Newsletter T3 Wk4

FLASHING LIGHTS ON PIONEER ROAD
Last week the RTA informed me that flashing 40km zone lights will be installed outside our school on Pioneer Road. The installation of these flashing lights will occur some time between September and December this year. This news was gratefully received as our school is not easily seen from Pioneer Road and these signs will certainly help protect our students.

CHORAL FESTIVAL
Last week our school participated in the Choral Festival and performed brilliantly! Both the Senior and Junior Choirs made all of the teachers and parents, who were present on the night, justifiably proud. Well Done Boys and Girls!
Again a special thank you to Mrs Murphy, Mr Chapman, Mrs Willigers and Mrs Chapman for their outstanding management and coordination of this event.

GIRLS SOCCER
Our girls state knockout team will play their next match against Gerringong Public School at Corrimal High School tomorrow. This match will start at 1pm. Good Luck to our girls!


TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Last Tuesday each stage met and discussed assessment tasks and formulated an Assessment timeline which will help collate data which in turn will be used as a basis for Semester Two reports. This week our stages will again meet to formalize data ready to be transferred onto our whole school tracking sheets.

SMOKE FREE CARS
A reminder that it is now against the law to smoke in a car with a child under the age of 16. Children are particularly susceptible to the negative health effects of passive smoking. Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke by children can lead to an increased risk of asthma, lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis, coughing and wheezing. A $250 on the spot fine applies to the driver and any passenger who breaks the law and this will be enforced by NSW Police. More information including fact sheets in community languages is available at: www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/healthpromotion/tobacco/smoke_free_cars.asp For support to stop smoking call the Quit Line on: 13 78 48.

SNAP HAPPY
With digital cameras, it’s now so easy to share photos with family and friends online. But how do you control where they end up and how can you remove material once it’s out there?
The latest issue of Click, the department’s guide to technology for parents, has some great advice on keeping your family’s photos safe from prying eyes and some simple ways you can ensure the privacy of people in the photos, especially children.
Read the full story at: www.schools.nsw.edu.au/click