MEMBER OF THE FIRST NORTH LEARNING COMMUNITY

Upper Coopers Creek Road

Upper Coopers Creek NSW 2480

Phone: (02) 6688 2128

Fax: (02) 6688 2150

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

Web: www.cooperscrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Week 9

Upper Coopers Creek Public School

Respect, Understanding and Responsibility

Wednesday 20th June

2017

Dear Families and Friends,

Happy Winter Solstice to everyone. We are all getting very excited about the Lantern Parade this

Saturday evening. We will be meeting at Victoria Rd, next to the skate park at 4.45 - 5.00pm and

will walk along the route to Oaks Oval. Families can then decide if they would like to watch the

Finale at Oakes Oval. The Finale is a ticketed event, which means everyone who wants to see

the finale will need to either have a wristband to sit on the grass or have bought a ticket to sit in

the outer-stands or grandstand. We have been given 2 wristbands for each child who has made

a lantern which we will give out

before the parade. What to

wear/bring: The Lantern Parade

crew have advised ‘Natural Fibres

only, with no synthetics or floaty

bits’. If you are staying for the Fina-

le it is a good idea to carry a

backpack with rugs or tarps to sit

on and some food, snacks and

water.

‘ This is such an exciting looking

classroom!’ - Nabeela. Huge

thank you to Brett for making the

tall desks for the classroom. The

children love them and they look

fantastic. We also now have the

gorgeous new flexible furniture in the classroom. All our new furniture not only looks incredible, it

gives students a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them. Flexible learning

classrooms have also been shown to help children to work collaboratively, communicate, and

engage in critical thinking.

More thanks. Thanks Ryan and Jenny Smith for

continuing to read with the students every

week. Thank you to Jolita and Andi for a very

popular canteen last Friday. And thank you Na-

dine for applying for the Eco Grant for the

school. We know how much work went into this

and we really appreciate everything you’ve

done.

Dates To Remember

Sat June 24 Lismore Lantern Parade

Thurs June 29 NAIDOC Day at Lismore

Fri June 30 Last day of Term 2

"“We wish to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have

lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beau-

tiful valley over many thousands of years as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands."

MEMBER OF THE FIRST NORTH LEARNING COMMUNITY

NAIDOC: Next Thursday the whole school will be

going to Lismore for the Lismore Council NAI-

DOC celebrations at the Lismore Show Grounds.

We will also be visiting Dorrobbee Grass in Du-

noon, which is a place of cultural significance for

the Bundjalung people

Reports: Mid-year reports will be coming home

this week. If you would like to talk to Jen, Sue or

Sharon about your child’s progress at school

please give Rochelle a call to arrange a time.

LMBR: Next week Rochelle and I will be attending

training for the upcoming implementation of

LMBR systems. LMBR will deliver modern, integrat-

ed IT systems to support teaching and learning in

NSW Public Schools. We will attend a number of

training sessions throughout Term 3 in preparation

for our ‘Go Live’ date in Term 4.

Jen, Sue , Sharon and Rochelle