The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School

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Assemblies

Term 1, Week 5, 2015

Dear Parents and Community Members… Tonight we are holding our ‘Meet the Teacher’

information sessions. During the sessions the P&C will be

hosting a BBQ (thank you P&C members). This is a great

opportunity for you to come to the school, meet the

teachers and find out about the day to day running of

your child/children’s classrooms. We look forward to

seeing you there.

Tomorrow some students will be travelling to

Brisbane to watch the Cricket World Cup match. These

students will need to be at school before 7:30am. They

are due to be back at school before 3pmThursday . I am

sure they will have a fantastic time.

Recently the Department of Education and

Communities reviewed the guidelines for applying for

exemptions. Family holidays are no longer an accepted

category for exemption from school attendance. Families

who need to travel outside the school vacation periods

for family holidays or other domestic circumstances eg

(bereavement) can apply for Extended Leave.

These absences will be counted towards your

child’s attendance data.

If travelling overseas you will need to provide a

copy of an itinerary or plane tickets.

To apply for Extended Leave please contact your

School’s Principal for the application form.

Junior Cricket The Tenterfield and District Junior Cricket

Association will hold the final cricket session for the

season on Thursday afternoon. This will be held at The

Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School oval from

3:15pm. A special presentation ceremony will be held on

Saturday afternoon from 1pm at Shirley Park. Kath

Barber from Cricket NSW will be attending this event.

This will be followed by a barbecue lunch at

1:30pm. Junior participants, friends and family are

encouraged to bring along some gold coins for the

purchase of food and drinks. The proceeds from the

lunch will go to the McGrath Foundation. Student Representative Council Induction This Friday, February 27 we will be holding our

Student Representative Council Induction Assembly.

Congratulations to all the students who were elected by

their peers to represent their class.

Due to class re-structuring, there will be some

classes that will have students sharing the role of

student representative councillor. Invites will be sent

home to parents soon.

SRC members are as followes:

Junior Cricket The Tenterfield and District Junior Cricket

Association will hold the final cricket session for the

season on Thursday afternoon. This will be held at The

Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School oval from

3:15pm. A special presentation ceremony will be held on

Saturday afternoon from 1pm at Shirley Park.

Kath Barber from Cricket NSW will be attending this

event. This will be followed by a barbecue lunch at

1:30pm. Junior participants, friends and family are

encouraged to bring along some gold coins for the

purchase of food and drinks. The proceeds from the

lunch will go to the McGrath Foundation.

Phone: 02 6736 1401

Website: www.sirhparkes-schools.nsw.edu.au Canteen: 02 6736 1732

Email: sirhparkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

SHPMPS P&C The P&C AGM is on next Tuesday the 3rd March 5.30pm in

the teachers staff room. All welcome to attend.

It’s a good time to join the P&C as you will probably not get a

position unless you really want one. Also there are still some

days that Vicki does not have any helpers in the Canteen. It

is a massive job for one person so if you can spare one day a

month or a few hours a month can you please contact Vicki.

Maybe grandparents or other family members of friends

would be able to offer their assistance. If we cannot get

any helpers we may have to reduce the days that the canteen

is open. Please consider if you can help at all. Thank you.

0K/1C Jasmine Finnerty/Wil Robson

1/2A

Max Keep

Catriona Robinson/Larissa George

1/2R Beth Phelps/Troy Campbell

2/3B Savannah Caldwell/Hedley Donges

3/4B Piper Clark

Will Holley/Jakeb Gibbins

3/4T Raya Woodbridge/Charlie Watt

4/5M Bonnie Zappa/Mikayla Cox

Tobi Lieberman

5/6C Jessica Thomas/Toby Watt

5/6S Haylee Sheppard/Eric Richards

K/6S Heath Kelly

MEAL DEAL- “Henry’s Sub feast” A long roll filled with meatballs in tomato pasta sauce

sprinkled with cheese and baked in the oven plus a popper

and a scoop of ice cream topped with strawberry topping a

wafer biscuit $5.00

Other choices: 1 x tray of lasagne $3.50

6 chicken nuggets $2.20

WK MON TUES WED THUR FRI Sat / Sun

Term

1

5 23 24 *Parent Info/BBQ 5pm

25 *Cricket-Brisbane

26 *Scripture begins

27 *Soccer trials at SHPMPS

*SRC induction Assembly

*Money due for Yr 6 Jumpers

28/29

6 2 *5/6 Excursion

$50 deposit and

Expressions of Interest note due

3 *AGM P&C 5:30pm

4 *Sue Charles Away

5

6 *German Band Concert K-6

7/8

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wed 25 Kim Cox, Lea Rossington, Nicole Arnold

Thur 26 Help needed please

Fri 27 Lou Holley, Jason McDonald 9-11:30am

Mon 2 Vanessa Rolph

Tue 3 Marie Thomas

Wed 4 Kim Cox, Jen Sutcliffe, Alison McGarry

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Tenterfield Junior Touch

Tenterfield Junior Touch will be having its final games and

presentation day on Monday, March 9. So make sure if you

are a registered player that you are there for that day.

Games as normal until then.

Border Bears Rugby League

A reminder that if you plan to play Rugby League for the

Border Bears this year you will need to register to do so. We

can not make teams until we know numbers so you need to

register. If you don’t play you can receive a refund from the

club.

This weekend there is a trial match against Warwick so you

will need to attend training sessions this week. Training for

the Under 8’s and 10’s will be on Tuesday at 4.30pm and for

the Under 12’s, 14’s and 16’s will be Tuesday and Thursday

at 5pm. All training will occur for the time being at Rugby

League Park. For more details about registration contact

Polly Sargeant or Peter Holley.

Falls Prevention Program

Date: Every Tuesday from the 10th of March until the 28th

of April 2015

Time: 1pm—3pm

Venue: Best Western—The Henry Parkes, 144 Rouse Street

Tenterfield NSW 2372

RSVP: Registration forms at the front office

Swamp Juice

Tenterfield School of Arts

Easter Monday, 6 April 2015 – 10.30am and 1.30pm

$10.00 entry or $30.00 Family

One of the Greatest Innovations in Shadow Puppetry

A Must See for Children and Adults alike’

HOMEBAKE (next week)

Mon 2 Sharon Jones

Wed 4 Nicole Arnold

Fri 6 Tracy Caldwell

Cruskits Leanne Hall, Melanie Newman

Block Cheese Kristy Petrie

Mayonnaise Jody Lieberman, Shona Clark

Lettuce Rhonda Fowler

Margarine Jenny Petrie

Tomatoes Kaela Kelly

DONATIONS (This Week)

STUDENT’S OF THE WEEK:

Infants: Beau McDonald, Zoe Petrie, Elly Petrie,

Sahri Clark, Sophie Carpenter

Primary: Mia Everson, Rosie Cross, Kerry Thompson,

Acacia Robinson, Annie-May Newman,

Jonathon Brewer-Weston

Principal Award: Troy Campbell, Gerry McGrady

Bronze Award: Mariah McGrady, Norman Cutmore,

Casey Swan, Klay Foster

Silver Award: Renee Jenkins, Jackson Clarke.

Market Day Want to make some money? Thinking of having a

garage sale? Can you bake? Can you sew? Do you have a

business you would like to promote? Then this day might

be for you!! The P&C are organising a Market Day to be

held on Saturday, March 21 from 9am-2pm. We are

looking for people who may be interested in running their

own stall on the day. Please pass the information onto

anyone who may be interested. Booking a stall will incur a

cost of $20 upfront then all profits from your stall are

yours. You can ring the school on 67 361 401 for bookings

and more details.

PSSA Soccer The Northern New England PSSA soccer trials for boys and girls will be held at our school this

Friday.

Some students attended training sessions in week 2 of this term and a team was selected last week.

The trials will take place on the primary soccer oval at our school commencing at 10:15am after the

school SRC Induction Assembly. The players will be able to change into their soccer clothes at 10am.

Although we will be having a shorter break for recess and lunch, the students are still able to

purchase food and drinks from the canteen. If a soccer player is ordering their lunch, please label the

lunch bag clearly with "SOCCER" so the order is not sent up to your classroom.

The players are to wear their normal sports uniform and will be provided with a shirt, shorts and

socks at 10am, students are to bring along a water bottle, shin pads and soccer boots. The school does have

some donated boots that students can borrow. We also have school shin pads.

Parents and family members are able to attend the trials as spectators, but we ask that you sign in

and out at the front office in case of an emergency.

The boys team includes; Ralph Thomson, Fletcher Koch, Jakeb Gibbins, Jamie Benstead, Tyran

Petrie, Eric Richards, Jimi Henry, Luke Bates, Will Holley, Braith Clark, Tobi Lieberman, Adam Thomas

and Kori Eaton.

The girls team includes; Bonnie Zappa, Abbey Holley, Georgie Duroux, Terri-Ann Lane, Zoe Nalder,

Tatyana Cook, Katie Eaton, Jara Duroux, Melanie McGarry, Mikayla Cox, Angela Moore, Raya Woodbridge

and Mariah McGrady.

The trials will conclude by 1:45pm and the students will change back into their sports clothes and

return to their normal classes for the remainder of the day.

Zone Swimming On February 13, 32 swimmers went to the Zone Swimming carnival in Glen Innes. From the 32 swimmers

who competed, 19 of them made it to the Regional level in Armidale. Sir Henry Parkes won the overall

trophy where there were five schools competing for the trophy. Our school had many students who

received ribbons and many other students received runner up medallions and champion trophies.

Miss Slobin also got wet as an unfortunate little girl got her finger stuck in the lane rope and Miss Slobin

had

to assist her to get out of the pool.

We are looking forward to representing Northern New England on Tuesday, March 3.

By Kori Eaton

THE SIR HENRY PARKES MEMORIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

Phone: (02) 6736 1401 Fax: (02) 6736 2898 sirhparkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

“ BE SAFE, BE FAIR, BE KIND, BE CO-OPERATIVE ”

P&C BBQ

A reminder that our Meet the Teacher evening and BBQ will be on today

Tuesday, February 24.

Drinks and BBQ sausages will be available from 5pm – 6.30 pm.

Kindergarten assessment information: 5.00 – 5.20

KJ & K/1C class information session: 5.20 – 5.45

1/2A & 1/2R session: 5.45 – 6.15

2/3B & 3/4T session: 6.15 – 6.45

4/5M, 5/6S & 5/6C session: 6.45 – 7.15

Please note that Mrs Bailey from 3/4B will not be available this evening.