Narrandera Public School Informer

Excellence, Opportunity, Success

Principal: Ms Susan Ruffles

We learn and meet on Wiradjuri Country

Phone: (02) 6959 2144

Fax: (02) 6959 3274

Term 3, Week 3 Tuesday, July 30, 2013.

From the Principal …. This week our amazing public schools across NSW celebrate

‘Education Week’. This special week is set aside as a time for

students, staff members, families and communities to reflect on,

and showcase, the many achievements of individuals and school

teams. NPS offers the following program for our school community

during Education Week:

Monday, 29th July – Kindergarten had a wow-of-a-time at their 100

days (of Kindergarten) BBQ and party!

Wednesday, 31st July – 11:30 a.m. BBQ followed by a whole school

assembly and open classrooms until 2 p.m.

Thursday, 1st and Friday, 2nd August – our dance group performs at

the Riverina Public Schools’ ‘Kids Rapped on Performing’ (KROP)

at the Griffith regional theatre (day and evening performances).

Also, please have a read of an article published in the Narrandera

Argus on Tuesday, 30th July and enjoy the great photos that

accompany the article. Don’t the dance group look spectacular in

their costumes!!!! Thanks to Paul Lucas for putting this article

together on behalf of our school community.

P&C Association

The next meeting of your P&C will be held on Monday, 5th August

starting at 6:30 p.m. in the school library. You are all most welcome

to come along to this meeting.

Merit Selection for new staff members in 2014 –

representatives needed

We may need to form merit selection panels for a number of

permanent positions at NPS to begin working at the start of the

2014 school year. At this stage, depending on advice to come from

the Department of Education & Communities staffing sections, we

may need to select a new Assistant Principal, School Administration

Manager and a classroom teacher. Each panel requires

representation from the parent body, the teaching staff and the

Aboriginal parent and community bodies. If you are a parent or

community member interested in being on one of our merit

selection panels please contact me at school by Friday, 9th August.

Once I have names of people interested I can then return to the

relevant bodies to confirm representatives and then organise merit

selection panel training for the people to be involved. Please note

that this training is very practical and does not take a lot of time but

must be done before people can participate on a panel.

Don’t forget that NPS will be organising the Leeton/Narrandera

PSSA District Athletics Carnival in Leeton on Friday, 9th August. If

you are able to come along and help either in the canteen or with

any of the track and field events, please let Kira Hoogers know

ASAP. Our combined time and efforts make all these special events

possible for the children so I thank people in anticipation of their

assistance on the day.

Have a wonderful week and I hope you can come along to school

sometime tomorrow for our BBQ, assembly and/or open

classrooms. If you are unable to make it tomorrow, you are always

most welcome to pop in another time and visit your child or

children.

Susan Ruffles

Calendar of Events Date Event/s

Monday, July 29 to

Friday, August 2

EDUCATION WEEK

Tuesday, July 30 to Friday, August 2

Book Fair

Wednesday, July 31 Education Week – BBQ Lunch, Special Assembly 12noon and Open Classrooms

Thursday, August 1 KROP

Friday, August 2 KROP

Monday, August 5 P & C Meeting – 6.30pm –Library

Friday, August 9 PSSA Athletic Carnival

Wednesday, August 14 School Photos

Friday, August 16 Trent Barrett Shield

Friday, August 30 Jump Rope for Heart

Our School has students who are

highly allergic to NUTS and NUT PRODUCTS

We seek your co-operation in trying to keep our school NUT FREE

School Photos Wednesday, August 14

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NARRANDERA DENTAL CLINIC The School Dental Clinic is available for all children aged

from 0 – 18 years of age. We encourage all parents to make

an appointment for your child to have a full dental check.

Treatment at our clinic is FREE to all children who have a

Medicare card. To make an appointment please telephone

our call centre on

1800 450 046 We hope to see you soon!!! Sue & Cleo.

Thursday, 8th August, 2013 - 7.00pm – 8.45pm Are you interested in enrolling at a school that offers the opportunity to develop your child’s potential through academic, sporting and extra-curricular programs, focusing on positive, caring relationships? Then come along to our “Hands on High School” night. PROGRAM

7.00pm – 7.15pm Welcome held in the Library

7.15pm – 8.30pm Workshops covering a selection of the secondary curriculum

8.30pm – 8.45pm Question and Answer time with supper provided by our Hospitality staff and students

Come along and experience:

Lessons delivered using up to date technologies

Diverse learning environments, meeting the needs of learners in the future

The range of extra-curricular opportunities offered to all students

Please wear comfortable clothing for physical activities

For more information contact: Narrandera High School Elizabeth Street, Narrandera, NSW 2700 Phone: 69591744 Email: narrandera-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

This newsletter is produced with the support of the following local businesses:

News from the Patch Last Friday was a huge day in the patch. Year 4 spent 2

hours in the morning weeding and composting over 6 beds with hay. EVERYONE will be pleased to know that

after the last few weeks the worms have moved in and all children were very excited to see so many in the

patch. We planted carrot seeds supplied by Mariah and

she was very excited to plant them. Gina planted warrigal greens seeds. They are indigenous and are

similar to baby spinach. Brad was a huge help on the shovel and gave the other boys a few tips on how to use

a shovel like a man. During the rest of the day in turns we moved plants into

the new coloured pots outside the infants building and

replaced some dead plants near the infant’s entrance. There was a rather large trail of dirt and mess following

us but was pretty tidy when we left school after a huge day. The children learn many things while gardening and

having fun too.

Mr Lucas also had recess break in the patch and planted some rosemary and French lavender with some

interested children. Friday afternoon KL went out with Mr Lucas and did

some weeding too. Mrs Seymour – Patch Organiser.

Narrandera Public Schools Book Fair is here!!!! Date: Tuesday 30th July until Friday 2nd August Time: Lunchtimes and after School Place: NPS Library Lots of books, posters, cool stationery items and more available with prices starting from $1.00.

All purchases benefit our school!!! .

Principal: Susan Ruffles Assistant Principal: Joanne Stamos Assistant Principal: Cheryle Glyde Phone: 02 69592144 Fax: 02 69593274 Email Address: narrandera-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au School Website:

www.narrandera-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/sws/view/home.node

Canteen: 02 69591141 Dental Clinic: 1800 450 046 Narrandera Schools as Community Centre: 6959 3894/0410284145

Narrandera High School Excellence Innovation Opportunity

“Hands on High School”

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1K l e a r n i n g – L 3 , p i r a t e w r i t i n g & d o ub l e s

Narrandera Schools as Community Centres

What’s on this term:-

Monday Aboriginal mums & bubs group from 10:30am

Tuesday Playgroup from 9:30 – 11:30 am

Wednesday Playgroup from 9:30 - 11:30am

Thursday Later this term paint and play in the park dates

TBA

Friday Triple P – please contact the centre for more

information

Are you interested in attending a playgroup or would like more

information on one of our parenting courses. Please contact

Julie at SaCC on 69593894, or drop in between 9am and 3pm

Monday to Thursday.

Breakfast Club will run this term for students at NPS on

Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 8:40am.

Julie Axtil – SaCC Co-Ordinator.

School Photos Wednesday, August 14

Envelopes with money included to be handed to photographers

on Photo Day PLEASE

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Year 2 have been learning that

“ALLITERATION” is when we use

the same sound or letter at the

beginning of each or most of the

words in a sentence.

Do you like our ALLITERATION?

Bailey bounces big balls in the

bathroom while blowing

bubbles and eating bananas.

Hayley’s horse eats hay.

Lara likes licking lime

lollipops and lovely

lemons.

Jahlia jumps over

jellybeans.

Bryan blows bubbles while riding

his bike.

Maeve makes marvellous

milkshakes.

Connor can clap and

click.

Isaac imagines images in

igloos.

Ruben runs rapidly.

Olivia owns orange octopuses.

Jerry juggles jellyfish whilst eating jelly.

Claire can clap and click

clearly.

Abbey ate apples and apricots.

Tom tickles Tavita whilst eating

tomatoes every Tuesday.

Mia McDonald makes magical movies.

Tavita tastes Tic Tacs every Tuesday.

Kayleigh kisses koalas

and kicks kangaroos.

Aisha eats apples every

afternoon. Corinya cooks cakes every

Christmas.

Jamie juggles jelly whilst

jumping over jam jars.

Eli and Ethan eat

elephants.

Mallaki makes magnificent milkshakes.

Mia Manley makes mats and marble

cakes.

Mackenzie munches magnificent mud

cakes. Campbell can catch

cans of Coca Cola.

Jasmine jumps and

juggles.

Memphis makes Mia and

Mallaki mad.