Term 2 Week 3 2014 Sanctuary Point Breakfast Club Grace Rey has recently moved to Sanctuary Point from Potts Point. Grace told us how she loves to get involved with the community in which she lives. When she found out we had a Breakfast Club, she was excited about how she could help out. Grace has very kindly donated a variety of spreads, a new toaster and most importantly her time on a Thursday morning to connect with her new community. Thank you Grace and welcome to our school. Dates to Remember 16th May K-2 AFL Day 19th may Rugby League State Knockout 21st May P&C Meeting 22nd May School Photo’s 22nd May Regional Final Rugby League 7’s PRINCIPAL REPORT WHAT IMPRESSED ME THIS WEEK This week I was impressed by the artwork done by South Africa with Mrs Hughes and the artworks done by Cuba for the Sea Change Festival with Mrs Garin and Mrs Rhodes. Congratulations to the students for your great work. OUR SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD CREATE A CULTURE OF FEEDBACK ACROSS THE SCHOOL Feedback that is: FREQUENT, SPECIFIC, TIMELY. If feedback is rare, ambiguous or late then it is worthless. Feedback should be linked to a goal or agreed standard and should focus on what is wanted. Feedback should focus on the positive and be corrective: USE POSITIVE FEEDBACK. Feedback should have the best interest of the recipient at heart. Feedback should become normalised—build a culture of feedback. NAPLAN TESTING The NAPLAN Testing is now complete for 2014 although we can run some students through catch-up tests tomorrow if they have missed any. The results of these tests are valuable for us to see how we are going as a school compared to other schools across Australia. We expect the results to be available for parents of those sitting the test in August this year and they will be sent home as soon as we get them. Our school results will be available on MySchool website in November. VISIT BY UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG STUDENTS This morning almost 30 students from Wollongong University came to visit our school as part of their course. They were looking at our work in Aboriginal education as well as the 21st Century Learning teaching methods we have put in place. Thank you to Angela King for bringing the students to our school. We like to show off our great school and our amazing students and staff. We hope the students got as much out of it as we did for having them. SCHOOL PHOTOS Next Thursday is school photo day. All students need to be in school uniform (not sport uniform) on that day and at school on time for their photos. Orders and payments can be made up to the day the photos are taken. Payment envelopes go directly to the photographer. On the day all students are photographed whether they are ordering photos or not. WORDS OF THE WEEK F-E-A-R has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise…..the choice is yours. School News P&C News The Mother’s Day stall was a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day. All the money raised will go back into the school. The next P&C meeting is Wednesday 21st May, 2014 9.15am in the school hall or 7.00pm at the Connect Building. Assembly Awards Samone Hyland, Isabella Betts, Jaxon Stevenson, Harriet Percy, Blake Lusty, Deakon Stewart, Daniel Williams, Brooklyn Serret, Jordan Manning, Jimima Johnston, Kiarny Highes, Michaela Cairns, Alicia Butler, Kaelan Risby, Jett Glennan, Ashton Toole, Isaac Mounce, Liam Oyston, Izzy Underwood, Declan Hammond, Jayana Arnold-Solberg, Tess Luland, Shakiya Hanlon Thompson, Katie Smith, Grant Avery, Daniel Shahmatuv, Koby Graham, Lillie McClaron-Paap, Tyella Braddick, Alexis Dodd, Bonnie Lowles, Deegan Gibson Knight, Bradly Klohs, Ryeleigh Gleeson Blast Off Awards: Bronze: Jimima Johnston, Katherine Robertson, Kiarny Hughes, Tyson Clarke, Taiya Cocksedge, Lachlan Conway, Jack Bond Silver: Anna Holloway, Brooklyn Serret, Jazlyn Ashman, Coen Stewart, Izzy Underwood, Rory Sumners, Holly Stanford, Jaime Yule Help us save the African Elephants Hi, We are from 5/6 Syria. In class we are working on a project on an endangered animal. We have chosen the African Elephants because they are such a helpful and amazing creature. Did you know that the African Elephants spread tree species by depositing their dung? This also helps to fertilise our ecosystem. Its proven that we need them. In 1979 there were 1.3million African Elephants, a decade later there were only 600 000 left! Without our help African Elephants will be wiped from the face of the earth. Please help us save the elephants today. For more information please visit www.wwf.org.au Buddy Bench The Buddy Bench was a concept introduced by a young boy in America and is becoming an evergrowing concept in schools across the world. Sanctuary Point Public School has joined many other schools by providing a buddy bench for our students. We recently received an email from Christian and his family (the founders of the buddy bench) they were so impressed with our initiative and keen for regular updates and photos of the buddy bench in action. Miss Siska K/1 Scotland My name is Michael. My name is Joe. I am 5 years old. I am six years old. I like going on the Spirit of Australia. I like watching Jack play football. I am a good train driver. I am a good football player. My name is Sienna. My name is Chelsea. I am 7 years old. I am 6 years old. I like painting. I like walking everywhere. I am a good runner. I am a good runner. I am 6 years old. I like doing work with my mum and dad. I am a good football player. The students in Scotland have enjoyed talking about themselves. The Kindergarten students wrote their story on our new chalkboards and made a collage. The students in Year 1 have typed their story and added their photograph to their writing. We are so clever! District Cross Country On Friday last week, students from our school travelled to Tomerong to compete in the District Cross Country. These boys and girls represented our school with pride and determination and it was fantastic to see them giving their all. The weather gods turned up and added to the success of the carnival. Three students from our school finished in the top 5 in their races and will be now heading to the Regional Carnival on the 30th of May. Congratulations to Charlie Heldon, Penny Holloway and Thomas Pearson. Reminder to these students about the training days on Tuesdays the 20th and 27th of May at 3:45. Thanks to all the parents who attended the day and helped out with transport and setting up, in particular Bruce. Cheers Mr King 2014 South Shoalhaven District Cross Country Results Overall point score: Ken Choice Percentage Point score: Vincentia PS – 512 Sussex Inlet PS – 2.737 St Georges Basin PS – 465 Jervis Bay PS – 2.545 Sussex Inlet PS – 323 Vincentia PS – 2.359 Sanctuary Point PS – 146 Tomerong PS – 2.125 Tomerong PS – 136 St Georges Basin PS – 2.048 Jervis Bay PS – 56 Huskisson PS – 0.909 Huskisson PS – 40 Sanctuary Point PS – 0.500 Regional Carnival: ‘Wilandra’, Browns Mountain Rd, Cambewarra. Friday 30th May 2014. 8/9 Year Boys School 8/9 Years Girls School 1.Scott Delo Vincentia 1.Leotia Brown Jervis Bay 2.Rory Meyer St Georges Basin 2. Jarrah Fuz St Georges Basin 3.Seth Kingma Tomerong 3.Sheridan Carter St Georges Basin 4.Tomi Pesu Vinventia 4.Eliana Macken Sanctuary Point 5.Lachlan Sleeman St Georges Basin 5.Olivia McLeod Vincentia 10 Year Boys School 10 Years Girls School 1. Kieren Cox St Georges Basin 1. Lilly Briggs Vincentia 2. Caleb March Vincentia 2.Ruby Ryan St Georges Basin 3.Jacob Pepper Vincentia 3.Eva Lilly Tomerong 4.Riley Walton Sussex Inlet 4. Fleur Hussein Vincentia 5.Thomas Pearson Sanctuary Point 5.Eva Mackay Vincentia 11 Year Boys School 11 Years Girls School 1. Henry Gray Vincentia 1. Chelsea Pascoe Vincentia 2.Sean Donald Sussex Inlet 2. Lily Wheeler Vincentia 3. Ethan Keywood Sussex Inlet 3.Kaitlyn Sennitt Vincentia 4.Lawson Moore Vincentia 4. Penny Holloway Sanctuary Point 5.Shea Petersen-Flinn Sussex Inlet 5.Taneisha Angelkovski Vincentia Proudly brought to you by Sanctuary Point Public School 2014 FREE T N E V E Community Support Services EXPO Come along and find out about the wide range of support and community services in the Bay & Basin Thursday 29 May 9:30-11:30 am in the Sanctuary Point Public School hall 41 Ildewild Avenue, Sanctuary Point e Bay & Basin r e h w t n e v e munity This is a com e variety of h t t u o b a t u find o residents can hildren, teen c g in d lu c in ilable services ava inal, family, ig r o b A , s e ic erv and elderly s ing. Plus e b ll e w d n a ntal health disability, me lots more! GUEST SPEAKER Local teen, Grace K ennedy will speak about h er recent Sydney to Hobart adventure and the challenges associa ted with being a disabled ya chtsperson. For further information contact Vicki on 4443 0546 2014 Community Support Services Expo COME ALONG & MEET OUR REGISTERED SERVICE PROVIDERS Noah’s Shoalhaven Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre Ostara Australia Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child & Family Centre Vincentia High School The Disability Trust Schizophrenia Fellowship Sanctuary Point Public School Men4Life Community Options Illawarra Inc. Mission Australia Brighter Futures Anglicare South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation Vision Australia Illawarra Area Child Care The Basin Preschool Sanctuary Point Children’s Centre Interchange Shoalhaven Inc. Waminda Ageing, Disability & Home Care SPOT4KIDS Cerebral Palsy Alliance Mental Health NSW / Beyond Blue Nowra Family Support Service CareSouth Illawarra Family Referral Service Autism Advisor Program, Autism Spectrum Australia Anglicare Volunteer Home Visiting Program Greenacres Employment Solutions Bay & Basin Community Resources Campbell Page NSW Health NSW Fair Trading Essential Employment & Training Sanctuary Point Connect Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) Plus many more The Basin Preschool The Basin Preschool still currently have vacancies. We enrol children from 2-5years of age and families have the choice of a long day care program-8.30am-4.30pm or a preschool program 9.15am-3.15pm at our centre. All of our staff are highly qualified with an early childhood teacher on the premises full time. Families provide a packed lunch with morning tea and we work closely with Sanctuary Point Public School through the transition to school program and other events that we are invited to. We enjoy close links with our community and parent involvement at the centre