Maclean Public School Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Week 9 Touch football Gala day Week 10 Jump rope for Heart Whole School Assembly Last day of Term 3 Term 4 First day back October 14 Trivia Night October 19 Sunshine Sugar Excursion October 22 Grandparents & Friends Day October 25 School Musical November 6 and 7

School Musical Update This year we will be having two evening performances and one daytime performance. The daytime performance will be our dress rehearsal on November 5 at 10:00am. We have invited the local pre-schools and some residents of Mareeba and Whiddon Group. If you can’t make it to an evening performance or have young children you would like to bring, this is a perfect opportunity for you to see the musical. (There will be a limited number of seats available for this session.) Tickets are $5 and will be on sale at the office from Monday October 14. The P&C will be offering dinner before the two evening shows from approximately 5:30pm in the canteen area. More information will be sent home closer to the event. There will be a detailed note sent home regarding what students will need to wear and what time they need to be at school for the evening performances on November 6 & 7. Thank you for working with us to ensure a successful event

Sporting News Congratulations to Robert Miller, winner of the 800 metres race at the North Coast Athletics carnival. He will now represent Maclean Public School at the state carnival in Sydney. This is quite an achievement and we wish him the best of luck!

Students in years 3-6 will represent MPS at the touch gala day tomorrow at the Angourie Sports fields. Spectators are most welcome.

Foodie Friday Please help us to continue to provide lunches for students on Fridays. We need more volunteers. A flyer with a proposed roster system is attached to the newsletter. Please contact the office if you can assist.

Uniform If you have any old uniforms that no longer fit your child and you would like to donate them to our uniform pool please drop them in to the office.

Woodford st, Maclean P: 66 452 544 E: maclean-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Ms Carolyn Phillips

Term 3 Issue 9 – September 19, 2019

Assemblies: Whole school Assemblies are held fortnightly on a Friday from 11:45 am. • September 27 • October 18 • October 25 • November 8 • November 22 • December 6 • December 20 Everyone is welcome to attend these assemblies.

Kindergarten Orientation Our kindergarten orientation program continues next term. Please drop by the office to collect enrolment packages.

Jump Rope for Heart

Maclean Public School is participating in Jump Rope for Heart again this year. Jump Rope for Heart is a fundraising and physical activity program based around skipping. It teaches school aged children how to keep fit and healthy, all while having fun and raising vital funds for heart disease research and education. The Ministers for Fundraising are busy supporting this initiative by conducting skipping activities at lunchtime for students. There will be a Jump Off day on September 26 at school, where all classes will move through a rotation of skipping activities and students will be given the opportunity to perform skipping routines. It is not too late to get fundraising, information on how students can get involved fundraising is on the flyer accompanying the newsletter.

Yamba Markets The P&C have a stall at the Yamba Markets this Sunday, please drop by and purchase a tasty treat or two to support the fundraising initiatives for our school. You can also purchase a raffle ticket and perhaps book a table for the upcoming trivia night.

Grandparents and Friends Day NSW Grandparents Day celebrates the role grandparents and older people play in our society - both the things they have done, and the things they keep doing. Maclean Public School will celebrate National Grandparents and Friends Day on Friday October 25. We will open our classrooms from 10:15am – 11:15am, after which a morning tea will be provided in the library until 11:45am. This will be followed by a whole school assembly. If you are, or know of a grandparent that would like to speak at our assembly please contact the school.

Maths is for everyone! Sometimes students think that because they are not the fastest at solving maths problems they are not good at maths. This is not the case, at Maclean Public School teachers have been working with students to create a mindset that we are all capable of learning maths and that it is important to have a depth of understanding. Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University and has some great tips for parents to promote a love of maths.

Regards, Carolyn

Carolyn Phillips

Principal

Merit Award Jaxon, Harvey, Amelia, Jemesen, Jermaine, Ayva,

Lachlan, Olivia, Aaliyah, David, Demarco, Charlotte, Leon, Lilly, Rhyli, Zac, Darius, Ci Ci, Ethan, Hayden,

Daeja.

Students of the Week Jemima, Parker, Patrick, Marley, Lilly, Sarah, Lennox.

Bronze Award

Izabella, Indianna, Tate, Annabella, Charlotte, Oliver, Natasha, Darryl, Madora, Isobel, Lilly, Isabelle, Hayden,

Harmony, Lily, Robert.

Silver Award William and Lily

Classroom snapshots this week are all about Reading Hour

MACLEAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TERM 3-2019

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15 16 17 18 P & C trivia night

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21 22 Sunshine Sugar Open Day

23 24 25 Whole School Assembly 11.45am Grandparent & Friends Day 10.15am

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28 Southern Cross Uni Visit

29 Red Kite Day Fundraiser

30 High School Transition

31 1 Kinder Orientation 9.15am – 3.15pm

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4 5 School Musical Dress rehearsal

6 School Musical Evening performance

7 School Musical Evening performance

8 Whole School Assembly 11.45am

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13 14 15 Kinder Orientation 9.15am – 3.15pm

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2 3 4 5 6 Whole School Assembly 11.45am Kinder Orientation 9.15am – 3.15pm

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9 10 Year 6 Graduation Dinner

11 12 Whole School Assembly 11.45am

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