Art for Agriculture

■ 2013 ■ Term 3 ■ Weeks 9 and 10 ■ Principal: Diana McGregor

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1902 Play the Game

■ Fax: (02) 6924 2540 Junee Public School

■ Email: junee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 116 Lorne Street

■ Website: www.junee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

Junee Public School ■ Principal: Diana McGregor Play the Game

■ Phone: (02) 6924 1902

■ Fax: (02) 6924 2540 Junee Public School

■ Email: junee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 116 Lorne Street (PO Box 95)

■ Website: www.junee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Junee NSW 2663

■ 2013 ■ Term 3 ■ Weeks 9 and 10 ■ Newsletter

Calendar Term 3, Week 10

Thur 19 Sept Years 4 & 5 Swimming

Fri 20 Sept Rewards Day

Fri 20 Sept School Assembly 12:10pm

Fri 20 Sept Last day of Term 3

Term 4, Week 1

Mon 7 Oct Public Holiday

Tues 8 Oct First day back Term 4 all

Students

In this issue ... Principal’s Note ............................................................................. 2

Honour Rewards Day .................................................................. 2

Spelling Bee .................................................................................... 3

Public Speaking............................................................................. 3

Archibull Calf .................................................................................. 3

Friday frenzy ................................................................................... 3

Holidays ........................................................................................... 3

News from the Classrooms ...................................................... 4

P & C News ..................................................................................... 4

Feature Photo

Art for Agriculture – Archibull Calf

Principal’s Note

Once again the term has flown past and we wonder

where it went, well here is a quick snap shot: Excursion

to the Junee HS for Agriculture, Education Week open

day and Market Place performances, CHORDS

rehearsals, swimming lessons, tree planting, Spelling

Bee, steam train excursion, Trent Barrett Shield,

Kindergarten transition, Public Speaking competitions,

school discos and a lot of learning in between! Now to

recharge, ready for term 4.

Honour Rewards Day

All students who went up an honour level and

maintained it during this term will be involved in a

rewards activity on Friday. The teachers are planning a

real surprise and are hoping for good weather for the

day. Those not involved in the activity will be

continuing with normal classroom activities.

Junee Public School

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Spelling Bee

Hayley, Simon, Joe and Luke competed in the Premier’s

Spelling Bee regional final at South Wagga last week.

All preformed really well with the boys making it to

round 3 before they were knocked out with some

extremely tricky words. They were a pleasure to take

away and were great ambassadors for our school.

Public Speaking

On Tuesday, Junee Public hosted the Lion’s Club Inter

School Public Speaking competition. We were

competing against representatives from Junee North,

Illabo and Eurongilly and Saint Josephs. Firstly the

children were presented with an unseen question on

which they had to speak for a minute. Then they

presented their prepared speech. Our 8 representatives

all performed admirably and are to be congratulated

for their efforts in what is a very daunting competition.

Archibull Calf

Mr Gill has been working with some very creative

students as they tackle decorating our quarter of a life

size model of a calf as part of the Ngumba Dal school

community project, Art for Agriculture. Strangely

enough, the theme for the calf is wool with our focus

being the consumer. Ideas have run wild and we have a

very exotic animal indeed. Next stop the calf will

venture to Eurongilly for their finishing touches.

Friday frenzy

Last Friday was a whirl of activity as we had so many

things happening at once. The day was our footy

colours day where we dressed in our team colours

raising money for the Fight Cancer Foundation. Next a

group of students were involved in an indigenous art

workshop at the High School with guest artists

introducing the students to weaving natural fibres. In

the afternoon the Infants held their school disco with

the primary holding their Fantasy Character Disco in

the evening. What a great day for everyone involved.

Holidays

I would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday as

we re-energise ready for Term 4. School resumes on

Tuesday 8 October when great learning opportunities

will continue to happen.

As we continue to build the learning power of the

students at Junee Public School we have been focusing

on questioning. When using this learning muscle

successful learners;

are not afraid of not knowing

are curious about things and people

like to get below the surface of things and

come up with their own conclusions

often wonder why

play with ideas, asking “How come? And “What

if?”

Abbie-Rose & Natasha - Weaving

Junee Public School

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Awards Merit

KS Cohen

1M Zac & Molly

2R Isabella & Zoe

3/4L Luke & Tootsie

4/5G Ethan & Mitchell

5/6W Amanda & Martia

HOW2Learn

KS Emily & Natalie

1M Hayley

2R Ashley

3/4L Harry

4/5G Riley

5/6W Liam

Principal’s Award

KS Layla

1M Kate

2R William

3/4L Abbey & Digby

5/6W Hayley & Georgia

Library Awards

KS Charlie

1M Elyse

3/4L Teejay

Twins, Emily and Natalie Smith of KS with their awards

Layla from KS with her pet birds

News from the Classrooms

KS: We are creating artwork in preparation for the

Junee Show

1M: We are presenting our Science creation to the

class.

2R: Our theme has been 2T’s. We are learning about

trains and reading ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl.

3-4L: We are busy finishing our Science unit on

breakfast cereal.

4-5G: We have been presenting to the class our

assignments on organs of the human body and tidying

up topics that we have started with Mrs Makeham.

5-6W: We have been busy finishing off our Greek

theatre paper mache masks for a play about Orpheus.

P & C News

Our next general meeting will be held at 7.00pm on

Monday 14 October, in the Community Room.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Junee Public School

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Community Notices

“Lincoln” the movie

“Lincoln” the movie will be screened on Friday 20th

September at 7.00pm.

Where: Athenium Theatre Junee

Cost: $10 Adults, $5 Children & pre-schoolers are free

Rated M

Soup, hotdogs, popcorn, drinks, tea and coffee

available from 6.15pm.

Junee Tennis Club – Coaching &

Hot Shots

TENNIS COACHING with Staines Tennis at Junee Tennis

Club

When: Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September,

1pm to 4pm.

Fees: $20 per day.

Names to Jason Barrett on 0412 898 437, Cheryl Purcell

6924 1157 or Lynne Curry 6924 7255 by Monday 23

September.

HOT SHOTS commences Sunday 20 October at

10am Everyone is welcome to attend

Confirmation Classes 2013

All parents of Years 5 &and 6 students are invited to a

very important meeting to be held on Tuesday 8

October at 6pm in the Year 5/6 Classroom at St

Joseph’s School. At this meeting the programme will

be outlined and the practicalities of the day will be

discussed. Father Michael has asked that in the

instance of your child being baptised out of St Joseph’s

Parish to please bring along a photocopy of your

child’s Baptismal Certificate to the meeting. It will need

to be attached to the formal enrolment form which is a

diocesan requirement. Parents are asked to please

note this date on family calendars. Students may

attend with parents if they wish too. The fee of $30.00

per candidate may be paid at this meeting. Cash will be

received and all cheques are to be made payable to ST

JOSEPH’S SCHOOL JUNEE. Please place the payment

in an envelope with your child’s name and school on

the front of it.

CHORDS Civic Theatre

Tuesday 22 October

Tickets will be on sale from Saturday 21 September

with the cost being $16.00 for single entry or $55.00

for a family of 4 (2 Adults/2 Children) with extra child

tickets at $10.00 each. This equates as the same price

of a movie ticket! Tickets can be purchased at the Civic

Theatre.

Shantelle and Lauren with the Archibull Calf

‘The Onesies Club’ at our school disco

Junee Public School

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IF YOUR CHILD HAS ANAPHYLAXIS

SHOULD HE OR SHE CARRY THEIR OWN

EPIPEN® OR ANAPEN® TO AND AT

SCHOOL?

What is this article about?

If you have told the school that your child is diagnosed

a risk of anaphylaxis and your child is in Primary

School, you should have received a letter from Mrs

McGregor.

This article provides more information about

anaphylaxis.

What is an EpiPen® and an Anapen®?

EpiPen® and Anapens® are the emergency treatment

for children who are having an anaphylactic reaction.

What is anaphylaxis?

Anaphylaxis is a severe and sometimes sudden allergic

reaction. If your child has been diagnosed by a doctor

as being at risk of anaphylaxis there are some

important things to remember that will help the school

to support your child’s health care needs.

Why you need to keep us informed if your child is

diagnosed as being at risk of anaphylaxis or if his

or her condition changes. This includes if they have

an anaphylactic reaction while not at school.

The school can only respond to risks it knows about.

Please keep Mrs McGregor informed so that we can

plan to support your child at school.

Why you need to provide the school with your

child’s current ASCIA Action Plan for Anaphylaxis

and an EpiPen® or Anapen® signed by their doctor

The plan sets out the steps the school needs to follow

in an emergency. It is essential for us to have this to

keep your child safe.

We will keep a copy of your child’s ASCIA Action Plan

for Anaphylaxis stored with your child’s EpiPen® or

Anapen®.

Why it is important to talk regularly with your child

about some simple steps to help keep them safe

It is important to regularly talk with your child about

when and where they are at risk of contact with the

things they are allergic to and how to avoid this. If you

have told them not to take part in sharing food at

school, regularly remind them of this.

Reassure them that if they do come into contact with

something they are allergic to or they feel unwell at

school they won’t get into trouble. They need to tell a

teacher immediately.

Consider whether your child should carry their own

EpiPen® or Anapen®

If your child has been diagnosed with anaphylaxis you

can request that they carry their own EpiPen® or

Anapen® to school and at school. A request form is

available from the school office.

If you request that your child carry an EpiPen® or

Anapen® with them to school and at school you will

still need to provide the school with at least one

additional EpiPen® or Anapen® for storage in a

central location within the school and for access by

staff in an emergency.

The school will contact you about any request you

make for your son or daughter to carry their own

EpiPen® or Anapen®.

Why does the school need to know if your son or

daughter is carrying their own EpiPen® or

Anapen®?

Staff need to know your child carries an EpiPen® or

Anapen® in an emergency. For this reason this

information will be included in your child’s individual

health care plan.

They also need to be able to find it quickly so it is

important that it be in an easily identifiable and

accessible spot (eg. not a locker).

To find out more go to the Department’s public

schools website:

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/studen

thealth/conditions/anaphylaxis/index.php