Term 4 Week 8 Fr i day 27th N ovem ber 201 5.

Ulmarra Public School

Excellence Innovation Opportunity Success

Contact us:

12-14 Pacific Highway, Ulmarra. N.S.W. 2462

www.ulmarra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: ulmarra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 02 66445266 Fax: 02 66445373

As I am on leave for the last 2 weeks of school this

will be my last newsletter for the year. Mr Reardon

will be Relieving Principal for the time I am away. I

would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone

for their support to the school, students and staff. We

have a great school and offer many great programs to

the students. Thank you to the volunteers in the

classrooms, canteen and P&C. We value everything

you do for us. Thank you to the staff—Mr Reardon,

Mrs Stockton, Mrs Spring, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Yardy,

Mrs Connor, Miss Cowan, Mrs Dougherty, Mrs

Kowal, Mrs Connor, Mr Mearing, Mr Sullivan, Mrs

Ensbey, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Masson, Mrs Thompson

and especially Mrs McSwan who keeps us all in line. I

wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New

Year and look forward to seeing all your happy faces

after the holidays.

Mrs Cavanagh

Year 6 Graduation and Farewell

The Year 6 will be picked up by limousine on

Wednesday 9th December and will go to Grafton Ten

Pin Bowling for a game. They will then go to ‘Hanks’

and the ‘I Scream’ shop before heading back to

school. After school Year 6 will glam up for their

Graduation ceremony in the Library with their parents

and Year 5 at 6pm. Students will be presented with

gifts from the School and P&C and their Graduation

Certificates. Students from K-4 are invited to join

them under the COLA at 7pm for the cutting of the

cake and a disco with Big Al.

Presentation Day

Our Presentation Day will be held on Thursday

December 10th under the COLA at 9:15am. Students

from Transition to Year 6 will be awarded for their

sporting, cultural and academic achievements. K/1

will be performing a play and 1/2/3 will be playing

recorders for your entertainment. The ceremony will

be concluded with a morning tea in the library.

Swimming School

Next Monday students from K-5 will attend an

assessment time at the Ulmarra Pool. Students will

then be grouped for lessons throughout the next 2

weeks. Please ensure your children have swimmers

and a towel everyday. Students will be getting

changed at school and then at the pool. Please put

names on all clothing items. Permission notes should

have been returned to school with money for pool

entry.

Christmas Concert The P&C will be holding our Christmas Concert

under the COLA on Friday 4th December at 6pm.

Students have been practising carols and working

with Mrs Dick on skipping routines. Santa will be

making an appearance. The P&C will be running a

BBQ during the evening. Bring your picnic rugs and

best singing voices for a great evening.

Staffing 2016

Staff for next year will be as follows:

K-1 Mrs Yardy

2-3 Mrs Edwards

4/5/6 Mr Reardon

LAST Mrs Cavanagh

Library Mrs Connor

RFF Mrs Peart

SLSO Ms Cowan

NEWSLETTER 2015

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we work on; the Yaegl and Gumbaynggirr people.

Check us out at

www.ulmarra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Deeds not words.

Year 5 Captain Speeches

Year 5 will be giving their Captain’s Speeches at

9:15am in the library. Parents and guests are wel-

come to join us. Students will then be voting for who

they feel will be the best leaders in 2016. Leaders

will be announced at the Presentation Day BUT Cap-

tains and Vice Captain positions will be announced

at a special ceremony in 2016.

Christmas Hamper

The P&C are holding a Christmas Raffle and would

like donations of non-perishable food items and

Christmas items. Please drop these into the front

office.

Outstanding Accounts

The end of the school financial year is fast approach-

ing. Settlement of all outstanding accounts would be

appreciated. Thank you to those who have already set-

tled their accounts.

FOR SALE

We have a stove for sale. The cord has been cut and

this will need to be replaced for the stove to work.

Make an offer!

HOMEREADING

Home reading will finish on Friday the 27th Novem-

ber. All home readers will need to brought back to

school by that date for stocktake and repair.

Ulmarra PS is 125 years old in 2016 UPS is turning 125 in 2016. We would like to cele-

brate this milestone by holding celebrations over the

weekend of Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of June

2016. Save the date!

2016 Dates

Staff return on Wednesday 27th January. Years 1-6

return on Thursday 27th January. Kindergarten will

begin on Monday 1st February. Ulmarra and Friends

Swimming Carnival is Tuesday 2nd February.

Stories and Reports

Transition – year 2 Excursion

Yesterday we went on an excursion to Tabat-

inga and the Aquarium. At Tabatinga I was

scared on the Jungle gym but Saffy showed

me around and I wasn’t so scared. I liked the

jumping castle because it had a leopard on it. I

also liked the art because I liked the shiny pa-

per and the peacock feathers.

By Ahlia Hartley

Yesterday we went on an excursion to Coffs

Harbour. Then we went to Tabatinga and the

Aquarium. At Tabatinga in the mini golf our

socks and shirt glowed. It was my favourite

part. At the Aquarium we saw the fish ion the

tanks. My favourite part was the sharks.

By Molly Dick

Seven Steps To Writing Success

Show don’t tell

Draft 1

I ring up Allan Liam luka and dad do you want to have the

time of your life

Draft 2

I ring up Allan, Liam, Luka and Dad, “d you want to have

the time of your life?”

Draft 3

I ring up Allan, Liam, Luka and Dad, “Do you want to

have the time of your life?”

“Sure” they said “Let’s go to Dream World”

“What about Movie World?” I say

“Ok then”

“No, no, no, no, no, let’s go to all the theme parks” they

said “Yes ok” I say.

Lincoln Rake

PLEASE SHUT THE GATE

Please remember to shut the gates when you enter and exit the school grounds. This will keep us all safe!

Special Principal’s Award

Congratulations to:

Emily, Sophie, Tayla, Elora Rhys and Ahlia.

Assembly Award Winners—14th November, 2015.

Merit Award Recipients Congratulations to:

Emily, Brydie, Bridgette and Ahlia

Student of the Week Recipients Congratulations to:

Emily, Tayla, Sophie, Elora, Brydie, Rhys and

Ahlia

Great Aussie Bite Canteen News

As the end of year is fast approaching, we are trying to reduce the stock in the canteen. Due to this we are lowering the price of some items (until sold out). These items include: Beef Burger (beef pattie with sauce) $2.50 Beef Burger with Salad $3.00 Quiche 50c ea 2 Quiche with Salad $3.00 Fried Rice $2.50 Spaghetti Bolognaise $2.50 Mac n Cheese $2.50 Soup + bread roll $2.00

Chicken noodle or Pumpkin Lemonade Icy Poles 50c ea Sea Salt Chips 50c ea

Thank you for supporting our canteen.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/Sunday

23rd Nov 24th Nov Special Principal Award

Kinder Orientation

Parent session P&C Meeting

25th Nov

Korean VC

26th Nov

Yr 3 Excursion

27th Nov

Asian Celebration Day

28th/29th Nov

30th Nov Swimming Assessment

K-5 Captains Speeches

9.15am

1st Dec Student Banking

Transition Last Day

Swimming

2nd Dec

Swimming

3rd Nov Swimming

4th Nov Swimming

Christmas Concert 6pm

5th/6th Nov

7th Dec Swimming

8th Dec Swimming

Student Banking Mr Sullivan Retirement

Assembly 9.15am

9th Dec Swimming

Yr 6 Farewell - 6pm Disco—7pm

10th Dec Swimming

Presentation Day 9.15am

11th Dec Swimming

12/13th Dec

P & C News—Christmas Raffle

The P &C will be running a Christmas Raffle to be drawn at this year’s

Carols night.

We are requesting donations of non-perishable food items or Christmas

related items.

Please leave donations at the office.

Raffle tickets will be sent home soon.

Extra books will be available at the office.

Thankyou for your support

Sydney Excursion in

250 words Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Tour, yeah yeah yeah!. There were 200 steps to the top.

Once we got to the top the view was beautiful, boats sailing the harbour. The opera house

looked big. At the store I brought a key ring. It was so cool, but then we had to walk all the

way back down.

The ABC studio was massive. We got split up into 3 groups. There was 1 group with all of

Wooli and another group with all of Ulmarra. I was in a group with Zac and the rest of the

Wooli kids. Our group got to see Barjo and Goose.

The cruise was amazing! The boat was going pretty fast and the wind was nice. We went

under the bridge. We also went to many other stops. Our school got off at the last stop and

caught a ferry to Toronga Zoo.

The group I was meant to stay with was Grace and Zoe at the Zoo. Sticking together didn’t

really last that long as Grace and I were with the Wooli guys and Zoe went with the Ulmar-

ra guys. Grace and I got lost and ended up going up and down a lift seven times until we

found Mia, she was lost too so now we were all lost. We were meant to meet at the male el-

ephants at four. No one was there. We were running around everywhere. We heard Zac and

Shaun. We were so happy we found everyone.