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!!! !PBL Award

Following PBL expectations !Indiana Davis, Mason Russ, Sunni Fields,

Chadrick Lang, Joshua Thompson, Madison Roe, Amelia Wynn

and Emma Jarret !!!!Important Dates to Remember Term 1 2018

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.” !

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

Term 1 Week 2 Wednesday 7th February 2018

Friday 9th February - Swimming Carnival Monday 12th February - Playgroup Wednesday 14th Feb - Kooty Kougars come and try sessions Thursday 15th Feb - SES and Pillow Case Project - Yrs 3 & 4 Thursday 15th February - Book Club Due Friday 16th February - Year 6 SRC Elections Monday 19th February - Playgroup Tuesday 20th Feb - P & C Meeting, 6 to 8pm, School Library

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn !Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Jill Cook !P & C Executive President: Cath Bubb Vice President - Noni Kasch Secretary: Vanessa Johnson Treasurer: Scott Cracknell and Jelka Schurink (Canteen)

Merit Emily Hatton !!Gold Award

Johnathon Cook !!!Silver Award

Clayton Ford, Johnathon Cook, Phillipa Cracknell, Megan Johnson, Hope Clarke, Kara Johnson, Matilda Lees,

Addyson Vernon, Megan Bubb, Sophie and Charli Hogg !

!Uniform Award

Arla Dines, Lewis Adams, Piper Hammer, Lincoln Jobson,

Kahliah Day, Layla Wilton, Damikah Barwick-Taylor

and Zane Hyson ! !

Abbie-Lee Hilton - Setting into Kindergarten well Ella Dwyer - Trying hard in class and following teacher instructions Edward Sipple - Trying hard to produce beautiful neat work Lewis Rule - Having a go at all activities in English Alijah Siemsen - Contributing to discussions in English Sadie Nicholls - Settling in well to year one Kara Johnson - Fantastic work ethic in all areas of learning Cody Hudson - Great contributions in Mathematics Oscar Wallace - Always using his manners Jahmarli Fields - Excellent spelling results Zepplin Goman - Excellent attitude to all learning activities Dailen Radmore - Always being attentive and ready for work Mia Smith - Persistence in Mathematics Liam Symons and Chanel Stockdale - Settled work habits Braidy Cork - Working cooperatively and the careful presentation of his work Robert Merry - His fantastic effort in narrative writing Nate Symons - His consistent application across all learning experiences Georgia Ford - Excellent helper Mia Stokes - Determined to work well despite adversity Harry Fields - Working well in Mathematics Jordan Byrne - A settled start to the school year !!

!* Notes sent home last week include Student Medical and Emergency Contact Information, General Permission Note, Authority to Publish Form and Internet Users Access Policy. Please return these notes promptly. !* Textbooks are available from our front office - Kindergarten to Year 6 Maths Mentals textbooks $15 - Kindergarten only Foundation Handwriting $12 !* Permission notes and money ($10) for 78 Storey Treehouse is due Wednesday 21st February 2018. !* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page).

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

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

Weekly Awards

“We are Northern Inland Football’s largest Club and the club of choice for most kids at this school”

Information & Sign up day for New Players 11am – 3pm Saturday 3rd March

Kootingal Bowling Club (BBQ Area)

Open to boys and girls of all skill levels from kindergarten up. Why not introduce your child to Tamworth’s and the world’s most popular team sport. With small sided games it has never been easier to start new teams.

For further information Call - Craig Johnston (Registrar) 0447 186613 Noel Corney (President) 0412 619345

www.kootingalkougars.com.au

K.D.S.C. is proudly sponsored by Kootingal Bowling Club

Weekly Bronze Awards

Message from the Front Office

!Thank you to our families and community who were able to attend the Meet the Teacher night this week. It is always a pleasure to showcase our school and staff and this evening was no exception. If you were unable to attend, please ensure you make contact with your child’s teacher. It is always good to meet the families of our students so we can work in partnership for the best possible outcomes for your child. !Our playgroup program, Little Stars, commenced this week and Mrs Chegwyn had 13 families in attendance. Wow! Homebase 1 is always a hive of activity but knowing there were 13 families this week it would have been organised chaos. Mrs Chegwyn does a wonderful job and is highly sought after as our Playgroup leader. The Little Stars Playgroup program operates each Monday morning from 10am till 11.30am in Homebase 1. Come and join us! !Our Kindergarten students are starting to feel right at home at Kootingal Public School. Mrs Lawrence and Miss Magann are working their magic as the students settle into the rouitines of the school day. If your child is tired, it’s not a surprise. The children are on the go all the time physically and are learning new concepts daily. A ‘sweaty brain’ is a good indication of how hard they are working. Keep up the great work Kindergarten! !A bundle of permission notes were distributed to our students, namely Authority to Publish, General Permission Note, Internet User Agreement and Update of Information, and they are essential to the operation of our school. These notes must be returned prior to the swimming carnival as students require permission to attend the carnival as it is outside the school. The General Permission note will cover students for events located within Kootingal. Parents and families are notified of events in advance so they are aware as to where their children are at all times. !This week we kick off our sporting endeavours with our annual Swimming Carnival this Friday 9th February at the Kootingal Pool. Sporting House Captains were elected last week with plenty of house spirit evident, and this was not only present in our students! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!Congratulations to our House Captains: Captains Gill - Megan Bubb Vice Captains Gill - Rueben Haak and Ally Higgins Captains Wilson - Alexander Cracknell and Isabella Walker Vice captains Wilson - Billy Siemsen and Matilda Lees Captains Dwyer - Will Morris and Brianna-Maree Goman Vice captains Dwyer - Xander Murray and Jainah Grant !We will induct our House Captains, along with our elected Student Representative Council (SRC) members, on Monday 26th February at 10am in the hall. Congratulations also to our class SRC members. They are: 2P Dailen Radmore and Taylor Mills 2/3S Deakan Keven-Faulkner and Chanel Stockdale 3/4B Nate Symons & Abby Stokes 5/6C Damikah Barwick-Taylor 5/6M Joey Hyson !Our Year 6 SRC elections are scheduled next week. Good luck to the following students who are standing for elections:

Girls - Amelia Wynn, Brianna-Maree Goman, Megan Bubb, Keira Madden, Jaeda Symons, Amity Cork, Jade Nicholls,

Ally Higgins, Tianna Urquhart, Thalia Davis, Isabella Walker, Lillie Walker, Matilda Lees, Jainah Grant, Reba Ramage

and Madison Roe Boys - Reuben Haak, Billy Siemsen, Alexander Cracknell,

Xander Murray, Desean Allen, Dan Worth, Will Morris, Beau Roberts and Cohen Parkes

Invitations to parents and families will be given to students for the induction ceremony. !Parents are able to make payments in two ways to Kootingal Public School. They are via cash and via our school website. Please note these are only payments for Kootingal Public School, not the P&C or canteen. Below is a screen shot of the icon to click on our website to make a payment. You will require credit card details to make a payment and knowledge of the activity and cost before proceeding. It is quite an easy system to use and one that is readily available. You are even able to print a receipt to demonstrate your payment. If you have any troubles, please contact the school. See you at the carnival. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

Welcome back to School Banking for 2018! ! I hope you had an enjoyable break. I'm really looking forward to this year as we introduce some positive changes to the program. !Firstly, we've listened to community feedback and have made changes to the way we provide fundraising support to schools participating in the program, effective as at the start of the 2018 school year. You can read more about these changes below. !Secondly, thanks to your feedback we're introducing a new Rewards Card Wallet Insert for you to slip into a student's Dollarmites deposit wallet when they're ready to redeem their Dollarmites tokens for a reward item. You'll find a pad of these wallet inserts in your 2018 School Banking program pack and you can order more through the School Banking Portal as needed. !Finally, there's a new Dollarmites character, Lucas, who will be helping students on their Super Savers adventure this year with School Banking. ! Let the fun begin! ! Kind regards, Veronica Howarth Head of School Banking and Youth CommBank

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School Banking Thursday

Come inside and find all your favourite Play School characters

in an exhibition that brings our childhood stories alive.

For all ages

On show at Tamworth Regional Gallery.

466 Peel Street Tamworth, 02 6767 5248, www.tamworthregionalgallery.com.auFree Admission Open Tuesday – Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm

A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC

©Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2016

SATURDAY 10 February 2018to SUNDAY 15 April 2018

TAMWORTH

regional

Thursday 15th February 2018

School Banking - Thursdays

PEEL HIGH SCHOOL YEAR�7�SELECTIVE�HIGH�SCHOOL�OPEN�DAY��

Parents� and� Guardians� of� students� currently� in� Year� 6� (2018)�who� are� interested� in� our� Year� 7�Selective�Class�for�2019�are�invited�to�attend�our�Open�Day�to�share�our�vision�for�the�future.�

The�Open�Day�is�for�Year�6�students�who�plan�to�sit�for�the�Selective�Schools�Test�on�March�15.�The�morning�will� feature� information,� a� tour�of� the� school� facilities,� information� about� class� size� and�structure,�curriculum,�scholarships�and�you�will�also� learn�about�the�unique�opportunities�available�to�the�selective�class.�

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The kids and Educators at Kootingal Sherpa Kids OSHC, are very excited to be back from holidays, full of fun ideas to share.

Already we have filled our mornings and afternoons with exciting activities. Take a sneak peek at what we have been doing……………

We made cubes from

pipe cleaners and

excitedly achieved

SQUARE BUBBLES!

We had a great time flexing our

creativity by

PAINTING ROCKS

with

NAIL POLISH

Received a BIG Smile from all of the kids!

1. Place Skittles around the outer edge of a plate.

Patterns look great.

2. Slowly pour warm water into the middle of plate.

Enough to half cover Skittles.

3. Watch in amazement at the pattern emerging…

The ‘Skittles’

Experiment

Did you know that you can

make shaving cream, water

and food colouring look like

clouds raining?

Even a Storm?

Mums and Dads, If you would like information about

Before and After School Care please

contact William

hurstville@sherpa-kids.com.au

or 0410 841 628

Operating Hours & Fees We are open each morning from

7am to 9am, providing Breakfast,

costing families between $4 -$8 per

child each day booked.

After School Care hours are

3.30pm – 6pm with Afternoon Tea

provided, with out of pocket

expenses between $4.50 to $9

per child, per booking.

OPEN DAY 2018WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY

9.00am – 2.00pm

Farrer

Est 1939

We are the only boys’ agricultural Government selective school in Australia. Farrer has established an enviable reputation as a centre of excellence in academics, agriculture, welfare and sports programs. Catering to the education of both day and boarding students Farrer is set on 191 hectares of prime agricultural land, 10 kilometres from Tamworth, New South Wales.

This is your opportunity for your whole family to tour our campus and

see what Farrer can offer your son

Are you puzzled about which High School will be the right fit for your son?Maybe Farrer has the answer …

Phone:6764-8600

Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School585 Calala Lane, Tamworth NSW 2340

www.farrer.nsw.edu.au

Registration will close at 9.00pm Sunday 18th February 6764-8607 – Kerry Hussey - Enrolments Officer

Wear casual clothing & bring a hat.Refreshments and a light lunch will be served.

Kootingal Public School “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together

KPS Swimming Carnival Program 2018

For this carnival parents should note that only children competing in

50m/100m/200m competitive events are eligible for Age Championships and Zone rep-resentation. All races are finals - places based on official times. Juniors - Children born 2008 to 2010 (8, 9 and 10 year olds) 11 years - Children born 2007 Seniors - Children born 2005 and 2006 (12 and 13 year olds) 9:00am x� Junior and Senior (including 11 yrs) Boys 4x50m Individual Medley (200m) x� Junior and Senior (including 11 yrs) Girls 4 x 50m Individual Medley (200m) x� All age Boys and Girls 100m Freestyle 9:30am School Assembly and Roll Mark 9:40am Proceed to pool for Carnival - instructions and sunscreen 1. Senior Boys 50m Backstroke 2. Senior Girls 50m Backstroke 3. 11yrs Boys 50m Backstroke 4. 11yrs Girls 50m Backstroke 5. Junior Boys 50m Backstroke 6. Junior Girls 50m Backstroke 7. Senior Boys 25m Backstroke 8. Senior Girls 25m Backstroke 9. 11yrs Boys 25m Backstroke 10. 11yrs Girls 25m Backstroke 11. Junior Boys 25m Backstroke 12. Junior Girls 25m Backstroke 13. Novelties - (poor to non-swimmers) 14. 12/13yrs Boys 50m Freestyle 15. 12/13yrs Girls 50m Freestyle 16. 11yrs Boys 50m Freestyle 17. 11yrs Girls 50m Freestyle 18. 10yrs Boys 50m Freestyle 19. 10yrs Girls 50m Freestyle 20. 9yrs Boys 50m Freestyle 21. 9yrs Girls 50m Freestyle 22. 8yrs Boys 50m Freestyle 23. 8yrs Girls 50m Freestyle

24. 11/12/13yrs Boys 25m Freestyle 25. 11/12/13yrs Girls 25m Freestyle 26. 10yrs Boys 25m Freestyle 27. 10yrs Girls 25m Freestyle 28. 9yrs Boys 25m Freestyle 29. 9yrs Girls 25m Freestyle 30. 7-8yrs Boys 25m Freestyle 31. 7-8yrs Girls 25m Freestyle 32. Novelties - (poor to non-swimmer) 33. Senior Boys 50m Breaststroke 34. Senior Girls 50m Breaststroke 35. 11yrs Boys 50m Breaststroke 36. 11yrs Girls 50m Breaststroke 37. Junior Boys 50m Breaststroke 38. Junior Girls 50m Breaststroke 39. Senior Boys 25m Breaststroke 40. Senior Girls 25m Breaststroke 41. 11yrs Boys 25m Breaststroke 42. 11yrs Girls 25m Breaststroke 43. Junior Boys 25m Breaststroke 44. Junior Girls 25m Breaststroke 45. Novelties (poor to non-swimmer) 46. Senior Boys 50m Butterfly 47. Senior Girls 50m Butterfly 48. 11yrs Boys 50m Butterfly 49. 11yrs Girls 50m Butterfly 50. Junior Boys 50m Butterfly 51. Junior Girls 50m Butterfly 52. All in event - Novelties 53. Junior (8yrs, 9yrs & 10yrs) 4 x 25m Relay 54. Senior (11yrs, 12yrs & 13yrs) 4 x 25m Relay 55. All in event - Novelties Clean up Pool Areas We would like to acknowledge all of those parents who have assisted with the running of this event and thank them for giving up their valuable time. We would appreciate if anyone could assist with the taking down of the shade areas. Zone Carnival - Friday 23rd February 2018 - Scully Pool Tamworth Regional Carnival - Monday 5th March 2018