Term 2 Week 3 Friday 17 May 2013

COMING EVENTS May 20,21,22-Art Smart Pottsville May 31-Friday-FNC Cross Country

June 10-Queens Birthday Holiday June 14-Friday-S S Ball Games June 20-Thursday-S S Athletics June 27-Thursday-SS Athletics

Duranbah Public School

A quality education in a caring environment 105 Duranbah Road, DURANBAH 2487 Telephone 02 6677 7221 Fax 02 66777547 Email: duranbah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.duranbah-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

Last Friday I was proud to accompany our Year 6 students to the

‘GRIP Student Leadership Conference”. The students were

involved in a range of activities and workshops designed to

develop and enhance their leadership skills. I’m sure the

students got a lot out of the day and enjoyed the participation.

School Camp Years 3-6

To date we have had only a few responses for the Year 3-6

camp at Lake Ainsworth. The school has to confirm our booking

and pay a deposit by next Friday. We understand that it is a

large expense for families. We are looking at ways to reduce the

cost with the assistance of the P & C. We need to have definite

numbers by next Thursday so could you please return the

expression of interest note and indicate whether your child in

years 3-6 will be attending or not.

2014 Enrolments

We are taking enrolments now for Kindergarten 2014. It has

been shown that the best form of advertising is word of mouth,

so if you know of anyone with children starting school next year,

let them know what a GREAT school Duranbah Public School is.

Chris Pritchard

Relieving Principal

P & C NEWS On Monday, 6 May the P & C held a short Annual General Meeting to elect its new executive. Please welcome the new committee members: President: Danielle Brownbill Vice-President: Sheryl Phillips, Kelly Tierney Treasurer: Dee Kirby Secretary: Vanessa Thomas

Meeting times will be set shortly. For those unable to attend meetings, please feel free to speak to any of the executive about matters of concern, or drop a note or letter into Lorraine at the office and she will forward it on to the P &C. Friday lunch starts again this week, thanks to all the mums who volunteered this term. Parents please support this event as it is the only P & C fundraiser for the term. STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

WOOLWORTHS - ’EARN & LEARN’ This year we are once again collecting the earn & learn stickers. Ask your Grandma, Aunties, neighbours, family, friends, even the person in front of you at the checkout for their stickers? Stickers or charts can be dropped off in the box at the school office. Please ask Woolworths supermarkets for the stickers

otherwise you may not be given them. Thanks!

Week 1 Term 2 Primary Class Infants Class

Journey Castro-Clark Nathaniel Boyd

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2014

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR

WONDERFUL SCHOOL

ANY INTERESTED FAMILIES ARE

WELCOME TO VISIT THE K/2 CLASS

COMMUNITY NEWS

MURWILLUMBAH PUBLIC SCHOOL - Celebrating 100 Years at Prince Street, Murwillumbah -Thursday 6 June to Sunday 9

June 2013 - We warmly invite you and your school friends and family to join with us as together we celebrate 100 years at Prince Street, Murwillumbah. Celebrations will include a Musical Extravaganza, Official Opening and displays of photos and memorabilia, Dinner and Golf Day, MPS 100 yrs. DVD for sale and also you can purchase a paver to have engraved as a memento for your families attendance at Murwillumbah Public School .For information please contact the school office on 6672 1467.

123 MAGIC PARENT PROGRAM

The Family Centre is pleased to invite all parents with a child under the age of 12 to come along to 123 Magic (Parenting Pro-gram). This 3 week program explores Emotional Coaching and a down - to - earth, child - friendly and effective discipline approach that encourages good behaviour for children 2—12 years. Research shows that the 1-2-3 Magic parenting program can not only improve children's cooperation and reduce misbehaviour, but it can also reduce parental stress, hostility and depression. When: Tuesdays May 28, June 4 & 11 10:00am – 12.00pm Where: The Family Centre, 15 -17 Rivendell Tweed Heads South. Please call (07) 55248711 between 9am and 12.30pm Mon – Fri for enquiries. Bookings are essential. Course fee is $15.

THE BELLY TO BIG SCHOOL AND BEYOND free family fun day is on again - Sunday May 26th 10am - 1pm at Murwil-

lumbah Showground. Food stalls, Jumping Castle, Hoop La Circus and lots of fun and laughter. Fabulous free activities for chil-dren. Services that support families will be there to answer your questions and tell you what they offer. Lots of wonderful entertain-ment and things to do for families. Busking Competition – buskers needed who can delight children. $600 prize for best act for chil-dren, $300 for best school group and $100 – best busker under 12 years. For more information about the Family Fun day, or to enter the busking competition please call Ollie Heathwood on 02 66255803 or email: ollieh@ywcansw.com.au.

CROSS COUNTRY Following a combined carnival at Stokers Siding last term a team of Duranbah athletes travelled to Bogangar to compete in the Murwillumbah District Cross Country event. The course organised for the event included a variety of surfaces. Such as forest, grassed fields and a Ti Tree swamp. Rain the previous night added character. Competitors included Zac, Jack, Cody, Kenta, Callan, Koby, Jasmin, Taysha and Indiana. Congratulations to all of these students who represented the school commendably. Congratulations to Kenta who succeeded in progressing to the next stage the Far North Coast Cross Country to be held at Bangalow. A huge thank you to parents, Vanessa, Kentleigh, Danielle, Dee and Nami who not only assisted with transport but kindly packed up the equipment. K/1/2 NEWS Over the past three weeks, Duranbah K-2 class has been working on a ‘Community Helpers’ unit of work. The focus of this week is firefighters. The K-2 class was lucky enough to get Laurie, a Federal Firefighter to come into the school and discuss how he helps the community. In full uniform, Laurie entertained the kids and explained what protective

gear he wears and the equipment he uses to help him perform his job. To conclude this great afternoon, children were given the opportunity to participate in a real life firefighter duty. The K-2 class assisted our firefighter roll out his 30 metre fire hose and together we rolled it back up, similar to the procedures followed in a real fire emergency. On behalf of the K-2 class and Duranbah Public School, we would like to thank Laurie for providing us with an insight on the duties of a fire fighter. The children had a great afternoon and enjoyed the valuable experiences provided by one of our highly respected community helpers.

GRIP Student Leadership Conference