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Murwillumbah East Primary School
Newsletter Term 3, Week 9
13th September, 2016
“Partners in Learning”
Parent Feedback Survey
A quick reminder for all parents who have yet to
take this online survey. It is extremely important
that we hear from as many of you as we can. If
you don’t have access to the internet, please feel
free to take the survey at school on one of our
laptops we have specifically set aside for this
purpose.
The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to
complete and is completely confidential. The
parent survey will be open until Friday 25th
September 2016. Your responses are very much
appreciated. To take the survey, please go to the
following website.
https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vqyr3
Far North Coast Public Speaking
Last Wednesday, Brita, Toby and Amon all
represented our school at the Far North Coast
Public Speaking competition at Murwillumbah PS.
All three students should be extremely proud of
their achievements and their ability to speak in
front of such large crowds. Toby progressed
through to the semi-finals and Brita excelled herself
by placing 3rd in the Stage 1 Division. Well done to
all three.
Bronze Award Morning Tea
Congratulations to our first group of students to
attend our Bronze Award Principal’s Morning Tea.
These students have all received 40 Bee awards. A
major achievement and one they should be very
proud of. We all had a great time doing what you
do at morning teas...eat and chat!
(For students that missed out due to the Gala
Cricket Day, we will catch them up in Term 4.)
Maths Olympiad
Last week we sent 4 teams of Year 5&6 students
off to Wollumbin HS to compete in a Maths
Olympiad. These events require a high level of
mathematical ability but more importantly a vast
range of problem solving skills.
I am very pleased to note that one of our teams
placed 1st! A monumental achievement.
Congratulations to Nick Sneesby, Jack Evans, Ben
Kingston and Lily Robinson.
Another one of our teams placed 4th. Students in
that team were Daniel Le Dan, Orla Power,
Cooper Wolf and Jacob Davidson.
Bronze Bee Award
Congratulations to the following students on
reaching their bronze award.
Dylan Conroy, Indigo Kennedy, Matilda Golds,
Joseph Lawson and Zach Simpson.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
“Students of the Week”
Canteen Supervisor
Please find attached to this newsletter an
advertisement for ‘Canteen Supervisor’.
Applications close this Friday 16th September.
Have a great week!
Sam Rowsell
Principal (R)
Foyer Bee Hives
Students who reach the Bronze, Silver and Gold
Bee awards have they photo placed on the bee
hives in our foyer. Our bronze hive is buzzing with
lots of bees. Have you spotted your photo?
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Class Awards
KH Eloise Mrs Hawthorne
KD Charlie Ms Davison
KW Sasha Mrs Watts
K-1B Lilly Ms Harris & Ms Chapman
1R Isabell Mrs D Robinson
1-2C Isaac Mrs Chaffey
2-3W Bella Mr Wills
3-4H Joseph Ms O’Keefe
3-4O’L Zoni Ms O’Loughlin
4-5R Summer Mrs S Robinson
5-6N Jiye Ms Noble
6T Morgan Mr Tunaley
K-6H Brooklyn Mrs Harper
K-6V Mr Vella
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Melita, Tom, Jai, Isabell, Gypsy, Cody, and Hanna.
This Week’s Bee Rule
Do not argue the decision of a teacher.
North Coast Athletics
On Friday the 2nd of September 6 of our students
travelled to Coffs Harbour to compete in the North
Coast PSSA Athletics Championships. To make it to
this level is a fantastic achievement. It is a
showcase of the best athletes from the Tweed
border all the way down to Kempsey, which
incorporates hundreds of schools.
Our students had a very successful day.
Jordan Scott competed in the Jnr Boys Discus.
Tabitha Ford finished 11th in the 100m and 12th in
the 200m.
Our Jnr Boys Relay (Toby Shapland, Randeep
Atwal, Dempsey Van Egdom and Xane Bowen)
finished 4th. There was a technical issue that may
allow our relay team to compete at the State
Championships, a decision is still pending, fingers
crossed.
Imogen Scott Placed 2nd in the 11 years discus.
Toby Shapland finished 1st in the Junior Discus and
9th in the 200m.
Congratulation to all our students who were
successful in competing at this carnival. And a big
congratulations to Toby and Imogen who are off
to the State Championships in Sydney next term.
Well done and good luck!
District Finals Public Speaking
Congratulations to Britta on her fabulous
achievement at the District Final of Public
Speaking with being awarded 3rd place. We are
immensely proud of you and your efforts. Toby
was a stand out in his semi -final with a confident
delivery and represented East in the final 8.
Amon’s delivery in the semi - final was strong but
unfortunately did not make it to the next round. A
wonderful year of public speaking, well done
everyone!
Ms Noble
Home Reading - Stage 2 & 3
Congratulations to the following students:
25 nights - Jacqui in 3-4O’L.
50 nights - Ruby, Chilli, Eva, and Jacqui in 3-4O’L.
Zach in 5-6N.
75 nights - Jacqui in 3-4O’L.
100 nights - Kwinn in 2-3W, and Mairah in 3-4O’L.
125 nights - Lacey in 2-3W, Mikaela in 3-4O’L, and
Lianna in 5-6N.
150 nights - Tyson in 3-4O’L, and Lianna in 5-6N.
175 nights - Tyson in 3-4O’L, and Lianna in 5-6N.
200 nights - Noah and Stephanie in 3-4O’L, and
Lianna in 5-6N.
Well done Noah, Stephanie and Lianna keep up
the wonderful reading.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
1R Special Visitor - Mr Kaszo
Year 1 and 2 have been reading lots of books
about sea creatures. To compliment our sea
theme, we were fortunate to have Mr Kaszo come
and speak to Stage 1 about his amazing career as
an underwater photographer/video producer.
This is Sebastian Jordon’s recount of Mr Kaszo’s visit
to our school:
On Wednesday the 7th of September, 2016, Isabelle
and Jack Peter’s grandfather, Mr Attila Kaszo came
and spoke to us in the morning. He answered
questions all about sea creatures and the ocean.
He is a photojournalist and video producer. He uses
an underwater camera to take all the photos that
he has taken.
They all are really cool, but my favourite picture is
the Great White Shark picture. The Great White
Shark pictures were the coolest out of all the other
photos, but he has taken a lot of photos. All togeth-
er there were photos of fish, sharks, turtles, jellyfish,
sea dragons, squid, octopus, whales and coral, and
even turtles gliding through the ocean. The sea tur-
tles are really cute as they have
beautiful patterns on their shells that they are born
with. Mr Kaszo has seen lots of stingrays and has
photos of stingrays. Did you know that clown fish
live in really big anemones?
All sea creatures are really important animals.
By Sebastian Jordon 1R
Maths Olympiad Champions
Last Thursday, 3 teams of 4 competitors from Years
5 and 6 represented our school at the Wollumbin
High School Maths Olympiad. The Olympiad is a
fun day of maths related challenges involving
problem solving and hands on maths activities.
Our school had won this competition in previous
years and we were keen to regain the title.
And WE DID!!!
Congratulations to our 2016 Maths Olympiad
Champions… Nick, Ben, Lily and Jack. It was a nail
biting finish and we took the title by one point. We
also managed a 4th place, a fantastic
achievement Cooper, Jacob, Daniel and Orla. All
students that participated should be commended
on their efforts, they represented our school with
distinction.
Ms Noble
SRC Cake Stall - Thankyou
A massive thank you to all students who supported
our SRC Cake Stall last Thursday. The fantastic
classes of 4-5R, 6T and K-6 H baked up a storm.
A tremendous effort from our whole school
community! Thank you to the cooks, cleaners,
sellers and buyers, we raised $182.40.
SRC
P&C Fundraiser
Our P&C have been counting 5c pieces this term
thanks to all our parents who have searched high
and low and sent them into your childs class. So
far we have raised $477.70.
Keep sending them in as this fundraiser continues
till the end of the this term.
Thank you for your support.
P&C Committee
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Canteen Roster
Friday 16th September - Purple
Bianca Luxford, and Shannon Wells.
Monday 19th September - Pink
Greg Miller, Volunteer Needed Please.
Friday 23rd September - Light Blue
No volunteers on our roster, last day of term please
let me know if you can help on this day.
Thankyou
Cindy Secomb
Band News
Hello to the MEPS school community! I have
sincerely enjoyed my time teaching the students
here and involving them playing as a band. I will
be finishing up at the end of this term to take
another position at a school in Ballina. I will
remember this school dearly as the first school
where I taught everything - flute, clarinet, sax,
trumpet, trombone and drums! Thanks to Mrs
Brooks for her invitation, and now I hand the baton
over to Mr Keogh – please make him feel welcome!
I believe the band will soar to new heights under his
leadership and musical gifting. I hope to be able to
come and watch the band perform sometime in
the future. All the best for the future, with love.
From Sonya Lopes.
MEPS Garden Group
We will be having our final plant sale for 2016 on
Tuesday 20th September from 8.30am in our MEPS
Patch. Save the date!
Community Notices
Murwillumbah East Primary School
Term 3 Calendar
9 12th September
School Swimming
Scheme
NRL Coaching Clinic
(postponed till T4)
Cricket Gala Day
13th September
School Swimming
Scheme
14th September
School Swimming
Scheme
15th September
School Swimming
Scheme
16th September
School Swimming
Scheme
17/18th
10 19th September
School Swimming
Scheme
NRL Coaching Clinic
(postponed till T4)
Kindergarten
Responsible Pet
Program
20th September
School Swimming
Scheme
21st September
School Swimming
Scheme
22nd September
School Swimming
Scheme
23rd September
School Swimming
Scheme
24/25
Term 4 Calendar
1 10th October
Staff & students
Return
11th October 12th October 13th October 14th October 15/16
2 17th October
MHS Visit Yr 6
2.30pm
18th October
7:00pm P&C
Meeting
19th October 20th October 21st October 22/23
3 24th October 25th October 26th October
Stage 2 Camp
27th October
Stage 2 Camp
28th October
Stage 2 Camp
29/30
4 31st October 1st November 2nd November 3rd November 4th November 5/6
5 7th November 8th November 9th November 10th November 11th November 12/13
6 14th November 15th November
7:00pm P&C
Meeting
16th November
Stage 3 Camp
17th November
Stage 3 Camp
18th November
Stage 3 Camp
19/20
7 21st November 22nd November 23rd November 24th November 25th November 26/27
8 28th November 29th November 30th November
MHS 2017 Yr 7
Orientation Day
Last Day for
Wednesday
Learning Ladder
1st December
MHS 2017 Yr 7
Orientation Day
Last Day for
Thursday Learning
Ladder
2nd December 3/4
9 5th December
Year 6 Presentation
Assembly
Year 6 Farewell
6th December 7th December
Presentation
Assembly
Whole School
8th December 9th December 10/11
10 12th December 13th December 14th December
Stage 1 - Oasis Pools
Stage 2-3 - Pool Day
15th December 16th December
Last Day of 2016
Ring the Bell
17/18
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au