The Best in the West

Railway Town Public School  

Address 102-106 Wills Street, PO Box 785, Broken Hill NSW 2880 | Phone 08 8087 3008 | Fax 08 8087 7491 Email railwaytow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au | Website www.railwaytow-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 1, Week 4 Tuesday 16 February 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:

Making shapes with 4/5L Healthy Lunchbox snippet

School assemblies will not be held until further notice

due to COVID-19 restrictions to non-essential visitors on

school grounds

FROM THE ENGINE DRIVER

It’s been a while since I last had the opportunity to write a message in our school newsletter. It was, in fact, Term 4 2020 to be exact. I must admit that I was looking forward to switching off for a few weeks and simply enjoying the simpler things in life, including reading, shopping, walking along the beach, playing with my grandsons and catching up with my family in Adelaide. I managed to achieve all of these and a great deal more. I hope that all of our families found the time to reconnect with their loved ones, and create some special memories along the way. Although we have started the school year with new guidelines for COVID check-ins and restrictions on allowing parents into our school, I feel that this will be a far more positive year for everyone. I am very excited about the changes we have made heading into 2021, and I feel that we are in a position to grow and truly become “The Best in the West.” I would like to welcome our new staff, students and their families to our very special place. We are a very caring school community and I am proud of the way in which we embrace the uniqueness of every single student. I always make it my mission at the beginning of every school year to learn the names of every new enrolment and a little bit about them and their personalities. I am confident that I can now name every student in Kindergarten, especially the boys as we only have three! I have two precious comments made by Kindergarten students which I would like to share with you. “Wow! Mrs Pascoe you live in the playroom!” said Willow as she walked into my office. “Hello Mrs Casper. I keep mixing up your name and I can’t say Mrs Pascoe”. It’s Ok Zara, I don’t mind being called Mrs Casper” . The innocence of children is what makes my job so special. Kerry-Sue Pascoe Principal

DAYS TO REMEMBER

Canteen: Tuesday, Friday

Student Banking: Tuesday by 9.00am

Library: Monday: 1/2R Tuesday: KW, 5/6M Wednesday: 1/2V Thursday: MC Friday: 3F, 4/5M

Wear your uniform with pride and support Team Railway Town!

FORTNIGHTLY ATTENDANCE Target attendance rate: 92%, 2021 attendance rate: 89.42% Unfortunately none of our classes met the school’s attendance target last fortnight.

KW 1/2R 1/2V 3F 4/5M 5/6M MC School

97.50% 88.87% 94.79% 88.59% 85.97% 83.33% 90.47% 89.42%

STUDENT AWARDS Presented by class teacher in class

Library:

KW 1/2R 1/2V 3F 4/5M 5/6M MC

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday 18 February Book Club Issue 1 orders due Tuesday 2 March 3.45pm Barrier Swimming Carnival Friday 5 March 12pm Leadership Induction Ceremony Special Religious Education starts (Yrs 1-2) Wednesday 10 March Yr 7 EOI forms sent home Thursday 18 March The Big Vegie Crunch Friday 19 March National Ride 2 School Day

P&C NOTICES Our Canteen will be open on Tuesdays and Fridays during Term 1. An updated menu has been sent home with this newsletter.

Please remember to pre-order menu items that require preparation and/or heating before school to ensure menu items are available for recess and/or lunch.

Can you volunteer some time to help keep our Canteen open? Training and support are provided. Please contact our Canteen Manager Leonie Channing on 0458 503 306. Volunteers must meet Working with Children Check screening requirements.

**The school receives reward points for all

Scholastic Book Club purchases, and

uses the points to purchase home reading rewards and books for

our library. We appreciate your

support** Thu 18 Feb

Student Banking has commenced!

Please bring your deposit book to the office before 9am on Tuesdays. It will

be returned to your teacher once banking has been processed.

To participate, students need a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. Existing accounts can be used by bringing your account number in on your first banking day. For new accounts: Attend any Commonwealth Bank branch

(bring your ID and your child’s birth certificate);

Apply online at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking; or

If you’re an existing Commonwealth Bank customer, log on to your Commbank app

Class Teachers

KW: Miss Erin Williams

1/2R: Mrs Jan Riley

1/2V: Miss Kelly Venier

3F: Mr Toby Fenton

4/5M: Miss Lauren Medcalf

5/6M: Mrs Denise McInerney

MC: Miss Kelly Lynch

Library: Miss Jane Vaughan

Teaching Support Staff

K-2 Support Teacher: Mrs Susanne Minnis

Intensive Support Teacher: Ms Merrianne Warwick

Learning & Support Teacher: Ms Fran Lemay

Vision Support Teacher: Mrs Robyn Curtis

School Counsellor: Mrs Rachel Harvey

Primary Care Registered Nurse: Mrs Jennifer Wellington

Executive

Principal: Mrs Kerry-Sue Pascoe

Assistant Principals: Miss Liz Gleeson, Miss Kelly Lynch

K-2 Instructional Leader: Miss Liz Gleeson

Administrative Support Staff

School Administrative Manager: Hayley McClure

School Administration Officer: Jennifer Taylor-Booth

School Learning Support Officers: Samantha Collins, Peta Vincent, Louise Henderson, Alisha Pitt

General Assistant: David Baldwin

Cleaner: Leanne Burgess

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