Maclean Public School Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Week 7 Yr 6 Foodie Friday Fundraiser Spelling Bee Yr 6 Robotics workshop Week 9 Touch football Gala day Yamba Week 10 Jump rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart Maclean Public School is participating in Jump Rope for Heart again this year. Jump Rope for Heart is a fundraising and physical activity program based around skipping. It teaches school aged children how to keep fit and healthy, all while having fun and raising vital funds for heart disease research and education. Since it began in 1983, more than 90% of all Australian schools, and over eight million kids, have participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Each year the program gets more than 280,000 school students from over 1,400 schools around Australia up and skipping. Children learn physical activities like rope-jumping to help improve their strength, gain confidence, build stamina and extend their physical abilities in other activities. The fundraising aspect also teaches them to be community minded and compassionate. The Ministers for Fundraising are busy supporting this initiative by conducting skipping activities at lunchtime for students. There will be a Jump Off day on September 26 at school, where all classes will move through a rotation of skipping activities and students will be given the opportunity to perform skipping routines.

Information on how students can get involved fundraising is on the flyer accompanying the newsletter.

Premier’s Spelling Bee The Premier’s Spelling Bee was introduced in 2004 as a fun and educational way for primary school students to engage in spelling. The

program encourages students to participate in spelling activities and to promote improved literacy in combination with the English K-6 syllabus. The competition comprises two divisions – Junior for Stage 2 students (Years 3 & 4), and Senior for Stage 3 students (Years 5 & 6). Words for the competition are provided by Macquarie Dictionary and are divided into several categories. Maclean Public School will once again host the regional final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee competition. This will take place in the hall on September 5 from 9:30am. M.P.S will be represented in stage 2 by Madora Barton and Leah Jenkins and from stage 3 we have Ethan Moore and Hayden Fisher. We wish them luck. Spectators are most welcome. Sporting News Congratulations to Robert Miller and Jack Torrens, who will be competing at the North Coast athletics carnival. Robert will compete in the 8oom and 100m races and Jack in the discus.

Woodford st, Maclean P: 66 452 544 E: maclean-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Ms Carolyn Phillips

Term 3 Issue 6 – August 29, 2019

Assemblies: Whole school Assemblies are held fortnightly on a Friday from 11:45 am. • August 30 – Kindy • September 13 – 5/6C • September 27 – 5P Everyone is welcome to attend these assemblies.

Foodie Friday Volunteers

Thank you to those who already volunteer to enable our Foodie Fridays to run. Last week we had a record week with over 80 lunch order placed which made it a very busy day for our volunteers. If you have any spare time on a Friday between 9:00am and 2:00pm we would love to see you. Please contact the office if you can assist.

War on Waste Mr Rosnell has been working with students in years 4 to 6 on environmental awareness. As part of these lessons students have taken part in a rubbish audit. As we know there is a huge amount of waste that can be recycled instead of ending up in landfill. If we all do our bit we can make a difference. At Maclean Public School we have a 3 bin waste system and composting bins in our school garden.

Transition The pre-school visits to Kindergarten have been a great success, with students enjoying their time at big school. We look forward to welcoming our Kindergarten 2019 students at our orientation days next term.

P and C Thank you very much to the PnC for the donation of outdoor ground mats, we look forward to using them.

Regards, Carolyn Carolyn Philliips

Principal

Snap shots from the classroom

Accept that change is part of living. Expect things to change and adversity to occur, rather than pretend all will always be well. Change is part of life. Your goal is to cope effectively rather than avoid loss or pain.

MACLEAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TERM3-2019

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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PBL Focus- Classroom

Expectations

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23 24 25 High jump finals

26 Assembly

2

PBL Focus- Lining up

29 Debating

30 Recorder Group to Sydney

31 2 Athletics Carnival

3

PBL Focus- Eating Area

5 Education Week

6 P&C Meeting

7 8 Chess- Yamba

9 Solid Mob Cubby Visit

4

PBL Focus- Hallways,

stairways & walkways

12 Science Week

13 Brain Break Morning Tea for parents 10am

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15 Debating Cricket-Lismore

16 Assembly NRL Gala Day – Sth Grafton

5

PBL Focus- Bus Lines

19 Book Week (Reading is My Secret Power)

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21 Yr 6 High school Transition Book week Dress up Parade

22 NRPSSA Athletics- Lismore

23 Pre School Visit

6

PBL Focus- Library

26 27 28 Father’s Day stall

29 Father’s Day stall

30 Assembly

7

PBL Focus- Canteen

2 3 Robotics Workshop Yr 6

4 5 Spelling Bee- Regional Final

6 Yr 6 Foodie Friday Fundraiser

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PBL Focus- Hall

9 10 11 12 13 Assembly

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PBL Focus- playground

16 17 18 19 20 Touch football Gala Day-Yamba

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PBL Focus- toilets

23 24 25 26 Jump Rope for Heart

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Bread sushi

Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest Ingredients 1 95g tin tuna in springwater, drained 4 slices wholemeal bread 1 tbsp mayonnaise 4 leaves little gem lettuce ½ carrot, grated Method Mix the tuna and mayonnaise. Cut the crusts from the bread and gently roll with a rolling pin to flatten. Leaving a 1cm gap at the edge, top each slice evenly with a lettuce leaf, grated carrot and then the tuna. Roll up firmly and slice into three ‘sushi’ rounds.