To our wonderful P&C .. this year your hard work and support provided our school with…

Buddy Benches

Excursion Assistance – for students to get to camp and swim school!

Music Equipment

Big Books

Robotics

Sheet Music for the Band

Carved sign for Gunar Garung

Home Readers

Car Seats for K6N

SkoolBag License

2 large TV’s for classrooms

Apple TV

Typing Club

Buses to – Athletics Carnival, Zone X Country, St 1 Scenic World, Dance Festival at the

Joan, Stage 2 and 3 Camps, Calmsley Hill Farm and Swim School.

And some left over to go towards ...

New Play Equipment in 2020!

We couldn’t do it without your support parents.

Please get involved and volunteer at the 2020 Music Festival next year ..

The money raised makes such a difference to our school.

Fiona Paine Principal

From the Principal

Monday 2nd December School Leader Speeches Friday 6th December Presentation Day Assembly Monday 9th December Year 6 Farewell Dinner Wednesday 11th December Year 6 Final Assembly Friday 13th December Last day for Year 6 and Celebration Arch at 2.45pm Mon-Wed 16-18th Dec Stage 3 Camp Wednesday 18th Dec Last day for all students for 2019 Wednesday 29th January First day Term 1 2020 for Years 1 - 6 students

KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School

Volume 2019 No: 38 Term 4 Week 7, 28th November 2019

School Expectations

Respect Yourself

Respect Others

Respect the

Environment

Uniform Shop opens

every Tuesday from

9am-9.30am

Canteen is not

Operating in 2019

Assembly tomorrow

will be led by 2G

and next week will

be Presentation Day

The Virtue this

week is

Compassion

Our PBL Lesson is

“ Respect the

environment in the

stairwells and

hallways”

School banking is

every Tuesday

Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780

Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996

Email: katoomba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Upcoming Events …………

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Christmas Carols in Carrington Place

Summer Holiday Chook Carers Needed It’s nearly holidays, and we’re once again relying on our fabulous community to look after our chickens over the summer. If you are able to commit to one week of holiday chook care and enjoy a week of free eggs, please contact Cate on Catriona.paterson@det.nsw.edu.au.

Year 6 Parents & Carers Afternoon Tea Just a reminder for our Year 6 parents and carers about the afternoon tea tomorrow, Friday 29 November at 2pm in our KPS Community Hub. The high school’s Year 7 2020 Advisor, Ms Janelle Van Capelle and Katoomba High School’s Community Liaison Officer, Ms Imelda Eames will be there to answer your high school questions!

Cate Paterson Community Liaison Officer

Community Liaison News

This year Katoomba Public School will not be hosting carols on the oval, but

instead will be joining the community at Carrington Place in Katoomba for a

wonderful evening of carol singing.

Our school choirs will be singing, along with other local schools. There will

also be a chance for everyone to join in and sing some carols together.

The Chamber of Commerce will be installing a big Christmas tree which will

be lit on the night.

Date: Thursday 5th December

Time: 6pm

We look forward to seeing you all there on the

night!

Congratulations to Alana Willey and Edie Leach of 5W who have both been selected for the Blue Mountains Basketball representative Under 14 team. The girls will be playing at numerous locations around Sydney. Well done!

KPS Girls Make Basketball Rep Under 14 Team

Volunteer Morning Tea Our Volunteer Morning Tea will be held on Wednesday 4th December

in the School Library from 10.45am until 11.30am.

Invitations have been sent home to our regular volunteers but if you did not receive one and have volunteered

this year in any capacity please come along and give us the opportunity to thank you.

RSVP to Pam in the front office on 4782 1226 before Friday 29th November to help us with catering.

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Congratulations to the following students who received Awards in Week 6 .

Principal Book Awards: Jane Olsen, Georgia Parkin, Iris Dawes, Rose Haynes, Mars Fraser, Ziggy Buhler,

Amber-Lee Bergmann, Lily Quentemiyer

Class Assembly Awards

KG : Ethan Glover K/1C: Kosta Rose

1PS: Clare Garnsey 1/2B: Lucy Woodburn

2G: Ned Campbell-Neale 2/3H: Amy Nguyen

3/4S: Roman Fungo 3/4T: Caspian Haskew

5W: Ivy McManus 5/6A: Ruby Bell

5/6K: Pip Wegner K/6N: -

16 Weeks To Go to BMMF! Thanks for all the interest and questions about the Music Festival this week. It’s great to see you’re as excited as we are. Keep ‘em coming! With that in mind, we are planning a little get together at the RSL on Wednesday, 4th December, where Toni and Imelda (our fearless leaders) will give a brief overview, answer any questions and give specific information about how you can get involved. 6.30pm for a drink, meeting to start at 7pm.

One of the questions we had this week was how the 10 hours of volunteering works. Basically, for your free weekend ticket (worth $280) you are expected to attend a one hour meeting and most of the volunteering is done through three separate three hour sessions — across the weekend. You’ll be surprised how quickly the three hours disappears and then you’ll be free to enjoy the music. If you can make it, please come along to the RSL meeting, otherwise you can always get me on leachworth@gmail.com if you have any questions. See you at pick up, Matt Leach (Edie & Frankie’s Dad)

Community Notices

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K6N had an amazing time swimming at Katoomba Pool as part of the School Swimming Scheme.

Here are some action shots of the class!

K6N had a visit

from Guma while

we were playing in

the forest by Gunar

Garung. It sat and

watched in the tree

while we played in

the shade.