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] 4 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.