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Newsletter Date Tuesday, October 16

Tuesday, October 16

Calendar

Week 1 Wednesday, 17th October Narrungdera Yalbilinya Awards Thursday, 18th October Little Learner’s and K-1 Teddy Bear’s Picnic Friday, 19th October Assembly @ 2.30pm Week 2 Thursday, 25th October Grandparent’s Day Picnic Lunch @ 11.15am Friday, 26th October LNPSSA Soccer Gala Day—Years 3&4 @ Marie Bashir Park

Adams Street Narrandera NSW 2700 Tel: (02) 6959 2144 Fax: (02) 6959 3274 Email: narrandera-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.narrandera-p.schools.nsw.gov.au “We learn and meet on Wiradjuri Country”

Narrandera Public School Informer

Principal – Ms Susan Ruffles

Term 4, Week 1 Tuesday, 16th October, 2018

Little Learners, Kinder, Year 1 and their

families are invited to a Teddy Bear’s

Picnic at Marie Bashir Park on Thursday

18th October at 12.25pm. Bring your own

picnic and join in the activities after lunch.

Students will return to school by 2pm.

Grandparents are invited to join us for a

picnic lunch Thursday, 25th October,

from 11.15am to 12.00pm to celebrate

Grandparent’s Day.

Bring your lunch, and a chair or blanket

to sit on.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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LEETON SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC The School Dental Clinic is available for all children aged from 0 – 18 years of age. We encourage all parents to make an appointment for your child to have a

full dental check. Treatment at our clinic is FREE to all children who have a Medicare card. To make an appointment please telephone our call centre on

1800 450 046 We hope to see you soon!!!

Principal: Susan Ruffles Deputy Principal: Kevin Junor Assistant Principal: Karla Jamieson Assistant Principal: Helen Files Assistant Principal: Julie-Anne Rowe Phone: 02 6959 2144 Fax: 02 6959 3274 Email Address: narrandera-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au School Website: www.narrandera-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Dental Clinic: 1800 450 046 Narrandera Schools as Community Centre: 6959 3894

From the Principal . . . . . . . . . . .

Welcome back to school for our final term for 2018. Also a warm welcome is

extended to new students and their families who have joined, or will be joining, our

learning team here at NPS this term.

We are beginning to plan staffing for 2019 so it is essential for us to know, as near as

possible, our student numbers so that classes can be formed and staff can be allocated

to classes as well as learning support roles. If you know of families considering NPS as

the best educational option for their child/ren, please invite them, on our behalf, to

contact the school and to make an appointment time to come along to school and

look around and have a chat. Our classes are filling fast so we don’t want children to

miss placement.

We have also received great news that our Multi-Categorical (MC) class will be

established from the beginning of 2019. This specialised class will specifically support

the learning needs of students who have qualified for a place in the class. A specialist

teacher and School Learning Support Officer will be employed by the Department of

Education’s staffing procedures to run this class for the identified students.

Congratulations to everyone who is part of the terrific team that leads and cares for

‘The Patch’. We are celebrating 4 firsts and 6 second place awards for produce from

‘The Patch’ at the recent Leeton Show. Further to this the school will open up ‘The

Patch’ for the Narrandera Garden Club garden walk on Sunday, 28th October. What a

wonderful cause to support the Garden Club and Can Assist and we do hope that

many of our readers will buy a ticket and join the garden walk this year. Well done to

Lyn, Wendy and the happy band of junior gardeners for all you do to ensure we have

fresh foods from our patch.

Some upgrades to our staff room during the holidays included a new stove so some

yummy and healthy cooking using our school-grown produce will be made even more

efficient and our cooks will love it.

It is another fun and busy term here at NPS so we invite you all to stay tuned to all

events via our school website, our Facebook page and by way of these newsletters. We

also know that families will continue their team-work approach with school staff

members to support children’s learning and

wellbeing. Our School has students who are highly allergic to

NUTS and NUT PRODUCTS

We seek your co-operation in trying to keep our

school NUT FREE

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This is not a school based initiative and teachers will not be in attendance.

We would value your feedback about our school!

This term our school is participating in the Tell Them From Me survey for students,

teachers and parents.

We would like as many parents as possible to complete the survey for parents at

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/nps2700

The Tell Them From Me parent survey provides school principals and school leaders

with parental perspectives on their school as well as learning at home. Communication

between parents and staff, activities and practices at home, and parent views on the

school’s support of learning and behaviour help build an accurate and timely picture

that schools can use to help with planning for the future.

Please know that survey responses are anonymous.

Thank you for taking part in our survey.

If you have any questions raising from the survey, please contact the school.

Students in Years 4 to 6 and teachers are also undertaking Tell Them From Me Surveys.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS: Narrandera Garden Club Town & Country Open Gardens, Sunday 28th October 2018. Maps on sale from Narrandera Park & “Billenbah” 9am—2.30pm. $15 per person including Devonshire Tea and plant stall at Uniting Church Hall. Light Lunch available at “Billenbah”, $10 pp. In aid of Narrandera Can Assist. Enquiries: 0428 597 655 or julie.roffe@gmail.com Narrandera East Infants School NEIS will be having a fete next Friday 26th October in their school grounds starting at 2pm.

This newsletter is

produced with the

support of the

following local

businesses:

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