Tanya Bajda (relieving)

Term 4 Week 8 November 30th, 2017 COMING UP ON OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR

December 2017 Fri 1st Last Day for the Swim & Survive Program Scripture Christmas Party

Tue 5th Year 6 High School Visit Wed 6th Have A Go Show

P&C Family Movie Night Volunteers Morning Tea Fri 8th Teddy Bears Picnic for 2018 Kindergarten Sarzotti Scholarships closed Reports Home Wed 13th Presentation Day

Thu 14th Gold Day at Macksville Pool Year 6 Graduation Dinner Fri 15th Year 6 Bell Ring Last Day of Term January 2018 Tue 30th First day of Term 1 for years 1-6 Wed 31st First day of Term 1 for Kindergarten

Yarning Circle Our Yarning Circle is almost finished. I would like to say thank you to the TAFE students who have worked so hard constructing the space. We held a special BBQ attended by the TAFE students, teachers, Aunty Nerida and Mrs Vanessa Bekis from Frank Partridge VC Public School. Mr Rumsey's class helped Mr Rumsey and Mr Simmons with the BBQ while 2C, 2H and 5C had a yarn in the circle. A big thank you to Aunty Nerida for talking to us about how we use the Yarning Circle and thank you to all of the students for being respectful in the space. Thank you also to Mr Rumsey for his work coordinating this project, Ms Yates for coming along, Wendy in the canteen for organising the food and 4/5 M for being our chefs. We will be having an official opening of our Yarning Circle in the future.

Farewell and Thank You

This week Mr Brad Griffith visited our school to let us know that he has been successful in

gaining another Principal School Leadership (PSL) position.

Mr Griffith has been in this role, helping schools and principals for the past 6 months. To continue

in this role he needed to relinquish his position here as principal of Macksville Public School. That means that we will continue to have a

relieving principal here at Macksville in Term 1 next year with the aim to

appoint a new permanent principal in

Term 2.

I'd like to say thank you to Mr Griffith for the work he

has done here at Macksville PS and wish him all the very best for

the future.

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Teacher Learning On Monday Mrs Beauchamp, Mr Clouten and Mrs Ronan went to Building Numeracy Training. These teachers worked together to develop a plan for teaching maths in 2018. Mrs Herron, Mrs Clogan and Mrs Bradley have also been busy, with them each giving an L3 presentation to teachers from other schools. These teachers were asked to create a presentation based on their Literacy lessons. Thanks Mrs Beauchamp for supporting our teachers with their L3 training. Have a Go Show Next week we will be holding our Have a Go Show. It's been great to see our students rehearsing at lunchtime. Good luck to all of our performers. Swim and Survive Thank you to all of our students and teachers for working so hard during our Swim and Survive lessons. Tomorrow is our last lesson at the pool. Students are allowed to bring a small amount of money to spend at the pool canteen. End of Year Reports Our teachers have been very busy preparing their Semester 2 reports. They have been looking at lots of different assessments and work samples to help them write these reports. It has been great to see the progress our students have made over the year. The reports will be sent home on December 8th. Uncle Ritchie Thanks for coming to our school Uncle Ritchie. Our classes always enjoy doing sport with you. Yesterday teams worked on their throwing and catching skills. There were some classic catches made by Kindergarten and Year 6!

~ Tanya Bajda, Principal (Relieving)

LAKE AINSWORTH CAMP 2017

“Lake Ainsworth 2017 Excursion was full of fun and excitement. Students from 5C, 5L and 4/5M travelled to Lake Ainsworth Sport and Rec Camp on Monday 20th November for a five day camp. Our students were able to try their hand at high ropes courses, rock climbing, archery, sailing, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding and many more activities. Each night, our school was able to mix with three other schools, including an international Chinese school for games, trivia and recreation. All of our campers had a terrific time and were Sporting NSW Sport and Rec memorabilia on return to school. Thank you to Ms Low and all the wonderful students who made this excursion a fantastic time." ~ Mr Adam Rumsey

NEW CANTEEN HELPERS

WELCOME phone our Canteen

Manager Wendy on

6568 1800

SCHOOL CANTEEN ROSTER

Order through Our Online Canteen with payment options: Ph: 1300 116 637. Log on to: info@ouronlinecanteen.com.au

Our Summer menu is

now

in place!

Please check your

menu before ordering.

Friday Dec 1st Debbie McDonnell, Dave Flack

and Lyn Dundas

Monday Dec 4th Therese Laverty, Amy Reid

Tuesday Dec 5th Dave Flack, Glenn Robinson

Wednesday Dec 6th Glenn Robinson

Thursday Dec 7th Dave Flack, Glenn Robinson

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT FUNDRAISER IS COMING UP! Two fantastic movies will be shown at Majestic Cinemas Nambucca Heads on Wednesday 6th December from 6.30pm. The movies are Paddington 2 (rated G) and Wonder (rated PG), with both movies starting and finishing

at approximately the same time. Students will need to be supervised by a parent or guardian. Tickets are $12 per person and are available from the school office and the cinema. If purchasing from school please send correct money in a labelled envelope clearly stating which movie your family would like to see. A BBQ dinner will be available for purchase from

5.45pm with all proceeds from the night going to upcoming school beautification projects.

~ Macksville Public School P&C.

Come one come all to Macksville Public School’s Annual Have A Go Show. The show will be hosted by our own Ms Low. The contestants will have their final rehearsal on Tuesday December 5th, after recess. Then the Grand Final will be held on Wednesday December 6th at 11.35am in the school’s new hall.

All families are welcome to come and cheer on their favourite performers.

Library Books As the end of the year is fast

approaching, can you please continue to encourage and help your child to find any

library books and return them to the library as soon as possible? Your assistance in this

is appreciated. Another overdue notice letter

will be sent home next week.

~ Sarah Pade, Teacher Librarian

An Invitation to our Volunteers

Macksville P.S would like to thank all our volunteers for their

generous contribution throughout 2017. Your help in the canteen,

classrooms, scripture, cooking and so many more ways was

wonderful. We would like to show you just how much we

appreciate your help by inviting you to join our staff in the staff

room on Wednesday 6th December at 11.00am for morning tea.

IAN FLARRETY—MUSIC TEACHER PHONE 6568 3921

Anyone wishing to have Music Lessons please fill in the note below and send into the school office.

PERMISSION NOTE FOR MUSIC LESSONS

Name: ____________________________________________________ Class: _______________ I would like to learn ____________________________

Signed: __________________________________________________________________ (Parent) Phone No. ___________________________________