Term 2| Week 8 | 15th June 2020

Important DatesTue 16/6 K/1 Awards Assembly

Wed 17/6 4/5/6 Awards Assembly

Thurs 18/6 2/3 Awards Assembly

Wed 26/6 Cascade Excursion Payment Due

Frid 28/6 Reports go home

Frid 3/7 Last day Term 2

Mon 20/7 Students return for Term 3

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Excel lence Innovation Opportunity Success

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the

land we work on; the Yaegl people.

Ulmarra Public School Cross CountryUlmarra Public School held their Cross Country last Friday. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 parents and family were unable to attend. This didn’t stop all our students giving 100% effort.

Year 6 students took this opportunity to make the day a fundraiser towards their end of year celebrations and gift to the school. For a gold coin do-nation students were able to come dressed in Mufti. Some students chose their House colours others came dressed for competition.

Thank you to Katie, Kylie and James for manning the BBQ and providing refreshments from the canteen.

Notes Sent HomeWeek 8 Wheelathon

Reports

Change of AddressSince the Highway Upgrade has opened in our area we now have a change of Address, 2476 Big River Way, Ulmarra NSW 2462. We now also have a PO Box 5 Ulmarra. If you currently live along the highway and have had a change of Address please contact the school to update your

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING - PBL Our Core Values across the school are to promote the school community to be SAFE, SUPPORTIVE and RESPECTFUL.

UPS Spelling BeeCongratulations to all the students who competed in the Ulmarra Public School Spelling Bee. It was a tight competition with some very challenging words. Even some of our students in stage 1 got up and had a go, what a fantastic attitude to learning.

Congratulations to our Stage 2 Winner Gretel and Run-ner-up Lily

Congratulation to our Stage 3 Winner Flynn and Run-ner-up Talia

River to Sea Transition ProgramThe River to Sea Transition Program will run in Term 4 on a Tuesday this year. This is a fantastic program which helps your child prepare for the routines and structure of Kindergarten. If your child will be starting Kindergar-ten in 2021 at Ulmarra Public School or you know a fam-ily that has a child that will starting, please drop into our front office for an enrolment form or contact the office for more information. More information will go out at the start of Term 3. We look forward to meeting our new Transition Students.

Changes to Year 5 Opportunity Placement Changes to the opportunity class placement process for 2020 Year 4 students

The 2021 Year 5 opportunity class placement process was put on hold in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 sit-uation.

We now have a revised and simplified timeline for the OC placement process to ensure that students and families can have certainty about their placement as soon as possible.

The changes include:

• A new date for online applications. Parents must apply between 9 June 2020 and 26 June 2020. Late applications cannot be accepted.

• A new test date - Wednesday 16 September 2020.

To ensure fair and consistent assessment of students across New South Wales, students will be offered plac-es based only on their test results this year – there will be no school assessment scores.

There will also be no opportunity for appeals given the tight timeframes.

For further detailed information I encourage you to visit (https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selec-tive-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

Aboriginal SignageThe new Aboriginal Signage has now been put in place around our schoool.

Early Pick-up ProcedureTo help things run smoothly and stay within the Covid-19 Guidelines please ring the school ahead of time if you need to pick your child up early. This will give us time to get the student from class and get their things together to meet you in the front office. Thank you for your pa-tience and understanding, as these guidelines are for everyone’s safety.

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12/13 Girls 1st place Molly, 2nd Jazmine, 3rd Emily 12/13 Boys 1st place Rhys 2nd Blair, 3rd Blayne

11 Yr Girls 1st place Sophia, 2nd Isabella, 3rd Talia 11 yr Boys 1st place Dylan, 2nd Ethan

10 yr Girls1st place Meckenzie, 2nd Lily 10 Yr Boys 1st place Shea, 2nd Carter, 3rd Edward

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7 Yr Boys1st place Alex, 2nd Digby, 3rd Ethan 6 Yr Girls 1st place Abbie, 2nd Cindy, 3rd Eleanor

8/9 Yr Girls1st place Ida, 2nd Gretel, 3rd Grace

5 Yr Boys 1st place Jack, 2nd Law-son

5 yr Girls1st place Callie 7 Yr Girls 1st place Violet

6 Yr Boys1st place Ashton, 2nd Will

8/9 Boys 1st place Lyall, 2nd Charlie , 3rd Alexander