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Kalori Term 4 - Week 4 6 November 2018

Respect, Honesty, Responsibility – RHR – That’s Who We Are

Meryula St Narromine NSW 2821

P: 02 68894566 F: 02 68894451

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Denise King - Principal

Welcome back to our students, parents and staff to what will be a fast-paced Term 4 heading

towards Christmas! Please keep an eye on our school app, check the electronic notice board and

please read our school newsletter for details on all up and coming events.

Attendance

It’s not OK to be away, it’s not great to be late! All parents have a responsibility to ensure that

children attend school each day and to notify the school as soon as possible if their child is away. Schools have a

legal requirement to record student attendance. If your child is absent, parents are required to provide the school

with an explanation within 7 days, be it verbal and/or written about why they were away. If your child is absent due

to illness the school can request a medical certificate from the doctor.

Connecting to Community 2018

Staff at Narromine High School and Narromine Public School have been working with the Narromine Lands Council

and the Narromine AECG to strengthen and enhance our connections to the Narromine community by participating

in a local professional learning program entitled Connecting to Community. This learning has engaged our teams as

we participated in a smoking ceremony, shared stories of local significance and enjoyed a kinship connection activity

that pointed to the roles and responsibilities of our students within their families. The combined staffs enjoyed a

very delicious shared evening meal of kangaroo.

This Wednesday is the second component of this fantastic professional learning opportunity where we will be

visiting the keeping place, talking with community elders, visiting the river and scar trees. All staff are very much

looking forward to adding to our shared knowledge and enhancing the Aboriginal perspectives within the teaching

and learning curriculum for the children of the Narromine Community. We would like to acknowledge and thank

volunteers who have been working alongside the Lands Council and the AECG in presenting Connecting to

Community 2018.

Spelling BEE

Congratulations to Jessica Woods from 3/4 EG who attended the Junior State

Final of the 2018 Premiers Spelling Bee on Friday 2 November at Eugene

Goossens Hall, ABC Centre in Sydney.

The NSW Premier's Spelling Bee is a fun way to encourage literacy amongst

public primary school children. The Premier's Spelling Bee began in 2004 and

invites all NSW government primary, central and community schools to

participate. Each school is encouraged to nominate two representatives selected

from local school spelling knockouts. Jessica along with Bryce Dixon, Andrew

Smith and Sophie Woods attended our regional Spelling Bee in Dubbo. As the

regional winner in the junior section, Jess and her family were invited to the

state championships in Sydney where 100 students competed. Jess was

successful in making it to the fourth round. This year the bee tested a record

170,000 students. These talented spellers confront tricky words such as 'disseminate', 'exuberant', 'semantics',

'viscount', 'desiccated', 'exaggerate', 'sagacious', 'laureate', 'ameliorate' and 'epitome' in a knock-out format

competition. Jess’s final word was insidious. When asked about her experience Jess said, “I had a lot of fun. I loved

the challenge of the spelling and it was amazing being interviewed by ABC ME for BTN.” Jess will be on BTN on

Monday so tune in to see her interview. Well done Jess!


Assembly Awards Week 3 Term 4 Attendance – 1M Uniform – 5/6B 1S Super Val –2M Assembly Class – 5W That’s Super – 3/4P PBL – Kaylah, Neveah Simmons, Olivia McCarney, Nevaeh Murphy, Larry Kelly, Les, Chaice Thurbon. Class Awards – Bobbi- Lee Dickson, Sean Meylan, Lucy Bender, Nyokah Murphy, Nikolai Byrne, Aliie Gill, Iyzacke Murphy, Lashari Murphy, Marshall Leese – Caines, Tyler Blackhall, Letiah Dixon, Tyrone Wright, Zarlee Forrester, Shanikka Orcher, Azurra Thurston, Tamika Moss, Jamari Clarke, Tyneeka Glover, Izaya Hardy-Byrne, Noah Richards, Tairae Darcy, Harley Bender, Travis Brassington, Bailey Farvis, Lacey McGhee, Bella Davison, Joshua Housden, Huntar Thurbon, Blake Tonkin, Tylar Diggins, Rihanna Blackhall. House Points – Namoi 552, Bogan 614, Castlereagh 486, Macquarie 617 Narromine Library Book Week Awards- Zaylee Dawson - Highly Commended, Sophie Woods - Highly Commended, Kye Unicomb - Highly Commended, Shayla Schneider - Winner. UNSW Science Competition- , Alex Warren – Distinction, Jessica Woods – Credit, Lachie Warren – Merit, Lauren Turnbull – Merit, Andrew Smith – Merit.

Denise King – Principal continued

NPS students are visiting Stewart House

On Friday I had the pleasure of visiting Charles, Blake, William and

Lakoda at Stewart House. When I arrived the children were just

coming back from the beach where they had been swimming in a

tidal pool, the children looked so happy and were busting to share all

the fun things that they had been doing during the week. Stewart

House is a fantastic program that NPS staff and school support by

our participation, fundraising and wage donations.

Every year 1,700 public school children attend the school that is

across the road from Curl Curl Beach. During a 12-day stay the

children attend school, they are provided with dental, optical,

hearing and medical screening and treatment as well as a huge array of social

outings. The students participate in educational programs and excursions designed

to develop their social and emotional skills, build self-esteem and improve their

overall wellbeing.

Our children who attend Stewart House are inspired to see beyond the

present and to have real hope and positive aspirations for their future.

Stewart House is a wonderful opportunity and we are looking forward

to sharing photos and recounts by the children with our community

when they return to NPS.


NOTES HOME

BBQ lunch fete

Yr 6 transition to high

school

Transition Christmas Party

Intensive swimming

Yr 6 photo display

Headlice 56S, 34S, 34EG

Stage 2 100 Point reward

Yr 6 Graduation dinner

Anti-bullying Workshop

On 31 October Year 6 and the teachers went to

the Dubbo Zoo for an anti-bullying workshop.

During our time at the zoo we learnt about the

different types of bullying, what bullying is and

means, ways to prevent bullying, ways to report

bullying, how to report bullying and how bullying

affects people of different ages.

Our first presentation was by Lesley Harrison and

she told us about our online brand. During this session we learnt that what you post on your social media page is

what people will see you by. Lesley also made us think about what message we are sending online and what sort of

message your page is sending everyone else.

Our second presentation was by Neil Humphrey and he talked to us about bullying and anger. During this

presentation we learnt that bullies have a reason for bullying others. We also learnt some strategies to calm down

and relax.

Our final lesson was taught by Juli Coffin. Her lesson was very interactive with everyone in the audience. She got us

to do a pop quiz and talk to the people around us about the scenarios and videos we were viewing. In this session Juli

spoke about turning peer pressure into bullying, the dangers of social media and bullying from different people.

Overall it was an enjoyable, exciting day and everyone had a blast. - Amanda Wicks 5/6W

Family Literacy Challenge

You have to be in it to win it, so get your family team together to complete the

challenges. There is a box in the front office to submit your entries. To collect

the prize you need to make sure you have one name of a family member per

entry. For example: The Smith family – John Smith 3/4EG

The Challenges

ES1 & S1 (Kindy to Year 2) – Your horse is competing in the Melbourne Cup. What is its name and write your best description of what it looks like. Stage 2 (Year 3&4) – Write an acrostic poem about the Melbourne Cup. Stage 3 (Year 5&6) – Create your own form guide for the Melbourne Cup.


PBL Update The PBL focus for this week is how we show responsibility by dealing with our emotions when we are feeling upset or angry. It is important to deal with our emotions in a positive way. We all benefit as we feel calmer and nobody gets hurt physically or emotionally. Students and staff will all feel safe and

respected. Students who have been following our core values of RHR and have earned themselves 100 points will be eligible to participate in stage rewards. They need to have 100 points by Monday Week 5. Thank you for support in encouraging your child to follow our core values. RHR That’s Who We Are! - PBL Team

DONATIONS FOR NPS FETE

Donations of goods towards any class

stall would be greatly appreciated. It doesn't

matter if you donate to another class stall

(some stalls do not need any items to be

donated). All items donated will greatly help

the P&C raise money for our school. Remember

there is a class party for the class who donates

the most goods.

ITEMS FOR DONATION

Lollies eg bags of smarties, jellybeans,

redskins, milkos, minties, fantales etc

Milk

Ice-cream

Cups

Spoons

Red & Green Cordial

Straws

Plants

Books

Chocolates (all shapes and sizes)

Poppers

Serviettes

BBQ & Tomato Sauce

Googley eyes

Removable tatoos

Items for the Monster Raffle


Sport

This term Year 3-6 are doing swimming for sport on Fridays from 11:30am-1pm in weeks 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Students

will be taken through a series of activities such as water confidence, water safety skills, stroke practice and diving. All

students are grouped according to the signed permission note from Term 1 and teacher judgement based on their

swimming ability. If you feel that your child is in the wrong group please send in a signed note stating which group

you feel they should be in, to their classroom teacher. Students are reminded to bring their swimming costume,

towel, hat and sunscreen.

If students are not swimming one week, a signed note explaining why they are not swimming needs to be sent in to

their classroom teacher.

Tennis Gala Day

On Friday, eight students travelled to Tottenham for a tennis gala day. The girl representatives were Sophie Woods,

Hannah Preston, Nyarley Kelly and Charlotte Masonwells. The boy representatives were Zac Everett, Brodie Mackay,

Jock Chapman and Noah Richards. Students played doubles against teams from Warren, Trangie, Tottenham and

Tullamore. The tennis was competitive and all students played fairly and had fun. Kristie Mackay - Sports

Coordinator


Metaphor Poetry – Stage 3 Extension Literacy Group

SISTER – By Lauren Turnbull

Playful cat, Chasing Mice

Running round the house

Sometimes her claws come out but only for a mouse.

Cuddle up with the family,

Purring on our laps

Beautiful sweet ginger cat,

I love to watch you nap.

MUM – By Charlotte Masonwells

Beautiful rose in the family garden,

Your petals lay a path for us to grow.

When frustration strikes the thorns come out but not for long,

You’re the sweetest family in the garden,

I love you.

DAD – By Khaylea Speers

Protective lion, roaring loud

Cubs are kept safe.

Strong teeth to bring back food

Five little cubs by his side all the time

DAD – By Isabella Press

Dog playing around but protects

Stands strong but loyal to the family

Terrifying but wagging tail

Scary but kind

Loud but silent

SISTER – By Andrew Smith

Beautiful Rose,

Standing strong in our family garden

Your beauty never ceases to amaze me

You never give up,

But when frustration attacks the thorns come out to play

Growing taller every day

You are my ever inspiration

MUM – By Joshua Richards

Grow well soft rose.

The soft petals fill the hole in the path

Amazing petals wraps my heart and removes the angry part,

When danger lurks the spikey thorns are out,

Happiness comes when the danger is gone.

Love comes out and fills the family’s heart

You are my lovely rose.

DAD – By Chloe Tomkins

You strong protective lion

You always build a cage to protect your cubs.

You continuously roar loudly when your

predators surround.

You are loving and loyal to your pride,

I love you kind hearted personality.

Your coat stands out full of pride and golden,

You make a pride a charmed pride.

DAD – By Jock Chapman

Stand strong mighty beaver and build

homes for us.

When something seems impossible you

make it possible.

You never stop working,

Always looking after your family

Stopping danger from lurking around

DAD – By Murray Devlin

Stand strong elephant in the bush

For as far as the land can see

When help is needed you are on the scene

When danger seeks, protective mode kicks in

Kindness is what you are, you are my

strong animal by far.

DAD – By Adelaide Maher

The loyal lion sits in the den with his cubs

Playing with them, having lots of fun

He can hear lightning and thunder too

He gets up and starts to move

Walks over to the door and blocks the rain

My sister and I are so afraid, the rain stops and my

sister starts to cry,

He comes back to us and hugs her and I

We start to feel better.

He pounced around , so happy the rain stopped.

We run, we play, we hop.

Strong lion born free

I am so happy he’s family.


P&C


Community


MONTH MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

WEEK 4 NOVEMBER

5 6 7

8 Talent Quest

9 Yr 3-6 swimming for sport 11.15 to 1pm

WEEK 5 NOVEMBER

12 Stage 2 100 pt reward

13 14

15 16 No Swimming for sport K-6 Assembly 9.10am Hosts – Stg 2 SRC Item – KO Intensive swimming test 9-11.30 FETE 1-5pm

WEEK 6 NOVEMBER

19 Intensive swimming 9-11.30

20 Intensive swimming 9-11.30 Gold Level Reward



23 Intensive swimming 9-11.30 Yr 3-6 swimming for sport 11.15 to 1pm

WEEK 7 NOVEMBER

26 Student leader speeches and voting Intensive swimming 9-11.30

27 Student leader speeches and voting Intensive swimming 9-11.30



30 Intensive swimming 9-11.30 Yr 3-6 swimming for sport 11.15 to 1pm K-6 Assembly 9.10am Hosts–School leaders Item – KK

WEEK 8 NOVEMBER

3 4

5 Presentation Day Assembly

6 7 No Swimming for sport

WEEK 9 DECEMBER

10

11 PBL Reward @ pool Stg 2 11.15-1pm

12 PBL Reward @ pool Stg 3 11.15-1pm

13 Year 6 Graduation Assembly Year 6 Graduation Dinner USMC 6pm

14 K-6 Assembly 9.10am Item – 3/4EG Hosts – Stg 1 SRC

WEEK 10 DECEMBER

17

18 19 Students finish

20 Last day for staff

21

SCHOOL BUS TRAVEL

All bus pass applications are now made online. The link to apply for a new

bus pass is:

https://ssts-apply.transport.nsw.gov.au/ApplySSTS/ApplySSTS.html

Once you have applied, notice of your application will be sent to the school

for verification. If you experience any difficulty in applying online you can

call 131500 for assistance.

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