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Noumea Public School Newsletter Thursday 9th August 2012

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Noumea News A newsletter for the community of Noumea Public School, built on Dharug land.

Week 4 Term 3 Thursday 9th August 2012

Education Week Open Day

On Thursday 2nd August Noumea Public School held

their annual Education Week Open Classrooms Day.

Morning Tea was provided for parents in the chill out

room prior to classroom visits. This was a great op-

portunity to talk with parents and for parents to meet

our community staff members.

From 9:30 family members

were invited to visit the class-

rooms and look at what stu-

dents have been learning

about this year. They also had

the opportunity to visit the

Book Fair in the Library to

help raise funds for our

school.

We thank everyone for their participation and in-

volvement in Noumea’s Education Week Open

Classrooms Day.

Westfield’s Education Week Performances.

On Monday 30th July Westfield Mt Druitt invited

Noumea PS to help them celebrate Education Week.

The Junior and Senior Dance group,Tongan Dance,

Samoan Dance, Maori Dance, Tokelau Dance, Abo-

riginal Dance and the Drumming and Slap Dance

groups all performed on the day.

The day was a complete success with so many stu-

dents attending that Noumea needed two buses to

transport us to the venue and twice as much time as

any other school to perform.

We would like to thank the parents and school com-

munity for their support which without none of this

would be possible. Thankyou!

Coming Events 21st August Book Week Parade

31st August Fathers Days Stall

6th September Kindergarten Zoo Excursion

12-14 September Year 5-6 Camp

18th September Whole School Performance Matinee

19th September Whole School Performance Evening

20th September Whole School Assembly





Whole school performance dates for diary dates:

The staff and students are working hard on their

preparations for the Annual Whole School Perfor-

mance. The performances will be:

Matinee - 18th September at 12pm

Evening - 19th September at 6pm Please put these dates on your calendar, the students

look forward to seeing you there.

Look out for information about the sale of tickets for

the show and items your child may need for their act.

Some children will be in their dance group item as

well as their class item. You child’s class teacher would really appreciate any

support you may be able to give. This could include

assistance making stage decorations, costumes or

props. This is a great event in our school year and we look

forward to support from our families to make the

event spectacular.

Creating The Future’ Concert At the Mount Druitt Minchinbury Public Schools ‘Creating The

Future’ Concert, there were a lot of performances. Mrs Vaughan

drove us there in her car. Two students from our school were lucky

enough to be a speaker at the concert. My favourite performance

was ‘Boys in Harmony’ from Rooty Hill High School . I knew it

would be fun because I spoke there last year. It was awesome!

-Chrissy

At the Mount Druitt Minchinbury Public Schools creating the Fu-

ture Concert there was a concert for high school and primary

schools and they had to do dancing singing and alot more. My

favourite performance “:Boy” in harmony from Rooty Hill High

School and Bidwill Beats from Bidwill-

Maikolo

Attendance We are into a very busy term with a lot of activities

happening in our school. It’s great to see so many

students attending school each day. However, we

would like to see our attendance rate improve over

the term. There are incentives for students who at-

tend school every day. To give an example some-

time during the term we will anticipate on holding a

School Blitz for a number of days.

Students may also attend the Breakfast Club from

Monday to Thursday mornings. Please remember to

send a note along with your child to explain absenc-

es or phone the office. Sometimes the office staff or

other school personal may ring to enquire the where-

abouts of your child during school hours.

Regards

Mrs Tupene

Veggie Gardening Group The Veggie Gardening group this week planted some

Sugar Snap Pea seedlings and stakes for the peas to

climb as they grow. We are also sowing tomato seeds

for a summer crop of Cherry tomatoes.





Message from Your AEO Well what can I say? How wonderful were our jarjums

(children) performance at Mt.Druitt Westfields Shop-

ping Centre for Education week. I would like to thank

our jarjums for giving their all in their dance. I would

like to thank the parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles

and caregivers who gave up time to come and support

them it was amazing to see all our families’ faces in the

crowd.

Wednesday last week we went to Dawson Public

School to see ‘Got Ya Back Midigar (friend)’ puppet

show. The jarjums enjoyed the show and their BBQ

lunch.

I would like to give a big thank you to Karen and Kevin

Treloar for surprising us with the lovely framed pre-

sents of the Aboriginal Flag and a poem constructed by

Emily and Kevin.

Next week will be week 5 of term 3. How fast is this

term going? Please remember if your jarjums are off

sick to send them with a note, doctor’s certificate or

phone the school on 9628 7777 to give a verbal mes-

sage to the office and I will inform the jarjums teacher.

Please remember to be in line on time.

Breakfast Club

Once again we are grateful to our sponsors who con-

tinually supply our school, with a variety of cereals,

wholesome bread, milk, margarine, milo and spreads.

Breakfast Club is run in partnership with the local

community and our school is grateful to those parents,

who have volunteered and those parents who have re-

cently joined us, to serve breakfast Monday to Thurs-

day mornings from 8-30am to 8-50am.

A friendly reminder, if your child is running late or

has forgotten to have breakfast, then they can come

and join the friendly staff in the Chill Out Room.

Mrs Peta Vaoga & Mrs Tupene

Community Liasion Officer

Organiser Breakfast Club)

Parent Back-to-School Day at Noumea

Wednesday 1st August was Parent Back-to-School Day at

Noumea Public School organised by Assistant Principal Ni-

cole Robertson.

Eleven parents had booked

in for the day. They were

treated much the same as

their kids from 9.00am until

3.00pm. Two special lines

had to be made at the morn-

ing assembly where they

greeted the teachers and

sang the school song and

listened quietly to the morn-

ing announcements.

Lessons began with Literacy as with all other classes in our

school. They all learned new skills on the interactive white-

board, skills of course that their children had already

learned. All the better to keep pace with the kids at home.

After recess they were outside to play sport at the volleyball

net. A lot of huffing and puffing and a major break to get a

second wind. This was followed by an art lesson where they

collected leaves from the playground to assist in a gum leaf

composition using their painting skills. Finally some instru-

mental music lesson where they formed the new Noumea

Parent Percussion Players group!!

Some comments from those participating:

“We had an absolute ball!”

“We were the champions at Newcombe Ball!”

“Just really enjoyable”

“One of the greatest experiences ever. This is the first

school I’ve been at that’s had something like this. Every

school should have one!”

Merit certificates were given out at the end of the day for

qualities such as “Marvellous Manners” and for being a

“Good Learner”.





‘STAR READER REVIEWS Two Noumea Public School students are in this

week’s St Mary’s Star newspaper. Christopher has

had his book review on Roald Dahl’s “The Witch-

es” published in the paper and Bethany has won a

$25 voucher to spend at the QED bookshop for her

review on the story “Samsara Dog”. Keep your eye

out for the newspaper and check out our two talent-

ed writers.

Book Parade To celebrate Book Week 2012, Noumea Public

School will be holding a Book Parade on Tuesday

the 21st of August.

All students are asked to come to school on the day

dressed as their favourite book character. A parade

will be held under the COLA at 10:15am to give

everybody the chance to see each other’s costumes.

The Book Parade will coincide with a Book Week

Art Show to be held in the hall and Grandparents,

Godparents and Good Friends Day.

All families and visitors are invited to stay after the

parade for a picnic recess with their children.

Please come along and help celebrate Book Week

2012 with us!

Transition to School Program Do you have a child starting school next year? Or

know someone who does?

Come along to “NOUMEA NEW STARS”, our tran-

sition to school program for children starting school

in 2013.

Sessions will take place every Wednesday from 9am-

12pm, beginning on the 22nd August and running

through next term to the 21st November. Orientation

Day will be held on Wednesday 28th November.

We are encouraging anyone who has a child starting

school next year, to come along to our transition

program every week. There will be lots of fun learn-

ing activities for the children and relevant work-

shops for parents to help with a smooth transition

into school.

If you would like a place for your child in this pro-

gram, please see the ladies in the office as soon as

possible. Please contact the school for any further

information.

Kindergarten Cake Stall A big thank you to all the families who supported

our cake stall by making yummy cakes, slices and

biscuits for our cake stall last Wednesday. Thanks

also to all the students and parents who bought cakes

on the day. We raised $410 towards our excursion to

the zoo! Well done Noumea!!!

Mrs Marshall

The Annual Fathers’ Stall is Coming and We

Need Your Help! The Noumea Public School annual Father’s Day stall

is coming up soon and your help is needed! We are

asking for donations of new gifts which we can use

for our stall (for example, buckets, tool kits, etc)! If

you yourself have something, or know someone who

can help us, please bring your donations up to the

front office. All donations will be greatly appreciat-

ed!

Thank you for your support.

Ms E. Lees





Woolworths Earn and Learn Sticker Cards This is the last week to hand in your completed Wool-

worths Earn and Learn Sticker Cards. So far we have

collected 1450 cards which equates to 44000 points.

Please hand in any completed sticker cards by Thurs-

day 9th August. No cards will be accepted after this

date and included in our school points tally.

Thank you all for your participation,

Nicole Robertson

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS 2012

Coles has launched their 2012 Sports for Schools program and

we are excited to announce that Noumea Public School will be

participating and collecting vouchers for much needed sports

equipment.

Vouchers are available in all Coles stores from 13th

June to 14th August 2012, and we ask that you get

involved to help collect vouchers for our school.

Our target is to collect 15 000 vouchers to provide our school

with much needed, and new, sporting equipment for our classes.

We are appealing to parents and guardians to collect as many

vouchers as you can. By donating and encouraging friends and

family to do the same, you are helping to provide a healthy and

active education for our children.

Please visit coles.com.au/sportsforschools for more information

about the program and you can also browse the sporting gear

available to see what equipment we are aiming for.

A collection box will be located at the front of office so please

feel free to drop the vouchers in the box or give them to your

children to hand into their class teacher.

Kind regards

Ms E. Lees

(Organising Teacher)

PSSA results Week 3

Junior Rugby League lost to Doonside 12-0

Senior Rugby League won against Doonside 46-10

Girls Touch Football drew against Mt Druitt 3-3

Boys Touch Football won against Mt Druitt 10-0

Junior Netball won against Mt Druitt 18-0

Senior Netball won against Mt Druitt 11-6

Sports person trophy went to Ronald, Loclan, Kiri,

Jayden, Susana and Louise.

Most Improved went to Peter, Jack, Helen, Ben,

Rhiannan, Kathleen.

All Schools Rugby League Knock Out

Competition

A massive congratulations to the Senior Rugby League team who competed in the All Schools Knock Out competition they played against schools across N.S.W including Merrylands P.S., Revesby South P.S. and St Gabriel’s Bexley.

Noumea went undefeated all day, made it to the semi finals with an unfortunate loss to Belmont due to an injury. The boys and girls played extremely well.

WELL DONE SENIOR RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM.

Meal Deal $4.00 Available from Monday 13th August to

Friday 24th August

Sausage Roll

Flavoured Milk

Juice Cup

New to The Canteen:

Dr Fruit freeze dried strawberry and

apple or tropical $1.50





Healthy Cooking Healthy Cooking

For all Aboriginal parents , come along and

learn how to prepare and cook delicious

healthy meals as well as meals suitable for

diabetics.

Then enjoy eating your tasty creations.

All participants receive a Statement of

attendance upon completion.

When: Tuesdays 11:30am to 2:30pmWhen: Tuesdays 11:30am to 2:30pm

Where: Noumea Public SchoolWhere: Noumea Public School





2012 Education Week





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