Dear Parent / Caregivers Athletics Carnival Monday’s carnival has been postponed until Tuesday 28 June. Let’s hope fifth time lucky. Stage 1 Reptile Park Excursion Tomorrow’s Stage 1 excursion to the Reptile Park is postponed due to inclement weather conditions. We will advise you of an alternative date in term 3 as soon as possible. NAIDOC Week 2011 NAIDOC Week officially occurs from 3rd to the 10th of July, which is the first week of the school holidays. Our school will be participating in activities during the last week of school in recognition of NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC Week is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields. During this week, our Stage 3 Aboriginal students will be attending Maitland Grossmann HS to join students from other schools in special activities. At school, we will be recognising the importance of NAIDOC through a special ceremony, tasting bushtucker, performances from an Aboriginal musician and dancers, and an out-of-uniform day with red, black and yellow as the theme. More information about these plans will be provided closer to NAIDOC Week. PBL Banner Awardees As part of our PBL award system, special banners are awarded to children in recognition of their commitment to our school rules and values over a long period of time. A ‘Banner Award’ indicates an excellent level of school citizenship at East Maitland Public School. Banner awards were presented to the following students at last week’s whole-school, Thursday afternoon assembly – Georgia Stuart S3H, Rebecca Davey S2M, Henry Edwards S2NJ and Jack Davey S3H. All banner recipients will have their photo displayed at school in recognition of this achievement.

Banner recipients display their awards: Jack Davey, Henry Edwards, Georgia Stuart and Rebecca Davey. Regional Cross Country Representatives Congratulations to Callan Mendyk, Zak Taylor and Aleisha Bond who competed at the Hunter Region Cross Country last Friday. These athletes competed in fields of around 70 of the best cross country runners in the Hunter. Callan placed 15th in the 10 Years boys 2 kilometre race, Zak placed 9th (and qualified as reserve for the NSW championships) in the 11 Years boys 3 kilometre race, and Aleisha placed 33rd in the 12 Years girls 3 kilometre race. Congratulations go to all three runners for such excellent personal efforts as representatives of our school.

William Street, East Maitland 2323 Phone: 4933 7524 Fax: 4934 5012 Email: maitlande-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Respect, Responsibility, Learning, Co-operation and Participation

15 June 2011 No. 18 (Week 8 Term2)

Educating Communities

Education Week 2011 Education week 2011 will be held during Week 3 next Term. Keep Thursday 4th August free to visit school as it will be on this day that we will be providing activities that demonstrate some of the excellent things that happen in our school and celebrate what’s wonderful about public education. We particularly welcome grandparents and grandfriends to this day and much of the day will focus around them. More information and a timetable of events will be provided closer to the day. P&C Meeting At last week’s P&C meeting, the committee made commitments to funding 2 interactive whiteboards and $3,200 worth of literacy resources for the school. Thanks to the P&C fundraising machine, these extra resources for our students is once again made possible. The P&C, in partnership with the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) will also be involved in a water meter initiative aimed at saving water and money at school. PBL – The ‘Star Award’ When a child has five Achievement awards, or five Values awards, or five Principal’s awards, OR, ANY combination of these to make up five awards, the child is entitled to a Star award. The Star award is printed on buff parchment and is presented at our whole-school assemblies on Thursdays. The Star award appears below:

   

Events at our school 23 June: ES1 Reptile show 24 June: Red Nose Day 24 June: Reports due to go home 24 June: Waste Free Friday 27 June: 1 July NAIDOC Week celebrations 28 June: Athletics carnival 29 June: S1T/ S1M Zoo Excursion 30 June: MCPS finals ( 10am -3pm) 1 July: Term 2 ends 18 July: Teachers return 19 July: Term 3 begins for students John Black Deputy Principal

Uniform Shop Roster The Uniform Shop is open from 8.30 - 9.00am on Wednesday and Thursday.

ES1-K Jaylon Moretti Tori Waqatevuya

ES1-P Yazmin Hellyer Chase Corry

ES1-S Ella Wilks Nathan Boardman

ES1/1R Sonny Bill Anderson Sienna Flynn

S1-D Issac Hutchinson Jasmine Johnson

S1-J Phoebe Buck Riley King Saunders

S1-H Zane Estatheo Charli McNab

S1-M Samuel Lightfoot Mackenzie Barker

S1-T S1-W Callum Stevens

S2/3B Tilly White Abbie-May Passfield Brittney Hill

S2-D

S2-M S2-NJ

S2-P Alexis Hain-Mooney Alex Barnett

S3-A

S3-G S3-H Abbey Morgan Zoe Linnane

S3-M S3-S Bree Spohr Kieran Broderick

SC-R SC-B

SC-J STLA

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD For Quality Book Work

Nathanuel Payne - S2-NJ Nikkita Weldon - S2-NJ Regan Donney - S2-D Niki Maunder - S2-D Colby Emerton - S2-P Callan Mendyk - S2-P

Canteen Roster

20/6

21/6 Jill Cridland Sonya Laird

22/6 Kerry Munro HELP NEEDED

23/6 Noelle Green Joy Edwards

24/6 Ruth Prowse Melissa Stumbles

HELP NEEDED

Fiona Daley Julie Taylor

Any problems please phone Jacki - School 4933 7524 or Home 4932 7226

Canteen News Pie Drive Don’t forget to get your Pie Order forms and money back to school by Thursday 23rd June.

Thursday 16/6 Wednesday 22/6 Michelle Grainger Tracy Nevins

Tracey Nevins Manisha Thaker

Michelle Dickson

Name Date

Michelle Murphy 17/6/11

Joy Edwards 24/6/11

Jackie Spohr 1/7/11

Kerry Horner 22/7/11

Michelle Dickson 29/7/11

Linen Roster

If you have any concerns please contact Jackie Spohr on 4934 1948

LIFESKILLS’ The winner of the Young Endeavour Bankbook draw was:

Nathan Boardman - ES1-S Fraser Atkinson - S1-J

Carl Dodd - S1-M Kasey Roper-Wilson - S1-J

Congratulations!

Starstruck Last Friday, the Starstruck girls had their first Dress Rehearsal at school. They looked fantastic in their costumes and enjoyed showing off their dances. We would like to thank Mrs Jan Griffiths for all her hard work in making the costumes. They are brilliant! There is only one more sleep until the first Starstruck performance! The girls are very excited to perform their dances in front of an audience of 2,000 people per show! If you would like to watch a performance, please visit ticketek.com.au to purchase tickets. Best of luck girls! Miss Lewis Red Nose Colouring in Competition Red Nose Day is next Friday, the 24th of June. Students are welcome to wear their Red Noses to school on this day to support SIDS & KIDS. Miss Lewis and Mrs Humphreys have organised a colouring in competition where there will be a winner from each stage. The prize is a combination 'Red Nose' lollies! Yum! Students can get a colouring in sheet from the library at second half of lunch. Students need to return their entry to the library by next Wednesday lunch time. Winners will be announced at next Thursday's afternoon assembly. Happy colouring, Miss Lewis Sydney Taronga Zoo Class: S1M and S1T When: Monday 29th June 2011 Cost: $30.00 Notes and money need to be returned to school by Monday 20th June.

Week 9 Tue 22nd – Fri 24th June 2011

Position Student Days

CEO Ryan Clayden Tue-Fri

Treasurer Amelia Jones Tue-Fri

Directors

Cody Murphy Tue-Fri

Mackenzie Bradford Tue-Fri

General Hands

Nathan Moore Tue-Thur

Jordan Hawley Tue-Thur

Retail (shops) Michael Hague Tue-Thur

Aquaculture Kasey Wilson-Roper Tue-Thur

Recycle Shed

Annabel Burgess Friday

Brittney Hill Friday

Alex Gruber Friday

Employment Roster