Newsletter

Walk-a-thon Huge congratulations to our wonderful P and C on organising such a successful Walk-a-Thon last week. You hard work and dedication ensured that the event went smoothly and a great time was had by all. Special thanks must go to Katherine Winkler for her incredible drive and organisational skills. It was an outstanding fundraising achievement. Well done also to all parents who assisted their children with sponsorship and congratulations to all our prize winners. Excursion Excitement is building as Years 5 and 6 prepare for their camps next week. We hope you all enjoy great weather and have a fabulous time. Parents are reminded that unless prior arrangements have been made all camp payments need to be in by this Friday. Please make sure that you read all notes associated with each camp, including clothing and medical requirements. Kindergarten Orientation Our second Kindergarten Orientation is on tomorrow. We are looking forward to seeing all our 2017 enrolments. If you know of any child who is eligible to attend our school next year please invite them along or ask them to call the office for details. Grandparents’ day We are looking forward to Grandparents Day tomorrow. Thanks to Mrs Davies for organising this wonderful morning. Whole School Assembly Our first whole school assembly for the term will be held next Monday October 31 commencing at 2pm. We hope you can come.

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P and C Our next P and C meeting will be held next Monday October 31 at 3pm. We hope you can make it along. Early Arrivals Just a reminder that students must not arrive at school before 8.15am as there is no teacher supervision before then. Lately, we have had students arriving as early as 8.00am when there are no teachers on duty. Phones and iPads If you have given your child permission to bring a device to school to use on their bus trip home, please remind them to put the device in the basket in the Office when they arrive at school. Under no circumstances are students allowed to keep them in their bags during the day. There is always the chance they may be broken, or even stolen. In the office they will be safe and students can pick them up on the way to the bus. Once they are on the bus, they can use them. If you have an urgent message for your child, please ring the office on 6649 2734 before 2.20 pm and we will make sure they get it.

Mrs Wright

Assembly

This week Years 3-6 will join

the K-2 assembly on Thursday. Term 4 calendar included in this newsletter

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Mrs Davies

Stars of the Week

Addison Golsby-Smith, Hunter Roby, Ella Williams, Brad Barbic

Students of the Week

Jett Bridges, Ruby Wright, Birrugan Barac-Kelly, Ashton Cardno, Sienna Sorbello,

Henry Greenberry, Summer Kelman, Macey Dodds

It’s This Wednesday! We are looking forward to welcoming Grandparents and Friends to our Corindi School Grandparents Day. This special day is our way of saying "thank you" to those special people in our lives. This Wednesday 26th October from 9.30am - 10.30am.

In your grandchildren's classrooms for fun activities together

Then a delicious morning tea served by our senior students!

*donations of food for the morning tea would be gratefully appreciated*

Orders close this Thursday 27th

October

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Bronze and Silver

Awards

Harnoor Singh, Koby Kudrins, Charles Cairns,

Summer Edwards

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Year 1/2 News…

A big thank you again to 1/2 for raising so much money for the walkathon. We will behaving our pizza party this Wednesday 26th so no need to pack lunch for your child ( unless they don’t eat pizza!) Fruit break and recess are still required.

Mrs Vines

Year 3 News…

A reading/maths homework sheet and Spelling homework sheet were handed out yesterday. Homework and the Home Reading Journal are due in this Friday. In writing we are going to write some stories with Sizzling Starts titled; “Help, I’m Trapped In the ....” In Grammar we are continuing to look at Saying and Sensing verbs. In maths we are looking at using grid references to complete maps. Hopefully some more pen licences will be handed out this week. In Art, we have been doing symmetrical drawings of different insects and spiders. We are also going to draw old sailing ships as part of our “First Contacts” unit. In Spelling, the class found 106 smaller words in the word “replenishment!” Year 3 Camp. Children can keep bringing in money for our Koala fundraiser. Our goal is to try and reach $60. Camp permission notes were handed out last week. These should be returned this week. Learn to Swim – Another beautiful day at Woopi Pool. Thankyou to Julie who helped out with one of our groups. If you can help out with, could you please let me know asap.

Mr Hasson

Year 5 News…

Spelling sheet 29 was given out today. Maths study this week is multiplication and division. Our Food and Nutrition unit continues this week. Our Great Aussie Bush Camp will be held Wednesday of next week. Information on bus times will be sent home before Friday. Any concerns please contact the school. Mr Taylor

Win Bin Winners…

Thea and Grace

Garby Class…

Year Kindy

OCEAN SURF SAFETY Thank you to the Coffs Harbour Council

lifeguards for presenting an informative and

fun day to Years 5 & 6. The children learned

about Surf Safety and Survival as well as CPR. Mr Taylor

Sports Coordinator

Bush Tucker Excursion As part of our Nutrition unit, the class visited the Yarrawarra Cultural Centre and Bush Tucker Walk. On the walk the children learnt about the ways Gumbaynggirr Aboriginal people used the local environment for food, medicine and healthy living. Thankyou to Mr Skinner for his informative talk and historical perspective.

Mr Taylor and Ms Galloway

The Cancer Council’s “Eat It To Beat It” initiative is

offering a 90 minute workshop for parents called

“Fruit and Veg Sense”.

Some of the topics covered in the session include:

How to save time and money making

healthy meals the whole family will enjoy

Learn clever ways to entice fussy eaters to

eat more fruit and vegetables

Improve the long term health of your family

How much is a ‘serve’ of fruit and veg and

how many serves do we need?

Easy, family friendly recipe ideas

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See our school webpage for more info

about upcoming events in our area

Congratulations Corindi Public School

Students, this years Walk-a-thon raised a

total of $5804.55!!! What an outstanding effort! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to make the day a huge

success. Thank you to all the sponsors; Coffs Coast Health Club, Luke &

Lana Taylor, Grafton Shoppingworld, McDonalds North Coffs,

Yogurtland, Pumpkin Patch, The Big Banana & North Coast Surf

Traders

The class who raised the highest amount of sponsorship and won the pizza

party was, Year 1/2, raising a total of $804.50 The Prize Draw winners are:

1st. Razor Ripsurf and Helmet - Molly McCallum

2nd. Huffy Slider and Helmet - Sienna Taylor

3rd. Basketball System and Basketball - Dakota Winkler

The Major Prize winners are:

1st. WII U Bundle - Grace Endycott (total raised $287)

2nd. Springless Trampoline - Erica Munro (total raised $160)

3rd. Water fun pack - Taj Avery (total raised $156)

Congratulations again Corindi Public and thankyou! Katherine Winkler

Go4Fun

Cranes Community Support

Programs

For students wanting to purchase

photos from the photo booth, all

photos will be displayed in the school

office this week and the P&C will be

taking orders at the end of next week.

All photos are $1 each.

P&C News…

There will be a slight price rise from next

year on selected uniform items. Prices are

as follows…

This term 2016

Shirts $20

Shorts/skorts $15

Jackets $25

2017 prices

Shirts $25

Shorts/skorts $20

Jackets $35

Both styles of hat remain the same

Bucket $10

Wide Brim $15 Christine