Murwillumbah East Primary School

Newsletter Term 2, Week 1

2019

Welcome back

Welcome back to all our families for Term 2 and a

warm welcome to new families who are joining us

for the first time this term. Our staff had a very

productive day at our School Development Day

where we reviewed our evidence of impact for

External Validation, reviewed the Disability Strategy

and reflected on Department of Education and

MEPS strategic planning for 2019.

ANZAC Day March

Thank you to the 32 students and six staff members

that represented Murwillumbah East PS at the

march in Murwillumbah during the holidays on

ANZAC Day.

ANZAC Day is a time to remember those who

fought for our country, risking their lives and those

who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. The students

who took part represented our school brilliantly as

our uniforms looked great and the students

demonstrated outstanding respect and behaviour

during the service.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Staffing news

Over the holiday break, Darren Postema, our band

teacher has secured a fulltime position at another

school and will not be returning in Term 2. We will

look to find an alternative teacher to take our band

on Mondays.

This term Mrs O’Loughlin will take leave on

Wednesdays and we welcome Mrs Debbie

Robinson back to 3-4OL on these days. Mrs

Robinson is very familiar with the class as she

relieved in Mrs O’Loughlin’s absence in Term 1.

Text messages for unexplained absences

During this term, a text message will be sent to

your phone if your child is absent and we have

not received an explanation of why they are

away. If you are aware that you child will be

away, please let the school know or advise the

teacher via a note. You are able to respond to

the text message to explain an absence.

NAPLAN 2019

All students in Years 3 and 5 will sit the NAPLAN

tests from 14 - 24 May, 2019. This year our students

will again sit the test 'online'. This means that all of

the testing program will be administered via

computers and technology. Students in Year 3 will

still handwrite their Writing responses.

Practice tests and more information can be found

at:

https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/past-

naplan-papers/naplan-2012-2016-test-papers

ICAS Assessments 2019

There has been a change to ICAS Assessments for

students in Years 2 to 6. These are external

assessments coordinated by the University of NSW.

The dates scheduled for the assessments are as

follows:

ICAS Digital Technologies - Years 3 - 10 - Tuesday 3

September 2019 - $14.50

ICAS Science - Years 2-6 - Thursday 5 September

2019 - $14.50

ICAS Writing - Years 3-6 - Tuesday 10 September 2019

- $14.50

ICAS Spelling Bee - Year 2-6 - Thursday 12 September

2019 - $14.50

ICAS English - Year 2-6 - Tuesday 17 September 2019

- $14.50

ICAS Mathematics - Year 2-6 - Thursday 19

September 2019 - $14.50

This year, the ICAS tests are completed online. The

ICAS Writing Assessment will be paper-based for

Years 3 and 4 only. All assessments will be on a strict

timeframe. These assessments are valuable for

parents wanting more information on their child’s

performance in each subject area. Entry forms and

more information including closing dates will be sent

home during this term.

Students of the Week

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

All schools in Australia, including Murwillumbah East

PS, are required to participate in the Nationally

Consistent Collection of Data on school students

with disability. The national data collection is an

annual collection that provides the number of

school students with disability, and the level of

educational adjustment with which they are

provided. This national data collection collects

information about students with disability in a

consistent, reliable and systematic way. The

national data collection draws on and reflects the

ongoing work teachers and education staff do to

support students with disability. If you would like any

further information around the NCCD, or do not wish

your child to be included in the data collection,

please contact the school. Additional information

about the national data collection is available on

the Department of Education’s website at:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-

l e a r n i n g / d i s a b i l i t y - l e a r n i n g - a n d - s up p o r t /

personalised-support-for-learning/national-disability-

data-collection

Have a great week

Joanna Henderson

Principal

“Happy Birthday” to these students

Hannah H, Olivia H, Ameliah H and Dominic F.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL STORY BOARD VISIT AND

AUTHOR PRESENTATION

On Tuesday 7th May, 2019 our school is extremely

lucky to have a children’s book author visit, thanks

to Byron Writers Festival. The author is Zanni Louise.

Zanni will give a whole school presentation and

then conduct a writing workshop with the fortunate

Year 5 students for FREE! The Storyboard is an

initiative of Byron Writer’s Festival. It is a FREE

travelling creative workshop fostering the next

generation of readers and writers in the Northern

Rivers. It brings acclaimed authors and illustrators

directly to schools to work with students in all forms

of creative writing.

Byron Writers were incredibly generous and helpful

to our school after the 2017 flood. They donated

many books and allowed our students to attend the

author visits to the Civic Centre for FREE!

How exciting!

Permission notes and Book Order Forms are coming

home with Year 5 students today.

Carmel Evans (Teacher Librarian)

ANZAC Day 2019

The community of MEPS came together to pay

tribute to the first ANZACs and to all the brave

servicemen and women who have since followed

in their footsteps in a special service on the last

Friday of term 1.

To begin our formal service Mr Derek Billing, a

representative of the Murwillumbah RSL made an

opening address. His speech briefly explained the

history of ANZAC day and why it is important for all

Australians to remember this important day each

year. A huge thank you to Mr Billing for his valued

contribution to this service. It is also important to

recognise the leadership from our school

councillors who lead this service. They were

outstanding.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

When shopping at Woolworths from 1 May to 25

June 2019, please collect your stickers at the

check out, via team members at self serve check

out or through online shopping. Stickers or

completed sticker sheets can be returned to

school for redemption at the end of the program.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Murwillumbah East Public School

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Murwillumbah East Primary School

Term 2, 2019

1 29th April

Staff Development

Day

30th April

All students return

1st May 2nd May

NC Open 11s Rugby

League - Yamba

3rd May

K-6 Assembly

4/5

2 6th May

District Touch

South Tweed

Boys & Girls

7th May

Storyboard Visit

P&C Meeting 7pm

8th May

FNC Netball

Arkinstall Park

9th May

Soccer Gala Day

10th May

K-6 Assembly

11/12

3 13th May

NAPLAN Online

this week

14th May 15th May 16th May

SRC Cake Stall

hosted by 4-5R &

5-6T

17th May

Tweed District Cross

Country

Murwillumbah HS

18/19

4 20th May 21st May 22nd May 23rd May 24th May

K-6 Assembly

Hosted by 4-5R

25/26

5 27th May 28th May

Touch Trials

Ballina

Boys & Girls

29th May 30th May

Parent –Teacher

meetings open to

parents for online

bookings.

31st May

K-6 Assembly

Zone Cross Country

North Byron

Parklands

1/2

6 3rd June 4th June 5th June

FNC Dance Festival

Performance

6th June

External Validation

Panel Date

7th June

K-6 Assembly

Hosted by 3/4O’L

8/9

7 10th June 11th June 12th June

Rugby Union Trials

Casuarina

13th June 14th June 15/16