Term 2 Week 3 15 May, 2013

Ph: 4988 6234

Mr Partridge’s Message

Dates for your Diary

Fri 19 Jul Pie Order Collection

Tue 23 Jul Jarrod Mullen Rugby League Cup

Wed 24 Jul ** P&C Meeting @7.30pm

Thu 1 Aug Assembly - Item 2A

Tue 6 Aug Zone Athletics - Field

Fri 9 Aug Zone Athletics - Track

Wed 14 Aug K-2 Civic Theatre Performance

Thu 22 Aug Assembly - Item 4/5B

Fri 30 Aug Regional Athletics

Thu 19 Sep Assembly - Item 5/6U

Fri 20 Sep End of Term 3

Tue 8 Oct Term 4 Commences

Mr Partridge’s Message cont.

SCHOOL & COMMUNITY NEWS Term 3, Week 1 - 18 July, 2013

Phone: 49 886 234 Fax: 49 886 435

www.seaham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: seaham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Welcome back students, parents and Seaham school

staff to another exciting term at Seaham Public

School. I hope your holiday was relaxing and gave

you all a chance to enjoy some quality family time.

Staffing News: This term we have some changes

in terms of staffing. Mrs Lawler is currently on leave

and Mrs Elliott will be KL’s teacher for weeks one and

two. Mrs Feenan is continuing her leave with Mrs

Brown and Miss Lowcock covering our library

sessions. Congratulations also to Mrs Brown who

secured a two day permanent library position at

Clarence Town on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On

these days Miss Lowcock will be working in our

library. Later in the term Mrs Dybell will be on leave

from September 4 until the end of term. Miss

Lowcock will be taking over as 5/6D’s teacher during

this time. Mrs Johns will also be taking leave from

26 August until the end of the term. During these

times our teachers work hard to ensure that

teaching programs continue and the change is

seamless ensuring limited disruption for our

students. Mrs Lewis in our office will also be on

leave in weeks seven and eight and Mrs Buckley

from the office will be continuing her leave on

Fridays with Mrs Stulz relieving in the office.

Garden Area: Our new garden area looks fantastic.

Thank you so much to all those families that assisted

in putting it all together, in particular Kerri and

Gavin McCaw who have given up a lot of their time

to organise materials, people and have done a lot of

the hard work themselves. The garden will be open

at recess and lunch. At the moment teachers are

spending time talking to their classes and ensuring

that everyone knows the rules in our garden area.

W h e n a l l t e a c h e r s h a v e h a d

this talk the garden wi l l be open.

Swimming School: At the moment we have thirty

seven Stage Two students booked in for our

swimming program at Balance which begins

tomorrow.

Change in Library Days

Please note that Library days for some

classes have changed for Term Three.

Below is the class and designated library

days for your records.

KL Monday

K/1S Friday

1B Friday

2A Thursday

2/3M Wednesday

3/4J Wednesday

4/5B Monday

5/6U Thursday

5/6D Thursday

Principal’s Message Cont.

These students will receive a separate note

today reminding them about the swimming

program and what they will need to bring.

There are still places available, the program

cost $65 which includes bus travel and five

swimming lessons. Each lesson is a full

hour with a wonderful instructor. It is well

worth the money. A payment first thing

tomorrow morning can still secure your

child/ren a place.

Do you know that Brandy Hill Quarry is intending

to: More than double its output to 1.5 million

tonnes/year and Build a concrete batching plant

and include a concrete recycling centre.

That will mean; more quarrying and blasting

noise, more trucks on local roads, 24 hour

operation, 7 days/week. Are you concerned?

We urge you to attend a meeting to voice your

views and gauge community opinion.

Thursday, 18th July at 7.30pm

Seaham Hall

COMMUNITY UNITY IS PARAMOUNT!

For more information contact

Margarete - 49886184 or Scott -

Fri 19 Jul Karen Forsythe

Liz Akerman

Mel Meggs

Mon 22 Jul Karen Phillips

Tue 23 Jul Shannon Gillon

Wed 24 Jul Dee Mcdonald

Sam Mella

Thu 25 Jul Sandra Batchelor

Fri 26 Jul Rebecca Muddle

Michelle Mowbray

We still have a few spots to cover for this terms

roster. The canteen needs 1 more person for

the following Fridays.

26/7, 2/8, 9/8, 16/8, 30/8, 20/9.

We need 2 more people for Friday the 6/9.

Can you help out? If you can please ring

Leanne Cox on 0410320957.

Canteen Roster

Zone Athletic Team

Community Meeting—Brandy Hill

Swimming Program

Parent/Family Helpers

Required for Infant Sport

Revised Bell Times

New Department Medical Forms

Pie Order Collection

There are still some vacancies for the Stage

Two swimming program. If you would like your

child/ren to attend, please send in the

permission note.

Purple notes were sent home last term to our

Stage Two and Three Students. Please return

these notes to the office and indicate if your

child/ren will be participating. This program

has been very impressive and we highly

recommend participation. It caters for all

abilities and the results from Stage One were

outstanding. For five weeks including seat

belted bus travel it is very affordable at $65.00.

There has been a change in bell times for this

term. Please note the session times below:

9.00 am -11am S e s s i o n O n e

11.00am -11.25am R e c e s s

11.25am-12.40pm S e s s i o n T w o

12.40pm-12.50pm E a t i n g L u n c h

12.50pm-1.15pm 1st Half Lunch

1.15pm—1.40pm 2nd half Lunch

1.40pm—3.00pm Session Three

Parent/Family helpers are invited to assist with

infant sport Wednesday afternoons from

2.10pm-3pm. This is a great way to become

involved with the fun the students have during

sport. If you can assist, please let Ms Atchison

from 2A know.

Pie drive orders can be collected from 12 noon

-3.30pm tomorrow, 19 July. To assist with

packing, please deliver your green bag (or

bags), labelled with your name, to the canteen.

The next canteen meeting is 2pm Wednesday

24 July 2013. All welcome.

Yesterday new medical forms were sent home to

students that have current medical/allergy

conditions. If you did not receive one, please

contact the office. Your prompt assistance with

completion of these forms will be appreciated.

Please return them to the office as soon as

possible.

Information in regard to the zone qualifying

times have now come through to Mrs Dybell.

Mrs Dybell will now be able to finalise the zone

team. Members of the team will receive the

necessary paperwork shortly. The team will be

published in next weeks newsletter. The zone

field events will take place 6 August and the

track events 9 August, 2013. Please note the revised bell times on this page

Sporting Achievements

Book Fair For Term 3

Welcome Jasmine

Our Rugby League team will also be competing

in the Jarrod Mullen Cup next Tuesday at

Salamander Bay. Good luck boys.

Newsletter Briefs

Writing essays made easier: Rather than

worrying about an essay for weeks, suggest

your child get in some early preparation and

have the self-belief that they can do it. Find

out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

homework-and-study/homework-tips/10-tips-

for-writing-an-essay

Sorting fact from fiction: You can't always

trust what you read when researching

information for homework, assignments or

projects. Here are ways your child can tell a

good website – or any document – from a bad

o n e . F i n d o u t m o r e :

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-

and-study/homework-tips/sorting-fact-from-

fiction

What’s in a game? Among teen and preteen

gamers, the names of violent video games

travel fast. And before you know anything

about these games your child wants to play

them. How do you make an informed decision

about what to buy? Find out more: http://

www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/10-most-

violent-video-games-and-10-alternatives

Telling stories: Here’s a great school holiday

idea: have your kids create an entry for this

year's Trop Jr film festival and in the process

learn a little something about scripting,

shooting, editing and copyright law. (Sneaky

learning strikes again.) Find out more: http://

tropfest.com/tropjr/

On Tuesday we welcomed Jasmine Beards into

4/5B. Jasmine, who was previously at Morpeth

Public, was very excited about starting school at

Seaham. We know that all of 4/5B and Seaham

school will make Jasmine feel very comfortable

and a part of our school community.

Our book fair will be taking place this term in

week 3, commencing 29 July. Students and

families are welcome to browse through the

selection that will be on display and create a

wish list to take home. Students and families

will be able to purchase books from the Monday

through to the Thursday before school and

during recess and lunch.

Congratulations to Isaac Buckley who was

successful in his selection in the Hunter Rugby

Union Trials. Isaac and the Hunter team will

now participate in the State competition on 22

August. Well done Isaac.

Congratulations also to Corey Holloway who was

successful in his Hunter Softball trials.

We look forward to hearing about both boys

experiences on their return.

2/3M & 3/4J

Mini Masterchefs

Mrs Imber and her Stage Two classes have

been busy making delicious pizzas as part of

their science and technology unit. It was very

successful and busy yesterday and today I’m

sure will be the same. Photos from yesterday

on page 4.

Girls & Boys Soccer

Notes were forwarded home this week in

relation to the next round of PSSA soccer for

our boys and girls. The game will take place on

Wednesday at Bowthorne Park, Wallalong. A

reminder for families to please meet in the

undercover area for pickup at the designated

times. This eliminates continued interruption

to the class.

Mini Masterchefs - Delicious Pizza

Garden Area

3/4 J enjoying

time on the new

pavers.