Principal's Report

Week 2 Term 1 www.corrimal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au CORRIMAL PUBLIC SCHOOL A small school making a big difference ! THE CORRIMAL CONNECTION

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back to all our returning students and parents. We hope you UPCOMING EVENTS had a great break, enjoyed some family time and weren't affected by the terrible bushfires burning around the state. It seems like some of our students have been busy growing during the Week 2 holidays amongst other things. A special welcome also to our new students, both in Kindergarten and 6/2/20 Swimming Carnival 8.30am other years, and their parents and extended families. The orientation Pay on entry to pool sessions and the Kindy Playgroup run during last year have certainly 6/2/20 Kindergarten Photos made the transition to school much smoother, both for our new Kinders and their loved ones. I have visited the Kindergarten rooms and the 7/2/20 School Banking classes look very settled and happy. Week 3

SCHOOL CAPTAINS 12/2/20 Meet the Teacher Sessions

At the end of 2019, our School Captains for 2020 were announced. These students were democratically elected and will have a huge responsibility 12/2/20 Assembly 2.00pm in leading the student population of Corrimal Public School. Congratulations to the following students who were elected: 14/2/20 School Banking Boy Captain: Mataahu C Boy Vice Captain: Aidyn Z Girl Captain: Lucy N Girl Vice Captain: Elsie C PLEASE NOTE: These dates are subject to We look forward to celebrating their achievement at the Induction change. The school will endeavour to contact Ceremony on Wednesday 19th February, where they will be presented the community should this be the case. with their badges. More information on this to come.

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 1

Week 2 Term 1 BUSH FIRE STATIONERY DONATIONS

I was humbled by the generosity of the Corrimal community and that of the wider community in their support of what I thought was going to be a small bush fire appeal. It was amazing to see how many donations we received. This started off asa conversation between Kelly, our P&C President, and myself and it just grew wings. So many people were involved in a variety of ways I won't be able to list them all. Here are a few to start - Brooke Dwyer, Kelly Bolton and Jen McCormack who did the coordination of collections and volunteers on the day. Pedemont Relocations and Storage for transporting the donation from Qantas and Mark Spedding and Daniel Critchley for delivering it. Yvette Oudgenoeg from Qantas for packing and coordinating the Qantas donation. We had large collections dropped off from Ryan Park’s office, Corrimal Lions Club, Corrimal High School, UOW College, South Coast Private Hospital, Wollongong Hospital Renal & Endoscopy Unit, Accor Plus Wollongong – and plenty of others. We also had individual donations from over 30 families throughout the day – just astonishing. At the end of Tuesday we had approximately counted, sorted and packed – • 250 packets of coloured pencils • 350 packets of lead pencils • 350 packets of pens • 50 packets of crayons • 200 rulers • 200 glue sticks • 150 erasers • 150 pairs of scissors • 150 pencil sharpeners • 150 packets of highlighters • 100 hand-made library bags • 100 pencil cases • 100 ‘back to school packs’ including pencil cases, pencils, glue, textas etc • 50 backpacks • 50 boxes of crayons • Lunch boxes, drink bottles, maths kits, liquid paper, whiteboard markers, chalk and lots of other amazing items And more exercise books than I think any of us could ever have imagined! We ended up with about 30 boxes of things sorted between the 8 schools and the 1 preschool. Then on Wednesday a truck arrived from Qantas with more boxes of stationery and backpacks filled with back to school gear which was again divided between the 8 schools. A delivery from Officeworks due to a donation of $530 by a very generous community member. Our stage in the hall is full of boxes waiting to be delivered to the 8 schools in the Bega Valley area affected by fire. A big thank you to Jamie Veech, of JNT Veech Excavations, who has kindly donated his time and truck to deliver the goods to our contact down south. He is going to drive over 6 hours each way to ensure these goods land safely ready to be delivered.

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 2

Week 2 Term 1

BUSH FIRE STATIONERY DONATIONS CONT. Unfortunately the fires were still unstable this weekend so we will be looking at possibly delivering next weekend. I cannot believe how many people we reached with our Facebook page – 16,313. To have that many people reached by one small post was truly amazing.

CONGRATULATIONS CORRIMAL COMMUNITY – YOU ARE AMAZING!

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Each year students elect SRC representatives for their class. These students have an important role, as they represent “the voice” of their class and fellow students, by enhancing their school life through promoting engaging opportunities within the school setting. These elections will be happening this week so that we are ready to begin the year with a positive student voice.

FREE SAFER INTERNET PRESENTATION – BULLI PCYC

Bulli PCYC will be holding a Safer Internet evening on Tuesday 11th February, 2020. The presentation will go from 7pm to 8pm. This event is free.

We have chosen to include this flyer as our students' safety online has been at the forefront of our minds recently. We are aware that some of our students have social media accounts and are not the legal age to do so. We do strongly encourage parents/carers to take up the opportunity to access this free resource. You will find a copy of the flyer in this newsletter and our Skoolbag app.

Bulli PCYC have requested all those who wish to attend, make a booking, for catering purposes.

See information on page 12.

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING

PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 3

Week 2 Term 1

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

In 2020 we are trialling the School Swimming Carnival to be a competitor only event for students 8 years and up who can swim 50 metres. This trial has occurred due to the limited time for the carnival, safety and supervision of students. We will continue to share the facilities and carnival with Bellambi Public School who are also inviting competitors only to the event.

This year we have engaged the support of our local high school, to boost the number of volunteers. Parents and carers are most welcome to attend.

MEET THE TEACHER SESSIONS – Save the date

Teachers will be holding “Meet the Teacher Sessions” Tuesday 12 February in the afternoon. Notes will be sent home this week regarding meeting times. I encourage parents to attend this meeting as it will provide a great insight into the coming year for your child. We will hold two sessions, one for K-2 and another for 3-6.

P&C MEETING

Our next P&C meeting will be held on Thursday, 13 February at 6pm. We usually hold our meetings on a Tuesday but due to a clash we are holding the meeting on the Thursday instead. The meeting will be held in the Library and we hope to see many of you there.

Karen Vincenzini Principal

MR GANNON

Greetings parents and community members of Corrimal Public School,

My name is Mr Gannon and I am fortunate to have just received a permanent position at CPS. I would like to firstly thanks those of you I have already met for the very warm welcome you have afforded me.

I come to CPS from Sydney via Austinmer PS in 2019. I have recently moved to the area with my young family and am really enjoying getting to know people in the community. I have loved working in both of my previous schools and am really looking forward to getting involved here in Corrimal PS.

I am excited to work with the staff, students and community here to continue bringing quality learning opportunities to CPS’s existing programs, as well as assisting in creating new opportunities for our students.

Please come and say hello and introduce yourself in the playground!

Looking forward to an exciting year,

Tim Gannon Classroom Teacher

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING

PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected]

Week 2 Term 1

MS KING Hi, my name is Ms Sarah King and l feel very privileged to be a part of Corrimal Public School this year on a Year One class. I have had the opportunity of working across multiple schools from the Illawarra to Campbelltown, where l have met some wonderful families and amazing children. I come from the Illawarra and have a younger daughter at home who keeps me on my toes. I enjoy spending weekends watching her swim, dance and walking our dog.

I enjoy taking the time to get to know students, family and wider community and love the variety and challenge that each day brings. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to watch the students grow and develop over the year. I am thoroughly excited and look forward to working alongside the wonderful staff, community, students and parents at Corrimal Public School.

Kind Regards,

Sarah King Classroom Teacher

MRS THOMAS

My name is Emma Thomas and I am very excited to be working with you all at Corrimal Public School in 2020. I have been working as a teacher since 2008 at different schools in Sydney and Wollongong. I grew up across the road from the beach in Sydney with my two brothers and two sisters. My husband and I have three children, a daughter who is 6, and two sons who are 4 and 8 months old. I love to travel and learn about other cultures. I am interested in protecting our environment, I like being outdoors and I love teaching, sport, music and art. If you see me in the playground, please come up and say hello. I would love to meet you!

Ms Emma Thomas Classroom Teacher

CANTEEN ROSTER

DATE PARENT HELPERS DATE PARENT HELPERS

TUESDAY 4/02/20 CLOSED TUESDAY 11/02/20 CLOSED

WEDNESDAY 5/02/20 FAWN & DEBBIE WEDNESDAY 12/02/20 JANE & BEC

THURSDAY 6/02/20 HELEN & BEC THURSDAY 13/02/20 HELEN & JEN S & BRONWYN

FRIDAY 7/02/20 JAN & ANGELA FRIDAY 14/02/20 HELEN & DEANA

MONDAY 10/02/20 KAREN & JEN M MONDAY 17/02/20 GILLIAN & KAREN

YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED THE NIGHT BEFORE OF ANY ROSTER CHANGES

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING

PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 5

Week 2 Term 1

KINDERGARTEN 2020

What an amazing start to the year our new 2020 Kindergarten students have had!

Our Kindergarten students began a little differently this year, diving straight into learning and starting with the rest of the school. They have had an extremely settled start to their schooling and Mrs Thomas and myself have been blown away by each and every student this week.

From playing happily in the playground, to opening lunch boxes all by themselves, to writing their names, counting to 20 and meeting their special Stage 3 buddies, our Kindergarten students have had a busy week. Parents and carers of our Kindergarten students also did a wonderful job saying their goodbye's each morning. It will get a little easier each week parents and carers, we promise! Our students will complete the Best Start Assessment in the upcoming weeks. We look forward to seeing all the wonderful things that our new Kindergarten students will achieve this year!

Miss Marks & Mrs Thomas Kindergarten Teachers

RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING

PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 6

Week 2 Term 1

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

The annual school swimming carnival will be held at Corrimal Pool on Thursday 6th February. Due to our growing numbers and the fact that we share our carnival with Bellambi Public School (by direction of Corrimal Pool) our carnival will be structured differently this year. This means only students who intend to compete, are turning 8 this year and above and can swim 50 metres unaided, will attend the carnival. Students that do not attend the carnival will attend school as normal.

Parents are most welcome to attend and are encouraged to volunteer, please note there is a spectator fee of 60c, payable on entry to Corrimal Pool.

Date: Thursday 6th February, 2020 Where: Corrimal Pool Time: 8:30am Cost: Pay on entry to pool - Students: $3.50 Parents: 60c spectator fee Transport: Private Transport to Corrimal Pool. When students arrive at the venue they must pay and meet a Mrs Law inside to have their name marked on the roll. Return: Walk back to school with teachers approximately 1pm. Wear: House colours and swimming gear Bring: Lunch, recess, a hat, towel, swimmers, goggles (if needed), sun cream and water.

Thank you to all the parents that have volunteered already, any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Amelia Small Coordinating Teacher

FROM THE OFFICE

Welcome back everyone, it has been nice to see some of your friendly faces back on board.

We hope you all had a wonderful break.

Just a few reminders as we start the new year, it is very important to have all student information up to date at all times, if you have moved address, changed contact number(s), email address over the holidays, if your child's health condition has changed or your child now has a health/medical condition, please inform the office as soon as possible.

If your child's medication is kept in sick bay and is about to expire or has expired, you will be informed by the office.

And if at any stage your child needs to take short term prescribed medication (eg: antibiotics) during school hours, come in to the office to fill out and sign a form and we will look after the rest.

You can contact us via email, phone or just pop on in and see us.

KINDERGARTEN PHOTO DAY

Our Kindy pack photo day is Thursday 6th February 2020. This is all arranged by our local company MSP and is free of charge therefore no permission notes or payments are needed.

Full school uniform is to be worn.

Many thanks

Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Walder School Administrative Staff RESPECT SAFETY LEARNING

PRINCES HIGHWAY, CORRIMAL 2518 P 4284 4231 E [email protected] 7

Corrimal Public School Princes Highway, CORRIMAL NSW 2518 Ph: (02) 4284 4231 Fx: (02) 4284 1392

Email: [email protected] Website: www.corrimal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Thursday 30th January, 2020

2020 Swimming Carnival

Dear Parents and Carers, The annual school swimming carnival will be held at Corrimal Pool on Thursday 6th February. Due to our growing numbers and the fact that we share our carnival with Bellambi Public School (by direction of Corrimal Pool) our carnival will be structured differently this year. This means only students who intend to compete, are turning 8 this year and above and can swim 50 metres unaided, will attend the carnival. Students that do not attend the carnival will attend school as normal.

Parents are most welcome to attend and are encouraged to volunteer, please note there is a spectator fee of 60c, payable on entry to Corrimal Pool.

Students will be required to complete an assessment of their swimming ability before the commencement of the carnival to ensure they are proficient.

Please return permission slips to the office by Monday 3rd Feburary, 2020.

Kind Regards,

Amelia Law and Troy Martin Karen Vincenzini Swimming Carnival Coordinators Principal ------2020 Swimming Carnival Thursday 6th February 2019

I give permission for my child ______of class ______to attend the Corrimal School Swimming Carnival at Corrimal Pool and to walk back to school with teacher supervision at the completion of the carnival.

My child can swim 50 metres unaided.

Special Medical Requirements: ______

Parent/Guardian ______Date ______

CORRIMAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

P&C NEWS

2020 Super P&C Special

Welcome to our P&C Update! P&C GENERAL MEETING – 6pm, Thursday 13th FEB But first... Our first P&C meeting of the year is next week on Thursday evening, 6pm. A 2020 School Wish Everyone is welcome; you do not have to be a member May your drink bottles be found, to attend. Meetings usually run for about 1-2 hrs. Come

And clothing never lost. along and join the fun, and meet some terrific people! May homework be done,

And teachers never cross. OUR COMMUNITY ROCKS PAPER & SCISSORS! May lunch boxes be emptied at the end of the On the 21st January, our school sorted and packed, day, collected donations from the community for the And may all our dear children go to bed when bushfire affected schools on the South Coast of NSW. we say! Over 350 packets of leads pencils, 350 packets of pens, 250 packets of coloured pencils, 200 rulers, 200 glue A warm welcome to all the new and returning students and sticks, 150 erasers, pairs of scissors, sharpeners, families back to school. For those new to the school the P&C is a school-based organisation consisting of parents, teachers highlighters, 100 hand-made library bags, 100 pencil and interested citizens from the community who want to cases, 100 ‘back to school packs’ full of everything one contribute to make the school experience the best possible needs to start the school year - and so much more were for our children. We’ve had a great 2019, but we’re going to donated and packed. These donations have been make 2020, legend— wait for it —ary! delivered to the 8 schools and 1 preschool that we have CONSIDER JOINING THE P&C connected with to support. The P&C values the rich diversity of skills and experiences Thank you to Ryan Park’s Office, Corrimal Lions Club, that each family brings to the school. Volunteering even a South Coast Private Hospital, Wollongong Hospital, small amount of your time will benefit the school community, Accor Plus Wollongong - and plenty more, and all the through: individual donations dropped off from over 40 families.  Meeting other families in the community with whom A special thankyou to the team of volunteers who you can share ideas, concerns and experiences, counted, sorted, unpacked and repacked for those 3  Understanding more about what happens at school, hours. Your time and support was very much  Getting to know the teachers and principal better, appreciated. - (Excerpt) Brooke Dwyer  Having a place to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school,  Sharing your skills with other parents/teachers, and learning new ones.  Seeing how your help has made positive changes to the school, and so many more reasons!

Canteen Corner Menu Specials

Exciting additions to our canteen menu this year. They are sure to please even the finickiest of taste-buds!

Did you know that last year, the Canteen donated $1,000 to the School Library to purchase new books and equipment? New! Did you know that an average daily taking is $158?  Garlic Bread for only $2 (5 slices)  Chicken Fried Rice $3 This means that every Canteen Volunteer provides a valuable and tangible service to the students and school, and every Fan Favourites! shift - no matter how often - contributes to this fundraising.  Pasta $3 We are currently looking for volunteers available to do shifts. Cruiser pies are back! Our freezers are also fully stocked with We would appreciate anyone able to sign up for regular Chicken burgers; Dinos; Pizzas; Hash Browns etc. shifts, but also hoping you can help with once a month or a term. Frozen Yogurts, Slushies, Apples and cool drinks also For anyone able to sign up* before 7th February, you will get available to keep kids cool this Summer. 2 Vouchers which can be redeemed for Ice Cream or Full Hope to see you at the canteen window soon! Slushies. Help your kids to stay cool this Summer, as well as being a valuable support to the school community. Placing a Morning Order * Thanks to those who have already signed up, you're already included. In order for the canteen volunteers to prep for the day (all orders are tallied, so that they know if they need to buy Keen to find out more? supplies, get ovens prepped, etc.) please ensure orders are Pop over to the Canteen and speak with the Canteen put into the canteen as close to 9am as possible. Volunteers; leave your name on the Corrimal Public School Canteen is open from 8.30am, Mondays, Wednesdays, P&C Facebook Group, or email: Thursdays and Fridays (unless otherwise advised through [email protected]. Facebook and Seesaw app). SCHOOL BANKING

School Banking is now officially with IMB. School Banking is every Friday. Please place the Bank book with the Deposit Slip filled out (and money) inside the Pencil Case envelope at the Office before school starts Friday mornings. Missed the sign up session? Simply head into the Corrimal Branch with identification, and they can help your kids sign up. Make sure to tell them that this is for School Banking for Corrimal Public School!

WOLLONGONG HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AUDITIONS

The online audition application is now available for students in Year 6 2020, who wish to audition for Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, through the WHSPA school website.

Applications are only accepted online. Thank you