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RELIEVING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

I can’t believe how fast this term has gone. We are now in Week 9 and this is the second last Chatterbox for Term 1. It was lovely to start off the week with a dry day so that all the students could go out and run off their excess energy. I’d like to congratulate all students on how well behaved they were after being cooped up in the classroom for most of last week with the wet weather.

Our School Photo Day was held yesterday and it was lovely to hear positive comments about our students from the photographers.

We have now subscribed as a whole school to the Skoolbag School App which is now available to download for free on both Apple and Android devices.

This mobile App provides an easy way to inform parents and carers about events, last minute sport cancellations, excursion updates, upcoming events and other information. Please see the last page of this Chatterbox on how to download the App.

I’m looking forward to our special day on Thursday, ‘Story Crowd Day’. I’ve never met a real life author before. Don’t forget our first Disco of the year on Friday, 24 March. I look forward to seeing both students and parents on the night.

Best wishes

Martha Adams.

Congratulations to past student, Samantha Battams, who won gold in the 13 years event at the State Titles of the NSW Open Water Championships in a time of 1 hour and 6 minutes. Samantha is a member of the Harlee Elite Swimming Squad at the Max Parker Leisure Centre. Samantha went on to contest the National Championships in Adelaide where she achieved a top 10 finish.

WRITING AWARDS

Congratulations to Marie Tourni KD for a very creative silly sentence, well done!

Congratulations to Alex Solomon 2F, for trying really hard to extend his writing, great work!

Writing samples can be viewed on the Writer’s Wall of Fame near the School Office.

WINTER UNIFORM All students should return in Term 2 in their winter school uniform. Please make sure you visit the Uniform Shop soon to stock up on your winter needs.

PAYMENTS - WHAT’S DUE WHEN… School Resource Packages Overdue Kindergarten $55 Years 1 & 2 $75 Years 3, 4 & 5 $90 Year 6 $95 Hairspray The Musical Wed, 29 March Years 3-6 $5 ‘Be Skilled Be Fit’ Gymnastics Thurs, 27 April Years K-4 $40 School Contribution End of Term 1 All Years $45 per student OR $120 for a family of 3 or more

Term 1 Week 9

22/3/2017 CHATTERBOX

Panania Public School 21A Lawler Street, Panania NSW 2213 Phone: 9773 9017 Fax: 9792 3907 Email: panania-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

http://www.panania-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DIARY DATES

TERM 1, 2017 Thursday, 23 March

K-6 Story Crowd Day - Incursion Friday, 24 March

School Disco Monday, 3 April

P & C Meeting 7.00pm A Block Staffroom Tuesday, 4 April

SSW Girls Football Wednesday, 5 April

Boys and Girls Softball trials Thursday, 6 April

Easter Bunny visits Friday, 7 April

Last day of term

TERM 2 Monday, 24 April

Staff only return Tuesday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Public Holiday Wednesday, 26 April

All Students K-6 Return Monday, 1 May

P & C Meeting Wednesday, 3 May

Softball Knockout Boys and Girls Thursday, 4 May

Cross Country

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SRC) Congratulations to the following students who have been elected by their class peers to represent them as part of the 2017 Student Representative Council. 2N: Ava Pringle Cooper Hunter 2E: Alyssa King Jackson Vajdevski 2F: Scarlett McGraw Will Holmes 3D: Lara Tetley James Busby 3M: Megan Hallowes Valanti Gazilas 3/4S: Bree Whitehall Toby Harris 4A: Edie Seedsman William Tarrant 4PS: Talia Tabet Jack Walker 5N: Aleah Fulton Rhys McMullen 5P: Kiara Brackley Bailey Trenfield 5/6AW: Charlotte Lewis Jayden Harris School Captains: Isabelle Allouche Hayden Swibel Vice Captains: Madeline Wedgwood Liam Parsons Prefects: Casey Macreadie Ryan Klem Claire Lu Brendan Allport Hayley Chavez Marshall Lynch The SRC Induction and badge presentation will take place at the morning assembly on Thursday, 27 April, (Week 1 Term 2). Soon after, the SRC will make their first important decisions by selecting a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer who will form the SRC Executive. Whilst raising funds for the improvement of facilities or donations to charity is a worthwhile endeavour, our school’s SRC will also focus on the development of leadership skills, maturity, independence, communication skills and the meaningful involvement of students in our school’s decision making. Mr B Dodd & Mrs G Deering, SRC Teacher Advisors.

FOUND A Student Opal Card

A pair of ladies Mia Bella sunglasses

House key with Dolphin toy attached All items were found on the school grounds and are awaiting collection at the School Office.

SCHOOL SPECTACULAR

During this term both the K-2 and 3-6 Dance groups from last year have been working hard towards auditioning for the 2017 School Spectacular. The students have been practising the dances and working on their movement and skills to participate in auditioning for the combined dance performance at Homebush later this year.

The two dance groups have been dedicating their lunch times to rehearse and film their audition videos. Miss Farrell and Mrs Nott are very proud of the student’s effort during this exciting time and look forward to this year’s dancing opportunities.

Miss T Farrell & Mrs Nott, School Spectacular Co-ordinators.

CLASS SHOWCASE Our showcasing of student work is located at the bottom of our front web page under Social Media Profile.

We hope you enjoy 2N’s presentation of Harmony Day.

http://www.panania-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

VALUE OF THE FORTNIGHT Responsibility

Please support us at home by having discussions with your child/children about what ‘responsibility’ means at home, at school and in the community.

RULE OF THE FORTNIGHT The rule we are focusing on for

Term 1 , Weeks 10 & 11 is:

Be Respectful

You can support us at home by having discussions with your child/children about what “Being respectful” means and what this rule means in different settings.

!!! STOP PRESS!!! DEBATING Panania PS opposed East Hills PS today, Wednesday, 22 March in the first round of Debating. The topic was “Homework is a waste of time” and we were the negative.

Our team of Olivia Kington, Clare Lu, Edie Seedsman and Lily Thompson did a fantastic job and we were judged as the winning team. Well done girls!

What great advertising for the Harvest Festival as part of our

Panania Mania Fete Day on Sunday, 21 May. The article below was published in the Express Newspaper this week Tuesday, 21 March, 2017. Congratulations to all involved.

We sincerely thank our advertisers for their support of our school. The Department of Education and Panania Public School do not necessarily endorse these companies or their services and products.

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Thank you to our GOLD SPONSORS for Panania Mania

SUNDAY, 21 MAY 2017

SPONSORSHIP or DONATION ENQUIRIES

Please contact Julie Parsons 0417 684 648 or

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