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Welcome all families to Week 5

Excitement is building for our fun Indonesian Arts Festival right here in Scotts Head at the Reserve on Sunday 30 May from 10am to 3pm. We celebrate the diversity of Indonesia’s people, arts, culture and delicious food, all coming together within our local community. What an engaging occasion for Scotts Head students and families to experience, connecting and developing rich memorable relationships with Indonesian culture while continually enhancing intercultural understanding amongst our local community. Representatives from the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra will be attending and our students who are performing are rehearsing, dedicatedly preparing for their acts. Any family members who are interested in supporting the event would be greatly appreciated. Volunteers are needed to set up on the morning, help out at the front gate or support in one of the many stalls, please contact the school for further information to be involved on this level.

Congratulations to all our Year 3 and 5 students who successfully completed their NAPLAN tests last week with a positive attitude. Also, a big thank you to Pak Adam and Bu Lyndsey who made sure all the technology was up and running and performing smoothly for our students to do their best while conducting all the tests.

Every school day counts for every student and research highlights a clear correlation between student attendance and the achievement of quality academic, socio-economic and health outcomes. This research tells us that students with an attendance rate below 90% are educationally at risk. At Scotts Head Public School every student is known, valued and cared for and above 95% is our expected student attendance.

Mrs B - Relieving Principal

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Classroom Spotlight on Year 3/4

Over the past 4 weeks life has been very busy in the 3/4 classroom. We have been busily preparing the students in year 3 for NAPLAN.

Students have participated in a range of Anzac Day activities as well as completing a collaborative ocean art project which is now being displayed in the foyer of the office building.

In maths our focus has been on developing additive strategies and thinking flexibly about numbers by participating in daily number talks and undertaking our daily fast maths tasks which they love!

We have just wrapped our science unit on Growth and Change. The students have learnt about Producers and Consumers and the vital roles they play in our living environment. They have also learnt the terms Carnivores, Omnivores and Herbivores and how they all interact in a predator/prey roles to create our food chains and webs. They have showed their understanding through the creation of our food chain art which looks amazing and the kids had a great time doing it!

Bu Deb and Mrs C

Year 6 Buddies & K/1 Class - Adventure to Little Beach

Last Wednesday the Year 6 Buddies and the K/1 Class went down to Little Beach to have some fun!

We had a Sandcastle Building Competition with the students displaying many, many skills including collaboration, teamwork, feedback and cooperation. Some beautifully designed castles had many added extra conveniences including spa baths, toilets and toilet brushes, lounges, water slides and fairy lights!

For morning tea we gobbled up some delicious cupcakes!

Thank you to all the Year Six students for your time, your care and kindness and for modelling outstanding leadership.

COVID-19 and our School

With the cold and flu season upon us, we would like to remind parents and carers that in accordance with advice from NSW Health, students should not attend school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms.

Please advise the school of your child’s absence on the first day they are away from school and include any symptoms they may be experiencing. You can do this by phone, email or via the Skoolbag app.

Students who are unwell with flu-like symptoms are strongly encouraged to get tested and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.

Please provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result and be symptom-free before being permitted to return to school. You can simply email a screenshot of the text message you receive to the school: scottshead-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind all visitors to the school, that they must sign the school sign-in sheet where they acknowledge that they will comply with the COVID-19 requirements for visitors, contractors and service providers each time they visit. Visitors must also check in using the Service NSW QR code.

Parent Information

Upcoming Events:

TERM 2

Monday 24 May 2021 - Visiting Performance - Circular Circus

Friday 28 May 2021 - Sporting Schools Golf Day

Tuesday 1 June 2021 - Year 6 Excursion to Dawkins Park, Macksville

Wednesday 9 June 2021 - Book Club Issue 4 orders due back

Friday 18 June 2021 - Athletics Carnival

Friday 25 June 2021 - Pirate Day (last day of term)

We need your help with the School Banking program!

Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program and to keep this program running we need your help.

The program requires a volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator to facilitate the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards. The School Banking is processed at the same time each week and will only take a small amount of your time. Commonwealth Bank will provide support in how to run the program. Your help with the program will greatly benefit students as they practice saving skills and also help our school with fundraising.

As part of volunteering you are eligible to receive a Certificate of Attainment that details the activities that you are involved in. For example: cash handling, program facilitation, account reconciliation and more.

Currently, School Banking day is Tuesday. If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please contact the P&C on scottsheadpandc@hotmail.com.

Scotts Head Public School local pirates are turning the tide on kids’ brain cancer!

On Friday 25 June, Scotts Head Public School will be hoisting the mainsail for The Kids’ Cancer Project Pirate Day 2021. Pirate Day is a swashbuckling day of dressing up like a pirate to raise money and awareness for children's brain cancer research.

Pirate Day has raised more than $360,000 since 2015. These funds are already helping researchers make waves in the lab to improve outcomes for kids with cancer.

Funds raised this year will be going toward the work of Dr Raelene Endersby, Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research at Telethon Kids Institute. “In a project funded by The Kids’ Cancer Project we are investigating an exciting new immunotherapy treatment,” says Dr Endersby. The study aims to teach the body’s immune system to recognise and destroy brain cancer cells. The team’s research has the potential to lead to new clinical trials in the near future and increase survival rates for children diagnosed with brain cancer.

Col Reynolds OAM, founder of The Kids’ Cancer Project is hopeful that the Pirate Day initiative will raise awareness as well as funds for children with brain cancer. “The startling fact that many Australian’s aren’t aware of is that brain cancer kills more children in Australia than any other disease,” he said. “Funds raised through Pirate Day can make a huge difference.”

Donations will be collected at Scotts Head Public School throughout the day on Friday 25 June 2021. You can also host a Pirate Day. Visit pirateday.com.au and register today or make a donation directly to The Kids’ Cancer Project online at thekidscancerproject.org.au.

The facts:

· May is Brain Cancer Action Month.

· Brain tumours are the most common form of solid tumours among children. Brain cancer kills more children in Australia than any other disease.

· As with other tumours in kids and adults, surgery is the primary treatment, usually followed by radiation treatment and/or chemotherapy.

· Because a child’s brain is still developing, these treatments can result in more substantial and permanent side effects than they would for an adult.

For more information about Pirate Day and The Kids’ Cancer Project, contact Jennie Smiedt on 0403084589 or jennie@tkcp.org.au.