bathurst excursion - niagarapk-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Week 8 Term 2
2015
Bathurst Excursion
Learning For Life
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Important Dates Monday 15/6
ICAS Writing Test
Tuesday 16/6
School Banking
P&C Meeting 7:00 pm
ICAS Spelling Test
Thursday 18/6
K Start - Groups A & B
Friday 19/6
School Walk-a-thon
Tuesday 23/6
School Banking
Australia’s Biggest
Morning Tea
Thursday 25/6
K Start - Group C
Friday 26/6
Superstar Assembly
2:00 pm in school hall
Term 2 ends
Monday 13/7
Staff Development Day
Tuesday 14/7
School Resumes Yrs K-6
School Banking
Thursday 16/7
K Start - Groups A & B
Great work This week I had the opportunity to spend some time in 6O and the students showed me the “Lost Thing” books they created. I also had some students visit to show me their great work. George 4G, Maddison and Noah 3G, Willow and Layla 3T, Stephanie and Elizabeth 1B, Abigail 4H, Reece 1H and Lyra and Brianna KD visited to show me their completed home reading cards. Drew from 1F dropped in to show me his great writing, Nina 1B achieved 100 dojo points, Abby 4H has made great improvements with her reading and Angus and Zac from 4H let me read their persuasive texts. Congratulations to Josh Hanlon on his successful entry to Hunter Sports High School for Rugby League and congratulations for also being selected in the Central Coast Under 12s Cricket team. Well done guys, keep up the great work!
Year 5 Bathurst Excursion Last week our Year 5 students visited Bathurst to complement work studied on ‘Gold’. After an early start, the students visited The Blue Mountains Scenic World where we saw the Three Sisters, rode the scenic railway and scenic cable car and then went on to the Jenolan Caves where our guide took us through the amazing Lucas Cave. After arriving in Bathurst and settling into our accommodation at Heritage Park, we finished a long day with a disco. We spent the following day at the Bathurst
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Goldfields where we visited a Gold Museum, investigated how gold was mined, panned for gold and cooked damper. We drove around Mount Panorama, at 60km/ph and visited the Car Museum. That evening we had a night of Aboriginal stories told to us by Indigenous elders. On Friday we watched the Sheep and Cattle Show and visited the Fossil and Gem Museum. We had a fantastic trip away and everywhere we went we were told how brilliant our students were. Our coach drivers and teachers from other schools told us that the students from Niagara Park were the best. Thank you to Miss Lothian and Miss Morris for their help, supervision and support and thanks to Mrs Scott and Miss Lothian for organising our trip away. While we were on the excursion we took photos of the students and if they would like to bring in a USB this week we would be happy to give them a copy of the photos.
Narara Valley High School Concert Band—Trivia Night Fundraiser!! Come along and enjoy a great, fun night When: Saturday the 20th June 2015 Where: Narara Valley High School Hall Time: 6.30 pm for 7:00 pm start Cost: $15.00 per head or $100.00 per table of 8 – nibblies included! What to bring: Drinks and your wits - soft drinks available for purchase on the night
Please feel free to invite friends and family to this event to assist the NVHS band raise some funds. ALL WELCOME. For more information, or to book a table, please contact the Concert Band Parent Committee President Mrs Esther See on 0408 241 098.
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea It has been decided by our School Representative Council to hold a morning tea to fundraise for the Cancer Council. We are asking all Year 5 and Year 6 students to bake one dozen (12) large cupcakes to sell to all students during recess on Tuesday 23rd June. Our staff will also be contributing cupcakes to be sold on the day. All cakes will be sold for $1.00. Thanks for your support, together we can make a difference.
Staffing Update Over the next two weeks, we will have staff talking Long Service Leave. Mrs Gibson and Mrs Shepherd will be taking time off and 5G will be taught by Miss Yasmin Smith while Mrs Gibson is away. Mrs Roods will be relieving for Mrs Shepherd while she is on leave.
K Start Last week we had our first K Start session with our 2016 Kindergarten students. It was great to see how easily they fitted in to the K Start routine and it was a pleasure to get to know them. Our K Start program will continue for another 10 sessions to ensure the 2016 transition is settled. A huge thank you to our Kindergarten teachers for presenting the program and thanks also to Mrs Scott for coordinating this year’s K Start program.
Have a great weekend.
Adam Boulus Principal
NIAGARA PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL Learning For Life
P&C NEWS Walk-a-thon - The school Walk-a-thon will be held on Friday 19th June. Students are encouraged to wear their house colour shirt/uniform to school that day. Sponsorship cards have gone home with every student. If you would like to help on the day, please phone Julie on 0432 112 919.
Have you filled your sponsor sheet yet??
Raffle Tickets - Please return any outstanding Easter raffle tickets, sold or unsold, to the school ASAP. By
returning your unused raffle ticket booklets, we are able to reuse them for future fundraising. This saves the P&C precious funds which can be used for assisting our school and children. Save The Date - The year is fast slipping away. Please mark your calendars for the following P&C events for you and your family to support and enjoy:
Walk-a-thon Friday - 19th June 2015 Student Disco Wednesday - 22nd July 2015 Twilight Market Festival Friday - 9th October 2015 Christmas Carols and Fireworks Monday - 14th December 2015
More details will follow regarding these events, your P&C is very excited about the plans in place. Please contact the P&C via email on: [email protected] if you are interested in assisting in any of the events listed.
Clothing Pool - With winter well and truly here, remember that our Clothing Pool has a great range of jumpers, zip jackets and tracksuits pants. Our Clothing Pool is open on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm and Thursday mornings 8:30 am to 9:30 am.
Flexischool Has Arrived! - as from Monday 15th June you can now order and pay securely online for Canteen and uniform orders. Take advantage of this new offering to all parents. Please visit flexischool.com.au and click “register”. It is that easy. Please refer to the flyer with this edition of the Wayamadi for more instructions on how to set up your account.
Next P&C Meeting - Our next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 16thJune at 7:00 pm in the School Staffroom. Everyone is welcome, so please come along to hear the latest news about our school and become involved in future plans and fundraising events.
Dannielle Stonestreet P&C Vice President
Twilight Market Festival October 9th– Come One, Come all! This year, Niagara Park Public School’s P&C has decided to hold two exciting events in lieu of having a Fete.
For 2015, in addition to holding the Christmas Carols and Fireworks display, which was an amazing success last year, we will also be hosting a fabulous new event – a Twilight Market Festival which will be held on the afternoon/evening of 9th October.
The decision to move away from a daytime event (the Fete), was taken to reinvigorate our schedule for this year and to bring some new and different components to our school based events. Whilst some of your old favourites are planned for inclusion on the night (the cake stall, rides and others), the Twilight Market Festival will allow a range of new and interesting opportunities at a time of day when the elements should be much kinder.
NIAGARA PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL Learning For Life
On the night, there will be stalls from many local producers with lots of great goodies, food and innovations and a real festival feel with displays, dancing and fun games for everyone to enjoy. We are also hoping to attract a range of special guests who will get the children’s energy and excitement up to the max. We’ll announce more details in future editions of the Wayamadi.
The P&C is really looking forward to presenting this event and as always we would love anyone interested in participating (either as a volunteer or stallholder) to let us know and we’ll gladly welcome you joining us.
See you on the night.
Robert Blandford P&C President
RUGBY LEAGUE REPORT On Friday 29th May, our Boy’s Rugby League team made up of students from Years 5 and 6, participated in the All Schools Gala day at Carrington Street Oval. The boys had a great day and put in some strong performances, including some barn storming runs by Jack Kidd and Cody Starr. Whilst we didn’t manage to win any games on the day, the boys showed plenty of promise and are starting to come together as a strong Rugby League team.
On Thursday June 11th, the boys participated in the NSW PSSA Knockout
competition where they played against Woy Woy Public School. It was a
very tough day with wet conditions, which played havoc for both teams. The
boys started strong and continued to put in a tremendous effort throughout
the game. Unfortunately, they went down 12-6, but the commitment and
determination was there throughout the game. Thanks to all the parents
who helped with transport and for standing the pouring rain.
Elliot Dawkins Rugby League Coordinator
NIAGARA PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL Learning For Life
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