May 17 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 2 Week 4 Tuesday 17 May, 2016

Principal’s Report Week 4

Rugby Union Gala Day

Well done to the boys who participated in the rugby union gala day yesterday with students from Gresford P.S. Thank you to Chris

Doyle and Todd Magri for your assistance managing the team on the day and an extra thank you to Todd for organising all of the boys

to be there on time.

Survey Thank you to everyone who completed the survey regarding our end of year Christmas and Presentation celebrations. Please see the

attached results. Planning will commence in the next few weeks and details will be provided as soon as possible to help families

organise work and family commitments so as many people as possible have the chance to attend.

Athletics Carnival Our Athletics Carnival has been scheduled for Friday 17 June and will be held at Smyth Field in Maitland. Students will have access to

all track and field events and equipment at a venue that has the full range of facilities.

Further information about transport,

permission notes and cost will be provided in

the coming weeks. We will also be looking for

parents to help with events on the day.

Kind regards,

David Stone

(Relieving Principal)

May

Thursday 19 Raw Art Workshop for Year 4 & 2/3

Friday 20 Walk Safely to School Day

Stage 2 Camp instalment due

Monday 23 PSSA Soccer @ Wallalong

Friday 27 Singleton Horse Sports

Tuesday 31 Tocal excursion Years 3 to 6

June

Wednesday 1 Tocal excursion Kinder to Year 2

Tuesday 7 P & C meeting

Friday 10 Cessnock Horse Sports

Wednesday 15 School Photo’s

Friday 17 School’s Athletic Carnival @

Smyth Field Maitland

Dates for your Diary

Notes Sent Home

5/6 Inter-school Sports Day

PSSA Soccer

Tocal excursion

Senior & Junior Dance groups

Photo Envelopes

Vacy Public School Sports Carnival

Friday 17 June

Smyth Field

Maitland

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Now in its 17th year, National Walk Safely to School Day is an annual event when all Primary School children are encouraged

to walk to school safely. It is a Community event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health and the Environment. The event is

held throughout Australia on Friday 20th May. Our children can participate by meeting at Kristy Grainger’s house by 8.30am

to walk to school together.

Cessnock School Horse Sports Day Cessnock School Horse Sports Day in on Friday 10th June. Entries close Monday 23rd May to Vacy School. Riders need to be 8years and over. If you are interested in participating in this day please see Mrs Rogers.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Update The Premier’s Reading Challenge is well under way in our K-2 rooms and the 3-6 children are being

encouraged to borrow books form the library to add to their reading record. Just a few things to

remember.

The K-2 children will complete this in class with their teachers. 3 to 6 need to enter their books

themselves. I have included below information on how to do this. I am also happy to help children if

there are any issues.

Also be aware that books from September 2015 onwards can be entered. Most of the Year 3 students only need one more

year of reading to receive their gold certificate. Last year Amy Magri qualified for our first ever Platinum award. This

recognises 7 years of challenge completion. Also any child who enters every year for Years 3 to 9 qualifies for a medal in

recognition of their efforts.

Please remember that if your child enters books, their name will be published in the honour roll in the National

newspaper. We will not enter any students who do not have permission to have their name or photo in the media. Please

see me if there are any issues with this.

Happy reading!

Mrs Greaves PRC co-ordinator

A link to the Premier’s Reading Challenge website can be found in the Student Portal (http://student.det.nsw.edu.au) under

the Learning section. Students are also able to add a link to the PRC in the My Link List section to make the PRC easier to find.

The URL to use is http://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc.

Public school students can also log in directly to the PRC website (http://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc) using their Department

of Education (DoE) username and password. These are the same details a student would use to access the Student Portal

(https://student.det.nsw.edu.au/) and the computer network at school. If you are unaware of our username and/or

password, please contact your class teacher and ask for your Student Portal username and/or password.

1/2 Class News Due to a few routine changes the 1/2 class will not require our parent helpers for the following times. May - Wednesday 18,

Thursday 19th, Monday 23rd May to Friday 27th May. June - Wednesday 1st June and Wednesday 15th June. Thank you to

all our wonderful parents who come to assist us during these times and we hope you enjoy a well deserved break.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2017 Vacy Public School is now taking enrolments for 2017. If you have a child or if you know of a child who will turn 5 years old

before 31st July 2017 please contact the school office to collect an enrolment form. Thank you, Anne Bettinzoli

Stewart House Thank you to all families who supported Stewart House recently by sending in their envelope with their donation. All entries

to win a holiday have now been sent to Stewart House.

May 17 2016

Our official Facebook page is up and running. Please 'like' the page to stay up-to-date with

reminders and events in our school. We also love sharing the successes of our students."

Canteen News It’s not often that the words healthy and hamburgers are used together. Lucky for us on our menu they are! Our Works and

Cheese Burger have been rated “green” by the Healthy Kids Association. Both burgers have beef patties made for us by Pater-

son Butchery, Lite Coon cheese, and if ordering a works burger fresh lettuce, carrot, tomato, beetroot and cucumber from our

local IGA. Priced at $4 the Works Burger certainly is great value and filling as well. For a totally “green” lunch meal combine a

burger with any drink and a Juicy Tube ice block and you can be sure that your child is filling up on a Healthy Kids Association

“Green” meal. A healthy canteen treat that is tasty as well.

Our volunteers this week were Heidi, Cassie and Angela. Thank you for your time in the canteen. I hope you enjoyed your

day.

Have a lovely week. Emma Maslen

0411 342 935

Thursday May 19 Loren Herrmann and Melissa Smith

Monday May 23: Volunteer needed and Rachel Franks

Zone Cross Country Once again, Vacy Public School students have represented their school with pride as they competed at the Zone Cross Country Carnival. This is a big event with sometimes over 80 competitors in one age division! All students hit the field with a drive to beat their personal best and were willing to give it a go. Congratulations to Ethan Preston who came 6th place and is off to Regionals. We wish him all the best. A special mention to Mackenzie Peirce (7th place) and Charlotte Rienecker (8th place) who are reserves for the Maitland Regional team. What a great result!

Thank you to the parents who either arrived early or stayed late to help with the set-up/pack-up of equipment. Many hands make light work, and it is truly appreciated!

Mrs Babic

Hunter Dance Festival We received some fantastic news for our dance groups yesterday... Both senior and junior dance groups have successfully auditioned for Hunter Schools Dance Festival! This is a fantastic opportunity for our students who get the experience of performing on stage in front of a large audience. They really get a buzz out of sharing their talents. There is also some great news for parents, as both senior and junior groups are performing on the same night! They will be performing on Wednesday 27 July. Please keep an eye out over the next few weeks for notes regarding costume costs and requirements.

Mrs Babic

Touch Football Knockout Our girls and boys touch football teams will be versing Dungog Public School this Wednesday 18. The boys game will start at 10:00am on the bottom oval. The girl's game will follow straight after. Parents are more than welcome to come and support our teams. Players are reminded to wear joggers and bring a drink bottle.

School Photos 15 June 2016 Wednesday 15 June 2016 is school photo day. Each child has received a personalised photo envelope. The envelopes can be

returned to school for safe keeping by Tuesday 14 June, 2016 or children can return their envelopes on photo day and they

will be given directly to the photographer.

The photographers charge a $20 fee for late orders. Payments for all students in a family can be placed in the one envelope

but all envelopes need to be returned. Please ensure correct money is in the envelopes as they are handed unopened to the

photographers.

This year payments can be made on the photographer’s website. Envelopes still need to be returned to school though.

If paying by cheque please make cheques payable to Master School Portraits. If you would like a Family Portrait, please

collect a special envelope from the office.

If another envelope is required (eg mum’s copy or dad’s copy) please see the office.

May 17 2016

COMMUNITY NEWS

Coding and Computer Science Holiday Workshop

When: 5-6th July, 2016

Where: University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus

Who: Students aged 10 – 14 with no prior knowledge required.

For more information and to register visit our webpage:

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/about-uon/governance-and-leadership/faculties-and-schools/faculty-of-science-and-information-technology/about-us/community-outreach/smart/smart-code