Swansea Public School Newsletter

Term 4 - Week 2 - 2022

Term 4 Calendar 2022


WeekMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
3

24th

Library Event -

Deano Yipadee

author visit

25th

Healthy Harold K-2

26th

Kindergarten Orientation

9.30am - 11.00am


P&C Meeting in the Library

6pm - 7.30pm

27th 

Halloween Disco

Stage 3 Rugby League 

Book Club orders due

28th

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome


WORLD Teacher's Day

4

31st

Year 6 half day

visit to Swansea

High School

Nov 1st

2nd

Kindergarten Orientation

9.30am - 11.00am

3rd

4th

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

57th8th

9th

Kindergarten Orientation

9.30am - 11.00am

10th

11th

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

614th15th

16th

Kindergarten Orientation

9.30am - 11.00am

17th

18th

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

7

21st

Swim School starts

22nd

Swim School

23rd

Swim School

Kindergarten Orientation

9.30am - 11.00am

24th

Swim School

25th

Swim School

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

8

28th

Swim School


Year 7 2023 Parent

Information Evening

29th

Swim School


Hello High School

30th

Swim School

P&C Meeting in the Library

6pm - 7.30pm

Dec 1st

Swim School

2nd

Swim School

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

95th

6th

Year 6 Farewell

7th

Year 6 Mini Fete

8th

Swimming Carnival

9th

Academic Presentation Assembly

9.00am

Assembly - All welcome

10 

12th 

Sports Presentation

Assembly

13th

14th

Rewards Day

15th

Stage 3 Excursion Day

16th

Year 6 Clap Out

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2022


What is due?Due by
Book ClubThursday 27th October
Swimming School & Water Safety ProgramWednesday 16th November

Stage 3 Nelson Bay Excursion

 Monday 5th December


*PBL Award Recipients - Term 4 - Week 2

KP 

Mrs Prince


Active Learner - Angus P - Creating a fabulous curious creature

Respectful -  Ellah G - Always using her manners

Safe & Responsible - Alex H - Helping to keep the room tidy

KR

Mrs Rogers

Active Learner - Huksly C - Demonstrating exceptional additive strategies

Respectful -  Emily C - Taking turns during group activities

Safe & Responsible - Owen D - Sharing classroom resources

2/1B

Ms Bakic

Active Learner - Cody K - Participation in the Hunter K-2 Water Show songs

Respectful - Amelia H - Being a helping hand to her classmates

Safe & Responsible - Blake R - Doing an amazing job as class assistant

2/1C

Mr Choo

Active Learner - Desmond W - Drawing diagrams on how forces work

Respectful - Lili-Anna M - Actively engaging with class discussions

Safe & Responsible - Tasharne S - Consistently helping to pack up activities

2/1G

Mrs Gilbert

Active Learner - Kayley B - Displaying excellent understanding of face and motion

Respectful - Layla P - Working with others and listening and sharing ideas

Safe & Responsible - Gwendolen T - Supporting others in their Maths learning

4/3D

Mr Dornan

Active Learner - Josiah C - Using his critical thinking skills during Science

Respectful - Sophie C - Always giving her full attention to the person teaching

Safe & Responsible - Eliza P - Maintaining a tidy work area

4/3M

Mrs Melville 

Active Learner - Zahli G - Working hard in soundwaves to improve her spelling

Respectful - Charlotte M - Being polite and caring

Safe & Responsible - Orion JW - Listening to teacher instructions in the playground

4/3R

Mrs Rippon and

Mrs Robbers

Active Learner - Laila-Jane B - Persisting during the 'Check-In' Assessments

Respectful - Jayden R - Focusing during 'mindfulness' activities

Safe & Responsible - Royce DV - Moving around our classroom with courtesy

6/5H

Mr Hellier 

Active Learner - Hollie HG - Being thoughtful when solving problems in class

Respectful - Alice RR - Always being a pleasure to have in class

Safe & Responsible - Maileigh K - Always staying calm in trying situations

6/5L - STEM

Mr Low

Active Learner - Matt L - Completing all tasks to a high standard

Respectful - Hayley C - Listening intently to High School teachers during recent visit

Safe & Responsible - Roxy C - Always shutting down her computer to give it a rest

6/5S

Mrs Sutcliffe

Active Learner - Amelia L - Putting top effort in all areas of learning. 

Respectful - Khloe W - always being an attentive whole body listener

Safe & Responsible - Max S - Choosing to use a more settled behaviour in the classroom

 *Positive Behaviour for Learning

Principal's Report

Welcome back to Term 4:

Term 4 has kicked off well, with our students stiving to do well and getting stuck into their learning. Term 4 is an exciting time with lots of fun activities and end of year celebrations. We look forward to involving the community in as many events as we can across the coming weeks so keep an eye on our calendar and our notices.


2022 Tell Them From Me - Parent and Carer Survey:

Our annual survey results are in, and we are so proud of the feedback. For the first time ever, we have recorded survey results above state average in all 7 areas. The following diagram shows a grey circle (state average) and a blue circle (Swansea Public School):

We have been working on our ‘Building a Restorative School’ project for nearly two years.  It is amazing seeing how our relational culture through a restorative lens is having such a collective positive impact on students, staff, and community.

We look forward to building on our partners in learning relationship and will continue to strive to do well to grow the gap between our results and the state average. 

Together, we will grow that blue circle even bigger!


P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 6:00pm Wednesday 26th October 2022:

On Wednesday evening next week, we are hosting our P&C AGM.  At the AGM all P&C positions are declared vacant so nominations and voting can take place.

While our P&C achieve outstanding things, we are a small group that we’d like to grow in numbers. 

As they say, many hands make light work, so we encourage all parents and carers to consider coming along to our AGM on Wednesday 26th October, and think about either joining as a member, or putting yourself forward for a leadership role for 2023.

 We hope to see you there!


Mr Brett Carr

Principal

Hunter Water visit

This week K-2 students got to enjoy the ‘Jollybops' Science Show - Let’s Love Water’. The students not only learnt about the importance of H20 and how to be water wise but also got to see some pretty amazing experiments and have some fun sing alongs. 

Thanks for organising this amazing free show Miss Body.

We loved it. 

Library News

Lake Macquarie Council Waste Pickup Dates

SuburbDate
Caves Beach14 November 2022
Blacksmiths28 November 2022
Murray's Beach14 November 2022
Nords Wharf14 November 2022
Pelican21 November 2022
Swansea21 November 2022
Swansea Heads14 November 2022

The following is a schedule for bulk waste collections by suburb. Due to the nature of bulk waste collections some suburbs are split into different areas with collections scheduled for different dates within the one suburb. If you live in a suburb that is separated by dates you may be best searching for your next bulk waste collection date - https://www.lakemac.com.au/For-residents/Waste-and-recycling/When-are-your-bins-collected


For tickets and more information regarding the event please visit - https://fernleigh15.com.au/home/

Daughters and Dads Cricket

Based on the Uni of Newcastle's Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered program, Daughters & Dads Cricket encourages dads (or father figures) to enjoy quality time with their daughter while improving her cricket skills, bravery, persistence and resilience.  

 And what's more - IT WON’T EVER BE WASHED OUT (we have indoor spaces in case it rains)! 

 Where & When: Merewether HS from 17th Oct and Charlestown South PS from 18th Oct   

For more information and to register www.daughtersanddadscricket.com.au/registration 

Swansea Public School

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