Term 1, Week 7 March 10th, 2015

COMING UP: Fri March 13th Funky Hair Day Mon March 16th 6M Visit to Autumn Lodge Thurs March 19th Whole School Assembly 2.10pm Fri March 20th ‘Jack and the Jumping Beanstalk’ Performance MHS Free Annual Performance for Infants Macksville Public School continues to provide amazing opportunities for students across the school. Many of our usual activities are in place. Stage assemblies provide a great opportunity to celebrate student achievement, the Breakfast Club is up and running, and Interest Groups are an exciting time to participate in a variety of activities.

Premier's Reading Challenge Macksville Public School has participated in the Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) every year and has now commenced for 2015. The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading, and to enable students to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. Students in Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 will be able to participate in the program through books organised as part of daily classroom activities. Mrs Ronan and Mrs Katte will coordinate the PRC for these age groups. Students 3-6 need to organise their own reading logs. Ms Kris Clogan is the coordinator for Primary, so please contact her if you need assistance in uploading reading logs. Swimming Congratulations to our swimmers who travelled to Lismore to participate in the Regional Swimming Carnival. A great team effort of Feja Lane-Stasionis, Millie Edwards, Ruby O'Connor and Luana Mullershausen finished 7th overall in the Relay. Feja individually finished 7th in the Butterfly and 9th in backstroke, and our little Millie Edwards has made it through to State in the 50 metre freestyle. What an amazing achievement! We are so proud of you all.

PSSA Cricket Knockout Congratulations also to our Macksville Public School Cricket Team who were successful in defeating Nambucca Heads Primary School last Friday afternoon. The team has now won the first round of the PSSA Cricket Knockout and move on to challenge Urunga Public School. The boys were very excited by their win. Great effort boys, well worth the wait.

Funky Hair Day Students thoroughly enjoy our annual 'Funky Hair Day' to be held this Friday, March 13th. Go wild with your weird and wonderful crazy hair creations. Mega Save has endeavoured to be prepared to assist students in creating some very funky ideas. Students can have their hair sprayed by our SRC for a minimal cost. Please bring along a gold coin donation to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Performance, 'Jack and the Jumping Beanstalk' A note has been distributed about the school performance, 'Jack and the Jumping Beanstalk’ to be held Friday, March 20th. Please send in $5.00 per child by Wednesday, 18th March to attend this exciting performance.

These are fun opportunities for students to experience live performances.

Whole School Assembly The next whole school assembly will be held on Thursday, 19th March. Come along and help us celebrate our Beez Neez Awards and be entertained by our wonderful students. It is always a great way to spend a Thursday afternoon at 2.10pm.

Next P&C Meeting Wednesday March 18th

5pm in the LCC

Community Breakfast What a great turnout for our Community Breakfast last Wednesday morning!! The early rise and shine was well worth the egg and bacon sandwich on offer at school. This was a great opportunity to chat with staff and students in a relaxed environment. Some students enjoyed the opportunity to play handball and skip with friends, while families took the opportunity to catch up with teachers and find out about their children's learning.

Some parents got to meet new friends that their children have made. Thank you to Mr Macdonald and staff for making this a friendly event.

Early Action For Success — Kindergarten - Year 2 Mrs Kim Attenborough, our Instructional Leader, has been providing ongoing professional learning for staff in the K-2 area around developing balanced Literacy and Numeracy sessions. This is underpinned by a program called L3 where activities are organised to build independent learning skills in the early years. This is supported by opportunities for students to build important reading and writing skills through teacher planning and explicit teaching. We were privileged to host a visit from Jan Farmer-Hailey, the program's Literacy coordinator from Sydney, to discuss the success of the program and to visit classrooms to see the students in action. Ms Farmer-Hailey was very impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment of our K-2 staff in implementing the L3 program, and the independent nature of our students in these early years.

External University Competitions Mr Parker is in the process of contacting students and their parents about voluntary participation in the ICASS competitions. The school will subsidise students who wish to participate in these external competitions, by paying for half of the entry fees. These external assessment activities are a great opportunity to perform against other students across Australia. Students may choose which Curriculum areas to participate in: Computers, Writing, Maths, English, Science and Spelling. Take up the challenge!

Macksville High School Performance for our Stage 1 Classes Every year our Kinders, Year 1 and Year 2 students walk to Macksville High School to be entertained by the Drama students. The children will be thoroughly entertained by a variety of comedy sketches with puppets and clowns that provide clear and responsible messages around bullying and safety through a fun and engaging way. Our students will walk to the High School next Friday, 20th March for a 10.00am start. The performance is at NO COST to the students.

Swan's Indigenous Talent Search Thirteen MPS Aboriginal students travelled to Coffs Harbour to participate in a workshop with Sydney Swans players, providing an opportunity to identify students who

demonstrate potential on the sporting field. Thank you to RJ Donovan, Ritchie Donovan and Mr Manson for accompanying the boys and providing this great opportunity to display their skills and meet some high profile players. It was also a great opportunity for a couple of memorable selfies! Is that you, Mr Manson?

Transition of Year 6 to Year 7 This is now the time for parents of Year 6 students to decide where they will be continuing the next phase of their secondary education. An expression of interest has been given out to year 6 students to identify their High School for Year 7 in 2016. It is very important to complete the expression of interest and return it to our school office, by March 20th.

IAN FLARRETY—MUSIC TEACHER PHONE 6568 3921

Anyone wishing to have Music Lessons please fill in the note below and send into the school office.

PERMISSION NOTE FOR MUSIC LESSONS Name: ___________________________________________________________ Class: _______________ I would like to learn ______________________________________________________________________ Signed: _________________________________________ (Parent) Phone No. ______________________

Spoon or fork or container : 10c each

SCHOOL CANTEEN ROSTER

Home-made Spag Bol $4

Jelly & Fruit Cup 70c

Dried Fruit

NO NOODLE CUPS

AVAILABLE

LOL’S—no longer available

Wednesday, Mar 11th Dave Flack Thursday, Mar 12th Dave Flack, Cheryl Fortescue Friday, Mar 13th Beth Graham, Jo Cameron Monday, Mar 16th Therese Small, Kristy French Tuesday, Mar 17th HELPER NEEDED Wednesday, Mar 18th Dave Flack, Nita Lockhart

CANTEEN HELPERS NEEDED NOW

PHONE WENDY 65681800

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WANTED!! If you have any knitting needles you are not using as well as leftover yarns of wool, please send to Mr MacDonald in 6M.

1/2HL CRAFT: Do you have any crochet doilies at home that you could donate to our class for Easter Basket craft? We would appreciate any donations ~ thankyou, Mrs Hazelwood and Mrs

Awards this Week: Kindergarten: Taj Beckington, Scarlett Simpson, Jemilah Booth, Crystal Berrell, Charlie Beckington, Logan Howe, Evie Boxsell, Joe Farnsworth Year 1: Claire Dwyer, Zoe Luffman, Lucas Smith, Savarnah Pritchard, Rhylan Meta, Olivia Jordan, Nathan Ritchie Year 2: Makayla Fortescue, Callie Lawler, Logan Ferguson, Matari Pritchard, Ella Honnery, Toby Dwyer, Millie Edwards, Nakein Adams Year 3: Reegan Welsh, Justus Kyle, Nadine Tremayne Year 4: Taylah Jury, Lily Woodward, Matthew Brookes, Jett Lynch, Jordan Urquhart, Nathan Honnery Year 5: Brendon Honnery, Markeli Dunstan, Baylun Green, Kymberlee Blair, Henry Stranlund, Isabella Avery Year 6: Noah Thompson, Lowanna Ellis, Kade Ryan, Patrick Baldock, Jai Anderson, Morgan Freeman Home Reading Award: Ella Beckington 25

Class of the Week: KR and KM

Honey Pot Awards: Ella Hazelwood chose Ashton Lockyer Kayla Brennan, Claire Dwyer, Rhylan Meta, Evie Boxsell, Aimee Robinson, Jordan Welsh, Brody Schmidt, Pypah Smith

MPS STARS

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Out And About At Macksville Public School

Proud to be a part of the Family School

You want to clone yourself? Now wouldn’t that be just like you!

Cyberbullying

One of the great things about being online is the ability to share videos and photos with your friends and seeing their response.

Everything you post online combines to make your digital footprint.

Remember that what you share with your friends may also be viewed by people you don’t know. Once it’s online, it could be there forever. So think before you post.

You can manage your digital footprint by:

Keeping your personal details private. Use a nickname instead of your real name and always ask your parents before giving out your name, address or phone number online.

Not sharing your username or password with anyone.

Thinking before you post. Once posted, it can be difficult to remove.

Not posting things that you don't want others to know about or that you wouldn’t say to their face.

Being respectful of other people’s content that you post or share. For example, a photo that your friend took is their property, not yours. You should post it online only if you have their permission.

Master Chefs of 4M

It was 4M’s turn to cook up a storm last week in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. Delights and delicious smells soon followed as they made Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with a dipping sauce. Great job 4M! If you would like to volunteer in the kitchen on Wednesdays from 11.15am-1.30pm, we would love to hear from you. Please phone Mrs Lynch at the school on 6568 1800.

Easter Hat Parade and Monster Easter Raffle

The competition is on! Who can bring in the most Easter Eggs for our monster Easter raffle. Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 are winning the battle at this stage however our primary students are being spurred on by the thought of Mr Parker in a pink Easter bonnet with sparkles. Make sure you get your donations of Easter eggs in to be part of the fun. You need to be in it to win it! Raffle tickets are on sale now. Children also need to start thinking about their Easter hat for our wonderful Easter Hat Parade around the school and down town. Looking forward to all our pre-schoolers and toddlers joining in on the fun.

2015 Macksville Show

There are many ways for your children to be involved in the 103rd Macksville Show. This year the show will be held on Friday and Saturday 17th and 18th April.

Please go to: www.macksvilleshow.com.au where you can find all programs, forms and information.

Some Pavilion categories open for Primary aged children include: Fruit, Vegetables and Farm Produce—children under 12 years. This has 23 different classes including novelty exhibits, eggs, beans, passionfruit etc. Flowers—children under 12 years With 9 different classes, you can enter Bonsai, arranged flowers and potted plants for example. Cooking With a whopping 33 classes for children aged between 5-16 the options are endless! Craft and needlework 34 classes for children aged 5-16 years.

Please support our show.

Library

Just reminding parents that library days for each class are as follows:

Monday—2R, 2C, KR and KM Tuesday—3-4H, 3V and 6M Wednesday—6Y, 1S, 1-2HL and 2-3K Thursday—4P, 4M and 1JB Friday—5B and 5C

Please remember to bring along a library bag with your name clearly marked on it to protect your library books.

Thank you, Sarah Pade, Library Teacher.