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Website www.nhulunbuyprimary.nt.edu.au

Week 1

9 October 2014

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Principals Greeting

Welcome back to school for term 4. I hope you had a restful break and are ready for the final term of 2014.

Here is a summary of what is happening this term:

Whole school Development Day

Preschool Open Day

Year 6/Year 7 Orientation

Swimming Carnival

Year 6 Graduation

Preschool Concert

Christmas Concert

It is wonderful to see so many of our students engaging in interests and sports outside of school and getting the opportunity to

travel to pursue them. In the last month some of our students have travelled to compete in BMX in Alice Springs and to Darwin

for dance in the State Titles. I think some of our swimmers are heading off soon to compete in Katherine. Thanks to our families

for sharing their child’s experiences and achievements with the rest of the NPS community.

Hats and Water

As the weather begins to heat up I need to remind everyone that hats are important in keeping our students out of the sun. The

‘build up’ is tiring and water is vital to keep everyone healthy and hydrated. Please remember to pack hats and water bottles each

day!

Lost property

Please remember to check the Lost Property box for any missing items. It is located outside Room 201.

I would lastly like to thank all the wonderful volunteers that donated their time to ensure that the Book Fair ran smoothly and was

a great success for the both students and the school.

Have a great weekend everyone

Matt Watson

Get the App!

NPS Express is available

on your Smart-phone and

School website every

Thursday afternoon

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Wear your favourite (or

least favourite) brightly

coloured shirt or outfit

on Friday the 17 Octo-

ber 2014 Gold coin

donation.

and help support deaf

kids!

Well done to our

Principal Award recipients and

Outstanding NAPLAN achievers

Week 10 of Term 3

NATIONAL SKATE PARK DAY Kurt Edwards came 1st in Under 10s scooter Competition and 3rd in Under 10s bike competition. Well done Kurt.!!!

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AUS KICK AFL

David Bromot Aus Kicker

nominee of the year went to

Melbourne to partake in the

AFL Grand final. He got to

experience the Grand Final

Parade, playing at half time of

the Grand Final match and

presenting Cyril Rioli his

Premiership medal.

Activities some of the NPS Kids took part in over the holidays

BMX STATE TITLES Three students from Nhulunbuy Primary

school travelled to the dusty red centre

during the holidays. Laurence Tankard,

Brine and Koby Brine all travelled to Alice

Springs to take part in the Northern

Territory BMX State Titles.

The event took place on the 3rd and 4th of

October at the Red Centre BMX Club,

Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs

They all raced extremely well and all made

the finals, all receiving NT plates

Jacob Brine 3NT

Koby Brine 4NT

Laurence Tankard 7NT

Also Jacob and Koby both qualified for the

crackerjack series, which means they can

represent the Northern Territory at the

Australian BMX Titles to be held at the

Sleeman Centre in Brisbane, May 2015

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2014 CALENDAR

October

Friday 17th Loud Shirt Day Gold Coin Donation

Friday 17th Assembly hosting by 1C

November

Saturday 1st Halloween Disco Fancy dress

Thursday 6th Jump Rose for Heart day

Parent Group On Thursday Mornings after you have dropped your children off come along and meet other parents of Nhulunbuy Primary School. We meet in the outside area of the staff room from 8.30 – 9.30 All parents are welcome.

BARRAS BACK ON POOL DECK

Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club 2014

Is your child interested in swimming as part of a club? Can they swim 25m of the pool freestyle, breast or back stroke? Would they like to improve their technique and learn to swim stronger and longer? If so, come down and see one of our Coaches poolside - Tuesday or Thursday 5pm or contact Head coach Ness Drysdale ness.drysdale@bigpond.com or Registrar Janene Watson neensw@gmail.com for more information

The Canberra 2015 Committee have the

following Fundraising Events coming up

soon. Halloween Disco to be held at Nhulunbuy

Primary School on 1st November. Town Hall Market day will be on 15th

November. School car wash held every Saturday at the

Nhulunbuy Primary School. Dog wash held every Saturday at

Nhulunbuy Primary School.

SUPPORT STAFF REQUIRED A number of ISA and support staff positions are available at the school. The work involves in-class support for students as well as general support to the class teacher and the Special Education Team.

The position requires that you have an OCHRE card (or can show receipt of an appli-cation).

A commitment to work school term conditions (no holidays during school term) is also de-sired.

Please present a one page resume and copy of your

Saturday Morning Dog & car

wash@ NPS All proceeds go

towards Canberra 2015

Nhulunbuy Primary School would like to remind families that

animals are prohibited on the school grounds.