Welcome Kindergarten Class of 2016

between 5:00 & 7:00pm we

would like to invite parents

to a Meet the teacher event.

With many new teachers we

thought it might be a great

opportunity for parents to

meet the teachers who are

responsible for the educa-

tion of their children in

2018. Infants teachers will

throw open the door to their

rooms from 5:00 to 5:45pm.

It will be an opportunity for

parents to ask questions and

hear the expectations of

teachers for this year. At

5:45pm we will have a sau-

sage sizzle under the Prima-

ry COLA followed by open

classrooms in the Primary. If

children attend they can be

left under the supervision of

Mr Carrett, Mrs Smith and

Mrs Lindsay at the COLA and

will be able to use the Prima-

ry play equipment and may-

be have a go at the cricket

bowling machine. The even-

ing should conclude around

7:00pm. I realise some par-

ents may wish to visit multi-

ple classes so please talk to

staff and they may be able

to see you at another time.

Last week saw a number of

activities get underway for

2018. The PSSA cricket

squads have been formed

and have started training.

Mr Lever is taking the boys

team who are training dur-

ing lunchtimes and each

Tuesday afternoon from

3:00 to 4:00pm. Mr Carrett is

taking the girls team and

they are also training during

lunchtime and each Thurs-

day afternoon. The boys play

Burren Junction out at Bur-

ren and the girls play Narra-

bri West in Narrabri in early

March. Notes will be sent

home as soon as match de-

tails are finalised. Mrs Cur-

rey is also collecting names

of those students who want

to try out for zone represen-

tation this term.

This week scripture gets un-

derway on Thursday with

Primary classes between

12:00 and 12:30pm and In-

fants classes between 12:30

and 1:00pm. Following scrip-

ture each week Mr Carrett

will conduct Choir. Primary

choir will consist of those

students who wish to take

part and their first perfor-

mances will be at the end of

term for Grandparents Day.

Infants choir will consist of

all students from Kindergar-

ten to Year 2. Rehearsals will

be held in the hall or the

kindy room and will go for

30 minutes.

This week there are two

exciting events happening.

On Wednesday afternoon

View from the Principal’s Desk

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D A T E S T O

R E M E M B E R

21/02/18 Meet

the Teacher

23/02/18 Zone

Swimming

Carnival Nar-

rabri

27/02/18 Indi-

vidual Eistedd-

fod entries due

01/03/18 Spe-

cial Lunch Or-

der Day

05/03/18 Re-

gional Swim-

ming Carnival

Armidale

13/03/18 P&C

AGM & Gen-

eral Meeting

21/03/18

School Photos

23/03/18

School Fete

Left: Swimming Champions

P A G E 2

Congratulations Record Breakers

Upcoming Events

W E E W A A P U B L I C S C H O O L

Save the Date for our Annual P&C East-

er Fete. 2018 promises to be bigger

and better than ever.

The fete will be held on Friday 23rd

March. Stay tuned for more exciting

details.

School Assembly

Assembly is held every Thursday afternoon

at 2.30pm in the school hall.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Zone Swimming Carnival

Good luck to our Zone Swimmers who swim

at Narrabri on Friday. Please remember that

parents are responsible for transporting stu-

dents to and from the Narrabri pool.

Special Lunch Order Day—1 March

Welcome Autumn! Order form attached to

this Newsletter. Please have orders in by

Monday 26th February.

Eisteddfod Entries Due

Tuesday 27th February. See next

page for details.

Zone Swimming Carnival

P A G E 3 W E E K 4 , T E R M 1

Contacting the School From time to time issues arise

and parents need clarification.

We are also human and some-

times make mistakes! If par-

ents need to discuss an issue

the process is :-

1. Ring the school to make

an appointment with

the classroom teacher.

2. If after discussion with

the teacher the issue

remains unresolved

then Mrs Smith who is

in charge of Primary and

Mrs Lindsay who is

charge of Infants are

available to consult

with.

3. If the issue remains un-

resolved then seek a

meeting with the Princi-

pal. Our aim is always to

assist every student to

achieve their best in the

classroom, in the play-

ground, on the sporting

oval and in life. It does

take a village to raise a

child!

Finally last week the executive

started visiting classes to hand

out awards for playground and

classroom excellence. This

week Mr Toomey will start

visiting classes with attend-

ance awards. We are con-

sciously making an effort to be

as positive as possible with

every student.

Mrs Smith who is in charge of

detentions and our behaviour

levels was very pleased to in-

form me on Friday that every

student was on green level.

This is a trend we want to see

continue all year.

The other exciting event this week is the annual zone swimming championships in Narrabri on Friday.

Our school is taking a strong squad capable of causing plenty of upsets. Last year 14 students qualified for

the regional championships. How many more will make it this year? Miss Raymond, Mr Toomey and Mrs

Currey will take charge of our students. All students who have qualified received a note about the carnival

last week.

Library Days

Years 3—6 will have library

every Monday

Kindergarten—Year 2 will

have library every Tuesday

Narrabri Eisteddfod

Entries are now due for the

2018 Narrabri Eisteddfod.

As in past years the school

will enter classes and spe-

cial groups. The cost for

any individual entries will

be the responsibility of par-

ents. The school will send in

the entries if parents have

submitted the payment to

the office. Closing date is

Tuesday 27th February.

Attached to the newsletter

is a copy of the speech and

drama sections popular

with our students. The cost

of these sections is $8 per

entry. If students wish to

enter dance or music sec-

tions as an individual and

they would like to see the

program please visit the

office and talk to Mr Car-

rett.