Monday, 16 November 2015

What’s Ahead . . .

16-19 Nov Christmas Book Fair

16 Nov 4.15pm Year 6 Farewell Meeting

16 Nov Drumming Workshops Commence

17 Nov 7.00pm Parent Drumming Workshop

19 Nov 7.00pm Parent Drumming Workshop

26 Nov End Of Year Social - Party Time

30 Nov Year 6 Farewell Dinner

1 Dec Talent Quest Finals—PHS Hall

5 Dec P&C Annual Christmas Dinner

8 Dec School Presentation Evening—PHS Hall

“The Parrot” is sponsored by Ray White Parkes Phone: 6862 1900

Merit Certificate Criteria for this week

Making positive contributions to class discussions

Encouraging others

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Focus for this week is:

Stage 2/3 Oval

Beating Drums!

This week the school will be alive to the

sound of drums as every student experiences

drum workshops. A huge Parkes East

WELCOME to Brianna Slattery, the teaching

artist from “The Song Room” who will be

presenting the workshops. Don’t forget the

parent workshops on Tuesday and Thursday

Evening. They will be great fun.

May your week be full of joy. Michael

Merit Certificates for Term 4 Week 6

Positive attitude Being honest Wiradjuri

towards learning

KI: Matthew Goulthorpe Neva Tory Lilly Gosper KL: Toby Thornberry Millie Bayliss-Cox Emily Hayward-Parker

K-1G: Heidi Goodfellow Aleisha Yeo Tyson Carruthers 1-2N: Nikayla Breaden Patrick Virtue Hunter Hardey

1-2O: Will Rix Bailey Dopson Chelsey Terry 3-4R: Gemma Yeo Lachlan Plummer Lochlan Dunn

3-4T: Paul Richter Izabella Ram Jordan Milne

4-5O: Conner Fritz Joel Sturm Bailey Thornton 5-6F: Nia Boggs Ella Schmalz Mason Bayliss-Cox

5-6S: Harrison Bayliss Tahlia Hopgood Trudy Richardson K-6D: Seth Nixon-Turner Vincent Long Dekodah Morely

Rise Above Self: Owen Strom Love of Reading: J Gibson-Lucas

Swimming for Sport

Years 2-6 Swimming for sport will be held:

Friday, 13 November Friday, 20 November

Swimming students must have swimmers and towel in a separate bag to take to the

pool!

Drumming Workshops

We are very excited to be able to have this week of

wonderful drumming experiences for our students courtesy of “The Song Room”. This will be great fun.

Please give your name to the office if you wish to participate in Tuesday and/or Thursday Evenings parent

workshops.

“The Song Room” has also made available to our school a student performance by “Hands, Heart and Feet” on

the Monday of the last week of school (again amazingly

at no cost to the school). The entire school will

attend this interactive Storytelling Performance

and the group will also

present a drumming workshop to a group of

selected students.

P&C Recipe Book - It’s finished! A copy is available at the office for viewing.

Pre-orders can be made at the office (on the form on the back of this week’s Parrot). At $20 a copy or 3 for $50 they will make great Christmas presents. Orders will be taken up to Friday, 27 November.

The Intensive Learn to Swim

Program is for students from Years 2 to 6 who have not reached a

satisfactory standard of water safety and survival skills and who

are unable to swim 25m in deep

water, unaided with confidence.

Intensive Swimming runs for two

weeks from 23 November to 4 December.

Please return your permission note and

money to the office by

F r i d a y , 2 0 November.

Christmas Book Fair

Monday 16 November – Thursday 19 November

8:30 - 9:00am

Second Half Recess (11:25 - 11:42am)

3:10 - 4:00pm

The $20 voucher winners of our Colouring in Competition were:

Stage 1 Chloe Murphy

Stage 2 Bria Constable

Stage 3 Calvin Matthews

We hope to see you supporting our library this week.

Lisa Dunn & Michelle Ewings Librarians

END OF YEAR SCHOOL SOCIAL

Thursday, 26 November. The theme will be ‘Party Time’ and it will be held in

the school hall.

DATE NAME QUANTITY AMOUNT PAID CONTACT PHONE

TALENT QUEST Thank you to all the children entered the

2015 Talent Quest.

Heats from Stage 2 were held last week and by all reports the two heats were most entertaining.

The winners from Stage 2 heats were: Harley Logan, Frasier Beaton, Lochlan Dunn, Jorja Williams, Tayah Reeves, Georgia Hawken, Madeline Blackstock, Hunter Kriedemann, Cameron Frogley, Paul Richter, Danilo Bottaro-Porter, Thomas Burkitt, Anthony Dickson and Lachlan Plummer.

The winners will now perform at the Final which will be held on Tuesday, 1 December at the High School Hall.

Children in Stage 1 and Stage 3 who have entered the 2015 Talent Quest will be given a note informing them of the date and time of their heat.

McDonald/Magill Cup Tennis Team Best wishes to our team this Wednesday. This year Stage 1 players have been included in the event. Team members are: Stage 1: Elly Thornberry, Nalani Barber, Laura Burkitt, Chelsey Terry, Will Rix, Nicholas McPherson, Mitchell Boggs, Toby Thornberry

Stage 2: Heidi McPherson, Madeline Blackstock, Gemma Yeo, Fred Barr, Archie Rix, Lachlan Plummer, Thomas Burkitt, Danilo Bottaro-Porter

Stage 3: Charlie Strudwick, Nia Boggs, Marley O’Shannessy, Rachel Ostler, Jacob Chambers, Calvin Matthews, Cody Morgan and Jackson Plummer.

Parkes Community White Ribbon March

Wednesday, 25 November at 12.45pm

This will be one of many events taking place across

Australia to raise awareness for White Ribbon Day,

25 November, the United Nations Day for

Elimination of Violence against Women. The school

will be supporting this event with Mr Ostler walking

with the School Captains.

Parents are also invited to participate with their

children. If you would like to join the march, you

will be required to pick up your children from the

school, accompany them in the march and return

them to school at the conclusion of the march.

Please sign and return the permission note below and

return to school by Tuesday, 24 November.

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White Ribbon March

I will be collecting my child/children:

______________________________ class _______

_____________________________ class _______

______________________________ class _______

______________________________ class _______

to attend Parkes Community White Ribbon March

on 25 November.

Signed __________________ Date: _________

Remembrance Day 2015 GIRLS LEAGUE TAG

Parkes Marist Junior Rugby League are looking to have the following teams in the competition next year: Junior girls league tag (Kindy-Year 6 must be 5 years of age) and Senior league tag Years 7-12 .

To express interest go to Parkes Marist Junior Rugby League facebook page, or email the club at parkesmaristjrlfc@hotmail.com

We need to know numbers by the end of December, so we know if we can make up teams for the 2016 football season. Thank you

P & C FUNDRAISING COOKBOOK ORDER Please tear off and return to the school office with full payment before Friday 27 November

Homes needed for Ray White Parkes Elvis Home Hosting

Program for Parkes Elvis Festival: whole houses/single

rooms/double rooms/wheelchair access etc.

If you think you can help, call Gail Bartley on 6862 1900

or come into the Ray White office for a chat about what’s

involved in becoming a Home Host.

Congratulations to Mrs Karen Owens who gained the

vacant permanent teacher position (created through an increase in enrolments for 2016) through merit selection.