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A Community with Expectations of Achievement and Success

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Email: stmarysnth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.stmarysnorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

3 November 2017

SCHOOL DENTIST The School Dentist will be visiting St Marys North next week. A mobile van will be parked on our grounds and the students will visit with the dentists across the week. Forms should already have been returned to school for your child to participate. If you have not returned your form, we will still accept late forms on Monday. I am really excited at the response and we have a large number of our students who will be attending.

ATTENDANCE It is a condition of enrolment into our school that you send your child to school every day. A small number of absences may be justified if your child:

• is too sick to attend school • is required to attend to a serious and/or urgent family

situation • has to go to a special religious ceremony

Parents and carers are encouraged not to withdraw their children from school for family holidays. If your family holiday is during school time, you need to inform the school principal in advance and request leave from school.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday – Friday 6 November–10 November 2017 School Dentist Tuesday 7 November 2017 Kindy Orientation - 1 Wednesday 8 November 2017 SRC Mufti – Team

Colours Wednesday 15 November 2017 Kindy Orientation - 2 Friday 17 November 2017 Grandparent’s Day Thursday 23 November 2017 Kindy Orientation - 3

Our whole school attendance results for the past 2 weeks have shown a slight improvement which is wonderful. Remember we are striving to achieve 94%. A huge well done to Year 2 this week who are the first grade to reach over our target, achieving a wonderful 95% attendance this week!

Whole School Attendance

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 87% 87% 89% 90%

Did you know?

‘Three things you cannot recover in life; the words after they’re said, the moment after it’s missed, and the time after it’s gone.’

Mrs Parrello

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If a child misses 8 days in every school term, by the end of Year 6, they will have missed 1 year of education.

Chloe McAlister Peter Ankuma

Jonae Rochfort Tema Yates

Nathan Boulter Riley Blewitt

Jessica Atkins

Banner of Excellence

Nathan Boulter PEER SUPPORT WEEK 3 – TERM 4 We further develop the idea of belonging this week in Peer Support. Having looked at the role of family last week now we look at our network of friends. The children identify all the groups to which they belong and the friends they have in each group. The activities are designed to encourage the children to appreciate the wide network of friends they have and the importance of humour between friends. WEEK 4 – TERM 4 This week in Peer Support the children learn the need to develop a range of coping strategies. In order to become more resilient, children need to have a number of different ways of coping with difficulties. Through the various activities, children learn to distinguish between helpful, resilient ways of coping and less helpful, non-resilient ways. Discuss with your child the ways they have chosen to cope with difficulties that might arise in their life and encourage them to practise these regularly.

Year 1 & 2 had a great time at The Australiana

Pioneer Village

CHESS CLUB TOURNAMENT Congratulations to the chess club members who attended the one-day tournament at Holy Spirit on Thursday. Mr Cox took seven players, making up two teams. They performed really well and had a great day that was full of smiles. There were a total of 26 teams playing in the competition. Team B, made up of Harley, Chelsea, Kayleigh and Davut did a great job in what was the first tournament for most of them. However Team A, with Joshua, Jordan and Baher went even better and finished in 3rd place. In fact, Baher managed an incredible score of 7 wins out of 7. As a result of their super performance, Team A has been invited to compete in the One-Day NSW Finals at the end of the month.

A massive well done to all the students who competed.

Do you have a child that will be starting school next year? Anyone who would like to enrol their child into Kindergarten for 2018 at

St Marys North Public School, please come to the school and speak to Mrs Coleman in the office.

Mrs Coleman will give you an enrolment form and answer any questions that you have.

The office is open between 8.30am and 3.15pm. You will also need the following documents:

Birth Certificate Immunisation Certificate Proof of Address

We’re Kicking Our Goals! Well done to the following amazing students who have been kicking their learning goals over the past 2 weeks. We continue to be so impressed by the drive and grit shown by our students as they persevere with their learning. Congratulations to: 1 Penguins – Andrew, Jessica, Britney, Allyse and Chloe 5 Ghost Bats – Emillia, Tahlia and Chelsea 5 Kookaburras – Kayleigh, Phoebe, Kyesha, Harley, Monique and Izzabella.

Awesome work!