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Term 2, Week 3
RESPECT–SAFETY- HONESTY
10 May, 2016
COMING EVENTS
THIS WEEK & BEYOND
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Claiming the date!
STEWART HOUSE
NAPLAN THIS WEEK
TRIVIA NIGHT
SATURDAY, 25 JUNE
ORIENTEERING
OPPORTUNITY AT
JERRA
EVENTS AND RETURNS TO REMEMBER
The school carnival will be held on THURSDAY, 2 JUNE. 8 – 12 yrs at
Wright Park and K- most Yr 2 at Madew Oval. More later!
Envelopes due in any time before 19th May. Thank you.
All Years 3 and 5 students – Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
A great night of fun! Tables of 8. Earlybird price: $15 (after 3 June $20) THEME: Hollywood Tickets on sale Monday, 16th May. Be ready!
Next Saturday, 14th May, Orienteering ACT will be holding an event in
our school area. Registration will take place down on the block and
starts from 10.30 am. Please come along as a family and have a go at
Orienteering. More details on the Orienteering ACT website.
IMPORTANT!
All children need their tools for learning! Please ensure they have lead
TOOLS FOR LEARNING pencils or pens, glue sticks, etc. daily so they can work effectively.
N.B.: Glue sticks are available at the canteen for $1.50.
WANTED BY KINDER
Baby formula tins for their Science unit to build birdfeeders. Thanks.
VALUE THIS WEEK: EXCELLENCE – We should all strive for excellence – this means doing the
very best that you can do at whatever you try. Strive for your best effort!
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL - DISCUS.
Those students interested in participating in discus for the District/Regional Athletics Carnival, please present to
Mr Hancock evidence of throws; this is usually in the form of Little Athletics Record Sheets. Thank you.
B’TUTTA – OUR MUSICA VIVA EXPERIENCE FOR NEXT
WEEK! TUESDAY, 17TH MAY
Students have been undertaking preliminary activities in their
Music lessons about B’tutta and are looking forward to the visit.
If you have paid your Starter Pack, your child has paid to attend.
If you have not paid this pack, then the cost is $8.00 for the
concert. The Office will have advised you if you need to pay.
Parents are welcome to any session. There are 4 times:
9 am / 10 am / 12.05 pm / 1.45 pm - in the Hall
All welcome to attend!
MONDAY MORNING COFFEE CLUB:
This is held each Monday morning in the Art Room immediately after morning assembly. This
is a lovely, relaxed morning and a great opportunity to meet some other parents in our school
community over a cuppa. ALL parents are welcome to attend. Toys for little ones are
available. Come and join us!
ENROLLING FOR 2017?
If you are enrolling or know anyone who will be enrolling into our school next year, could you please advise
them to contact the school or call in to collect an enrolment pack.
MATHS ATTACK IS BACK!!!!
Mia bought a one-kilogram bag of apples.
There were seven apples of similar size.
About how much does one apple weigh?
(a) 1400 grams
(b) 140 grams
(c) 14 grams
(d) 4 grams
N.B.: Answers to Room 1 – Mrs Harradence by Friday. Have-a-go!
GREAT DAY HAD BY ALL AT CROSS COUNTRY AT SUTTON
Reports from Mr Hancock indicate a great day had by all. Full results are not through yet but we did have some children
do well enough to go to the Regional event which we believe will be held on 3rd June.
Our senior boys’ team
at Sutton.
STOP PRESS! We have 12 students going to the next level at Region. Congratulations to:
Alysia Steel, James Dunn, Darcy Cleary, Abbey Robb, Kai Brunker, Emma Hackett, Joshua Brown, Jessica McDonald, Sophie
Martin, Alexis Smith, Angus McNeilage and Jasper Turvey.
Another 8 students made it into the first 10 to score points for the school.
DSTA NEWS
Defence Kids Activity Club: Held each Wednesday at lunch time (after eating) in the Art Room. Defence students and
their friends are welcome to drop by for a visit. Last week the students were busy with Mother’s Day craft!
Reminder to keep us updated: In order for us
to best meet you and your child’s needs, it is
very important that we are kept up-to-date on
your ‘deployment/ course/ posting’ dates.
DSTA’s Danielle Barry and Mia Bartlett can be
contacted on 02 6299 8860 or email
[email protected] and
[email protected]
Where are our Troops? If you haven’t seen our latest project, which is a special tribute to
defence force family members currently working away from home, please take the time to look
at it (located next to the friendship chair). Last week the students painted the signpost
camouflage colours. The inspiration behind this project is a signpost which was made by
Australian and NZ soldiers working at a base in Iraq, to remind them of ‘home’.
DEFENCE COMMUNITY NEWS – 15 May – National Families Week at QUESTACON This year DCO Canberra will be hosting
their National Families Week event at Questacon on Sunday 15th May at 10am. This is a free event for all Defence families
living in the Canberra region and for DCO to say thank you to families for their contribution to the wider community.
MISSING! WANTED!
Has anyone accidentally taken a size 8 near new sports jacket? It has green iron-on name label (Kai Randell).
I have been through the lost property a couple of times but it hasn’t appeared. It went missing about a week and a half ago.
Karen Randell 0402052834 [email protected]
** Parents – please be vigilant for school clothing that is not your child’s and return A.S.A.P. Thank you.
MOTHERS’ DAY CLASSIC RUN/WALK
Big “Shout Out” to all those hardy Jerra souls who braved the rain and took part
in the Mothers’ Day Classic on Sunday morning. Thanks to Mardi Croke for her
organisation and the P&C for joining in. There was lots of pink – as we can see
from the lovely Patterson girls pictured – as people got into the atmosphere of
the moment and had a good time.
Thank you to all who supported this community event and represented Jerra
School. Well done!
JERRA GYMNASTS JUMP INTO SUCCESS
Over the term break, two of JPS’s talented and hardworking gymnasts, Bella
Cawse and Kelsey Hall, qualified to represent the ACT. The girls have been
competing in the ACT State Championships across 4 meets over March and
April this year. The girls both bagged their share of medals across the
competition.
The final comps on 9 and 10 April saw both girls take a place on top podium to receive a gold medal for their teams from
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Southern Canberra Gymnastics Club. Bella showed grace and determination to take out 4 individual place overall at Level
6. She has qualified to head off to Caloundra QLD in June to represent the ACT at the State Team Challenge.
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Kelsey Hall saved her best for last, her performance on the last 2 days of competition earned her 2 individual place
overall at Level 7. Kelsey will travel to Melbourne in May to represent ACT in The Australian Championships.
The Jerra gymnasts are all great friends; it’s lovely to see them encouraging each other and enjoying their sport.
Congratulations girls and we wish you all the best.
CALLING ALL STUDENTS WHO CAN SKI OR SNOWBOARD!
Winter is coming, and that means snow.
NSW Interschools Snowsports is due to start taking entries and we are looking for interested families.
All information can be found here: http://nswinterschools.com.au/about-interschools
Interschools Snow Sports is an inclusive event that places strong emphasis on participation.
For safety reasons, it is strongly recommended for all participants to have a minimum intermediate skill
level. It is also strongly recommend that participating students engage in regular structured lessons to
improve skill and safety.
Here are some FAQs:
1. How many days is it run over?
Generally 3 days, however it depends on how many events you enter. Each event is normally held on its own day.
2 events = 2 days of snow, lifts passes I.
2. How do I get there?
Private vehicle, generally with parent/guardian accompanying.
3. How do I pay for it? / How much does it cost?
TBC as soon as known for this year. Yes – it does cost to enter.
4. What about missing school?
A team submission requires sign off from the Head of School, Mrs Chris Hunter.
If you think you may be interested please email:
Kassie @ [email protected] Cam @ [email protected] Claire @ [email protected]
Missing school was a joy and definitely worth it as we all enjoyed our excursion and still learnt a lot. The galleries we visited were the
Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia. Wow! They both had heaps of amazing art works. We decided to visit these
galleries for our democracy unit last term. I’m sure Year 5 learnt lots of different things (well hopefully).
This is what I learnt at the Portrait Gallery: It wasn’t hard to get lost in the galleries. I also learnt that there are some very nice
paintings in there and you also have to be Australian to get your art work in that gallery. At the Nation Gallery of Australia, I enjoyed
how the guides told a story about the Aboriginal pieces of art and how they were created. Personally, my favourite piece of art was
Monet’s Waterlilies; unfortunately, not everyone was able to see it. I believe that it was good because he didn’t draw/shade the
picture before he painted it, and it was fun trying to do Monet’s Waterlilies in class in art.
The questions I wondered were:
1. How old is the Portrait Gallery?
2. How old is the National Gallery of Australia?
3. Why the government chose that particular part of Canberra?
I would like to know more about Monet’s Waterlilies. I would love to see the colourful chandelier, which is up during exhibitions, and
unfortunately we did not get to see it this time but it was amazing. If I did not know about the colourful chandelier, I would like to see
Monet’s waterlilies again. I highly recommend going to both of these places and it is very convenient because they are right around
the corner from each other.
By Kate Alexander, 5S
PS: I thought the tour guides were very nice and helpful I know that because if you had a question, they would
quickly give you the answer you wanted.
The Gallery Excursion-Year 5
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On Monday, 2 May, Year 5 enjoyed an excursion to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia as a part of our
HSIE unit on democracy. We were lucky enough to have tour guides for each of our groups. This helped us understand what the
paintings meant and why they were painted.
The first gallery we went to was the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. It was here that I learnt that self-portraits don’t have to be
painted on canvas; they can be sculptured out of metal or many other ways. My favourite painting there was of Amelia Earhart. This
was my favourite painting because she empowered women by being the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic solo. We also
saw a portrait of Captain James Cook. These portraits were both linked to our HSIE topic of democracy.
We then had lunch on the luscious green grass outside the gallery. After we ate, we got to have a little play.
The next gallery we visited was the National Gallery of Australia. We saw two amazing works of art. The first one was a knitted
policeman. It had bullets, a tie and a gun attached to it .The artist based it on her father. At this artwork, I learned that you can change
what you think about the piece of art by changing what it is made of and the colours, e.g. if you didn’t appreciate that person you
could make it out of wire and if you were fond of the person, you might decide to use wool. The second sculpture we saw at the
gallery was called Eulogy. It was a realistic man holding a blob fish. The sculpture of the man was made of silicon, the average male
clothes and real human hair. The man was so real that when we walked in, we thought it was a man posing! The blob fish he was
holding had pinkish colours in it and was made to look like it was in pain. The blob fish is becoming extinct so that is why that artist
created that piece of art.
Next we had recces on the grass. We boarded the bus and we were on our way home. It had been a great day. I would definitely like
to see some more realistic sculptures that have great stories behind them. But I do have one more question, how did all these
amazing artists discover their amazing skills that have created such beautiful artworks that we were able to see?
By Hannah Dunn, 5S
PARENTS & CITIZENS’ NEWSLETTER
Term 2 Week 2
P&C President:
Bryce Wilson
We support better education, more resources, and a safe
and friendly environment
P&C Meeting:
Tonight at 7pm
P&C suggestion box:
[email protected]
TRIVIA NIGHT – Trivia Night Tickets on SALE – 16 May – EARLY
BIRD PRICE is $15 p/p Tables of 8!
Trivia Night 2016 is HOLLYWOOD THEME, on 25th June at 6:30pm.
Get yourself a table together, 8 to a table
Come along for a great night, lots of laughs, fun and games.
CALLING FOR TRIVIA NIGHT SPONSORS and PRIZES!
Would you like to see your business logo printed in this newsletter?
The Trivia Night Committee is seeking businesses to sponsor the event. Is your business interested, or do you
know someone who owns a business that could help? This is a great way to promote your business leading up
to the event and on the night.
The following businesses are already on board to sponsor this great fundraising event.
Can you donate a prize?
We are seeking donations of items to give away as lucky door prizes, round prizes, items to auction, games
prizes, raffle prizes, and more. Previous years donations have included: chocolates - bottles of wine - gift
vouchers - hair and beauty products - household items - hand-made items . . .
Prizes can be provided to the Front Office.
We would like to thank the following businesses that have donated a prize to the evening. Please support these
local businesses.
Jerra Tavern
Pizza Capers
Jamberry with Leonie Cunningham
BDL Car Stereo
Our Place
Ciao Café and Cakes
Envie Fitness
In A Flash Photography
NEW! Commonwealth Bank – Queanbeyan
NEW! Entire Physio Qbn
Arbonne by Angela
Microsoft Software
Flowers with Love
Jerrabomberra Clothing
Alterations
2Adore Hair and Beauty
Latorta
Super Cuts
Brumbies
Anytime Fitness – Jerrabomberra
NEW!
NEW!
NEW!
If you have any questions or suggestions, please call Jaye Cox, Trivia Night Coordinator
on 0438 842 407 or email ([email protected]). Hope to see you there!
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS – The 2016/17 Entertainment Book is available to order now!
20% of every membership sold contributes to equipment and resources for our school. Order one now at:
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/2431a1 or contact Karen Randell on 0402 052 834 or email
[email protected].
Opening Days:
Monday 8.45 to 9.15am
Friday 8.30 to 9.00am
Assembly Fridays 2.15-2.45pm
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS
Week
Monday
8.45am – 9.15am
Friday
8.30am – 9.00am
Friday Assembly
1.45pm – 2.30pm
every third Friday
3
9 May
13 May
13 May
Andrea Murray
Karen Randell
Julie Strang
Ngaire Robertson
Julie Strang
Sandra Clutterbuck
16 May
20 May
Julie Strang
Karen Randell
Teena Bacon
Bec Haslam
4
Laundry
/Other
Dawn Bevis
Andrea Wilson
If you can assist or have any queries please contact Julie and Karen at [email protected] or phone Julie on 0423
872 683 or Karen on 0402 052 834.
Opening Days:
LUNCH ORDERS: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
SNACK SALES at lunchtime: Wednesday to Friday
Please be sure to have your lunch orders in before the
morning bell at 8.55am
CANTEEN NEWS
What an amazing result from the Finger Bun Fundraiser on Monday 9 May with 100% of the profit going
directly to the Cancer Council!!!!! The total number of finger buns ordered was a whopping 660!!!!!!!!!! Thank
you to all those families who gave additional donations to the Cancer Council, which totalled $61.50!
The grand total that Jerrabomberra Public School will be donating to the Cancer
Council is $1051.50!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a reminder that if your child is going on an excursion, there will be NO lunch orders for those classes
on that day if the excursion is during lunchtime. Last Friday, Year 6 attended an excursion and there were still 8
lunch orders on the day. As lunch is normally at 11am, we then had to keep these lunch orders hot until 1.30pm
when Year 6 returned from the excursion to eat their lunch.
Please ensure that all lunch orders are in before the morning bell at 8.55am. This really assists us with
tallying all the orders, especially on a Friday when there are often 200 lunch orders to prepare.
Please note the change of date for the Canteen Meeting. It will now be held in the staff
room on Monday 16 May at 1.30pm. All are welcome to attend. We would really appreciate
your input and ideas.
CANTEEN WEEKLY VOLUNTEER ROSTER
Week 3
Monday (9-11)
th
9 May
Wednesday (9-12)
th
11 May
Thursday (9-12)
th
12 May
Friday (9-12)
13th May
Laundry
This
Week
Week 4
Next
Week
Alois Leyval
Kirsten Waldron
Anne-Wil Landman
Amber Marshall
Linda Nankervis
Kiley Robinson
Kate O’Brien
Bronwyn Johnstone
Leanne Hawking
Ada Abyad
Karen Randell
Amber
Marshall
Pick up at
Front Office
Monday (9-11)
Wednesday (9-12)
Thursday (9-12)
Friday (9-12)
16th May
18th May
19th May
20th May
Laundry
Carolynne
Griggs
Mary Mommsen
Courtney Keenan
Lisa Laverty
Anne-Wil
Landman
Linda Nankervis
Rossina Smith
Tash Hall
Kellie Baker
Ada Abyad
Ticia Blewitt
Kripa Antony
Pick up at
Front Office
Thank you so much to all the people who have responded to our call for help last week – we have filled a lot of
the gaps in our roster! If you are interested in coming to help out in our canteen, please contact our roster
coordinator, Belinda Merton, on 0408 197 977 or [email protected].
CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
EVEN IF YOU CAN ONLY VOLUNTEER ONE DAY A TERM –
WE NEED YOU!!!!
PLEASE CONTACT BELINDA on 0408 197977 or
[email protected]
We particularly need helpers on
Mon, Wed & Thursdays.
Auditions – Auditions – Auditions
In the next few weeks Acting Antics will be holding auditions for their gala
performance of…
“ROCKETMAN”
Ex-President of the Intergalactic Space Council, Regano, has escaped from Alcatrais and is
planning a comeback. Can Princess Zara and her fearless Solar Knights hold off Regano & the Androids until Wing
Commander Wang & his brave fighters, Nav, Tech and Brash arrive? Will Rocketman ever arrive & what have Froth &
Perk from the Jupiter Bean café & Momento & Secondo, spies extraordinaire, been up to?
IF YOU LOVE TO ACT, SING, DRESS-UP & PERFORM THIS IS THE PROGRAM FOR YOU!
Jerrabomberra PS Performing Arts Centre – Mondays starting May 2nd.
Monday 3:15-4:15pm
Monday 4:15-5:15pm
Musical Theatre (7-11yrs)
Performance Actor (7-11yrs)
MUSICAL THEATRE (song & dance) introduces students to the fabulous world of Musical Theatre & offers basic vocal training,
performance skills & Broadway dance. No previous experience is required.
PERFORMANCE ACTING classes build confidence while developing acting, presentation & performance skills. Curriculum covers
improvisation, the actor’s voice, characterization, movement & mime, stagecraft, the audition & rehearsal process & theatre
etiquette.
TEACHER Monica Engel has 8 years’ experience in primary & secondary schools teaching art, music & drama & has just completed her
Diploma in Musical Theatre.
Fees: Season 1 (Term 1 & 2) pro-rata fees $144.00 (start any time – pro-rata fees)
Registration & Enquiries: www.actingantics.com – [email protected] – 0409 507773