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Page 1 School Newsletter Paxton Public School Member of Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools Thursday, 14 June 2012 20 Anderson Avenue PAXTON NSW 2325 P 4998 1278 F 4998 1848 E [email protected] Issue 19 - Term 2 - Week 8 “Parents, Students and Teachers all striving for the best by aiming high” Principal’s Report Mr Graham White Where did that term go? Wow, it’s almost the end of Term 2 and it seems to have flown! However, the next two weeks are event-filled with a theatre excursion for K-3, Jump Rope for Heart activities, our Gala Sports Day, Parent Teacher interviews and our day of celebrating aspects of Aboriginal culture on 29 th June. Oh, and quite a bit of learning, as well. There’s certainly plenty on between now and the holidays. The K-3 excursion to Cessnock Performing Arts Centre should be a great event. Kids love going to shows and it is a great learning experience as well. The older students in 4-6 will have their opportunity to experience a live show next term.) Our parent/teacher interviews have been set down for Monday, 25 th and Wednesday, 27 th June and a timetable will be sent home shortly. Please try to attend because this is our main formal reporting meeting for the year. Our Aboriginal Cultural Day lines up very well with NAIDOC Week and promises to be a lot of fun as well as very interesting and informative. Parents and friends are invited to attend and the day begins with an explanation of the smoking ceremony at 9.15am and concludes after lunch at 2pm. Jump Rope for Heart The children have been given their sponsorship forms. We realise that not every family will be involved in raising funds and we respect that, however, please return your sponsorship form as they need to be returned the Heart Foundation for legal and auditing purposes. Woolworths Earn and Learn The response to Woolworths Earn & Learn has been positive with many students bringing in the stickers cards. If you require further blank cards, please come into the office – we have plenty. Coles Vouchers Paxton School has once again registered for the Coles Sports for Schools program which commenced yesterday. The collection box will be in the front office. Voluntary School Contribution (School “Fees”) Voluntary School Contribution fees have been set at $20 per single student at the school and $30 per family per year. These can be paid at the office. Many thanks to those families who have already finalised these accounts. Lost Property The office has a growing collection of lost property; jumpers, etc. Also, several children have lost school jackets, several with names on them. Could you please check your child’s clothing to ensure they have the correct clothing and return any misplaced items to the office. School Lunches Would you please discuss with your child the contents of their lunch boxes because we have noticed with the cooler weather, some children are still hungry.
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School Newsletter Paxton Public School
Member of Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools
Thursday, 14 June 2012
20 Anderson Avenue PAXTON NSW 2325
P 4998 1278 F 4998 1848 E [email protected]
Issue 19 - Term 2 - Week 8
“Parents, Students and Teachers all striving for the best by aiming high”
Principal’s Report
Mr Graham White Where did that term go? Wow, it’s almost the end of Term 2 and it seems to have flown! However, the next two weeks are event-filled with a theatre excursion for K-3, Jump Rope for Heart activities, our Gala Sports Day, Parent Teacher interviews and our day of celebrating aspects of Aboriginal culture on 29th June. Oh, and quite a bit of learning, as well. There’s certainly plenty on between now and the holidays. The K-3 excursion to Cessnock Performing Arts Centre should be a great event. Kids love going to shows and it is a great learning experience as well. The older students in 4-6 will have their opportunity to experience a live show next term.) Our parent/teacher interviews have been set down for Monday, 25th and Wednesday, 27th June and a timetable will be sent home shortly. Please try to attend because this is our main formal reporting meeting for the year. Our Aboriginal Cultural Day lines up very well with NAIDOC Week and promises to be a lot of fun as well as very interesting and informative. Parents and friends are invited to attend and the day begins with an explanation of the smoking ceremony at 9.15am and concludes after lunch at 2pm.
Jump Rope for Heart
The children have been given their sponsorship forms. We realise that not every family will be involved in raising funds and we respect that,
however, please return your sponsorship form
as they need to be returned the Heart Foundation for legal and auditing purposes. Woolworths Earn and Learn The response to Woolworths Earn & Learn has been positive with many students bringing in the stickers cards. If you require further blank cards, please come into the office – we have plenty. Coles Vouchers Paxton School has once again registered for the Coles Sports for Schools program which commenced yesterday. The collection box will be in the front office. Voluntary School Contribution (School “Fees”) Voluntary School Contribution fees have been set at $20 per single student at the school and $30 per family per year. These can be paid at the office. Many thanks to those families who have already finalised these accounts. Lost Property The office has a growing collection of lost property; jumpers, etc. Also, several children have lost school jackets, several with names on them. Could you please check your child’s clothing to ensure they have the correct clothing and return any misplaced items to the office. School Lunches Would you please discuss with your child the contents of their lunch boxes because we have noticed with the cooler weather, some children are still hungry.
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Calendar - Upcoming Events
Term 2
21 June – K-3 to Cessnock Performing Arts Centre 22 June – Jump Rope for Heart 26 June – Tri Gala Day 28 June – NAIDOC Day 29 June – Last day Term 2 16 July – Staff Development Day 17 July – Students Return to School
NSW School Terms 2012
Term 1 Friday, 27th Jan to Thursday, 5
th April
Term 2 Monday, 23rd
April to Friday, 29th June
Term 3 Monday, 16th July to Friday, 21
st Sep
Term 4 Monday 8th Oct to Friday, 21
st Dec
The new 2012 | 2013
Entertainment™ Books
are here, and we’re
selling Books to raise
funds for Paxton
Public School.
The new Entertainment™ Books are here! Books are packed
with hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the best
restaurants, cafes, hotel accommodation, attractions and
activities.
Still selling for only $60, you'll receive $15,000 worth of
valuable offers that you can use right away, so you can choose
what you want to do and when you want to do it, up until 1
June 2013!
Be fire safe this winter
Winter’s chill has arrived and with it our scramble
for heaters, electric blankets and open fires. Entertaining is now year round thanks to portable outdoor gas heaters. But with all these conveniences come fire dangers. Statistics reveal that almost half of all home fires are started in the kitchen and 43 per cent of all fire fatalities occur in
winter. NSW Fire and Rescue reminds us to do a fire safety audit of our homes this winter, check smoke detectors are working and ensure appliances such as clothes dryers and dishwashers are running efficiently and safely. For more household fact sheets and useful videos on how to protect your home and family from fire go to www.fire.nsw.gov.au/ School holidays sorted The school holidays are fast approaching. For great activities to keep the kids gainfully occupied check out the informative Go Play website which is full of ideas for kids aged up to 18 years. You can search by age, activity, region, date, time and by government organisation. Go to: www.goplay.nsw.gov.au
Invitation to the Official
Opening of Cessnock Youth NAIDOC Exhibition
FRIDAY 29TH JUNE
CESSNOCK LIBRARY From 5.30pm
Nibbles and Refreshments Didgeridoo Entertainment by Pez Fuller
The Indigenous students of the Aboriginal Art and Culture
program, which has been facilitated by local Elder and artist, Les Elvin, would like to share with you their works of arts.
This 8 week program was brought together by Cessnock’s
CatholicCare Youth and Family Support Service.
Please come and share your support.
For more information please contact:
Kylie Pratt – 0409 921 083 Marissa Floyd – 4990 2566 Kerrie Roberts – 4990 9177
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P & C News Canteen A new roster has been placed in the office. If you are able to assist on any Friday, please add your name to the roster. Volunteers are urgently needed. Canteen duty tomorrow is: Amanda Pace & Patricia Dawes.
Community Notices
Student Banking Token Redemption Day
Due to the overwhelming success of School Banking, we are having one Token Redemption Day per term instead of kids bringing in their tokens at different times. The next Token Redemption Day will be Friday, 15
th June.
What do you need to do? Please bring in your 10 tokens and redemption coupon in with your child’s School Banking on 15
th June. If you need redemption coupons they are available
at the school office. We will then order the reward and have it back to your child as soon as we receive it. Notifications will be placed in the school newsletter to keep you posted on future redemption days.
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