Public Speaking Champs

Well done Tom and Johanna!

■ 2016■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 8 and 9 ■ Principal: Kay Thurston

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1839 Loyal to my School

■ Fax: (02) 6924 1794 Junee North Public School

■ Email: juneenorth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Queen Street

■ Website: www.juneenorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

Super Spellers

Magic Wordsmiths!

Junee North Public School ■ Principal: Kay Thurston Loyal to my School

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1839

■ Fax: (02) 6924 1794 Junee North Public School

■ Email: juneenorth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 1-15 Queen Street

■ Website: www.juneenorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

■ 2016 ■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 8 & 9 ■ Newsletter

Calendar Term 1, Week 8

17 March Rugby League Gala Day

18 March Assembly @ 2:30 pm

Term 1, Week 9

21 March Harmony Day

24 March Easter Fun Day

25 March Good Friday

Term 1, Week 10

28 March Easter Monday

30 March PSSA Rugby League Trials

1 April Junee North Athletics Carnival

(no assembly)

Term 1, Week 11

5 April PSSA Netball Trials

7 April Seniors Week – Choir

performance

SRC Disco

8 April Last day Term 1

Week 8 assembly: 1/2D

Week 9: No assembly (Good Friday)

In this issue ... Principal’s report ........................................................................... 3

Solid State Circus...................................................................... 3

Rhythm and Rail Fun ............................................................... 3

Harmony Day ............................................................................. 3

Riverina Choir ............................................................................ 3

What’s happening in our school? ........................................... 4

Solid State Circus...................................................................... 4

Rhythm & Rail Challenge ...................................................... 5

Riverina Swimmers................................................................... 5

What’s coming up? ................................................................... 10

Athletics Carnival ................................................................... 10

Boys & Girls PSSA cricket matches ................................ 10

SRC Happenings .................................................................... 10

Feature Photo

Kinder students Aleeya & Charlotte are proud as punch

to have mastered their Gold level words!

Junee North Public School

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Principal’s report

Solid State Circus

Last Week our students were treated to an amazing

performance. The Solid State Circus troupe entertained

with juggling, balancing and acrobatics and lots of

comedy! The children were enthralled but were

definitely reminded not to try these stunts at school or

at home!

Circus performers in action – amazing!

Rhythm and Rail Fun

Mr Maxwell and I, along with several of our students

last week competed in the annual Licorice Factory

Challenge. With chocolate and licorice tower building,

chocolate ball pool and popcorn eating, it certainly

provided lots of hilarious entertainment!

Jake & Matilda put the finishing touches on their

chocolate & licorice tower.

Thank you to our captains and vice captains, Tahlia,

Jake, Matilda and Kye who presented a poem at the

Sunday church service.

Harmony Day

Next Monday 21 March is national Harmony Day. The

message of Harmony Day is everyone belongs. It is a

day to celebrate cultural diversity. It is also a day about

inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for

everyone. The message this year is our diversity is our

strength. We can do great things when we come

together. Throughout their library lessons next

Monday, all children will complete activities which

reflect these themes. As a special way of recognising

this day and coming together as one, all children are

invited to wear something orange (the harmony day

colour).

Riverina Choir

Congratulations to Sophia Cameron, Tenaya Gerhard

and Natalia Shimpf on their selection into this year’s

Riverina Choir! Selection into the Riverina Choir is hotly

contested, and this year many students from across the

Riverina auditioned. The girls will have a very busy year

of rehearsals and lots of performances at various

events throughout the year. Hopefully our school will

get the opportunity to hear the Riverina choir perform

later in the year when they tour the region.

Sophia, Natalia & Tenaya – Riverina Choir members!

Kay

Junee North Public School

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Reminders

Rugby League Gala Day Stage 2 & 3 – this Thursday 17 March.

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion Expression of interest notes due back by Friday 1

April.

Year 6 shirts & Rugby Tops Orders & payment due by next Thursday 24 March.

Harmony Day Next Monday 21 March – wear something orange!

SRC 5c challenge Last week we raised over $208! Keep sending in those

unwanted, pesky 5c coins!

SRC Easter Egg Raffle Please send in your donations of Easter eggs for our

raffle. The more eggs sent in, the more prizes to be

won at our Easter fun day! Tickets will be on sale for $1

every day in the playground.

Easter Fun Day Next Thursday 24 March (see details later in this

newsletter). Get busy creating those decorated eggs!

Thumbs Up! A big thumbs up to our swimmers who competed at

the Riverina PSSA Swimming Carnival in Albury – a

great effort by all!

WELL DONE!

What’s happening in our school?

Solid State Circus

As previously mentioned, our students were wowed by

this amazing trio. Even better was seeing our very own

Kiralee as part of the act!

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Rhythm & Rail Challenge

Have you ever wanted to build a tower out of

chocolate? That’s exactly what several of our students,

Mrs Thurston and Mr Maxwell did last week as part of

the Licorice factory challenge. Our teams excelled on

this part of the challenge. Playing pool with chocolate

balls and eating popcorn as fast as you can proved to

be quite a challenge for some however!

Jake proved to be a bit of a pool shark!

Pony tails and popcorn don’t mix!

Tahlia & Maggie – a picture of tower-making

concentration!

Ryan (alias Hoover!) Crowder sucking up popcorn at top

speed!

Chew Mr Maxwell, chew!!

Riverina Swimmers

Congratulations to our swimming team, who travelled

to Albury last week to compete in the Riverina PSSA

Swimming carnival.

Our senior boys relay team: Ryley, Zach, Jake & Joel did

themselves & our school proud. So too, did our Junior

boys: Ryan, Bailey, Cooper & Tyler.

Junee North Public School

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Merit Awards Term 1 Week 6

KM Grace Hume-Landrigan

Annabelle Howarth

Tyrone Bath

Lachlan Cameron

KW Layla Ghannumi

Preston Thelan

Aaleya Harris

1/2D Kailyn Harris

Claire O’Rafferty

Micah Kemp

Seth Wright

Thomas McCann

1/2W No awards – at Life Ed Van

3/4D Bailey Willis

Ruby Lemmich

Deegan Wooden

Erica Wooden

Adam Parker

Matthew Boyton

3/4M Allan Cameron

Seth Wooden

Makayla Cameron

Lochlan Judd

Ngarama TeMaru

Jaidyn Vanzanten

Shannon Yelland

5/6B Joshua Boyton

Laelah-Roze Burgess-Finn

Isabella Cameron

Lachlan Howe

Lilly-May Sutherland

Kye Wright

Dru Brodin

5/6S Gabrielle Sladek

Tenaya Gerhard

Paige Vanzanten

Sophia Cameron

Savannah Field

Congratulations to our Week 6 Merit Award winners!

Merit Awards Term 1 Week 7

KM Holly Boyton

Aleeya Masters

Charlotte Asmus

KW Thomas Gallop

Layla Ghannumi

Isabella Dargin

Preston Thelan

1/2W Bodhi Thelan

Blake Lloyd

Ace Hayman

1/2D Destini Shephard

Kaden Shaw

Isaac Ghannumi

Cameron Robertson

Caleb Kearnes

3/4D Kyran Burgess-Finn

Lachlan Phillips

Alexa Wright

Maggie Hawke

Hannah Fitzgerald

3/4M Chase Baxter

Tristan Davis

Will Holloway

Jessica Eccleston

Elizabeth Collins

Torah Newman

Tyler Heir

5/6B Tahlia White

Ella Fitzgerald

Brandon Collins

Annabell Eccleston

Natalia Shimpf

Charlie McEwen

5/6S Grace Robertson

Julian Schachtner

Hailea Baker-Shephard

Joel Crowder

Nicholas Richards

Jake Vanzanten

Congratulations to our Week 7 Merit Award winners!

Junee North Public School

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Principal Awards

Term 1 Week 6

1/2D Leah Schultz

5/6S Felicity Davis

Matilda McDevitt

Term 1 Week 7

1/2D Claire O’Rafferty

Seth Wright

3/4D Bailey Willis

Ruby Lemmich

5/6S Tenaya Gerhard

Paige Vanzanten

Sophia Cameron

Savannah Field

5/6B Joshua Boyton

Laelah-Roze Burgess-Finn

Lilly-May Sutherland

Kye Wright

Home Reading Awards Term 1 Week 6

25 Nights

Thomas Gallop Callum Cochrane

Eleanor Baldock Elizabeth Collins

Jessica Eccleston Hailea Baker-Shephard

Term 1 Week 7

25 Nights

Shaylie Johns Carlie Irvine

Laylah Ghannumi Caitlyn Payne

Tristan Davis Madeleine Cameron

Felicity Davis Julian Schachtner

Sophia Cameron Matilda McDevitt

Linus Schachtner Tahlia White

Chelsea O’Rafferty Dimity-Lee Crocker

Junee North Public School

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Community News

Junior Soccer Registration

Just a reminder that Junior Registrations are still being

taken at Burns Parks on Wednesday afternoons - 24/2,

2/3, 9/3, 16/3 & 23/3 from 4:30pm till 5:30pm, with

competitions to start on 2nd April 2016.

Junee April Holiday Program

Permission Forms for these events are available from

our office or the Council office

Broadway Museum Easter Party

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‘YOUR LINK TO SUPPORT’ The Family Referral Service and Education have

partnered to provide greater access to service for local

communities.

The Family Referral Service is aimed at assisting

families to link into various support services. These

may include;

Housing and accommodation

Financial assistance

Parenting

Drug and alcohol support

Domestic violence

Youth support

Health

Counselling and mediation

Mental health

Cultural support

Health and wellbeing

Junee North will host Sam the FRS Family Worker once

a fortnight on Tuesdays between 9.00am – 3.00pm. If

you would like to get in contact with Sam phone 1300

307 897, visit the school or drop into the FRS office

located at 36-40 Gurwood St. Relationships Australia Canberra and Region Inc acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land sea and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures and to the Elders both past and present.

School Banking

A reminder that school banking operates each Thursday.

Children wanting to open a Dollarmite account can simply

drop in to the Commonwealth Bank.

P&C News Annual General Meeting

We welcome our 2016 P&C committee for 2016:

President: Anthony White

Vice President: Denis Hawke

Secretary: Nicole Schultz

Treasurer: Jodi Crowder

Next meeting

Our next meeting is set down for Tuesday 5 April,

commencing at 6:30 pm. Several new fundraising

ideas were raised at our last meeting, including

another Trivia Night and a family movie night. Come

along with your suggestions, and also find out about

the many things happening at our wonderful school.

Captains supporting our Community

Our captains & vice captains presented a lovely poem at

Sunday’s church service.

Junee North Public School

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What’s coming up?

Athletics Carnival

Our school Athletics Carnival is being held on Friday 1

April. Each year Mr Jones and Mrs Commins take every

class for PD/H/PE, and during Term 1 their focus is on

athletics skills. Prior to the carnival, Mr Jones and Mrs

Commins hold trials at school for each field event for

the 8-12 year olds. Every child is taught the correct

technique for each field event. They are given a

practice and then have 3 throws/ jumps measured. The

10 longest/ highest throws/ jumps then progress to

the final on the actual athletics carnival day. Children

nominate themselves for the 200m and 800m. All

children run in their age race. Our K-2 children also run

their ’cross country’ as part of our carnival. Year 3-6

children will have their cross country next term.

Boys & Girls PSSA cricket matches

Both of our boys and girls cricket teams have

successfully made it into Round 2 of the PSSA

Knockout. The boys unfortunately had their game

washed out last Friday, but will play next Monday 21

March against Wagga Public School at Burns Park.

The girls will travel to Wagga next Tuesday 22 March

to play South Wagga Public School at Bolton Park.

Thank you to Mr Baldock for the huge amount of effort

put into training both teams. Best of luck to both

teams!

SRC Happenings

Our SRC are having a very busy term with lots of

fundraising events on the go. Just a reminder of what

they are up to:

5c challenge – each class has a jar for

collecting 5c coins, with a weekly ice block

prize going to the class that has raised the

most. Last week we managed to raise over

$200! With 3/4M the winning class.

Easter egg raffle – we are asking for donations

of Easter eggs which will be raffled off at our

Easter Fun day. Tickets are on sale every day

for $1. The more donations, the more prizes

we can give out!

Easter colouring competition – these are on

sale every day for 20c. The winning entries

from each stage will be announced at our

Easter Fun day.

Disco Fun – on Thursday 7 April the SRC will

be holding 2 discos. The K-2 disco will run

from 5:00 – 6:00 pm; the Year 3-6 disco will run

from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. The theme for the night is

‘Famous People’ where children are

encouraged to dress up as their favourite

famous person. Cost is $4 per student. All

families are asked to bring along a plate of

food to share.

Our School Vision

To instil in our students, through diverse,

innovative & quality educational experiences,

the knowledge and skills to become confident,

creative & highly successful learners and

respectful & responsible citizens.

Junee North Public School

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Health Spot

NAPLAN 2016 Years 3 & 5 students

In Week 3 of Term 2 our Year 3 and 5 students will sit

the National Assessment Program – Literacy and

Numeracy (NAPLAN). An information brochure

will be sent home with all Year 3 and 5 children this

week. Any parents wishing to discuss any of this are

welcome to contact class teachers or Mrs Thurston.

Parent-Teacher Interviews

All parents should have received a note

outlining days/ times for interviews. Parents are

encouraged to meet with classroom teachers to

get an early indication of how their child is

progressing, the learning goals for their child

and any concerns they may have. If parents are

unable to make the times indicated, teachers are

more than happy to make an alternative time.

How2Learn Developing a Growth Mindset in our students

Lots of professional learning is continuing to occur this

year with our staff around the area of learning habits.

One of our key focuses at this point in time is

developing an understanding in our students that they

can either have a FIXED or GROWTH mindset.

We encourage all of our students to believe that they

have the ability to succeed – they need to put in the

effort, persevere, practise and not give up when the

going gets tough.

Behaviour Expectations

At Junee North we are proud learners

who are:

Respectful – we treat ourselves and each other with respect, show care and regard for

property

Responsible – we take responsibility for our learning and our actions. We own up to our

mistakes so we can learn from them.

Safe – we always take care and act in a safe

and appropriate manner.

Junee North Public School

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EASTER “EGGSTRAVAGANZA”

Thursday 24 March

Dear Parents/ Carers

On Thursday 24 March we will be holding a very special Easter “Eggstravaganza” afternoon. The

afternoon’s activities will be as follows:

1:20 – 1:50 – Scripture Easter Assembly

1:50 – 2:20 – Afternoon tea (Parents and grandparents are welcome to join their children for a

picnic on the grass)

2:20 – 3:20 – Special events - commencing under the COLA: Decorated egg parade;

announcement of the Easter colouring competition & drawing of our SRC raffle. This will be

followed by our traditional egg races!

Easter colouring competition: Our SRC is organising an Easter Colouring competition – cost to enter

is 20c. Entries must be in by Thursday morning 24 March.

Decorated Egg parade: All children are asked to bring along a decorated egg – any design

they like! See how creative they can be! A prize for all children who bring in their decorated egg.

SRC Easter raffle: we are asking for donations of Easter eggs for our raffle. The number of prizes will

depend on how many eggs we get donated. Tickets on sale every day in the playground for $1 each.

Egg races: bring along a hard-boiled egg and race it against their classmates. There will be a pre-

schoolers egg race too!

COME ALONG & ENJOY A FUN AFTERNOON