Monday 30th November 2015 Term 4 Week 9

MORGIE NEWS Telephone: 08 8087 5155 Principal: Mr Chisholm Bloch Fax: 08 8087 3729 Email: morganst-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.morganst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 30th November

Life Education - 3C, 5/4G, KK

Tuesday 1st December

Life Education - 4S, 6E

Friday 4th December

Ulysses Toy Run

Monday 7th December

Reports go home

Tuesday 8th December

Presentation Night

Thursday 10th December

Indian Pacific Christmas Train 7am

Volunteers Morning Tea 11am

Friday 11th December

Year 6 Graduation Luncheon

Monday 14th December

K-2 Concert - Civic Centre

Tuesday 15th December

K-6 Party Day

Wednesday 16th December

Last day of Term 4

SCHOOL RESUMES

Thursday 4th February

Years 1- 6 Term 1 2016

Monday 8th February

Kindergarten 2016

IMPORTANT

We are looking at forming classes and organising our staffing for 2016. If your child will not be attending Morgan Street School next year, could you please contact the

school.

(Excluding Year 6)

The first of our year 5 students today presented their speeches in their quest to

gain the role of School Captain. More will follow this week until voting across

the school happens on Thursday. Student leadership is a wonderful thing in

primary schools and often leads to further involvement in secondary SRCs.

Students need to be reminded that at the end of the day, only 2 Captains and 2

Vice Captains are elected out of all the nominees. Students learn a lot from

the process and if not elected, then supporting the new Captains in other

leadership roles in the school. After the voting is completed there are only

four leaders elected. Good sportsmanship is as much a part of Captains

elections as it is on the sporting field as not everyone can win. Good luck to all.

If todays speeches reflect the quality of our potential student leaders then 2016

will be a great year for student leadership.

Parents should take note that we have had a reported, as yet unconfirmed

Whooping Cough case at the school. Until tests confirm the case, Doctors will

treat it as they usually do with antibiotics. For further information the local

public health unit can be contacted by phone on 1300 066 055 or use the

following web link to

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/pertussis.aspx

Chisholm Bloch

Principal

3C COOK-STARS!

Something very exciting happened in our

learning recently. We baked some delicious

apple and cinnamon muffins in the canteen!

Cooking is so much fun, and eating the

results is even better. We were so proud of

our muffins and we used our very best group

work skills to get the job done.

A recipe is also called a procedural text. We

wrote out the recipe in class and this is what

we used to bake our yummy treats. So we

had a special literacy lesson while baking.

Two things at once!

Thank you Marni for coming in on your day

off - and sharing your new oven.

And thank you also to our parent helpers on

the day! You are all Cook-Stars too!

Magnificent muffins in 3C!

3B 5/4G

Mrs Loomes: Keiran King

Emma Sullivan

Mrs Dougherty: George Maiden

Anna Bolton

Madison Leayr

Peer Awards: Aria Adams, Abinav

Murugappa, Beau Adams, Ethan Doohan,

Levi Pickering, Sandu Yapa, Ava Cunico,

Anna Bolton, Anpa Paskaran, Jack Reinhardt,

Mason Crabb, Ella Thompson, Cody Lake

KK Damon Gollagher

Jahayla Knott

KM Peyton Lehmann

Nala Rawlins

KS Jacob Johnson

Ella Petersen

1F Lachlan Glasson

Evelyn Mann

1K Elektra Paroci

Dakota Gibson

2GK Eva Vigar

Matthew Slattery

2V Daisy Sheehan

Charlie Reader

3B Matthew Langran

Taylor Nejaim

3C Kain Berryman

Ava Devoy

4S Tawana Makunde

Violet Holland

5/4G Jorgeanne Alfiler

Layken Arnold

5W Edan Groves

Callum Jordan

6E Thomas Jinks

Braith Lance

6M Jordynn Arnold

Chloe Berg

“Proud Morgies learning together”

PROUD PLAYGROUNDS

What a great couple of weeks the 3-6 students

have had in the playground. There have been only

two minor incidents recorded in the Playground

Book since the end of Week 7. What champions

you are. There is only two and a half weeks to go

- let’s see if we can be incident free.

Keep playing safely and sensibly

“Proud Morgies learning together” Respecting others and Property

What would our school be like if there was

nothing to play with in the playground? Much of

the equipment supplied for students to use in the

playground has been purchased by our SRC. Our

lovely new soccer goals for the 3 - 6 students is

the latest purchase. It is up to all students to look

after the equipment by playing with it sensibly,

sharing it with others and packing it up carefully

when finished.

Great to see some of our younger students

making the most of the toys they have to play with

at lunch time. What a great castle.

Keep up the great work Morgies!

HURRY

HURRY $8 only

HURRY

To secure a copy of this year’s fantastic

Morgie Mag, all orders must be in by

Wednesday 2nd December.

Don’t Miss

out!

Carols at the Plaza

When: Thursday 3rd December

5.00-5.30 pm

Where: Westside Plaza, near Bakers Delight

Who: Students from 3B, 3C and 4S

What: Sharing the Christmas spirit and singing much loved Christmas songs

Attire: Full summer uniform and a Christmas hat if you have one.

Indian Pacific Christmas Train

When: Thursday 10th December

7.00 am

Where: Broken Hill Railway Station

Who: All K-6 Morgies

What: A free concert featuring Adam Thompson, the Indian Pacific Children's Choir and Morgan Street

students.

Attire: Full summer uniform and a Christmas hat if you have one.

Please return the lime green note to be part of this fun event.

Christmas Concert at Theatre 44

When: Sunday 13th December

2.00 pm

Where: Theatre 44 in Wills Street

Who: Senior Choir What: A festive, community concert featuring children and adults performers, as well as members of the

Senior Choir singing Bring on Christmas Day.

Attire: Denim jeans or shorts and a red, green or white Christmas t shirt or plain t shirt

Please return the red note to be part of this special performance opportunity.

Australia Day

When: Tuesday 26th January

7.45 am

Where: Civic Centre Courtyard

Who: All K-6 Morgies What: Students will be singing the National Anthem at the Flag Raising

Ceremony

Attire: Bush attire eg denim, check shirts, t shirts, maybe a bush hat.

Please return the orange note to be part of this special community event.

NOTES SENT HOME RECENTLY

If you did not receive any notes relevant to your child, please see the office staff.

NOTE WHO? ACTION

Morgie Mag Forms K-6 Return form with money by Wednesday 2nd December

Indian Pacific Christmas Train K-6 Return notes by Friday 4th December

Australia Day Ceremony K-6 Return note by Friday 11th December

LIBRARY NEWS

All Library books must be

returned this week.

Thank you to everyone who supported our

Carnival Book Fair. We sold $3764.70 worth of

books which gave our school $752.94 to purchase

new books for our library.

COMMUNITY NEWS

I am pleased to announce that the Summer Reading Club is taking place at the Broken Hill City Library these summer holidays, at the Broken Hill City Library, Summer Reading Club will run from 1st December 2015 until 29th January 2016.

The theme for the 2015 iteration of the Australian Summer Reading Club is Lost Worlds inviting young readers to explore lost worlds, alternate universes and mythical creatures depicted across science fiction, historical fiction and fantasy fiction. Registration is FREE! When participants register at our library they will receive a Summer Reading Club pack. Alternatively, they can also register through the Summer Reading Club website at www.summerreadingclub.org.au

For more information on this year’s Summer Reading Club,

please contact the Broken Hill Library on 8080 6460 or by

email to bhlibrary@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au

www.summerreadingclub.org.au

Friday 4th December

Ulysses Toy Run 10.15am

If you would like to donate new toys

for the toy run, they can be dropped

off at the K-2 or

3-6 office by

Friday.