From the Principal

Monday 29th February 2016 Term 1 Week 6

MORGIE NEWS Telephone: 08 8087 5155 Principal: Mr Chisholm Bloch Fax: 08 8087 3729 Email: morganst-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.morganst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Important Dates

Monday 29th February Reading Challenge begins Start Reading Today

Monday 14th March

P&C AGM 7pm

There will be NO BORN TO MOVE for

KS, 2E and 6E on

Wednesday 2nd March. (Lessons will be caught up)

Wednesday 2nd March

SRC Induction 10.15am P.R.O.U.D. Day - Official

school uniform please.

Thursday 24th March

K-6 Easter Hat Parade/Assembly

Fantastic week last week with our

mind on swimming which was

pretty timely seeing as how hot it

was for most of the week. Barrier

Swim carnival saw an enthusiastic

Morgie team perform very well.

The best part was the support they

provided each of our swimmers no

matter what place they achieved.

Thankyou Ms Sheargold and Ms

Dougherty who managed the team

on the night and to all the parents

and students who attended. You

have done Morgan Street Public

School proud.

On Friday our support of the

YMCA Swimathon fundraiser saw a

great result as you can see on this

page. Our board short day and coin

lines were well subscribed and

raised funds which will stay in

Broken Hill to support students

who are in need of swim lessons.

Thankyou to all who contributed to

assist this worthy cause and to

those who participated at the pool

on Sunday.

Morgan Street School Voluntary

Contributions letters will arrive

soon and we thank all parents who

make this payment as it is used to

support the classroom needs of all

of students. Morgan Street

contributions are the same for each

student being $45 which is very

reasonable. I recall an article on a

Sydney school recently, where the

cost was close to $200 per student,

mainly in line with the increase in

technology needs. So far between

school funds and P&C funding our

technological growth, we have not

needed to take such a pathway.

Chisholm Bloch

Thank you to everyone who donated a gold coin on

Friday for Board Shorts Day. The money raised will

go towards supporting people with disabilities learn to

swim at their local YMCA.

Pictured above and below are the money lines from

3-6 and K-2 students. Fantastic effort!

Shane from the YMCA receiving our cheque for

$325.50 for Board Shorts Day. Well done everyone!

School Contributions

Student contribution

invoices have been posted

today. Thank you to the

families that have already

paid their annual

contributions.

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NOTE WHO? ACTION

Pink/Blue Information Cards K-6 Return cards to class teacher

Canteen Helper Notes K-6 Return to office/canteen ASAP

NOTES SENT HOME RECENTLY

If you did not receive any notes relevant to your child, please see the office staff.

Mrs Dougherty: Owen Haynes Abigail Hobman

Peer Awards: Beau Adams,

Emmersen Lihou, Scarlett Molloy, Indy

Philpott, Jaxon Wielozynski, Macy

Bottrell, Gabi Norley, Anna Bolton,

Chenoa Hunter, Hannah Beitzel, Coen

Berryman, Demi Chrisakis, Evan

Mason.

5S 6M

KK Byron Noble KS Rayden O’Donnell

Charlotte Campbell Ella Deeble

1K Kaydence Beavan-Kemp 1L George Smith

Kye Turley Keiran King

2E Zak Lawrence 2H Molly Sultana

Ebbi Billings Ben Storey

3C Jade Sullivan 3G Sam Brook

Joshua Gollagher Abbey Cvirn

4F Ava Devoy 4M Finley Adams

Trent Lambert Adam Reader

5S Madison Leayr 5W Anna Pagano Will Elston Ashwin Murugappa

6E Taya Simpson 6M Kalyce Pressler

Kade Pettitt Bo-Dean Daniels

The Morgan Street P&C Association is a not-for-profit Organisation which is established to

promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, citizens, students and teaching staff into close co-operation and

to assist in providing facilities and equipment for the school and in promoting the recreation and welfare of the students at

the school. Membership is open to all parents and guardians of pupils attending the school and to all citizens. The Morgan

Street P&C Association is always keen to welcome new members.

The AGM is being held (14th March) and at this meeting all positions will be declared vacant. We welcome all interest for

general membership or any people wishing to stand for election. To be eligible, you must be a current financial member of

the P&C Association. For more information regarding general membership or interest in any office bearer positions, feel

free to contact the school or the current president direct-Samantha Maiden on 0402354553.

A summary of the office bearers duties;

1. President Duties include chair all meetings and adhere to the Association’s constitution; Guide the Association to

take part in the decision-making processes in the school; Welcome new members and support volunteers; Act as the

Association’s spokesperson and communicate directly to the principal; Sign on association bank accounts.

2. Vice President Act in President role as required. Sign on Association bank accounts.

3. Secretary Duties include; Attend and record all meetings and distribute minutes; Manage all incoming and outgoing

correspondence; Maintain all official records; Sign on association bank accounts

4. Treasurer Duties include; Receipt and deposit of all monies, draw cheques; Produce financial reports accounting

for all monies and report on cash flow position at each meeting; Produce a full financial position to the auditor on an

annual basis; Sign on association bank accounts.

The AGM will take place on Monday 14th March at 7pm in the 3-6 staffroom.

5S

3C - The place to be! Hello everyone and welcome to our first newsletter article for 2016.

We have started off well this year, our first in primary school. We have been very busy learning new routines and have been challenging ourselves with alien maths, times tables,

and learning about Australia and its history.

In science, we have been investigating the different properties of natural and man made materials. Did you know that silk is one of the strongest natural fibres? Who would have

thought a soft, tiny worm could make something so durable, silky and beautiful?

Mrs Calder told us we have been doing a great job of writing reports. Did you know that Orang-utans in Melbourne Zoo play video games? No, we didn't either until last week!

Marloo the Orang-utan ‘gamer’ from Melbourne Zoo loves playing computer games. 3C

would like to do a Video Conference with him...stay

tuned!

We have loved swimming lessons this year, and enjoy cooling off on Friday’s. What an awesome way to end the school week! We also celebrated a birthday last week - Happy Birthday again Ethan and thanks for the cupcakes! As you can see below, we are happy and having fun in 3C. The cupcakes

were a special treat and we enjoy getting surprises!

YUM!!! Cupcakes! We have

had a good start

to the year in primary school - look at

our smiles!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Celtic United

Soccer Club

Celtic United are holding our registration day on

Saturday 5th March 2016

12.30 pm to 3.00pm Mulga Hill Tavern

Contact Details You can find us on Facebook: https://

www.facebook.com/groups/1603893689863784/

Broken Hill Celtic United SC

Junior Vice president: 0448 756 012

Senior President: 0499 321 863

Redgum Book Club orders close Monday 7 March

“Proud Morgies learning together”

P.R.O.U.D checklists will be coming home this week.

They will indicate how well your child is going following

our school rules. If all the boxes are ticked then they are

well on the way to earning their first P.R.O.U.D. Award

for 2016. If not, then it is still not too late to work on

the area/s of concern

Last Thursday our Morgie Swim Team did us proud

competing at the Barrier Swimming Carnival. We

had swimmers in just about every race and when

they weren’t swimming they were cheering on their

fellow team mates.

Overall Morgan Street finished in 3rd place. A big

congratulations to Kalyce Pressler who was the

Senior Girl Age Champion winning all six of her

events and breaking five records - a fantastic

achievement.

We look forward to

seeing how Kalyce

performs at the

State Swimming

Carnival at the end

of this term.

Go Kalyce!

SUNDAY 13TH

MARCH

Registrations at YMCA

Chloride Street

Entries close 12 March 12pm

More information

8088 1999

LEAP INTO READING!

MSPS Reading Challenge

Fundraiser 2016

Starts Monday 29th February - ends Thursday 24th March

(Easter) Prizes for highest

fundraisers - $15 online book voucher per class

Have you:

* Collected sponsors? (Family/friends

only please) * Recorded your reading targets on

your Reading Record form?

To do now:

* Start reading today! * Borrow books in library this week:) * Fill out your Reading Record form

with books/blocks as you read. (You can

tally reading blocks if that's easier.)

Start Collecting sponsors now!!