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Well done Tom and Johanna!

■ 2013 ■ Term 4 ■ Weeks 9 and 10 ■ Principal: Kay Thurston

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1839 Loyal to my School

■ Fax: (02) 6924 1794 Junee North Public School

■ Email: [email protected] Queen Street

■ Website: www.juneenorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

The World of Robotics What an amazing opportunity

Junee North Public School ■ Principal: Kay Thurston Loyal to my School

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1839

■ Fax: (02) 6924 1794 Junee North Public School

■ Email: [email protected] 1-15 Queen Street

■ Website: www.juneenorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

■ 2013 ■ Term 4 ■ Weeks 9 & 10 ■ Newsletter

Calendar Term 4, Week 9

2 December Active After-School K-2

(last session)

Kangaroo March choir rehearsal

9:30 – 12:30 @ Junee Public

3 December Active After-School 3-6

(last session)

6 December Assembly 2:15 pm - Behaviour

Medallion presentations

7 December Kangaroo March launch Wagga

Victory Memorial Gardens

Term 4, Week 10

9 December Merit Medallion Assembly 10:30

am

10 December Milo Cricket Gala Day

11 December Presentation Night 6:30 pm

12 December Scripture assembly @ 12:30 pm

13 December Positive Behaviour Reward –

Pool Party

Term 4, Week 11

16 December Year 6 Movie Excursion to

Wagga

17 December Year 6 Dinner @ 6:00 pm

18 December Last Day Term 4

19 December Staff Development Day

20 December Staff Development Day

Week 9 assembly: 5/6B

Note: Assembly will start at 2:15!

Week 10: No assembly

In this issue ... Principal’s report ........................................................................... 3

2014 Captains ............................................................................ 3

Positive Behaviour Awards ................................................... 3

Merit Medallion Assembly .................................................... 3

Carols in the Park ..................................................................... 3

Presentation Evening .............................................................. 3

Pool Party .................................................................................... 3

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Robotics Workshop ...................................................................... 6

A very special opportunity .................................................... 6

Guitar Performances .................................................................... 7

A chance to share their talents ........................................... 7

Mr Druce shares his knowledge .............................................. 7

Courage to Care ............................................................................ 7

Stage 3 gain some powerful insights ............................... 7

Feature Photo

Jamie, Mathew & Sarah put their problem-solving skills

to the test at a Robotics Day at Junee High

Junee North Public School

Principal’s report

2014 Captains

Well done to the 19 Year 5 nominees for 2014 School

Captain. These students presented their speeches to

the entire school and some very proud parents and

family members last Wednesday. Votes have now been

counted, with the successful candidates being

announced at next Wednesday’s Presentation evening.

Our 2014 Captain nominees – who will it be?

Positive Behaviour Awards

This Friday 6 December we will be commencing our

assembly at 2:15 pm. As well as our usual awards and

items, we will be presenting many students with their

Positive Behaviour awards. Many of our students will

be receiving their Behaviour medallion. If your child

had reached Gold level last term, and they have

continued with positive behaviour throughout Term 4,

they will be eligible to receive this medallion. Time

constraints have meant we are not able to present

these at a separate assembly. This has been the first

year of trialing our new Merit and Behaviour award

systems. A few ‘tweeks’ will be made following input

from parents and staff.

Merit Medallion Assembly

Next Monday 9 December we will be holding our very

special Merit Medallion assembly. Students who have

attained 8 Merit awards throughout the year for

classroom effort and achievement. The assembly will

commence at 10:30 am under the COLA. A special

morning tea will be provided for these children and

their parents.

Carols in the Park

Well done to our wonderful children who entertained

the crowd on Sunday at Carols in the Park. My thanks

also to Mrs Davis and Mrs Bostock who prepared the

children for this special performance.

Some of our Christmas singers entertain the crowd

Presentation Evening

Next Wednesday 11 December our annual

Presentation Night will be held at the Junee High

Multi-Purpose Centre. The evening will commence at

6:30 pm. This very special night celebrates the fabulous

achievements and efforts of students throughout the

year. All students are expected to attend, and to wear

correct school uniform. Students are to meet their

teachers outside the MPC by 6:15 in order to be seated

in their class groups. In order to ensure clean uniforms

for the night, children may wear their mufti clothes

during the day to school. A P&C raffle will be held, with

tickets in a Christmas hamper on sale at the door.

Pool Party

As our Term 4 reward for positive behaviour, we will be

holding our annual Pool Party on Friday 13 December.

Invitation notes have been distributed to eligible

children. All children are to come to school as normal,

with buses transporting children to the pool. Please see

further details on the note.

Kay


Merit Awards Term 4 Week 7

Kinder Meya Shaw

Ryan Crowder

Ryan Schultz

Mya Chisholm

K/1 Deegan Wooden

Kiralee Hogarth

Lachlan Phillips

Tyler Booby

Year 1 Jaxson Allen

Erica Wooden

Chase Baxter

Cooper Vanzanten

Hannah Fitzgerald

Chloe Masters

Year 2 Felicity Davis

Lachlan Knowles

Atticus Ingram

Mia Randell

Rogan Flagg

Bayley Guinan

Year 3 Jake Vanzanten

Annie Heir

Kye Wright

Ellie Crawford

Year 4 Blake Wright

Tom Fitzgerald

Grace Fahy

Nicholas Hogarth

Trinity Johns

Jaylah O’Meley

5/6G Bailey Robertson

Jamie Whiles

Isabella Field

Riley Makeham

Savi Arico

Jasmine Cameron

Tallarna Parkhurst

5/6B Matthew Yelland

Mathew Hindmarsh

Joshua Hogarth

Erin-Lily Clarke

Maddy Deacon

Caitlin Guinan

Merit Awards Term 4 Week 8

Kinder Alexa Wright

Ryan Schultz

Riley Ledwidge

Seth Wooden

Adam Parker

K/1 Makayla Cameron

Ruby Lemmich

Sierra Gustowski

Alesha Orr

Year 1 Chaz Sheedy

Maggie Hawke

Chase Baxter

Erica Wooden

Caidence Reberger

Cooper Vanzanten

Year 2 Annabell Eccleston

Grace Robertson

Paige O’Rafferty

Bailey Judd

Mia Randell

Cooper Wright


Ellie Crawford

Brandon Collins

Joel Crowder

Blayne Linsell

Year 4 Blake Wright

Daminica Jackson

Campbell McDevitt

Jaylah O’Meley

Grace Fahy

Trinity Johns

5/6G Ellie White

Brooke Harpley

Joanna Doran-Hume

Frank Hindmarsh

Ben Turner

Jamie Whiles

Nicholas Cook


5/6B Eilee Philipse

Bailey Vanzanten

Courtney Cameron

Ruby Brodin

Jamie Milne

Maddy Deacon

Erin-Lily Clarke

Principal Awards Term 4 Week 7

Year 4 Zoe Collins

Week 7 Principal Award winner

Book Awards Term 4 Week 8

K/1 Lachlan Phillips

Week 8 Book Award winner

Pennant Awards Term 4 Week 7

Year 2 Charlie McEwen

Year 2 Felicity Davis

Year 3 Dru Brodin

5/6G Nicholas Cook

Week 7 Pennant Award winners

Term 4 Week 8

Year 2 Lachlan Knowles

Atticus Ingram


Annie Heir

Year 4 Tom Fitzgerald

Week 8 Pennant Award winners

Positive Behaviour Awards Term 4 Week 8

Kinder Darcey Harrison

Aimee White

K/1 Makayla Cameron

Alesha Orr

Year 1 Torah Newman

Chase Baxter

Year 2 Chelsea O’Rafferty

Isabella Cameron

Year 3 Matilda McDevitt


Joshua Boyton

Year 4 Patrick Tulaga

Nick Hogarth

5/6B Rhys Diggins

Harrison Fahy

5/6G Isabella Field

Frank Hindmarsh

Week 8 Positive Behaviour award winners

Robotics Workshop

A very special opportunity

On Thursday 21 November 15 of our Stage 3 students

were invited to attend a day at Junee High School

where they learned about robotics. The field of

robotics is a very important one. Many wonderful

technologies have been developed using these robots.

Robotics competitions are held worldwide. Adrian from

CSU led our students throughout the day. The children

discovered how to program some very complicated

software, in order to enable their lego robots to

maneuver around a specific course using various

sensors. As well as learning these software

programming skills, this activity also promoted great

teamwork, problem solving and tested the

perseverance of our teams! Last Tuesday 7 of our

students were selected to attended the inaugural

Junee Robotics Shield finals. Mathew Hindmarsh, Luke

Davis, Kasey Miller, Nick Cook, Kiara Longmore, Dylan

Gustowski and Jordan Hawke spent the day working

through several challenges. They competed against

teams from Illabo, Junee Public, Eurongilly, St Joseph’s

and Junee High. We were very excited when one of our

teams finished in second place – only 10 points behind

the Junee High team. This will certainly be an ongoing

program with lots of enthusiasm generated.

Ben, Dylan & Johanna focus on their programming

Adrian demonstrated to our students how the robot’s

sensors work

Well done to our team ‘The Crushers’ (Luke, Jordan &

Kasey) who finished in second place!

Thank you Junee High for enabling another wonderful

opportunity!


Guitar Performances

A chance to share their talents

Last Friday we were treated to performances from our

guitar students. Lachlan Payne, Ellie Crawford, William

White, Brandon Collins and Jordan Hawke attend

lessons each week under the tutelage of Mr Jeff

Donovan from the Conservatorium of Music. It was

wonderful to hear the progress they have made during

the year and to provide an opportunity for them to be

heard by a large audience. Well done!

Brandon is a picture of concentration

Ellie shares her talent

Mr Druce shares his knowledge

This week the Stage 3 students were most fortunate to

receive a special visit from Mr Neil Druce of the Junee

Licorice and Chocolate Factory. Mr Druce talked with

the students about the process involved in licorice

making as well as many other aspects of trade, labour,

importing and exporting. Our students were a captive

audience and certainly gained a wealth of new

knowledge. Thank you Mr Druce!

Question time was very popular (as was the white

chocolate coated licorice!)

Captains Harrison & Johanna express their thanks to Mr

Druce for a fabulously informative session.

Courage to Care

Stage 3 gain some powerful insights

Last week the Stage 3 children travelled to Wagga to

visit the Museum of the Riverina’s “Courage to Care’

exhibition. This exhibition provided a forum for

discussion on topics such as tolerance, racism, bullying

and prejudice There were many displays reflecting the

harsh conditions of holocaust survivors. As well as this

exhibition, the students were also treated to a visit to

the Wagga Art gallery where they were exposed to a

variety of art making techniques and the stories behind

the art works on display.


Stage 3 listen to the art curator explaining various

techniques used

Jack checks out the exhibit

P&C News

AGM next Tuesday!

A reminder that the Annual General meeting will be

held next Tuesday 10 December, commencing at 6:30

pm. All positions will be declared vacant.

Community News Junee Library Holiday Happenings

Twisted Science Show

Science explained with a dash of magic. Packed full of

interactive fun, excitement and explosions… wow!

Where: Junee Library

When: Wednesday 15 January 2014

Time: 10am -11am

Science show for school kids 6-12 years $5

Parents FREE

Bookings Essential (02)69242111

PRINT IT Family Printing Workshop

Where: Junee Library

When: Wednesday 22 January 2014

Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm

School kids 9 years + $5

Accompanying Adults FREE

Bookings Essential (02) 69242111

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