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Week 4, Term 2, 2020 21/05/2020
Page 1 A small school with BIG aspirations!
Follow your dreams!
3 July End of Term 2
20 July Staff Development Day
21 July Students resume for Term 3
21 July Dental Health NSW Visit
12 Oct Start of Term 4
3 Nov School Photos
4-6 Nov Stage 3 Small Schools Camp
1 Dec Yr 6 High School Orientation
14 Dec Presentation Day
16 Dec Students conclude Term 4
17-18 Dec Staff Development Day
May Birthdays……….
12 May - Leonie (School Counsellor)
15 May - Mrs Smart
20 May - Elyssa & Eliza
Happy Birthday!
Macdonald Valley Public School Weekly Newsletter 1331 Saint Albans Road Central Macdonald NSW 2775
Tel: 02 4568 2120 Fax: 4568 2022
Email: [email protected] Website: macdonaldv-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Week 4, Term 2, 2020 21/05/2020
Dates to Remember……. Principal’s Message
It’s been such a big and exciting week with so much happening.
Firstly, our painters have finished the scope of work that was approved by the Department of Education. The children have coped beautifully with the minor interruptions. I was very proud of the lovely farewell the children gave to the painters as a thank you for all of their hard work. Bianca and Poppy spoke quite eloquently as they commented on how delighted they were with the freshly painted buildings. The painters said that the students of a school have never before thanked them and they were genuinely touched by the gesture.
We celebrated the birthday of our youngest students - Elyssa and Eliza. I was so proud of the way our older students spoiled them with letters, cards and lovely gifts. They made a real fuss of them to ensure that they had a lovely day. Yet another lovely benefit of being part of a small school.
We had Mrs Marchiori visit us this week too. She is a Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Advisor for the Department of Education and she arrived with lots of fun ideas and resources for learning maths. She is going to keep up regular visits this term to keep us all excited and motivated about our daily maths activities.
We have also had a visit from a photographer from the Sydney Morning Herald who came to capture some photos and to talk with us about our supportive and nurturing community. It was wonderful to reflect on the way our students keep bouncing back from challenges and despite it all, we have continued to maintain our warm, friendly and positive school environment. Keep an eye out for the article on our school in this Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
All of this and our students are working hard, engaged in a variety of learning experiences and reflecting great progress in assessments. What more could a Principal ask for?
Melissa Date - Principal
Assembly News Roster Term 2 2020
Week 5 - Chloe and Matilda
Week 6 - Braiden and Annabel
Week 7 - Jacob and Elyssa
Week 8 - Eliza and Bianca
Week 9 - Poppy and Lukas
Week 10 - Isaac and Chloe
Bookings for Parent Teacher Interviews for Years 3-6 can be placed on the Skool Loop app now for Mrs Fisher for the following dates: 26 May (3.30pm-5:30pm) & 27 May, 28 May and 1 June (3:30pm-4:30pm) or alternatively please phone Mrs Stafford or Mrs Smart in the school office to place a booking over the phone.
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Follow your dreams!
A defibrillator for Macdonald Valley Public School!
If you’re ever faced with sudden cardiac arrest you have minutes to retrieve and commence use of a Defib to give your loved ones the best chance of survival.
Thanks to Sophie and the Community Defib project, we now have a Defib installed on the front gate of our school for use by all community members if required.
We look forward to providing more information to our school community as soon as we receive our Launch pack.
Did you know?
Aboriginal Origins
Aboriginal Australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of Africa - where one theory says they migrated from boats 70,000 years ago.
Australia’s first people—known as Aboriginal Australians—have lived on the continent for over 50,000 years. Today, there are 250 distinct language groups spread throughout Australia. Aboriginal Australians are split into two groups: Aboriginal peoples, who are related to those who already inhabited Australia when Britain began colonizing the island in 1788, and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who descend from residents of the Torres Strait Islands, a group of islands that is part of modern-day Queensland, Australia.
All Aboriginal Australians are related to groups indigenous to Australia. However, the use of the term indigenous is controversial, since it can be claimed by people who descend from people who weren’t the original inhabitants of the island. Legally, “Aboriginal Australian” is recognized as “a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he [or she] lives.”
In 2017, a genetic study of the genomes of 111 Aboriginal Australians found that today’s Aboriginal Australians are all related to a common ancestor who was a member of a distinct population that emerged on the mainland about 50,000 years ago. Humans are thought to have migrated to Northern Australia from Asia using primitive boats. A current theory holds that those early migrants themselves came out of Africa about 70,000 years ago, which would make Aboriginal Australians the oldest population of humans living outside Africa
Information and picture extracted from www.nationalgeographic.com
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Follow your dreams!
by Elyssa
Week 4, Term 2, 2020 21/05/2020
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Follow your dreams!
MACDONALD VALLEY PS P&C
COMMITTEE
President Simone Butler
Vice President
Jeff Stewart
Secretary Shannon Toomey
Treasurer
Simone Butler (standing in)
Macdonald Valley Public School is willing to support advertisements for local businesses and community functions for our youth, however parents will need to assess for themselves the quality of products and services advertised and the suitable management of functions attended by their children.
NOTICE TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
To help keep our school safe during COVID-19 we now have extra cleaning in place during the day.
Our cleaning contractors are seeking to recruit casual cleaners to support the enhanced and day-clean at our school If you or someone you know may be interested in this work, please contact our contractor Broadspectrum via email to [email protected] for further information.
We are very proud of our students’ achievements in external
events & competitions and are committed to recognising their
achievements, however, this cannot happen unless we are
informed. Please ring us or send us something in writing if your
child or a group of students achieve success in external events so
we can recognise their achievements in our weekly newsletters.
Mrs Stafford/Mrs Smart
A big thank you to the following businesses for their support in donating goods and/or services for the P&C’s Easter Markets 2020. Whilst we were unfortunately unable to go ahead with the markets this year due to COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions, we greatly appreciate their generosity and support for our school and look forward to being able to offer their donations at our next Easter Market fundraiser.
Peter and Vivienne Duckitt
Western Sydney Wanderers
Taronga Zoo
Maximum Adventure - Convict 100
Able Hawkesbury River Houseboats
Del Rio Riverside Resort
Hawkesbury Brake & Clutch
Bunnings Dural
Simply Health and Wellness Centre
2157
David Brown
The Retreat at Wisemans
Glenorie RSL
Lyn Dolton
