Frank Partridge VC Public School

Educating your child for a bright future

PO Box 288 Centenary Parade Nambucca Heads NSW 2448 Phone 6568 7100 Fax 6568 9147

Email frankpart-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter Issue 6 Week 7 Term 1 8th March, 2016

Fri 11th March

MNC Soccer

Trials

7’s Fun Day

Nambucca Heads

Fri 18th March

MNC Rugby

League Trials

Thurs 24th Mar

Easter Hat

Parade

2pm

All Invited!

Fri 25th March

Good Friday

Mon 28th March

Easter Monday

Diary

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 1. Only a short newsletter this week as we had no computers yesterday

and we are running a little short on time!

Congratulations to our Open’s and Under 11’s Rugby League players who attended the District Trials

on Thursday. All boys who attended were selected and will now participate in the MNC Trials in Coffs

Harbour on Friday 18th March. Notes have gone home and should be returned to school as soon as

possible.

The Nambucca Valley Junior Rangers are coming to our school this term with some wonderful activi-

ties for the kids. With a cultural and environmental focus, the Junior Ranger Program is supported

through our school by Mrs Bekis and Aunty Nerida. Keep an eye on the newsletter for more infor-

mation as activities are finalised.

Our last ‘meet the teacher’ meetings were held on Thursday with several Kindergarten parents and

carers making the most of the opportunity to meet their child’s teacher and find out how they can

help out at home with their child’s learning. Parent/teacher interviews will be held this term in Week

10 or 11. This is a chance for you to have a one on one meeting with your child’s teacher and find out

just where they are at with their learning and where they need to move to next. Notes will come

home in the next few weeks, so please be sure to choose a time that suits you and return the book-

ing form to school.

Thursday was a busy day for our school last week as it also saw SCB students head off to Bellingen for

a wonderful day visiting sites from our local community that really bring the curriculum to life. By all

accounts Mrs Inchley and the kids had a great day.

On Friday, we farewelled our very special Practicum student, Donna Baldwin. Donna has been an

SLSO at our school for several years now, but has been studying teaching at the same time. With this

last practicum she has almost finished her teacher training. We are very proud of her efforts and it

was great to see her in a variety of different classrooms in a completely different role. I am sure that

we will see Donna around our school casual teaching at some time in the near future.

Our school resembled an ant colony on Monday with all the kids involved in Clean Up Australia Day

in the afternoon. Classes were allocated different sectors and rubbish was collected from around our

school environment. Well done to all involved!

Year 6 applications for Year 7 placement in 2017 will go out today. Parents and carers of year 6 stu-

dents are asked to complete the ‘Expression of Interest’ and return it to school as soon as possible.

This Friday is the MNC Soccer Trials in Coffs Harbour. Our own Josh Munro will be trialling, which is

very exciting. Mr Lambert will be in attendance with his district team.

Our Fun 7’s Day is also being held at Coronation Park on Friday. There are about 40 boys and girls

involved in this fun filled day. The focus is on participation and fun and I am sure we will all have a

great time.

Have a great week. Todd.

Class Merit Awards

KB: Tiana Ferguson, KE: Jaydan Elphick, 2/1F: Charlie Smith, Earl Wilson, 2/1D:

Etika Jarrett, Dallas Taylor, 2/1M: Iana Mackay, Roary Dahlstrom, Ciara Carey, 4/3D:

Kaylee French, Maddison Gordon-Lichaa, 4/3H: Makayla Lamb, Braiden Jarrett,

4/3W: Alyra Lipman-Poynter, Katelyn Jones, Jake Duckett, Mitchel Smith, Richard

Carey, 6/5N: Olivia Bowen, Rangi Buchanan, 6/5S: Hayley Griffin, Declan Rigby,

Makayla Donovan, 6/5L: Christa Parker, Riley Smithwick, Sonja Stone, Hayley Jacob

-Harju, Mrs Coulter: Makayla Lamb, Zolton Edmunds, Mrs Inchely: Xavier Carter.

Congratulations!

Little A’s Success

We were very proud to have had 8 of our students attend the Little A’s Championship in Newcastle last month.

After training for years, Holly Blanch broke the record in shot put, throwing 6.95m. Holly is very proud of herself

and keen to break more records in the future.

Special mention also goes to these students: Angus Holloway - 5th Shot Put, 100m, 8th Discus, Charlotte Kearney -

4th 60m Hurdles, 5th 100m Sprint, 8th Shot Put, Tate Ferguson - 5th Relay, Fiona Holloway - 2nd 60m Hurdles, 5th

Shot Put, 5th 700m, Makayla Lamb - 3rd Walk, Emma Cox - 4th 60m Hurdles, 5th 800m, 4th 400m, 5th 200m.

Congratulations!

Year 7 in 2017

All Year 6 students will this week be receiving an ‘Information Guide and Expression of Interest’ form for students

moving into Year 7 in 2017.

The ‘Expression of Interest’ form needs to be completed and returned to the class teacher before Friday 18th

March.

Our Wonderful SRC!

Playground Fun

Clean Up Australia Day

Girls’ Group

District Rugby Trials

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

MONDAY

Name _______________

Class_____________

Beef Burger

(mince, lettuce, toma-

to, beetroot, cooked

onion & sauce on a

bun)

Price: $5.50

Name______________

Class______________

Chilli Chicken

Burger

Lettuce, tomato,

cheese with mayo &

sweet chilli sauce

Price: $4.50

Name_________________

Class________________

Bacon & Zucchini Slice

with side salad

Price: $6.50

Name_________________

Class________________

Sausage Roll

Sauce

Nippy Milk

Price: $4.50

Community News

Sunday 27th March 11am - 3pm

The Australia Day Committee has decided to run a Family Fun Day on 27th March at Bellwood Park to

run activities that were cancelled on Australia Day.

We invite the community to come down to Bellwood Park and to have a fun time and participate in

activities!

104th Annual Macksville Show

Friday 8th and Saturday 9th April