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All parents and community members are welcome to attend Our School Council meets the 3rd Tuesday at 6.00pm

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Newsletter Maryland Public School

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Skills for Life

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Welcome to Week 9.

A very brief message today as we are in full musical swing! A complete run through of the show yesterday gave a glimpse of what is to come next week. This show is going to be incredible! I can only urge anyone who has not yet purchased a ticket, to please do so to avoid HUGE disappointment. Our children and staff have spent hours preparing, practising and refining their items so that you really will be part of the GREATEST show! Tickets still available at www.stickytickets.com.au

We look forward to your company next Monday (matinee or evening performance) at Maryland’s Musical Mayhem.

A couple of quick reminders:

P&C Meeting tonight 6pm in the library – all

welcome.

No assembly this Friday due to our full dress

rehearsal.

Our Colour Run is coming up on Friday, 28

September. More information about this next

week.

Have a terrific week everyone,

Mrs Van Egmond

Calendar

Term 3 – Week 9

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 6pm P&C Meeting

Thursday, 20 September 2018 4th (Final) Instalment due for Great Aussie Bush Camp

The Magic Words Show Kinder – Year 4

Friday, 21 September 2018 No Assembly

Term 3 – Week 10

Monday, 24 September 2018 CANTEEN CLOSED

Maryland Musical Mayhem

11.30am Matinee Performance

6.30pm Evening Performance

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 CCWC Rugby League Tag Transition Gala

Thursday, 27 September 2018 Final payment for Semester 2 Lunchtime Dance due

Friday, 28 September 2018 Colour Run

Last Day of Term 3

Important Dates for Your Diary

Monday, 15 October 2018 Staff and Students resume for Term 4

Friday, 19 October 2018 Payment due for Year 5 & Year 6 Forensic Science Show

2pm Kinder to Year 2 Assembly

Tuesday, 23 October 2018 9.15am – 10.45am Kinder 2019 Orientation Program

2018 Bandfest

Friday, 26 October 2018 2pm Year 3 to Year 6 Assembly

Monday, 29 October 2018 Year 3 & Year 4 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Tuesday, 30 October 2018 Year 3 & Year 4 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Year 5 & Year 6 Interactive Forensic Science Show

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 Year 3 & Year 4 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Friday, 2 November 2918 2pm Kinder to Year 2 Assembly

Wednesday, 7 November 2018 9.15am – 10.45am Kinder 2019 Orientation Program

Friday, 9 November 2018 2pm Remembrance Day Assembly

Monday, 12 November 2018 School Swimming & Water Safety Program for 60 students in Year 2 & Year 3 commences

Friday, 16 November 2018 2pm Whole School Assembly

Thursday, 22 November 2018 9.15am – 10.45am Kinder 2019 Orientation Program

Friday, 23 November 2018 School Swimming & Water Safety Program finishes

2pm Year 3 to Year 6 Assembly

Friday, 30 November 2018 2pm Kinder to Year 2 Assembly

Friday, 7 December 2018 2pm Whole School Assembly

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Year 6 Farewell

Thursday, 13 December 2018 Principal’s Picnic

Friday, 14 December 2018 Presentation Day

Monday, 17 December 2018 Carols Evening

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 Party Day

Wednesday, 19 December 2018 Last Day of Term 4 for students

THE CANTEEN WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER,

DUE TO THE SCHOOL MUSICAL

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Tuesday, 18 September 2018

OFFICE NEWS Chicken Pox There has been a reported case of Chicken Pox at school. Please see the flyer attached to this newsletter.

Reminders

Final payment (4th instalment) for Stage 2 Great

Aussie Bush Camp due Thursday, 20 September

2018.

Final payment for Semester 2 Lunchtime Dance due

Thursday, 27 September 2018.

Exciting news! Free Breakfast Club to start in Term 4.

We are very excited to let you know that Maryland Neighbourhood Centre has kindly offered to provide breakfast to students on Tuesday and Thursday mornings starting in Term 4. This free breakfast will be served from the Canteen window from 8.30am - 8.55am on these days.

We would like all our students to start the day with a healthy breakfast. Many studies have shown the importance of breakfast.

Students who eat a healthy breakfast tend to have better concentration than students who skip breakfast altogether. When the day starts with breakfast, students can focus on the task at hand better and become less distracted by

outside influences and other students. They’re also able to understand what’s being taught more easily and retain that new information better than students who are hungry because they’ve skipped breakfast.

STAGE 3 NEWS Year 6 Fundraiser Please ensure order forms for nasi ayam - traditional Indonesian food taster - are returned by tomorrow, to ensure your child can fully participate in cultural events on Thursday, 27 September. The $2 paid for the taster will be collected as part of fundraising for the Lombok Earthquake Appeal.

The lolly jar guessing competition is running until Thursday next week. Keep those guesses coming and semoga sukses! Good luck!

Terima kasih - thank you

Stage 3 teachers

EARLY STAGE 1 NEWS Not long to go now!....final costume preparations are underway as well as fine tuning our item for the big show. Notes have been sent home requesting students bring in their particular coloured long sleeve shirt, so that decoration may be added in readiness for next Monday...thank you for your support with this. Students

can see their costumes coming together and this adds to their excitement of the event.

If you have not done so already could you please ensure that you have completed and returned the green permission note allowing us to transport your child to the Griffith Duncan Theatre next Monday. There is no charge for this however we do need the signed permission note in order to take your child on the bus.

We are also looking forward to 'The Magic Words Show' by Brainstorm Productions on Thursday.

Mrs Williams (Early Stage 1 Leader)

SPORT NEWS Stage 3 Touch Football The Stage 3 Touch Football Gala has been postponed until Term 4.

Mrs Wingrove (Sports Coordinator)

CANTEEN NEWS

THE CANTEEN WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER,

DUE TO THE SCHOOL MUSICAL

Canteen Roster Term 3

Day Date Name

Week 9 Wednesday

19 September Miyako, Lesley, Robyn

Thursday 20 September Janelle, Lesley, Cher

Friday 21 September Jamie, Sheree, Esme, Sharna

Week 10 Monday

24 September CANTEEN CLOSED

Tuesday 25 September Carmen, Sheree, Anne

Wednesday 26 September Miyako, Lesley, Robyn

Thursday 27 September Cath VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Friday 28 September Jamie, Amanda, Bec

P&C NEWS A warm invitation is extended to all members of the community to attend the P&C meeting tonight in the school library from 6pm. We look forwarding to seeing you there!

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Tuesday, 18 September 2018

FUNDRAISING NEWS Maryland Musical Mayhem Raffle WOW!! Only one week to go, the excitement is surely building amongst students and staff members!! Tickets for the raffle were distributed to families a fortnight ago. They are only $1 each and prizes include a Moonshadow Cruise, a ½ hour reading + $25 JB Hi Fi gift card, Dusk candle set + $25 JB Hi Fi gift card, and various other prizes as well. Money and ticket butts are to be returned to the school by this Friday, 21 September 2018. The winners will be drawn on the night, after the performance. You have to be in it to win it!!

If you would like an additional booklet they are available from the school office. We are desperately seeking volunteers to assist on the night, please if you are able to help out with service at the barbeque, your name and contact details can also be left at the school office. Many hands make light work!

Colour Run This event will be held on the last day of this term. This is a great way for the children to use physical activity to raise funds for a variety of educational programs throughout the school. Sponsorship cards have been sent home. Students are encouraged to ask family, friends and neighbours to sponsor them in the form of a donation for their participation in the Colour Run. Incentive prizes will be offered and full details are on the sponsorship card.

We really appreciate your support and consideration with these events.

Fundraising Committee

PRELOVED UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Opening Hours

Tuesday Mornings 8.30am until 9.00am

Thursday Afternoons 2.45pm until 3.15pm

Carmen & Alisa 😊☺

NEW UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Opening Hours

Tuesday 8.30am - 9.30am

Thursday 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Visit the website by clicking on the link below to order uniforms online.

http://www.countryfeelinguniforms.com.au/

SCHOOL BANKING VOLUNTEERS Sadly due to work commitments some of our volunteers need to move on so we are looking for more parents that would be available to be trained as volunteers for school banking on a Tuesday morning between 9am - 10.30am.

No experience required.

It would be sad for the kids if we had to stop school Banking, so if you are interested, please leave your contact details at the office.

Rachel Porcu (School Banking Coordinator)

COMMUNITY NEWS

24th September Performances Matinee 11 :30am / Evening 6:30pm

Tickets Adults $12 Children $8 All Matinee Tickets $8

Chickenpox and Shingles page 1 of 2

What is chickenpox?

Chickenpox is a viral illness caused by the herpes zoster virus (also known as the Varicella-Zoster virus)

In children it usually causes a relatively mild illness.

Chickenpox in adults and immunosuppressed people can be severe.

Infection in pregnancy can cause foetal malformations, skin scarring, and other problems in the baby.

Before routine vaccination began in November 2005, chickenpox was a very common illness. The incidence of chickenpox appears to have decreased as more people receive the vaccine.

What are the symptoms?

Chickenpox (varicella) begins with a sudden onset of slight fever, runny nose, feeling generally unwell and a skin rash.

The rash usually begins as small lumps that turn into blisters and then scabs.

The rash appears over three to four days. At any one time, the lesions of the rash vary in stages of development.

Symptoms usually occur two weeks after exposure to the virus.

Most people recover without complications, but sometimes the infection can lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and inflammation of the brain. Rarely, the infection can be fatal.

Persons who are previously vaccinated can still get chickenpox. If chickenpox occurs in a vaccinated person it is usually mild and less contagious than in an unvaccinated person.

How is it spread?

Early in the illness, the virus is spread by coughing.

Later in the illness, the virus is spread by direct contact with the fluid in the blisters.

The infection is highly contagious to people who have never had chickenpox or who have not been vaccinated.

People are infectious from one or two days before the rash appears (that is, during the runny nose phase) and up to five days after (when the blisters have formed crusts or scabs)

Chickenpox infection triggers an immune response and people rarely get chickenpox twice.

Who is at risk?

Anyone who has not had chickenpox or been vaccinated in the past can get chickenpox.

People with a past history of chickenpox are likely to be immune to the virus. Even adults with no history of chickenpox have a chance of being immune (because of past infection that was mild). Doctors sometimes perform a blood test to see if these people need a vaccination.

Communicable Diseases Factsheet Chickenpox is a common viral infection

that can reappear later in life as

shingles. Vaccination is recommended

for all infants and non immune adults. Chickenpox and Shingles

Last updated: 08 April 2018

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How is it prevented?

A free varicella containing vaccine (MMRV) is now recommended for all children at 18 months of age.

The Varicella vaccine is recommended for all non-immune adolescents (>14 years) and adults. This involves two doses, at least 1 month apart. It is especially recommended for people at high risk, for example, health care workers, people living with or working with small children, women planning a pregnancy, and household contact of persons who are immunosuppressed.

People with chickenpox should avoid others (and not attend childcare or school) until at least five days after onset of the rash and all the blisters have dried.

People with chickenpox should cover the nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, dispose of soiled tissues, wash their hands well and not share eating utensils, food or drinking cups.

Pregnant women should avoid anyone with chickenpox or shingles and should see their doctor if they have been around someone with these illnesses.

Children with an immune deficiency (for example, leukaemia) or who are receiving chemotherapy should avoid anyone with chickenpox or shingles as the infection can be especially severe.

How is it diagnosed? Most cases can be diagnosed based on the symptoms and by appearance of the rash. Sometimes the diagnosis is confirmed by testing samples taken from the rash or from blood.

What is Shingles?

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox, usually in adulthood and many years after the initial chickenpox illness.

The illness is characterised by a painful chickenpox-like rash on a small area of skin, usually on one side of the body.

Pain and tingling associated with the rash may persist for weeks or months after the rash has cleared. This is called post-herpetic neuralgia.

The virus can be spread by direct contact with the skin rash of infected people. This causes chickenpox in people who are not immune.

Shingles develops more commonly in people who are immunosuppressed.

How are shingles and chickenpox treated? Shingles can be treated with special antiviral drugs such as acyclovir. Your general practitioner can advise on ways to minimise the discomfort associated with the symptoms of infection. Chickenpox infection usually resolves without treatment.

What is the public health response? Chickenpox is not currently notifiable in NSW but the incidence is monitored through the number of patients attending emergency departments and the number of patients who are hospitalised with chickenpox or shingles.

Varicella vaccine protects against chickenpox, even if given up to five days after exposure.

Short-term immunisation with varicella-zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) - which is made from antibodies in donated blood - can prevent illness in people at high risk of complications. This needs to be given within 96 hours of exposure to the virus to be effective. People at high risk of complications following exposure include pregnant women who have not had chickenpox and who have not been immunised, newborn babies, and some immunosuppressed patients.

For further information please call your local Public Health Unit on 1300 066 055 or visit the New South Wales Health website www.health.nsw.gov.au