Bulletin Minmi Public School

56 Woodford Street, Minmi NSW 2287 Tel - 02 4953 2768 Fax - 02 4953 3104 Email - minmi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Thursday 22nd February 2018

Issue 1 Term 1 Week 2

Dear Parents and Carers,

DATE EVENT Tuesday 27th February StarStruck Filming Friday 2nd March Last day of early Kinder

finishing time at 2.30pm Monday 5th March Kinder Finish 3pm from

today onwards Wednesday 7th March Life Education Visit 12th – 16th March Week 7

Good For Kids – Yr 2 & 3 Activity Research Project

Wednesday 21st March Harmony Day Wednesday 21st March P&C Annual General

Meeting + General Meeting

Have you seen these notes?

• Good For Kids Years 2 & 3 • Drum Corp Flyer • Learning Package • Statement of Account • P & C Membership Letter • Year 6 Committee – Expression of Interest

Note

Principal’s Message On Tuesday 13th February I was honored to attend the Callaghan College Presentation Ceremony. Having been lucky enough to be part of the Minmi Public School staff for so long, I was able to recognise many ex Minmi faces in the audience and amongst the prize winners. Mr Graham Eather, College Principal, spoke to the 2018 Year 7 students in the audience about how they were about to see examples of excellence in learning but also the potential of where their own hard work and determination will take them. So, Minmi Public school students, here is your inspiration!

Academic Excellence Year 10 Olivia Garfoot

Academic Excellence Year 8

Tayla Hingst

Academic Excellence Year 7 Ella Dollin

College Cultural Award

Kalista Matthews Mrs Bellamy

Important Dates for your Calendar below Events can also be followed on our School Website and School App.

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AWARD GRINNERS WEEKS 2 & 3

Enrolments We currently have placements available in all of our classes for 2018. If you know anyone who would like to attend our marvellous school please ask them to contact the office.

Our new signage is here!

Our new signs have arrived and are ready and waiting to be erected around the school. What a massive improvement to our school environment. Keep a look out for the Minmi Dinosaur coming soon!

STUDENT COLLECTION At Minmi Public School, we pride ourselves on our student safety.

So, just as a friendly reminder:

• All students will be dismissed from the COLA not from classrooms

• If collecting your child in person please collect them from the COLA

• If your child is catching the bus they will be escorted by a teacher from the COLA to the bus stop

• If your child attends OOSH they will be escorted by the OOSH supervisor from the COLA to the OOSH bus

• If your child is walking, meeting you at the car or meeting you somewhere other than the COLA they will be escorted to the bottom gate by a teacher

• All parents should obey parking information signs

• The Staff carpark is out of bounds for all pedestrians

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• The bottom gate should be used as the entry and exit to the school. The top gate is only for the bus groups and used for excursions.

Learning Packages Invoices have been sent home for the Learning Package Term 1 payment and the Voluntary School Contribution. Your assistance in paying these promptly is appreciated. We want all of our students to have access to learning materials as soon as possible. Please finalise these accounts by Week 6 (March 5th – 9th) so that payments don’t accumulate. This package has been devised as a 4 part payment plan to cover Reading Eggs, Matific, Term 1 & 3 Scope IT, Dance 2B Fit, Gymnastics and much more. If you require financial assistance please contact the office for an Assistance Form. All enquiries remain confidential.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL PRESENTATION

Thank you to all who came along to our school assembly to celebrate our students’ achievments in swimming. Congratulations to COOK HOUSE who won the carnival this year. The shields have been sent away to be engraved with this year’s winner of the Swimming Carnival, ‘COOK’! Medals and Relay ribbons to be presented at School Assembly Friday 2nd March.

We love our school!

What a fabulous way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! So many students full of love for their school community. What a wonderful display for our office, showing all the things we love about our awesome school.

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CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!

We need your ideas, skills and expertise to keep Marvelous Minmi Public School going

from strength to strength!

*Classroom Helpers Information from class teachers will be sent

home when classroom help is required.

*Year 6 Committee Expression of interest note has been sent

home to year 6 parents.

*Starstruck Supporters Mrs Hardy and Miss Clulow will be in contact

when they have information regarding costuming and transport needs.

*Working Bee

Please register your interest with the front office and we will forward information when we have an idea of numbers and times available.

We are aiming for later this term.

All parent/ grandparent/ community helpers need to fill out an Appendix 5 form

at the office and produce 100 points of identification.

Starstruck 2018 Starstruck filming will take place on Tuesday

27th February so the audition tape can be submitted.

Canberra Excursion The Senior Excursion to Canberra will take place from Monday 12th November till Wednesday 14th November inclusive. The itinerary is jam packed and full of fun, engaging and informative activities. Students will visit the Australian Museum of Democracy, the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Museum, Questacon and the National Dinosaur Museum and much more. What a fabulous experience it will be! Mr Taylor and Mrs Bellamy are in the process of finalising costs and devising a payment plan to assist families to organise finances around this excursion.

Drum Corp

Drum Corp started last week with plenty of enthusiasm! If your child has not signed up yet, there is still time. Grab a flyer from the

front office and leave your details to be passed on to the Drum Corp Team.

Parents and Citizens Committee Recruitment

Drive If you interested in joining our school P&C all you have to do is leave your details at the front office and pay your $1. The Annual General Meeting and General Meeting to be held on 21st March at 6.30pm.

Library We are extremely lucky to have two wonderful ladies assisting the school in the library. Mrs Margaret Laughlin and Mrs Lyn Hennessy are both retired librarians who have been busy working on the stocktake and general library administration duties. They have volunteeered for many hours of work and we are truly greatful to have such wonderful helpers in our school.

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Book Club All Book Club orders are to be completed on line. All instructions are on the back of the order form.

Good For Life, Good For Kids In Week 7 (12th-16th March) our year 2 and 3 students will be participating in a physical activity in a school research project. Information and permission note is coming home today.

Allergy Awareness Just a reminder that we do have children with

allergies and anaphylaxis who attend our school.

Please be Allergy Aware!

Kinder Interest for 2019, 2020 & 2021

Future planning is an important part of managing any school and Minmi Public School is no exception. We are interested in gathering information about potential enrolment numbers for the future. Please notify the office if you have children who you believe will be starting school over the next few years.

Term 1 Assembly Item Timetable

Week 4 1

Week 5 2

Week 6 3/4

Week 7 5/6

Week 8 K

Week 9 1

Week 10 2

Week 11 3/4

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