It’s amazing to think that we’re already half way through Term 3. The paper planes competitions are continuing for two more weeks. Congratulations to all our winners so far! Well done to all of our entrants, winners or not. It’s great to have you participate and we love to hear about that ‘have a go’ attitude. The paper planes competition is the Year 6 fundraiser to help fund the Grip Leadership training for our Year 5 students. These will of course be the students vying to be our Captains and Councillors for 2020. Wednesday of Week 4 our Year 5 students attended the CARES bike and road safety excursion. From all reports it was a great day out there. The most pleasing thing I heard though was the report from Mr Church about how well behaved, respectful and courteous our students were. I know this sounds like I’m repeating myself a great deal but that’s because news like this never gets old. I am always proud of our students when I hear them being described as respectful, safe, and courteous or any other adjective that portrays them in such a positive light. We know it’s par for the course nowadays but it doesn’t seem that long ago when this was not the norm. Well done Year 5! We are proud of you and you have shown yourselves to be wonderful ambassadors of our school. Last week we had two teachers from Buninyong PS in Dubbo pay us a visit to have a look at some of the wonderful work being done in our AVID classrooms. They left the school very impressed with our amazing students, teachers and SLSOs in the classrooms they visited. They left the school very happy to have seen the great work being done in our classrooms and invited Northlakes PS to possibly visit Buninyong with a class of students and incorporate with a western excursion. That might be one to consider for 2020. Last Friday our Year 1 and 2 Aboriginal students attended the Children’s Day celebrations at Wyong Racecourse. We had 17 students attend and they had a fantastic day of fun and activities. Once again the reports were all as expected. Our students were respectful and very well behaved, which is of course what we want to hear. Children having fun, enjoying activities but not forgetting their respect and great manners. Looking at our calendar there are so many events to keep tracking. I urge you to keep a close eye on due dates so that we don’t have children missing out.

The Book Week character parade is on this Wednesday! I hope you’ve got your costume organised. As always this promises to be a very exciting day. See you all on Wednesday at the parade Thank you for your continued support. Have a great fortnight. Larry Micevski Principal ASSEMBLY TIMES AND DATES: Term 3 Week 5 – Infants Assembly – Thursday 22nd August at 12.10pm conducted by 1 Purple Term 3 Week 6 – Primary Assembly – Thursday 29th August at 12.10pm conducted by Councillors Term 3 Week 7 – Infants Assembly – Thursday 5th September at 12.10pm conducted by K Purple Term 3 Week 8 – Primary Assembly – Thursday 12th September at 12.10pm conducted by 5 Green National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day 2019 What a wonderful day our year 1 and 2 students had at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day on Friday! There were all sorts of fun activities. The students enjoyed Aboriginal arts and crafts, music and stories, some great Aboriginal themed food and drink, the petting zoo, face painting, Aboriginal sand art and more. It was fantastic to see the engagement of the children with culture and community! Thank you Barang Regional Alliance and Yerrin for such a great day and for ordering perfect weather for us too! You know what an awesome day it was when students are saying "it was the best day ever". We were so proud of our NLPS students who were sensational ambassadors for our school, using their manners, patience and best behaviour all day. All said and done, I can't wait for next year. Miss Thistleton, Miss Towler and Mrs Neal

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Northlakes PS

Growing and Developing Goorama Avenue San Remo Phone 43992071 Fax 43991935 www.northlake-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ email: northlake-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 5 Date: 20th August 2019

COMING EVENTS FOR TERM 3 2019

DAY DATE AND MONTH EVENT TIME COMMENT Wednesday 21st August Book Week Character Parade 9am – Parents Welcome

Theme ‘Reading is my Superpower’ Wednesday 28th August P&C Fathers’ Day Stall 8.30am – 10.30am

Friday 30th August Kindergarten Fathers’ Day BBQ

Mon-Fri 2nd September – 13th September

Swim Scheme – $80. Approx.20 places still available

Mon-Fri 9th September – 13th September

School Dentist

Tuesday 17th September Stage 1 Musical Performance – Matinee and Night

Tuesday 24th September Oakvale Farm Depart 8.30am Return 2.45pm

Cost $36

Wednesday 25th September Mini Spring Fair 10am to 1pm.

Thursday 26th September Bilby Bash

Friday 27th September Last Day Term 3

Monday 14th October First Day Term 4 NO PUPIL FREE DAY

Wed – Fri 23rd October – 25th October

Stage 3 Morisset Camp Private transport required to and from camp.

PBL News - Week 5 and 6

Respectful Safe Learners

Week 3 and 4 Award Recipients

Respectful Kinta M- K Green Jayce M- K Purple Tyson C- 1 Purple

Cheyanne M- 1 Green Lily T- 1/2 Gold

Kyrah W- 1/2 Gold Maxim D- 2 Blue

Kaden W- 2 Green Andrew C- 2 Green Aiman B- 3 Green April T- 3 Green Connor M- 4 Blue Brodie R- 4 Purple Aussie B- 5 Blue April R- 5 Green Luke P- 6 Blue

Dorion M- 6 Purple

Safe Kodie F- K Green

Kimberley B- K Green Zoe N- K Purple Tyra O- 1 Purple Caleb M- 1 Green

Owen W- 1/2 Gold Shelby F- 2 Blue

Carter S- 2 Green Blake Y- 3 Blue

Oliver J- 3 Green Shannon K- 4 Blue

Kye P- 4 Purple Alyssa-Jane C- 5 Blue

Ella W- 5 Green Isaac S- 6 Blue

Harmony C- 6 Purple

Learner Kaden A- K Green Ava T- K Purple

Blake M- 1 Purple Tom G- 1 Purple

Blake M- 1 Purple Tiana-Jean E- 1 Purple

Jett H- 1 Green Jayda-Lee C- 1/2 Gold

Tegan F- 2 Blue Benjamin H- 2 Green

Lilly G- 3 Blue Charli G- 3 Blue

Dominic D- 3 Green Hugh M- 4 Blue Emily R- 4 Blue

Bailey C- 4 Purple Olivia D- 5 Blue Tom A- 5 Green Leah W- 5 Green

Cody L- 6 Blue Jake W- 6 Purple

Respectful Safe Learner

Noah A- K Purple Imogen M- K Purple Charlotte K- 2 Blue Reuben C- K-2 Blue

Jayde S- 4 Blue Ava F- 5 Green Emily H- 6 Blue Riley B- 6 Blue

Alexis H- 6 Purple Jack S- K-6 Purple