Millthorpe Platform

Opening

This Friday, 15th March sees the opening

ceremony for the new Millthorpe Railway Platform. The senior and junior choirs have been busily learning some train

related repertoire to help celebrate this exciting

event for the village.

The SRC, choir students and school leaders will be involved in the opening ceremony. Participating students will be walked down to the Railway Station at 11am, by supervising teachers. The choir will perform 3 songs, the school leaders will perform the Wiradjuri welcome in Language, and all will be provided a sausage sizzle at the conclusion of the ceremony by the Village Committee. As students have signed permission notes to walk within the

village, there is no need for an additional permission note. Choir students have been asked to wear their formal school uniforms to sing. They are welcome to bring their sports uniform to change into after the formal event has concluded. If your child is unable to consume a sausage sizzle, please

pack an alternative lunch

for this day.

Three-way

Conferences

Each year we hold parent, teacher and student conferences to discuss learning goals for your child/ren. Our conferences will be held during Week 7, from Monday 11 March to

Friday 15 March

We are using an online booking form this year to book interview time-slots. Information about how to book has been distributed to families this week. Please book your session time with your child’s

teacher using this online

system.

A reminder that if you wish to discuss your child’s learning, I encourage you to organise a time where the teacher can give you their whole attention to discuss your child’s

progress.

Tell Them From Me

Twice each year senior students in years 4, 5 and 6 complete the online Tell Them From Me surveys during their IT lesson with

Miss Jordan. The results of the surveys are used to inform school planning and resourcing from the

students perspective.

If you do not want your child to complete the surveys in 2019, please

advise the office.

Special Canteen

It’s the last week to get your canteen orders in for Americana day! Order forms went home last week and are due back at school this Friday 15th March. Americana Canteen Day is on Friday 22nd

March. If you are a parent and are able to assist, please talk

to Tracey Nash.

P&C AGM meeting and

SRC Disco

Congratulations to our new P&C representatives

for 2019.

Continuing as president is Danica Bunch

Vice president is

Rene Sinclair

Treasurer is

Mark Kingham

Secretary is Ellen Sharp

Enormous thanks and congratulations to these people for putting up their

hand to do a wonderful job

for our school.

Enormous thanks to the

retiring treasurer

Sam Gaston, retiring secretary, Karen Brakell and retiring Vice presidents Mark Kingham

and Kate Hansen.

Of course, the Millthorpe Markets Committee are really working flat out at

the moment to ensure the next market on 7th April is another huge success. This

Committee consists of

Rachel Booth

Ellie MacNamara

Kelly Hopcraft

Camilla Davidson

Chris Long

Carly Howarth

Kristy Anderson

Sean Moore

Jodie Stewart

Vanessa Knox

Remember to do your bit to assist by volunteering some of your time on

Sunday 7th April.

Easter Raffle drive

Keep those Easter themed donations rolling into the office for our annual Easter raffle, the special tub is hiding in Mrs Sharps office, and is filling up fast. The prizes will be drawn at the Easter Hat parade on Friday 12th

April.

Ticket books will be sent

home shortly.

Term 1, Week 7 13th March 2019

Inside this issue:

Easter Raffle 2

Primary Assembly Report

4

Disco photos 5

Boys Crickets Report

6

Cake stall news 7

Special points of

interest:

Primary Assembly

Friday 8th March

Infants Assembly

Friday 15th

March

Railway Station

Opening Friday

15th March

Canteen

Americana Friday

22nd March

orders due on

15th March

Millthorpe Public School

Newsletter 2019 Our vision is to ensure all students are successful learners who are confident, creative and well-informed citizens.

Euphonium Looking for a

home

Due to the generosity of the P&C, Millthorpe Public School has added a

euphonium to our collection of

instruments.

We need someone to join the band with a love of bass, and a propensity to raspberries! The Euphonium is a

bass instrument, like a small tuba.

MPS Band Program

Yay! Nearly all band students have paid their fees, and have received their instruments. There are approximately 20 instruments looking for a home, lots of trumpets, some flutes and clarinets, a tenor sax, three trombones and a brand new euphonium! We would love to have these instruments in homes,

being used, please consider joining the Band program, which is now up

and running smoothly.

School Photo Day-Monday !

Notes are to be returned to the office prior to photo day on Monday 18th March. You can now order and pay online for your photo package. Please see the office staff if you need

another note.

Remember to wear your full school uniform on Monday—black shoes please, hair neatly done with school coloured ribbons and bands. No jewellery or painted nails for girls or

boys please.

Next Assembly

Our next assembly is for INFANTS students this Friday 15th March, at 2pm in the hall. 2G will be

performing for your entertainment.

Music and Dance

Enrolments are still being taken by music and dance teachers. Please

find their contact details below.

Piano - Mrs Vicky Gascoyne 6362

1913

Violin - Mrs Robyn Stonestreet 6368

2996.

Guitar, percussion and drums - Mr

Rob Shannon 0415 223 267

Dance - Miss Jasmin 0429 548 576

School Fees

School fees for 2019 remain unchanged with the voluntary

contribution set at $45 per year.

Additional costs include text books ($25), online subscriptions ($30), stationery ($30) and incursions ($50). These invoices will be sent

home in April.

Head Lice Alert

There have been a few reports of head lice already this term. Please check your child’s hair regularly for eggs and nits. They are usually found near the hairline around the ears and at the back of the neck. Please treat your child with an effectively system found at the chemist. It is important to repeat the process regularly to ensure head lice at covered that each stage of their growth cycle. Please discourage children from sharing or borrowing hats by ensuring they

have their own hat each day.

Laps for Life

Mrs Roffe, her family and friends are participating in the Laps for Life initiative to help raise funds for ReachOut, a program that

provides young Aussies with the support they need to be happy and healthy. If you would like to find out more, please go to Laps for

Life and search for Team Roffers.

Thank you for another great week,

Jo Jackett

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SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY, 7th

APRIL 2019 The Millthorpe Markets are on again on Sunday, 7 April 2019. The bi-annual markets are the school’s major fundraiser and provide valuable resources including engaging learning materials, interactive technology and fun refurbishments in the playground.

The markets could not be run without so many wonderful volunteers.

This year we will be asking our volunteers to ‘sign up’ using an online vol-unteer sheet. A link will be posted on School Stream next week. Please keep an eye out for the link so you can secure your preferred time slot.

We will also email the link to all families who have given the P&C permis-sion to contact them by email. If you are unable to access email, please call or text the Volunteer Coordinator for the Markets Committee on 0459 828 137 or drop a note into the front office.

Don’t forget, if you cannot volunteer on the day, you can still support the school by baking some cakes for the MPS Cake Stall! Further details will follow soon.

Thank you for supporting the markets and Millthorpe Public School.

Don’t forget to send in your Easter eggs,

gifts, baskets, or toys to the

office for the Easter Raffle.

Thanks so much! signed

The Easter Raffle Bunny

Stage 2 and 3 enjoyed a visit from Lydia and Chris from Netwaste to investigate how Millthorpe

Public School is tracking with their recycling mission. We were very happy to receive thumbs up

from Lydia and Chris but were very surprised to hear that 61% of our waste is soft plastic. The SRC

will investigate some initiatives on reducing our soft plastic waste. Congratulations to MPS for

making the recycling successful.

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Term One, 2019

T1 2019

W Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

Mar

7 11 3 way

Conferences

all week

12 13 PSC

Blayney 14 Regional

swimming -

Dubbo

15 Infants

Assembly –

2pm 2G

performing

16 17

Mar

8 18 School

photos

19 20 HCS Band day

21 Harmony

day 22 Special

canteen -

Americana

23 24

Mar

9 25 26

27 28 HCS Choir day

29 Primary

Assembly – 2pm

3/4M

performing

30 31

Apr

10 1 Start

cooking

cakes for

markets!

2

3 4 MPS

Cross country

5 6 7 Millthorpe Markets !

Apr

11 8 9 10 11 Scripture

Assembly Ser-

vice 10.15am

12 Combined

assembly 9am –

11am Parent morning

Tea & Easter Hat

parade 11.30

13 14

Apr 15 16 17 18 19 Good Friday 20 21

Apr 22 Easter

Monday 23 24 25 ANZAC day 26 27 28

Netwaste Visit

3/4T

Jade Denzel,

Claire Granger,

Beatrix Harrison, Milo Lenton,

Ruby McKay, Ryder Meyenn,

Finn O’Bryne, Kobe Schmiedel,

Xaviour Ash, Jacob Earl,

Danni Gouge, Owen Heller,

Claudia Ryan, Darcy Stewart

3/4W

Jasmine Buckley, Angela

Finlay, Eden Booth, Sophie

Bonham, Barkly Armstrong,

Amelia Hanman, Bradley

Johnson, Shaylei McLachlan,

Matthew Denzel,

Wyatt Howarth,

Matayah Woods, Ryan Young,

Linus Hansen, Abbie Bird,

Keira Humphrey

4/5C

Rori McDonell, Georgia Yates,

Connor Bennett,

Cooper Hildenbeutel ,

Charlotte Ross, Will Wilson,

Bailey Coleman,

Michaela Sharp, Will Fifield,

James Isbister, Lee Davis,

Nicholas Bloomfield,

Heidi Zweirs, Milly Blattman,

Niamh Smith

5/6H

Edie Campbell,

Ally Duffell, Lawson

Armstrong, Wyatt Thomson,

Layla Williams,

Molly Vaughan, Henry

Cornally, Henry Booth,

Archer Bingham, Henry

Hansen, David King, Miles

Heller, Max Chudleigh,

Lewis Moore, M’Ki Boney

5/6R

Levi Azie, Jacob Bird, Finn

Czyzewski, Ivy McKay, Ava

Pearson, Jack Power, Taylor

Smith, Jade Dorward, Leila

Esson, Jett Hanman, Jake

Hurst, Keira Morrison

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Primary Assembly 8.3.19

The Millthorpe Markets Volunteer Sign Up Sheet is now live!

The Millthorpe Markets are on Sunday, 7 April 2019 and we would love it if

you could volunteer for two hours to help make the markets a great suc-

cess! Please click on the following web link or copy/type it into your web browser

to go to the signup sheet:

volunteersignup.org/MHWPC

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few sec-

onds to do and you can select your preferred time slot and stall/task from

those available.

If you have any questions please let us know.

Thank you for volunteering!

Cleaners Wanted

We are in need of casual /

replacement cleaners. If

you are interested in work-

ing as a casual cleaner at

Millthorpe Public School,

please call Diane Allen on

M 0400 468 430 or

T 02 6328 8200

Cleaners are employed by

JOSS facility maintenance,

not directly by the school.

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A huge thank you from the SRC to all of our generous families that were able to sup-

port the disco and helped raised $363.95. The money will be donated to the

Queensland flood drought affected farmers via the Buy a Bale website. A special

shout out to DJ Mace and DJ Morgs for their groovy tunes!

Disco

Page 6 Millthorpe Newsletter 2019

MILLTHORPE JUNIOR SOCCER

Boys’ PSSA Cricket - Match Report Yesterday, we played Blayney Public School in the PSSA Boys’ Cricket knockout competition

for 2019. After some fine individual performances with the bat and an outstanding whole

team effort on the field we were victorious! We lost the toss and were sent into bat. Sam Tay-

lor and Jake Hurst opened the innings and did a great job in setting us up for a competitive

total. Wickets fell regularly in the middle of the innings, but a fantastic late innings partner-

ship between Braydon Collins (18 not out and our top scorer) and Ned Jamieson saved the

day, and we finished our 25 overs at 7 for 100.

All of our bowlers were brilliant, with accurate bowling backed up with some very enthusias-

tic fielding, although we did put down several catches! Connor Bennett always looked like

taking wickets and finished with 1 for 8 off 4 overs. Likewise, Jake Hurst looked dangerous (1

for 9 off 5 overs) and was unlucky not take more wickets, Jacob Bird was very economical (0

for 1 off 2 overs) and Braydon Collins chimed in with a wicket (1 for 11 off 3 overs). They were

very well supported by Harry Richards (1 for 14 off 4 overs) and Levi Azie (1 for 15 off 5 overs).

Blayney managed to score 7 for 76 from their 25 overs.

Braydon Collins (in his first ever game of cricket!) was an obvious choice for man of the

match, well done. A great result for the team considered our limited preparation. We now

move on to play the winner of Eglinton Public and Bathurst Public in Bathurst.

Mr T

2019 Registrations are open!

Please click on the below link & sign up in parent’s name first

https://registration.playfootball.com.au/common/pages/

reg/welcomeregplus.aspx?

misc=JOfA0WlxoyrPQF3TEjKsl4fvy21wj55C7Wt%

2fV8pbUq8%3d&id=81596&entityid=74932

Hints – for returning parents it may not recognise your email

so create a new account & it will then link your details

don’t forget to use your Active Kids Voucher

Registrations will close Friday 27th March 2019

Please send email any requests to

MILLTHORPE.JSC@GMAIL.COM by this date

Uniform – all players require black shorts, soccer boots, shin

pads & Club socks (purchased from Club)

caps, beanies & hoodies can also be purchased – please con-

tact heather on 0439 318 767 for any uniform

first game for U6-U12 is Saturday 4th May

for all registration issues please contact jane on 0403 238

372

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P: 0263663104

E: millthorpe-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: https://millthorpe-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Millthorpe Public School

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Open 9am - 5.30pm Wednesday

9am - 8.30pm Thursdays

9am - 5.30pm Friday

8.30am - 3pm saturdays

contact Julia 049927744 or book

online :

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PRE-LOVED BOOK AND CLOTHING SALE

SAT 16 March 8 am to 4 pm

Millthorpe School of Arts

Something for everyone

Chocolates for Relay for Life too!

Come and say Hi

$$$ Cash only $$$

Tapas Bar at Slow Wine Co Now open both Friday and Saturday

nights from 5.30pm to 9pm Come down for a quick bite to eat or an

after work catch up with friends. 24 Victoria Street

Contact Jen on 0412 667 455 or sales@slowwineco.com.au if you would like

to book a table.

Millthorpe Youth Club (MY club) are hosting a number of Social events for Millthorpe teens throughout 2019 at the Millthorpe School of Arts building.

All events are FREE with snacks and drinks available for pur-chase.

Any high school aged people are welcome.

Adult supervision will be provided. No movies over M rating will be shown.

Social nights—come and hang out with other teenagers from your community, equipment and Activities include : - Pool table, Table tennis, board games, cards, video games, fire pit, Karaoke.

Movie nights—come watch your favourite movie with friends on our new big screen with powerful sound system. BYO doona or bean bag.

ALSO—MY Club Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month from 6.30– 8.00pm at the Millthorpe School of Arts. All welcome

For more information on upcoming events go to fb @millthorpeyouthclub or contact MY Club Coordinator Dar-rin Yates on 0476 922 503

WWCC: WWC0828623E

Movie night Sat 30th March 7pm—9.30pm