Forbes North Public School Newsletter April 2nd, 2019 Week 10, Term 1

Phone: 6852 2187 Fax: 6852 1452 Email: forbesnth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: http://www.forbesnth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

The fete is being held at the school grounds in Thomson St, running from 3.30 pm to 5.30pm.

A highlight for the fete this year is the Anytime Fitness Picnic Games, which will be free for kids to enter, with great Easter egg prizes for race winners. Games will include all the traditional favourites, such as three-legged race, egg-and-spoon, sack race and more. The first races will kick off at 3.45, with different events held throughout the fete.

Another big highlight of the fete will be the Forbes Toyota Kids Karaoke Competition. Children will be welcome to enter on the day, and some happy singers will be going home with great Easter egg prizes from the Karaoke. “The P&C is absolutely thrilled to have such wonderful support from the community for our school” says P&C President Maree Yapp. “We are looking forward to a fun filled Fete with something for every budget”.

Other great attractions at the fete will be the ever popular Sumo suits, the Haunted House, the Gunn’s Menswear Jumping Castle, a Mega Plants-Books-White Elephant Stall, Coffee Fix by Larz, Donuts, a fantastic Easter raffle, a Barbecue, and plenty more!

Gate entry into the fete is free, and through the Thomson St entrance. Everyone is welcome to come along and support the school, and have a fun Friday afternoon.

From the Principal…..

All of us at Forbes North Public School are very much looking forward to the P&C Easter Fete, to be held from 3:30 to 5:30pm this Friday afternoon, April 5th.

The P&C Executive and Committee, along with a large number of very keen volunteers, have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure this year’s Fete is another resounding success. With plenty of stalls and activities – including the Anytime Fitness Picnic Games and Forbes Toyota Kids’ Karaoke Competition – there will be fun for all the family and heaps of things to see and do!

Stalls and activities will be set up in the central grassed area between A, B and C Blocks and entry will be via the gate adjacent to A Block off Thomson Street. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Have a great week! Steve McAlister Principal

Kitchen News

Last week in Kitchen, Stage 1 created ‘Food Group Kebabs’ (Year 1) and ‘Plate o’ Food Groups’ (Year 2). These recipes gave the students a practical opportunity to build on their knowledge of the Food Groups, which they have looked at with Miss McManus during PD/H/PE lessons. They also link with the HSIE unit for the term – Groups in

our Community.

Tuesday, 9th April at 10:30am. Parents and carers are invited to join us on the day and are welcome to stay for a picnic recess with the students.

DISCO!! – WEEK 11

Thursday 11th April (Week 11) Forbes North Public School will be holding a disco during the day. This will take place in the Hall after recess with the opportunity for all students to participate. The session will be split into 2:

11.50- 12.30 (Infants) 12.30-1.20 (Primary)

We ask that your child brings a gold coin donation along with them.

FORBES NORTH PS ‐ Term 1 2019 Term 1

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SAT SUN

10

1 April 2 April

Dental Screening

3 April

Peachey /Richardson

Rugby League ‐ Condo

4 April 5 April School Fete

K‐6 combined sport Class of the Week

1O

6/7

APR

11

8 April 9 April

Link Up & K‐2 Easter Hat Parade

10 April Combined

Scripture – Easter Church Service

11 April 12 April

School Cross County

13/1

4 AP

R

Term 2 2019

1

29 April

Staff Development

Day

30 April

Students Return to School

1 May 2 May

3 May

4/5

May

PDHPE Lessons Please ensure your child wears sports clothes and has a hat and water on the following day for their PDHPE lesson.

Miss McManus

WHITE ELEPHANT/ PLANT/ BOOK STALL

The school fete is fast approaching and we would like to ask for donations of any clean and not broken unwanted items you may have at home that can be sold in our stall. Any donations of plants or pots and books are most welcome and can be sent into the school with your child or dropped in to the school office.

FETE COOKING STALL DONATIONS As you all kindly donated home baked goodies for our cake stall last year we decided to ask everyone to get behind the cake stall and help us out again. We received a huge response last year it was awesome. A container will be sent home with all students today. Please bake some yummy treats and fill out the ingredients label on the lid. They need to be returned to the school canteen on Friday. I have extra containers if anyone would like some. The class with the most entries will win a Prize. Thank you all for your support! Deb

Art Sessions Reward!! The students have reached the celebration Art Sessions for PBL! The students will be completing this celebration throughout week 10 and 11 this term to create an artwork to be displayed in the hall. There is no cost or requirements for this celebration, and we can’t wait to see how it turns out - because as Picasso says "Every child is an artist".

Thank you to AusWest Seeds for the very kind donation of 2 bags of feed for the chooks.

Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 4J 2N KW

1C 5/6M

3J 3/4K

5/6Y 4/5F KK

5/6P

2O 1O

PBL FOCUS – We consider others.

Class lessons this week will focus on students considering others when participating in games, working collaboratively and making sure they are aware

of others. Our new celebrations have been added into our tally options as well this week. They are use a gel pend for a day and crazy hair day. Keep up the great work

everyone.

What will the next celebration be? Tallies

Teacher Swap

Gel Pen Crazy Hair Day

Free Time

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Today, 2nd April from 5.00 pm to 6.00pm, students from Forbes North will run a radio program on Valley FM Radio. The students will be talking about our school and all the wonderful things that have been happening, and those events which are coming up. They will be entertaining everyone with their jokes, riddles and songs along with many other interesting information. We hope that you will be able to tune in, relax and be entertained for the hour.

Submitted by Mrs McCarthy, Ms Girot and Mrs Kennedy

PINK STUMPS DAY We got our Pink ON!!

On Friday, Forbes North hosted a Pink Stumps day to help raise money for breast cancer. As a school we raised over $1300 for the McGrath Foundation which will go a long way in assisting with women living with breast cancer. It was great to see so many of our students get involved and get their pink on for the day. The best dressed in the Jr School were Jordy Shaw and Issac Knight and Philip Klingner and Sarah Herford won for the seniors. Our 1st place prize winner was Alani Brunt, Bert Ward got the 2nd place and Ethan and Chelsea Ray 3rd. The students enjoyed a morning of cricket activities in their sport groups and hung out with the Sydney Thunder Mascot Thor!

Thank you to Miss McManus for organising such a fantastic day!!

Looking for something to do in the School Holidays!

Come and join in the fun at a Tennis Coaching Clinic during the 1st week of the school holidays Monday 15th April to Wednesday the 17th April. The starting time is 9.00am and the finishing time 3.00pm. The children may choose individual days or a half-day option, which finishes at 12.30pm.

The main aim is for everyone to have fun in a healthy and safe environment while learning how to play tennis. The clinic is open to all children 5yrs to 15yrs with beginners most welcome.

Places are limited therefore bookings are essential. Phone Peter on 6851 1993 or 0403 335 205 before Friday the 12th of April.

Class Student of the Week PBL Award Merit Award

KK Joyce Hawley Rachel Inches Charlotte McClenahan Lachlan Hoey

KW Annabella Scott Sasha McCarthy Braxton McNeill Jalakai Griffiths

1C Jaylah Hodge Ruby Dumbrell Harper O’Malley Hayden Dunn

1O Callyse Woodbridge Nate Markwort Shakira Dukes Eleanor Rodgers

2N Jamieson Hodge Naomi Klingner Charlize Griffiths Jhaz Nash

2O Rachel Bilsborough Charlie Bridge Shawn Caroenter Cheyenne Dare

3/4K Rhys Knight Laila Hartwig Ruby Taylor Skaife Girdlestone

3J Kobi McKeown Azariah Pout Matillda Yavion Jedd Smith

4/5F Tarell Karaitiana-Halls Brooke Gray Paige McCarthy Angus Carpenter

4J Jack Karaitiana Aurora Farrelly Kailey West Jack Gilchrist

5/6M Imogen Collits Sophie Nash Phoebe Walker Luke Todd

5/6P Milli Robson Hayden Coleman Lexie Rattenbury Philip Klingner

5/6Y Jacob Joyce Thomas Greenhill Savannah Spice Preston Kennedy

Library

Lakeisha Griffiths

Kitchen

Skaife Girdlestone

playing appropriately at school

Forbes North is participating in this years Big Vegie Crunch!

What is The Big Vegie Crunch?

Only around 5% of NSW children eat enough vegetables. To help our community do better, our school will be taking part in The Big Vegie Crunch (part of Vegetable Week) at 10:20am on Thursday 4th April.

Primary schools across NSW will be joining together to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables simultaneously. Last year 50,260 students crunched together.

What can you do to help?

• Pack a container of vegetables (not fruit this time) for your child to eat on Thursday 4th April • Keep serving up the vegetables at home and in your children’s lunchboxes!

If you require more information on what activities our school is doing over Vegetable Week, please contact the school or your child’s teacher.

Mrs Osborne Forbes North Vegetable Week School Coordinator