Upcoming events 30 June Last Day of Term 2 17 July Staff Development Day 18 July Start of Term 3 20 July Premiers’ Debate – Thunder – Werris Creek 21 July State Cross Country – Eastern Creek 25 July Premiers’ Debate – Lightning – TBC 31 July Education Week 3 August K-2 Athletics Fun Day 4 August Zone Athletics Carnival

Principal’s Report – Mr Kerry Kurtz Athletics Carnival Last Friday we held our school athletics carnival at Golland Fields. The weather was kind to us this year and we were able to have another great carnival. A big thanks to all of our helpers on the day including our school P & C, Mr Bingham, parent helpers, teachers and other staff, and of course Mrs Sipple who was the carnival convenor. As we always say, these events only run smoothly because we work together (Synergise) as a team. Our Carnival Champions and Runners Up for each age division are listed later in the newsletter. Congratulations to our winning house – Oxley. Debating Teams On Tuesday our two debating teams competed at Timbumburi Public School. We performed extremely well in both debates, winning one and losing one. This is a fine achievement considering Timbumburi were the state champions in debating last year! Well done debaters. Thanks to Mr Robert Lewis who was the adjudicator for both debates. School Attendance Attendance at school is obviously very important and all children should attend school every day unless they have a good reason not to be there. One important reason for children NOT to be at school is when they are sick. A sick child at school exposes other students, teachers and staff to the possibility of also getting sick. PLEASE make sure you make other arrangements for your child when they are sick. Schools are not able to care for sick children. If your child is sick at school you will be contacted to come and collect them. Late Check-In or Early Departure For the benefit of all parents, but particularly our new parents, I would like to explain the procedures for arriving late at school or being picked up early. If for some reason your child is late to school, they need to be accompanied to the office where they will receive a note from the office staff. They will then take this note to their classroom teacher who will adjust the roll accordingly. If your child needs to leave school early, an adult (Parent/Carer) needs to report to the office to get the appropriate note. Our office staff are always ready to assist you in these matters and answer any inquiries you may have. Protocols like these are integral to compliance with the legislative guidelines for regular school attendance. Your support in these matters is appreciated.

Term 2, Week 10 29 June 2017

Permission notes and payment due –

Year 4 Dubbo Excursion

EOI and deposit due – Friday 30 June

Year 3 Lake Keepit Excursion

EOI and deposit due – Friday 30 June

Year 6 Excursion to Canberra

Final payment due 15 September 2017

Voluntary School Contributions

Payment is voluntary

The Leader in Me At this week’s Friday assembly we will be hosting a Leadership

Event where a member of each class will talk about one of the 7

Habits. Everyone is welcome to attend.

I would also like to introduce you to Kiara-Lee Tolhurst who was

successful in gaining the position of Quirindi Public School Road

Safety Leader. She will be responsible for supporting students

with road safety at our school. This position includes

being responsible for putting out the children crossing

flags on Munro Street each morning. Congratulations

Kiara.

Enjoy your

holidays and see

you all next term!

Canteen Roster Times approx. 8.45am to 12 noon

Phone 6746 3043

Helpers needed for Term 3. Please contact the canteen if you can help out in any way.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers As you can see we need more volunteers to keep our

prices down.

NAIDOC WEEK DISCO AND

MUFTI DAY

Friday 30 June (in school

time)

Come dressed in red, black

and yellow

Lots of prizes to be won!

Bring your singing voices!

Merit Awards

KM Stella Brown

KT Sophie Sheaffe

K-1S Benji Slater

1-2A Layla Gilchrist

2W Regan Thistle Brid

3-4A Miley Clark

3-4W Zach Cork

5-6S Lilly Ryan

5/6W Mitchell Taylor

Student of the Week

KM Bailey Mumberson

KT Toby Woolley

K-1S Scarlett Schultz

1/2A Jacob Parker

2W Jesse McGrath

3-4A Finn Moore

3-4D Beatrice Thibault

3-4W Olivia Cowan

5/6W Maddison Grimes

2-6MW Brett Seymour

Please note: Assembly time change!

Safety At Quirindi Public School we move and play safely.

Friday Fortnightly Assembly 10.50am

Week 10 2017

The Leader In Me

Performers Charlie Saunders, Paige Sevil,

Hope Sevil and Jayden Bendeich

Chamber of Music Last Friday K-2 were lucky enough to have had a visit from the New England Conservatorium of Music. Here are

some of the remarks from our students.

“I liked when the lady was playing the violin and the cello, because it was so pretty.”

Kayleigh McCauley, KM.

“I liked all of them, because I liked when they were all singing together because they sounded like animals.”

Destiny Mathews, KM.

“I liked the lion rumble on the piano because it sounded like a “ROAR.” Heidi Owen, K/1S.

“I liked the cello because it made nice deep sounds.” Landon Milligan, K/1S.

“I enjoyed the whole thing and the piano that sounded like a roar.” Finn Davis K/1S.

“I liked that we got to listen to animal sounds, and a story about Peter the big bad wolf.”

Yannie Wesse, 1/2A.

“I liked that I got to see instruments, they were very noisy. My favourite was the violin.”

Charlotte Barnett 1/2A.

“My favourite instrument was the cello because it has a sweet voice.” Sampson Clarkson 1/2A.

K-2 Parents

This week you should have received a note about our homework survey

The link for this survey is

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZLF5C3M

We look forward to reading your responses.

Thumbs-Up Wheel Winners – Week 10 Payton Sharp KT - free computer time Mia Webster KT - lucky dip Sophie Sheaffe KT 5 friends to the park Ella Trethewey 5/6S - scooters in the hall with 5 friends Hedi Lamb 5/6S - hall games with 5 friends Shieun Kim 5/6S - canteen voucher

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

School Office Hours

Office hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm.

Notes home this week

1. K-2 survey monkey 2. NAIDOC Week Disco

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Program Today in the kitchen we turned a very basic packet of 2

minute noodles into a very healthy chicken, vegetable

and egg drop soup. We collected snow peas, carrots and

parsley from the garden and got to work washing,

chopping and adding our vegetables to a lovely broth of

chicken stock and noodles. The egg was drizzled in, and

the soup thickened nicely into a warm bowl of

goodness. The children were extremely impressed by

their creation and worked cooperatively and with intent

to get a great result. Well done to you all.

Athletics Carnival 2017

Our athletics carnival was a great success, due to the combined efforts of staff, parents helpers and our

wonderful Quirindi Public School students. Thank you to all involved. Congratulations to the following students

and teams on their achievements at the athletics carnival.

Our Champions and Runners Up are:

Junior Boy Champion: Braydon Nean Junior Boy Runner-up: Nash Perkins

Junior Girl Champion: Lily Owen Junior Girl Runner-up: Olivia Cowan

11 year Boy Champion: Logan Quigley 11 year Boy Runner-up: Henry Pursehouse

11 year Girl Champion: Lucy Scanlon 11 year Boy Runner-up: Demi Burston

Senior Boy Champion: Liam Durie Senior Boy Runner-up: Luke Quigley

Senior Girl Champion: Molly Owen Senior Girl Runner-up: Lilly Ryan

Relays

Boys Junior Relay Boys Senior Relay

1st Oxley 1st Oxley

2nd Taylor 2nd Liverpool

3rd Liverpool 3rd Cunningham

Girls Junior Relay Girls Senior Relay

1st Oxley 1st Taylor

2nd Cunningham 2nd Cunningham

3rd Taylor 3rd Oxley

The winning house this year with a massive lead in the house point tally was Oxley.

There were two records broken this year. Congratulations to Logan Quigley and Lucy Scanlon who both broke

records. Logan broke the 11 years boys 800m record with a time of 2:41.41 This record was previously held by

Luke Quigley 2:44.11 in 2016. Lucy broke the 11 years girls discus record with a distance of 20.20m. The

previous record of 19.95m has been held by Sarina Duddy since 2006.

More than 50 Quirindi Public School children will be attending the zone carnival on Friday 4 August 2017 at

Golland Fields and we wish them all the best of luck. Notes for those children attending will be sent home in

week 1 next term.

Kelly Sipple

Athletics Carnival Coordinator

Athletics Carnival

Term 2 Calendar

Term 3 Calendar

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Jun 26 NAIDOC WEEK

27 28

School Council

5.00pm

29

Premier’s

Debating -

Timbumburi

30

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

July 17 SDD

18

Students return

19 20 Debating – Thunder

– Werris Creek

21 State Cross Country

(Eastern Creek)

22/23

July

24 25

State Basketball – Boys – Goulburn

26 27 28 29/30

Jul/Aug 31

Education Week

1 ICAS English

2 3 K-2 Athletics Fun

Day

4 Zone Athletics

5/6

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