Our 2017 School Leader Nominees

Malachi Haskew, Ariel Fraser, Olle Hearn, Arianne Waters, Smith Harvey-Menzies, Bonnie

McGowan Braithwaite, Jackson Hanneman, Tobey Shyne, Matilda Johnson, River Hensen and

Josh Duff are the nominees for 2017 School Leaders.

On Monday morning this week these 11 students gave outstanding, thoughtful and amusing

speeches. The whole school and their families were there to encourage and support them. The

school has voted and next years leaders will be announced at Assembly tomorrow, the Captains

are announced at Presentation Day.

KPS Carols … If you came along on Tuesday afternoon to Carols under the COLA you

would know how proud I am of our wonderful staff and school community!

What a fun night ….

Mrs Galbraith was our STAR for

the evening ……..

Thank you for your energy!

The sausage sizzle was great!! Thank

you to our head chefs Mr Lehman

and Mr Nicholson and to all the staff

who came along and assisted with

making it a wonderful evening.

Fiona Paine

Principal

From the Principal

Friday 2nd December Final Year 6 Assembly

Thursday 8th December Presentation Day Assembly

Tuesday 13th December Year 6 Farewell

Thursday 15th December Katoomba’s Got Talent

Friday 16th December Last School Day for 2016

Monday 30th January 2017 First Day Back for Years 1 to 6

KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School

Volume 2016 No: 39

Term 4 Week 8, 1st December 2016

School Expectations

Respect Yourself

Respect Others

Respect the

Environment

Uniform Shop

opens Tuesday

mornings from

9am-9.30am.

The canteen is

Closed. My School

Lunchbox is

available for

online ordering

Fridays only.

Assembly

tomorrow will

be led by Year 6

Breakfast Club

every Tuesday

before school

The Virtue this week

is Truthfulness

Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780

Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996

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

Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Upcoming Events …………

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Sausage Sizzle for Students Tomorrow

Katoomba is heating up. Due to the expected high temperatures on Friday, Year 6 will be selling ice blocks tomorrow as well as next Wednesday. Prices range from 50 cents to $2. Money raised supports Year 6 fundraising efforts.

Tomorrow the P&C will be running a sausage sizzle for the students at lunchtime. Gluten free and

vegetarian options will be available . Cost is $2 . Thank you P&C!!

Ice Blocks for Sale!

Community Liaison News

Keeping safe They say it takes a village to raise a child. I don’t know about that, but I do believe that it takes a community to keep us all safe. One way we can help keep each others’ children safe is by putting up the Merriwa St crossing flags in the morning. If you’re wandering by and notice the flags aren’t up yet, please take a moment to pop them up (they live in the foyer next to the office). When the flags are up, the crossing has the same legal status as a permanent crossing, ie cars must stop for pedestrians, making it much safer for all who use the crossing!

Year 6 farewell dinner Just a reminder to all parents and carers and other special adults in the lives of the year 6 students …. It’s the Year 6 Farewell Dinner on Tuesday 13th December 2016 at 6pm and if you’re able to, it would be lovely to meet with your child at Echo Point at 5.30pm so we can take photos of the Fabulous Class of 2016. Parents and carers (and significant others) are then going to meet at the Carrington after dropping their Year 6 folk at the Hotel Blue. Cate Paterson Community Liaison Officer

Year 6 News The Year 6 Final Assembly will be held tomorrow (2nd December). Parents /carers are welcome to join the Year

6 students for crunch & sip in the Kitchen Garden after the Assembly.

High School Orientation Day

Tuesday 6th December is the Katoomba High School Orientation. Students are expected to be at the High School

from 9am to 1pm for a fun day. Parents please note that students are to go directly to the High School and back

home after the event.

Year 6 Farewell

Please return dietary requirements and money before 9th December.

Community Notice - Carols on the Bus If you want to do some carol singing this Christmas, there are still seats available on the Big Red

Bus that tours the Upper Mountains on Saturday 24th December. It visits a retirement village,

sings to the tourists at Echo Point and drops by a street party. There is no charge and you don’t

have to be a great singer to join in the fun. It starts at 3pm in front of the Carrington and ends

back at the Carrington bus stop at 5pm.

You need to confirm your seat by ringing Carol on 0450 660 740. The Combined Churches of the Upper Mountains are

organising the event with the support of Fantastic Aussie Tours. At 5pm there will be a Family Carols Service at St Hilda’s

Anglican Church across the road from the bus stop.

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Congratulations to the following students who received awards in Week 7

Principal Book Awards: Luca Thorburn, Marah Darias, Frankie Leach

Academic Awards

KB: Rome Fraser KG: Sarah Carlos

1S: Beatrice Erntner 1/2C: Laylah Murray

2W: Sylvie Gaul 2/3N: Jhai Binkins

3/4D: Mila Gabardi 4/5K: Joe Woodburn

5/6A: William Balcar-Smith 5/6W: Bonnie McGowan-Braithwaite

School Banking has now finished for 2016. It will resume on Tuesday 7th February in 2017. Thank you to our

wonderful Volunteer Banking Co-Ordinators Linda Brillante and Rilka Oakley for all their work in 2016.

School Banking

Community Notices

Ethics News A huge thank you to our dedicated team of volunteer Ethics Teachers this year - Tony, Jeneva and Nerolie. Without you, the children wouldn’t have this fabulous opportunity.

This year we were able to offer ethics classes to students in Years 1 &2 and Years 4, 5 & 6. We’re looking for more volunteers for 2017 so we can offer ethics to every student who wants the opportunity. If you are available on a Wednesday between 11.30am and 12.45pm and are interested in facilitating ethics discussions with a group of enthusiastic young people, then have a look at the Primary Ethics website https://primaryethics.com.au/ and consider volunteering. If you’d like more information contact Cate Paterson, Volunteer Ethics Co-ordinator on 4782 6135.

This summer get active with cricket!

Cricket gives boys and girls of all ages and

abilities the chance to get active, develop

skills and have fun. This summer why don’t you register your child at their local MILO T20 Blast Centre. Find out

where you can play locally here : www.playcricket.com.au

Children’s Lantern Parade 16th December in Leura Leura Village Association & Central Blue Mtns Rotary Club are having a late shopping night on Friday 16th

December in Leura village until 9pm. There will be a visit from Santa, a Band performance, sausage sizzle, buskers,

carol singing and a children’s Lantern Parade at 6.30pm. If you want to bring a lantern and participate, register at

5pm outside Leura newsagency on the 16th. Lanterns need to be lit with LED not live flame. Contact Ray Wiles on

0409 845 415 for more information.

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Soccer Gala Day Last week a selection of students went to a Soccer Gala Day at Pitt Park. We played eight games including

the semi-finals and finals. The team was undefeated!

We had to have nine people on the field and three had to be girls. River and Ashton were goalies, and other

boys on the team were Dominic, Will, Toby, Jack, Henry, Thomas and Michael. Girls included Eleanor, Tarni,

Jemmiah, Carli and Matilda. In the semi-finals we played against Blackheath and Lawson played against

North Katoomba. Then in the finals we played against Lawson.

We won two trophies, one for us to keep and one trophy for the next school that wins to keep until 2018.

We give thanks for all the effort the players put into the games.

A huge thank you to Mr Nicholson for organising this amazing sports gala day.

Penrith Lakes Excursion Here are some photos of 1S’s fabulous

excursion to Penrith Lakes with 2W.

We explored wet and dry environments to

find out more about the small animals that

live there. We used dip nets to catch

water bugs, fish and crustaceans and we

found bugs in dry environments. We also

got close to a super stick insect! It was a

great day!