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Term 3 Week 5 - Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Ben Smith (Principal) & Spike Orr (P&C President)

with 150 year plaque

Parkes Public School Choir

Ben Smith and the Mayor of Parkes, Ken

Keith unveiling the PPS Time Capsule

Rhonda Brain, former Principal of

Parkes Public School

Charles Dwyer (Director of Education) presenting

Ben Smith with 150 Years of Service

Commendation Award

Tracey Lickess (Deputy Principal) and Nicayden

Greenwood (former School Captain 2014)

Philip Donato MP, Member for Orange

THANK YOU

The P&C would like to extend a huge thank you to all our wonderful students, teachers, parents/carers

and the Parkes community for assisting in making the

celebrations of the 150 years of Quality Education for All, on Friday last week, such a memorable success!

It was a great afternoon of fun and sense of pride for everyone!!

A warm thank you to our organisers and helpers on

the day for the great food and drinks, bakers for our yummy cake stall and all those that assisted with the

free activities – it would not have happened without

you all.

Money raised will be put towards P&C projects for

our school.

Margaret Morrison (oldest past student in area) Pat Oliver

(Aboriginal Elder), Kevin Pye (Past Principal), Teo Cornelissen

(youngest student at PPS), Ben Smith (Principal 2018)

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who gained a:

White Merit Certificate

Abigail Mackay 1/2 White

Rhys James 6 Red

Linc James 4 Red

Zander Greef 4 Blue

Kaiden Brown 1 Blue

Current PBL Focus

We are responsible for our

own waste

K-2 LITERACY AWARDS The children who received the literacy awards and capes at the Infants Assembly were:

Kindergarten Teo Cornelissen Vander MacdonaldMiller Casey McKenzie Year 1 John Selda Shaye Riley

Year 2 Brenden Walker

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday, 28 August……..Parkes Show half day holiday

School finishes at 12noon

Wednesday, 4 Sept……...Mufti Day

Friday, 14 Sept……….…..Parkes Reading Day

Kindergarten Dubbo Zoo

Tuesday, 18 Sept………..Burrendong Excursion

Week 5 Infants Assembly

1/2 White will be presenting an item at the infants assembly tomorrow, Wednesday, 22 August.

Parkes Public School 150 Year Celebration Merchandise: If you missed the chance to purchase the magnetic clip and pen to mark 150 years of Quality Education, you can order by filling in the form below and handing to class teachers. All money raised will go towards the P&C for future projects at our school. We thank you for the support at the fair last Friday, it was a wonderful day for everyone! Name:_______________________________________________ Class:___________

Magnetic Clips Pens

Qty:__________@ $6.00 each Qty: ________@ $4.00 each

Total $: __________________ Total $: ______________

Total Money $ _____________

CANTEEN: If anyone has left their cake containers

behind from the 150 year celebrations or the Lachlan Carnival, they can be collected from the canteen between

9am-2pm any day except Wednesdays.

SPORT NEWS: BOYS’ HOCKEY

Parkes Public defeated Parkes East in a very close tussle, winning 4-0. PPS are again Western Region Champions and will travel to Narellan on 18 September to compete in the final series.

Congratulations team and a huge thank you to the parents who continue to support the players and Mr Glenn Johnstone for his coaching expertise.

Judy Elliott

MUFTI DAY

Congratulations to Flynn Thompson and Ellen Dolbel who have both represented NSW in hockey this term.

We are going to hold a student mufti day on

Wednesday, 4 September to show our support.

We are asking students to bring in a gold coin donation to raise money for Flynn and Ellen to assist with the

costs of representation at State level.

Remember to wear sun-safe clothing and closed in shoes.