Nangus Public School Phone: (02) 69 447 221

Hulong Street Fax: (02) 69 447 258

NANGUS NSW 2722 Principal: Mrs Bronwyn Annetts

E-mail: nangus-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

BULLETIN No 29 Term 4 Week 3 Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Families and Friends,

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Jack Hayes: Consistent application and achievement in Mathematics

Olivia Zuccon: Great teamwork skills

Casey Smith: Excellent delegating, listening and leading during teamwork activities

Cory Willshire: Great delegating during teamwork activities

Tazmin Makeham Great delegating during teamwork activities

Connor Brunskill: Achievement in 2 digit subtraction with trading

Blake Longhurst: Application in Mathematics

Kasy Willshire: Showing a willingness to ‘have a go’ independently

BROKEN BAY I trust that Cory, Braydon, Tejay, Kristina, Harry, Dylan, Abbey, Casey, Tazmin and Isobella are

currently having a wonderful experience at Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Camp and the that the

six days are filled with excitement, fun, adventure and fantastic social and learning experiences.

We look forward to hearing next week all about their activities.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS The 2015 school photos will be taken on Thursday 12th November. The envelopes will be

forwarded to families when they arrive in the post.

The blue Summer uniform will be worn on Photograph Day. Girls are asked to wear their blue

shorts or skorts with the blue school shirt, white socks and black shoes. The boys are asked to wear

the grey shorts with the blue school shirt, grey socks and black shoes.

You co-operation in this matter is much appreciated.

NANGUS NEWS

UNIFORMS If any family is requiring uniforms for next year could you please contact Mrs Allamby as we will

be putting in an order with the supplier in the coming weeks. This includes hats/caps. Thank you.

ASSEMBLY

There will not be an Assembly this Friday 23 October.

BOOK CLUB

Any Book Club orders are due this Friday 23 October – thank you.

RIVERINA REPRESENTATIVE Next week Year 5 student will sing as a member of the Riverina Central Choir at the Festival of

Choral Music at the Sydney Opera House. Tazmin has been selected due to her singing

performances within the Riverina Central Choir and will sing in a massed choir of students from

all over the New South Wales. This is a huge honour and achievement by Tazmin and we wish her

a very enjoyable experience singing on a stage at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Keep on singing Tazmin Congratulations Tazmin!

DANCE AND TENNIS LESSONS Next Monday, all of our students will have the first of a series of

dance lessons for this year and the following Monday, the first of a series of tennis lessons for this year. The tennis lessons will be provided on our school court by a professional tennis coach and the dance lessons will be provided by a professional dance teacher.

These are wonderful opportunities for our students and in the past have proven very popular and valuable experiences for our students.

There will be no cost to families as the school is covering the costs

of these valuable educational programs.

The dance lessons will be on Mondays for the next five weeks and a total of six tennis lessons will

be held over six Mondays commencing on Monday 2nd

November. The students are asked to wear their joggers on Mondays for the coming weeks- thank you.

Tennis racquets will be provided at school.

YEAR 6 GALA DAY AT GUNDAGAI HIGH SCHOOL

Gundagai High School is hosting a Gala Day for Year 6 students as part of their transition to high

school. This event will take place next Thursday 29th

October. The day is an opportunity for Year

6 students to participate in a variety of activities and meet Year 6 students from other schools.

An additional Orientation Day will be held at Gundagai High School on Thursday December 3rd

for Year 6 students attending Gundagai High School in Year 7 next year. For the students involved in the Gala Day, please find information and a permission note

accompanying this newsletter.

SCHOOL DISCO

Our music teacher, Louis Ramos has kindly offered to run a school disco at Nangus Public School

on Friday 30th

October. This will be a reward for the students’ commitment to improving their

musical skills and will provide an enjoyable Term 4 activity.

All students from Kindergarten to Year 6 are invited to attend. The disco will be from 6:00pm till 8:00pm Snacks and water will be provided. The cost will be

$5.00 per student. Students are asked to wear sensible casual clothing with covered in shoes (no

thongs).

TENNIS IN TUMUT

The school has entered three teams of four students in a Highlands Red Ball Tennis Day to be held

at the Tumut Tennis Courts next Wednesday 28th

October. This program is the first of its kind in

our area, providing a wonderful sporting opportunity for some of our students.

The day will commence at 10:00am and conclude by 2:00pm. Nangus Public School will provide racquets for our twelve students or individuals can take their

own racquet. A canteen will be running on the day and a BBQ will be operating or families can

take their own food.

Students involved are asked to wear the orange and black sports uniform with the school hat/cap.

Each student will need to take an ample amount of water for the day.

For the students involved, please complete the accompanying permission note and indicate if you

are able to assist with transport-thank you.

VEGETABLE GARDEN As part of our “Live Life Well Program”, our students recently planted a variety of vegetables in

garden plots in the greenhouse and beside it.

The students chose the plants during their recent visit to Bunnings in Wagga.

A huge “Thank you” to Mrs Armstrong and Ken who have helped establish this project.

The students have a roster for watering the plants each day and due to the care and weather

conditions, the plants have grown extremely quickly. In the short space of time, lettuce leaves have

been ready for picking and the infants were able to take lettuce leaves to take home last week.

Caiden, Laura, Jayden and Ken preparing

the gardens

Karlee and Dan talking to the plants

Georgie, Mahayli, Jayden and Darnah

making decisions about lettuce leaf

harvesting

Yes, it is time!

A healthy garden

Well done caregivers

THANK YOU STAFF I would like to extend my appreciation to each and every staff member for their continued dedicated

work and flexibility during a busy schedule.

There have been many student events and teacher professional learning events and flexibility has

been required. Each of our dedicated staff members have accommodated to ensure continued

smooth practices at school. Thank you all staff members.

LIBRARY CHANGES There is currently a ‘change–over’ taking place in school libraries from the administrative structure

of ‘OASIS’ to a new system called ‘OLIVER’.

Much preparation work has been carried out already by Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Allamby. Today,

the ladies have participated in a mandatory full-day training session via a training web-site.

The change-over is a huge task and has required many additional hours of voluntary time and

juggling other tasks. Thank you Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Allamby for your dedication and expertise.

Next Monday, the old system will change over to the new system. There will be no library

borrowing for students next week but regular routines will resume from Monday 2nd

November.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term Four

Week Day Date Event

Wk 3 Wednesday 21/10/15 Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Allamby Oliver training for new Library system Mrs Annetts at Cootamundra Public School

Thursday 22/10/15 Mrs Armstrong at Cootamundra Public School

Friday 23/10/15 Book Club Orders due date No Assembly Year 5 and 6 students return in afternoon from Broken Bay

Wk 4 Monday 26/10/15 First of five dance lessons for all students Tazmin travelling to Sydney for Festival of Choral Music

Tuesday 27/10/15 Festival of Choral Music at Sydney Opera House for Tazmin Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Allamby Oliver Library going ‘live’ day

Wednesday 28/10/15 Tennis at Tumut for some students

Thursday 29/10/15 Gala Day at Gundagai High School for 2016 Year 7 students Playgroup at Nangus Public School Prac teacher commencing a practicum session with Mrs Jonach’s class

Friday 30/10/15 Assembly at 9:15am Rugby league clinic in afternoon School Disco in evening

Wk 5 Monday 02/11/15 2nd

Dance Lesson 1

st Tennis Lesson

Thursday 05/11/15 Principals’ network meeting at Nangus Public School after school

Friday 06/11/15 Rugby league clinic in afternoon

Wk 6 Monday 09/11/15 3rd

Dance Lesson 2

nd Tennis Lesson

Wednesday 11/11/15 Remembrance Day

Thursday 12/11/15 School Photos day

COMMUNITY NEWS

1. Bernadette Cahill (Birdie) is conducting private tennis lessons for students from next

Monday 26th

October, after school at Gundagai South School. It will be $45.00 for six

lessons for interested families.

Bronwyn Annetts

Principal