Orana Heights Public School

Annie Munro, Principal

Excellence, Opportunity and Success in a caring school.

Email: oranahts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web Address: https://oranahts-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Telephone: 6884 9188 Fax: 6884 3272

Term 4 Week 8 Tuesday 4 December 2018

Presentation Evening

Wednesday 5 December 2018

6.30pm

Dubbo College Senior Campus Auditorium

Wudhagaragarra Awards

Last Thursday afternoon, four students in Year 3 and

their families attended the Wudhagaragarra Awards

at the Dubbo RSL.

Maya Lake, Aidan Sutton, Kaleigha Schaefer and

Coby Read were all fortunate enough to receive an

Encouragement Award at the ceremony.

This award was presented to the students to

encourage them to continue with their studies as they

were already showing outstanding achievements

and efforts in their attitude towards school,

academics and attendance.

Congratulations to these students and thank you to

their teachers who nominated them for this award.

Colour Run On Friday December 14 2018, we are holding a Colour Run. All funds raised will be used to purchase readers for 2019 home reading. The Colour Run is a fun fitness event. Students will run around a course on Jubilee Oval, completing activities on the way, culminating in being showered in coloured powder as they cross the finish line. A note was sent home yesterday.

mailto:oranahts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 - 2018 Planner

Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

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3 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

4 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons School Banking Yr 6 Orientation Day

5 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons 6.30pm Presentation Evening

6 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

7 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

9

10 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

11 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

12 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

13 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons

14 10am - 12pm Yr 2 Swimming Lessons 12.30pm K-2 Assembly House Captain Speeches Colour Run

10

17 Stage 3 Big Day Out Semester 2 Reports Home

18 School Banking Stage 2 Fun day 5.30-9pm Yr 6 Farewell

19 12.30pm Yr 3-6 Assembly Students Finish

20 Staff Development Day

21

Principal’s Message:

Quote: “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation,” –

Plato.

Some points to note at this time of year: A reminder that candy canes and other foods are not to be shared at school. We have a number of students

with allergies and we try to minimise any reactions to those who are susceptible to reactions. With less than three weeks until the last day of the school year for 2018, students are being engaged with

many enjoyable activities in class. We do encourage attendance at school until the last day- 19 December. Caps are not a part of our school Sun Safety policy. We also ask students be proud of their school uniform

outside school hours. The back car park has some traffic changes at the moment. New line marking will take place after a new

building (to cater for school growth) is in place. Thank you to all those drivers who respect our rules in this area.

Annie Munro

Term 1 - 2019 Planner

Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1

28 Australia Day Public Holiday

29 Staff Development Day

30 Students Start

31

1

2

4 5 6 7 8

Student of the Week – Lucy Gillis

Class - 3P

Nickname - Lu

If you had three wishes what would they be? - That I had a sister, that I could have my Year 3 teacher in Year 4 and that people didn't get sick.

What is your favourite subject and why? - Maths because I love learning my times tables.

What do you want to be when you grow up? - A teacher.

What is your favourite thing about OHPS and why? - Seeing my friends everyday because they are always nice to me.

A corroboree is a generic name for an Aboriginal dance ritual, often involving costumes and

music.

The term was first used by British colonisers, who mangled

the original Indigenous word ‘caribberie’, and is now used in the

Australian language to refer to any large gathering of people.

SRC TIP OF THE WEEK

Today you are you!

That is truer than true!

There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Dr Seuss

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION COLUMN

Class of the week

Kinder Blue

Teacher: Mrs Neave and Mrs Tasker

Favourite class game? Hangman

Our favourite subject is: PE and story writing.

What are you learning about this term? We are learning

about Fairytales and how to write one with a beginning,

middle and the end. We are also getting ready for Year 1.

Dream excursion? Sea World, Movie World or Disneyland.

We want to go on rides and swim with the sharks! Also the

beach so we can relax and play in the sand.

A fact about your

teacher that nobody

else knows? Mrs

Neave is allergic to class news.

Is there anything else

you want us to know

about your class? We

have an emu in our

classroom, his name is Edward.

Canteen News Due to this time of the year, our stock of chilled J-flavours are limited. Your child may not receive the flavour they request.

Wednesday 12 December - we will be selling Christmas cupcakes - $1.50 each.

Stationery Requests for Next Year

We are trialling a new method of purchasing stationery requests for next year. Lists and quantities of preferred items have been built on the Sta-tionery Store website. Parents/carers can refer to the list and purchase all or some of the requested items.

https://booklist.officebrands.com.au/stationerystore/orana-heights-public-school/

Access code: 4701

The quantity amount defaults to what teachers would like each student to purchase. Please contact Stationery Store Online on 6882 5822 if there are technical difficulties.

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Congratulations to the following Award Winners

Honour Awards Aleeah Talbot Lily Manson Matthew White Kiara Chatfield Inara-Jean Dawson Eloise Mules Stephanie Sepping Kaiya Johnson x 2 Nashayleah Knight Amelia Anderson Gabriel Goedhart Lucy Westaway Emily Wilson John Jesrani Darcy Pollard Carter Duncan Emma Lockyer Joey Allen Jackson Eveleigh Katie Temessl Zoe Brunner Lucy Pobje Shanaya Button Ryan Cattell x 2 Sophie Lord Mikaeel Babi Maya Lake Jayden Daley x 5 Lily-Rose Xuereb Rhys Cubby x 2 Isabella Baldwin Peter Daly Haiden Arnold Nate Chapman Tasmin Bennett x 2 Destiny-Rae Wathen-Romans

Distinction Awards Stephanie Sepping Jackson Eveleigh Harper Robinson Jayden Daley x 2 Matilda Courts Lara Hile

Banner Ceilidh Mills