Principal’s Report

Mr MacDonald has done a wonderful job as Relieving Principal while I was away and I would like to thank him for his efforts. Travelling to another country has certainly been a great experience and one that provided time to learn and grow, through interacting with the people and learning their culture. Whilst it was an amazing experience, it has certainly made me appreciate living in the Nambucca Valley. There is no place like home.

I would like to thank all our families for their understanding and co-operation in the early days of our new school gate locking system. The top pedestrian gate will open at 8.30am and students are required to sit in class lines when they first arrive. Supervision of children on our top playground begins at 8.40am each day.

NAIDOC celebrations at Macksville Public School are in full swing this week. This year’s theme: ‘Voice, Treaty, Truth, Let’s Work Together for a Shared Future’, highlights the desire to move forward together. I would like to thank all staff, Elders, community members and our students for their hard work in preparing for NAIDOC Week and we welcome our wider community into our school to celebrate with us. We are hoping for fine weather in order to enjoy Bush Tucker tomorrow, lay our decorative footpath on Thursday, and hold the Traditional Indigenous Games on Friday.

We are also coming up to Education Week celebrations next week. Our Open Day takes place on Thursday August 8th and we look forward to all our parents and carers coming in and celebrating with us. The traditional Book Fair will also take place in our School Library on the day.

Anthony Buckley - Principal

TERM 3 WEEK 2 Tuesday 30th July 2019

COMING UP ON OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR

JULY 31st Bush Tucker - Students to bring lunch

AUGUST

1st Decorative rock footpath making

PSSA Touch Football at Nambucca Heads

2nd District Athletics Traditional Indigenous Games - Bottom Oval

8th Education Week Open Day and Book Fair

16th Beez Neez Whole School Assembly 2:10pm

19th P&C Meeting 6pm in Staffroom

29th Kindergarten Excursion to Billabong Zoo

SEPTEMBER

4th Book Week Parade

12th-13th Year 3 Excursion, see yellow box below

16th P&C Meeting 6pm in Staffroom

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Year 3 Camp Information For our Camp to go ahead we will need 30 students to have paid a deposit towards the camp. Unfortunately we have only 13 at this stage. If you wish for your child to attend the Year 3 Camp you will need to have made full or partial payment towards the camp by Thursday 31st July.

Wed 31st Thur 1st

Fri 2nd Mon 5th Tues 6th

School Canteen

Roster

SCHOOL CAMP INFORMATION Year 4 Camp - If there are any parents who have not sent

their form back in and want their child to go please return to

the office ASAP.

Year 5 Camp - Payments can now be made either at the

front office or online through our website. Volunteers Needed

Glenn Robinson

Glenn Robinson,

Dave Flack

Dave Flack

Theresa Laverty

CANTEEN CLOSED

Book Fair Our annual ‘Book Fair’ by the School Library will be held on Thursday, August 8th, during Open Day Week 3. This is where

students and families have the opportunity to purchase a

book, which is donated to the school library collection.

Student donated books will be acknowledged with a

‘donated by’ certificate on the inside cover of the book.

Students who donated a book will have the opportunity to be

the first to borrow them when they are ready for borrowing. Just a reminder that all books purchased on the day are donated

to the school library.

Book Week Parade The theme for this year’s Book Week Parade is ‘Reading is My Secret Power’, which will be held

this term in Week 7, September 4th. So get those thinking caps on and get dressed up as your

favourite book character. It is always a joy to see what students and teachers get dressed up

as, and I can’t wait to see this year’s array of fabulous costumes our students come to school

wearing. So watch this space for more information in the coming weeks. ~ Sarah Pade - Librarian/Teacher

This week in the wide world of Macksville Public School sport, our students have been competing all around the local community achieving greatness. The week began with our

school netball team travelling to Crescent Head to play the 4th round of the PSSA knockout competition. The girls were very excited to be playing in this game and had been putting in the hard yards on the training paddock. The opposition was tough, however the girls were up for the challenge starting off the game really strongly. The girls were able to put together some swift attacking moves to score some early points against Crescent Head. The girls went into the second half with a positive outlook and were looking as though they would be successful in taking out the win. However, some late points from Crescent Head and some attacking moves not going to plan contributed to the girls being defeated 30-15. The girls represented our school with exemplary sportsmanship and were a credit to both themselves and the school in the way they played and the positive attitude they kept after their hard-fought defeat. Secondly, our Under 10 and Open Rugby League team travelled to Coffs Harbour to play in the All Schools Rugby League tournament. Both teams were very strong over all aspects of the pitch and displayed some excellent skills and quick footwork to put up an excellent show for the parent spectators at the event. Our teams were very strong and had their fair share of wins and losses in both divisions. They were all excellent representatives of our school and competed with their heads held high. All players remained encouraging towards fellow team members during all games throughout the day. Finally, a reminder the District Athletics carnival is this Friday 2nd August. Please ensure that your notes are brought back to school prior to the carnival to ensure students are aware of events in which they have qualified. Keep an eye on Facebook and the newsletter for more information. ~ Matt Greenway - Teachers

Sports Report

IAN FLARRETY—MUSIC TEACHER PHONE 6568 3921

Anyone wishing to have Music Lessons please fill in the note below and send into the school office.

PERMISSION NOTE FOR GROUP BAND LESSONS

My child ____________________ class ______________ is interested in learning trumpet, trombone, saxophone, guitar, keyboard or drums (please circle) Parents signature: _______________________________________ Date: ______________