COMING EVENTS FOR TERM 4

Tuesday 5 February P&C Meeting 2pm

Thursday 7 February Meet the Teacher 4.30pm

Monday 11 February Special Assembly 2.30pm

Wednesday 13 February Macleay Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 20 February LNC Swimming Carnival

Thursday 28 February Macleay Cricket Trials – Boys

(calendar items are subject to change)

This year infants (K-2) and primary (3-6) will have separate assemblies. These will both be on Monday afternoon with the infant’s assembly starting at 2:15pm and the primary assembly starting at 2:45pm. Class afternoon teas will start in term 2. When your child has their class afternoon tea and assembly item it will be either before assembly for primary students or after assembly for infant’s students. We will publish a roster for this later in term 1. For our first assembly on Monday 11 February we will have a joint assembly as the SRC, Captains and Ministers will be presented with their badges.

SPECIAL WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

MONDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2.30PM SEMESTER 1 SRC REPRESENTATIVES Congratulations to our 2019 Semester 1 SRC Representatives who were voted in by their peers today, they will receive their badges at Monday’s assembly: Disocverers Hub – Liam N, Noah G, Charli-Rae W & Zara T Mr Easey – Cassidy S & Tiah B Mrs Etheridge – Katie B & Ava P Mrs Pickett – Alexandra S & Jack J Miss Harkins – Maddisyn M & Emmaline M Mrs Cassidy – Holly W & Claire H Mr Kelly – Emily D & Mia M Mr Clough – Aziza M & Haylee O

CAPTAINS & MINISTERS BADGE PRESENTATION Our 2019 Captains and Ministers will be presented with their badges as this special assembly. Captains – Maxwell B & Macy M Ministers – Isiah H, Jaie R, Lilah B & Tilly P

Well done to all of our competitors and place winners at the swimming carnival. We have 27 swimmers who have qualified and are eligible to compete at the Macleay carnival in a total of 43 events (an increase of 11 over last year). What a great way to kick off the 2019 school year! Verge was the house winner with a total of 253 points over Bissetts 207. Our age champions are: Junior Girl Pippa K Junior Boy Cooper R & Cooper P 11yr Girl Haylee O 11yr Boy Matthew C Senior Girl Mikayla P Senior Boy Jaie R The Macleay Swimming Carnival will be held next week on Wednesday 13 February at Kempsey. Please ensure your child returns the permission note. The $4 entry is payable on the day.

Issue 2 – Term 1 – Week 2 – Tuesday 5th February 2019

IMPORTANT NOTICES Active After School Activities AASA will resume next week (week 3). It will still be on a Monday (tennis) and Tuesday (AFL). All students will need to submit a new application form, these are available from Mr Henry or the front office.

It will now be run from 3.15pm to 4.15pm. Parents are asked to ensure that they arrive by 4.15pm to collect children.

Canteen The canteen will open from this week. It will be open on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Student Banking Student banking will start on Friday 15 February and will be every Friday thereafter.

ASSEMBLY

Principals News

Swimming Carnival What a fabulous day we all had at the pool last Friday, I would like to thank all the staff especially Mr Kelly, for their effort in organising and running the day for our students. This year we have 27 students that have progressed to the Macleay Carnival on Wednesday 13th February. This is significantly higher than the previous two years and I would like to congratulate everyone for their effort and sportsmanship that they displayed on the day. Verge was the winning house on the day and a special congratulations needs to go to the following students who were the age champions on the day. Pippa K Junior Girl, Haylee O 11 year old, Mikayla P Senior girl, Cooper R and Cooper P joint Junior boys, Matthew C 11 year old and Jaie R Senior boy champion. Dunghutti Language This year each home room class will be involved in Dunghutti language lessons with Aunty Gloria and their home room teacher. Students will be learning words and also a song which they will sing with other local schools later in the year. Each home room class will participate in these lessons for 1 term throughout the year. The first three classes to commence this term will be both investigator home rooms and Mrs Cassidys class. If you have any questions about this please contact the office. Meet the Teacher This Thursday 7th February from 4:30-5:30pm parents and care givers will have the opportunity to come and meet the teachers and discuss the class routines for this year. All K-2 parents will meet in the Discoverers Hub in the administration building, the Creators will meet upstairs in their Hub and the Innovators will meet downstairs in Mr Kelly’s room). During these sessions there will not be time for staff to discuss individual students with parents and carers, please make an appointment if you have any concerns. Safe On Social Thursday 28th February all students in years 3-6 will be involved in a presentation from Kirra from Safe on Social. The school is covering the cost for all students to attend this important presentation. The students will discuss how they can be safe on social media and how they can react when they encounter disrespectful behaviours online. As a school we would encourage all parent and carers to monitor their child’ online activity and report to the school if you have any concerns about any bullying behaviour involving our students. Below is some tips on how to keep our students safe online. For more resources please see https://antibullying.nsw.gov.au/ How do I keep my child safe? There are a number of key ways to keep your child safe online. Remind your child to tell a trusted adult if they are bullied online. Tell your child not to share their passwords with others. Remind your child to only give their mobile number or personal information to trusted friends. Talk with your child and understand the ways in which they are using the internet and their mobile phone. Find out the age restrictions for the sites and applications your child wants to use. Depending on the age of your child, set up your own accounts and ‘friend’ your child. By doing this, you can understand how the site’s privacy settings work, see what your child posts online and how your child responds to posts made by others. Make sure that your child’s account settings are set to ‘private’ to control who sees their information. Know how to block unwanted users. Encourage your child to only be friends online with people they know in day-to-day life. Remind your child to think carefully before they post comments, or upload or send images online. Penny Chow Relieving Principal

Kempsey Basketball has joined the Aussie Hoops program formulated for beginning primary school aged children. The overall fee will include a good quality ball, singlet and carry-bag as well as instruction and all court fees for the 10 week program. Aussie Hoops will be conducted on Monday afternoons at 5 pm at the Melville High Hall 2. We will have registration days on Feb 4 and 11. The program will commence on Feb 18 and run for 10 weeks. The Rego fee will include court fees. Basketball NSW has moved to an online registration system. Kempsey Basketball now has a website- Contact Details- Kempsey Basketball is where you go to register or find us on our Facebook page Kempsey Basketball Association. All the links to follow are there on those 2 pages. The High School age boys from 4 pm-5 pm- girls from 4:30- 6 pm on Monday. The NSW government has instigated the Active Kids program to encourage more activity amongst our children. You need to go to the ServiceNSW website to acquire your $100 voucher which can be used for any registered sporting organisation. Kempsey Basketball has registered for that program and the voucher can used to pay your Aussie Hoops Registration. For more information about any of these activities contact Ev Jacobs on 04184672378 or contact me on the Facebook page.

FOOTBALL (SOCCER) REGISTRATIONS – OPEN

Registrations for the 2019 Football season are underway in the Football Mid North Coast area. Opportunities to play and referee football at varying levels exist. There is competitions to suit everyone from a beginner to an experienced player or match official. Active Kids - The NSW government is again offering a $100 Active Kids Rebate in 2019 for school aged children. See the below link for all details on the rebate voucher and how to register. Football Mid North Coast invites all those interested in playing or refereeing to get on board for season 2019. Who knows, the next Socceroo, Matilda or FIFA Match Official may be you! 2019 Registrations Open NOW – www.footballmidnorthcoast.com/2019-registrations For more information please contact the FMNC Office on 0265 850 351. Community Football Competitions - admin@footballmidnorthcoast.com Technical Director Larry Budgen (High Performance)- larry@footballmidnorthcoast.com Club and Referee Development Officer Justin McIntyre - macca@footballmidnorthcoast.com