Education in brief
Asthma friendly
Pretty Beach Public School is aiming to become an Asthma Friendly School.
The school will distribute information to parents and teachers and collect records of students with the condition.
Parents will receive an information sheet and a record card to be completed if their child suffers from asthma.
Newsletter, May 26
Pretty Beach Public School Newsletter
Zone Cross Country
The Zone cross-country carnival was held on Friday, June 4, at Umina Oval.
The first six in each division will go on to the regional carnival.
Ettalong Public School Newsletter, June 1
Poetry award
A Year 6 student from Ettalong Public School has been awarded third place in the Write for Fun poetry competition.
The student's poetry was awarded third place out of 12,000 entries from around Australia. The poem will be published in the Poetry Rock publication released in August.
Ettalong Public School Newsletter, June 1
Gastro outbreak
Ettalong Public School has warned parents of a gastroenteritis outbreak affecting Central Coast students.
Common symptoms of this virus may include nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, headache and muscle aches.
The risk of spreading the virus is reduced by washing hands thoroughly with soap and running water for 15 seconds before handling and eating food and after using the toilet and by those affected staying home from school or work.
Ettalong Public School newsletter, June 3
Big Fundraiser
The Mega Fun Day organised by Year 5 and 6 students from Woy Woy Public School raised over $3600 for the school.
The money will be used to subsidise the Year 6 excursion to Canberra and the Year 5 excursion to the Great Aussie Bush Camp, making them more affordable for parents.
The school will also now be able to run some personal development programs for the students as they prepare for high school.
Letter, June 8
Woy Woy Public School
Class project
Students from Pretty Beach Public School have participated in a competition to commemorate World Environment Day.
As a class project, every child had the opportunity to enter with Kindergarten students painting an environmentally friendly scene.
Stage 1 students coloured and labelled the Water Cycle, stage 2 students wrote and illustrated postcards from a place of environmental importance to them and Stage 3 students wrote poems about whales.
Newsletter, June 3
Pretty Beach Public School
Soccer
Brisbane Water Secondary College open girls soccer team recently won the Central Coast final of the Combine High School knockout competition.
They will soon play for a top eight position.
Press release, June 20
Matt Marker, Rugby League Sports Academy Co-Ordinator
Lawn Bowls
Brisbane Water Secondary College's open boys lawn bowls team is currently at the State Championships competing against 15 other schools for the "number one" crown.
Press release, June 20
Matt Marker, Rugby League Sports Academy Co-Ordinator
Trampolining
Brisbane Water Secondary College had some outstanding performances in the recent Regional Trampolining Championships where they won several gold medals.
Vicki Brown, Karmen Jeffery, Chris Palmer, Brad Thorpe and Ken Brown were the representatives and several of them will proceed to the Combined High Schools State Championships.
Newsletter, June 2004
Brisbane Water Secondary College
Debating
Ettalong Public School Years 5 and 6 Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition was held on Wednesday, June 2.
All the contestants delivered speeches with two selected to compete in the district final at Woy Woy Public School on June 24.
Newsletter, June 8
Ettalong Public School
New canteen
Pretty Beach Public School had its new canteen installed on June 16.
There was still work to be done with plumbing and electricity but it was well on the way to being operational.
Newsletter, June 17
Pretty Beach Public School
New classroom
Umina Public School will shortly receive a new classroom to cater for the numbers of students attending the school.
This new classroom will be positioned adjacent to the community centre on the primary playground and will be used to reduce class sizes in literacy and numeracy groups.
Newsletter, June 22
Umina Public School
Soccer game
A girls' soccer knockout competition with players from Ettalong, Umina, Empire Bay, Woy Woy and Woy Woy South public schools was held on Friday, June 18, at James Browne Oval.
The Year 5 and 6 students from Ettalong ran their hearts out, losing the first game 5-0 to Woy Woy and winning the second game 3-2 against Empire Bay.
Newsletter, June 22
Ettalong Public School
On TV
Ettalong Public School and Umina Public School and its students were recently featured on NBN News as a result of their nominations for a National Literacy and Numeracy Awards.
Newsletter, June 8
Ettalong Public School
Dance festival
Woy Woy Public School had three groups performing in the Central Coast Dance Festival at Laycock Street Theatre over the last two weeks
They included What a Feeling, Funk Style Brothers and Homecoming.
Newsletter, June 17
Woy Woy Public School
Debating
Umina Public School debaters won their Round 2 debate against Woy Woy South in the Peninsula Debating Competition.
The team travelled to Empire Bay Public school on Wednesday, June 16, to argue the case "That corporal punishment should be reintroduced into our schools".
Newsletter, June 22
Umina Public School