Swimming Carnival Congratulations to all students, staff, parent helpers and to Coomber, Dabee and Lloyd supporters on the success of last Friday’s Swimming Carnival, held at the Kandos Pool.

Thank you to the parents who assisted staff and to teacher, Mr Andrew Best for his excellent organisation of our first sporting event of the year. A Swimming Carnival report from Mr Best has been included with this newsletter.

Photographs of our Swimming Carnival participants appeared in Tuesday’s Mudgee Guardian with BJ Docherty appearing on the font page. A proud moment for our students.

Meet the Teachers / Parent Information Sessions - 25/6 & 26/2

An invitation is extended to all parents to attend our Meet the Teachers / Parent Information Sessions which will be held after school next Tuesday, 25th and Wednesday, 26th February commencing at 3.30pm each day. Sessions will involve 10 minute individual meetings with parents and teachers. Afternoon tea will also be held. A return slip has been provided with this newsletter. Please fill in the slip with your name, phone number, preferred day and time and teacher/s you require a meeting with and return the slip to school by this Friday, 21st February.

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Inside this edi on:

Principal’s Report

Canteen News ‐ Weekly

Special & Big Vegie Day

Swimming Carnival Report

Community Cha er ‐ Miss

Showgirl

Upcoming Events

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Rain makes everything

beautiful

BJ Docherty ‐ made it to the front

page of the Mudgee Guardian,

Tuesday, 18th February.

CANTEEN NEWS Canteen Specials Monday, 24th February - chicken drumstick

with Fried Rice $5.00

Tuesday, 25th February - canteen made pizza (ham & cheese, ham & cheese & pineapple) plus small bottle of juice $5.00

Wednesday, 26th February - 2 x chicken Tenders with salad plus small juice $5.00

Thursday, 27th February - Grilled chicken burger with small juice $5.00

‘Big Vegie Crunch’ Day - 5/3 The Canteen will be holding a Big Vegie Crunch day on on Thursday, 5th March. There will be a variety of fruit and vegetables on sale on this day. Prices will range from 10 cents to $2.00.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL REPORT Last Friday, 14th February, 100 students from Year 2 through to Year 6 participated in the 2020 Kandos Public School Swimming Carnival. The carnival was held at the Kandos Swimming Pool. Students participated in a variety of 50, 100 and 200 metre races, with the first 2 placegetters qualifying for the Zone Carnival to be held at Gulgong later in the Term. There were also novelty events on the day including the 15 and 33 metre races, where students could earn points for their house. Congratulations to the winning house Coomber, Lloyd who came in second place and Dabee who came in third place. Thank you to all the parents who attended on the day supporting the children and helping with time keeping. All students are to be commended on their participation and support of each other on the day. Our Keys to Success being safe, respectful and on task were followed throughout the day.

RESULTS 50m Freestyle

8 Years Girls – 1st Sophie Godwin (1:49.16)

8 Years Boys – 1st Liam Ashford (1:37.16)

10 Years Girls – 1st Jocelyn Cafe (1:05.57)

10 Years Boys – 1st BJ Docherty (1:28.19)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (47.96), 2nd Mia Reddish (54.63), 3rd Lucy Gale (1.08:16)

11 Years Boys – 1st Seth Weatherall (2:31.79)

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For Kindergarten parents only there is a variation to the format for the Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon sessions.

Tuesday, 25th February - A general information session and afternoon tea for all Kindergarten parents will be held with Ms Kernaghan and Miss Clark at 4.00pm in the K Pearl classroom.

Wednesday, 26th February - Kindergarten parents will have an opportunity to have a 10 minute meeting with their child’s class teacher. These meetings are not available on the Tuesday. Please complete and return provided slip.

Generous Donation! Thank you to Mrs Donna Nelson and to Mrs Linda Rohr for their kind donations of new toasters for our Breakfast Club room. The new toasters are very much appreciated and have already been put to good use.

Assembly - 21/2 A Whole School Assembly will take place this Friday, 21st February at 12.30pm in the Multi Purpose Hall. Parents and family members are invited to attend.

Rylstone / Kandos Show - 22/2 The annual Rylstone / Kandos Show will take place this Saturday, 22nd February. Our students have been busy over the past few weeks creating ‘In My Dreams’ artworks for entry into the show. If you are attending the show, please take the time to wander past the artworks that have been produced by the students from our local schools. We will place a display of show artworks in our office foyer area next week. Thank you to the Rylstone/Kandos Society Inc who generously donated a Family Pass to the Rylstone / Kandos Show. Congratulations to student, Kaidence Potts (1/2 Opals) who was the winner of the tickets. We hope your family enjoy the day!

School Photo Day - 3/3 Kandos Public School’s 2020 Photo Day will take place on Tuesday, 3rd March. Photo envelopes will be handed to students as soon as the school receives them. Tod Morley - Principal

Kaidence Potts ‐ Winner of a

Family pass to the Show.

Age Champions

Junior Girl – Jocelyn Cafe

Junior Boy – BJ Docherty

11 Years Girl – Emily Gallaher

11 Years Boy – Seth Weatherall

Senior Girl – Amia Jupp

Mr Andrew Best Sports Coordinator

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DATE EVENT

WEEK 4 Friday,

21st February

SRE to commence

Assembly, 12.30pm in the M.P. Hall

WEEK 5 Monday,

24th February

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Tuesday,

25th February

#1 Meet the Teachers / Parents

Informa on Sessions & A ernoon

Tea

3.30pm to 5.00pm

Kindergarten General Informa on

Session & A ernoon Tea

with parents 4.00pm,

K Pearls classroom

Wednesday,

26th February

Student Banking

St George Illawarra NRL visit

Zone Swimming Carnival,

Gulgong

#2 Meet the Teachers / Parents

Informa on Sessions (including

Kindergarten parents) & A ernoon

Tea, 3.30pm to 5.00pm

Thursday,

27th February

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Friday,

28th February

KPS ‘Clean Up’ Day

SRE

Saturday,

22nd February

Rylstone / Kandos Show

Rylstone Showground

12 Years Girls – 1st Amia Jupp (56.16), 2nd Tansy Fisher (1:08.66), 3rd Mia Waterton (1:08.66)

50m Breaststroke

Junior Girls – 1st Jocelyn Cafe (1:29.00), 2nd Nyah Watmuff (1:29.84), 3rd Lexi Smith (1:43.53)

Junior Boys – 1st Michael Waterton (1:34.87), 2nd BJ Docherty (1:52.69), 3rd Jacob Kiely (2:16.66)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (1:02.50), 2nd Mia Reddish (1:14.78), 3rd Khylarni Docherty (1:37.75)

Senior Girls - 1st Amia Jupp (1:15.78), 2nd Mia Waterton (1:17.16)

50m Backstroke

Junior Girls – 1st Jocelyn Cafe (1:15.53)

Junior Boys - 1st Ryan Thorn (1:39.19), 2nd Jacob Kiely (1:53.25)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (1:04.18), 2nd Mia Reddish (1:09.16), 3rd Chelsea Ford (1:16.06)

50m Butterfly

Junior Girls – 1st Sophie Godwin (2:13.65)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (1:19.00) 100m Freestyle

Junior Girls – 1st Jocelyn Cafe (2:47.09), 2nd Lexi Smith (3:11.04), 3rd Ella Eldridge (4:37.41)

Junior Boys – 1st BJ Docherty (3:18.06)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (2:04.72), 2nd Mia Reddish (2:25.31), 3rd Lucy Gale (2:54.44)

200m Medley

Junior Girls – 1st Jocelyn Cafe (6:41.78), 2nd Lexi Smith (7:21.68)

Junior Boys – 1st Jacob Kiely (8:55.28), 2nd BJ Docherty (9:02.37)

11 Years Girls – 1st Emily Gallaher (5:16.90), 2nd Mia Reddish (5:40.79)

Relay

1st Coomber, 2nd Lloyd, 3rd Dabee

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A endance Slip

Parent Name / s (Please print)_____________________________ Phone Number________________ I / we require an appointment to with the following teacher/s_______________________________________________________ Preferred a ernoon

Tuesday, 25th February

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Wednesday, 26th February (Note: This is the only day available for mee ngs for Kindergarten parents)

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Please complete and return slip to school by Friday, 21st February, 2020

2020 VOLUNTARY SCHOOL

CONTRIBUTIONS

The School Contributions for 2020 are:

$35 single child

$50 per family.

Payments can be made at the office or via POP payments. Payments made by the end of Term 1 will go into the draw for a $50 IGA voucher.

COMMUNITY CHATTER Rylstone / Kandos Show this Saturday, 22nd February

2020 JUNIOR SHOWGIRL COMPETITION

Chief Steward: Janell Cole

To be judged at 4pm on the day.

Sections:

Miss Tiny Tot - 4, 5 and 6 years

Miss Sub-Junior - 7, 8 and 9 years

Miss Junior - 10, 11 and 12 years

Miss Teenager - 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 years

You must register with the Steward, Janell Cole - located at the Secretary Office from 12:30 till 2:30pm on Show Day

Judging will be by two independent judges who will judge

on dress and confidence displayed on the day

All entrants will be asked their “name, class and what they like about the show” in front of the crowd

Miss Teenager will also be asked” What do you value about the Rylstone-Kandos Show?

Entrants must be from Rylstone-Kandos and surrounding

communities to be eligible to enter

Prizes for each section

For further information please contact

Janell Cole on 0407 796 383.

Khylarni Docherty ‐ Mudgee

Guardian, Tuesday, 18th February