NO ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK

Inside this Issue *From the Principal *Rememberance Day *Assembly Awards * Book Fair *Raffle Winners *Train Museum

Excursion *Silverton Excursion *Year 6 Farewell *Stage 3 Excursion *Kinder Orientation *Christmas Pageant Float *Christmas Raffle *Poppy Appeal *Ulysses Toy Run *Community News

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Term 4

Week 5

Monday 12th November 2018

Telephone: (08) 80882181 www.alma-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: (08) 80873691

3-4L in the

Kitchen

Pizza, curry beef potato pies and banana, golden syrup dumplings were on the menu in the kitchen last week!

Welcome to Term 4 Week 5! Book Fair This week we hold our special ‘Book Fair’ on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. During this time, staff work with parents, teachers, librarians, media specialists, and principals to connect kids to high-quality books. This is a time to unite kids with literature and bring our community together to support students’ access to the reading and viewing of books. It is great time to provide you with the opportunity to engage in reading with your children and tune in to their passions. Students will be involved in making wish lists for books and there will be times to view the books for purchase. P&C News Last Friday students dressed in Mufti to support the fundraising of this year’s P&C. The members of the P&C have been working extremely hard to support the school, students and community. Their dedication, organisation and support is to be acknowledged! These members continue to work for you and your children and deserve recognition for going above and beyond. On behalf of our school community, I would like to say thank you for the work that you do. You are all AMAZING! P&C Meeting TONIGHT! If you would like to become involved with our P&C please come along to the meeting TONIGHT at 6pm in the staffroom. Meetings are usually over by 7.30pm.

Come along tonight for the first time for a chance to win a $50 canteen voucher!! The voucher was kindly donated by Danielle Keenan who won the ‘Tell them from Me’ survey.

This is a great way to support your child’s education and contribute to your school and community. Uniform and Hats A reminder that as we start to warm up we begin to see an increase in lost property. Please remember to label clothes and hats to ensure their safe return. As the warmer months approach please be mindful that the school has a ‘no hat- no play’ policy. Please remind your child to wear a school hat at all times to ensure they are safe in the sun. The wonderful ladies in the office have a uniform supply that can be purchased from the office. This includes hats, shorts, shirts, pants etc. Payments of cash, EftPos, cheque and POP (Parent online payments) are accepted. Kinder Orientation Kinder orientation at school will be held on Wednesday 14th November at 10am. Parents and children will meet in Kester Hall. Parents stay for the information session while children go to kitchen for a cooking activity. Morning tea in the kitchen provided by school and children. Mobile Dental Visit The Mobile Dental Van will be visiting Alma from Wednesday next week. All children attending will receive a free toothbrush and go into a draw to win a free JB Hi-Fi voucher. Dental forms must be returned by next Tuesday 20th November.

Jonathon Thomas Relieving Principal

100 Years

Remembrance

Day Service

Students and staff at Alma held a special Remembrance Day Service under the COLA this morning hosted by our school captains and prefects. Students from each class made crosses with paper poppies, which adorned the area. A wreath was laid followed by a minute’s silence. silence

Thought for the Week

A HUGE thank you to Foundation Broken Hill and the Space Industry Association of Australia (Adelaide) for donating the tickets and giving these students the opportunity to attend this amazing show. The excursion to the Train Museum is on tomorrow! The bus will be leaving Alma at 12.00pm returning to school at 2.00pm. Don’t forget to bring: a backpack with lunch in a plastic bag clearly labelled with your child’s name, plenty of water, sensible shoes for walking and a hat.

The Stage 1 Excursion to Silverton is on this Thursday 15th November. Don’t forget to bring: a backpack

with recess and lunch in a plastic bag clearly labelled with your child’s name, plenty of water, sensible

shoes for walking and a hat.

Stage 1 Silverton Excursion

Bronze

Jaidah Beattie

Caleb Dowling

Colby Dowling

Silver

Ryan Pistotnik

Monique Daddow

Ella Jovanovic

Jason Crehan

Tayla McKenzie

Cobe Hoskins

Gold

Frazer Kemp

Thomas Casey

Lenny Smith

Jethro Deery

Stephanie Carswell

Kobe Stenhouse

Lashawn Bennett

Jayda Pearce

Elley-May Adams

Jordanah Hibberd

Jace-John Daddow

Kyesha Thomas

Cobe Byrne

Kaiden Stenhouse

Banning Cleo

Power to Learn

Alan Coxon

Amity Bray

Asha Maguire

Bryce Kemp

Bryton Lines

Caleb Dowling

Daniel Howell

Daniella Heffernan

Daphne Kennedy

Ella Williams

Elley-May Adams

Elliott Ebsworth

Freya Holden

Honey Staker

Izabelle Curtain

Jayla Butcher

Joshua Nicholas

Kade Hipwell

Kael Delbridge

Kallum Philp

Kenzie Locke

Kynli Higgins

Lachlan Everett

MacKenzie Fuller

MaKenzee Schrader

Mayla Mitchell

Olivia Pittaway

Peyton Burns

Quaid Leiper

Ruby Manoel

Ryan Pistotnik

Shakeal Stanley

Sophia Pittaway

Zac Pinnuck

Assembly Awards Congratulations

to the following students who received awards at

assembly last Friday

Book Fair Book Fair starts this Wednesday morning at 8.30am! The colouring in competition winners will be announced at our Wednesday morning assembly.

Book Fair purchases can also be paid for by credit card in the library through the secure Scholastic Book Fair online payment area.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Pictured below are some of our Stage 3 students assisting students from KM with their Wish List for Book Fair

Reminder: All overdue library books are to be returned to school as soon as possible. Week 7 will be the last week for borrowing for the rest of the term. Thank you to all students who supported the Library this year.

KJ,KM,K-1A Train Museum Excursion

‘When Galaxies Collide’

19 students won 2 free tickets to ‘when the Galaxies Collide’ show when their names were drawn out at assembly on Friday. The lucky winners were Harper Fraser, Jagger Mannion, Ramsey Hendry, Blade Harvey, Zoe Harvey, Lakyn Holden, Freya Holden, Sam Rouse, Jethro Deery, Walsh Leiper, Teneal Butcher, Giovanni Benedetti, Calex Morris, Waylon Talbot, Savannah Wheatley, Zell Banning, Anyah Cox, Maddyson Thompson and Emanual Pedergnana.

Year 6 Parents Invitations/RSVP’s: The Year 6 Farewell is being held on Tuesday 11th December and parent invitations

have been sent home. Please return RSVP’s as soon as possible. If you have not received an invitation,

please contact the school on 8088 2181.

Baby Photos: Don’t forget to send in a baby photo for the Year 6 presentation.

Photos will be scanned as soon as they are received and returned to students.

Year 5 Parents Notes were sent home last week to Year 5 parents requesting support with making salads and/or helping out with the Year 6 Farewell. The success of the special evening relies on the support of the Year 5 parents, keeping in mind that your child will be in Year 6 next year. Please complete the note and return to school as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone who has offered assistance so far. Students from Stage 3 have the opportunity to attend the Inflatable Planetarium show at the Trades Hall on Thursday 29th November. Students will travel to and from the venue by bus, departing at 9.30am. Please return the permission note and $4.00 bus fare to school by Tuesday 27th November.

The second 2019 Kindergarten Orientation session will be held this Wednesday 14th November. Parents

and students will meet at Kester Hall for an Information Session for parents on ‘Eat it to Beat it’. Children

will go to our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen for a cooking activity. Morning tea will be held in the kitchen

provided by the school and children.

The Christmas pageant is on Saturday 1st December!

This year our float is ‘One Starry Christmas Night’ so

students can wear black and silver. More details to

follow when it gets closer.

POPPY DAY APPEAL

The Poppy Day Appeal is underway and Poppies are still available by donation

from the front office.

Ulysses Toy Run - Donations Wanted! The Ulysses Motorcycle Club will be helping Santa to collect

donations of hamper items and new or used toys that are complete.

Please dig deep and see if you are able to assist other families to have a

good Christmas.

Donations can be brought in to the front office.

Year 6 Farewell

Christmas Pageant Float

Kindergarten Orientation

Stage 3 Excursion – Inflatable Planetarium

Christmas Raffle

Donations

We would greatly appreciate any Christmas items to go towards our upcoming Christmas raffle. Tickets will be sold and drawn on Presentation Day which is being held at the Whitehouse Convention Centre on Thursday 6th December. Any items including non-perishable or long life items, plates, cutlery, etc can be dropped into the front office.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far.