Term 4, Week 1 17 October 2019

Upcoming events 21-25 October 2019 Year 6 Canberra Excursion 23 October 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm 24 October 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm 30 October 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm 31 October 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm 4-9 November 2019 CAPERS 6 November 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm State Athletics 7 November 2019 Kinder Ready – 2.10pm until 3.10pm State Athletics

Permission notes and payment due –

Mango Fundraiser Notes and money due – Friday 25 October 2019

Notes home this week 1. Mango Fundraiser One per family 2. Canberra Year 6 3. Sport Day Changes Years 3-6

Next Assembly Friday 25 October 2019

Assembly commences at 12.50pm Everyone welcome

CAPERS Reminder

Extra costume items are due at school tomorrow.

Friday 18 October 2019.

From the Principal’s Desk Welcome Back - Term 4 I hope everybody had a relaxing and refreshing break over the holiday period and are ready for a very busy final term of the 2019 school year. With so much happening this term, it is extremely important you stay up to date with everything going on in the school. Please always read the newsletter and be aware of upcoming events so our students don't miss out on some of the wonderful opportunities we have on offer.

Kinder Orientation/Kinder Ready It was lovely to see a large number of our 2020 Kindergarten students in attendance on Wednesday for our annual Kinder Orientation morning. All the new Kinder students spent the morning in the Kindergarten classrooms while parents attended an information session in the hall. Next week, our Kinder Ready afternoons will commence and students should have their names written down for their choice of day for this program. Parent information sessions on different school topics will run during these Kinder Ready afternoons. It is now really important we get all enrolment applications returned so we can begin to plan our class structures for 2020. If you have not already returned your paperwork, it would be appreciated if this could be returned to the office as soon as possible.

2020 Student Leaders The process of finding our student leaders for 2020 has begun this week. Interested Year 5 students can now collect a nomination form from the office and will then go through an interview process before short-listing will take place prior to elections later in the term. If students have any questions about the process, please encourage them to come and ask questions and find out more about the role.

Playground Works Throughout the holidays and over the first week of school, a range of works have taken place to start improving our 3-6 top playground space. The dry creek bed contour has had some earthworks done and will hopefully have some topsoil added in the near future with some grass seed to go down also. We have also seen a few trees removed from our playground for various reasons but we will also be looking to replant some more 'playground friendly' trees to provide shade for our students into the future. Work has also begun in our K-6S playground with plans for some interactive vegetable gardens and a sensory space for our K-6S students. John Ireland – Principal

Del’s Corner

P&C Fundraiser

Our annual mango fundraiser is back!!!

All orders and money are due back to the school office by Friday 25 October

2019.

If you have not received a form please collect one from the office.

Student of the Week KA Poppy Robinson KF Cooper Dugan KM Willow Forsstrom 1M Sophie Stenner 1W Bella Sweeney 2D Lewis Parrotta 2SP Oscar Fogarty 3H Ashton Cronin 3/4B Mackenzie Brown 4A Millah Smith and Emma Walton 5/6B Hayley Munro 5/6L Daniel Arrowsmith 5/6M Kayley Milligan Sportsmanship Giann Howard Merit Certificate KA Polly Schultz KF Jamie Alcorn KM Blake Curtin-Moore 1M Brody Heath 1W Lawson Milward 2D Chenoa Maughan 2SP Harry McKenzie 3H Guillermo Thomson Raya 4A Logan Oliver 5/6B Walt Flanagan 5/6M Pollyanna Thibault Music Olivia Hill, Breanna Reibelt and Harrison Hayward

Co-operation At Quirindi Public School we learn and play together.

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am School begins 11.20am - 12.00pm Break 1 1.30pm – 2.05pm Break 2 3.20pm School

concludes

School Office Hours Office hours are

8.30am to 3.30pm.

Principal Awards Olivia Leonard – consistently puts effort into all areas of learning. Olivia never gives up. It is a pleasure to teach and answer her questions each day! Congratulations Olivia! Jesse Gourlay – is a caring, helpful student who accepts responsibilities in cooking and never gives up when striving to better his reading and writing. Layla Gilchrist – is an exceptional friend. Layla ensures all of her peers feel welcome. Layla applies herself to all learning activities. She is bright, cheerful and loves a good joke. Layla is a valued member of 3H. Abigail Matthews – for her dedication and love to her learning and school work. Abigail is a motivated and inspirational student. She has a positive and kind attitude towards everything and everyone. Abbey you bring a smile to our face every single day.

Banners Congratulations to our Banner recipients Archie, Alexandra, Brandi, Cooper, Sophie, Siena, Lucy, Pia, Polly, Phoebe and Jax on a great achievement.

PACER Students from our school will soon be undertaking an education tour of the national capital. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian government is contributing funding of $30.00 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion. This amount has already been taken into consideration with our costings of our Canberra Excursion.

Kindergarten Orientation

Term 4

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Oct 14 Students Return

15 16 P&C Meeting –

6.30pm Kinder Orientation-

10am

17 18

19/20

Oct

21 Canberra Year 6

22 Canberra Year 6

23 Canberra Year 6

Kinder Ready

2.10pm-3.10pm

24 Canberra Year 6

Kinder Ready

2.10pm-3.10pm

25 Canberra Year 6

26/27

Oct 28

29 30 Kinder Ready

2.10pm-3.10pm

31 Kinder Ready

2.10pm-3.10pm 1 2/3

Nov 4 CAPERS

5 CAPERS

6 CAPERS

Kinder Ready 2.10pm-3.10pm

State Athletics

7 CAPERS

Kinder Ready 2.10pm-3.10pm

State Athletics

8 CAPERS

CAPERS Matinee

9/10

Nov

11 Aussie Bush Camp

Year 5 12

Aussie Bush Camp Year 5

13 Aussie Bush Camp

Year 5 14

15

16/17

Nov 18 Year 4 Port

Macquarie 19

Year 4 Port Macquarie

20 P&C Meeting –

6.30pm

21 Year 3 Lake

Keepit 22

Year 3 Lake Keepit

23/24

Nov 25 Intensive

Swimming QPS Talent Quest

26 Intensive

Swimming 27

Intensive Swimming

2020 Leader

Speeches

28 Intensive Swimming

29 Intensive

Swimming 30/1

Dec 2 Intensive

Swimming 3

Intensive Swimming

Year 6 Orientation

QHS

4 Intensive

Swimming 5

Intensive Swimming

Sports Captains Speeches

6 Intensive

Swimming 7/8

Dec 9 Presentation Night

Practise 10

Presentation Night

11 Year 6 Dinner

12 Eloura Visit

13 QPS Talent

Showcase assembly 14/15

Dec 16 17 18 Last day of term

19

20

21/22

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