2019 Premier’s Spelling Bee The School round of the Premier’s Spelling Bee will be conducted in Term 3.

Years 3 and 4 will be held on Monday 5 August Years 5 and 6 will be held on Tuesday 6 August.

All primary students are eligible to enter. Any student who wishes to participate and has not yet nominated needs to see Mrs Whitchurch for details.

Two junior and two senior students will compete in the regional round of the competition to be conducted in September (date and venue to be announced). The state finals will be held at the ABC Centre in Sydney on Sunday 8 December. Please note that all transport and supervision for the regional and state rounds is provided by parents.

Current PBL Focus We are respectful when lining up!

SPORT NEWS PSSA Girls’ Touch v Parkes East Last Thursday our girls PSSA touch team began their competition for the year. We came up against Parkes East in round 1.

It was freezing and not many of us wanted to remove our warm jackets and track pants to play. We bolted from the start with Grace MacGregor scoring her first of four tries in the first two minutes of the game (out and down the sideline). This quick start possibly shocked Parkes East as they tightened their defence and began to play their own game.

Throughout the remainder of the game, Grace scored three more tries with some great support from Tia Dunn, Faith Clarke and Lucy Hall. All girls played well, with the score finishing as 4-3 to Parkes Public.

Well done girls!

PBL Fun Fair The PBL Fun Fair is next week on Thursday 4 July from 1.40 to 3.00pm! This is an opportunity for students to spend their hard earned rockets on fun fair activities like hair braiding, face painting, karaoke, donuts on a string, obstacle course, nail painting and much, much more!

We would greatly appreciate any parent helpers we can get. If you would like to help run a stall at our PBL Fun Fair please fill in the slip below and return it to school with your child by Friday, 28 June.

If you need more information please contact Mrs Ruckley at school on 6862 1702.

PBL FUN FAIR HELPER FORM Student’s Name __________________________

Class _____________

Parent Name _____________________________

I can help out with ________________________

Please call me on _________________________

Term 2, Week 9 ‐ Tuesday 25 June 2019

K‐2 LITERACY AWARDS The students who received the literacy awards and capes at the assembly were:

Kindergarten Sydney Michael-Reeves Kerrmina Doguiles

Year 1 Caleb Nicholson

Year 2 Matilda Baker Riley Wood

Congratulations to the following students who gained a: White Merit Certificate: Charli Messiter 1/2 White Tyler Zagrovic 1/2 White Henry Jubb 3-6 Blue Seana Venaglia 3 Red Beth Hulse 1 Red Jonathan Wilkinson 2 Red Bodhi Ashcroft 5 Blue Haylee Chambers-Lewis 4 Red Kade Ashcroft 4 Red Badge Bodhi Ashcroft 5 Blue

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Tuesday 2 July ............... Dress Up as a Farmer Day Thursday 4 July ............. PBL Fun Fair from 1.45-3.00pm Friday 5 July .................. Last day of Term 2 Tuesday 23 July ............. First day of Term 3 for students

DON’T FORGET Year 6 Canberra Excursion

Payments can now be made at the school office or online and are due

by Friday 26 July.

Extra-curricular Activities The girls’ touch team were successful when they played against Parkes East Public School last week. Congratulations to the team.

Ewan Moody is in Newcastle this week representing Western in the NSW 11 years Rugby League Carnival. We wish him all the best and look forward to hearing about how the Western team, as well as Ewan, performed in the carnival.

Our netball team played the Tullamore/Trundle team yesterday. Mrs Kenny reported that the team played exceptionally well. They were the victors on the day with a 25-10 win. Congratulations to the players for their ongoing efforts.

Forms to Update Student, Family and Contact Details A huge thank you to all of the parents and carers who have returned the forms to update student, family and contact details. We really appreciate your

promptness with this. If you haven’t returned your form yet, please do so as soon as possible.

Please note that due to legal issues we are unable to change names or take an existing parent off the records without legal documentation e.g. a new birth certificate, a court order, a legal document stating change of name.

Thank you very much for your help and understanding with this.

Semester One Student Reports The Semester One Student reports will be sent home next Wednesday 3 July. Parents and carers are very welcome to contact their child’s class teacher to organise an interview if they would like to discuss the details of the report and their child’s progress to date.

Have a wonderful week, Mrs O’Neill

Name: Molly Clohessy Age: 8 years Class: 3 Blue Teacher: Miss Wallace Favourite activities: Playing the piano, spending time with my friends, reading, playing computer games.

Teacher comments: Molly is an exuberant, thoughtful and happy student. She enjoys learning new information and is consistently ready to learn. Molly is always willing to help and welcomes me every morning with a huge smile.

What career interests you? When I grow up I would like to be a singer.