Term 3, Week 4 15 August 2019

Upcoming events 16 August 2019 Zone Athletics Carnival 19 August 2019 ASCA Exams 19 August - 23 August 2019 Book Week and Book Fair 20 August 2019 Year 5 Taster Day at QHS 21 August 2019 P&C Meeting School Council Meeting ASCA Exams 23 August 2019 Book Week Parade 29 August 2019 Dad’s Group Event

Permission notes and payment due –

Canberra Excursion Final Payment due – Monday 16 September 2019 Aussie Bush Camp Final Payment due – Monday 16 September 2019

Notes home this week

1. ASCA Reminder ASCA Students 2. Book Week Parade Invite All Students 3. ASCA Presentation ASCA Students 4. Year 5 QHS Taster Day Year 5

Reminder

Night of the Notables

Thursday 5 September 2019

All welcome to this wonderful school event.

From the Principal’s Desk The Fathering Project – Quirindi Public School Launch Our Quirindi Pubic School Dad's Group launch event 'Paper Planes and Pizza' is fast approaching and RSVPs are steadily coming back. This event is about engaging fathering figures in our community to spend quality time with their children in a fun and supportive environment. All students should have brought home their personalised invite last week. PLEASE RETURN YOUR NUMBERS/ORDER FORM by next Friday 23 August so catering can be finalised. The Paper Planes and Pizza evening will be held at Quirindi Public School on Thursday 29 August between 5:30pm - 7:00pm. New Classroom Furniture There was some excitement in a number of our classrooms this week with the delivery of some new flexible furniture. Three classrooms have been kitted out with adjustable height, whiteboard top tables to increase engagement, visual learning opportunities and problem solving skills in our classrooms. Our plan is to continue to roll this furniture out to all classrooms to continually build the teaching and learning resources in our school. Education Week Assembly Thank you to the visitors who came along to our Education Week celebration last Friday. It was a fantastic assembly where we celebrated a large number of our students who have demonstrated excellent attendance throughout Semester 1. Our amazing choir under the guidance of Mrs Schultz and Mrs Drummond performed and the assembly was closed with a beautiful, video tribute to our teachers coordinated by 5/6M. John Ireland - Principal

Scholastic Book Fair starts Monday It’s time to ROARRR for reading! Our Scholastic Dino-Mite Book Fair starts next Monday 19 August 2019 and runs through until Friday 23 August 2019. Come along and check out the amazing range of books available for purchase. The Book Fair is packed with very affordable books from a multitude of genres, including fantasy, classics, reference, award-winners, humour, non-fiction and mystery. The amazing selection includes books suitable for both girls and boys within each age group, captures their imaginations and excites them about reading. Cash and EFTPOS facilities will be available and every purchase you make at our Book Fair earns learning and literacy resources for our school. Book Fair will be held in the Quirindi Public School library and will be open: • Monday to Wednesday: 8.50am-9.15am, 1.30pm-2.00pm (2nd break) and 3.20pm-4.00pm, • Friday: 1.30pm-2.00pm only (prior to our Book Week Parade) Come along, buy some books and know that you’re helping our school in the process.

Zone Carnival – We need your HELP! Tomorrow Friday 16 August is the Zone Athletics Carnival at Golland Fields. We are once again running the canteen and BBQ. If you are able to help out on the day please pop over and see us. We would love your help for as much or as little time as you can. If you can’t help on the day we would love any baked goods to sell in our canteen. Remember all the money from these sorts of days goes back into our school.

Quirindi Spring Show colouring in competition The Quirindi Spring Show are running a colouring in competition this year with our theme being Bees. Age groups: 5yrs and under, 6yrs - 10yrs & 11yrs - 14yrs. Entries close: Friday 30th August 2019 Drop off point: Quirindi Pharmacy or school office Entry fee: Nil Drawings can be collected from the school office. Prizes for first, second and encouragement in each age group. Any queries or to organise a collection day please don't hesitate to call me on 0400801359

2020 Kindergarten Enrolments!!!

We are now accepting enrolments for Kindergarten 2020.

Please contact the office to place your child’s name down and collect an enrolment pack. Don’t forget our Kinder Walk Around on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at

10:00am. Any enquiries please call 67461565.

Student of the Week KA Award Given KF Jai Oliver KM Jax Colbourn 1M Brooklyn Hall 2D Jaydene Baker 2SP Arlie Anderson 3H Layla Gilchrist 3/4B Alexander Stone 4A Sophie Donoghue 5/6B Beatrix McKechnie 5/6L Sophie Hallman 5/6M Jack Goodwin Merit Certificate KA Thomas Stone KF Jaylah Sampson KM Heidi Uptin 1M Savannah Caterer 2D Chloe Golledge 2SP Luke Cowen 3/4B Lylianna Walzak 3H Anthony Piper 4A Amber Robinson 5/6B Jack Drew 5/6L Janahri Darcy 5/6M Chase Patton Music Ayla Nean and Angus Allen

Safety At Quirindi Public School we move and play safely.

School Office Hours Office hours are

8.30am to 3.30pm.

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am School begins 11.20am - 12.00pm Break 1 1.30pm – 2.05pm Break 2 3.20pm School concludes

State Neball Day one: From Tuesday 30 until Thursday 1 August 2019 our North West Netball team went to Orange to play in the NSW state championships. It started on the Tuesday at 7:30 for the presentation to greet all of the players and umpires. After the presentation, we had to play our first game at 10:30am against Hunter who were tied winners from last year. Sadly, we lost our first game but we got more and more confident with playing together. Our second game was against North Coast. By the second quarter we started to click and played like we have never played before. With all of that hard work we won our first game by 1 point.

Day two: Our first game was at 9:40am against Sydney South West. After a very tight game we had a draw. This was a big achievement for us, a country regional team nearly beating a prestigious Sydney team. We had another three games that day against Polding, Riverina and Barrier. After that we had a team dinner with all players and the coaches.

Day three: It was our last day and we were exhausted from all of our effort we put into our previous nine games over the past two days. We had to dig deep because we had another four games to go, we all gave our hardest but unfortunately, we lost all of those games. That didn’t matter for the team because we tried our best and we all had good fun and represented our schools with pride. By Olivia Cowan Regional Bank The P&C was awarded a donation of $579.81 from the Regional Australia Bank Community Partnership Program for the 2018-19 year. Anyone who has a Regional Australia Bank account can nominate Quirindi Public School P&C as the organisation they wish to support for this program and Regional Australia Bank will give a donation equating to 1% of their average account balance each year. Thank you to Regional Australia Bank for their support of our P&C. Pictured is Heath Lawson accepting the certificate on behalf of Quirindi Public School P&C from RAB Quirindi representatives Irene and Renee.

Messages from the Office No hat no play As parents are aware the school has a Sun-Safe Hat Policy which was approved by the school community. School hats must be worn during any outside activities. Those parents who cannot provide their children with a school hat are asked to contact the Principal. Lost Property Once again our basket is overflowing with clothing that cannot be returned to the rightful owners as the articles are not labelled. If you think your child may have lost clothing this term, please come to the office to look through the lost property. All unclaimed clothing will be sent to a local charity shop or washed for the clothing pool at the end of next week. Head Lice There has been an outbreak of head lice at the school. Head lice are very common, however they should be treated quickly to prevent them from spreading to other students. If you require information to help in the treatment of head lice, please contact the office for an information letter or the local pharmacy for advice.

K-2 Fun Day

Del’s Corner

Term 3 Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Aug 12 ASCA Rehearsals

13 Gymnastics

Yrs 1, 3 & 5 + K-6S 14

School Council Meeting

Boys Touch Knockout – Werris

Creek

15

16 Zone Athletics

Carnival

17/18

Aug

19 ASCA Exams

Book Fair Commencing

Book Week

20 Year 5 Taster Day

21 P&C Meeting –

6.00pm ASCA Exams

22 23 Book Week Parade

24/25

Aug/Sep 26 Debating

27

28

29

Fathers Day Event and the Fathering Project

30

31/1

Sep 2 3 4 5 Night of the Notables

6 7/8

Sep 9 10 11 Life Education

12 Life Education

13 Regional Athletics

Trials Life Education

14/15

Sep 16 Life Education

17 Life Education

18 Life Education Kinder 2020 Walkaround

P&C Meeting – 6.00pm

19 Eloura Visit

20

21/22

Sep 23 24 25 26

27

28/29

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