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Murwillumbah East Public School
Newsletter Term 1, Week 6
3 March, 2020
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Great work
Over the past six weeks, our new student leaders
have embraced all leadership opportunities. House
Captains at the recent swimming carnival, SRC
finalising their plans for fundraising and
coordinating meetings in 2020 as well as our library
monitors going out of their way to support Mrs
Evans in the library. Our School Councillors have
already shown their organisation and initiative,
including running successful assemblies with very
limited (as it hasn’t been requested) support from
staff. Congratulations to these wonderful leaders. It
was great to recognise you all at the badging cer-
emony last week. Keep up the great work!
MEPS Big Breakfast
Thank you to our wonderful community who came
and joined us for breakfast. It is always such a lovely
morning to get together, share some breakfast,
gain some valuable insights and showcase our
dynamic classrooms. We trust you enjoyed the
morning. We have collated and taken your
feedback from our activities from the morning and
will share them over staff meetings adding a
community viewpoint to our strategic directions.
The parent feedback received was overwhelmingly
supportive of our school with some parents
highlighting dance, cultural experiences, Aboriginal
Education and further parent communication
methods as areas for further exploration.
P&C AGM postponed
Due to high schools running open days and
information evenings this week, our P&C has
advised that they would like to move the Annual
General Meeting back to Tuesday 17 March. This
provides 14 days notice and allows parents with
other commitments to attend these events without
a clash.
As many of our current P&C members have
children moving off (or have moved off) into high
school, this is a great opportunity to come and
learn more about our Murwillumbah East Public
School Parents and Citizens Association (MEPS
P&C). At these meetings, parents and the principal
get together with a common interest - to support
and to enhance our school to benefit our students,
staff and community.
See you soon, Miss Anderson
This Friday we will farewell Miss Anderson for the
remainder of the year as she is taking extended
leave. Miss Anderson is a long-term permanent staff
member who is incredibly passionate, dedicated,
extremely creative and a team player. We will miss
her dearly for the remainder of this year. Please be
sure to wish her all the best for the remainder of the
year and we look forward to welcoming her back
in 2021.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements
Infrastructure improvements progressed last week
with security fencing and hoarding being moved,
allowing us to have access to our hall.
Despite best endeavours, the contractor was
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Students of the Week
Class Awards
Mrs Watts &
Mrs Cambridge KW Kalilah
Mrs Harris K-1H Max
Miss Anderson 1-2A Chelsie
Ms Kirwan 2-3K Grace
Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Tanvir
Mrs Chaffey 3-4C Kiarah
Mr Wills 4-5W Jaxon
Ms Noble 5-6N James
Ms Lamrock K-3L Jack
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Blake, Eidan, Grace, Makenzy, Jesse, Charlie, Drew,
Lee, Elexis, Abbie.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements cont’d
unable to lay turf last week as planned due to the
ongoing intermittent heavy rain. The rain caused
the top soil to become waterlogged and it needs
at least 48 hours of straight dry weather before it
can be installed.
It is hoped that the turf will be laid this week.
School photos
School Photos will be held Thursday 12 March in
our playground (weather permitting) and school
hall. Envelopes with ordering information have
been distributed. All students will have their photo
taken regardless of whether they return their photo
envelope. The photos will include a portrait and a
traditional class photo. Please note that late orders
to The School Photographer attract a $15
surcharge. If you haven’t already sent envelopes
back in, please return photo envelopes to our
office, please hand them directly to your class
teacher or photographer on the day of photos.
Sibling photo envelopes will be available from our
school office or when placing an online order.
All students should be in normal Thursday uniform
(not sport uniform). This includes black school
shoes. Girls should be wearing blue, white or red
hair accessories. If a student presents with other
colours in their hair or other excessive accessories,
students will be asked politely to remove them as
they are not school uniform. Thank you for your
understanding and cooperation.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
Week 6 Gotcha Rule
Bus Lines
Congratulations:
Stage 1: Kalilah, Sofia, Paxton, Olive, Koopa, Max,
Jessie, Penny, Josh H and Ekam.
Stage 2&3: Jayda, Vinnie, Shanaki, Bridget, Trinity,
Kenesha, Callie, Isabell and Hunter.
SRC Cake Stall
Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday is our first
SRC cake stall. A huge thank you to students in 5/6N
and the SRC who are supplying the goodies. We
thank you and greatly appreciate your donations
of cakes, cupcakes, toffees, slices, biscuits etc.
EVERYTHING will be 50c
Many Thanks - SRC and Ms Noble
BOOKCLUB
Issue 2 Book club order forms need to be returned
to the front office by Friday, 13 March, 2020. PLEASE
ensure your child’s name is on top of the order form
with their class. Please also put the order form into
an envelope, clearly marked as Book Club, with
your child’s name and class on it. It is very important
that the correct money is placed in the envelope.
The on-line option through scholastic is the easiest
way to order, all of the instructions are on the order
form and you can pay with your credit card.
Thank you
Carmel Evans – Teacher Librarian
School Photos cont’d
Just a reminder to send in each of your child’s
envelopes separately, if money is enclosed in a
siblings envelope, simply write this on each child’s
envelope. This is due to the envelopes not being
opened on the day. If ordering sibling photos
online payments will be cut off at 7:00am on the
day.
Welcome Wendy White
This week we welcomed Wendy White, our
Wellbeing Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) this week.
Wendy will be here on Mondays.
The WHIN will provide support, information and
assistance with services relating to mental health,
personal safety, physical health, peer and family
relationships, bullying and other issues that affect
student health and wellbeing. The WHIN can help
to connect children, young people and their
families to services by identifying health needs,
providing service information, referrals, assistance
making appointments, coordinating follow up and
care. This position will be shared with Murwillumbah
High School.
More information will follow regarding her role.
A night not to miss!
The Wollumbin High School P&C are hosting an
information session for parents/carers titled “How
to Support Your Child Through High School” on the
evening of 11 March 2020 from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the
Library. The session will be presented by Mark
O’Connor from Human Connections. The WHS P&C
are extending an invitation to our partner school
parents to join them.
The session will look at such aspects as:
1. The challenges faced by students and
parents
2. How to know when to get extra help.
3. Focus on character strengths.
4. How to respond and help with negative
thinking
5. Mindset (fixed and growth mindsets).
6. Wellbeing – The Healthy Mind Platter.
7. How to create positive habits.
To assist us with numbers please register for the
evening by the 10 March at:
https://www.trybooking.com/BIUGA
Have a great week,
Joanna Henderson
Principal
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Term 1 Calendar
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6 MAR 2 MAR 3
Wollumbin High
School Information
Evening - 6pm
P&C AGM - 7pm
MAR 4
NC Swimming -
Coffs Harbour
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 5
SRC Cake Stall
SRC and 5-6N
Hosting
MAR 6
7 MAR 9
MAR 10
MAR 11
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 12
Whole School
Photos
MAR 13
Murwillumbah High
School Transition
Day 9:00am
8 MAR 16
Harmony Week
MAR 17
MAR 18
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
FNC Soccer
Girls– Kingscliff
Boys–
Murwillumbah
MAR 19
MAR 20
9 MAR 23
MAR 24 MAR 25
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 26
MAR 27
Rugby League
Gala Day
1
0
MAR 30
MAR 31
APR 1
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 2
APR 3
School Cross
Country Carnival
1
1
APR 6 APR 7 APR 8
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 9 APR 10
GOOD FRIDAY
Murwillumbah East Public School
Newsletter Term 1, Week 6
3 March, 2020
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Great work
Over the past six weeks, our new student leaders
have embraced all leadership opportunities. House
Captains at the recent swimming carnival, SRC
finalising their plans for fundraising and
coordinating meetings in 2020 as well as our library
monitors going out of their way to support Mrs
Evans in the library. Our School Councillors have
already shown their organisation and initiative,
including running successful assemblies with very
limited (as it hasn’t been requested) support from
staff. Congratulations to these wonderful leaders. It
was great to recognise you all at the badging cer-
emony last week. Keep up the great work!
MEPS Big Breakfast
Thank you to our wonderful community who came
and joined us for breakfast. It is always such a lovely
morning to get together, share some breakfast,
gain some valuable insights and showcase our
dynamic classrooms. We trust you enjoyed the
morning. We have collated and taken your
feedback from our activities from the morning and
will share them over staff meetings adding a
community viewpoint to our strategic directions.
The parent feedback received was overwhelmingly
supportive of our school with some parents
highlighting dance, cultural experiences, Aboriginal
Education and further parent communication
methods as areas for further exploration.
P&C AGM postponed
Due to high schools running open days and
information evenings this week, our P&C has
advised that they would like to move the Annual
General Meeting back to Tuesday 17 March. This
provides 14 days notice and allows parents with
other commitments to attend these events without
a clash.
As many of our current P&C members have
children moving off (or have moved off) into high
school, this is a great opportunity to come and
learn more about our Murwillumbah East Public
School Parents and Citizens Association (MEPS
P&C). At these meetings, parents and the principal
get together with a common interest - to support
and to enhance our school to benefit our students,
staff and community.
See you soon, Miss Anderson
This Friday we will farewell Miss Anderson for the
remainder of the year as she is taking extended
leave. Miss Anderson is a long-term permanent staff
member who is incredibly passionate, dedicated,
extremely creative and a team player. We will miss
her dearly for the remainder of this year. Please be
sure to wish her all the best for the remainder of the
year and we look forward to welcoming her back
in 2021.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements
Infrastructure improvements progressed last week
with security fencing and hoarding being moved,
allowing us to have access to our hall.
Despite best endeavours, the contractor was
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Students of the Week
Class Awards
Mrs Watts &
Mrs Cambridge KW Kalilah
Mrs Harris K-1H Max
Miss Anderson 1-2A Chelsie
Ms Kirwan 2-3K Grace
Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Tanvir
Mrs Chaffey 3-4C Kiarah
Mr Wills 4-5W Jaxon
Ms Noble 5-6N James
Ms Lamrock K-3L Jack
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Blake, Eidan, Grace, Makenzy, Jesse, Charlie, Drew,
Lee, Elexis, Abbie.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements cont’d
unable to lay turf last week as planned due to the
ongoing intermittent heavy rain. The rain caused
the top soil to become waterlogged and it needs
at least 48 hours of straight dry weather before it
can be installed.
It is hoped that the turf will be laid this week.
School photos
School Photos will be held Thursday 12 March in
our playground (weather permitting) and school
hall. Envelopes with ordering information have
been distributed. All students will have their photo
taken regardless of whether they return their photo
envelope. The photos will include a portrait and a
traditional class photo. Please note that late orders
to The School Photographer attract a $15
surcharge. If you haven’t already sent envelopes
back in, please return photo envelopes to our
office, please hand them directly to your class
teacher or photographer on the day of photos.
Sibling photo envelopes will be available from our
school office or when placing an online order.
All students should be in normal Thursday uniform
(not sport uniform). This includes black school
shoes. Girls should be wearing blue, white or red
hair accessories. If a student presents with other
colours in their hair or other excessive accessories,
students will be asked politely to remove them as
they are not school uniform. Thank you for your
understanding and cooperation.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
Week 6 Gotcha Rule
Bus Lines
Congratulations:
Stage 1: Kalilah, Sofia, Paxton, Olive, Koopa, Max,
Jessie, Penny, Josh H and Ekam.
Stage 2&3: Jayda, Vinnie, Shanaki, Bridget, Trinity,
Kenesha, Callie, Isabell and Hunter.
SRC Cake Stall
Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday is our first
SRC cake stall. A huge thank you to students in 5/6N
and the SRC who are supplying the goodies. We
thank you and greatly appreciate your donations
of cakes, cupcakes, toffees, slices, biscuits etc.
EVERYTHING will be 50c
Many Thanks - SRC and Ms Noble
BOOKCLUB
Issue 2 Book club order forms need to be returned
to the front office by Friday, 13 March, 2020. PLEASE
ensure your child’s name is on top of the order form
with their class. Please also put the order form into
an envelope, clearly marked as Book Club, with
your child’s name and class on it. It is very important
that the correct money is placed in the envelope.
The on-line option through scholastic is the easiest
way to order, all of the instructions are on the order
form and you can pay with your credit card.
Thank you
Carmel Evans – Teacher Librarian
School Photos cont’d
Just a reminder to send in each of your child’s
envelopes separately, if money is enclosed in a
siblings envelope, simply write this on each child’s
envelope. This is due to the envelopes not being
opened on the day. If ordering sibling photos
online payments will be cut off at 7:00am on the
day.
Welcome Wendy White
This week we welcomed Wendy White, our
Wellbeing Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) this week.
Wendy will be here on Mondays.
The WHIN will provide support, information and
assistance with services relating to mental health,
personal safety, physical health, peer and family
relationships, bullying and other issues that affect
student health and wellbeing. The WHIN can help
to connect children, young people and their
families to services by identifying health needs,
providing service information, referrals, assistance
making appointments, coordinating follow up and
care. This position will be shared with Murwillumbah
High School.
More information will follow regarding her role.
A night not to miss!
The Wollumbin High School P&C are hosting an
information session for parents/carers titled “How
to Support Your Child Through High School” on the
evening of 11 March 2020 from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the
Library. The session will be presented by Mark
O’Connor from Human Connections. The WHS P&C
are extending an invitation to our partner school
parents to join them.
The session will look at such aspects as:
1. The challenges faced by students and
parents
2. How to know when to get extra help.
3. Focus on character strengths.
4. How to respond and help with negative
thinking
5. Mindset (fixed and growth mindsets).
6. Wellbeing – The Healthy Mind Platter.
7. How to create positive habits.
To assist us with numbers please register for the
evening by the 10 March at:
https://www.trybooking.com/BIUGA
Have a great week,
Joanna Henderson
Principal
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Term 1 Calendar
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6 MAR 2 MAR 3
Wollumbin High
School Information
Evening - 6pm
P&C AGM - 7pm
MAR 4
NC Swimming -
Coffs Harbour
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 5
SRC Cake Stall
SRC and 5-6N
Hosting
MAR 6
7 MAR 9
MAR 10
MAR 11
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 12
Whole School
Photos
MAR 13
Murwillumbah High
School Transition
Day 9:00am
8 MAR 16
Harmony Week
MAR 17
MAR 18
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
FNC Soccer
Girls– Kingscliff
Boys–
Murwillumbah
MAR 19
MAR 20
9 MAR 23
MAR 24 MAR 25
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 26
MAR 27
Rugby League
Gala Day
1
0
MAR 30
MAR 31
APR 1
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 2
APR 3
School Cross
Country Carnival
1
1
APR 6 APR 7 APR 8
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 9 APR 10
GOOD FRIDAY
Murwillumbah East Public School
Newsletter Term 1, Week 6
3 March, 2020
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Great work
Over the past six weeks, our new student leaders
have embraced all leadership opportunities. House
Captains at the recent swimming carnival, SRC
finalising their plans for fundraising and
coordinating meetings in 2020 as well as our library
monitors going out of their way to support Mrs
Evans in the library. Our School Councillors have
already shown their organisation and initiative,
including running successful assemblies with very
limited (as it hasn’t been requested) support from
staff. Congratulations to these wonderful leaders. It
was great to recognise you all at the badging cer-
emony last week. Keep up the great work!
MEPS Big Breakfast
Thank you to our wonderful community who came
and joined us for breakfast. It is always such a lovely
morning to get together, share some breakfast,
gain some valuable insights and showcase our
dynamic classrooms. We trust you enjoyed the
morning. We have collated and taken your
feedback from our activities from the morning and
will share them over staff meetings adding a
community viewpoint to our strategic directions.
The parent feedback received was overwhelmingly
supportive of our school with some parents
highlighting dance, cultural experiences, Aboriginal
Education and further parent communication
methods as areas for further exploration.
P&C AGM postponed
Due to high schools running open days and
information evenings this week, our P&C has
advised that they would like to move the Annual
General Meeting back to Tuesday 17 March. This
provides 14 days notice and allows parents with
other commitments to attend these events without
a clash.
As many of our current P&C members have
children moving off (or have moved off) into high
school, this is a great opportunity to come and
learn more about our Murwillumbah East Public
School Parents and Citizens Association (MEPS
P&C). At these meetings, parents and the principal
get together with a common interest - to support
and to enhance our school to benefit our students,
staff and community.
See you soon, Miss Anderson
This Friday we will farewell Miss Anderson for the
remainder of the year as she is taking extended
leave. Miss Anderson is a long-term permanent staff
member who is incredibly passionate, dedicated,
extremely creative and a team player. We will miss
her dearly for the remainder of this year. Please be
sure to wish her all the best for the remainder of the
year and we look forward to welcoming her back
in 2021.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements
Infrastructure improvements progressed last week
with security fencing and hoarding being moved,
allowing us to have access to our hall.
Despite best endeavours, the contractor was
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Students of the Week
Class Awards
Mrs Watts &
Mrs Cambridge KW Kalilah
Mrs Harris K-1H Max
Miss Anderson 1-2A Chelsie
Ms Kirwan 2-3K Grace
Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Tanvir
Mrs Chaffey 3-4C Kiarah
Mr Wills 4-5W Jaxon
Ms Noble 5-6N James
Ms Lamrock K-3L Jack
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Blake, Eidan, Grace, Makenzy, Jesse, Charlie, Drew,
Lee, Elexis, Abbie.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements cont’d
unable to lay turf last week as planned due to the
ongoing intermittent heavy rain. The rain caused
the top soil to become waterlogged and it needs
at least 48 hours of straight dry weather before it
can be installed.
It is hoped that the turf will be laid this week.
School photos
School Photos will be held Thursday 12 March in
our playground (weather permitting) and school
hall. Envelopes with ordering information have
been distributed. All students will have their photo
taken regardless of whether they return their photo
envelope. The photos will include a portrait and a
traditional class photo. Please note that late orders
to The School Photographer attract a $15
surcharge. If you haven’t already sent envelopes
back in, please return photo envelopes to our
office, please hand them directly to your class
teacher or photographer on the day of photos.
Sibling photo envelopes will be available from our
school office or when placing an online order.
All students should be in normal Thursday uniform
(not sport uniform). This includes black school
shoes. Girls should be wearing blue, white or red
hair accessories. If a student presents with other
colours in their hair or other excessive accessories,
students will be asked politely to remove them as
they are not school uniform. Thank you for your
understanding and cooperation.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
Week 6 Gotcha Rule
Bus Lines
Congratulations:
Stage 1: Kalilah, Sofia, Paxton, Olive, Koopa, Max,
Jessie, Penny, Josh H and Ekam.
Stage 2&3: Jayda, Vinnie, Shanaki, Bridget, Trinity,
Kenesha, Callie, Isabell and Hunter.
SRC Cake Stall
Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday is our first
SRC cake stall. A huge thank you to students in 5/6N
and the SRC who are supplying the goodies. We
thank you and greatly appreciate your donations
of cakes, cupcakes, toffees, slices, biscuits etc.
EVERYTHING will be 50c
Many Thanks - SRC and Ms Noble
BOOKCLUB
Issue 2 Book club order forms need to be returned
to the front office by Friday, 13 March, 2020. PLEASE
ensure your child’s name is on top of the order form
with their class. Please also put the order form into
an envelope, clearly marked as Book Club, with
your child’s name and class on it. It is very important
that the correct money is placed in the envelope.
The on-line option through scholastic is the easiest
way to order, all of the instructions are on the order
form and you can pay with your credit card.
Thank you
Carmel Evans – Teacher Librarian
School Photos cont’d
Just a reminder to send in each of your child’s
envelopes separately, if money is enclosed in a
siblings envelope, simply write this on each child’s
envelope. This is due to the envelopes not being
opened on the day. If ordering sibling photos
online payments will be cut off at 7:00am on the
day.
Welcome Wendy White
This week we welcomed Wendy White, our
Wellbeing Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) this week.
Wendy will be here on Mondays.
The WHIN will provide support, information and
assistance with services relating to mental health,
personal safety, physical health, peer and family
relationships, bullying and other issues that affect
student health and wellbeing. The WHIN can help
to connect children, young people and their
families to services by identifying health needs,
providing service information, referrals, assistance
making appointments, coordinating follow up and
care. This position will be shared with Murwillumbah
High School.
More information will follow regarding her role.
A night not to miss!
The Wollumbin High School P&C are hosting an
information session for parents/carers titled “How
to Support Your Child Through High School” on the
evening of 11 March 2020 from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the
Library. The session will be presented by Mark
O’Connor from Human Connections. The WHS P&C
are extending an invitation to our partner school
parents to join them.
The session will look at such aspects as:
1. The challenges faced by students and
parents
2. How to know when to get extra help.
3. Focus on character strengths.
4. How to respond and help with negative
thinking
5. Mindset (fixed and growth mindsets).
6. Wellbeing – The Healthy Mind Platter.
7. How to create positive habits.
To assist us with numbers please register for the
evening by the 10 March at:
https://www.trybooking.com/BIUGA
Have a great week,
Joanna Henderson
Principal
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
Term 1 Calendar
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6 MAR 2 MAR 3
Wollumbin High
School Information
Evening - 6pm
P&C AGM - 7pm
MAR 4
NC Swimming -
Coffs Harbour
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 5
SRC Cake Stall
SRC and 5-6N
Hosting
MAR 6
7 MAR 9
MAR 10
MAR 11
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 12
Whole School
Photos
MAR 13
Murwillumbah High
School Transition
Day 9:00am
8 MAR 16
Harmony Week
MAR 17
MAR 18
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
FNC Soccer
Girls– Kingscliff
Boys–
Murwillumbah
MAR 19
MAR 20
9 MAR 23
MAR 24 MAR 25
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 26
MAR 27
Rugby League
Gala Day
1
0
MAR 30
MAR 31
APR 1
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 2
APR 3
School Cross
Country Carnival
1
1
APR 6 APR 7 APR 8
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 9 APR 10
GOOD FRIDAY
Murwillumbah East Public School
Newsletter Term 1, Week 6
3 March, 2020
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Great work
Over the past six weeks, our new student leaders
have embraced all leadership opportunities. House
Captains at the recent swimming carnival, SRC
finalising their plans for fundraising and
coordinating meetings in 2020 as well as our library
monitors going out of their way to support Mrs
Evans in the library. Our School Councillors have
already shown their organisation and initiative,
including running successful assemblies with very
limited (as it hasn’t been requested) support from
staff. Congratulations to these wonderful leaders. It
was great to recognise you all at the badging cer-
emony last week. Keep up the great work!
MEPS Big Breakfast
Thank you to our wonderful community who came
and joined us for breakfast. It is always such a lovely
morning to get together, share some breakfast,
gain some valuable insights and showcase our
dynamic classrooms. We trust you enjoyed the
morning. We have collated and taken your
feedback from our activities from the morning and
will share them over staff meetings adding a
community viewpoint to our strategic directions.
The parent feedback received was overwhelmingly
supportive of our school with some parents
highlighting dance, cultural experiences, Aboriginal
Education and further parent communication
methods as areas for further exploration.
P&C AGM postponed
Due to high schools running open days and
information evenings this week, our P&C has
advised that they would like to move the Annual
General Meeting back to Tuesday 17 March. This
provides 14 days notice and allows parents with
other commitments to attend these events without
a clash.
As many of our current P&C members have
children moving off (or have moved off) into high
school, this is a great opportunity to come and
learn more about our Murwillumbah East Public
School Parents and Citizens Association (MEPS
P&C). At these meetings, parents and the principal
get together with a common interest - to support
and to enhance our school to benefit our students,
staff and community.
See you soon, Miss Anderson
This Friday we will farewell Miss Anderson for the
remainder of the year as she is taking extended
leave. Miss Anderson is a long-term permanent staff
member who is incredibly passionate, dedicated,
extremely creative and a team player. We will miss
her dearly for the remainder of this year. Please be
sure to wish her all the best for the remainder of the
year and we look forward to welcoming her back
in 2021.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements
Infrastructure improvements progressed last week
with security fencing and hoarding being moved,
allowing us to have access to our hall.
Despite best endeavours, the contractor was
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Students of the Week
Class Awards
Mrs Watts &
Mrs Cambridge KW Kalilah
Mrs Harris K-1H Max
Miss Anderson 1-2A Chelsie
Ms Kirwan 2-3K Grace
Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Tanvir
Mrs Chaffey 3-4C Kiarah
Mr Wills 4-5W Jaxon
Ms Noble 5-6N James
Ms Lamrock K-3L Jack
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Blake, Eidan, Grace, Makenzy, Jesse, Charlie, Drew,
Lee, Elexis, Abbie.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements cont’d
unable to lay turf last week as planned due to the
ongoing intermittent heavy rain. The rain caused
the top soil to become waterlogged and it needs
at least 48 hours of straight dry weather before it
can be installed.
It is hoped that the turf will be laid this week.
School photos
School Photos will be held Thursday 12 March in
our playground (weather permitting) and school
hall. Envelopes with ordering information have
been distributed. All students will have their photo
taken regardless of whether they return their photo
envelope. The photos will include a portrait and a
traditional class photo. Please note that late orders
to The School Photographer attract a $15
surcharge. If you haven’t already sent envelopes
back in, please return photo envelopes to our
office, please hand them directly to your class
teacher or photographer on the day of photos.
Sibling photo envelopes will be available from our
school office or when placing an online order.
All students should be in normal Thursday uniform
(not sport uniform). This includes black school
shoes. Girls should be wearing blue, white or red
hair accessories. If a student presents with other
colours in their hair or other excessive accessories,
students will be asked politely to remove them as
they are not school uniform. Thank you for your
understanding and cooperation.
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Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
Week 6 Gotcha Rule
Bus Lines
Congratulations:
Stage 1: Kalilah, Sofia, Paxton, Olive, Koopa, Max,
Jessie, Penny, Josh H and Ekam.
Stage 2&3: Jayda, Vinnie, Shanaki, Bridget, Trinity,
Kenesha, Callie, Isabell and Hunter.
SRC Cake Stall
Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday is our first
SRC cake stall. A huge thank you to students in 5/6N
and the SRC who are supplying the goodies. We
thank you and greatly appreciate your donations
of cakes, cupcakes, toffees, slices, biscuits etc.
EVERYTHING will be 50c
Many Thanks - SRC and Ms Noble
BOOKCLUB
Issue 2 Book club order forms need to be returned
to the front office by Friday, 13 March, 2020. PLEASE
ensure your child’s name is on top of the order form
with their class. Please also put the order form into
an envelope, clearly marked as Book Club, with
your child’s name and class on it. It is very important
that the correct money is placed in the envelope.
The on-line option through scholastic is the easiest
way to order, all of the instructions are on the order
form and you can pay with your credit card.
Thank you
Carmel Evans – Teacher Librarian
School Photos cont’d
Just a reminder to send in each of your child’s
envelopes separately, if money is enclosed in a
siblings envelope, simply write this on each child’s
envelope. This is due to the envelopes not being
opened on the day. If ordering sibling photos
online payments will be cut off at 7:00am on the
day.
Welcome Wendy White
This week we welcomed Wendy White, our
Wellbeing Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) this week.
Wendy will be here on Mondays.
The WHIN will provide support, information and
assistance with services relating to mental health,
personal safety, physical health, peer and family
relationships, bullying and other issues that affect
student health and wellbeing. The WHIN can help
to connect children, young people and their
families to services by identifying health needs,
providing service information, referrals, assistance
making appointments, coordinating follow up and
care. This position will be shared with Murwillumbah
High School.
More information will follow regarding her role.
A night not to miss!
The Wollumbin High School P&C are hosting an
information session for parents/carers titled “How
to Support Your Child Through High School” on the
evening of 11 March 2020 from 6:30 - 8:00pm in the
Library. The session will be presented by Mark
O’Connor from Human Connections. The WHS P&C
are extending an invitation to our partner school
parents to join them.
The session will look at such aspects as:
1. The challenges faced by students and
parents
2. How to know when to get extra help.
3. Focus on character strengths.
4. How to respond and help with negative
thinking
5. Mindset (fixed and growth mindsets).
6. Wellbeing – The Healthy Mind Platter.
7. How to create positive habits.
To assist us with numbers please register for the
evening by the 10 March at:
https://www.trybooking.com/BIUGA
Have a great week,
Joanna Henderson
Principal
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Murwillumbah East Public School
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Murwillumbah East Public School
Term 1 Calendar
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6 MAR 2 MAR 3
Wollumbin High
School Information
Evening - 6pm
P&C AGM - 7pm
MAR 4
NC Swimming -
Coffs Harbour
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 5
SRC Cake Stall
SRC and 5-6N
Hosting
MAR 6
7 MAR 9
MAR 10
MAR 11
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 12
Whole School
Photos
MAR 13
Murwillumbah High
School Transition
Day 9:00am
8 MAR 16
Harmony Week
MAR 17
MAR 18
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
FNC Soccer
Girls– Kingscliff
Boys–
Murwillumbah
MAR 19
MAR 20
9 MAR 23
MAR 24 MAR 25
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
MAR 26
MAR 27
Rugby League
Gala Day
1
0
MAR 30
MAR 31
APR 1
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 2
APR 3
School Cross
Country Carnival
1
1
APR 6 APR 7 APR 8
Dance Group
1:15-2:15pm
APR 9 APR 10
GOOD FRIDAY