William Street, East Maitland 2323 Phone: 4933 7524 Fax: 4934 5012 Email: maitlande-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Respect, Responsibility, Learning, Co-operation and Participation

19 August 2015 No. 25 (Week 6 Term 3)

Educating Communities

Congratulations to the students’ wonderful support at the Talent Quest and Gold Coin Donation Day in support of Arielle Taylor who will represent NSW at the National Swimming Championships later this year. The funds raised will be used to assist with the large cost for transport, accommodation and participation at this event. I have a number of raffle tickets to be sold ($2 each) which will also help reduce the cost. If you would like to purchase one (or more) of these tickets please send money to Mr Payne. Josie Morley has also been selected to represent NSW at the National Soccer Titles, and we will be holding an event shortly to assist her in her journey. Both these young ladies are fantastic representatives of East Maitland Public School and we should celebrate their achievements and support them as much as possible! Following is an email that I received regarding our boys Touch victory last week, and is typical of the response we often receive when participating in the PSSA Knockout competitions. Congratulations boys & Mr Taylor.

Dear Ian Foulstone Yesterday our school, Muswellbrook Public played your boys touch football team. I would like you to pass on my congratulations to the boys and Sam. Sam was very easy to work with and the boys were a delight. They played the game showing great sportsmanship and are a credit to your school. Obviously Sam is a very positive influence on the boys. Our school would like to wish the boys all the best for future games. I am aware of several students who have siblings that are eligible to apply for Kindergarten enrolment in 2016, yet have not done so. Our numbers are climbing quickly and we are about to begin our Orientation/

Transition program so it is imperative that we have all students enrolled as soon as possible. If you have not contacted the school yet, could you please do so immediately. Regards, Ian Foulstone Principal

School Readiness Evening for Kindergarten 2015

Our Kindergarten teachers will be presenting a school readiness evening on Wednesday 26th August from 6:30-7:30pm. Our current Kindergarten Teachers will walk you through what a typical day in Kindergarten looks like and discuss ideas to help prepare your child for Kindergarten next year. We look forward to seeing you there!

Events / Reminders 20th August - Stage 1 Local Walking Excursion 21st August - Yr4 Sydney excursion final payment due

25th August - Book Week money due

Fri 28th August - Book Week Performance Fri 28th August - Kinder excursion money due

Mon 31st August - Book Week Performance Mon 31st August - Yr4 Sydney overnight excursion

Tue 8th Sept - Yr7 Maitland Grossmann Transition

Thurs 10th Sept - Kinder Hunter Valley Zoo excursion Fri 11th Sept - Graduation bear/ball orders & payment

Year 4 Sydney Excursion Year 4 Sydney overnight excursion Monday

31st August-Tuesday 1st September Final payment for our Sydney overnight

excursion is due this Friday 21st August. The full payment is $175.

Please pay in full to the school office.

A Big Thank You Our students are loving the new iPads in the library! Many thanks to the parents and grandparents who supported our Book Fair earlier in the year. The profits from this event have helped with the purchase of these iPads. Thanks also to our P&C for their generous pledge to assist in the purchase. Book Week Just a reminder that Book Week is next week! All students have been invited to the following performances: Monday 24th- a visit from Maitland library to showcase the 2015 shortlisted books. Friday 28th- Perform Educational Musicals will sing, dance and dramatically showcase some of the shortlisted books. Monday 31st- A visit from author/illustrator Michael Salmon who will entertain and captivate the students with the way he writes and illustrates his books, added to this, some lucky students will have their stories illustrated and caricatures done! Please return your $10 and permission note to your classroom teacher to make sure you don’t miss out. Colouring Competition entries should also be handed in by Friday 21st August. The Great Book Swap Challenge To celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day and to raise money for children in remote communities, who don’t have access to books, we are participating in the Great Book Swap challenge. The challenge works like this: 1. Students choose a book from home that they no

longer want, checking with mum or dad first 2. Students bring the book (maximum of 2) into the library from Wednesday 26th August in return for a book token (1 token per book) 3. On Wednesday the 2nd September we will hold our book swapping challenge through lunch 4. Students present their token(s) and $2 (If students have handed in 2 books they will need 2 tokens and $4) 5. Students will then be able to choose a pre-loved book of their choice 6. All money raised will go to the Indigenous

Literacy Foundation.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation advocates to raise national awareness in schools, libraries, universities, businesses and the general Australian community, of the many challenges that remote Indigenous communities face when it comes to acquiring basic literacy skills. This should be a great event for our school and students please help support such a good cause. Mrs Hookway Banner Winners Owen Cox, Llewella Brooks and Mackenzie Kirk.

Mathletics Award Winners Noah Thomson, Lachlan Hanna and Lewis Thomson School Disco Term 3 Just a reminder, that our Term 3 School Disco will be held in the hall on Wednesday 2nd September, 2015 (Week 8). The times are as follows: Infants (K-2)5-6pm and Primary (Year 3-6) 6.15- 7.30 pm. The cost of entry will be $4 per student and the theme is “Fluro” Lost Property Lost property is a constant issue. Please ensure your child’s property is labelled clearly. We had two large bags of clothing without names on them, drink bottles and lunchboxes. Contact Details If you have had any changes to family details eg. address, phone numbers or emergency contacts please make sure you have notified the school.

Any problems please phone Jacki - School 4933 7524 or Home 4932 7226

Canteen Roster

24/8 Nina Maunrerc Carly Bailey

25/8 Heather Buck Meg Vile

26/8 Josie Houring Leighsa Cox

27/8 Judy Drapp Emma Johnson Renae Renehan

28/8 Tracey Van Tol Jennifer Moir Lara Chapman

Canteen News There has been a price rise on a variety of products. We have been covering the cost for the past 6 months but unfortunately we have to pass it on. Party pies $1.50 Sausage Rolls $2.50 Spaghetti Bol, Mac’n’cheese , fried rice $3.50 Small milk $1.50 Large milk $2.00 we also sell plain large milk Packets of chips, JJ’s, monster chips, all $1.50

SICK BAY LINEN ROSTER

21/8 Donna Burton 28/8 Noelle Green 4/9 Jodi Smith 11/9 Bronwyn Guy 18/9 Katie Brown If you are unable to change the linen on your allocated date let me know and I will arrange a swap. Thank you Katie Brown (0437343447)

Quality Work Display This week 2 Denim and 2 Indigo have put some lovely work up in the school foyer. Please stop by and have a look.

K Aqua Madison Bennett

Ruby-Lou Crick

K Rose

Jett Labry

Nicholas Butt

K Jade

Aiden Ritchie

K Violet

Isaac Masterson

Leah Walsh

Emma Carlton

Lily Kavanagh

Nash Malone

1 Plum

Thomas Dippenaar

Toni-Rae Benham

1 Tangerine

Charlotte Welsh

Lachlan Hanna

1/2 Mauve

Chloe Moore

Brock Dawson

2 Denim

Alex O’Brien

Jai-Anna Spedding

2 Indigo

Logan Geering

Harmonie Toomey

3 Gorton

Byron Hookway

Harrison Smythe

Hayley Anderson

3 Holt

Shreyash Karajagar

Lily Skarin

Charlie Williams

3 McEwen

Jacob Affleck

Levi Stipack

4 Whitlam

Oliver Tyers

Jack Studdert

4 McMahon

Elektra Holbrook

Macayla Johnson

Harley Owen

6 Rudd

Jasmine Farmer

Cooper Trappel

Spencer Scott-Drosd

5 Keating

Tyla Catt

Jenaya Mauriere

Hayden Davis

MC Red

Toby Ralston 6 Gillard

Ben Ferguson

Now the weather is FINALLY getting warmer and the growth spurts are happening, head to the uniform shop for any spring gear you might need. Any old uniforms in good condition would also be GREATLY appreciated by the P&C to sell at a very minimal cost at the uniform shop or to be used by sick bay for unfortunate accidents. Drop them off anytime at the office or uniform shop. We will be asking for volunteers to help with our Great

Fathers Day Breakfast BBQ very soon!

We will be looking for budding BBQ chefs and general

helpers on the morning of Friday 4th September.

We plan to hold a ‘Dads barbie brekky’ , everyone is

welcome and a small stall will be held before school.

Please keep this date free, it will be a great morning!

If you have any questions or queries please email us on

eastmaitlandpublicschoolpandc@gmail.com and don’t

forget to send in your proud parent moments so we can

publish for all to see.

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UNIFORM SHOP Reminder: please bring cash or

cheque as there is no EFTPOS. Orders can also be

placed at the office as per normal. Don’t forget there has

been a marginal increase of prices of items. The updated

price list can be found on the school website. The Roster

for Term 3 is below. Please email us or contact Jacquie

Linde at the school if you can’t make it or able to swap

etc. Thanks!!

We really appreciate all your help. And if you would

like to help then please contact us via email. Thank

you.

Term 3 Roster

Date Volunteer 1 Volunteer 2

20th Aug Deslie Groves Bronwyn Guy

27th Aug Ashley Owens Amanda Dean

3rd Sept Grisel Milford-Chilvers Jodi Smith

10th Sept Katherine Cant Jo Proctor

17th Sept Hayley Lindsay Suze Hamilton