Upcoming events 16 June Regional Cross Country – Coolah 21 June P&C Meeting – 7pm 22 June Multicultural Public Speaking Final - QPS 23 June 8 Yrs & Over Athletics Carnival PSSA Netball Trials K-2 NECOM 26 June NAIDOC Week 27 June Premier’s Debating Team - Timbumburi 29 June Back Up Athletics Carnival Date 30 June Last Day of Term 2 17 July Staff Development Day 18 July Start of Term 3

Principal’s Report – Mr Kerry Kurtz School Reports Student reports will be sent home in Week 10 this term. As we say each time reports go home, if your child’s report comes home to you and there is a mistake of any kind, please inform us so we can correct the mistake and reprint it for you. Reports are carefully written by the teachers and proofread by stage supervisors as well as myself, but typographical errors are unfortunately occasionally missed. We certainly don’t want you to have a report with a mistake of any kind in it so we are very happy to promptly correct and reprint the report for you. Basketball Knockouts What a fantastic effort by our PSSA Knockout basketball teams. Both teams won all of their matches in the two gala days on Tuesday and Wednesday in Tamworth. They have now qualified and have made it to the final eight in the state to compete for the state titles in Bathurst on 11 September 2017. We are very proud of both teams!! A big thanks to Mrs McGuckin and Miss Taylor who accompanied and coached the boys and girls at the gala days. See Mrs McGuckin’s report later on in the newsletter. School Photos We had our school photos taken today. A huge thanks to Mrs Nott who is the coordinator of our photo day here at school. The day went smoothly with our students looking wonderful in their winter school uniforms. Thanks must also go to our P & C who organised parent helpers for the day to straighten ties and check our uniforms were all tucked in. Fidget Spinner Maths Fidget spinners are the craze around the country at the moment with them coming in a wide variety of different shapes and colours. At the moment students are being sensible with them and know they are not allowed to play with them in class. In 5/6W, the class were using fidget spinners this week to complete a variety of maths lessons.

Term 2, Week 8 15 June 2017

Notes home this week

1. Aboriginal Education – PLP 2. K-2 School Photo Uniform 3. School Leaders Photo

reminder 4. Chess reminder

The Leader in Me This weeks Mission Statement is from 5/6J!

Chicken Pox There has been a case of chicken pox here at school. Please make sure you check your

children for any spots that may occur and if they do have any please contact a doctor

to obtain a medical certificate for your child not attending school.

The symptoms of chickenpox include:

low-grade fever

general discomfort, illness or lack of wellbeing (malaise)

intensely itchy skin rash – appears as small blisters surrounded by irregularly-

shaped patches of inflamed skin. The blisters first form on the body and later

on the head and limbs. They usually burst and develop crusts after about five

days

P&C Canteen News PLEASE NOTE:

Our canteen will no longer be open at second break Monday

and Friday. It is still open second break on a Wednesday. There will also be a price rise from 1 July 2017. A new menu

will be available soon.

Canteen Roster Times approx. 8.45am to 12 noon

Phone 6746 3043

9 June Help needed 13 June Kelly 14 June Help needed 15 June Help needed 16 June Help needed 19 June Kelly 20 June Kelly 21 June Help needed 22 June Help needed 23 June Help needed 26 June Help needed 27 June Help needed 28 June Help needed 29 June Help needed 30 June Help needed

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers As you can see we need more

volunteers to keep our prices down.

Students

To always do our best to learn and support each others learning in a kind, safe and

respectful environment.

Teachers To help all of our students learn by creating

a challenging and supportive classroom environment where students feel

comfortable to take risks, make mistakes and try their best.

School Office Hours

Office hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm.

Merit Awards KT Mia Webster

K-1S Alexandra Underwood

1/2A Tayla Richardson

2W Darci-Lee Baker Brid

3-4A Bridie Palmer

3-4D Jack Lawson

3-4W Nyree Patterson

5-6J Jayden Etheridge

5-6S Joshua Payne

5/6W Liam Durie

K-6S Cooper Gourlay

LaST Beau Swain

Student of the Week

KT Sophie Sheaffe

K-1S Matilda Hayward

1/2A Hope Sevil

2W Riley Hall

3-4A Christina Underwood

3-4D Sophie Hallman

3-4W Chase Patton

5-6J Caleb Gallagher

5-6S Tahj Owen

5/6W Jessica Golland

Respect At Quirindi Public School are considerate of everyone and our environment.

School Office Hours

Office hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm.

Athletics Carnival

Our School Athletics Carnival will be held in week 9, on the

23 June, starting with the 800 metre races at 8:50am. If

your child has nominated for these events please ensure

they arrive by 8:40am.

Year 2 students will attend the athletics carnival in the

morning to participate in the age race and novelties. Then

the children will return to school on a bus.

We still require parents to assist the effective running of

the carnival. If you are able to help please return the parent

helper slip, which was sent home previously.

Many thanks, Kelly Sipple

PLAYERS, TEACHERS, COACHES AND SPECTATORS CODE

Young people involved in sport have a right to participate in a safe and supportive environment.

The goals of the game are to have fun and improve skills.

Be modest in success and generous in defeat.

Play for the fun of it.

Play by the rules and always respect the decisions of officials.

Make no criticism either by word or gesture. Deliberately distracting or

provoking an opponent or player is not acceptable or permitted in any sport.

Be a good sport. Applaud good performance and efforts from all individuals

and teams. Congratulate all participants on their performance regardless of the

game’s outcome.

Condemn unsporting behaviour and promote respect for opponents.

Condemn the use of violence in any form.

Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their

gender, ability, cultural background or religion.

Place the safety and welfare of the participants above all else.

All school sport events are alcohol and smoke free zones.

K-2 Parents

Please keep an eye out for a homework survey on our Skoolbag app.

You will also receive a letter with the link to complete the survey if you do not have

access to the app.

We look forward to reading your responses.

Girls Basketball Right from the start, we could tell it was going to be a great day! Tuesday 13 June 2017 was action packed, for

nine young basketball players from Quirinid Public School. Tayah Riley, Brianna Clark, Jessica Golland, Lil y

Owen, Bridie Douglas, Evie Gimbert, Hallee Nean-Bullpit, Paige Sevil and Miley Clark won five of five games at

the Tamworth Gala Day, at Tamworth Sports Dome. They played Werris Creek, Timbumburi, Tamworth South,

Hillview, and finally Gunnedah South. The girls worked well as team. They showed good sportsmanship

throughout the day. Thank you to the parents who scored for us on the bench, Jenny Golland, Tammie Clark and

Tamie Douglas. Sonja Taylor lead our team to victory as coach! Thank you for your dedication and passion Sonja.

(absent Phoebe Hallman)

Boy Basketball Skill and sportsmanship were on show on Wednesday 14 June, from our Quirindi Public School boys basketball

team. Lachlan McGuckin, Keenan Davis, Luke Quigley, Liam Durie, Sam Widdis, Jasper Thistle, Ben Slattery-

Saunders, Thomas Whyte and Oscar Perkins played with passion to take four convincing wins at the Tamworth

Sports Dome. We were victorious over Hillview 74 to 13, Nemingha 70 to 14, South Tamworth 67 to 17 and in

the final, Sandon Armidale 66 to 9. An outstanding effort from all our boys, congratulations to you all. Thank

you to Sonja Taylor for coaching and Peter Thistle and Tamara Slattery for benching. Congratulations also to

Craig Long for a well organised competition over the two days. (absent Riley Gimbert and Daniel Robertson)

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Program Being in the kitchen isn't only about cooking. The

students involved in the program are responsible for

the preparation of the ingredients and also for being

responsible for cleaning up after themselves. Today the

children created panko carrot and cheese patties made

two ways, fried and baked.

They also made honey and sesame seed chickpeas which

were roasted until crunchy and delicious. Many of the

children had never had chickpeas before so it was a new

taste experience. So remember parents, ask your children to do the dishes occasionally so they can show off

their amazing kitchen skills at home.

Friday Fortnightly Assembly 1.00pm

Week 8 2017

1/2A Performers Jessica Golland and Caelan Gray

Friday Fortnightly Assembly 1.00pm

Week 10 2017

The Leader In Me

Performers Archibald McKechnie, Paige Sevil

and Hayley Munro

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am School begins 11.20am - 12.00pm Break 1 1.30pm – 2.05pm Break 2 3.20pm School

concludes

Permission notes and payment due –

Year 6 Excursion to Canberra

Final payment due 15 September 2017

Voluntary School Contributions

Payment is voluntary

Term 2 Calendar

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Jun 12

Queens Birthday

13

ICAS Writing

14

ICAS Spelling

15

School photos

16 Chess

Competition

Regional Cross

Country

(Coolah)

17/18

Jun 19 20 21

P&C meeting

7.00pm

22

Multicultural

Public Speaking

Final – QPS

23 Athletics

Carnival

PSSA Netball

K-2 NECOM

Visit

24/25

Jun 26 NAIDOC WEEK

27 28

School Council

5.00pm

29

Premier’s

Debating -

Timbumburi

30

Community News