Condong Public School Newsletter Citizenship Perseverance Sincerity

21 November, 2018 Term 4 ~ Week 6

Important Dates! Thu 22/11 P & C Meeting 3.15pm Fri 23/11 Assembly Mon 26/11 Get Wet Swimming for Kinder & Year 1 (10 days) Wed 28/11 Book Club Due Fri 30/11 2019 Captains Speeches 1.15pm Tues 4/12 MHS & WHS Orientation Wed 5/12 MHS Orientation Fri 7/12 Assembly Mon 10/12 Yr 6 Presentation & 2019 School Captains Announced 9.30am Mon 10/12 Yr 6 Outing with Teachers Wed 12/12 Reports to go home Wed 19/12 Oasis Pools Fun Day Wed 19/12 End of Term for Students

Condong Public School

77 McLeod Street, Condong NSW 2484

Phone: 02 66722390

Principal: Mr Brendan Quinn

Website: condong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: condong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Get Wet Swimming For Kinder & Year 1

This year we are again providing swimming lessons for our Kindergarten and Year One students with Get Wet Swimming at Quarry Road, South Murwillumbah. Lessons commence next Monday so please remember to send your child to school wearing their swimmers under their uniform and bring a towel & undies in a separate bag each day. They will be able to change when they get back to school. These students will have an early recess prior to departing for swimming. The Get Wet Swim School Program runs for ten days from Monday, 26 November to Friday, 7 December starting at 10.45am. Each daily lesson is 35 minutes. The cost of the 10-day swimming program will now be $25 per student mainly due to the generous price quoted by Tweed Taxis. Lesson and taxi hire will be subsidised with funds provided by the school’s sporting grant.

Attendance At Condong Public School we understand the significant and positive impact a regular pattern of attendance has on the social and emotional well-being and academic progress of our students. Every minute counts and every day counts. If your child is sick, please return them to school as soon as they are well enough along with a note or medical certificate explaining their absence. If you intend to take leave (for travel, a holiday, a religious event or other) you are required to complete an Application for Extended Leave - Travel and seek approval from the principal. Attendance rates are monitored closely by the NSW Department of Education and the Home School Liaison Officers.

End of Year Water Fun Rewards Day Our end of year water fun rewards day will be held on Wednesday, 19 December at Oasis Pools at Banora Point. There will be no cost for the students as the school will be funding this day. Further information and a permission note will be sent home closer to the time. This day is to reward those students whose behaviour has been exemplary. Any student who, due to unacceptable behaviour, is given more than two detentions this term will be ineligible to participate in the day. The expectations pertaining to this day have been explained to the students. It should be a fantastic way to end the school year.

Remembrance Day To mark Remembrance Day on November 11, our incredibly capable school leaders led a very special assembly at 11.00 am on Monday, 12 November. In this assembly, we also recognised the purpose of this commemoration and the history behind it. Congratulations to our school leaders for this beautiful ceremony. Students in Years 4/5/6 have been learning about the Australian War efforts through ‘Trooper Jones’, our Anzac Bear, who takes pride of place within our school. To read more about Trooper Jones, visit https://anzacbears.com.au/trooper-jones/

P & C Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Condong P&C Association will be held later this term (date to be confirmed). All positions will be declared vacant. Here is a brief description of the positions and what is involved in each position.

PRESIDENT - attends and runs the regular monthly meeting (if unable to attend a Vice President chairs the meeting). VICE PRESIDENT x 2 - attends regular meetings and chairs meetings when the President is absent (which rarely happens). SECRETARY – attends regular monthly meetings, takes down the minutes at meetings (this is done in a scrap book, then typed up at home and copied to be handed out at the next meeting), receives correspondence, sends correspondence (average of 4 letters per year). TREASURER – attends regular monthly meetings and presents financial report, banks money from fundraising etc, pays cheques for supplies, uniforms, etc, balances accounts with bank statement (book work takes 10-15mins per month). CANTEEN PURCHASER – checks supplies in canteen weekly and then orders supplies required. CANTEEN ROSTER CONVENOR – organises roster for each term. UNIFORM CO-ORDINATOR – stock takes, orders uniforms and sells uniforms at Kindergarten Orientation.

Voluntary School Contributions 2018 Voluntary school contributions allow the school to provide an enhanced level of resourcing for all students at Condong Public School. These key resources are highly important to the daily work of each student. The level of school contributions set by the Condong Public School P & C Association for 2018 is as follows: 1st child $48, 2nd child $33, 3rd child $25, 4th and subsequent children are free. It would be appreciated if contributions could be finalised by the end of this term.

Sun Safety With summer approaching it is relevant to remind everyone about hats. Broad brim school hats are a part of our school uniform. Our region is amongst the highest in the world for sun related cancers. All students should have a hat and they should be clearly labelled with their name. Students are only able to play in an outside area with a hat on. If students do not have a broad brim school hat on, they must be in an undercover area – eg. the COLA. Students have again been reminded of this and we seek your support of this very important school rule.

CWA Country of Study Presentation On Monday ladies from the Country Women’s Association presented prizes for this year’s country of study competition. Congratulations

to the winners:

SECTION 1: 1st Indi Lee 2nd Clinton Mainstone 3rd Thomas Waugh

SECTION 2: ———-

SECTION 3: 1st Kelisha Brandon

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