Year 5/6

Term 3 Week 2 30th July 2018

Class Stars of the Week

Year 3/4

Kindergarten

Year 1/2

Year 5/6

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE NERAM Lets Hang it! Winner

Newling was very pleased to have two finalists on display at the NERAM Lets Hang It! art competition. Domonic and Nathan had their artworks selected as finalists and were very proud to see their work framed and on display for the public at NERAM. On Friday evening at a presentation ceremony the winners were announced in the packed Art Gallery. Nathan was awarded the People’s Choice Award for his entry. This is a wonderful accomplishment and we congratulate Nathan on this achievement. Gathering

This Friday our 3/4 class will host our first Gathering of

the term. Each class receives the chance to host just

one Gathering each term. It is fantastic that our

students run the assembly to get the experience of

public speaking and have the opportunity to get on

stage to show the school community some of their

talent and work each term.

Gatherings always start at 2:00pm in the Hall and are

usually brief, about 20 mins in length.

We look forward to seeing many parents and friends

present to support their children in 3/4 class at our

Gathering.

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast Club service is very popular among our

students and the great majority make use of this most

days. Our team of volunteers do a great job preparing

and serving the food for our students each day.

On some mornings however we do not have sufficient

volunteers to run Breakfast Club so it should not be

relied on every day as the only source of breakfast. It is

a supplementary service for all of our students who

arrive early or would like some extra nourishment in

the mornings.

Student Mentoring

This week we have a new group of mentors starting at

our school who will visit a student each week and

provide one to one assistance with school to that child.

This is through the Red Cross Kids Hope Australia

program and a partnership with the Armidale City

Church.

Newling started this mentoring program this year and

we have now grown to have established the second

largest mentoring program in Australia – all in our first

year!

We now have 13 mentors that spend one hour with a

student each week that is focused only on that

student to help them be the most successful they can

be at school and enhance their capacity to learn.

Star Awards

“You’re a Star Award” certificates are normally

presented at the morning assembly to students who

have been using the You Can Do It keys to success and

demonstrating persistence, resilience, organisation,

getting along and confidence.

This week unbelievably none of our students

completed their star chart, even though many have

been rewarded with keys during the week!

The ‘Students of the Week ‘will enjoy the Star Room

all to themselves.

Murray Cox

Principal

Important Dates

July/ August

3/4 Gymnastics 30th

Soccer Gala Day 31st

5/6 Thalgarrah Excursion 1st August

Gathering - hosted by 3/4 3rd

August

K-2 Gym 9th August

Education Week - 6th – 10

th August

Dion Drummond Performance 12-1 13th August

Zone Athletics 17th August

Next Week– Education Week

Kindergarten– Thursday 9th August 10-11 am

1/2 - Monday 6th August - 11am

3/4 -Friday 3rd – 2pm

5/6 –Wednesday 8th August 10-11am

Why is reading 20 mins each school night so important?

- Focus of the Week

Taking Turns

Taking turns is such an important social skill to master. We use it in

everyday conversations, while waiting at the shops,

when playing games and in class.

Kids always pay attention to how adults act or what we do and say.

Show your child how you are taking turns when holding a conversation with someone or while

playing a game.

Library News

Term 3 is an exciting time in the Library. Week 5 will see many Book Week activities which include our much loved annual Book Fair in the Library Annex. Perhaps your child could start doing some helpful jobs at home to earn some money and save to buy a book. This year Book Week activities will take place within each of the classrooms and follow this year's theme of 'Find your treasure' in books. We look forward to hosting parents and visitors to see what children have been working on. More news to come closer to the time. A reminder that each child has a specific Library day but are also welcome to visit the Library during 2nd half lunch, from Monday -Thursday, to return or borrow from our terrific collection. Kindergarten - Monday 1/2M - Wednesday 3/4C - Thursday 5/6W - Tuesday Mrs Lyndal Knuckey Teacher Librarian

Let’s Hang It

On Friday night I had the privilege of attending the Neram ‘Let’s Hang It’ art competition. There were over 500 entries from 60 different schools around the New England. Nathan and Domonic were finalists. Nathan went on to win the People’s Choice Award!! Mrs.Watts

News From 3/4C

Decorating masks was a lot of fun. Students will be wearing these on Friday 3rd August at the 3/4 Gathering.

News from 1/2

On the last day of Term 2, the 1/2 class celebrated

our 100th day of school this year. We have 3 students

who have attended school every day this year so far.

We completed maths activities based around the number 100 and we finished the term with a class

party to celebrate being 100 days smarter.

News from the 5/6 Classroom

During Education Week, in Week 3, you are

invited to visit the Year 5/6 classroom. The

students would love to see you on

Wednesday 8th August, between 10 and

11.

We have a fun morning planned and

would love to share it with you!

Kindergarten News

Last week Kindergarten had their first Gymnastics

lesson for the term. It was a very exciting and fun filled

afternoon of learning new skills.

Kindergarten would also like to invite all family and

friends for a reading morning ,Thursday 9th August

10-11am , to celebrate Education Week. We look

forward to showing you our reading progress so

far.

Parents and carers are invited to be a part of the

literacy lesson in the 1/2 classroom next Monday

6th August at 11 am as part of our Education

Week celebrations. Hope to see you there.

ABSENTEE NOTE

(To be returned to Classroom Teacher first day back after absence)

STUDENT’S NAME……………………………………... …… Class ………….. Date of Absence/s ……………………

Reason for Absence

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Signature of Parent/Caregiver……………………………………….. Date……………………………………

Quote of the week.

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever

wasted ” ~ Aesop

SRC TRIVIA

Who is our School First

Aid Officer?

SRC TRIVIA

Each week children can answer the

question to go into the draw for the weekly

prize. The 1st correct entry drawn wins!