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Term 1 Week 3 Tuesday 11 February 2020
The Weekly Newsletter from Merewether Heights Public School Phone: 02 4963 3192 Fax: 02 4963 3714
Web: www.merewethht-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] School Security Unit – 1300 880 021
Welcome back to the 2020 school year! Library borrowing has commenced so please remember to pack your child a library bag to help carry and protect books borrowed. Class borrowing times are detailed below. Loans are for a two-week period and may be renewed if needed. Students should return books on loan before borrowing additional books. The library is also open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays at Recess for student use. If you have any concerns please visit me in to the library. Happy Reading Mrs Lochrin
Friday is the last day for early pick up of the Kindergarten students who finish their day at 3.00pm. Don’t forget to collect them from the red seats in the infants COLA. From next Monday February 17 the kinder students will finish at the same time as the rest of the school ie 3.25pm. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher or the school office.
We currently have students at our school who are at risk of anaphylaxis (ie suffers from a severe allergic reaction) due to nut allergies, eggs, seafood, dairy products or bee stings etc. All our children are special and have particular needs. These students’ needs are potentially life threatening. We ask for your help to keep them all safe by not sending nut-based products to school with your child’s recess or lunch. These products include peanut butter, nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or
chocolate bars or any products containing nuts. Products that are labeled “may contain traces of nuts” do not generally present a threat.
Parent Information Sessions will be held in Term 1, Week 4 (week commencing Monday 17th February 2020). These sessions are an ideal time to meet your child’s teacher, become familiar with class expectations and learn some more about class routines. This is not a time to discuss individual student matters. If you wish to discuss your child’s needs with the teacher, please make an alternative time. The sessions will be held at the following times: Monday 17th February
4M – 3:30 pm
4/5T – 3:30 pm
1E – 3:30 pm
2C – 4.00 pm
2H – 4.00 pm
Tuesday 18th February
6N – 3.30 pm
1/2G – 4.00 pm
3MC – 4.00 pm
3/4G – 4.00 pm
Wednesday 19th February
KM – 4.00 pm
KS - 4.00 pm
K/1C – 4.00 pm
5S – 4.00 pm
5/6M – 4.00 pm
Sessions will be held in your child’s classroom.
ANAPHYLAXIS
LIBRARY NEWS
PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS
AMMENDED DATE FOR KINDER END OF DAY
Class Borrowing Times
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
3MC 3/4G 4/5T 2H
6N 4M 5/6M 1/2G
2C KM KS 1E
K/1C 5S
CLOTHING POOL
The clothing pool will continue to be open on Tuesdays from 9am to 9.30am. You are also able to order through Quickcliqs online with these orders being filled each Tuesday. To order online click on the link below and set up an account. http://www.quickcliq.com.au/ Hats can still be purchased at the office, cash only. If anyone has any donations please drop them in at the office. No old style blue shirts please. House t shirts are now available for sale - if there are any issues with sizes from those ordered last year please contact [email protected] to arrange a size swap. Lastly, if anyone would like to volunteer we are desperately in need of a few more volunteers. If you are able to help please email [email protected].
This year student banking will be held on Tuesdays. Please send in your bank books to your classroom on Tuesday.
STUDENT BANKING
Our first week of Canteen went off with a bang. We are looking forward to a fantastic 2020. Jess has cooked up a storm and the fridges are stocked. All we need now is to fill our volunteer spots for the term. I know this is a big ask as we are all busy with work and family commitments and we value any time you can give us over the coming term. To help the Canteen Committee with the management of the volunteers and Jess' workload in 2020 we are implementing a new policy. All volunteer positions will need to be filled the week prior before we open the canteen for business the following week. This will eliminate the last-minute call outs for volunteers and the extra pressure on those in the kitchen when we don't have full numbers. We also realise plans change or kids get sick and you cannot do a shift. There is still the flexibility to move your day. It is our plan to spend less time on administration and more effort on new menu items and improved service. Did you know if we had one volunteer hour given per child at school that would fill our annual calendar? Shifts are flexible and Jess is there to guide you. Please register today as we have vacancies over the coming weeks and we want to ensure this service stays open. The link to register is listed below. Once again thank you for supporting the school canteen. This is a service that is loved by both the students and parents. Canteen Committee Canteen Volunteers Needed To volunteer, hours are flexible, sign up at https://signup.com/go/RfnxfgE Friday 21 February – 1 Volunteer Friday 28 February – 2 Volunteers Thursday 5 March – 2 Volunteers Friday 6 March – 3 Volunteers Thursday 12 March – 2 Volunteers Friday 13 March – 3 Volunteers Thursday 19 March – 2 Volunteers Friday 20 March – 3 Volunteers Thursday 26 March – 2 Volunteers Friday 27 March – 3 Volunteers Thursday 2 April – 2 Volunteers Friday 3 April – 3 Volunteers Thursday 9 April – 2 Volunteers Canteen operating days are Wednesday to Friday. Online ordering http://www.quickcliq.com.au/ All visitors and volunteers must sign in at the office and wear a lanyard. If any of our volunteers have forgotten to return the lanyard when signing out please return it to the office.
CANTEEN
Could you be an Ethics Teacher? We have been very lucky to be able to run the Pri-mary Ethics program at our school for the last few years as it is taught and coordinated by volunteers. However, we are likely to need some additional teachers this year to meet demand. It would be wonderful to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer. Ethics classes are run on Wednesdays from 2:25-2:55 for K-2 and 2:55 -3:25 for Y3-6. Ethics classes can be taught by parents, carers, grandparents or other family or members of the community - experience is not required and training is provided. If you would like to consider volunteer-ing for Ethics or know someone who may be inter-ested, please contact our ethics coordinator Ainslie Frazer on 0406 804 594 or [email protected] or visit www.primaryethics.com.au.
Did you know you can order super farm fresh free-range eggs laid the same week you receive them via the School Canteen for only $6 a carton. Order online at www.quickcliq.com.au in the uniform shop. Orders are cut off at 8.30 pm each Tuesday night and ready for collection from the Canteen on Thursday afternoons from 3 pm or Friday during opening hours. If you have a child at OOSH on Thursday you can arrange for your eggs to be sent there. Get online now for Newcastle’s freshest eggs.
ETHICS TEACHER
EGG PURCHASES
DIARY DATES
PAYMENTS
Payments can be made quite easily on our POP (Parent Online Payment) system found on our webpage,
www.merewethht-p.schools.nsw.edu.au , Please Note; when making a payment online, only fill in the boxes
with a red asterisk , no need for the student number. Or correct money or cheque in an envelope to the office,
or Eftpos at the office.
TERM 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
WEEK 3 10/2
11/2
Swimming Carnival
Yrs 2-6
Wallsend Swim Centre
12/2 13/2 14/2
Book Club Orders Due
WEEK 4 17/2 18/2
19/2
Zone Swimming
Carnival
20/2 21/2
WEEK 5 24/2 25/2 26/2 27/2 28/2
ADVANCE NOTICE
MUSIC CAMP will take place from Tuesday March 24 to Thursday March 26 2020. Information will be available soon.
Important Anaphylaxis Notice We have students who are at risk of severe allergic reaction to some food items. This condition is potentially life threatening. Please do not send nut-based products to school with your child’s recess or lunch. Products include peanut butter, Nutella, sesame seed, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars.
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