Kalori Term 1 - Week 6 4 March 2020

Respect, Honesty, Responsibility – RHR – That’s Who We Are

Meryula St Narromine NSW 2821 P: 02 68894566 F: 02 68894451

E: narromine-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Denise Toohey – Principal

2020 Parents and Citizens AGM Our P&C will be hosting its AGM on Monday 16 March in the NPS staffroom at 5pm. We welcome anyone interested in being involved and would love to see some new parents joining our 2020 team. Our P&C is a committee who collaborate to promote the interests of the school and is a great way to be informed and involved in all aspects of school life. The committee meet once a term and assist in organising events such as the Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls, the bi-annual fete, catering for

the musical, socials and much more. Any level of involvement is welcome with our P&C so come along and meet the team and find out what it is about. Together we are looking forward to another great year of collaboration and celebration. Highlights this fortnight for our students Above and beyond all the wonderful learning activities that are happening in our classrooms I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our swimmers who represented our school at NARRAF Gobondary district carnival. They displayed fine team spirit and produced outstanding results including many personal bests. To the students who qualified to represent NARRAF Gobondary at the Western Region qualification carnival, for NSW State in Homebush, our whole school wishes you the very best of luck, we are all cheering you on. Healthy Harrold has come and gone leaving his messages of good health and lifestyle choices. We are grateful to Mrs Wrench who coordinates the Life Education van visits and to the students who always engage so willingly and confidently with the pre and post activities in PDHPE and within the van itself. Great job team NPS.

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Denise Toohey – Principal continued

Every Day Counts Attendance Attendance at school every day is not only a focus at Narromine it is a NSW Department of Education and Training expectation and legislated requirement. It is absolutely critical to the ongoing learning success for all children. Every day a child misses, puts them at a slight disadvantage as learning in our classrooms is a continuous process. Often work missed is a prerequisite to work that follows, so children are unable to complete the new work until the work they have missed is caught up. This can cause them considerable distress. Our attendance target for 2020 remains at 95%. This means that children need to be in attendance for 190 days (or more) out of the 200 school days to meet our attendance target. More than 2.5 days of absence per term will see them fall below the target. Please help us to ensure the best possible learning outcomes for your child by ensuring attendance at school every possible day. Student Absenteeism If your child is away due to illness or any other reason, please phone the school on 6889 4566 or report the absence on the school app. If no notification is received at the office this will show on your child’s report card as an unexplained or unauthorised absence. Changes to Daily Routine If there is a change to your daily or planned routine and you need to notify your child please contact the school office by 2.15pm so we can ensure the message is sent to classes before 2 .55pm. These changes include things such as changes to transport home, parent/guardian running late or a change to the person picking up your child. Parent Teacher interviews are TODAY The teachers and staff are looking forward to meeting and reconnecting with our families at this initial parent teacher meeting. Today is a perfect opportunity for parents to share their little people’s interests and special talents, while teachers are looking forward to sharing the learning journey and working together to create Personalised Learning Plans for the students.

NOTES HOME • PBL rewards and levels

Yr 4-6 • Girls cricket • Rugby 7s • Debating workshop • Parent teacher

interviews

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School breakfast

The students at Narromine Public School have enjoyed participating in the School Breakfast 4 Health Program so far this Term. One day per week, Foodbank provides all students from Year 1 to Year 6 with a nutritious breakfast. Students are still encouraged to have breakfast at home and partake in a small meal at school, with the main focus being on developing the students’ talking and listening skills. Each week students have been encouraged to talk about a topic with their peers. Each topic provides opportunities to develop a variety of skills. During these conversations, the teachers and support staff actively encourage appropriate skills such as use of eye contact, use of tone when telling an interesting story and inflection when asking a question. The program also offers opportunities for students to develop a rich and broad vocabulary which can support writing and reading development. The topics which the students will be encouraged to talk about during the School Breakfast 4 Health Program are listed below. You may like to talk about these topics at home whilst sharing a meal together.

Week Topic 3 My favourite meal 4 My family 5 My favourite book or movie 6 If I was a superhero, what would my

super power be and what would I do with it to help others?

7 When I grow up… 8 My favourite animal 9 My hobbies or what I love to do in my

free time 10 Something that I have done well this

term or I am grateful for 11 In the holidays I am…

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Mathematics Matters with 1B Patterns, patterns and more patterns Students in 1B have enjoyed using a variety of materials to create and explain patterns in the classroom. Students used coloured items to create sequential patterns using play dough, counters, cubes and matchsticks. During this activity, they were able to identify the next colour or shape in the pattern.

Assembly Awards Week 5 Attendance – 56T Uniform – 56M Best Class of the assembly – 34E RHR – 34R Super Val – 1B That’s Super – 34E PBL Draw – Noa Elder, Keiahnee Morgan, Zahara Quagliato, Isabella Keen, Katie Barton, Nyokah Knight-Murphy. Class Awards – Reuben McCarneyStella Harding, Jahmahley Edwards, Mia Hines, Edith McCutcheon, Alby Burns, Charlee Adams, Ted Robertson, Braxton Hutchison, Avah-Marie Adams, Joe Robertson, Michael Nelson, Annabelle Gibbs, Tyzeke Davison, Kataiah Morgan, Jasmine Williams, Troy Murphy, Dana Reid, Lillian Suckling, Jyson Ritchie, Corey Hocroft, Eva Heckendorf, Chloe McDougall, Charlotte Mills, Emily Newton, Layla Leese-Caines, Jacquez Byrne, Koby Sheedy, Kirralee Brown, Frances Anning, Marshall Leese-Caines, Shylin Glover, Nacarlia McKellar, Toby Everingham, Heidi Turnbull, Riddick Scott, Klaneesha Knight, TJ Riley. House Points – Bogan 104, Macquarie 103, Namoi 102, Castlereagh 96.

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Family Literacy Challenge Welcome to 2020 and our Family Literacy Challenges that you have all been waiting for all holidays. You will need to get a family team together to complete the challenges. There will be a box in the front office to submit your entries. To collect the prize you need to make sure you have one name of a family member per entry. For example: The Jones Family- Andrew Jones 4W. To be in the running for a $10 canteen voucher make sure you get your entry in the blue box in the foyer at the office. You have to be in it to win it! Week 6- Adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell us more about a noun eg: The big brown dog. Big and brown are both adjectives. Week 6 Challenge Write as many adjectives as you can to describe the image in this picture.

Senior Citizens performance

The choir students thoroughly enjoyed being part of the entertainment for a morning tea held by the Narromine Shire to celebrate Senior Citizens this week. The students performed two songs, 'Just Can't Wait to Be King' and 'I Can Tell That We Are Going to be Friends.' As well as some beautiful singing the students took on some characters making for a very fun performance. The choir will be continuing to practise for more upcoming performances including Grand Friends Day, at the end of this term. Amanda Turnbull - Choir Teacher

PBL News At Narromine Public School students have been learning how to demonstrate respect through listening carefully and being an active listener in conversations. Students are being encouraged to build skills around being good listeners by applying their 6L’s (legs are crossed, hands are in laps, lips are closed, eyes are looking, students are listening and are ready to learn). Teachers have been on the lookout for students demonstrating great listening skills and have awarded many SuperVals for

outstanding listening. Students have also been learning how to show responsibility by moving safely. Moving safely means students move to lines straight away when the bell rings, they move up and down stairs using the left hand on the left railing, moving calmly into assemblies, walking sensibly and moving quietly. Well done to all the students who have received SuperVals for showing responsibility by moving safely. Congratulations to all the students who have been doing an exceptional job demonstrating RHR at all times and have received all their points so far in the term. These students will be participating in their 100 point reward initiatives in Week 6 and 7. We want to acknowledge all the students proactive efforts in making positive choices. Keep up the great work boys and girls. RHR, that’s who we are! - PBL Team

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Sport

A huge congratulations to all students who represented Narromine Public School in the district Gobondery/NARRAF swimming carnival in Narromine on Friday 21 February. From this carnival 17 NPS students have advanced through to the Western Carnival in Dubbo on Friday 13 March. Please remember to return your note ASAP. Just a reminder for students in Year 3-6 that swimming will continue for the remainder of the term. Students need to bring their swimmers, towel, sunscreen and hat. It is expected that students participate every week as sport is a compulsory component of the curriculum. If for some reason one week they are unable to participate please send a note to their classroom teacher explaining why they cannot participate. Trials and training have begun for a variety of PSSA sports and gala days for students in Stage 2 and Stage 3. Students need to be displaying positive behaviour and listening to morning messages to ensure that they arrive at these sessions if they wish to be considered for these teams. Kristie Mackay - Sport Coordinator Life Education Our students had a wonderful time in the Life Education van last week taking part in some vital health education programs. Here are some of their comments. We loved playing games with Harold, especially darts. - MC students Harold’s visit was great because we talked about family and relationships. - Takeyiah We learnt about respecting others in relationships. - Klaneesha I enjoyed talking about family and the qualities of a good friend. - TJ We got to learn about how to treat friends. - Huntar I learnt lots of new things. - Kirralee Harold told us some jokes. - Kayla The visit was awesome! - Chloe M I loved the stars in the van. - Heath Harold is so funny. - Jack P Harold played the xylophone. - Harrison We went into space with Harold. - Zac

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P&C Community

MONTH MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY WEEK 6 MARCH

2

3 4 Parent Teacher Interviews

5 Rugby 7s

6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 7 MARCH

9 Girls cricket

10 Debating workshop

11

12

13 Swimming for sport Assembly 9.15am Host Stg 2 SRC Item 2AW Western Swimming

WEEK 8 MARCH

16 P&C AGM 5PM

17 18 19

20 Swimming for sport NAR/GOB Cricket/Softball

WEEK 9 MARCH

23 24 Stage 3 Excursion

25 Stage 3 Excursion

26 Stage 3 Excursion

27 Swimming for sport Assembly 9.15am Host Stg 1 SRC Item 34R Stage 3 Excursion

WEEK 10 MARCH

30 31 Peachie Richardson RL

1 Rugby Gala Pink Stumps Day

2

3 Swimming for sport

WEEK 11 APRIL

6 PSSA Swimming

7 PSSA Swimming Grand Friends Day

8 3-6 Social

9 Easter Hat Parade Term 1 concludes

10 Good Friday

NPS P&C AGM

All welcome to attend our

P&C AGM MONDAY 16 March 5pm in the school staff room.

We would welcome some new faces on our committee. You don’t have to be a

member to attend. A general meeting will

follow our AGM. For more details contact Crystal

Paine 6889 4566.