Presentation Night For those of you new to the traditions of a Millthorpe presentation night, we start with the formal proceedings at 6.30pm. Students wear their full, formal school uniform for this section. Lots of awards are presented to the children. We then have a short intermission while students prepare for the whole-school performance. Children change into costumes during intermission, so it is important that school clothes are labelled on the night. We then entertain you with a whole school performance. Everyone is involved, and this year we have a special “live” treat for you. Older stu-dents (and young ones with stamina) stay to see the year 6 video, and the evening is complete by approximately 9.30pm.

We pride ourselves on a very high attendance rate on presentation night …. See you tomorrow for our night of nights!

Carols by Candlelight Wednesday 19th December (students last day) is ear-marked for a Community Carols event, at Redmond Oval, from 6.30pm. The Carillion Show Band and Jason and Chloe Roweth will be providing the music, also the ice-cream and cof-fee man are booked, and if the weather is cold (like last year) we will hold the Carols in the school hall. There are battery candles for sale—$3 each. We had a great night last year, keep the evening free for some community singalongs. Spread the word, pack a chair, and I’ll see you at Carols night.

Miss Jasmins Recital See our beautiful dancers perform their repertoire on Sunday 16th December.

Sunday 16th December

2pm

Blayney Shire Community Centre

Tickets at the door

$10 each adults

$5 children

Term 4 Week 10 It’s the last full week of the year , we have farewelled our beautiful year 6 cohort at the disco and farewell dinner last night , and we are preparing for the presentation night this Thursday—which is tomorrow! Wednesday 19th is the last day for students to attend school, Tuesday 18th is class party day, when students don’t wear school uniform, and en-joy themselves as a class group for the last time. Different classes are celebrating in vari-ous ways. Teachers will have sent you home notes about what’s going on…. Check the school bags. What’s on….

Thursday 13th— SPORTS UNIFORM / NO UNI-FORM DAY at school, so your full uniform is ready for presentation night. Proceedings start at 6.30, in the hall.

Friday 14th— Big Day Out for Year 6. No uni-forms for Year 6. Year 5 visit other classes for the day. Parent help with transport.

Monday 17th— New students visiting for next year. Carols practise at school.

Tuesday 18th—Class Party day, NO UNI-FORMS. Free icecreams! Some furniture mov-ing ready for next year. Carols practise at school.

Wednesday 19th—last day of school. Com-bined assembly 9.30—11.30. Lots of special awards, dance, rock band and guitar perfor-mances. Water fight with staff and year 6. Carols by Candlelight 6.30pm Redmond Oval.

After the Millthorpe Markets, the ice-cream van man was so impressed with the children helping on all the stalls, wearing their sports uniform, that he has offered to come to school on class party day, to give each child a free ice cream.

He will also be at Carols Night on Wednesday 19th, making us coffee.

Principal’s News

N S W D E P A R T M E N T O F E D U C A T I O N A N D T R A I N I N G

Wednesday 12th December 2012

Term 4 Week 10

MILLTHORPE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Zone Athletics One of the wonderful things about working at Millthorpe is the beautiful student population, and the support and care they receive from their parents. Students are involved in a wide range of activities in, and out of, school. This cannot be un-derestimated in terms of developing a well-rounded and capable young adult.

The following students have been involved in Little Athletics Zone carnival, held recently in Parkes. Congratulations to Jemma, Will and Ellie Munro, Amelia Hinrichsen, Max Kay, Charlotte Stewart and Olivia Richards who all made it through to the Regional carnival.

Runners festival Millthorpe Public school are organising teams for the Orange runners festival held on 24th February. Each school can nomi-nate as many teams as they wish with 5 students in each team. The length of the course is 5km. If you would like to be part of the Millthorpe team, please contact Kate on 63665119 or warrengong@activ8.net.au or leave your name and de-tails with Shona at the shop. The entry fee is $5 per runner. For more information about the schools challenge go to http://orangecolourcityrunningfestival.com.au/event-information/schools-challenge/

Band Day Was a great success, with over 70 students here last week for a major workshop and performance.

P&C Band scholarship 2013. The P&C band scholarship for 2013 will be announced and presented on presentation night. I have had some great ap-plications.

Congratulations Ethan During the year Millthorpe Public school students supported the CWA competition by completing works about Timor Leste. Katelyn Boorer, Sally Uttley, Will Cornally, James Sawdy and Ethan Jones’s work was selected to be entered in the next round of competition.

Ros Bensch from the CWA has just called into school to an-nounce that one of these students, one has just been award-ed FIRST PRIZE in the Central Western Group Competition.

Well Done Ethan Jones, for your great International Book.

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GARDEN CLUB NEWS WANTED

OUR WONDERFUL GARDEN CLUB TEAM WOULD LIKE SOME OLD FARM GATES ON WHICH TO GROW SOME BERRIES. PLEASE

DELIVER TO SCHOOL IF YOU CAN HELP.

THEY HAD A GREAT STALL AT THE MARKETS, AND AT THE GAR-DEN RAMBLE, AND HAVE MADE A SOUND PROFIT THANKS TO THEIR HARD WORK AND THE DONATIONS OF PLANTS TO SELL.

Thank-you A big thank-you to the dedicated team of reading helper mums and dads who have worked with staff and students all year to give students all the reading help they need to suc-ceed. The program has concluded for 2012, we welcome your continuing assistance in 2013, and would gladly welcome new volunteers! Keep your eyes peeled on the 2013 newslet-ter for details.

Learn to speak French at Millthorpe Classes will commence in 2013, we had a great response to the EOI. Details will be advertised in the newsletters in Term 1, 2013.

School resumes Teachers return to school on Tuesday 29th January.

Years 1-6 students return on Wednesday 30th January .

Kindergarten students will receive their Best Start interview time shortly, and will start as a whole school group when Best start assessments are completed on Monday 4th February 2013.

Christmas Wishes

Happy Christmas Everyone, all the best for the Festive Season. Have a relaxing, fun time

with your beautiful children.

Kids, be good for mum and dad, remember to wear your seat belts in the car, helmets on the bike, horse and in the skate park. Wear

your hat, and block out in the sun.

Santa will be very busy around Millthorpe this year, because he knows how nice the chil-

dren of Millthorpe are.

See you on Wednesday 30th Jan.

Lots of love from all the staff at Millthorpe Public School.

See you next year,

Term 4 Disco!

Infants Assembly 7-12-12

KH Jessica Wallace, Harrison Coleman, Matilda Lochrin, Oscar Moore, Alex Cullen

KG Sara Coffield, Hugh Hinrichsen, Lily McDonell, Ruby Coulton, Pip Parkinson

1D Finn McDonell, Heidi McMahon, Hugh Begbie, Grace Hill, Ashley Sawdy, Matthew Brown

1T Finn Taylor, Bren Millgate, Hannah Keukenmeester, Daisy Jones, Jade Devenish, Thomas Dixon, Michael Paulsen

2OB Will Munro, Eleanor Matheson-Clark, Amelia Hinrichsen, Liam Francis, Charlotte Coulton, Kate Cornally, Fergus Connick, Charlotte Cantrill, Rangi Smith, Aiden Bird, Isabella Markham

Award of Merit

Jordan Brun, Finn McDonell, Matthew Brown, Gloria Brun, Alex Sinclair, Sara Coffield, Charlotte Coulton, Ella Fisher, Tayla Hildenbeutel, Nataylah Roberts, Noah Ellem, Bradley Denzel, Jade Devenish, Lily McDonell

TERM 4 2012 MON TUE WED THU FRI

Week 10 10

Canteen Helpers

Morning tea

11 Yr 6 Farewell

Disco & Dinner 5.30-7.00

12

13

Presentation

Night 6.30

14

Year 6

Big Day Out

Week 11 17 18

Class Parties

19 Combined

Assembly 9.00am Last day of Term

for Students

Carols by Candle

light 6.30pm

Redmond Oval

20

Teacher

training and

development

activities

21

LAST DAY

FOR STAFF!

2013 Week 1

January 29

Teachers and Staff return

30

Students in

Years

1- 6 return

31 February 1

Week 2 Feb 4

Kinder 2013

1st Day

5 6 7 8

MPS Swimming

Carnival 2013

St Mark’s Anglican Church Millthorpe

Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols

Monday 24th December,2012

7.30pm Light Refreshments

Christmas Day Eucharist Tuesday, 25th December,2012 9.30am

Christmas Catholic Masses Vigil, Monday 24th December, 2012

Blayney-6pm, Mandurama 7.30pm, Carcoar 9.30pm Christmas Day, Tuesday 25th December,2012

Millthorpe 7.30am Blayney 9am

Santa’s last appearance on Christmas Eve will be at Millthorpe. He will ride in the Millthorpe Fire Truck from the Fire Station at 6pm to the Millthorpe Railway Station. The fire truck will drive along Victoria and Pym Streets. When he arrives at the Railway Station, Santa will be available to take last minute requests before he heads back to the North Pole to start delivering presents. San-ta’s helpers from the Fire Brigade will help him give out lollies to all the kids.

O’Brien Wash & Go have a wishing well with Our School’s name on it! If you use the wash or vacuum fa-

cilities you get a token to put in the wishing well! The more tokens the more chance we have of winning a

cash prize for our school! So please if you want to wash your car go to Blayney’s Wash & Go and support

Millthorpe Public School!

      VEHICLE CARE CENTRE

22 Radburn Street Blayney. Phone 63683099

www.carandtruckwash.com.au

Millthorpe Public School are organising teams for

the Orange Runners Festival held on 24th Febru-

ary. Each school can nominate as many teams

as they wish with 5 students in each team. The

length of the course is 5km. If you are Years 3-6

in 2013 and would like to be part of the

Millthorpe Team please contact Kate 63665119

or warrengong@activ8.net.au or leave your

name and details with Shona at the shop. The

entrant fee is $5 per runner. For more infor-

mation about the schools challenge go to

http://orangecolourcityrunningfestival.com.au/

event-information/schools-challenge/

Orange City Junior Rugby Union Club Coaches Wanted for 2013

Expression of interest for Junior Coaches for Walla’s ‐ U7’s, U9’s, U11’s Juniors ‐ 13’s, U15’s and U17’s

For further info Contact; Tony Dalton: 0435025181 or Deryck Ward: 0427621965

Email: OrangeCityJuniors@gmail.com

Wri en applica ons PO Box 1170 Orange NSW 2800

Applica ons Close 18 January 2013

Gee they start reading

young at Millthorpe PS!

Little Johanna!

Lost !

One dark brown toy horse,

with a white blaze down its

nose! It is about 15cm tall

with black hooves. It is a little

bit fluffy and was lost last Friday in the infants

block! His name is Blaze, and he is very

much loved! If you find it could you hand it

into the office! Thanks very much!

CANTEEN NEWS – Term 4 WEEK 10

Thanks to our Friday helpers June & Sue.

This Friday’s helpers are Virginia Begbie, Brenna Thomson & Rose Rice

Thank you to all that attend the morning tea on Monday and thank you all for your support this year.

As we said last week we are running down stock so there is :-

NO HAMBURGERS * NO FINGER BUNS * NO APPLE & BLACKCURRANT JUICE

YOGIES ARE LIMITED AND ONLY STRAWBERRY FLAVOUR!!!

The canteen will reopen in week 3 (due to swimming carnival) and we really need helpers sorted out. If you can help out, please let us know now.

There will be NO canteen for the first 2 weeks of Term 1, 2013

2013 Term 1

P & C Presidents Report Week 10 Thank you to all the parents who attended last week’s P&C meeting. It was great to have such a good roll up. We were able to make some major decisions regarding blinds for all the demountables and work to be done on the grounds over the Christmas break including a watering system for the play-ground.

We also made the decision to run “Pix-In-The-Stix” again on the 22nd February next year at Redmond oval. Put that date in your diary and bring a picnic blanket and the family. The movie for the night will be the Disney animated movie, “Brave”.

It was confirmed that there will be 10 classes next year. It also looks like we have secured the new demountable classroom for next year to be placed at the end of the row facing the new hall. However, it probably, won’t be here in time for the beginning of term 1 so one class will probably start the year in the craft room until it arrives.

The ramp for the stage in the hall arrived this week. Thanks to the dads who helped to move it after the infants assembly and thanks to Graeme and Sally who stayed late on Monday night to assemble it so that it can be used tomorrow night at Presentation night. Bathurst Light and Sound also installed our new permanent data projector in the hall, just in time for presentation night. Thanks also to Geoff Bottom and IGA Bathurst for the donation of a BBQ to the school for use at the Markets and other school functions.

Our first P&C meeting for next year will be on Wednesday 13th February at 6.30pm in the school li-brary.

Andrew.

Friday Helper 1 Helper 2 Helper 3

15th February

22nd February

N S W D E P A R T M E N T O F E D U C A T I O N A N D T R A I N I N G

Millthorpe Public School Park St, Millthorpe 2798 Phone: 02 63663104 Fax: 02 63663230 E-mail: millthorpe - p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Also BOBCAT & EXCAVATOR

HIRE

This weeks games:  

U10s—No game this week! Games start 

again next year, Thursday 6th February 

U11s vs SJS CYMS @ Cutcliffe Oval, 8:30 

Saturday  

U14s vs Waratahs @ Redmond Oval, 

8:30  Saturday  

U14s have a T20 match this Friday, Luke 

will pass on details 

Merry Christmas from Millthorpe Junior 

Cricket Club! 

Hope Santa finds you & c’mon the Aussies! 

Tallwood Christmas Picnic! 6pm 14th December 2012

@Tallwood Hall Fun and Games for all the family,

bring along a plate to share , Santa will be there so bring along a small gift for

your children for under the tree!

For more info: Kerry Adams on 0419276089

Free to good home!

Second hand maroon Emmalungja Pram.

Good condition.

PH: Kate on 63665119