Term 3 Week 3 ‐ Tuesday, 2 August 2016

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT Parkes Public School strives for excel lence in the education of responsible and respectful students in a safe learning community.

CONTACT US Principal

Mr Ben Smith (Relieving)

77-85 Currajong Street PARKES NSW 2870

Ph: 6862 1702; 6862 1867

Fax: 6862 5047

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

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

P C ASSOCIATION President

Jason Kennedy: 0419 692 744

Secretary Keri MacGregor: 6863 1155

Treasurer Vivienne King: 6863 5168

SCHOOL COUNCIL President

David Bicket: 6862 3608

Well done to our boys’ rugby league and football teams who both played last week!

Great sportsmanship and effort was shown by both teams, even though they did not progress further in

their PSSA competitions. Great work boys!

Congratulations to Jordan Moody on achieving a School Merit Badge!

A SPECIAL WELCOME to new students Molly, Benjamin and Ethan. We look forward to getting to know you and working with you to achieve your best! Also, welcome back to returning students Joel and Mahlia!

YEAR 6 CANBERRA EXCURSION Best wishes to our Year 6 students and staff who are on excursion this week, in Canberra. Mr Smith will be accompanying them and Mrs Cathy Pearsall will be acting principal during his absence.

PLANET ARK TREE PLANTING DAY Many classes eagerly participated in National Schools Tree Day last Friday. Each class involved planted their own native tree in the school grounds. Here are some stories from KH about their tree planting experience.

“Today it is school tree day and we planted our KH tree. Mrs Howard pushed the dirt in. She took three pictures of my class standing around our tree. The tree was a sapling. The whole class went outside and it was freezing cold. It was a native Australian tree and we planted it near the gate.” by Chelsea Hall

“Today is National Tree Day and we planted a lovely tree. We were having lots of fun planting our KH tree. I was holding the shovel. The plant was a native Australian tree. Mrs Howard took a picture of us. It was very cold because it was a rainy day.” by Judah Pearce

“Today is National Tree Day for schools and we planted our KH tree. There was a little sprinkle of rain when we went outside to plant our tree. I got to have a picture with my friends. Judah held the shovel and we planted our native Australian plant. It was a spiky tree but we managed to handle the tree and get it in the ground. We had fun planting it.”

by Harry Yelland

Parent Workshops for Helping Your Children with Numeracy Don’t forget we will be holding Numeracy workshops for parents this week.

The workshop for parents of students in years 3-6 was held yesterday evening and was a great success. The K-2 workshop will be on Friday, 5 August at 2.00pm.

A free child minding service will be available.

Education Week Don’t forget we will be holding our open classrooms and whole school assembly on Wednesday, 10 August.

12.00pm Open classrooms for all classes 1.15pm Picnic lunch for whole school 2.00pm Whole school assembly

Week 3 Infants Assembly 2E will be presenting an item at the infants assembly tomorrow Wednesday, 3 August. Parents, relatives and caregivers are welcome to attend.

Thank you, Mrs Earsman

Jump Rope For Heart A reminder that Jump Rope is on this Friday, 5 August at 11.30am, for our K-2 students. Parents are invited to attend the fun filled session and then stay on for a picnic lunch in the playground.

Band News It is great to see so many band students remembering their instruments and music on a Monday. As of this week, all band students will receive a term timetable. Each week they need to fill this sheet in weekly and record how much time they spend practicing each day. This has been explained to all members of the band. It will also need to be signed by a parent/caregiver and brought back to band for me to check each Monday.

Mrs Watson

Next P&C Meeting – Monday, 15 August at 6.30pm in the staffroom annexe.

Kid’s Ark East Timor Money is collected Mondays. This week we collected $3.00.

On Thursday, 28 July Parkes Public School Stage 3 boys - Austin, Braith, Harmih, Jake, Joseph, Lachlan, Kaiden, Ryan, Will and Zac attended the Schools’ Eco Day at the Central West Livestock Exchange in Forbes. Will learnt about which traps are illegal because they trap native animals like the platypus and native fish at the Fisheries stand. Braith liked how they tracked the feral animals, kept records and humanely destroyed the feral animals. Austin commented on how tiny the eggs and baby worms were when we made a worm farm for our school. The worms will even eat cotton undies and T-Shirts! During the tour of the cattle and sheep yards Cooper (our Guide) told us that they have the automatic crush. Everyone enjoyed the tour of the livestock exchange. Joseph liked the worm farms and how worms have saddles for their eggs. He liked the weed spraying because it was interesting. Kaiden learnt that not all snakes are deadly. The most deadly was the fierce Taipan snake. For first aid use a pressure bandage because it will give you seven hours of extra time to get help. Jake got over half his fear of snakes. He held the tail of the python and then he slowly worked his way up to the head!

Thank you to Mrs Tanswell for accompanying us on the day and a special thank you to all the boys for their Responsible, Respectful and Safe behaviour. I was called back to each stand (after the boys had left) and each person congratulated me on how well - mannered and well behaved Parkes Public students were. Mrs Ward

Welcome to Week 3!

This term has started with a bang! We have already had a number of events on including our Boys’ Hockey and Football teams competing in the PSSA Knockout along with our Rugby League team. We have had our Book Fair and dress up day, Landcare Eco-Day, Planet Ark tree planting day and the NED show, all in the first two weeks of term!

We are looking forward to a busy, fun range of learning opportunities over the next few weeks also as we will celebrate Public Education Week with our whole school assembly and open classrooms, Year 6 will travel to Canberra, we will host the Lachlan District Athletics carnival at North Parkes Oval, we will hold our annual Jump Rope for Heart day, continue with Tournament of the Minds team preparations, have a visit from the ABC and Behind The News to look at our Wiradjuri language program and continue inspired teaching and learning in our classrooms!

The PREPs program commenced yesterday Monday, 1 August, providing a warm welcome and a chance to become familiar with school for our 2017 Kindergarten students. Each year this program has been enormously successful in preparing our children to commence the exciting learning journey that is school. We look forward to working with you to ensure that starting school is a positive, engaging experience for the children and their families. Please don’t hesitate to contact us on 6862 1702 if you have any queries.

We had an amazing performance from the NED show last week! All the students were enthralled and excited by Nate’s yo-yo tricks and messages. Don’t forget that yo-yo orders can be brought into school anytime up until Wednesday morning. All yo-yos will be delivered to classrooms by Wednesday afternoon.

Have a great week, everyone!

Mr Smith

DON’T FORGET 

Jump Rope for Heart Friday, 5 August

Education Week Activities Wednesday, 10 August

Whole School Assembly, Picnic Lunch and Open Classrooms

P&C Meeting Monday, 15 August at 6.30pm

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Tuesday, 2-Thursday, 4 Aug ..... Year 6 Canberra Excursion

Friday, 5 August ........................ Jump Rope for Heart Parent Workshop for Numeracy - Infants Lachlan Athletics Carnival

Wednesday, 10 August ............. Open Classrooms, Picnic Lunch and Whole School Assembly

Friday, 12 August ...................... Parkes Reading Day

Monday, 15 August ................... P&C Meeting

Tues, 13-Thurs,16 Sept ............. Years 4/5 Lake Burrendong Excursion

Thursday, 22 September .......... P&C Family Fun Run

Friday, 23 September ................ Last Day of Term 3

Thursday, 8 December ............. Presentation Night

Value of the Week - Honesty What is Honesty? Being honest is being open, trustworthy and truthful. When people are honest, they can be relied on not to lie, cheat, or steal. Honesty is telling the truth. It is admitting mistakes even when you know someone might be angry or disappointed. Being honest means that you don’t pretend to be something you are not. With honesty, you can trust things to be as they appear.

Affirmation I am honest. I can be trusted to keep my word. I admit my mistakes. I tell the truth, kindly and tactfully. I have no need to impress others. I accept myself as I am.

K‐2 LITERACY AWARDS The children who received the literacy awards and capes at the Infants Assembly were:

Kindergarten Bethany Smiroldo

Year 1 Cobie Speechley Emma King

Year 2 Treye Werth

White Merit Certificate Bradley Swindle 6W

Ava Hayes 5D

Jordan Moody 6W

Badge Jordan Moody 6W

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who gained a:

Name: Brian Mendoza

Age: 11

Class: 6S

Teacher: Mr Smith

Teacher comments: Brian is a great student to have in 6S. He shows commitment to learning and also enjoys the chance to have a good time with his friends at school. It’s fantastic to see his smiling face in class each day.

Favourite activities: Sport, spelling, maths, skiing, fishing, rugby league, rugby union, touch footy and BMX riding.

What career interests you? I might be a miner or a welder that fixes metal or other materials.

Name: Connor MacRae

Age: 12

Class: 6S

Teacher: Mr Smith

Teacher comments: Connor has worked well this semester and he has developed his independent work skills. He is a valued member of 6S.

Favourite activities: Handball!

What career interests you? I would like to be an army soldier.

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED! We are in desperate need of volunteers to serve in the primary canteen at recess and lunchtimes.

Please see the front office or canteen if you can help.

Jump Rope for Heart Lunch Orders can be made for Friday’s Jump Rope for Heart picnic lunch at the canteen.

Parents can order with their children’s order on flexischools or orders can be placed in lunch bins. No hot food will be sold at lunch time over the counter. The menu for Friday’s lunch is: Meat pie (tomato or BBQ sauce) Sausage roll (tomato or BBQ sauce) Chicken burger with lettuce and mayo

Recess Orders A reminder that the primary canteen will be closed at recess until further notice. However, recess can still be ordered and is also now available to order online at flexischools. The full recess menu will be published in next weeks newsletter or can be viewed on the canteen’s Facebook page.

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 3, WEEK 2 

10.00-2.00pm Mon, Tue, Thur 10.00-1.30pm Fri

Thur 4 Aug Maria Carpenter/Help required

Fri 5 Aug Helen Longhurst/Rebecca Freeman/Tracey Glasson

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 3, WEEK 3 

Mon 8 Aug Mel Ashcroft

Tue 9 Aug Christine Egan

Thur 11 Aug Maria Carpenter/Help required

Fri 12 Aug Help Required

If you can’t do your rostered day, please contact Belinda at the canteen.

The Parkes Public School Rugby League Team travelled to Forbes on Thursday to take on Forbes Public School in round three of the PSSA knockout competition. Parkes went into the game full of confidence after their previous game, where they were impressive winners over Forbes North Public School.

The game became a real arm wrestle in the early stages, with teams matching each other try for try. Unlike the previous game, where Parkes ‘hit the accelerator’ in the second half, Parkes came out looking very tired on the back of plenty of defensive efforts. Forbes played the game at a frantic pace. The Parkes boys tried hard, but ran out of steam, allowing Forbes to capitalise on a lop-sided possession rate. Forbes Public School was eventually victorious by a margin of three tries.

Wilson Duffy was creative in attack, setting up some wonderful scoring opportunities. Austin MacGregor ran well and always looked dangerous with the ball in hand. The Moody boys displayed courage, defending admirably in the centre of the

field against some much bigger opposition. Wrecking balls, Jake Barnes, Henry Johns, Jayden Pope and Harmih Turnbull tried hard to punch holes in the defence throughout the match. The outside backs, including Hunter and Sterling Green, Ashton Bennie and Brian Mendoza, had limited opportunities with the ball, but foiled many wide running attacking raids by the opposition. Kaid Lydford was kept very busy playing fullback, cutting down many Forbes runners. Harry Jones, Rhys James and Ewan Moody were also very valuable members of the side, effectively slipping into positions when brought on throughout the game.

A big ‘thank you’ to the parents for transporting students and showing great support on the sidelines and to Mr Moody for his valuable assistance and input.

This ends our involvement in PSSA Rugby League for 2016. Thank you to all of the boys for their commitment and effort this year.

Mr Roberts, Parkes Public School Rugby League Coach

Parkes Public PSSA Rugby League

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Parkes Public School would like to acknowledge and thank Woolworths and Coles Supermarkets for their continued support of our Breakfast Club and other programs run at our school. These programs are only possible due to the generous contributions both make.

Position Vacant ‐ Part Time Work School Crossing Supervisors - Work with your community Permanent Part-Time position -

Parkes Public School (00004LH8)

An important person in a child’s school life is the School Crossing Supervisor, who ensures they cross the road safely. The role requires minimal hours out of your day and gives something worthwhile back to the community.

The position is working 10 hours per fortnight, during school terms. The base rate is $21.37 - $25.65 per hour.

All the qualifications you need are community spirit, good communication skills, an alert and professional attitude to work and a reliable personality. The casual hours and school holidays would suit a parent or grandparent, a retiree or anyone wanting meaningful work - but not full-time.

Training for your key responsibilities of directing traffic to stop at the designated crossing and giving clear instructions to infants and primary school students to cross the road safely, will be provided. You may be required to attend a health assessment. Appointment is subject to a Working with Children Check clearance.

Roads and Maritime Services is an equal opportunity employer.

For further information on this exciting opportunity please call 1300 305 855 or go to iworkfor.nsw.gov.au to apply.

Applications close Sunday, 7 August 2016.

St George's Anglican Church Confirmation Classes Confirmation this year will take place at St George’s Church on Sunday, 16 October 2016.

If you or someone you know wishes to be confirmed, please contact the church office on 6862 1868 to register interest.

Confirmation is open to all children who are generally in Year 6 or above. Classes will be held on Friday from 6.30-9.00pm commencing Friday, 5 August.

If you are an adult seeking confirmation, also contact the office and arrangements can be made.

St George’s Church office hours are 9.00am to 12.00pm.