The canteen will no longer be selling slushies as the machine had to be

returned due to the owner no longer being in business.

SOS CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS We are still desperate to fill days for the rest of this term and next year. If you, grandparents, relatives or friends can spare 3 hours (9.00am to 12.00noon) on either a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, once a month, fortnightly or weekly, please drop in to the canteen or contact Sharlene at school on 6568 7100 or Melissa Woodward on 65696720.

Nambucca Valley Early Childhood Intervention Please join us for our presentation of “From Surviving to Thriving” at Nambucca Island Golf Club on Wednesday 23 November from 9.30 to 2.30pm. We will be looking at child and brain development, understand-ing your child’s behaviour, ideas and possibilities, building a strong and happy family, when ‘typical’ is not so typical (looking at various Diagnoses). Cost of $10.00 includes morning tea and lunch RSVP NVECI on 6568 4026 by Friday 18/11/11.

Grandparents caring for grandchildren Living Carefully Project and GAPA (Grandparents as Parents Again) would like to invite any grandparents caring for their grandchildren to an infor-mation session with GAPA at Macksville, 23 Wallace St on Wednesday 16 of November at 12.30pm. The aim is to present you with the diverse support GAPA can offer you and your grandchildren (advocacy, camp, respite …) and work towards creating a local support group. I hope you can come and make your life easier.

OUR LIVING COAST Our project launch and Field Day “Stormwater Turtle for a Cleaner Nambucca River” will be held at Bellwood Park on Saturday 26/November at 10.00am and 2.00pm. This is a fun day for all the family, with markets and food stalls, face painting, tree planting, help clean up the park and stormwater drain stencilling. For more info, please call 6568 0240.

CANTEEN CLOSED ON TUESDAYS

Community Notices

Newsletter Issue 35 15 November 2011

LIGHTS

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ACTION

Esther and Beau record their class movie which premieres at our Family Christmas Night on 2nd December

Nov 24 Thurs 28 Mon Dec 1 Thurs 2 Fri

Events Calendar Year 6 transition to NHHS Swimming Scheme starts (28/11 to Friday 9/12) Year 6 transition to NHHS Christmas Family Fun Night

P & C News

Frank Partridge VC Public School Educating your child for a bright future

PO Box 288 Centenary Parade Nambucca Heads NSW 2448 Phone 6568 7100 Fax No 6568 9147 Website www.frankpart-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

Lara Sparks, Shaela Little, Carly Donovan

Jasmine Jury, Jacob Penno

BELL TIMES

At the most recent meeting of our school PBL committee it was decided

that changes would be made to bring about a more timely movement from

playground to class.

From Monday 14th November an early warning bell will be rung at 9.07am

to provide a prompt to students to finish play, use toilets if required and

be ready for class at the second bell at 9.10am. Students will also take

their school bags directly to lines in most cases.

Students will learn that: -

Care is required in moving to lines.

Safe placing of schoolbags is required.

Responsible students are on time every time.

Respect is demonstrated by remaining quiet when in lines.

“CAUGHT YOU BEING GOOD” VOUCHER WINNERS

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

The sessions for Year 5 & 6 students and Year 4 girls which were

postponed recently due to the presenter’s illness, will go ahead on

Wednesday 23rd of November.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Ten of our Year 6 students have been given the opportunity to visit

Nambucca Heads High School to listen to motivational speaker Sam

Cawthorne, on Wednesday 16th of November. Mrs Smith will be

accompanying these students……………………………………...Mrs Leahy

FAMILY CHRISTMAS FUN NIGHT

Make sure that you have Friday 2nd December marked in your diaries.

This is to be a night where parents and friends can join us as we

approach the end of our school year. There will be a BBQ as well as

some items performed by the students. It will also be the Premiere

of the films which all classes have been making. Come along and see

your budding actors in action.

COMMONWEALTH STUDENT BANKING

It is so good to see so many students saving. What a great habit to

get into! It’s hard to believe that there is only 5 weeks left until the

end of this term so it’s time to exchange your tokens for things like

money boxes, drink bottles, wallets etc. They will need to be in some

time in the next two weeks to be sure they arrive before we break up

for Christmas…………………………….…..Deb Vassallo, Banking Co-ordinator

SCHOOL SWIMMING SCHEME

As there are enough numbers, we will proceed with this scheme

which will commence on 28 November. Permission notes with final

costing and details will be sent home shortly………………..Miss Campton

PRESENTATION DAY

Our Presentation Day will be held on Wednesday 14 December

commencing at 9.30am.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

Care, Safety, Respect, Responsibility

Certificate 1 Noah Beasley, Jack Kennedy, Katie Robinson, Kategjah Stadhams, Aleah

Stuart.

Certificate 2 Brennan Wilson, Jasmine Jury, Suzannah Greenup-Gray, Emily Stuart,

William Jury, Dylan Blanch.

Certificate 3 Holly Blanch, Shayla Colb, Angus Holloway, Charli Jarrett, Serena Jones

Jack Kelly, Jaiye Langford, Aynsley McEachran, Abbey Pade, Lacey Wilson

Lily Woodward, Yazzystar Hoffman, Mitchell Perry, Ella Cox, Rohan

Duguid, Lily Condie, Sophia Fidirikkos, Charli Fuller, William Mackney,

Tina McCarthy, Carissa Gallagher, Brea Argent, Shantahla Jarrett Marks,

Kayla Quee, Zac Williard, Jeremy Higgins, Jake Jones, Storm Whalen,

Shania Eastwood Stankowski, Kane Galo, Chris Duckett, Jacob Gordon, Billy

Robertson, Romy Hewson Strudwick, Trent Richards, Tyler Boswell.

Newcastle Permanent Primary Mathematics Competition

This year 17 344 students from 273 schools entered this competition for

students in Years 5 and 6. We are very pleased with our students results.

Congratulations and well done for entering

Distinction Flynn Franklin-Baker, Jacob Gordon, Lachlan White.

Merit Elijah Edwards, Talyssa Furner-King, Maddison Herden, Isaac

Clinch, Kyiesha Cohen, Esther Hurley, Nicholas Hickey, Max Galo, Buster

Faulkner, Luke Palframan, Sheydin Banfield, Lachlan Wilkins, Sarese Paull,

Marni Girle.

Participation Caroline Higgins, Dylan Blanch, Oran Muir-Wren, Blayde

Hopper, Abbey Frazer, Beau Langford, Jacob Fidirikkos, Shakirra Silvia.

MCHAPPY DAY

It was great to see

Mr Freebairn,

Barbara, and Miss

Campton represent-

ing our school to

support McHappy

Day.

REMEMBRANCE DAY 11 NOVEMBER 2011 “Lest we Forget”

Captains Max Galo and Kiarra Cohen, with teacher Ms Gillian Baker,

lay our wreath at the ceremony.

FPVCPS CANTEEN ORDER

THIS WEEK’S MEAL OFFER

Name: ______________________ Class: _______

Wednesday 16 November

Sausage Roll (circle choice)

Tomato BBQ,

+

Calci Yum (circle choice)

Chocolate Strawberry

PRICE $3.60 Normal daily menu also available

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Name: ______________________ Class: _______

Thursday 17 and Friday 18 November

Ham & Pineapple Pizza +

Orchy Fruit Juice (circle choice)

Orange Apple Passionfruit

PRICE $3.50

Normal daily menu also available

VALLA PRE-SCHOOL VISIT

Jamie-Lee, Beau, Esther, Jake and Caroline enjoyed

meeting and joining in play time with the pre-schoolers