Tweed Heads South Public School Newsletter

Tweed Heads South Public School
Newsletter
~ Educating our students for their future not our past ~
Website : www.tweedhdest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Email : tweedhdest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Term 3 Week 4
Address
10 Heffron St,
(PO Box 6290)
Tweed Heads
South NSW 2486
Thursday 9 August 2012
Tweed District Athletics
Tweed Heads South students are in winning form lately with our Basketballers, Touch
Footballers and now our Athletics champions shining brightly at District Level.
Coming
Events
Our Field Event Specialists excelled last Wednesday in a memorable day of Discus,
Shot Put, Long Jump and High Jump. Lachlan could not wipe the grin off his face after
he wiped the smile off his opponents’ faces in the Discus, throwing a whopping
18.86m, defeating his nearest rival by 2m! Inside sources have reported that he is
throwing a lot further than that after a little technique training with highly acclaimed
coach - Mr Nicholls.
Monday 20 August
School Photos
Other Tweed South Champions to progress in the Field Events were Coreen (Discus),
Rachael (Shot Put and Discus) and Kyah (High Jump).
Phone: 07 5524 3408
Fax: 07 5524 3466
Friday 17 August
Jeans for Genes
Day
Thursday 23
August
Koori Olympics
Friday 24 August
Book Week Parade
Friday 24 August
Rugby League Gala
Day
On Friday it was the runners’ time to shine with the 100m, 200m and 800m events
being held in perfect conditions. Our Senior Girls (Kyah, Sasha, Rachael and Tawana)
and Junior Girls (Zoe, Jasmin, Summer, Leahlani) Relay Teams demonstrated our
school’s depth of talent with both teams progressing to the Zone Carnival. Jasmin,
Zac, Kyah and Noah all showed their individual brilliance to dominate their finals and
progress to Zone also.
It is a huge honour to represent our school at all these sporting events and Tweed
South have built a great reputation within the district for our talent, sportsmanship
and ‘never give up’ attitude. It is extremely important that we continue to
demonstrate these qualities so that we continue our climb up the sporting ladder and
show respect within our community.
Renee Coble, Gaie Hickey, Tina, Kim, John (Grandpa), Ana Johannsen, Leteisha Togo,
Mrs Sherriff, Mr Gill, Bec Dixon, Yvette Mackenzie and Annette McAllister all
provided transport to and from the events. You saved our families hard earned cash
and we trust that our students showed you the appreciation you deserved.
A special mention must also go out to our lovely Tina Hicks. Not only does she cook
the best lunches for our kids every day but she organised and transported our tents
and tarps, she supervised our kids between events and she provided some
inspirational coaching for our kids when they needed it most. You’re a legend Tina
and we’re lucky to have you.
Congratulations to all students involved and good luck to the students representing
our school and district at the Zone Carnival next week.
Tim Chalmers - Sports Coordinator
From the Principal’s Desk
We just seem to have finished one exciting and informative day with our Careers Market Day before moving
into another opportunity for parents to come along for some fun at school. This year the book week theme
is “Champions Read” and we hope to see lots of champion readers dressed as characters from their
favourite books on Friday 24 August.
Photo envelopes have been sent home. The school photographer will be here to snap mementos for
students and their families. All monies need to be pre-paid on or before Photo Day, which is Monday
20 August. Family photo envelopes are available from the Front Office.
Congratulations to all classes on the efforts that they are putting into
their class work. I have been so impressed with the application to
learning of our students. If parents would like to see a snippet of what
students have been doing then check out our website—
www.tweedhdest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au or just google “Tweed Heads
South Public School”.
Wayne Foran
Relieving Principal
P and C News
Father’s Day
Father’s Day donations are needed. If you could donate something for our Father’s Day stall, please drop it
into the canteen.
Canteen
Donations of self-raising flour, caster sugar etc is needed to help make our cakes and keep costs down. If
you can make a donation it is greatly appreciated.
SRC News
Jeans for Genes Day
Tweed Heads South school SRC is having a Jeans for Genes Day on Friday the
17 August for a gold coin donation. The SRC students will take all the
proceeds to the sick children at the Tweed Heads hospital, especially those
that have an illness due to a genetic condition. Our goal is to get $200 to
help in treating genetic conditions. So, on Friday week, could all able
parents please provide their child with one or two dollars, in exchange for
wearing a pair of jeans of any description except short shorts to school that
day.
Kind Regards,
Kelly and the 2012 Student Representative Council of South Tweed Public School.
SRC Members
Aurelie, Lachlan, Aiden, Ivan, Marley, Tye, Keira, Caleb, Mia, Thomas, Otis,
Talisha, Noah, Jasmin, Ella, James, Lachlan, Jada, Kelly, Jordan, Ethan.
The SRC has been busy attending meetings with Miss Toop and Miss
Humes. Representatives are planning future fundraising events for the
school. Each classrooms has a suggestion box for any ideas you or family
members may have.
Miss Toop—SRC Coordinator
Guess whose legs
these are??
Let’s Launch into Literacy!
This week students have been focussing on prepositions in class.
Prepositions are the words that indicate location. Usually, prepositions show this
location in the physical world. Check out the three examples below:
The
puppy is
on the
floor.
The puppy
is beside
the phone.
The puppy
is in the
rubbish bin.
On, in, and beside are all prepositions. They are showing where the puppy is.
Prepositions can also show location in time. Read the next three examples:
At midnight, Jill craved mashed potatoes with grape jelly.
In the spring, I always vow to plant tomatoes but end up buying them at the
supermarket.
During the marathon, Iggy's legs complained with sharp pains shooting up his thighs.
At midnight, in the spring, and during the marathon all show location in time.
Because there are so many possible locations, there are quite a few prepositions.
Any students that circle the correct answers below and hand them to Miss Smith or their
class teacher will receive a gold ticket.
Which of the following correctly completes this sentence?
She was sick ____ her dog’s naughty behaviour.
because
of
by
as
Which of the following correctly completes this sentence?
Jenny will arrive home _____ Sunday.
in
on
at
until
Check out this website on prepositions
http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.au/2008/06/
prepositions-of-place-game.html
Lost Property
Please remember to label your children’s clothing and
hats so they can be returned to children promptly.
Parents can collect their children’s clothing from the
office at any time. Items that have been in lost
property for more than two weeks will be placed into
the clothing pool this Tuesday to reduce the amount of
items in lost property. Thank you.
Shining Star Awards
Week 3 Term 3
Shining Star Award:
Reaching for the
Stars:
Citizenship:
Sportsmanship:
The Arts:
English:
Maths:
Science and
Environment:
HSIE
Caitlin 3-4O
Bianca 2T
Hayley 3-4O
Bayden 2T
Tawana 5-6P
Ben 2T
Jaxon 2-3H
Ella 4-5G
Brooklyn 3-4O
Education Week Awards
Community Notices
Here are our annual Shining Star Award winners and NEWTRAIN FAMILY DAY CARE - Quality care for
runners up for 2012.
your child in a home environment where children
learn through play! Spots available Monday to
Thursday. Phone Yvette - 07 5513 0187
Winners
Runners Up
Shining Star
Sasha Jarret
Kimberly Geeves
Reaching for the Stars
Molly Opitz
Kitty Laemchalad
Citizenship
Kelly Hardcastle
Hayley Johnston
Sportsmanship
Zac Bailey Combo
Jalen Riley
The Arts
Racheal Duroux
Taleisha Simon
English
Jade Lee
Chloe Williams
Maths
Marcus Turnbull
2012 MODEL RAILWAY AND HOBBY EXHIBITION AT
Murwillumbah High School on Saturday and Sunday
11 and 12 of August from 9am to 4pm. $6 for adults
and $4 for children. Contact Philip on 02 6676 7332
or 02 6676 7333.
If any students are interested in playing touch
football on a Friday afternoon at 5pm at Tweed
Heads South Leagues grounds, please see Tina in the
school canteen for information.
KIRRA SLSC NIPPERS SIGN ON Free Rashie to all
members! Sunday 26 August 10am to2pm - Open
day at Kirra SLSC. Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 between
9am and 11am sign on at Oasis Pools, Banora Point.
Nippers start at Kirra SLSC on Sunday 30 Sept at
8.45am.
Farnorth Pork
BACON special!! 3kg of Rindless bacon
for $20.
Issac Zheng
Science and Environment
Michael Dow
Ashten Yawanis
HSIE
Joel Mudge
Mon - Thurs 6am - 4pm
Lachlan Stanford
17 August 2012