Moonbi Eggstra Moonbi Public School

Quality Learning – Quality Life

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Charles Street, Moonbi NSW 2353

T 02 67 603151 F 02 67 603871 E moonbi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: moonbi-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Zone Athletics On Monday the 19th of August 16 students from years 3-6

competed at the Zone athletics carnival in Tamworth. As a

school, our team looked great. Laura and Hannah were

competing in Shot Put whilst the others marched. Students

competed with enthusiasm and sportsmanship and are to be

commended on their efforts. It was great to see more than

half of the students eligible, participate in a zone carnival.

I was very proud to be a teacher at Moonbi with all of the

students behaving and showing great team work. I am very

excited to announce that our P5 senior relay team,

Mykenzie, Curtis, Shaelynn and Clay made it to North West

to be held on Friday 6 September. We wish them luck. Keep

up the good work everyone!

Chloe Cornish – supervising teacher

Carinya Horse Sports A fine looking team of riders represented our school at the

recent Carinya Horse Sports Day held at the Moonbi

Showground. Congratulations to Jack Foster for winning his

age group and Kaydee Hernando for Runner-up.

Kindy Orientation & Parent Info Morning

Friday 13 September 9am-11am 2014 Kindergarten students will be

introduced to their buddy who will be there

to support them in the transition sessions

(and in 2014 when they start school).

Children and parents participate in classroom activities

with their buddies for 2014. Children will play and enjoy

various activities such as maths, story-telling, craft and

sport and will tour the school. This is a great chance for

you and your child to meet other children and parents who

will be starting at the school next year and meet some of

the school staff. Parents will receive information about

school policies, programs and organisation and ways to help

their child prepare for starting school. Parents will also

hear from a parent representative about ways they can be

involved in the life of the school and see items of school

uniform on display. While parents are attending this session

in the hall, their children can participate in classroom

activities with their buddies. Our full day transition classes

will run on Fridays from 11 October – 29 November.

The Great Debate Families and community members are invited to school to be

a part of the audience for our debate tomorrow at 2pm.

Our debaters topic is ‘School hours should be longer’.

Everyone is welcome to come along; we would love to see

you.

MOONBI PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER.

Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Term 3– Week 7

OUR SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION ON 07/09/13

Thumbs Up Thumbs up for the amazing Book Week characters

last week. Thank you for your effort and helping to

make this event such a success for staff and

students alike. Kaydee and Elsa for helping with Daily Fitness

packing up. Your willingness to help without being

asked was very appreciated. Thank you.

2014 Enrolments K-6 (now open) We are currently checking details for our 2014

Kindergarten intake and planning for our Integration

Program. Our Orientation Day will be held on Friday 13

September with Transition commencing week 1 of Term 4.

Transition will again be run every Friday.

If you have a child or know of a child (turning 5 on or

before 30 July 2014) that will be starting school next year,

please contact the office as soon as possible.

Book Week – ‘Read Across the Universe’ Wow, what an amazing morning the students, staff, parents

and grandparents had with the Book Week Parade. So many

different characters were out to show the hard work and

effort put in to each and every costume.

Congratulations to the Winners and Runners Up

K Jack (Max- Where the Wild Things Are) and Giselle

(Ariel- The Little Mermaid)

1 Harry (Skullduggery) and Clare (Charlotte the Explorer)

2 Hermarni (Zombie-Goosebumps, Zombie High) and

Makayla (Fairy)

3 Orlando ( Ron Weasley) and Lachlan (Max Rumble)

4 Dylan (Harry Potter) and Laura (Hannah Montana)

5 Lucy (Princess Susan-The Lion, The Witch and the

Wardrobe) and Jericho (Tinkerbell)

6 Conrad (Captain Jack Sparrow-Pirates of the

Caribbean) and Logan (Glenn McGrath)

Well done everyone!

Cricket The Southern Cricket PSSA Trials were held in Tamworth

on Monday. Students had been selected prior from

Tamworth, Quirindi, Narrabri, Gunnedah, Coonamble and

Coonabarabran. On the same day there was a northern team

selection of students from Armidale, Barwon, Inverell,

Moree & Northern New England.

Congratulations to Conrad George, Yr6, who was selected as

a member of the Southern Zone Team. Conrad will now

travel to Narrabri on the 11th of September. The Southern

and Northern teams will play a match, do skill drills and net

practise as required. A team of 12 players will be selected

in the North West Team to compete in the NSWPSSA

2013 State Cricket Carnival in Bathurst in November. Good

Luck Conrad!

Principal’s Report Moonbi Public School strives to develop the “whole child”

and to empower them to reach their true potential so that

they can be active contributors to our society, both in their

local community and beyond. Our success is a measure of

the solid foundations and contributions of our parent body,

community volunteers, student leadership team and

committed staff which form a vibrant school community,

vital to our ongoing development.

Our school has an extremely strong and proud culture of

excellence in all aspects of a student’s education. We strive

to be a centre of excellence in all learning areas and our

ongoing success suggests we are achieving our goals. We

have experienced outstanding success at sporting, music,

debating and cultural events, at state and national levels.

All of our staff undertakes special professional

development in providing for gifted students and learning

support. This expertise is the perfect springboard to

provide for all our students across the school. We strive to

give all our students numerous opportunities to develop

their individual interests and to cultivate their talents

through enrichment, engagement and extra-curricular

activities.

As we move into the future we will continue to strive to:

Develop Whole of Community Relationships with

our partners to building local and education partnerships

and learning opportunities.

Treat people with respect

Provide Pastoral Care to assist students to

become lifelong learners.

Maintain Action and Planning Cycles to ensure

that we plan for improvement and add value to our

students.

Ensure staff continue to stay at the forefront

of educational practices through professional learning and

school networking.

Mrs Broughton

Spring Fair – Saturday 19 October 2013

Feature events: Billy Cart Derby

and Team Tug-o-war! $20 stall site fee – contact the school today to book yours

PH: 67 603151 (set up available from 10am)

Come along to our Spring Fair. Fun, food and entertainment

for the whole family. Things to buy, things to do.

We look forward to seeing you there. Information will be available via our website

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

Or like our Moonbi Public School Facebook page for updates

Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Term 3– Week 7

OUR SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION ON 07/09/13

Camp Quality Fun Day The SRC will be hosting a Camp Quality Fun Day on

Wednesday 11 September. This year the SRC’s target

charities have been in regard to cancer. We are supporting

Camp Quality and Tamworth Oncology Unit (in memory of

former student Logan Coleman). Funds raised on our Fun

Day will be donated to Camp Quality via the Glencore

1000k’s 4 Kids. Funds raised by the SRC at the Spring Fair

will be donated to the Tamworth Oncology Unit.

On Wednesday 11 September students and staff are asked

to come to school dressed ‘funny’. This might be a crazy

costume or even a mismatched outfit. Please keep costumes

appropriate to school and weather conditions. The idea of

the day is FUN! Students are asked to make a gold coin

donation.

The SRC will be cooking a sausage sling lunch. Sausage

Slings will be $1.50 each, bottles of water $1.00 and icy

poles 50cents. For catering purposes we would like orders

to the office by Monday 9 September. Please make sure

that orders are clearly marked with name and class. We will

be donating the proceeds from the mufti and lunch.

We have a colouring in and joke competitions with prizes.

Joke and colouring in forms will be given out at school,

further copies may be obtained from the office. Please

clearly mark colouring in with name and class on the back.

Competitions close Recess on Monday 9 September.

The Glencore 1000 k’s 4 Kids riders will be visiting our

school in the morning at approximately 10.20am. The SRC

will be organising other FUN activities too. Parents/carers,

friends and families are invited to join us from 10am and

stay for lunch. Watch this space!

SRC

Music Lessons We are very fortunate to have a diverse group of talented

music tutors willing to come to our school. This is a great

opportunity for our students to develop their skills and

interest in a variety of musical experiences. Students are

able to commence tuition at any time throughout the year.

Music tuition runs on the following days;

Singing – Tuesday lunchtime, Violin – Wednesday before

lunch, Guitar –Friday mornings, Drums- Friday lunchtime.

LOTE – Food Experience Over the next few weeks our students, as part of the

German language unit will be given the opportunity to

sample food from Germany. Please contact the office as

soon as possible to advise if your child has any food

allergies or if you do not wish your child to participate.

WE REQUEST YOUR CO-OPERATION IN NOT SENDING ANY FOOD CONTAINING NUTS, ESPECIALLY PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE AT ANY TIME

Soccer Training Soccer training will continue on Monday afternoons from

3.30 – 4.45pm. If you child is not to train for a particular

session, please contact the office as a change of

arrangements. Thank you.

Kathleen Harris.

United Mine Football Gala Day Moonbi Public School students have been invited to attend

the United Mine Football Gala Day with Walhallow P.S, in

Gunnedah this Friday the 30th of August. The day will

consist of Rugby league for boys and Oztag for the girls.

Training for this day will be Thursday lunchtime. Thank you

to those parents who have offered to transport students.

For any inquiries please contact Miss Chloe Cornish at the

school.

School Photographs School photographs were sent home last week and looked

great. Copies of the special groups (ie captains, debating

team, house captains and SRC) photo 8"x10" are available at

$15 each. Please order from the office.

Term 2 Homework Club At this stage Homework Club will run on Monday,

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons only. If parents

require care for Thursday and Friday afternoons, please

contact the office ASAP. Homework Club can only run on

days where demand will cover supervisor costs.

ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL SPORT This term, we will be running Plyometrics on Wednesday

afternoon and Hockey on Thursday afternoon.

Classes will conclude at 4.pm, parents are reminded to

amend travel and/or after school care arrangements.

Parents are asked to please contact the office if your child

is at school but will not be attending their scheduled Active

After School Sport session. This will be noted as a change

of arrangements and will save any confusion at 3pm.

Participation at Active After School Sport sessions is

dependent on behaviour. Poor behaviour may result in

students not being permitted to attend. All parents/carers

collecting students from AASC must sign students out.

Please see Mrs Harris on arrival.

Footy Colours Day

To support the fight cancer foundation this year, our

school will be taking part in Footy Colours Day on Friday the

20th of September. The day will consist of students

participating in a range of fun football activities such as

kicking competitions, trivia, fashion parade and a face

painting session. At lunch time parents are invited to join

their children in a sausage sizzle and an auction. Miss

Cornish has been given a blues legends signed frame with

signatures. Bring your cash!!! Students can dress in any

Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Term 3– Week 7

OUR SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION ON 07/09/13

footy colours they like. (soccer, rugby league, union, AFL)

There will be prizes on the day! Students will also be given

sponsor sheets in which they can get people to sponsor

their laps around the oval. These laps will be run at the end

of the day, students must run the laps they are sponsored

for. The money raised will be sent to the Fight Cancer

foundation to help support children suffering with cancer.

If the students raise $500 or more, staff will come to

school wearing their pyjamas on the first day of term 4.

Horse Sports dates Barradine Central School – Thurs 10 October 2013

Quirindi Public School – Friday 11 October 2013

Bundarra Central School – Friday 11 October 2013

Glen Innes High School – Friday 18 October 2013

Werris Creek Public School – Friday 25 October 2013

Nomination forms are available from the office.

P&C Report Father’s Day Stall

Remember our Father’s Day Stall this Thursday morning,

29 August 2013. Gifts will be available for students to

purchase ranging in price from $1.00 through to $5.00 and

will be gift wrapped to take home and hide from Dad.

Father’s Day BBQ

A special Father’s Day BBQ will be held at Canteen this

Friday, 30 August 2013, offering pancakes for Recess and

sausage slings for Lunch. Students will be able to purchase

drinks, chips, icy poles, etc., however the hot food menu will

not be available.

Cake Stall

We will be running a cake stall on Election Day, Saturday, 7

September 2013, commencing at 8.00am.

If you or someone you know would like to bake a cake, slice

or some biscuits to sell please do Baked items can be

delivered to the school on Friday, 6 September 2013, or on

the morning of the stall. Any assistance would be

gratefully received.

Next Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be held Wednesday, 18

September 2013, at 6.00pm in the old staff room. All

welcome .

Remember, all the money we raise goes back to improving our kids’ education and resources.

Adele Forsyth James Goodfellow

P&C Secretary P&C President

Cricket training Cricket training will recommence for the Moonbi/Kootingal

Open team on Thursday 12 September at 3.30pm. Players

are asked to bring their gear and wait under the COLA for

coaches to arrive. Thank you. David George.

Busy Beehive Canteen This week we will only be opened for drinks and icy poles as

we have some Dads coming in for the "Father's Day BBQ".

We will have available Pancakes at recess and Sausage

Slings for lunch. See the enclosed note. If there are any

more Dads that would like to be involved please contact

James 0428 668 180. I'm sure he'd be grateful for your

assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: NO OTHER HOT

FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM

CANTEEN THIS WEEK THANK-YOU. Canteen Committee

Canteen Supervisor Kim Kelly 67605499

Adele Forsyth 67 605751 Jen Hernando & Lisa Madden

Clothing Pool Second hand items perfect for this cold weather are:

Jackets sizes 8 & 10 (as new)

Track pants sizes 6, 8, 10, small (about size 12)

Girls pants sizes 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14

Jumpers sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

Blue shirt (brush) sizes 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

Boys grey pants sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16

Sport shirt long sleeve size 10

If you are unable to get to the school to view second hand

items you can contact me or send a note to clothing pool.

I am usually available at school on Monday mornings by

appointment only, Thursday mornings or Thursday

afternoons by appointment. Clothing Pool Supervisor –

Penny Foster 67605218

Head Lice Please note that we have been advised of head lice at

school. Tips for tackling kids head lice

Use hair conditioner and a fine head lice comb.

Apply conditioner to the hair and comb through

with a wide-toothed comb to remove the tangles.

Then use a fine metal lice comb to remove the lice

and pull the nits off the hair.

The conditioner helps slow down the louse and

makes it easier to comb out.

Reduce transmission by tying hair back and

braiding. We now it's hard for young girls to

consider this cool, but try it!

Regularly check your children's hair.

For more information go to the "Nitbusters"

website

www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/h

eadlice/index.asp

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OUR SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION ON 07/09/13

Student banking It is not too late so sign up for School Banking. Please

contact me if you are interested and I am more than happy

to help. Thursday is School Banking day and students

should remember to bring in their weekly deposit.

Some School Banking tips:

* Support children to complete the deposit slip themselves

– don’t do it for them! Remember, your child is developing

money management skills.

* If your child receives pocket money get them to allocate

some money towards their School Banking deposit for

saving.

Keep Smiling!

Lisa Madden

TAMWORTH JUNIOR OZTAG Junior Oztag commences on Wednesday 9 October (week 1

in Term 4). Registration forms available at the school

office.

Forms and details also available at

www.tamworthjunioroztag.com

Further enquiries contact Katrina Davis,

tamworthjuniors@oztag.com.au or 0421 019 462.

Girls Quick Kicks Northern NSW Football has established a program to

engage young girls in a afterschool sport activity

throughout term 4. Quick Kicks is a girls only introductory

soccer program aimed at girls in years K-6 to learn basic

skills and gain confidence while participating in sport in a

fun non-competitive environment. Quick Kicks consists of a

30 minute skill session and a 30 minute game, the program

is run by a dedicated centre coordinator and accredited

coach which allows for optimal skill development all while

having fun. For more information please visit the website

www.quickkicks.com.au

Your nearest Quick Kicks centre is located at:

Tamworth – Gipps St Field

Date: Thursday 10th October – Thursday 12th December

Time: 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Address: Gipps St, Tamworth

Centre Coordinator: Bianca Cousins

Spring 2013 School Holiday Program at the Sports Dome Looking for a healthy and fun way for your children to

spend their school holidays.

Tamworth Sports Dome are offering great school holiday

activity programs.

Date: Tuesday 24th September 2013

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm

Cost: $40.00

and/or

Date: Thursday 26th September 2013

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm

Cost: $40.00

Come along and play a multitude of sports, experience real

team spirit and make new friends in a safe and supervised

environment.

After School Multi-Sports Program Deciding what sport your child would like to play, register

them for the Tamworth Sports Dome After School Multi-

Sports Program.

When: Every Friday starting 11th October 2013 till 29th

November 2013.

For: Children between 7 to 12 years of age

Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Cost: $80.00

Try a different range of sports and games under the

leadership of qualified staff. Sports and games include

basketball, futsal, volleyball, badminton, indoor hockey and

much more. Find out which sport they like best!

Register your interest by 8th October 2013 at

sportsdome@tamworth.nsw.gov.au or by calling

Tamworth Sports Dome on 6762 2631.

Children With Type 1 Diabetes - Are You Challenged by Your Child’s Diabetes? Research into parenting children with type 1 diabetes.

The University of Queensland is conducting research into

parenting children with type 1 diabetes. Parenting a child

with diabetes presents many challenges (everything from

the regular blood glucose monitoring and insulin intake, to

more general parenting tasks). The aim of this study is to

understand the factors that make the management of

childhood diabetes particularly difficult, and to use this

information to develop strategies that might assist parents

in managing their child’s diabetes.

If you are a parent of a 2 to 10-year-old child with type 1

diabetes, we would love to hear from you!

By sharing your experiences (confidentially), you will be

making a valuable contribution to the development of much-

needed childhood diabetes management strategies for

parents.

To complete the online survey, please log on to:

https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/type1diabetes

For further information about the project or to request a

survey to be posted to you, please email Aditi Lohan

(aditi.lohan@uqconnect.edu.au) or call (07 3365 7689) at

the Parenting and Family Support Centre in the School of

Psychology at the University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD

4072 (Fax: 07 3365 6724).

Thank you for your time and participation.

Aditi Lohan, Alina Morawska, and Amy Mitchell

UQ Parenting and Family Support Centre

Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Term 3– Week 7

OUR SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION ON 07/09/13

HELPFUL WEBSITES Monday-it-is

Sometimes it's hard to know if your child is really coming

down with something or just suffering a bout of Monday-

itis. For safety’s sake, if your child seems unwell you should

always keep them home from school and seek medical

advice. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/health/too-sick-to-go-to-school Food Allergies

Do you know a child with a serious food allergy? Read about

how to recognise a reaction - to help keep the kids we love

safe. Find out more: http://www.foodallergyaware.com.au/awareness/

Child Care – Moonbi Are you looking for a qualified child carer in Moonbi? Call

Julie on 67603469.

What’s On? Upcoming events

Week 7 Term 3 2013

Wednesday 28 August violin tuition

3.15 ANZAC Committee

meeting

AASC Plyometrics

Thursday 29 August Fathers’ Day Stall (P&C)

2pm Great Debate. Come

along.

AASC Hockey

Friday 30 August United Mine Football Gala Day

– Gunnedah

Guitar tuition

Drum tuition

Fathers’ Day BBQ (P&C)

Week 8 Term 3 2013

Monday 2 September Soccer Training 3.30-4.45

Tuesday 3 September singing tuition

Wednesday 4 September violin tuition

Assembly 2.30pm

AASC Plyometrics

Thursday 5 September AASC Hockey

Friday 6 September Guitar tuition

Drum tuition

Regional Athletics Carnival

Saturday 7 September FEDERAL ELECTION

Come to school to vote and

check out the P&C cake stall!

Week 9 Term 3 2013

Monday 9 September Soccer Training 3.30-4.45

Tuesday 10 September singing tuition

Wednesday 11 September SRC Fun Day - Glencore 1,000

K’s 4 Kids riders (Camp Quality)

violin tuition

AASC Plyometrics

Thursday 12 September AASC Hockey

Moonbi/Kootingal Cricket

training

Friday 13 September Guitar tuition

Drum tuition

Preschool Orientation Day

Week 10 Term 3 2013

Monday 16 September Soccer Training 3.30-4.45

Tuesday 17 September singing tuition

Wednesday 18 September violin tuition

Assembly 2.30pm – singers will

perform

AASC Plyometrics

P&C meeting 6pm – old staff

room.

Thursday 19 September AASC Hockey

Moonbi/Kootingal cricket

training

Friday 20 September Guitar tuition

Drum tuition

Footy Colours Day

LAST DAY OF TERM 3

Father’s Day BBQ

Friday, 30 August 2013

Recess Fresh Pancakes $1.50 per serve

Plain or with Jam/Maple Syrup

Lunch Sausage Sling $1.50 per serve

Please note that our Hot Food Menu for both Recess and Lunch will be unavailable.

All other Menu items are available for sale as per usual.

Father’s Day BBQ

Friday, 30 August 2013

Recess Fresh Pancakes $1.50 per serve

Plain or with Jam/Maple Syrup

Lunch Sausage Sling $1.50 per serve

Please note that our Hot Food Menu for both Recess and Lunch will be unavailable.

All other Menu items are available for sale as per usual.

SEPT 7th ELECTION DAY CAKE STALL

The P&C will be holding their very popular cake and goodies stall at the school on Election Day from 7am

If you are able to assist with baking cakes, cookies,

slices, relishes, jams or any other home- made food

item, then contact Kim Kelly ~ 67 605499. (Please remember to list all ingredients on product. Thank-you)

SEPT 7th ELECTION DAY CAKE STALL

The P&C will be holding their very popular cake and goodies stall at the school on Election Day from 7am

If you are able to assist with baking cakes, cookies,

slices, relishes, jams or any other home- made food

item, then contact Kim Kelly ~ 67 605499. (Please remember to list all ingredients on product. Thank-you)