COMING EVENTS FOR TERM 3

Tues 3 – Wed 4 Sept Stage 2 Camp

Wednesday 4 September Spring into Art

Tuesday 10 September P&C Meeting 2pm

Thursday 12 September K-2 Science Day

Stage 1 Speak Off

Friday 13 September NC Athletics (Lismore)

Mon 16 – Thurs 19 Sept Stage 3 Camp

Thursday 19 September K-2 Fun Run 12.30pm (calendar items are subject to change)

Week Assembly Date Afternoon Tea / Item

7 2 September Investigators Hub

8 9 September Innovators Hub

9 16 September Mrs Byrne

10 23 September Creators Hub

Issue 14 – Term 3 – Week 6 – Tuesday 27th August 2019

IMPORTANT NOTICES Stage 3 Sydney Excursion Payments Due Final payments for this excursion are now due. Payments can be made via the “Make a Payment” tab on our website, credit card payment over the phone, cheque, or in person at the front office (Eftpos available). If you are having trouble making the final payment please contact the office if you have not already done so. Invoices will be sent home today with students.

Life Education Notes will be sent home next week for the Life Education van which will be visiting in week 1 next term. The cost of this is $10 per student and needs to be paid by Wednesday 25 September (last Wednesday of Term 3). No late payments/notes will be accepted due to administration reasons.

Assembly Roster

Fortnightly Assembly from Term 3 We will again be having fortnightly assemblies on a Monday afternoon at 2.45pm. Infants (Kinder to Year 2) will have their assemblies on odd weeks and Primary (Year 3 to Year 6) will have their assemblies on even weeks. Afternoon Tea & Assembly Item – 2.15pm to 2.45pm We will again be holding our weekly class afternoon tea where parents/carers will have the opportunity to go into their child’s classroom. On the week your child’s class is doing the afternoon tea and assembly item you will go to your child’s classroom at 2.15pm, you will be able to review your child’s work towards their learning goals. Your child’s class will also be presenting an item at assembly. The roster for term 3 is below but can be subject to change.

Coloured Plastic Lids

If you have any coloured plastic bottle lids at home

that you can donate to the school it would be greatly appreciated. Mrs Mangan has an art idea

that she would like to use these for. They can be dropped into the front office.

Principals News

Positive Behaviour for Learning The staff are currently reviewing the CORR values of our school. Very soon students and families will be surveyed to see if these CORR values will change for 2020. Please keep an eye out in the next fortnightly newsletter and on Facebook for the survey. We would appreciate as much feedback as possible to ensure that our CORR values reflect our whole school community. This week students who have not received a behaviour notification in weeks 1-5 will have a lunch time reward of a disco or a movie. These rewards will be happening twice a term in lunchtime, celebrating the students who are displaying the CORR values of the school. La’Raye D and Ella F received a handball at the morning assembly this week for following instructions and being respectful at second break. This week the staff will be trying to spot two other students displaying the CORR values in second break eating time. Kindergarten Students Starting in 2020 Mrs Waitoa and Magic Mary have been enjoying getting to know our Kindergarten students for 2020. If you are aware of any local families that have not approached the school for enrolment please ask them to contact the office ASAP. Lower North Coast Athletics Last Friday Aunty Gloria and myself accompanied Macy M, Lahtarah D, Sophie D and Ruby H the Lower North Coast Athletics Carnival. I would like to thank all of their parents and carers on the day that organised them for events and were a great cheer squad. Macy, Sophie and Ruby have all progressed to the North Coast carnival that will be held in Lismore next week. We wish them the best of luck. Father’s Day I would like to wish all of our fathers, grandfathers, uncles and other significant male figures in our student’s lives a very happy Father’s Day for this Sunday. A big thank you to our staff who cooked bacon and egg rolls for our early celebration last week. Stage 2 and 3 Camps Payments are due for both of these camps. Please call the office if you are having any concerns around this. I would like to thank our dedicated staff for giving our students the opportunity to attend a school camp and organising their homes so that they can leave for the week/night. The time away is usually a great growing experience for all students where they develop resilience, team work skills and develop further self-esteem. P and C The next P and C meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 10 September at 2pm .Please RSVP if you are able to make this meeting. At this stage we have had 2 families contact the office to enquire about the possibility of having a later meeting. Please also contact the office if you would be interested in attending a meeting at a different time. The P and C have tried varying times over the past few years and we all want to work together to ensure that we have a time that will suit the majority of people that want to attend the meeting. Penny Chow Relieving Principal

On Monday of last week we celebrated Children’s Book Week with a parade. Students dressed in their favourite book character costume based around this year’s theme

READING IS MY SECRET POWER With the hall decorated by the direction of Magic Mary and her lunchtime helpers, we were dazzled by the variety of characters who turned up. The judges had a very difficult time to select two winners per class and all students should be very proud of their creative efforts. The Winners were: Hub 1 Liam N& Danica I Kieran T & Mia B Hub 2 Charlie C & Natalie P Harvey N & Chloe R Hub 3 Stella H & Lucas C Charlotte M & Draven K Hub 4 Duke L& Ruby S Riley T & Andi K Jamin H & Summah L Thank you to the teachers who also dressed in costume and helped make the day a success. Book Fair was officially opened and many families took the opportunity to purchase books and support our Library. We sold $4,000 worth of books during book week – what a fabulous result!! Our library will receive a percentage of this in order to purchase new books for the library. Thank you for your ongoing support Mrs Petah Fishburn, Teacher Librarian

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