Murwillumbah East Primary School

Newsletter Term 4, Week 5

8th November, 2016

Murwillumbah Show

Show day is always an exciting event for our

students. 8 students competed in a relay event

before school. The relay was a 800m event where

each student ran 200m on the soft sand track of

the field and they carried a piece of sugar cane

for a baton. The teams consisted of Imogen Scott,

Joanne Skinner, Toby Shapland, Mckenzie

Sneddon, Yazmyne Cooney, Felicity Noble, Jai

Barnard and Xane Bowen. Well done to our relay

team members who showed excellent

sportsmanship and enjoyed this wonderful

community annual event.

Congratulations MEPS students on a wonderful

exhibit at the show. Our display definitely

demonstrated the talents of our students in the

creative arts.

On Friday our students got to visit the show with

their class. It was a very hot day but our students

got to cool down with a well-deserved ice slushy.

Vanessa Chaffey

Assistant Principal

Cultural Celebrations 3-4H

This semester our 3-4H students have been learning

about Cultural Celebrations. They have learnt

about various implements and animals that are

used in celebrations. These include Fans,

Butterfly’s, Doves, Pandas and Elephants. The

Panda and Elephant species that are used in

celebrations are now endangered.

Students have also studied The BFG by Roald Dahl

and have sketched The BFG. Some of our

sketches were in the schools display at the

Murwillumbah Show.

Relief Teacher Ms Wood

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

“Happy Birthday” to these students

Maddison, Levi, Isabelle, Alyvia, and Keiralee.

This Week’s Bee Rule

Allow others to learn without

distracting them.

Friday Assembly - 1R & K-1B

Each year classes are invited to lead a whole

school assembly and present an item. This week I

am pleased to advise that our assembly will be

conducted by 1R and K-1B in our School Hall at

12pm.

All welcome.

Ms Noble

Office Information

Annual Financial Statement - Between 30th

November and 2nd December our school will be

undertaking our yearly finance ‘rollover’ process.

This is similar to everyone’s end of June tax time.

During that week I will be updating and finalising

our school accounts for 2016 and starting the next

phase of our finances for 2017. Could I please ask

all parents to finalise any payments that need to

be made to our school prior to 30th November -

preferably during the week beginning 21st

November. If you are going to make a Parent

Online Payment could you please make that

payment no later than Friday 25th November, that

way all payments will be credited to our school

account prior to our rollover.

When dropping students off late or picking up

early for appointments please remember to go via

our office to pick up a slip prior to accessing your

child's classroom - once they are marked on our

system teachers release students into parents

care.

Volunteers Morning Tea - so that catering can be

finalised please RSVP to our office by phoning

0266726781 by Monday 21st November.

Thank you to all our Stage 3 students for bringing in

their Medical forms for camp - everything is now

organised for your camp - we hope you have a

wonderful time.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Canteen Roster

Friday 11th November - Yellow

Simone Walsh and Rachel Bolton

Monday 14th November - Orange

Sharnah Bowen

Friday 18th November - Red

Jen Cupitt and Laura Proctor.

We are still in need of volunteers for our roster.

Please call in to see me in the canteen, or leave

your details with the office.

Thank you.

SRC Cake Stall

This Thursday is the last Cake Stall Day for 2016. Our

SRC are raising money to help subsidise the cost of

the Year 1 and 2 playground excursion that will be

held in the coming weeks. We would like to invite

Year 1 and 2 students, and any families to donate

and supply the goodies for this fundraiser. We

greatly appreciate your donations of cakes,

cupcakes, toffees, slices, biscuits etc. Any students

that are SRC Reps are also invited and encouraged

to donate items for sale.

Our cake stall will operate during first break and all

items are 50c each.

Many Thanks

SRC and Ms Noble

Silver Bee Award

Congratulations to the following students on

reaching their Silver award:

Maddison, James, Micah, Mckenzie and Indigo.

Bronze Bee Award

Congratulations to the following students on

reaching their Bronze award:

Joanne, Mikaela, Ekam, Grace,

Matilda, Bentley, Jarrah, Alyra,

Felicity, Charlie, Alice, Breanna,

Tayla, Jade, Tyson, Cooper, Sophie,

and Ebony.

Be safe

Be respectful

Be a learner

Well

Done!

Well

Done!

Be safe

Be resp

ectful

Be a learner

MEPS Factor

Don’t miss this opportunity, register for an audition

today! All you have to do is complete the form

and place it in the MEPS FACTOR BOX located in

the front office.

Auditions will be held on the following dates:-

STAGE 1 = Tuesday 22nd November/ Tuesday 29th

November

STAGE 2 = Wednesday 23rd November/Wednesday

30th November

STAGE 3 = Thursday 24th November/Thursday 1st

December

Please bring CD, props, friends ready to

perform. No costumes or make up required

Please report to our hall at 1.30pm with your

lunch

No audience at auditions

Judges decision is FINAL

Call Backs will be held during Week 9

MEPS Factor Final will be held on TUESDAY 13th

December – 9.30 am

Ms Melissa Noble and School Councillors

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Writing by 1-2C

The Show

Yah! On Friday 1-2C went to the Murwillumbah

Show. We had to catch the bus with three other

classes. When we got there we went to the

animals. The chickens were as fluffy as a cloud.

There were also guinea pigs as cute as a baby

kitten. After the animals we went to the craft area

where a lady was spinning wool. There was also a

lady doing pottery with clay. She made a pot.

I think the best part was the animals.

By Felicity Gamble

The Show

On Friday 1-2C went to the show. My favourite part

was when we saw the chickens and the snakes. We

had cool slushies and watched the horse show. We

got a free balloon. I was so tired after the show.

When I got home I thought I had the best day of

my life.

By Sienna Tempest.

Community Notices

Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3:

MEPS Factor Entry Form

Name of Act: ____________________________________

Performers Names:

____________________________________Class________

____________________________________Class _______

___________________________________ Class _______

____________________________________Class _______

Category: _________________________________

Please place your entry in the box at our office.

Murwillumbah East Primary School

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Calendar

5 7th November 8th November 9th November

Netball Gala Day

10th November

Last SRC Cake Stall

for the year - Hosted

by students in years

1 & 2.

11th November 12/13

6 14th November 15th November

16th November

Stage 3 Camp

17th November

Stage 3 Camp

Yr 1 & 2 Playground

Excursion

18th November

Stage 3 Camp

19/20

7 21st November 22nd November

6:00pm P&C

Meeting

23rd November 24th November

Volunteers Morning

Tea - Please RSVP to

our office.

25th November 26/27

8 28th November 29th November 30th November

MHS 2017 Yr 7

Orientation Day

Last Day for

Wednesday

Learning Ladder

1st December

MHS 2017 Yr 7

Orientation Day

Last Day for

Thursday Learning

Ladder

2nd December 3/4

9 5th December

Year 6 Presentation

Assembly

Year 6 Farewell

6th December 7th December

Presentation

Assembly Whole

School

WHS Parent Evening

6pm for 2017 Yr7

8th December

WHS 2017 Yr7

Orientation Day

9th December 10/11

10 12th December 13th December

9:30am MEPS Factor

Final

14th December

Stage 1 Oasis Pools

Stage 2 & 3 Pool Day

15th December 16th December

Last Day of 2016

Year 6 Ring the Bell

17/18