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Week 9 Term 4
2017
Learning For Life
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Important Dates
Tuesday 12/12 * School Banking * Kinder & K/2D End of Year Activity * Years 5 & 6 End of Year Activity Wednesday 13/12 * P&C Christmas Carols & Fireworks Friday 15/12 * Year 6 Fun Day at Mingara * End of Term 4 Monday 29/1 * Staff Development Day No Students At School Tuesday 30/1 * School Resumes for Students Years 1-6 Monday 5/2 * Kindergarten Students Commence School
Great Work This week I visited Year 5 while they were completing their STEM challenge and I also had some students show me their great work. Xander from 5/6J achieved 300 dojo points. Bentley and Haylee from KS received their Golden Letters and Toby from 3/4O shared his great homework task. Ella K/1M and Lily 4/5D have read for 100 nights. Congratulations to Harrison K/1M, Evan 3/4B, Lara 3/4G and Kai KD for reading for 200 nights and well done to Claire from 3/4O for reading an amazing 300 nights. Well done to our school band who performed for our parents/carers last Friday afternoon. They were fantastic and thank you to Rowan for teaching our band and also to Mrs McLoughlin for coordinating the band this term.
Congratulations to Luke from 5/6T who received our final Big Mover Award for the year and special congratulations to George 5/6K who placed 4th in Discus and 5th in Shot Put in the National Pacific School Games in Adelaide. An outstanding achievement George!
Year 6 Farewell Our Year 6 Farewell was held last night at the Gosford RSL Club. The evening commenced with a presentation in our school hall at
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Year 6 Farewell
4:30 pm, followed by dinner and dancing at the RSL. The students had a great time and thank you to Mrs Baldwin, Miss Searle, Miss Tout, Miss Jones and Miss Toomey and our parents/carers for their organisation of such a great evening.
Farewell Mrs Jackson and Mrs Debnam Mrs Jackson who has been teaching for 39 years has officially announced her retirement. Mrs Jackson taught many students in our school community and has developed strong relationships with our families. She has been a valued colleague and friend. We are sad to see her go and we wish her well.
We also farewell Mrs Debnam who has been teaching at Niagara Park for the past five years. Mrs Debnam will take up the position of Assistant Principal in 2018 at Blue Haven Public School. Thank you to Mrs Debnam for all she has done for our school. She will be dearly missed and we wish her well in her new position.
As we farewell Mrs Jackson and Mrs Debnam, we welcome Mrs Amanda Rutherford who was appointed through merit selection and Mrs Ashleigh Hawkins who has been appointed centrally to Niagara Park Public School. We look forward to Mrs Rutherford and Mrs Hawkins working with us next year.
Presentation Day On Wednesday, our students were recognised for their academic and sporting achievements. Congratulations to all students who received awards and congratulations also to our 2018 School Captains; Noah Sneddon and Maddison Blandford. Vice Captains; Travis Pankhurst and Imogen Morley and Prefects; Lucas Pugh, Xander Rush, Mary Tai, Natalie Mills, Stevie Hart and Tayla Wise. I am sure they will lead our school with responsibility and pride. Thank you to the families of Year 6 students leaving us, we appreciate the support you have provided to our school. Thanks to Mrs Young, Mrs Figallo and Mrs Shepherd for organising our Presentation Day assemblies. We have excelled in many areas in 2017 and you can read more about the details of our achievements in the Annual School Report that will be available in April 2018.
Christmas Carols and Fireworks Come along to our Carols Under the Stars and fireworks at Niagara Park Public School on Wednesday 13th December, gates open at 5:00pm. There will be tea, coffee, cakes, ice-creams, fairy floss, slushies and a selection of gourmet foods. The students, our school band and a special guest will be performing Christmas carols and we will also have a special visit from the man in red. Students are asked to wear Christmas themed clothing. We will conclude the evening with our raffle and a fireworks display. A huge thank you to our P&C for their organisation of our community carols event.
Summer Reading is a Blast Reading is the key to success in education, but reading is not confined to school - what is learned at school needs to be used at home through reading for pleasure and interest.
Reading with or to a child will help keep their reading skills alive and prevents the loss of these skills. A recent survey showed that 96% of students who participated, improved or maintained their reading levels over the holidays. These holidays, we will be running the Summer Reading is a Blast Holiday Reading Program. You and your child are invited to participate in Summer Reading is a Blast for these summer school holidays. There is no cost involved, just commitment to have fun reading through the holidays.
Every participating student in Years K to 5 will receive a Summer Reading is a Blast reading card in the last week of school to record what they read over the holidays. The card also has tips for shared reading activities. Students are asked to read for 21 days during the summer holidays.
NIAGARA PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL Learning For Life
They record their holiday reading on the provided card and return it to school by Friday 9th February, 2018. Students who complete the card will receive a book prize. Have a great weekend.
Adam Boulus Principal
BIG MOVER AWARD - Luke D.
Luke is a fun-loving, energetic student who has shown incredible growth, both personally and in his studies, since commencing at Niagara Park Public School.
He possesses a wicked sense of humour and enjoys having a laugh with peers and adults alike. Luke has demonstrated true commitment and a real determination to apply himself to his studies this year and to better his achievement across all key learning areas. As a result, he is making good progress toward his learning goals. Luke takes pride in his work and enjoys sharing his efforts with peers and staff.
Luke is a keen sportsperson. He loves to participate in a variety of sports and takes advantage of every given opportunity to do so. He is responsible and always willing to lend a helping hand to others.
Congratulations on achieving Niagara Park Public School’s final Big Mover award for 2017 Luke.
Vicki Young Deputy Principal
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