■ Term 1 Week 8 ■ 18.03.2020 ■ Relieving Principal: Kerri McPherson

Phone: (02) 6927 7824 Fax: (02) 6927 7877 Matong Public School

Email: matong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 5649 Canola Way

Website: www.matong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Matong NSW 2652

We had a special visitor at our school. Rusty is a puppy in training

and he dropped in to hear students read. We look forward to

regular visits from Rusty and his trainer, Brigette.

TERM 1 2020

Week 9

Tues 24th March

P&C Meeting @7:30pm

Wed 25th March

P&C Pie Orders Due

Week 10

Tues 31st March

Assembly 2:30pm-3:00pm

(Only staff and students)

Fri 3rd April

P&C Pie Delivery Day

Week 11

Thurs 9th April

Last Day of Term 1

NOTES TO BE RETURNED:

Japanese Cuisine Lunch

Orders for Wednesday,

25th March must be

handed in to the School

Office by Monday, 23rd

March.

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■ 2020 ■ Term 1 ■ Week 8 ■ Matong Public School Newsletter

Relieving Principal’s News

I would like to thank all students and families

for their sensible responses to what is

happening in Australia at the moment. Every

day we are receiving emails of updates from

the Department of Education. The health of

our community is our priority and I thank the

staff for all their extra efforts in keeping MPS

organised, calm, and a safe place to be.

Regular updates are placed on the schools

Facebook page. If you are having trouble

accessing this information could you please

contact the school ASAP. It is important that

this information is viewed by families as

sometimes there are regular updates from the

school or uploaded by the DoE. Any other

information that is needing to be

communicated will be sent home by

newsletter or school letter.

Students learning at school has continued as

normal. If any future changes occur such as

student absence or school closure, staff are

already organised with learning for your

child/ren to continue at home. Unfortunately

some of your child’s favourite events may have

been cancelled or postponed. We understand

this can be upsetting so please take the time

to talk and interact with your child/ren with

how they are feeling at this present time.

This Friday we will be participating in ‘Harmony

Day’ activities. We encourage students to wear

a touch of orange, for example an orange t-

shirt, ribbon etc. to recognise this important

event.

Many thanks,

Kerri McPherson

Relieving Principal

Assembly Awards – Week 8

Principal’s Awards

Class Merit Awards

Evie Bensch – For dedication to her learning and

making great progress with her reading.

Elsie Ferguson – For writing a fantastic report.

Gabi Walsh – For working diligently to complete

learning tasks.

Zavier Keyzer – For a focused and positive attitude

to his learning.

Library Awards

Oscar Gordon – For his polite, friendly disposition

and for his keen participation in library.

Zanthe Richardson – For creating beautiful artwork

and for always assisting others in her group.

Zavier Keyzer – For being creative and showing

initiative during library tasks.

Josef Meier and Tomoki Brew

For displaying sensible behaviours at

school and assisting others

Matong Public School

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“When children read to a dog, the outcomes are amazing! It is a non-judgemental setting, the children's focus improves, their literacy skills increase and their confidence soars. The accepting, loving nature of dogs helps children relax, open up, try harder and have fun while reading to a friendly, calm dog.”

Matong Public School

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Community News

Coolamon Library

Storytime

Our next story time will be held this Friday,

20th March @ 10.30am theme “Under the

Sea”. - The morning is filled with lots of

stories, songs and finishing up with a craft

the children are able to take home– we

welcome any new families to join us. Then

on Friday, 27th March Story time will be

held at the Ganmain Hall from 10.30am.

Scentsy Consultant – Sally Dean

Sally Dean a sales consultant with Scentsy

Australia, will be giving a brief talk and

display on her Scentsy products. The

products offer personal fragrance and

stylish innovative products designed to

warm the heart. It will be held on Tuesday,

31st March @ 10.30am here at the Library.

Morning tea will be provided.

Lego Club

Lego club has commenced again for

another year, it is held every Wednesday

afternoons from 4.00pm – 5.00pm and

Saturday mornings from 10.30am –

11.30am. The aim of the Lego Club

program is for children to have fun, learn

to communicate with others and to

develop problem-solving skills. This is a free

program and is being offered to children

from 5 years to 15 years of age. All Lego is

provided and is held weekly at the Library

Family History Group

The family history group will be meeting at

the Library on the Saturday, 28th March

from 10.30am. Everyone is most

welcomed to attend.

The P&C are holding a pie drive as a fundraiser. Pie

drives are a great way to raise funds, with minimal

outlay and not too much hard work...and everyone

loves a Ganmain Pie! The idea behind it is to

purchase the pies at wholesale price and the P & C

then makes a profit on the difference between the

wholesale and retail prices.

We have attached an order form and are

encouraging you to ‘think big’ with your order and

broaden the people you ask. Some examples are:

family members

next door neighbours

friends

work colleagues

We will need helpers to pack the pies on the delivery

day. You will be reminded of this closer to the date.

Thank you for your support.

Orders and money need to be back to school by

Wednesday 25th March.

The delivery date is Friday 3rd April.

Matong Public School P & C Pie Drive