Term 4, Week 9 7

th December, 2012

Principal’s Message Thank you to everyone involved in our wonderful Maraylya Christmas Festival and Movie Night last Saturday night. Despite the 42 degree temperatures, it was a brilliant community event that was enjoyed by all. This night was made possible thanks to the tireless work of the Movie Night Committee members who have been meeting since February to ensure it was a success. They have liaised with local businesses who have generously donated funds, goods or services towards our school and its students. So many of our parents donated their time over the last few weeks and on the night. We have listed our generous sponsors within our newsletter.

Diary Dates Presentation Night Rehearsal

Tue 11th

Dec 9am

‘Cool Kids’ Parent Concert

Tue 11th

Dec 1pm

Presentation Night – 6.30pm

Thu 13th Dec

Year 6 Mini Fete Fri 14

th Dec

Year 6 Farewell Mon 17

th Dec

Talent Quest 12:30pm

Tue 18

th Dec

Party Day / Last Day

Wed 19

th Dec

Year 6 Farewell Tunnel

Wed 19

th Dec

2.30pm

Staff Development Days

Thu/ Fri 20

th/21

st

Dec

2013 Dates

Kinder Best Start

30th/31

st

Jan

Year 1-6 Term 1 30th Jan

Kinder Term 1 begins

Fri 1

st Feb

Swimming Carnival

Fri 1

st Feb

School Photos Tue 19

th Feb

Maraylya Messenger

Value of the Week – Excellence

… and Santa, if you’re listening… I would like this one for Christmas!

Our Generous Sponsors! Ontrak Engineering Sydney’s Christmas Barn Riverside Oaks MELC BP Maraylya Peter Wynn’s Score Jens Images Lush Me The Beauty Shack Coffee Club Rouse Hill Smik Surf Simon's Coffee Lounge Mrs Field's Rouse Hill Vouge Family Hair Design Jordan's Cakes KL's Cut Above The Book Barn PINC Jeana's Country Spa Jane Zammit Fresh Produce Riverstone Fruit Market Smart Steppers Mobile Hair Styling

Dance Group Congratulations to our junior and senior dancers who performed at last Friday’s assembly. Thanks so much to Mrs Diane Parsons (Jaxson’s Nan) for spending so much time every Wednesday and Thursday choreographing, rehearsing and costuming the dancers. We can’t wait to see them perform on presentation night.

Red Shield Hamper Drive Thanks to all who helped raise funds towards the Salvation Army Christmas Hamper Drive. Thanks to your generosity, we will be sending the Salvos a cheque for $102.00. Reports Student progress reports will be coming home next Wednesday 12

th

December. Please take some time to reflect on your child’s progress this semester and help them to make learning goals for next year.

Vegetable Garden This week we began to construct the vegetable gardens using the ‘Alive Project’ funds. The garden will be now placed next to the new classroom block, where there is a better water source and greater accessibility. Our 6 Year 6 students and SRC representatives were very skilled at constructing the gardens. They should be very proud of their building skills!

Thank you Thanks Maraylya for a successful year working together! Thank you for reading this newsletter in either hard copy or on the website. We hope we are keeping you informed of all that’s happening at MPS. Thanks also to Liz Giblett for passing on our information to local media throughout the years – helping to share our successes with others in the wider community. We have another big year ahead of us in 2013, with new curriculum to prepare for, a concert to perform, changes to our school regions and all the other things that happen at MPS to ensure an engaging and successful year for your child. The best of the festive season to you all. Have a great break with your families.

Stewart Gaffey - Principal MPS

Merit Awards These students have achieved 20 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system.

Blast Off Awards Courtney Stewart Joshua Smith

These students have achieved 50 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system.

Orbit Awards Kate Sultana Jayden Colgan Kimberly Carpenter Jack Rose Hailie Burns Aaron Brown Andrew Aceituno

These students have achieved 100 tokens through the schools BEE Awards recognition system.

Touch Down Awards Mitchell Sultana Lara Parish

MPS

Assembly Awards

Term 4 Week 9

K – Scarlett Burns & Justin Sultana 1 – Dee Carrington & Madison Morgan 2/3 – Maxim Born & Orlando Hopkins 4/5 – Lindsay Wilbow & Matt Sultana

6 – Aimee Carpenter & Brooke Coulter

Person of the Week

K – Hayden Elliott 1 – Sean Ible

2/3 – Bayley Clancy 4/5 – Jayden Snowden

6 – Alex Petersen

Class News

K Kindergarten has been busily decorating their room for Christmas. We have written letters to Santa and made some beautiful reindeers which we hope to take home this week. We are still working very hard with our reading and numbers. Kindergarten cannot wait until their graduation at Presentation Night.

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The end of the term and year is fast approaching. We will be sending books and artwork home over the next 2 weeks. We will still be doing reading and spelling in Week 10 as well as maths, so that means homework as well. Please return any home readers and library books at the end of Week 10. The boys and girls should be very proud of their hard work this year and the progress they have all made. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy break. Thanks for being a great class!!!

2/3 Mrs Bennett and I would like to thank you all for such a productive and fun year. We have enjoyed teaching all your children and watching them grow, they have learnt so much in such a short time. Up coming events, combined scripture next Wednesday 12th as well as the Christmas Choir performing at Richmond Club and the Richmond Nursing Home. If anyone can help with transport, please let me know. Our term will have an exciting ending, movies at Richmond (The Guardians) on Wednesday 19th and returning back to school for some fun, games and a little class party.

4/5 4/5 have been learning lots of different and interesting facts about Space. We had to research different topics in pairs such as asteroids, comets, satellites, planets, sollar system and many more. Students designed an information report that will be collaborated with everybody’s work and put into a booklet for students to keep. We are nearly finished our collaging of different colour tones. Everybody has improved their times tables speed test this Term and some people have even beat their times by 3 minutes. WOW!

6 Well….. this is it! Our last class news for primary school. Thanks to all at Maraylya PS for caring for us and helping us to learn all that we need for high school and beyond. We will treasure our time at Maraylya PS. Our Year 6 Mini Fete will be held on Friday 14

th December as a way of

saying thank you to all and to help us raise funds for our big farewell evening on Monday 17

th December at Pitt Town Sporting Club. Our Mini

Fete will be run using a token currency, meaning that to be involved in the activities, you will need some tokens! These will be for sale all next week each morning for $5.00 for a book of 10 tokens. (All activities on the Mini Fete Day will cost 1 token.) Once spent, these tokens will go into a giant prize draw to be held after lunchtime on the day.

LIBRARY

A big thank you to all the helpers throughout the year in the Library.

The time you give to the Library is invaluable.

Happy Birthday to….

Antonia Beard, Kia Burns, Scarlett Burns, Tyler Daniels, Daniel Dorian, Jacko Kape, Cooper Ogden,

Cohen Ogden, Jayden Snowden, Ryan Withers and Mr Gaffey!

Who celebrate their birthdays in December Congratulations and hope you have a great birthday!

CANTEEN ROSTER DEC 2012 MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

12TH

VANESSA NEEDS

SYLVIA HOPKINS

14TH

JENNY BORN

LETICHA CLANCY

19TH

CLOSED DUE TO

MOVIES AND BOWLING

21ST

CLOSED

CANTEEN ROSTER FEB 2013 MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

1ST

CLOSED

6TH

1ST

DAY BACK

CATHERINE SULTANA

VANESSA NEEDS

8TH

LEANNE LUZAR

SUE SULTANA

13TH

BROWNYN SNOWDEN

LEAHN ROGERS

15TH

ANGIE LEE

GINA FRANKS

20TH

SYLVIA HOPKINS

TRACEY MCDERMOTT

22ND

JENNY BORN

LETICHA CLANCY

27TH

ASMA TADROSSE

GLENDA CARPENTER

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME

Maraylya Christmas Movie Night Fundraiser

5th December 2012

Thank you to all volunteers that helped out on the stalls on Saturday night at our movie night. We survived the heat and it was a great movie. The cake stall was very successful due to the huge number of donated cakes – Thank you to everyone that spent time cooking those wonderful cakes. Also, a huge THANK YOU to the committee members. They have given up so much of their time throughout the year to organise such a successful night.

Movie Night 2012

Movie – Ticket sales $1,930.00

BBQ & Canteen $1,657.15

Raffle $1,039.80

Cake Stall $362.10

Snow Cones $170.00

Lucky Dips $141.00

Kids Craft $142.00

Santa Photos $210.00

Jumping Castle & Glow Sticks $195.50

Coffee Van $20.00

Face Painting $30.00

Auction - $675.00 to be paid $1,025.00

TOTAL $6,922.55

Less Expenses $3,236.90

TOTAL FUNDRAISING $3,685.65

Thank you Maraylya Christmas Festival Committee

Buy your fresh veggies, fruit and free range eggs direct from the farm. Self serve roadside stall NOW OPEN!

Monday : 9am-6pm

Tuesday: 12 Midday-6pm Wednesday:Closed Thursday:Closed Friday:9am-6pm

Saturday:9am-5pm Sunday:9am-5pm

Address: 552 Old Pitt Town Road, Oakville (Corner of Saunders Road)

Any enquires phone Jane: 0408211416 Pre-ordered mixed seasonal fruit & veggie boxes are available to order.

All enquiries please phone Jane: 0408 211 416 email: jlzammit@hotmail.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND A

HAPPY NEW YEAR

FROM THE STUDENTS

&

STAFF