Term 2 Week 3 Newsletter 12 17th May 2019 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Its NAPLAN o’clock again with Year 3 and 5 sitting their assessments this week. The transition to online has been successful although there were some issues on Tuesday with the writing which has been reported in the news. For our students, however, the disruption was very minor and they all finished well within the timeframe. Thank you Mr Hieke who was a great help in so much of the background setup and finalising the tests

This weekend will see our school again used as an election polling venue. While voting is generally not considered the most exciting pastime, our Stage 3 students have been studying democracy and finding out some very interesting things. For example, did you know that you can be a member of parliament if you have been to prison, provided it was for less than a year?

More importantly, the election is a great opportunity for our P&C to raise funds for our school which don’t come from parents. We appreciate all the cake donations that will make the stall a success. I also appreciate all the effort our P&C has invested lately. To pull off two election day cake stalls and a very busy farm sale in such a short space of time is incredible. Thank you.

This week we received some info from the bus company with a focus on safety. It was a timely reminder to be careful and alert not only around our school bus stop, but also around other pick up and drop off points.

Have a democratic week,

Mark Cridland

Principal

NAPLAN is done and dusted and went off without any major issues. Well Done! to Years 3 and 5 on the great way they focussed and approached the online testing. Year 5 unanimously said they preferred doing it online to the old pencil and paper test. We should also get the results much faster.

Mr Hieke

DATES TO REMEMBER

Event

Date

Details

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY Every Friday Begins at 2:50pm in

3/4 & 5/6 classrooms

STUDENT BANKING Every Monday

Bank books are collected in class to be processed

at the office

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Every Wednesday

Cost $2.00 each

Canteen Information Every Friday Canteen orders are to be

in on Wednesday for Canteen on Fridays

SCHOOL SECURITY

1300880021

IN THE CASE OF VANDALISM OR IF YOU WITNESS ANY TRESPASSERS ON SCHOOL

GROUNDS OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS, PLEASE CALL SCHOOL SECURITY

Stewart House Envelope and Bouncing Ball

Fundraiser

Tuesday 21st May

Stewart House envelopes are due back at school by

Tuesday 21st May. Bouncing Balls will also be

for sale for $3 at lunch and at recess.

Athletics Carnival Friday 28th June Athletics Carnival will be

held at Stuart Park commencing at 10:00am

PRINCIPALS AWARD Caelan Munro CLASS OF THE WEEK - WEEK 2 5/6R STUDENT OF THE WEEK - WEEK 2 Ariahn Wheaton HOME READING AWARDS Amelia Burton Hugo Minett

FAIR PLAYER- WEEK 2

Beau Stevens

Koala Colouring Competition Winners Tasmyn McKeown, Rhys Mills, Eliza Irwin, Zac Hepplewhite, Charlotte Cripps, Sienna Merchant, Finn Greedy and William Dives.

CLASS AWARDS TERM 2: WEEK 2

K/1

1/2

3/4

5/6

Trae Christian April Robson Jonah Greedy Lochie Swan

Finn Greedy Hugo Minett Ariahn Wheaton Violet Spackman

Jack Cannon Amelia Allott Alyssa Carter Tasmyn Mckeown

Oscar Manhood

Archie Greentree

LIBRARY NEWS

There may be some disruptions to library visits and borrowing this term, starting

next week. Students are asked to still bring in library bags and books for

returning and I will give them a chance to borrow if I can.

However, next week we are having some structural work done in the library to

support the roof. No, the library roof is not about to fall in. Apparently the

Department of Education is strengthening the structure of it’s heritage buildings

in case of earthquakes! I believe this is in response to the collapse of a heritage

building during an earthquake in Queensland a few years ago? I know our tough

old library held out against the Newcastle earthquake so I don’t think it’s about to

fall apart any time soon!

The other work to be done on the library, in the very near

future, is the replacing of the roof sheeting which is looking

decidedly rusty. Hopefully this work will stop the leaking issues

that crop up every time we get heavy rain! Fingers crossed!

Finally, next Wednesday, 22nd May, our school will be

participating in National Simultaneous Storytime. This year’s

book is Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove. Students with

their own copy may like to bring it along on the day. If you

want to know more about this event, check out the banner below.

Mr H

Roster Sausage Sizzle Term 2

Date

Name of Volunteer

Wednesday 22nd May

Brendan Mills

Wednesday 29th May

Mark Webb

Wednesday 5th June

Aleisha Wheaton

Wednesday 12th June

Graham Teat

Wednesday 19th June

Rebecca Kropp

Wednesday 26th June

Mel Redman

Wednesday 3rd July

Graham Teat

SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER TERM 2 Sausage sizzles are $2.00 each which includes a piece of bread, sausage and sauce if required. Cooking commences at 10:30am and finishes at 11:30am. The Year 6 students then serve the sausage sizzle to the students. Thank you for your assistance. Sue Jordan

P&C NEWS

Election Day Stall Donations of Cakes and Helpers needed

We are looking for helpers for our Election Day cake stall on 18 May. If you can help out for an hour or so, please text Holly on 0407 899 379.

Donations of cakes and other baked items are also much appreciated. These can be brought to school on the Friday or on the day. Cake boxes are available at the office. Please remember to label ingredients. Thank you.

Entertainment Books Entertainment books are now available. If you would like to order please contact Fleur on 0422 316 777.

CANTEEN ROSTER FOR 2019

Please contact Brooke 0417 446 461 if you are available to volunteer in our school canteen

Term 2 - Friday Lunch 9:30 - 12:00 Recess 2:15 - 2:45

10.5.19 Meg Merchant Meg Merchant

Tamara Stevens Tamara Stevens

17.5.19 Michelle Irwin Michelle Irwin

Mel Hepplewhite Mel Hepplewhite

24.5.19 Katrina Farley Katrina Farley

Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed

31.5.19 Jade Hopkins Jade Hopkins

Rachael Male Rachael Male

7.6.19 Brooke Mexon Brooke Mexon

Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed

14.6.19 Volunteer Needed Kelly Ross

Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed

21.6.19 Rachel Moncrieff Rachel Moncrieff

Katrina Farley Katrina Farley

28.6.19 CLOSED - SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

5.7.19 Kate Greedy Kate Greedy

Meg Merchant Meg Merchant

10:30am & 7pm

2pm & 7pm