Congratulations to the Parkes Public Boys’ Hockey Team who were awarded gold medals last Tuesday after winning the NSW State Primary School Hockey Knockout Competition at Narellan. The knockout this year involved around 100 school teams from across NSW. The boys played Crookwell Public School in the semi final, winning 3-0. We played Ben Venue school, from Armidale, in the final and won 6-1. The teams played in tough conditions on extremely wet turf and in constant rain. They worked hard to manage the conditions.

Our special thanks go to our coaches, Glenn Johnstone and David MacGregor, who have trained the boys each week since late in Term 1. We appreciate your skills and dedication. Thanks also to all the parents who support the players so well. The boys are always at training and our parents are great supporters, providing transport to all matches over the season.

Our team players for 2019 were: Bohdi Ashcroft, Nate Harrison, Jett Johnstone, Angus MacGregor, Joel MacGregor, Sonny MacGregor, Eamon Moody, Ewan Moody, Kallum Munday, Jack Nutley, Samuel Quince, Flynn Thompson and Harry Yelland.

MISSION STATEMENT

Quality education for all

PRINCIPAL Mrs Coral O’Neill

77-85 Currajong Street PARKES NSW 2870

Ph: 6862 1702; 6862 1867 Fax: 6862 5047

Email: parkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.parkes-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P C ASSOCIATION

President Mr Grant Orr: 0428 643 282

Secretary Mrs Sarah Wilkinson:

0414 973 496 Treasurer

Mrs Kristen Jarvis: 0427 928 214

Term 3, Week 10 ‐ Tuesday 24 September 2019

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Wednesday 25 September ............ Kindergarten Zoo Excursion Friday 27 September ..................... Last day of Term 3 Monday 14 October ....................... First day of Term 4 Friday 18 October ......................... Book Fair and Dress up Day

DON’T FORGET Term 4 Begins

Monday 14 October

Book Fair and Dress-up Day Friday 18 October

Choir News There will be no choir practice this week on Wednesday or Thursday.

Thank you students for your commitment to practice this term. We will sing at the Flourish School of Music concert on Thursday night in our school hall. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Mrs Leonard

Uniform Shop News The Uniform Shop will be open Monday 14 October (first day of Term 4), for those who need summer uniforms, from 8.30 - 9.30am The hours for the rest of the week will remain as normal on Wednesday 1.30-3.30pm and Friday 8.30-9.30am.

Western NSW Local Health - Go4Fun Go4Fun Online is a free 10-week program for children aged 7-13 years who are above a healthy weight and their families. Go4Fun Online is all about being healthier, fitter and happier! Whilst it is not a weight loss program, many parents do see a positive change in their child’s weight status after completing the Go4Fun Online program.

More details about Go4Fun Online can be accessed here: https:go4funonline.com.au/

Tell them from Me Survey This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 26 August and 25 October, 2019. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

To access the survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/parkes

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au.

The survey is available in 23 languages.

K‐2 LITERACY AWARDS The students who received the literacy awards and capes at the assembly were: Kindergarten Muhammad Arham Mia Bilbow

Year 2 Ella Hamood David Usher

Year 3 Macquenzie Gallacher Kobey Tanswell

Congratulations to the following students who gained a: White Merit Certificate: Ruby Green 2 Red

Kyarah Egan 4 Blue Faith Green 6 Blue

Badge Kyarah Egan 4 Blue Aden Neems 5 Blue

Current PBL Focus

We use nice words!

P&C Movie Night The P&C Family Movie Night was held last Friday evening. Thank you very much to the P&C for hosting such a wonderful event for our school community. Thank you also to all of the families who attended. I am certainly very glad that the weather held out and was perfect for an evening on the oval watching a movie.

Good Luck to Flynn Thompson On behalf of the school community, I would like to wish Flynn good luck for his games with the NSW Under 13s hockey squad when they play in Hobart next week. It is certainly a wonderful opportunity and a mark of the talented hockey skills that Flynn has developed over the years.

Tell Them From Me Survey The ‘Tell Them From Me Parent Survey’ has been released. A link has been shared on our Facebook page and further information is in this newsletter. We are hoping to gain a high response from the parent body on a range of matters, including the school uniform. The responses will be used as a guide in future decision making processes.

New School Zones for all NSW Schools All NSW state schools will be implementing zoning when enrolling new students to their schools as of the beginning of Term 4. This is in response to the revision of the Enrolment of Student in NSW Government Schools Policy. The revised policy is designed to support schools to manage all enrolment applications, encourage greater consistency in decision-making and make sure the enrolment choices are clear for parents. A brochure regarding the revised policy and zoning is included with this newsletter.

Have a happy, restful and safe holiday. We are looking forward to seeing you all next term.

Have a wonderful week. Mrs O’Neill

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Parkes Public School would like to acknowledge and thank Coles Supermarket for their continued support of our Breakfast Club and other programs run at our school.

These programs are only possible due to these generous contributions.

Name: CJ-Ebony Miller

Age: 6

Class: K-6 Red

Teacher: Mrs Barry

Favourite Activities: Going to the canteen, painting, playing with dolls.

Teacher Comments: CJ-Ebony tries her best to be helpful to others. She is a very happy class member.

What would you like to be when you grow up? I would like to be in a movie!

Name: Mr Leonard

Hometown: Adelaide

Role: Kindergarten, K Red Teacher

If you were stuck on a desert island and you could only bring three things with you, what would they be? My book, piano and my family.

Favourite holiday destination: Europe!

What was your dream job when you were little? A teacher.

We were extremely lucky to have Sam Groth visit our school recently. Kindergarten students each received a racquet to start them on their tennis journeys, and Years 3 and 4 students tried to return Sam’s amazing serves! We loved having Sam Groth at Parkes Public! What a wonderfully memorable day for our students! Thank you for being a great role model, Sam!

Friday 27 September, last day of term - limited lunch menu Parents/carer’s may write a paper bag order for your student/students or alternatively, order online through Flexischools.

Children will still be able to order recess items, however if we run out of something, they will be offered an alternative.

The canteen would like to thank students and parents for their continued support and look forward to providing more delicious and healthy food in Term 4!

Food Menu 6 Pack Chicken Sticks $4.10 3 Pack Party Pies $4.10 Lasagne $4.60 Macaroni and Cheese $4.60 Spaghetti Bolognaise $ 2 Pack Chicken Tenders $3.60 Sausage Roll $3.80 Garlic Bread $2.00 Ham and cheese Pizza $4.60 Ham, cheese and pineapple Pizza $5.10 BBQ chicken Pizza $5.10

Sauces Tomato/BBQ Sauce $0.30

Drinks Chocolate/Strawberry Milk $2.50 Poppers: Apple, Apple blackcurrant, Tropical,

Orange $2.00 Chill J: Cola, Watermelon, Grape, Raspberry

$2.50 Juice Bombs: Apple Cola, Orange Passion,

Blackcurrant, Apple Raspberry $2.50

Thank you to all the families who came out on Friday night to enjoy ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ on the grass and support our last P&C fundraiser for the year. All money raised on the night will go towards our playground upgrade!

A special thank you must go to the amazing volunteers who helped make the night possible and the local businesses that supported us - CleanTeq Sunrise, CatholicCare, RNR Jumping Castle Hire, The Manildra Group, Woolworths and The Reject Shop.

Kindergarten has had an exciting couple of weeks. We were lucky enough to have Mr and Mrs Orr bring in two rams from their Gundarimbah Merino stud farm. Mr Brown brought the sheep in for Mr Orr with a portable shearing machine, which he used to shear the two rams.

Mr Orr told all of Kindergarten about the merino sheep and how their wool is used. We were able to touch the wool and the sheep. We discovered what the wool looked like close-up and felt the lanolin in the fleece that helps repel water.

This was a real treat and assisted us in learning to connect our lessons on Science and STEM to living things in the world.

We would like to thank Mr and Mrs Orr and Mr Brown for bringing this experience to school for us to learn from and enjoy.