February 16 2016

The Newsletter of Vacy Public School Friendship & Learning

786 Gresford Road, Vacy 2421 Ph: 0249388153 Relieving Principal: Mr David Stone

www.vacy-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: vacy-p.school@det.nsw.edu.

Term 1 Week 4 Tuesday 16 February, 2016

February

Wednesday 17 Dungog Chronicle Kinder Photo

Friday 19 Primary Debating Workshop

Tuesday 23 Zone Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 24 Dungog Chronicle Leaders Photo

Monday 29 Year 6 Young Leaders conference

March

Friday 4 League Gala Day at Dungog

Tuesday 8 P & C AGM 7.00pm All welcome!

Date for your Diary

Principals Report Week 4 Last week we had a wonderful turnout for our first P&C meeting of the year. It was great to see so many interested parents with

some great ideas and such a positive attitude for the school. The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 8 March,

commencing at 7:00 pm in the Vacy School of Arts hall across the road from the school. At the AGM, all positions will be declared

vacant and nominations for 2016 positions will be decided by an election. The AGM will be followed by a general meeting. There

will also be a parent forum following this meeting with random invitations from each class being sent out tomorrow. As always,

ideas, concerns and congratulations are welcomed and encouraged at any time.

Our PSSA Swimming Carnival was held today and it is very encouraging to see the strong participation which is the Vacy way.

Selection to the Maitland District PSSA Swimming Carnival is made according to times and students who go on to represent Vacy

PS at the Zone Carnival will be informed and receive a permission note. The Zone Carnival will be held next Tuesday 23 February.

The Before and After School Care committee are on the lookout for

someone to plaster and fit out the old sports shed as it will be used to store

the BASC sports equipment. If you know of someone who would be

interested, please let them know that the BASC would welcome them

quoting for the job.

During the day, the school gates are closed to ensure that all of our

students are safe and that risks are minimised. At present, we need to be

extra vigilant with closing the gates, including the staff car park gates, to

manage the safety of some of our younger students. We do ask that, if the

gate was closed when you came upon it, then please close the gate once

you have passed through. If in doubt, please close the gate.

Kind regards,

David Stone

Relieving Principal

Notes Sent Home

Yr 6 Young Leaders

Conference

Text Book &

Voluntary

Contribution Fees

General Permission

Update Contact details

February 16 2016

Payments The school is continuing a policy wherein any events or activities that require payment need to have notes sent home at least

2 weeks before the event or activity occurs. We will endeavour to give as much notice as possible for all events. Please look

out for any notices in the newsletter, on the school website and Facebook page. As part of this policy we will be strictly

adhering to the cut off dates for payments. Unfortunately, this means that if payment has not been received by the due date

then your child will miss out on that activity. Whilst we all would rather not see this happen it is important for organisational

procedures, fairness for all families and for us to successfully meet our auditory requirements. Of course, exceptional

circumstances will always be considered on an individual basis and I strongly encourage anyone to contact me if there are any

issues or difficulties meeting payment schedules for anything at school.

Regards, Mr Stone

K/1R Thomas Reynolds

1/2G Nellie Chapman

2/3G Maddy Priestley

4B Ursula Thompson

5/6F Toby Carter

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS - 12.02.16

CLASS AWARDS

Kinder Ruby Watson for settling in to school routines.

Year 1 Emily Grainger for excellent work habits.

Year 2 Fay Magri for enthusiastic approach to learning.

Year 3 Gypsy Rocco for sensible start to the new year.

Year 4 Danika Smith for always having tidy bookwork.

Year 5 Connor Fernance for excellent work habits

Year 6 Kasey Parker for excellence in all areas.

Breakfast Club Breakfast Club is up and running again. Every morning from 8.40am to 9.10am toast, cup of milo or juice is supplied for just

$1.00. We are in need of more volunteers. If you would like to help on any morning for 1/2 an hour please call Donna

Tolhurst on 0407 482866 or Kristry Grainger on 0408 967 615.

Dungog High School Information Evening It’s that time of year again! Year 5/6 and their parents are cordially invited to attend an information evening at Dungog High

School on Wednesday 24 at 5.00pm in the MPC. The evening will allow guests to hear what Dungog High has to offer, speak

with staff and enjoy a free sausage sizzle.

Among the staff attending will be the 2017 Year 7 Advisor Mrs Justine Shumack and our Transition Coordinator Mrs Denise

Mckinna.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP Dungog High School, with the names of your family members on 4992 3022 by Friday

19 February to ensure your place for the night.

February 16 2016

Canteen News Are you aware of the “green” rated items on our canteens menu? The Healthy Kids Association rates food in a traffic light

system. Green foods are high in nutrition and low in saturated fat, sugar and salt. Our menu has a high percentage of green

food available. In fact around 65% of the menu is green. All of our drinks are rated green. If you were wanting to guide your

child towards a more nutritional canteen order you could include any of these tasty options: popcorn, veggie sticks, English

muffin with ham, pineapple and melted cheese or a smoothie for recess (to name a few) then follow it up with a works or

cheeseburger, tossed salad with cold meat or one of our freshly made salad sandwiches in the shape of a wrap, bread roll or

wholegrain bread sandwich. Lunch time treat not forgotten how about a Juicy Tube ice block, a frozen watermelon slice or a

frozen pineapple ring. With so many options available everyone should be able to find something that they enjoy to eat and

be filled up with nutritious goodness ready for a big day of learning.

Busy cooking up our nutritious goodness this week was Karen, Elizabeth, Heidi and Loren.

Thank you for your time and effort

Emma Maslen

0411 342 935

Thursday February 18 Anne Lean & Loren Herrmann

Monday February 22 Heidi Watson & Donna Tolhurst

Gresford Show

Dear Parents

If your child is competing in the horse events at Gresford Show this year

and is interesting in riding in a Vacy Public School saddlecloth please

contact Mrs Rogers. We have a small number of these saddlecloths

available.

VACY P&C ASSOCIATION

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Vacy Public School P&C Association Inc. will be held on Tuesday 8th March 2016 at 7pm in

the Vacy School of Arts Hall . Office bearers will be elected at this meeting.

The following information is provided to give an overview of what each role entails, this week the Presidents’ role, next week

there will be information about other roles.

Role of the President:

The President is responsible for:

· The successful functioning of and chairing of the P&C Association meetings

· The attainment of the P&C Association’s objectives

· Ensuring that the P&C Association takes part in decision-making processes in the school

· Fostering fair participation of all members and ensuring that all new members are made to feel welcome

· Supporting volunteers

· Acting as the P&C Association’s spokesperson when public statements or actions are needed

· Setting up lines of communication with the Principal

· Being signatory on the Association’s bank accounts

February 16 2016

COMMUNITY NOTICES

The Chances program offers educational, physical and social value

to a child’s life and wellbeing. This initiative has been designed to

cater for children aged 3yrs –18yrs.

Goal: To provide children in the Dungog Shire with the opportunity

to be involved in a sport, a dance activity or a musical lesson of

their choice.

Aim: To give children opportunities to gain confidence in self

esteem, self worth, skill development and to be inclusive with their

peers.

How does it work? DSC can offer payment for a child’s registration

or lessons for sporting activities, dance/music & access to related

equipment.

There are donation boxes around the Shire at Preschools, Primary

Schools, Dungog High School, IGA,DSC & the Op Shop to collect

equipment e.g. Football boots, tennis racquets, ballet shoes and

instruments to support this program.

How can we get assistance? Please contact: Dungog Shire

Community Centre on 4992 1133 to arrange an appointment or

drop in to 103 Dowling St Dungog Tuesday from 9-11.00am.

An interview will be conducted and your child’s needs & interests

will be discussed.

Chances program has been set up at the Dungog Sire

Community Centre. This program is to give children and

their families the opportunity to be involved in a sport

or activity.

A basket has been placed in the foyer to collect

donations of equipment: eg. footy boots, uniform,

rackets, new or used items will collected by the

CHANCES coordinator. The DSCC is a Public Benefit

Institution (PBI) and has Tax Deductible Gift Recipient

status (DGR), which means every donation over $2 is

tax deductible

School Collection is the

4th Friday of the month.