Principal's MessageWe are nearly at the end of another term which is exciting yet feels so fast. SASS Recognition Week Last week we acknowledged the incredible work done by our school administration, general assistant, and school learning support staff. UPS staff held a special morning tea and all students in the school wrote a message of appreciation on a beautifully coloured in butterfly. These are now displayed in our administration corridor! UPS are fortunate to have many School Administrative and Support Staff who contribute to our school success. These roles include the office administration, the library, school grounds maintenance or in a classroom setting and all are important contributors to the success of the school and learning outcomes of each student. Thank you to our P&C Congratulations and thank you to our incredible P&C who have been working hard to prepare Father’s Day Stall gifts for our students to purchase. The organisation and preparation are always very involved and we thank all who were part of this great fundraiser. Dance2Bfit Matinee and Evening Performances- 13 September 2022. We are so excited to be hosting this school event onsite. The students have been working hard to make this event spectacular! We have reached capacity with our seating allocation for each performance and thank our school community for their support and enthusiasm. Book Parade Congratulations to Miss Prior for her outstanding organisation of the Book Week parade! It was a fabulous effort and everyone on staff looked amazing. I received a lot of feedback from parents and grandparents about the great feeling that the school vibe projects. It was wonderful to have families on site to celebrate this great event. The children looked incredible too! PBL Focus This fortnight we are focusing the “Play Smart, Play Fair’ motto. Please continue to remind students of the expectations and pre‐correct students before they go out to play is often another opportunity to remind them. Applying for Extended Leave As the world becomes more accessible once again we have noticed that some families are wishing to take extended holidays. We encourage our families where possible to take these family trips during school holiday periods to reduce the absences children have from school. However, if this cannot be the case it is important to revise leave requirements for our school. Any family wishing to take five or more school days of extended leave (for travel purposes) should contact our school and complete the relevant paperwork. A certificate will be completed by the school and provided to the family, prior to their trip. This certificate can be used, whilst on your trip, should you ever be requested by authorities. Please note that this is an expectation from the NSW Department of Education. It is important to also note that requests should be made, where possible, well in advance of the leave occurring, to ensure that all paperwork can be completed.Please contact the office via email or phone, should you require this documentation. We will soon have an application for extended leave form online for you to complete. Staff Professional Learning Variation to Staff Development Day – 20 December 2022 The teachers and SASS staff will be attending two twilight SDD sessions on Monday 17th October and Monday 24 October both between 3.30pm and 6pm in lieu of Teacher Professional Learning on Tuesday 20 December 2022 (this is a pupil free day and the final day of the school term for 2022). There will be two parts to these session with the first part being Supporting Students’ Health and the second part focusing on Teaching Numeracy and developing a pedagogy in line with current thinking and the New NSW Curriculum implementation. Unanderra Public School will be non‐operational on Tuesday 20 December 2022. Aboriginal Education Committee The AEC have been working very hard and really have been positively impactful in building the culture of understanding and embedding Aboriginal perspectives in our day‐to‐day teachings and routines. Recently Miss Bell and Miss Scruby attended Connecting to Country for the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed this significant professional learning. Thank you to Mr Scotland, Mrs Elston and Miss Bell and the team. Smart Start Smart Start was a great success! Thank you to Mrs Newman for the coordination of this and to all the other staff involved. We had a great turn out with the local preschool attending and parents participating in the workshops. Parent/carers who are interested in attending the workshops are invited to contact the school for further details. We look forward to the next three sessions with the final one being a Teddy’s Bears Picnic. We have already had great feedback! Gala Day Changes and Extra‐ Curricular Sport Activities The Gala Day organisation continues to create lots of confusion. It was cancelled due to the grounds not being available with their status being non operational. Thank you to Mr Le Breton and our administration staff for rearranging things. At this stage it is likely that there will be another Gala Day in term 4 in week 6. We will know more details in the next few weeks. We appreciate the patience provided from our students and their families. The Reading Project This term, we have introduced the Parent Reading Project, an initiative where parent/carer volunteers will come into the school and read with students. This program is fully supported and supervised by classroom teachers. Volunteers were required to attend an induction presentation, have a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) and be fully vaccinated. Mrs Brennan will be conducted two induction presentations on Wednesday 20 July and Friday 22 July 9:00‐9:30am in the school hall. The reading project has been a great success! Thank you, Mrs Brennan. Reading Club. Each Tuesday morning Miss Prior hosts a morning book reading club. Students are invited to grab some toast and read a book in the library. Thank you to Miss Prior. This has been a great success as usual the children love this time each week. Have a great fortnight ahead! Anissa Rajendra Upcoming EventsWeek 9 Monday 12th September: Dance2Bfit dress/tech rehearsal Tuesday 13th September: Reading club - 8am in the Library Dance2Bfit Matinee Performance + Evening Performance Wednesday 14th September Smart Start - Kindy Transition Week 10 Tuesday 20th September Reading club - 8am in the Library Wednesday 21st September PBL Rewards Day Friday 23rd September K-6 Assembly at 11:30 Last day of term 3 5/6D have been busy this term learning about the wonderfulness of poetry writing. We have been looking at different types of poems such as, acrostic, cinquain, shape, limerick and haiku. During our poetry writing we have been implementing our learning, including the use of elements of poetry. This has enabled us to use figurative language and sound devices to create poems with effect and interest, giving us the tools to express our thoughts and feelings about different topics. Sound devices are fun to use, like, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition. The shells, in the photos below, have cinquain poems written inside them and the rain drops that you can see have haiku poems written on them. If you are standing at the front of the school, look up at the first class room and you can see them hanging in our window. In 3/4R we have continued to embed Aboriginal perspectives throughout each of our routines. Each morning, 3/4R takes time to reflect, refocus and rebuild our community links in our morning yarning circle. It is here that we take the time to get to know our classmates, discuss our thoughts and share our stories and worries. In numeracy we have begun using symbols and gestures to help us solve addition, subtraction, and multiplication questions. Throughout our integrated unit ‘Australia This Is Us’ we have been learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories and perspectives. So far, we have explored South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory and have looked at significant Indigenous places that each state and territory have and the importance each of these hold. We enjoy embedding Aboriginal perspectives and culture into 3/4R, but most of all we love how it has strengthened our classroom community. Term 3 Gold AssemblyToday we celebrate the students who have achieved their gold award. For some it is the first time they have achieved their personal best, for others it is their second, third, fourth or even fifth gold award. Every award handed out is a magnificent achievement, and recognises the students who have consistently followed our school values of being safe, responsible and respectful. A very big congratulations to the following students: Bronze and Silver AwardsWell done to the following students who received a bronze and silver award for this week's assembly. These students are working hard and working towards their gold award. Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 Awards: Bronze: Anna A Bentley C Emrah S Ashton F Isla Ava Silver Awards: Zayden M Amelia K Chelsea Stage 2 and 3: Bronze Awards: Gemma C Amy S Casey P Jake B Decklyn. H Ruby H Sedra S Lachlan C Yarra M Jake B Billy K Jake F Kim T Lexii T Addison Nabiha M Diesel W-W Silver Awards: Charlotte B Brodie K Ava C Memphis W-W Jordi O Isabella M Jacob M Ebony C Sienna M Billy P Jackson K Jeremy A Alyson A Loralee H Chris G Charlotte B What a wonderful book week we had this year. It was lovely to be back together rather than online and our school had fun all week. On Tuesday, students were intrigued by the appearance of large foot prints in Area B, a giant cloak and an enormous golden trumpet in trees nearby, as well as a table full of what appeared to be dream jars and potions. Students were able to examine the scene and use it as a writing stimulus to come up with some truly imaginative stories. We also had a book tasting during Reading Club, where students got to try new books they might not have tried before. On Wednesday we had another ex-library book sale run by our fabulous Stage 3 Library monitors. Books sold for 10 cents and much excitement was had as students stocked up on books to read at home. Friday was our big day. It began with literature rotations run by teachers across each stage K-6. Students participated in reading stories followed by fun activities from cooking, to craft, to creating artworks, playing games and much more. Take a look at the fun we had. This was followed by our annual Book Week Parade. Teachers and students came dressed as either characters from a book or something to match the Book Week theme ‘Reading with Eyes Open’. Taking inspiration from the Book Week theme, teachers came dressed up as characters from Lewis Carol’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was wonderful to have our families and carers back on site to watch the parade on the basketball court. Despite getting a little chilly, the rain held off and many families had picnics in our school grounds. You can check out some of the fabulous costumes here… There were many prizes announced during the parade, with the winners of the Book Week Poster Competition and the Costume Draw being announced. Each winner received a book. Poster Competition Winners: Kindergarten – Ashton F Year 1 – Austin D Year 2 – Lani M Year 3 – Lexi C Year 4 – Izaiah L Year 5 – Charlotte W Year 6 – Taneeka M Costume Draw Winners Kindergarten – Emilia J Year 1 – Ella O Year 2 – Amelia P Year 3 – Amelia H Year 4 – Cameron J Year 5 – Ozzy L Year 6 – Jenaya R Thank you to all the parents for putting together costumes for their children. It is always a memorable day. Rachel Prior Teacher Librarian Southern Stars Yanggaa Garaba Dance EnsembleA huge congratulations to our wonderful students who had the opportunity to perform in the Yanggaa Garaba Aboriginal Dance Ensemble at Southern Stars. Amelia Hayes, Axel Cook, Arinya Locke, Charlotte Simpson, Memphis Withers-Wheatley, KJ Thomas Smith and Dakota Forster were amazing representatives of Unanderra Public School. The Yanggaa Garaba Aboriginal Dance Ensemble consisted of 90 students from many schools across the Illawarra and South Coast. The students put in hours of rehearsal time and danced in three performances over four Southern Stars shows. The Yanggaa Garaba dance provided an opportunity for the students to connect to their First Nations ancestors, culture and histories, while telling their story. It was a truly breathtaking performance, giving audience members goose bumps every time they performed. It was tiring and exhausting work and their efforts did not go unnoticed. Thank you to the parents that spent a lot of their time dropping off and picking up their children from rehearsals and performances. It meant a lot to not only your children but our school. We are so very proud of them and Mrs Elston felt honoured to work with such a great group of students. Science WeekUnanderra Public School was hosted Science Week during Week 8 of Term 3. Students were treated with unique lessons all around this years theme of "GLASS - More than meets the eye". Each stage looked at the fascinating ways we use glass in today's society from fun toys to investigating techniques utilising microscopes. Early Stage 1 students used magnifying glasses to explore the world of magnification, exploring our school grounds to find a whole manner of creepy crawlies. They finished off by looking at preserved creatures and materials under the microscopes and seeing how glass plays an important role in how we explore the microscopic world. Stage 1 and 2 students dissected one of the worlds most well known toys 'the kaleidoscope'. Students learnt about how glass plays an important role in reflecting images, pulled apart a kaleidoscope to see how they are constructed then created their own variation of a kaleidoscope called a teleidoscope. The students had a lot of fun customising the images you can see as you can see in the photos below. In stage 3, students made glass disappear through the exploration of refraction. Refraction is the ability of light to bend (change direction slightly) when it passes through different materials, such as glass, water, or plastic. Students experimented with different liquids exploring this phenomenon before seeing how certain liquids can make glass appear to disappear due to their refractive qualities. We all had a lot of fun exploring the world of glass at Unanderra Public School. Mr Synnott Science Teacher (RFF) The Fathering ProjectDad-proof tip: How to strengthen the relationship with your sonWhen dads work to strengthen the relationship with their son, it not only positively impacts the relationship, but his development too.
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