Term 3| Week 8 | 9th September 2019

Important DatesTues 10/9 Canteen

Wed 11/9 CSI

Wed 11/9 Lake Ainsworth 5th deposit due

Thur 12/9 Just Dance Disco

Thur 12/9 No Violin

Frid 13/9 Assembly- Spotlight K/1

Tues 17/9 Canteen

Wed 18/9 UNE Discovery Tour

Thur 19/9 No Violin

Frid 20/9 Yrs 3-6 Touch Football Gala Day

Mon- Fri

23rd- 27th

Swim and Gym

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Excel lence Innovation Opportunity Success

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the

land we work on; the Yaegl people.

Notes Sent HomeWeek 8 Swim and Gym

CSI

Touch Football Gala Day

Big Impact ConcertOnce again the Clarence Valley Community of Small Schools came to-gether to perform in the Big Impact Concert at the Grafton Saraton on the 28th August. Ulmarra students from 2/3/4 put on a great performance with the African Drums. A big thank you to Adam Wills from the Conservatorium of Music, who has been giving the students drumming lessons. Also thank you to the families and friends that came to support all the school students from the Clarence Valley who performed on the night.

Athletic ExcellenceCongratulations to Flynn, Jasper and Molly who competed at the MNC PSSA Athletics carnival on the 23rd of August at Coffs Harbour. Molly ran in the 1500 metre race and came 11th. This didn’t qualify her to go on to the next level, but was a great achievement. Flynn unfortunatly had to pull out during his High Jump event due to injury, but still managed to jump 1.20 metres. Jasper had a great day, competing in High jump, shot put, 200m and 100m Dash. Jasper will be going through to the North Coast level, which is being held on the 13th September. We wish Jasper luck!

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING - PBL Our Core Values across the school are to promote the school community to be SAFE, SUPPORTIVE and RESPECTFUL.

Support is availableThe Department of Education has provided coun-sellors to the students, staff and parents when it was needed during this hard time. This service is still access-able if needed. If you do not feel comfortable going through the school for support these following services are available to you . Kids Helpline -1800551800, Lifeline - 131114, Reachout.com, Head Space - 1800650890, Beyond Blue - 1300224636. Your local Doctor will also be able to support you. Please ask for help if you think you need it or even just a cuppa and a chat.

Touch Football Gala DayAll students in years 3-6 will be travelling by bus to An-gourie Sports Field Yamba on the 20th September to participate in the Touch Football Gala Day. Students are required to wear full school uniform. Don’t forget proper shoes, hat, sunscreen, water and insect repel-lent. Canteen will be available. Parent helpers and supporters are welcome to attend.

Year 6 Cake RaffleThe Year 6 are well on their way to raise money to pur-chase a line marking machine for the Year 6 gift to the school. This has been a very popular fundraiser with tickets being purchased during the week so as not to miss out. This would not be possible without the contin-ued support from Dane and Charlene from Cafe Clar-ence, who have donated these amazing cakes each week for the school.

CSI ProgramCSI – South Grafton High School

An information evening was held last week for the 2020 CSI program

Applications are due this Friday - 13th September. This includes a Parent form and a Student form

Application Form - https://goo.gl/forms/QD4PdfCi2g-SpF5ez2

Student Self-nomination Form - https://goo.gl/forms/HP7vEDDUSosfVCCz1

School Testing: last day of term, 27th September @ your school

Costs: (payable to SGHS office)

$10 application fee@ South Grafton High School

$200 per year to participate

$35 for the shirt

Swim and GymStarting Monday 23rd September Ulmarra Public School students will be travelling into South Grafton Pool and Gym for their swimming lessons and gym ses-sion each day for the week. A note has gone home with a permission slip and cost, please return to the of-fice as soon as possible. Thanks to our wonderful P&C for helping with the cost of our Swimming Scheme to make it affordable to all families. Students will need to bring their swimmers, towel, plastic bag and goggles if needed.

It is with great sadness that our school community has lost a beautiful friend, Mrs Tania Watts. Tania has been an important part of our school community over the last 8 years. Tania was our current P&C Treasurer and past canteen co-ordinator. She organised our home readers and covered the majority of the new books given to students from book bank and those in the library over the past 3 years – without a single air bubble! Tania vol-unteered her time helping with craft activities and cooked the most amaz-ing slices and treats. She coordinated the fundraising across the school which included the Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas stalls, Bun-nings BBQ’s, special events and lamington drives which has raised over $10,000 for our students. Tania was employed as an SLSO across the class-es, at Ulmarra Public School.

Tania will be greatly missed in our school community and Ulmarra township and our love and support go out to Darren, Emily, Sophie and Isabella.

Tania’s funeral Service will be held at St James Anglican Church, Wharf St Maclean, on Saturday 14th September 2019 commencing at 11:00am.

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U L M A R R A AwardsPublic School

Merit awardsCongratulations:

Student of the WeekCongratulations:

Principals AwardCongratulations:

AWARDSDon’t forget to bring in your merit awards to be checked for the next level.

3 X Merit or SOW = 1Principal Award

3 X Principal Awards = 1 Special Principal Award

congratulationsCongratulations to all our award winners this week for the past 3 weeks.

Our students are working very hard to be SAFE, SUPPORTIVE and RE-SPECTFUL members of our school. Great work everyone!

Special Principals AwardCongratulations: