lapworth, Brooklyn-Grace Furney, Zac Pollard, Charlie Wilton, Arla Dines, Chelsii Williams, Hope

Clarke and Angela Baker

Breakfast Club provides toast, fruit and vegetables to all students every morning.

* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page). Please email or send into the office a copy of the online receipt. If payments are made online signed permission notes must still be returned to the front office.

* Voluntary contribution fees can be paid at the front office or online. They are $50 per year per student.

Ayla Fox - Improved knowledge of sounds and sight words Scarlett Blackwood - Improved confidence in reading groups Caitlin Cwach - Fantastic effort during writing lessons Cienna Flemming - Fantastic work during reading groups Regardt Janse Van Rensburg - Excellent effort writing with Dr Bricknell Zac Pollard - Consistent application in Science lessons Kayden Reid - Excellent effort in reading and sound work Elliot Douglas - A settled start to Kootingal Public School Ava Moxon - Working hard to correct her letter formation Koby-Jay Lang - Sharing great ideas in text discussions Brady Moses - Excellent effort during Dr Bricknell’s writing lesson Riley McDowall - Excellent effort and focus during Dr Bricknell’s writing lesson Isaac Hetherington - Active participation in Dr Bricknell’s lesson and sharing his writing with the class Clayton Ford - Effort and application during Dr Bricknell’s writing session Jeremy Nash - Excellent application during Dr Bricknell’s writing session Keith Sichter - Concentration and effort during Dr Bricknell’s writing session Lily Shiels - Displaying sportsmanship during the game ‘kickball’ Tyler Robinson - Asking questions and seeking clarification Alex Murray - His enthusiasm towards learning about My Place Nicholas Holliday - Working to the best of his ability in all lessons Ethan Walker - Active participation and improvement in wellness sessions Emmanuel Lapworth - Making valuable contributions to group tasks

Library Borrowing Days with Mrs Morrish: KL - Mrs Lawrence - Monday K/1C - Mrs Chegwyn - Monday 1/2B - Miss Booby - Thursday 1/2M - Miss Merrett - Thursday 3/4M - Miss Magann - Tuesday 3/4W - Miss Warden - Tuesday 5/6B - Miss Bennett - Wednesday 5/6K - Miss Kelly - Wednesday

All students must have a library bag to borrow books to take home. Thank you, Mrs Morrish and Mrs Dunn

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.

Weekly Bronze Awards

Library News

Messages from the Front Office

Weekly Awards

Breakfast Club

School photos will be taken on Tuesday 8th June 2021. Full winter uniform including winter tunic (girls), long sleeved shirts, tie and black shoes are required.

Photo envelopes have gone home with children. Please use this envelope as each child has a unique code on their envelope. There are no spare envelopes. All envelopes and money are to be returned to the front office by Friday 4th June.

Siblings envelopes are available at the front office on request.

Our Open Girls Softball team competed on Monday in the Tamworth Zone Knockout and Gala Day. Our team had so much fun. While the nerves got the better of us in our first match against Nemingha, they all learned some valuable lessons. Ruby Rakus was keeping the ball in front and performing some spectacular dives as catcher. Another of the highlights of the match was the home run on loaded bases from Phillipa Cracknell. Both Mrs Cracknell and Mrs Blinman got a little excited. This spurred on the team and showed Nemingha what we could do. We got our full compliment across the plate. Nevertheless, it wasn't quite enough.

In our next round, we played Tamworth South PS. Our confidence was continuing to grow and we were so positive in our play and talk on the field. Again, we demonstrated great improvements in our batting and running of the bases. This game we won 12-8.

Following the conclusion of our games, Meika Haak, Phillipa Cracknell and Kara Johnson trialled for the Tamworth Zone Softball team. All girls performed well and they gave their best, despite a long hard day of softball. Both Phillipa and Kara were successful in their selection. Well done ladies.

I couldn't be more proud of our girls. They had a fabulous day and they never gave up. I look forward to working with these girls again. We are so lucky to have such great students at Kootingal! On Tuesday, myself and Mrs Blinman gathered ourselves together for another day of softball with the Open Boys Team competing in the Tamworth Zone Knockout and Gala Day. In the first round, our team had the bye. We took this opportunity to practise our basic skills of overarm throwing, catching and the two-handed strike while watching our prospective opponents, the winner of the match between Tamworth Public School and Tamworth South Public School. Our opponent was Tamworth South.

In winning the toss, Zepplin Goman elected to field first. This was to serve as a confidence boost for our students. They were a little nervous. Tamworth South got their first two batters home quite quickly. However, a quick succession of outs had our students feeling more confident. We went into bat, and again we were nervous. This was our first competitive game and it was taking us a little while to sort out our nerves. We were two runs down after the first innings. In the second innings, Tamworth South only got one batter home before we went into bat. At the bottom of the second innings, Kootingal was behind 4-2. The third innings proved to be our strongest. At the top of the third innings, Kootingal both pitched and fielded the strongest. The first three batters for Tamworth South in the third innings were out in quick succession, bringing to life the Kootingal team and support crew. We went in to bat at the bottom of the third innings and our first seven batters all returned home. With seven across the plate it was side away and Kootingal was in the lead 9-4. Going into the fourth innings, Tamworth South needed five or more runs to ensure Kootingal went into bat. Tamworth South got their five, but Kootingal was on a high and only needed the one run to take victory. Fielding lapses on the batting of Zepplin Goman’s big hit led to Ethan Walker running to home plate to rapturous applause. It was a great feeling for Kootingal all the while being watched by their next opponent, Duri-Currububula. This game started in a firecracker of a way. Sent in to bat, Kootingal started the way they finished their previous game with seven batters across the home plate. With seven home, we sent Duri-Currububla in to bat. It wasn’t long though and we had them out with only two home. Our team was on fire! In the second innings, Kootingal scored four runs to our opponent’s zero, and with a third innings of another seven batters making it home, it took our tally to 18 runs. We held Duri-Currububla to 2 runs, making Kootingal the winners of the Tamworth Zone! Following our game, it was time for Zepplin Goman, Joseph Lulham, Liam Jarrett and Ethan Walker to take their place in the selection trial for the Tamworth Zone team. I proudly announce all four boys were selected! Congratulations boys.

Principal’s Messages

School Photos - Tuesday 8th June 2021 Principal’s Messages

All students were exemplary both in their game play and sportsmanship. Thank you to our support crew over the past two days. Your support of our students and school is always greatly appreciated and welcomed, and our students love having someone to play to. Congratulations students and both myself and Mrs Blinman can’t wait to see what’s in store for our next game. Stay tuned community!

Good luck to our students in years 3 to 6 who are competing today in the NSW Netball Gala Day at the Sports Dome in Tamworth. Our students love the concept of a gala day, having the ability to play multiple teams regardless of the score. Thank you to Miss Magann and Miss Semmler for making this opportunity available to our students.

All the best to our students competing this week in the Tamworth Zone Cross Country at Nundle. Take your winter woolies so you’re not too cold and run like the wind. Thank you to Mrs Lawrence and Miss Warden for their organisation. Enjoy your day in your hometown Miss Warden!

Last week we commenced looking at active commuting to school. With the amount of physical activity our students are doing this week, you may well be wondering why this is still a focus. This is something that is achievable nearly everyday for our students. If brining our students to school via the family car, think about a safe spot to drop off to allow your child or children to walk the rest of the way. It may simply be as close as the start of the school block. This is a great way to build some independence while still monitoring our children’s safety as they enter the school grounds. Below is a map of possible places to drop off.

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This week, our PBL focus is examining the expectations while using the COLA. During their PBL lesson, students will brainstorm all the different ways that our school uses the COLA throughout the week. They will also revisit the specific expectations under each of the three core value areas. These are listed on the Positive Behaviour for Learning matrix and on the signage located along the brick wall at the end of the COLA. Safe - Walk - Sit to eat Supportive - Share school equipment and use appropriately - Share space Effective Learner - Wait for teachers to dismiss you at eating time - Line up quickly and quietly at bell Mrs Warden

School Banking Friday

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PBL MessagePrincipal’s Messages

New & existing families are always welcome to join the friendly and relaxing atmosphere on Mondays between 10am and 11.30am.

Pack a snack for the kids. A cuppa & biscuits are provided for adults. For information please call Kootingal School on 67 603 332.

Busy Indoors & Out

This week made Pipecleaner & Cheerio

Birdfeeders

Rocking, Stacking, Building, Wiggling, Spinning, Drawing,

Reading, Bubble Blowing, Threading…So much to do!

A warm Welcome to the new families joining us at Playgroup each week. It is great to see everyone enjoying each other’s company &

making new friends.

Next week we will be having fun learning about shapes & colours.

Actively commuting to schoolhelps children reach

important daily physicalactivity milestones. By

ditching the car and taking upwalking to school, childrencan increase their activity

energy expenditure by up to10%, providing better health-

related fitness.

Walk with your child until you areconfident they can activelycommute independently

Park & ride/walk if you live too far toactively commute the whole way

Work with the school community tostart a walking/riding group (thatcould be supervised by an adult)

ACTIVE COMMUTINGB E N E F I T S O F

VISIT IPLAY FOR PARENTS FOR MORE

Active commuting tips

Booth, M., Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia. J Paediatr Child Health, 2007. Nov;43(11):755-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01159.xActive Healthy Kids Australia (2015). The Road Less Travelled: The 2015 Active Healthy Kids Australia Progress Report Card on ActiveTransport for Children and Young People. Adelaide, South Australia: Active Healthy Kids Australia

Tuesday 8th June 2021

This year school photos are in winter.

Please ensure that you have the correct

uniform ready to go.

Girls need to have a

winter tunic,

long sleeved blue shirt,

school tie, navy tights

or long navy socks and

black school shoes.

Boys need to have a

long sleeved blue shirt,

grey long pants,

school tie and

black school shoes.

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Hot Food $ Price

Cheese Pizza $2.80

Ham &

Cheese Pizza $3.00

Cheeseburger $4.00

Chicken Burger (lettuce, cheese, m

ayo)

$4.00

Chicken Wrap

(lettuce, cheese, m

ayo)

$4.00

Meat Pie

$4.00 Snack Pie

$2.50 Sausage Roll

$3.50 Chicken Nuggets

Pack of 3

$1.50 Pack of 6

$3.00 Pack of 9

$4.50 Pack of 10

$5.00 Pack of 12

$6.00 Ham

& Cheese

Toastie $2.50

Chicken & Cheese

Toastie $2.50

Cheese Toastie $2.30

Drinks

Chocolate Milk

$2.00 Straw

berry Milk

$2.00 Apple Popper

$1.00 Tropical Popper

$1.00 Sparkling Crisp Apple Fruit Juice

$2.50

Sparkling Apple Tropical Punch Fruit Juice

$2.50

Bottle of Water

$1.00

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Frozen Snacks $ Price

Frozen Apple Fruit Cup

$1.00

Frozen Orange Fruit

Cup $1.00

Strawberry Frozen

Yoghurt $2.20

Mango Frozen

Yoghurt $2.20

Vanilla Ice Cream Cup

$1.50 Chocolate M

oosies $1.50

Quelch

50c

Chips

Variety packets

50c

Extras

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BBQ Sauce

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