Jamberoo Public School Newsletter

Dear Jamberoo Public School Community,

Athletics Coaching

Due to the kindness and generosity of the school’s P&C, the school has engaged Mr Ian Hatfield to provide all Jamberoo students with athletics training. Yesterday the students participated in high jump activities and drills. The athletics training sessions will continue on Wednesdays for the next two weeks, please find a timetable below:

7 th June - Long jump

14th June - Shot put

It is a perfect lead in for all of our students to the athletics carnival which will be held on Wednesday 21st June.

School Bytes Portal

We are excited to announce our school is transitioning to an upgraded School Bytes Administration and Finance system.

What is the School Bytes portal?

School Bytes provides a parent portal to help your school communicate with you and complete administrative tasks.

Your school may use the parent portal for various things, including online permission notes, attendance, and payments, which can be accessed via a secure link. The School Bytes parent portal enables you to view all your children in one portal and process payments for multiple siblings in one transaction.

What do you need to do to be ready for 2023?

Parent Portal: Set up your parent portal account (if you don’t already have one).

Please note that Kiama High School currently already use this system so you may already have an account if you have students at the high school.

IMPORTANT: To ensure that the registration process works smoothly, and you can link your account to your child, make sure that you use the same email address that you have provided to the school or if using a different email address, an SMS verification code will be sent to the mobile number on record for you at the school.

How do I access School Bytes?

Open the parent portal link https://portal.schoolbytes.education/auth/login

Please also find detailed steps to create an account on the link below.

https://support.schoolbytes.education/hc/en-us/articles/5184859634191-Parent-PortalSet-up-your-parent-portal-account

Student Attendance

Parent Responsibilities:

• ensure that their child attends school at all times when the school is open for instruction and your child is well enough to attend school (see School Education Act, 1999)

• ensure that their child is on time for school each day – before 9:00am

• notify the school of their child’s absence as soon as possible on the first day of the child’s absence

• notify the school in advance if an absence of any period is planned

• ensure that contact details for the child are correct and up to date.

Winter

Winter is here. Although we are getting some nice sunny and clear days, the mornings and afternoons are quite cool. This means students are taking jumpers on and off and leaving them while they play. Please make sure names are on all items of clothing so they can be returned. A reminder that different coloured jumpers are not acceptable and are not a part of the school uniform.

Reports

Teachers are in the process of analysing student assessment data in preparation to commence the writing of student reports. Reports will be sent home to families on the last day of school, Friday 30th June. There will be no three-way conferences this term, as they were conducted in Term One. If you wish to speak to your child’s teacher about their progress, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher(s) to make an appointment.

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

The school is pleased to announce that Peak Sports and Learning has been selected to run the OSHC service at Jamberoo Public School. We expect that the provider will commence operation in the next few weeks, depending on service approval. The school will inform the Jamberoo community once we are provided with an official start date.

Regards,

Mr Chris Speirs

Principal

        

Wombarra	Darcy, Max, Lachlan, Laura, Henry
Birrahlee	Jaxson, Isabella, Wren, Luka, Ella, Sadie, Ava
Kookaaraa	Liam, Zavier, Amelia, Lachlan, May
Wonga Wonga	Ava, Amarli, James, Maeve, Zac
Walabi	Ella, Hanna, Luca, Jaxson, Zane, Indi
Principal’s Award	Archie Savell

Well done to Archie Savell who last Friday was nominated for a Principal's Award. Archie was nominated by Mrs De Las Heras for always being polite and respectful, as well as being kind and caring. The school is proud of Archie for being such a courteous and thoughtful individual.

The crafty wizards from Wombarra have been at it again, this time creating sentences containing some alliteration and the essential elements of a capital letter and a full stop. Well done Olivia, Rose, Owen, London and Henry.

I am excited to announce that we will be holding our annual Music Night this term! Music Night is an evening event in the school hall where students can sign up, individually or in groups, to perform for the audience. Examples include: singing, dancing, jokes, a short play or playing a musical instrument. Students can talk to me if they have a different idea, to get it approved. Performances should be limited to 3 minutes or the length of a song. Short plays may be slightly longer.

Any songs students are singing and dancing to will need to be primary school appropriate. Parents and carers, please check that the lyrics are OK. Also, dancing costumes and dance movements need to be age-appropriate to a primary school audience. Any backing tracks that your child is singing or dancing to will need to be emailed to Ms Alpen (see below) or sent in with your child on a USB and given directly to her.

The timeline for music night is as follows:

Weeks 2-6 – students can sign up for Music Night with me when they see me out on playground duty. I will have my clipboard with me to write your name down. Students may be in up to two performances if they would like. Please email Ms Alpen at maddison.alpen@det.nsw.edu.au with your music. You could download music from iTunes or Spotify if you have an account. Ms Alpen has also generously offered that if you email her a Youtube link she can convert it into a mp3 file for your child’s backing track. Alternatively, you can send in your child’s music using a USB. Please make sure your child hands it directly to her and that it has your child’s name on it.

Obviously, some students will not need music backing tracks, depending on their act.

Week 6 -Thursday 1st June. Your music is due to Ms Alpen by this date. Parents will then not need to bring music for their child on the night as it will already be organised.

Week 7 -- Thursday 8th June. We will have a closed rehearsal at lunch time in my classroom for all performers. Students will just do the first minute or so of their act on this day in front of me and the other performers. If students are not organised with their act on this day, I will advise them that we will save their performance for next year. In other words, students must be prepared for this closed rehearsal in order to participate in Music Night.

Week 8 -- Thursday 15th June. Music Night will be held at 6 pm in the school hall. All are welcome! It usually goes for about 2 hours. Students are asked to bring their best manners and be a respectful audience. They will be expected to remain in their seats and not leave the hall. Parents and carers should be in attendance to supervise them.

Looking forward to it!

Mrs McCormack

Thursday 1st June	SRC Disco PDC Debate
Friday 2nd June	Check in assessment (Years 4 to 6)
Wednesday 7th June	Bell Shakespeare Incursion
Thursday 8th June	PDC Debate Lunch Time - Closed rehearsal for music night
Wednesday 14th June	Host MCPS final PSSA Touch
Thursday 15th June	Music Night
Friday 16th June	Hot dog day
Wednesday 21st June	Athletics Carnival
Monday 26th June	Year 5/6 Police Talk 2pm
Friday 30 June	Last day of Term Two Stage Two excursion Reports sent home