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DATES FOR THE CALENDAR

3 – 5 May Year 4 Great

Aussie Bush Camp

Excursion

3 – 6 May Year 6 Canberra

Excursion

6 May Mother’s Day Stall

10 May Year 5 Mine Tour (1)

14 May National Walk to

School Day

14 May Scone Cup Half Day

Holiday

17 May Year 5 Mine Tour (2)

Public Speaking this

Week

11 May NAPLAN Commences

for Years 3 & 5

22 – 24 Jun Year 5 Sydney

Excursion

PSSA Dates

4 May Girls Hunter Soccer

Trials

5 May Zone Union Trials

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 3 3 May Racheal J 4 May Racheal J 5 May Racheal J 6 May Racheal J 7 May Rebecca W Sherryn B Week 4 10 May Racheal J 11 May Racheal J 12 May Racheal J 13 May Amanda R 14 May Canteen Closed

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Last week the Horse Festival events began, starting with our students competing

at the Scone Horse Sports. Well done to these students! You can read more

about their success in this newsletter. Our P&C were busy feeding the community

at the rodeo and will be putting out the call for assistance over the next few weeks

as they cater for a number of Horse Festival events. Please consider helping,

even for just an hour, as the P&C are a small but very proactive and positive group

who are working hard to raise money that will benefit all students. Please check

the P&C Facebook page to see the events coming up and where you can help

out.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Netball, Basketball and

Rugby League sporting competitions last week. It is great to hear from the

coaches and managers that our students are enjoying their games and showing

great sportsmanship.

Last week our school hosted Principals and teachers from the Northern Beaches

network in Sydney as well as some from the Upper Hunter. We are part of an

exciting initiative with these schools working with leading researcher-educator Lyn

Sharrett from Canada. Our ‘Learning Walks’ allow us as leaders to capture what

is happening in the classrooms to guide professional learning for our teachers and

to reflect on school practices. I would like to thank the teachers for welcoming

these visitors to their classrooms.

Deborah Fisher Principal

SCONE PUBLIC SCHOOL Success For All

82 – 98 Liverpool Street, Scone NSW 2337 Phone: 6545 1049 Fax: 6545 3046 Email: scone-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.scone-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 3 May 2021

MOTHER’S DAY STALL

THIS THURSDAY

Students can bring $5 on

Thursday to purchase a gift.

UNIFORM SHOP

Orders can be placed over

the phone or emailed to the

school office. The Uniform

Shop assistant will call you to

arrange a collection time and

payment options. EFTPOS

will be available or exact

money can be placed in an

envelope. No change can be

given. Parents must check

in on arrival using our COVID

QR Code.

ASSEMBLY TIMES:

12pm Years 3-6

1pm Years K-2

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 3 May 2021

PSSA BOYS BASKETBALL KNOCKOUT COMPETITION Last Tuesday our basketball team played their first game of the season against

Aberdeen at Aberdeen Public School. It was a perfect day and we were lucky to

have a crowd as several classes came to watch the game. The game was fast and

the competition fierce; the Aberdeen team were not as experienced as our team, but

certainly gave their all in defence and put up some great shots. After the first quarter

our boys settled into their game and secured a victory. The score was 30-9 and we

appreciated a challenging game to start the competition.

The Aberdeen Public School principal, Corallee Kerrigan, complimented our boys at

the end of the game and said she was impressed with their sportsmanlike behaviour.

It is always wonderful to receive positive feedback when we are out representing

our school, so this topped the day off perfectly.

Our team will move on to the next stage and we look forward to having a full squad

for that game. Well done to all our boys.

SCONE & DISTRICT SCHOOL HORSE SPORTS

On Friday 30 April, three students from Scone Public School competed in the Scone and District School Horse Sports. All three students had a fabulous day coming home with lots of ribbons and new friendships. Congratulations to Truman B (3M) who was awarded the Age Reserve Champion for his age group.

Mrs Roberts

MOTHER’S DAY STALL THIS THURSDAY The Mother’s Day stall will be held this Thursday for students to purchase gifts. All gifts will be $5. Students wishing to visit the stall will be taken in their class groups on Thursday only. If students are away or unable to purchase on this day, the stall will also operate at lunch break on Friday. Please note students will not be taken in class groups on this day. Students should also bring a carry bag to hold their purchase. We are seeking volunteers to enable the stall to proceed on both Thursday and Friday. If you are available to help on either of these days please contact the school office for further information.

Jodi R Stall Organiser

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 3 May 2021

LIBRARY NEWS

Well done to the students who achieved 100 % in their AR quiz in Week 2.

Library Lesson Timetable

Monday: KH, KL, KO, KW

Tuesday: 3M, 3T, 4B, 5K, 5M, 5S

Wednesday: 1/2W, 2P, 2S, 3/4HB,

6A, 6D

Thursday: K6C, 1B, 1C

Library Bags

Remember if you would like your child to bring library books home they must have a suitable library bag for

protection. They must also not have any outstanding overdue books.

Overdue Books

If you cannot locate an overdue book, or know that it has been lost or damaged beyond repair, we ask that you

please pay the replacement cost. Money can be returned to Mrs Cheshire who will issue with a receipt.

Scholastic Book Club Rewards was created as a form of currency as a way

to give back to schools for participating in Book Club throughout the year.

Every time a SPS family purchases a book, the school is rewarded with

points. The school then redeems the rewards by adding more quality books

and learning material to our library.

Issue 1 of Book Club 2021 has been sent home with students this week.

SPS is working towards 100% online book club orders. We are encouraging parents to place their orders online

at scholastic.com.au/loop or by using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or

Google Play.

Alternatively, you can send the order form along with the correct money to your classroom teacher on the due

date. Orders are due by THURSDAY 6 May 2021.

If you have any questions regarding this or require help to place an order, please speak to Mrs Cheshire.

WELLBEING WEEK Wellbeing Week will again be held in

Week 6 of this term. Parents and carers

are invited to join us for the morning

activities on Monday, Wednesday and

Friday from 8.45am to 9.10am. Please

see the following schedule for the fun

activities which have been planned. We

look forward to seeing you there!

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 3 May 2021

NAPLAN Online 2021 The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. Our school will be participating in NAPLAN Online between 11 and 21 May 2021. In preparation for NAPLAN Online, our school will also be participating in practice tests between 22 March and 1 April. The practice test is a trial-run and key preparation activity for NAPLAN Online in May. It is not an assessment of student ability and the tests will not be marked. Excessive preparation for NAPLAN Online is not recommended. Students can use the public demonstration site (https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site) to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in the NAPLAN Online tests. If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher.

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Please note that the canteen will not be open on Friday 14 May due to the half day Public Holiday.

SCONE CUP HALF DAY GAZETTED HOLIDAY Please don’t forget to return your notes to indicate how your child will be getting home on Friday 14 May as the school will be closed at 12pm. Students can be picked up and signed out from 11.15am to 12 noon.

SCONE CUP HALF-DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY- FRIDAY 14 MAY 2021

The Upper Hunter Shire Council has applied for, and successfully been granted that Friday 14 May be gazetted as a half day local public holiday from 12.00pm. After consultation with the Department of Education Industrial Relations Department and the Director of Public Schools – Wollemi Cluster, schools in the area below will be adhering to this ruling.

Friday 14 May 2021 Half-day from 12 midday

Towns of Aberdeen, Blandford, Bunnan, Ellerston, Gundy, Moonan Brook, Moonan Flat, Murrurundi, Parkville, Scone, Rouchel, Timor and Wingen within the Upper Hunter Shire Council area

These are the designated areas included in this declared public holiday. Please refer to this site for more information, if needed: I have communicated this to all of the bus companies who service this school, and they have advised me that they will be completing their normal schedules for this day i.e. picking up at school as normal at 3.15pm. There will be no teachers at school at this time to supervise the buses. The buses will not be picking up at 12pm. Please contact your individual bus company if you have any further questions regarding bus pick-up times. Howards 6546 6178 and Osborns 6543 1271.

SENTRAL APP FOR PARENTS A reminder to our parents and carers

that Skoolbag is no longer our

platform for school communications.

All notifications are now only

available on the new Sentral Portal.

Please contact the school office if

you have not received your notice to

register.

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 3 May 2021

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE SURVEY Does your child need before and after school care? We want to hear from you – please complete a short survey

to help us understand your family’s needs for care out of school hours. Your responses will shape what we do to

expand and deliver Before and After School Care services in your community and across NSW.

Please complete the survey via the following website link:

https://surveys.education.nsw.gov.au/s3/OSHCParentsSurvey. The survey will be open until 24 May

2021.

The survey has been designed to be easy to use and should take no more than two minutes to complete, with a

few extra minutes for those who would like to supply additional information.

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