Dec 7, 2017 Week 10 Term 4

DATES TO REMEMBER

Yr 6 Aqua Park excursion

Thu 7 Dec

Break-up Day Thu 7 Dec

Clean-up Day Fri 8 Dec

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN

WED 16 JAN 2.00-5.00PM

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN

THUR 17 JAN 8.00-10.00AM

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN

MON 22 JAN 8.00-10.00AM

First school day of 2018

Mon 22 Jan 2018

WELCOME MORNING TEA (ALL PREPPIE PARENTS & PARENTS NEW TO NASS WITH CHILDREN IN YEARS 1-6)

MON 22 JAN 9.00AM (HALL)

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN

WED 24 JAN 8.00-10.00AM

Australia Day Public Holiday

Fri 26 Jan 2018

Dear Parents and Carers, Well, it’s hard to believe we are in the final week of the 2017 School year. Where has the time gone? They do say that time flies when you are having fun, but really??? MINI, MINI-FAIR & CHRISTMAS CONCERT What an amazing team effort to pull these two events together so well, at the last minute. And what an amazing community effort to pull together to lend many hands to make light work for everyone, and to support the events by coming along. We greatly appreciate you all, especially our organizers (Aveen Kerr, Therese Camm, Sue Pele, Kerri Contini and Steve Pead), staff and volunteers. At this stage, it looks like the event raised approximately $3000 to be put towards the P&C Fundraising fund! RAFFLE WINNERS Congratulations to the following people who won prizes on Friday, and MANY THANKS to all of you, who supported us by participating in the raffles and competitions: Drum (donated by Aaron Walker): Sarah Hillhouse GENAS Art Painting (Whale Tail): Sally GENAS Art Painting (Full Moon): Col Speak GENAS Art Painting (Half Moon): Val Speak GENAS Art Painting (The Trees): Lis Anderson-McColl Guess the Baby Photo Competition: Summer Read (8 out of 15 correct!) HEART OF NORTH ARM VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS 2017 We had approximately 50 of our 2017 NASS Volunteers join us last Friday morning at the Volunteers’ High Tea. It was a lovely morning, and a great chance to thank all of our volunteers in style, and in person. We took great delight in announcing the 2017 ‘Heart of North Arm Volunteer Award’ Winners. Congratulations and THANK YOU ladies! Kerri Contini Aveen Keer Betzi Rios Karyn Weepers Sharon Whiteman UNIFORM SHOP The uniform shop will be open on Wednesday 16 January (2-5pm), Thursday 17 January (8-10am), Monday 22 January (8-10am) and Wednesday 24 January (8-10am) for all your last-minute uniform item needs.

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The nominees for the 2017 Mathematics/Science Award were: Jasmine Jessica Ali Victoria Beau Charlotte P Zoe S Amy Riley Ruby-Blue Phoebe W Tully And congratulations to the winner of the 2017 Maths/Science Award: Amy The nominees for the 2017 Music Award were: Jasmine Ali Sharmi Kyla Amy Samantha Nyssa Phoebe W And the winner of the 2017 Music Award was: Ali The nominees for the 2017 Quiet Achiever Award were: Jasmine Luke Flynn Phoebe C Joel April Beau Janna Charlotte P Billie Nyssa Tully Congratulations to the winner of the 2017 Quiet Achiever Award: Joel The nominees for the 2017 Sports Award were: Flynn Jack Victoria Harriet Kai Ruby-Blue And the winner of the 2017 Sports Award was: Flynn Congratulations to all of these very worthy nomi-nees and winners! 2018 STUDENT LEADERS Congratulations to the following Year 5 students who have recently been elected as 2018 Student Leaders. These students will be presented with their badges at our 2018 Student Leader Induction Ceremony which will be held on Wednesday 14 February:

YEAR 6 AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who were nominated for various awards at our 2017 Year 6 Graduation Ceremony on Tuesday night. It was a truly special evening, and a great opportunity to officially farewell our Year 6 students (and 31 NASS families whose youngest child in the family is finishing Year 6) and recognize their amazing achievements throughout the year: The nominees for the 2017 All-Rounder Award were: Jasmine Phoebe C Jack D Victoria Hugo Harriet Zoe Amy Riley Phoebe W Tully And the winners (2 this year) of the 2017 All-Rounder Award were: Jasmine & Hugo The nominees for the 2017 Citizenship Award were: Luke April Jack Ali Illa Billie Zoe Amy Phoebe W The winners (2 this year) of the 2017 Citizenship Award: Illa & Phoebe W The nominees for the 2017 English Award were: Jessica Phoebe C Charlotte G Harriet Zoe Phoebe W Tully And the winner of the 2017 English Award was: Jessica

The nominees for the 2017 Leadership Award were: Jessica Ali Hugo Illa Zoe Amy Phoebe W And the winner of the 2017 Leadership Award is: Zoe

STUDENT AWARDS Congratulations to the following

students who were awarded the

fortnightly Student Award for their

classes today:

PREP: Sunny,Isaac,Indie,Dylan,Chloe,Zoe,Ethan

YEAR 1: Phoenix,Felix,Mason,Roam,Marley,Athena

YEAR 2: Emerson, Cadel, Hayden, Tara

YEAR 3: Miranda,Lachlan,Joel,Kirrilly,Amalie,Olivia

YEAR 4: Matilda,Surani,Ryan,Maya

YEAR 5: Bradley,Ziah,Morgan,Aiden,Laicy, Meg

YEAR 6: Mikaylah, Flynn, Imogen, Billie

ASC NEWS From the start of 2018 there will be a slight increase in fees for both Before and After School Care. We haven’t had a rise since 2016 and of course this is done reluctantly! There will no longer be a short fee for 3:30pm pickup. All children will be charged the full session fee regardless of the time they leave and we propose to initiate a casual fee which will be slightly higher than a permanent booking. The new fee for BSC will be $13 and ASC $19.50 for a permanent booking. The new casual booking fee will be $21 per session. Please see me or the P&C committee if you have any concerns. Kathy Cockroft Coordinator 2018 BOOKLISTS

All Year 2 to Years 5 students have been given their 2018 Booklists.

Parents are of course, welcome to purchase their booklist items from wherever they choose. However, for those who wish for a convenient option, we have given the booklists to the Yandina Newsagency and they will have all items in stock for you. For those who are purchasing their booklists from the Yandina Newsagency, orders need to be placed directly with them before December 8, 2017 to guarantee your order is ready for 2018.

CONGRATULATIONS MAKENZEE! Makenzee successfully auditioned with the Brisbane City Youth Ballet for their December production of the ‘Nutcraker’. As a company member she will be training for two weeks and then will participate in shows at Qpac, Southbank on 15-17th December. She will be a gingerbread and snow baby in two scenes. Well done Makenzee!! IAN COWAN’S TENNIS LESSONS

What a great year it has been for all the students who have participated in Ian Cowan’s tennis lesson this year. From all accounts from the students they have enjoyed every lesson and have looked forward to the fun and games that Ian provides to further develop their tennis skills each Tuesday and Thursday. If you are interested in your child having tennis lessons next year, contact Ian directly on 0405 839 079 or icowan888@gmail.comon .

SCHOOL CAPTAINS: Gemma & Zac SCHOOL VICE-CAPTAINS: Isla & Brock STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES: Lily-Jo, Mia & Jayme EERWAH SPORTS CAPTAINS: Max & Shelby DUNETHIN CAPTAINS: Aiden & Meg NINDERRY CAPTAINS: Sophie & Hank 2018 CLASSES Our 2018 classes are always subject to actual enrolments on Day 8 (7 February, 2018), but these are the classes we have to start the year: Prep SJ: Shelley Jackson Prep FB: Fiona Bell 1KW: Kate Wilson 1RR: Ruth Robinson 1/2RV: Trudy Russell & Leesa Vacher 2MB: Mim Beasley 2BV: Michelle Bradshaw & Leesa Vacher 3YW: Yvonne Wright 3MF: Mirth Fabbro 4AB: Ann Birch 4SS: Shugi Shaneman 5GW: Gemma Ward (previously Wellman) 5CH: Claira Hope 6DM: Dave McIntosh 6TL: Tony Lamont I hope you all have a very happy and safe holiday, with family and friends, and look forward to seeing you all on Monday, 22 January!

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RURAL FIRE BRIGADE NEED VOLUNTEERS

We are all keenly aware of the awesome job that our rural fire fighters have done in the past twelve months especially, when homes/businesses were threatened on more than one occasion. The local North Arm branch of the Rural Fire Brigade urgently needs volunteers to assist helping to keep our dis-

trict safe from harm. Training is available and meetings are held on the first Saturday afternoon of each month. They also hold fundraising at the Yandina Markets and you may be called upon to help on the stall occasionally.

PLEASE HELP! Contact Wayne Oliver on 0448 770 677 for more information.