Things I like about or doing at kapooka school

Jessica, Year 3

My friends

Working on the computers

Playing handball and playing in the playground

Doing Art

K A P O O K A

N E W S

Term 3 Week 1

Tuesday

17th July 2012

Value: RESPECT

demonstrated by students when they RECOGNISE THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS

Principal’s report: I hope that you are feeling happy, relaxed and ready for another busy term after the holidays.

We had a very exciting finish to last

term, visiting Collingullie Public

School for a Creative Arts and

Public Speaking Day. The activities

were well planned and enjoyed by all.

Congratulations to our public

speaking representatives; Poppy,

Shaun and Sian who spoke clearly and

confidently. These students should

feel proud of themselves as they

achieved something adults have rated

as the most stressful activity, speaking

in front of an audience, and this was a

large audience. Well done. The day

finished with an energetic Zumba

session. Thank you to Mrs Dunn, Principal, Collingullie

School for her organisation.

Welcome to Megan Eulenstein who is very excited to

be teaching K/1 until the end of the year. Ms Eulenstein

has come to know the students through teaching the

class at different times during the first two terms. Ms

van Dijk has arrived safely in Holland and is with her

family. Keep up with her adventures through our Wiki.

There are already photos on this site for you to enjoy.

Mrs McTavish is also in Europe with her sister and

mother, she is enjoying sightseeing and experiencing

other cultures. We will be welcoming her back to

school on August 6.

At our Staff Development Day we updated our

emergency care and resuscitation certification and reviewed the school plan. As part of this review we will

be offering a range of workshops to parents prior to our assemblies this term to inform about the programs

we have in the school in a fun and hands on manner. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to

find out about the activities your children participate in to enhance their learning. The first workshop will be

run by Mrs Driscoll in the library at 2:00pm on Friday 27th July, just prior to our normal school

assembly and will highlight the Accelerated Literacy program and spelling.

We hope you enjoyed sharing your child’s portfolio over the holidays. So that we can begin putting work

samples in ready for the end of the year, would you please return these to school as soon as possible.

Education Week begins on Monday 30 July. We will participating in the celebrations at the Marketplace by

having boards displaying the educational opportunities and activities at Kapooka Public School. 4/5/6 will

be dancing at 11:05am on Wednesday 1st August and our chess team will be competing in the Cargill Chess

Challenge. Please take the time to look at our board during the week and attend any of the activities being

offered.

To complete our celebration of education our Dance Concert is being held at the Kapooka Cinema on

Thursday 2nd August beginning at 6.30pm. The students will showcase the dances they have learnt last

term and the finalists of ‘Kapooka Has Talent’ will perform.

Change of day. The next P & C meeting for this term will be held on a Thursday morning at 9:30am.

Date to be advised. We are still varying the days and times for these meetings to ensure as many people as

possible are able to attend and have input into supporting the school. I am looking forward to seeing you at

this meeting.

Lyn

Kapooka Public School, Sturt Avenue, Kapooka, NSW 2661 Phone: 02 6931 2703 Fax: 02 6931 4342

Principal: Mrs Lyn Eacott Email: kapooka-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: kapooka-p.schools.det.nsw.edu.au

community news: Blamey Community Centre - is holding a Christmas in July

Dinner on Saturday 28th July 2012 at 6pm at the Wagga Turf Club.

Entertainment provided by Kapooka Army Band, secret Santa,

silent Auctions, and lots lots more. $40 per head. Fundraiser for

the Community Centre and Riding for Disabled. Childcare

available. Ph Kim on 0435 933 289 for email

blameycommunity@gmail.com

Karate Classes - Kapooka Community Centre, every Tuesday,

6-7pm, 6yrs old and above. New students are welcome. Fees $7.00

per session and no membership or registration fee. For enquiries,

call Sawal on 0458 257 745 or www.karatewagga.com

All are welcome. Some Kapooka School students already attend

these sessions and with family postings, numbers are low, as not to

lose such a valuable asset to our community please pass the word.

Asthma Information Line is a telephone and email

information and support service for people with asthma, their

families and friends. For more details www.asthmansw.org.au or

phone 1800 645 130.

Go4Fun® Program

Go4Fun® is a free healthy lifestyle program supporting children

aged 7-13 to become fitter, healthier and happier. The program is

fun and interactive and supports children and their families to

adopt a healthy approach to living. The program is currently being

run in towns across NSW. For further information, and to register,

go to: http://au.mendcentral.org/go4fun

CALENDAR DATES: TERM 3 23 - Enviro Mentors 4/5/6 and 1/2/3 27 - National Tree Day 28 - 2pm - Accelerated Literacy workshop by Mrs Discoll, followed by Assembly, led by 4/5/6 Week 3 - Education Week 31 - UNI NSW English Competition 1 AUGUST - Market Place Performance at 11:05am, 4/5/6 2 - Kapooka Dance Concert, 6.30pm @ Kapooka Cinema 3 - Sports day @ Uranquinty 6 - Mrs McTavish returns to school 9 - K/1 REEC visit 10 - Mini Olympics as Collingullie School 11 - Sports day - Kapooka travels to Ladysmith Sch Week 6 - BOOK WEEK 24 - Book Week and Open Day activities - Assembly run by 1/2/3 @ 12.15

Uniform sales - OPEN each Thursday, 9.00 - 9.30am Student banking - Every Friday

School news: Term 3 sports—notes will be sent home this week regarding Friday sports combined with other small schools. On Friday 3rd Aug, Kapooka travels to Uranqinty. On Friday 17th Aug, Kapooka travels to Ladysmith. Friday 31st Aug, Kapooka hosts Collingullie and on Friday 14th Sept Kapooka hosts Tarcutta. School Dance Concert - please put in your diary, Thurs-day 2nd August at 6.30pm at the ARTC Cinema. Education Week performance - note home this week re 4/5/6 travelling to Market Place for a dance performance at 11.05am. Please come and see your child, look at our dis-play board during the week. Book Week - Our school will be holding our Open Day with our Book Week celebrations this year. Our Book Week day wil be Friday 24th August. The theme this year is “Champions Read”. More information to follow. National Year of Reading - The National Year of Reading 2012 is about celebrating and encouraging a nation of read-ers. If your child is learning how to read, or you are looking for book recommendations for avid readers, visit the National Year of Reading Website. For more information, great tips and to find out what events are being held in your local area go to: http://www.love2read.org.au/

Travelling to Collingullie for Creative Arts Day