Term 3, Week 6 7th September, 2012

Principal’s Message

It was very exciting to have a visit from a real Olympic champion! Holly Lincoln-Smith competed in water polo in the recent London Olympic Games. She brought along her medal for all to see and for some to even wear! Our students asked some excellent questions of Holly who helped them to understand what it takes to work towards fulfilling a goal or dream.

Thanks to Holly for giving her time to our students and to Mrs Mackey for organising this inspirational visit.

Diary Dates Year 6 BMX Day Fri

7th Sep Local Gov’t Election Day

Sat 8th Sep

School ‘Celebrity’ Disco

Wed 12th Sep

Premier’s Spelling Bee Regional Finals

Thu 13th Sep

Years 5/6 Trip Bathurst Gold!

17th -19th Sep

K-2 Soft Toy Pet Show

Wed 19th Sep

Years 3/4 Trip Zoosnooze

19th -20th Sep

Footy Friday Mufti Day

Fri 21st Sep

Start Smart Financial Literacy visit

Thu 11th Oct

Shopping Trip 3rd Nov Life Education Visit

15th / 16th Nov

Swim School 19th Nov Christmas Movie Night

Sat 1st Dec

Presentation Night

Thu 13th Dec

Year 6 Farewell Mon 17th Dec

Maraylya Messenger

Value of the Week – CARE

Book Week Celebrations We have just enjoyed another busy Book Week thanks to the hard work of Mrs Buchanan. Students were involved in a variety of experiences that supported this year’s theme, ‘Champions Read!’ Students moved amongst the classrooms to engage in further activities related to the shortlisted books for 2012. Congratulations to all of our students who dressed as champions, creating a colourful and memorable literacy event.

Thanks to those families who could join us on the day. Our families supported the book fair brilliantly to the tune of $800, selecting from a great range of books. A large percentage of sales will help to buy further books for our students.

Handball Competition 2012 Round 1 of our handball competition was almost completed this week due to overwhelming interest from our students. Not only are we seeing heightened skills but great sportsmanship. Congratulations to those who have made it to the finals which will take place next week. Hawkesbury Music Festival Mrs Sadler and the school choir have been working hard towards their performance at the Hawkesbury Music Festival on Monday 15th October. We have been allocated 1 ticket per performer however extra tickets can be requested on the forms sent home last Wednesday. We will be advised if our extra ticket requests have been successful later in the term. Start Smart – Financial Literacy Our students in Year 1-6 will now be involved in the ‘Start Smart’ financial literacy program on Thursday 22nd November, 2012. This program is aimed at helping students understand the importance of saving and how banking works. This is a free program offered by the Commonwealth Bank. Life Education Life Education will visit our school on 15th and 16th November 2012. We hope that P&C will once again subsidise part of the costs to families. Further information will be forwarded home next term about this worthwhile program. Lunch Orders – BP Lunch orders can now be purchased from the BP Shop. This service is offered ONLY on non-canteen days. This is a service we are trialling with the help of the BP’s new management. The orders must be made in person and paid for at the time of ordering. They will then be delivered to the office at 12:30pm. Once again, in keeping with our commitment towards our students making healthy eating choices, only items from the specific school menu may be ordered. Menus are available from the BP Shop or the school office.

Kindergarten Orientation 2013! A reminder that our orientation evening is planned for 14th November, 2012 at 6:00pm. On this night we aim to outline the year ahead for Kindergarten 2013 and offer parents the information they need in order to assist their child to make a smooth transition to school. Part of this process will involve three student orientation sessions at school, in order to help familiarise students with school routines and some activities. Dates for these student visits to school are: Friday 16th November Wednesday 21st November Friday 30th November Once again, if you have a child starting next year or know of someone who is thinking of sending their child to Maraylya Public School next year, please contact the office for an enrolment form. Please bring with you, proof of address, vaccination details and birth certificate. We will be sending home invitations next week now that we have an indication of student numbers. Relieving Administrative Manager Mrs Carrington will continue her leave until at least Term’s end. We thank Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Smithson and Mrs Reinhardt for stepping in to help us during this time. Parent Teacher Interviews Families should be receiving the interview confirmations today for next week’s interviews. Please contact the office if you require an interview request form. Year 6 Farewell meeting We will be having a meeting in the staffroom at 3:15pm on Friday 7th September for any Year 6 parents who would like to assist in the organisation of the Year 6 Farewell. The meeting should last no longer than 45 minutes.

Class News K Kindergarten looked fantastic in their champions outfits last Wednesday. We made cards for Holly Lincoln-Smith who came to talk to the school about winning a bronze medal at the Olympics. Kindergarten got their photos taken with her. These photos will be up in our classroom soon.

1 Just a few procedural reminders. Homework is due on Friday and the next week’s homework will be sent home on Friday. The children should have a pencil and glue stick at school. Year 1 have written some great descriptions about plants. We will now be looking at how to write great procedures. In Mathematics we have been trying to increase our speed at remembering our number combinations to 10 and 20. We are practising our addition and subtraction daily. Thank you to our families for your support of our Book Week celebrations. The students looked like champions!

2/3 In the last two weeks, 2/3 have made great progress. During reading we have introduced school magazines and have been looking at how to read them. We have started writing groups on Monday which seem to be working very well. If anyone would like to help in these groups on a Tuesday at 10:15 until recess, please let us know. For the second half of this term we have been working on writing narratives. Year 3 are becoming very excited as our camp is only 1 ½ weeks away. While we are on camp, Year 2 will join Year 1 and Kindy for a soft toy pet show on Wednesday 19th September.

4/5 4/5 have spent 4 weeks completing their assignments on one of the First Fleet ships. Over the next 2 weeks students will be presenting their PowerPoint to the whole class. There are many things 4/5 will be finishing this week. We are finishing reading ‘Matilda’ and completing our diary entries and book reviews. We have begun learning about ‘flight’ as our new Science topic for the rest of the term. In Mathematics, we are learning about chance and designing our own scenarios to place on our class chance line. 4/5 are looking forward to camp in Week 10.

6 Year 6 have been busy consolidating learning about the gold rush era in Australian history. We are writing explanations of how one of the pieces of equipment from this era works. In other writing, we have been involved with the Sydney Morning Herald Youngest Writer Competition. Students had to respond to a photograph in order to create a written piece. While some students are still finishing their work this week, the standard of writing has greatly improved as they learn how to apply adjectives, similes and metaphors to add detail to what is written. We have voted on our favourite narrative and will submit it today. In Mathematics we have spent further time on division, scale drawing and long multiplication. We are also getting close to our trip to Bathurst and Katoomba in Week 10. We hope to learn a great deal more about the Goldrush, rainforests and challenging ourselves with abseiling. A reminder that the two assignments are due next week!

MPS

Assembly Awards

Term 3 Week 6

K – Isaac Freeman, Charlotte Ward 1 – Jaxson McGinty, Madison Morgan

2/3 – Nicholas Sultana 4/5 – Christine Mossman, Sarah Eller-Turner

6 – Lara Parish, Monica Tadrosse

Person of the Week

K – Isaac Freeman 1- Will Aquilina

2/3 – Brayden Carabetta 4/5 – Nicholas Rogers

6 – Rachel Morgan

Merit Awards These students have achieved 10 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system. Count Down Awards Lachlan Milosh Scarlett Burns Ryan Withers Austin Foxall James Osterlund

These students have achieved 20 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system. Blast Off Awards Anne Bellamy Jonah Beer Caitlin Waugh Charlotte Ward Giselle Azmi Jack Mills Madeline Ham Nick Fox

These students have achieved 50 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system. Orbit Awards Alexandra Beard Bayley Clancy Gabe Azmi Lauren Lee Jorja Wiesemes Nicholas Sultana Brayden Carabetta Monique Hull Brianna Giblett

Happy Birthday to….

Ava Lyon Sarah Eller-Turner

Who celebrate their birthdays in August. Congratulations and hope you have a great birthday!

P&C News New P & C email address! maraylyapandc@gmail.com

Your dedicated P&C Committee are:-

President: Helen Beard

Vice President: Jackie Carr

Treasurer: Leanne Luzur

Secretary: Terese Horne

Canteen Managers: Catherine Sultana / Danielle Cramer

Uniform Co-ordinator: Leticha Clancy

Fundraising Co-ordinator:Yvette Vicary

Election Day Stalls Local government elections will take place at our school on Saturday 8th September. The P & C will be running a BBQ and Cake Stall. We are looking for some willing volunteers to spare an hour to help set up or to serve during the day. The tables and BBQ will be set up at 8am with an approximate finish around 3.30pm. We also need all wonderful bakers out there to bake as many cakes, slices, biscuits, muffins or any variety so we may sell them on the day. Please bring them in to the office on Friday until 5pm or Saturday Morning. If you can help out on the day please contact us on our new email maraylyapandc@gmail.com.au

CANTEEN ROSTER AUG 2012 MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

1ST CATHERINE SULTANA VANESSA NEEDS

3RD

JULIA KINNISH ANGELA LEE

8TH

SYLVIA HOPKINS TRACY Mc DERMOTT

10TH

JENNY BORN LETICHA CLANCY

15TH ASMA TADROSSE LUNCH TIME ONLY FOR GLENDA CARPENTER

17TH GINA FRANKS GLENDA CARPENTER

22ND

BRONWYN SNOWDEN

24TH LEANNE LUZAR SUE SULTANA

29TH DANIELLE CRAMER CATHERINE SULTANA

31ST TANIA HAM MICHELLE MORGAN

THANKYOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME

CANTEEN ROSTER SEPT 2012 MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

5TH ASMA TADROSSE LEAHN ROGERS

7TH

GINA FRANKS ANGELA LEE

12TH

SYLVIA HOPKINS VANESSA NEEDS

14TH

JENNY BORN LETICHA CLANCY

19TH CLOSED DUE TO CAMPS

21ST SUE SULTANA LEANNE LUZAR

26TH

CLOSED

28TH CLOSED

THANKYOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME

Canteen will be closed Wednesday 19th September!

LONDONDERRY PUBLIC SCHOOL

Saturday 8th September 2012 (Election Day)

10am to 2pm

BBQ

BOOT SALE

CAR SHOW

MARKET STALLS

FACE PAINTING

Car entrants, boot sale and stall holders fee of $20 to be paid at the start of the day. All proceeds will

go to the school.

Call Sharon 0414 764 659 or Renee 0409 818 517

For information

Please RSVP by 25th August if you are interested in stalls or entering

your car.

CAR Show Entrants “People’s choice” and

“Best in Show” trophies to be won!

Come and buy your farm fresh veggies and free range eggs

direct from the farm. Self serve roadside stall NOW OPEN! Open from 7am till late, 7 Days a week!

Address: 552 Old Pitt Town Road, Oakville (Corner of Saunders Road)

Any enquires phone Jane: 0408211416