Notes home this week

1. Harmony Day Celebrations at Quirindi Public School 2. 2016 Schools Spectacular – Transfer of Funds 3. Year 6 Shirts

Upcoming events 13 March Dental Van Visit arriving 15 March P&C Meeting 7.00pm 16 March 5-6 Science and Engineering Disco 17 March Book Club due Willow Tree Horse Sports Regional Basketball 22 March School Council Meeting 5.00pm 23 March Harmony Day

Principal’s Report – Mr Kerry Kurtz Mobile Dental Van

I was informed this week that the Mobile Dental Van will be arriving at our

school next Monday 13 March. It was to arrive this week but there was a late

influx of students wanting to access the van at the school where the van was

last week, and needed to remain this week - hence the delay.

There is still time to get your application form in for the dental van. Contact the

office if you need another form. We have had an excellent response so far.

Regional Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at Mondays Regional Swimming

Carnival in Armidale. There were some great results with a number of our

students qualifying for the State Carnival to be held at Homebush on 5 and 6

April 2017.

A fabulous team effort from our Senior Girls Relay team who came 3rd and

therefore qualified for State. Congratulations to Demi Burston, Lucy Scanlon,

Brianna Clark and Bella Pollard. What a fabulous achievement girls!!

Congratulations to Brianna Clark who made State for 200m Medley, 50m

Butterfly and the Senior Girls Relay, Keenan Davis who will be competing in 100m

Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke and the 200m Medley and also Bella Pollard who

will compete in the 50m Butterfly.

We wish you all success and lots of fun as you represent your region and school at this carnival.

Photo of the Junior Girls Relay Team who came 2nd in their heat. Well done girls! Millie Anderson-Griffiths, Lily Owen, Olivia Cowan and Alexandra Frith

Term 1, Week 7 9 March 2017

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am School begins

11.20am - 12.00pm

Break 1

1.30pm – 2.05pm

Break 2

3.20pm

School concludes

The Leader in Me

“Put First Things First” is again the habit that we learnt

about this week. The 7 Habits language for this habit is…..

I spend my time on things that are most important.

This means I say no to things I know I should not do.

I set priorities, make a schedule and follow my plan.

I am disciplined and organised.

In the next few weeks classes will have finalised their “CLASS

MISSION STATEMENT” and have it displayed in their room. I will publish these over the next few weeks.

Some classes are starting to advertise leadership positions for students to apply for. A leadership application

might look something like this….

Student Name………………………………… Year…………………. Teacher……………………………….

Position you are applying for (eg Road Safety Officer)……………………………………….

Why you are interested in this role ?……………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

How I could contribute to the school in this role ?……………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Student signature……………………………………..Parent signature…………………………………...

Thumbs-Up Rewards Every day in our school, staff are constantly looking and recognising students who

are following our CARES values. These students who are recognised are given a

Thumbs-Up to be placed in our PBL box.

Every Monday morning at assembly, our PBL Officers randomly pick six Thumbs-up

out of our box. These students are then able to spin the PBL Rewards Wheel.

Congratulations to the following students who were able to spin the wheel this week.

School Disco- dress as your favourite character! When: Thursday 16 March 2017

Where: School Hall

Time: Years K – 2 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Years 3 -6 6.45pm to 8.00pm

Dress as your favourite character.

Gold coin entry fee

We will be selling: Sausage Sandwiches $2.00

Poppers $1.00

Water $1.00

Thumbs-Up Wheel Winners – Week 7

Luke Norvill 1-2A 5 Friends to the park

Jesse McGrath 2W iPad time

James Fincham KM iPad time

Xavier Underwood 5-6W Absent on the day, will spin next week

Ashton Richardson 5-6S 5 Friends to the park

Thomas Whyte 5-6J Lucky dip

Student of the Week

K-6S David Hancock

KM James Fincham

KT Seina Gilchrist

K-1S Savannah Peterson

1/2A William Stone

2W Jack Williams

3-4A Zackarie Cronin

3-4D Caelan Gray

3-4W Alexis Slater

5-6J Emily Bishop

5-6S Sieun Kim

5-6W Sophie Robinson

2-6MW Brett Seymour

Merit Awards KM Dakota Oliver

KT Harry McKenzie

K-1S Patrick Stewart

1/2A Luke Norvill

2W Logan Lamb

3-4A Taylah Bowley

3-4D Isla Simpson

3-4W Jack Oldham

5-6J William Condrick-Gibson

5-6S Tahj Owen

5-6W Thomas McInnes

2-6MW Jhiyla Nean

Cooperation At Quirindi Public School learn and play together.

Friday Fortnightly

Assembly 1.00pm

Week 8 17 March

2017

No Class Item

No Performances

Friday Fortnightly

Assembly 1.00pm

Week 10 31 March

2017

Class Item K-1S

No Performances

CAPERS This year CAPERS will commence on the week of 30 October to the 4 November 2017.

Quirindi Public School has always chosen to participate in CAPERS, but the financial and

professional limitations it places on our school is quite substantial.

Approximately $3500 is used to replace staff throughout the week and parents are expected

to pay approximately $60 each child for costume hire and day bus travel. Additional costs

include tickets and private travel for night performances. CAPERS is also the week straight

after our Year 6 return from their Canberra Excursion which is a major cost.

We are asking our school community to help us decide if our school attends. The survey can be

completed on the school app or you may answer the questions below and return to the office

by Thursday 16 March 2017.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W2ZTTYC

1. Has your child participated in CAPERS before?

Yes / No

2. How would you rate their overall CAPERS experience?

Positive / Negative (Please comment)

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3. Would your child participate in future productions?

Yes / No

4. Which do you prefer, (a) CAPERS or (b) Quirindi Public School Whole School

Performance Night?

A / B

5. Do you believe that Quirindi Public School should participate in CAPERS 2017?

Yes / No

Thank you for your time and support.

Mrs Kirsty Matthews

Relieving Assistant Principal

Principal Awards Jessica Golland – is a delightful, kind class member who

demonstrates the CARES values and shows an understanding

of The Leader in Me. Jessica makes Miss Warmoll happy

every day.

Toby Woolley – is a polite and respectful student. He always

tries his best and works well with other students. Toby

demonstrates our schools CARES values and is always happy

and willing to help others.

Summa Clarke – has an improved attitude and confidence

towards literacy activities. Summa is also a great helper in our

class.

Oliver Bratley – always exhibits CARES values. He challenges

himself to extend and improve his achievement in all subjects.

Matthew Bratley – is a polite conscientious student. Matthew

is helpful and he always follows our CARES values.

Banner Recipients Congratulations to Lucy Scanlon, Oliver Bratley, Sophie

Boorer, Piper Hall, Layla Gilchrist and Sophie Donoghue

who received a Banner at last weeks Friday assembly. Well

done to all of these students!

SRC Representatives Congratulations to Stella Brown and David Hancock who

were presented with their SRC badges at Fridays assembly as

they were absent at our SRC Leader Induction Ceremony.

Well done Stella and David!

Book Covering

We have a large number of books that need covering for classroom readers. If

you would be interested in helping out to cover some of these books please

contact the office and leave your name and we will organise a selection of

books for you to cover.

The quicker we get these covered the quicker they will get into the classrooms

for our children to read.

Permission notes and payment due –

Mobile Dental Unit

Note due by 10 March 2017

Year 5 Excursion to Great Aussie Bush Camp

Expression of Interest and $50.00 due

16 March 2017

ICAS

Note and payment due by 27 March 2017

Year 6 Excursion to Canberra

Expression of Interest and $50.00 due

31 March 2017

Bookclub is due back

Friday 17 March 2017!

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards If there are any interested parents/carers who think their child may

like to enter the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards Competition,

please feel free to contact Mrs Lewis for further information.

P&C News Family Fun Day for the Crane family at Quirindi Rugby Club.

This Saturday 11 March we will be assisting with a local school’s cake

stall from 3.00pm to approx. 6.00pm or whenever sold out!

So....... we are asking for donations of cakes, slices and biscuits to sell

on the day. These can be delivered to the Primary School on Friday 10

March from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm or dropped off at the event on the

day. Please remember to include a list of ingredients on your goodies.

Charmiane Frith will be coordinating the stall but we will need some

helpers for her. Please let Jenny Golland (0407 109 300) know if you are available to assist on the day and what

time between 3pm -6 pm you would be able to help. All proceeds from the stall go to the Crane family so it is a

wonderful cause for the P&C to support.

Jenny Golland, President

Year 6 Sport Shirts Soon it will be time to order the Year 6 sport shirts for

our Year 6 students. I am hoping to have some parent

volunteers to help me with the sizing of these shirts on

Tuesday 14 March at 2.00pm. If you are able to help

could you please contact me at school.

Thank you, Louise Warmoll

Blandford Horse Sports Last Friday 3 March, six of our students attended the Blandford

Horse Sports event held in Murrurundi. Everyone had a terrific day

and lots of fun was had.

I would like to thank my parent helpers Jackie Newcombe and Mark

Palmer for assisting with the sporting events in the afternoon. Your

help is greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to these students for their achievements.

Allie Palmer 11 Year Girl Champion

Henry Pursehouse 11 Year Boy Champion

Jack Lawson Encouragement Award

Miss Rebecca Smith

Horse Sports Coordinator

Cricket news What a marvellous day we had playing cricket against Timbumburi last Thursday. Timbumburi batted first and

scored 5 for 135.

Wickets went to Logan Quigley, Henry Pursehouse, Jasper Thistle, Roy Peatling and great catches to Benjamin

Slattery-Saunders, Eric Peatling and Keenan Davis.

In reply, Quirindi made a credible 100 runs with contributions from Reilly Gimbert (10), Logan Quigley (7),

Benjamin Slattery-Saunders (5), Jasper Thistle (6) and

Eric Peatling (5).

Swashbuckling contributions from Keenan Davis (22) and

Samuel Widdis (23) gave our team a good foundation for

our innings.

Thank you to John Lobsey and Graham England for

umpiring, Brett Peatling and Charlie Widdis for the

match set up and parents and grandparents for

transporting the children.

We can now put away our cricket whites and polish up our

football boots for our involvement in knockout

competitions in the coming weeks.

Mr Ian Stutchbury, Cricket Coordinator

School Office

Hours

Office hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm.

2300 School Lunches- Let’s make them Healthy! With so many types of snack foods around and the convenience of pre-packaged foods it is sometimes easier to

give in and let our kids choose their own snacks. However, many of our students have so much food in their lunch

boxes that they are choosing not to eat the healthy options offered and only eating the chips, biscuits, breakfast

bars, fruit bars etc.

Things you need to know:

What is in a balanced lunchbox?

Pack the core 4 + 1 for active kids

Main lunch

Core snack

Piece of fruit (Crunch and Sip program)

Water +1 Extra snack for active kids or those with long bus trips

Add extra core snacks or one small ‘extra’ pre-packaged snack once a week.

Keep “occasional” foods such snack food bars, sweet biscuits, flavoured or coated popcorn and savoury biscuits and

chips out of the lunch box. Although they can offer a practical convenient solution for lunchboxes, they should not

replace the core snack and should be kept for special occasions. Avoid including the ones with added confectionery

and opt for wholegrain varieties packed full of whole foods you can see with your eyes.

Please do your children a favour for life and say “No” to junk food in the lunch box!

If you need assistance supplying a healthy lunch, please contact Mrs Lewis.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Program This week was salad week. The children

harvested tomatoes and rocket from the

garden but due to the extremes of summer

sadly we had to purchase a few vegetables

to make it possible.

The lesson was designed to improve

cutting and food preparation skills,

which are the most challenging things

for novice cooks.

The children also made a basic dressing using vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil with

a few herbs collected from the garden. They then sat down to enjoy their food.

Well done Years 3 and 4. Your skills are improving every week.

Term 1 calendar

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Mar 6 Regional Swimming

(Armidale)

7 8 9 10 11/12 Crane Family

Fun Day

Mar 13 Dental Clinic arrives

14 15 P&C Meeting

7.00pm

16 Science &

Engineering Disco

17 Willow Tree Horse

Sports Regional Basketball

18/19

Mar 20 21

22 School Council Meeting 5pm

23 Harmony Day

24

25/26

Mar/Apr 27 28 29 30 31 1/2

Apr

3 4 5

State

6 Swimming

QHS World of

7 (Sydney)

Maths – Stage 3

8/9

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