Moonbi Eggstra Moonbi Public School

Quality Learning – Quality Life

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Charles Street, Moonbi NSW 2353

T 02 67 603151 F 02 67 603871 E moonbi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: moonbi-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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School Mornings Active playground supervision commences at

8.45am, students should not be at school prior to

this. Teachers and staff are in meetings or doing class

preparation work before this time. Early students are

asked to put away their bags and then sit quietly on the

veranda until 8.45am. Parents are asked to be mindful of

the time when dropping their children to school. Thank you.

Food at school With the cooler weather now upon us, students are a

little hungrier than usual with some eating their lunch at

recess time and then not having enough food for lunch.

Please include an extra snack or piece of fruit to help

tackle the hungry bug .

Canberra Countdown The countdown is on – 1 and a half weeks until

departure

Please return completed permission notes and medical

forms to the office before this Friday, 6 June 2014.

Further copies are available at the office if required.

Thank you to families that have been making payment

instalments for this excursion. Current statements of

balance are attached. Please note that final payment for

this excursion is due by Friday 6 June 2014. We are to

provide details to the organising school by Monday 9 June

of students withdrawing or who have not paid for their

positions on the excursion. These positions will then be

offered on to other students (from the collective of small

schools) who are on a waiting list to attend.

Athletics Carnival – TREC – 12 June 2014

This is a whole school event. THERE WILL BE NO

SUPERVISION AT SCHOOL.

Please note the following:

*Students are required to wear full school sport

uniform.

*Please be at the TREC by 8.50am, the March past will

commence promptly at 9am.

*$3 levy per student to be paid to school as soon as

possible.

*Student’s competitive age is the age they turn THIS

year.

*Shoes must be worn for all events. No spikes!

*High Jump :

Jumps start at 1.0m for senior

boys, 0.90m for senior girls, 0.86m

for junior boys and 0.75 for junior

girls. Two jumps only for each

height.

5/6/7 year olds do not compete in

high jump at this carnival.

*Long Jump:

All first jumps will be measured in

the long jump. 2nd and 3rd jumps will

only be measure if they are longer

than a qualifying distance set by

the first jump. There will be no

warm up jumps.

*Shot Put

5/6/7 year olds use 1kg shot put,

8/9/10 yrs use 2kg shot put,

11/12/13 yrs use 3kg shot put.

*Our P&C will be running a canteen at TREC on the day.

*Everyone must stay behind boundary fence when not

competing. Students are not permitted on the play

equipment between spectator area and toilets.

*If you wish to take your child from the carnival before

its conclusion, please sign them out at the desk (Mrs

Nash).

Please find attached a copy of the program of events

for your information.

PSSA Soccer Training is on Wednesdays, 3:30 to 4:30 pm when the

weather is fine. If it is raining in the afternoons, please

ensure your child/children are aware of their travel home

arrangements at 3pm. All students will need to bring long

socks and shin pads for training, as well as a hat and a

water bottle.

Kathleen Harris – School Soccer Knockout coordinator

Wednesday, 4 June 2014 Term 2– Week 6

Library News

In today’s newsletter you will find the next lot of

Scholastic Book Club Book Order forms. Library would like

to Thank everyone who ordered last time as Library has

$67.50 worth of books that we can purchase towards

library. Each time that you order great books for you and

your family Library can purchase. So thank you all very

much.

Orders Due: Mon 16th June.

Minecraft enthusiasts note that there is a great

competition for you to win an amazing prize pack with your

order. Good Luck

A very BIG Thank you to the P&C

Association for their very generous Donation towards

Library of over $1600.00. This has enabled Library to

purchased many, many books required for the new

curriculum and for all areas across the Library.

Library books can be returned to the RED basket each

Tuesday & Friday. Books can also be borrowed on either

a Tuesday or Friday.

Library - Bonita & Kim

Active After School Communities (AASC) On Wednesdays we will be offering a new sport – lawn

bowls. On Thursdays we will have Athletics. As usual,

participation is determined by behaviour. Students who

demonstrate inappropriate behaviour or refuse to follow

the directions of the coach or supervising teacher will

be removed from the program.

Please ensure students have appropriate clothing to

change into and that they have a hat. A light, healthy

afternoon snack is provided as part of the program.

Thank you.

Kathleen Harris - AASC School coordinator

WE REQUEST YOUR CO-OPERATION IN NOT SENDING ANY FOOD CONTAINING NUTS, ESPECIALLY PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE AT ANY TIME

Horse Sports

Nomination forms have been received for Carinya Horse

Sports Day – Friday 22 August 2014. Entry forms need

to be received by Carinya before 15 August.

What’s On? Upcoming events

Week 6 Term 2 2014

Wednesday 4 June AASC – Lawn Bowls

Thursday 5 June AASC - Athletics

Friday 6 June Awards Assembly 2.30pm

Week 7 Term 2 2014

Monday 9 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Tuesday 10 June Singing tuition

Wednesday 11 June Professor Timms visit re new

discoveries in Moonbi

AASC – Lawn Bowls

Thursday 12 June Athletics Carnival – TREC

(NO SUPERVISION AT SCHOOL)

Friday 13 June Narrabri Horse Sports Day

Week 8 Term 2 2014 Snr excursion to Canberra

NO SINGING THIS WEEK

Monday 16 June Senior students depart

Wednesday 18 June Tamworth Eisteddford

AASC – Lawn Bowls

Thursday 19 June AASC - Athletics

Friday 20 June Kids for Kids Assembly 2.30pm

Senior students return

Week 9 Term 2 2014

Monday 23 June CWA Cultural Day - Botswana

Tuesday 24 June Singing tuition

Friday 27 June Last day of Term 2

P&C Report IMPORTANT MESSAGE

At last month’s meeting we discussed purchasing 12

iPads for the School. This is a large and important

purchase for us at a cost of approximately $500 each.

More iPads would be better and it was suggested that

we should ask if any person or entity would like to add

to this total in any way.

This year the P&C has already spent around $3,000 on

new resources such as class readers and new classroom

printers.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014 Term 2– Week 6

As we are always striving to improve the learning

opportunities for all the kids, we work very hard at our

fundraising events to be able to achieve these

outcomes.

We have on the agenda for our upcoming meeting a

discussion to decide on the purchase of iPads and how

many.

If you would like to contribute towards our iPad

program or if you have an opinion or something to add,

please come along at 6.00pm on Wednesday, 18 June

2014 (in the old Staffroom) or give James Goodfellow a

call on 0428 668180.

Athletics Carnival

We are catering at the combined schools athletics

carnival next Thursday, 12 June 2014 at TRECC.

There will be approximately 4 schools attending on the

day so we really need volunteers to help man the BBQ,

serve morning tea and lunch as well as bake cakes,

biscuits and slices to sell.

Please consider putting just one hour aside through the

day to come and lend a hand. Please contact James

Goodfellow on 0428 668180.

Next Meeting

Our next general meeting will be held Wednesday, 18

June 2014, at 6.00pm in the old staff room. Everyone is

welcome and encouraged to attend.

Please feel free to contact a member of your P&C

Committee at any time if you have any questions or

suggestions about our column

Remember, all the money we raise goes back to improving our kids’ education and resources.

Adele Forsyth James Goodfellow

P&C Secretary P&C President

Busy Beehive Canteen

Volunteers this week: Adele & Jackie (9.00 - 11.00)

Please ensure that you have the current Canteen menu

when placing your order on a Friday. Thank you. Menu's

are available from the school's website, school office or

canteen on a Friday.

Burger of the Month: Happy Hamburger

(Meat pattie, cheese, tomato, beetroot & lettuce)

Canteen Committee

Kim, Adele, Jackie & Kirra

Clothing Pool I am usually available at school on Thursday mornings or

Wednesday, Thursday or Friday afternoons by

appointment only. You can contact me on 67605218 or

0429445253. Clothing Pool Supervisor – Penny Foster

Student banking Hi Bankers, due to unforeseen circumstances we were

unable to have our banking talk on Thursday. We will be

rescheduling for Term 3. Malcolm Golledge, Cade

Forsyth, Corie Forsyth, Hermarni Madden, Olivia

Robertson, Lauren Robertson, Meg Kelly, Rory Madden,

Karla Hudson, Elsa Hudson, Jack Foster, Lucy

Hartshorn, Charlie Hartshorn & Chloe Johnson all

received a Bronze Award. Classroom Awards, 4/5/6 Elsa

Hudson, 2/3/4 Hermarni Madden, K/1/2 Corie Forsyth.

Consistent Saver Award went to Malcolm Golledge.

Congratulations Bankers.

No banking on 12th June due to the athletics carnival

Remember, no matter how small, regular deposits will

help your savings grow.

Regards, Lisa Madden

“Exploring Challenging Children” Workshop Centacare New England North West, through the

Tamworth Family Relationship Centre, will be presenting

a workshop “Exploring Challenging Children” at our

offices in Marius Street Tamworth.

Below are the details for this workshop:

WHEN: Monday 16th June 2014 9:30am - 12:30pm

WHERE: V– Guy Kable Building– 201 Marius St Tamworth

COST: FREE

For bookings, please call 6762 9200

Does your child:

Exploring Challenging Children covers:

sion;

adults and children.

This program provides an understanding of children with

ADD, ADHD, ODD, OCD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

If needed, this program will also cover how to help

children who have experienced trauma, abuse and

neglect.

Getting Read

y for Commu

nity

Construction

“Newsfeed”

Dates for Community Information Sessions

Any members of the community interested in being part of the volunteer

playground build in October, information sessions will be held at the Tamworth

Community Centre on Darling Street.

Please come along to one of these sessions in June………

June

Thursday 5th 6-7pm

Wednesday 11th 6-7pm

Thursday 12th 6-7pm

For further information on the above community information sessions, please

contact our Tamworth Adventure Playground Construction Week Volunteer

Coordinator,

Veronica Filby on 0427 000 633 for further information and correspondence

We need people with skills in construction, catering and

cooking, artistic people to help with special features

and people who may not think they have any obvious

skills, we will have a role for you !!

Please Note:

Opportunities to purchase ‘once in a lifetime’ personalised

pavers for your children and family or to have your

business logo engraved will cease on July 31st, 2014.

To allow the time for pavers to be engraved ready for the

construction, all paver orders will need to be finalised

through either the Tamworth Regional Council Customer

Service area or the New England Mutual on Peel Street, by

the 31st of July. Children will LOVE to see their names

engraved in a paver, sitting in the playground they will enjoy,

time and time again………

Inside this

Playground

Build Dates

Finalise paver

sales

Community

information

sessions

Marsupial Park

Teddy Bear

Picnic July 6th

Teddy Bear Picnic

Diary Date !!

• Teddy Bears Picnic

at Marsupial Park,

Sunday July 6th

from 10am to 2pm.

• University

Department of Rural

Health are running

their famous Teddy

Bear Hospital

• See Tappy the

Kangaroo Mascot

Playground Paver Sales Finish July

31st 2014

Tamworth A

dventure

Playground

June 2014 Edition

ATHLETICS GARNIVAL2014 PROGRAM

Please Note:Minor Boys / Girs are 5l6l7yrs old born- 20091200812007Junior Boys/Girls are 819110 yrs old born 20061200512004Senior Boys/Girls are 11l12l13yrs old born 20031200212001

*Minor Bovs / Girls do not compete in Hiqh Jump at this carnival.

9.00am - March past9.1Sam- START

sEssroA,,1. 800m RACES

a) Junior Girlsb) Junior Boysc) Senior Girlsd) Senior Boys

SESS'ON 2

2. GIRLS AGE RACES . HEATSa) Girls 5 yrs - Born 2009 - 50mb) Girls 6 yrs - Born 2008 - 50mc) Girls 7 yrs - Born 2007 - 50md) Girls 8 yrs - Born 2006 - 100me) Girls 9 yrs - Born 2005 - 100mf) Girls 10 yrs - Born 2004 - 100mg) Girls 11 yrs - Born 2003 - 100mh) Girls 12yrs - Born 2002 - 100mi) Girls 13 yrs - Born 2001 - 100m

sEssroN 36. BOYS AGE RACES . HEATSa) Boys 5 yrs - Born 2009 - 50mb) Boys 6 yrs - Born 2008 - 50mc) Boys 7 yrs - Born 2007 - 50md) Boys 8 yrs - Born 2006 - 100me) Boys I yrs - Born 2005 - 100mf) Boys 10 yrs - Born 2004 - 100mg) Boys 11 yrs - Born 2003 - 100mh) Boys 12yrs - Born 2002 - '100m

i) Boys 13 yrs - Born 2001 - 100m

3. JUNIOR BOYSSHOT PUT 1

4 SENIOR BOYSSHOT PUT 2

5, MINOR BOYSLONG JUMP 1

7. JUNIOR GIRLSSHOT PUT 2

8. SENIOR GIRLSSHOT PUT 1

9. MINOR GIRLSLONG JUMP 2

sEssroN 4

10. JUNIOR GIRLS LONG JUMP 1

& SENIOR GIRLS LONG JUMP 2

SESS'ON 5

13.JUN!OR GIRLS HIGHT JUMP 2& SENIOR GIRL HIGH JUMP 1

sEssro^/ 6

16. 200ma) Minor Girlsb) Minor Boysc) Junior Girlsd) Junior boyse) Senior Girlsf) Senior Boys

sEssroN 718.DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSa) Minor Boys - 1sU2nd from 5l6l7yrs age racesb) Minor Girls - 1sU2nd from 5l6l7yrs age racesc) Junior Boys - 1sU2nd from 8l9l10yrs age racesd) Junior Girls - 1sU2nd from 8/9/1Oyrs age racese) Senior Boys - lstl2nd from 11l12l13yrs age racesf) Senior Girls - 1sU2nd from 1 1l12l13yrs age races

19. MIXED RELAYSa) Minor - 4 x 50m (Shuttle relay)b) Junior - 4 x 100m (Circular Relay)c) Senior - 4 x 100m (Circular Relay)

11. JUNIOR BOYS HIGHJUMPl &SENIORBOYSHIGH JUMP 2

12. MINOR BOYS SHOT PUT1 & MINOR GIRLS SHOTPUT 2

14. JUNIOR BOYS LONGJUMP2&SENIORBOYSLONG JUMP 1