Newsletter T3 Wk7

SCHOOL ORACY COMPETITION

Last Thursday our Oracy finals were held in the school hall and was well attended by supportive parents and relatives. Grade finalists included the following students:

Kindergarten: Tiarne E (KB), James F (KF), Julian L (KP), Maddison L (KF), Kynan C(KB)

and Ryan C (KP).

Year One: Caelan B (1B) and Jacob P (1B).

Year Two : Ethan A (2B), Vanessa J (2R), Jasmine P (2T), Taj B (2R), Kayde J (2T).

and Jade P (2B).

Year Three : Annalise W (3T), Ellen Z (3C), Grace SG (3T) and Ebony P (3C).

Year Four : Kye C (4C), Thomas D (4V), Tayla H (4C) and Phoebe T (4V).

Year Five : Tama HR (5F), Alex O (5G), Jamie L (5F) and Jade R (5G).

Year Six : Madison K (6P), Tyler J (6G), Karmen F (6G) and Noah R (6P).

Congratulations to all grade finalists, they spoke with great enthusiasm and vigour on the day!

Our overall Grade Oracy Champions for 2009 are as follows:

Kindergarten: Kynan C (KB) Year One : Jacob P (1B)

Year Two : Ethan A (2B) Year Three : Ebony P (3C)

Year Four : Thomas D (4V) Year Five : Jade R (5G)

Year Six : Karmen F (6G)

A special thank you to all parents and teachers who helped support these students with preparation for the Oracy finals.

NATIONAL LITERACY and NUMERACY WEEK

Last week was also National Literacy and Numeracy Week and we co-ordinated several activities with a focus on Reading and Writing. On the Monday Cartoonist Dave worked with our students and on the Wednesday we had various community members share stories with our students. I was privileged enough to be one of the presenters and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of sharing several books with 2/3T and KF.

A special thank you to the following community members who helped with our storytelling. Our children are the beneficiaries of your kind support and assistance! Thank you to the following people:

Mr John Mayfield, Ms Carol Bond, Mr Scott Penning, Mr Rob Vergano

Ms Leanne Smith, Ms Sharon McFarlane, Mr Hedley Privett, Mr Ron Heffernan,

Mr Chris Cranny, Mr Bruce Dowling and Ms Jennifer Hayward.

Thank you again, Mrs Bland, for your terrific organization.

PUBLIC WORKS

Last Friday our school received funding from the Department of Commerce to cable the RFF room and the Oosh room. This will enable both of these rooms to receive internet access. I expect both of these rooms to be utilized in the near future as a base for special needs students, therefore, the need for computer access to these rooms is essential.

NEW BELL SYSTEM

The Department of Commerce has also approved the installation of a

new bell system which will incorporate our school’s OH&S procedures.

There will be three distinct bells which will communicate clearly to

people on school grounds at the time the following emergency bells:

· Emergency Evacuation

· Lockdown and

· Lockout.

An all-clear bell will also be used.

Please note this funding is not part of the $2000000 BER funding

we expect to receive as part of the Government’s Round 3 funding.