Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness

‘one simple way to practise gratitude each day is to write down 3 things that went well for you for 21 days. This will rewire your

brain to start scanning the world for the

positive!

IMPORTANT

NEWS

• October 11

Canteen opens

• October 29 -

November 6

NAIDOC Week

Wednesday 6 October 2021 Term 4 Week 1

Phone: Primary : 6362 6369 Infants: 6362 1992 Fax: 6361 7923 Website: orange-p.schools.nsw.gov.au E-mail: orange-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents/Carers

Welcome back to term 4 and more importantly welcome back to school. I would like to

thank all parents and carers for their efforts last term during the Learning from home

period and commend the great work completed.

We are so happy to be back at school this week and by the look on the faces of both our

students and their parents it seems they too are delighted to be back. The children joined

their classmates and eagerly engaged in class activities on Tuesday. We are excited for the

term ahead and I am certain we will see tremendous growth over the next 11 weeks.

This term the school will be working hard in providing valued lessons to all students as

well as moving into the final reporting cycle later in the term. Parents will expect to see

an adapted report recognising the Learning from home period.

COVID regulations have lead to the cancellation by the School Sports Unit of all School

PSSA knockout competitions as well as the cancellation of all state representative

sporting championships. Our students are disappointed however I am sure our school will

again be prominent in all sporting fields next year.

Unfortunately the School Spectacular has also been cancelled for 2021 due to the

concern of having children from across the state coming together in Sydney. Again, we will

be hoping to be involved in 2022.

The school grounds look amazing to return to

school and I must highlight the finished Dry

Creek Bed Garden that truly looks amazing.

Congratulations to the entire team with special

call outs to Shane and Anthony for their

continual high quality work. A special thank you

also should go to Andrew Mellis for his original

artistic plan that was made a reality. I am sure

the children will enjoy this wonderful feature of

the school for years to come.

The Tournament Of Minds (conducted electronically) team had a wonderful time representing OPS and the Western

Region at the State Finals. During the day the children were presented a difficult question, “What would be a major

catastrophe if the colour Red disappeared?” The team was given only 15 minutes to come up with an idea to

represent this problem and had to present their plan and solution to the question. This was linked to the field of

literature, as that was the category the team had progressed through with, to the State finals.

During judging the team were commended for their structure and teamwork. The competition across the state was

exceptionally high and although we did not place in the finals the experience was wonderful and greatly appreciated

by the students, staff and families involved. The students involved included Noah, Milo, Sam, Grace, Chaitra, Niamh

and Poppy. Congratulations to all students and a huge thank you to Miss Konza, Mr McDonald and Mrs Peschka.

I would like to share a wonderful moment

that I experienced this week during a visit

to Mrs Felice’s class, 2M. In this class is a

young man named Lucas Ghosn. On

entering the room Lucas jumped to his

feet and said with overwhelming

excitement that he had something for

me. He raced to his desk and charged

back to present me with a sealed

envelope. He proceeded to tell me that

he will catch up with me to sort the

details, once I’ve read the letter. I have

included the letter in this newsletter as I

was so impressed with his effort,

approach and personal drive. I hope

everyone enjoys reading it as much as I

did. Look out Rupert Murdoch.

Our school canteen will be opening next week with online orders available.

Over the next few weeks Mrs Powell will be commencing the SRC nomination process for 2022. Children will be given

the opportunity to present a short speech. We are looking forward to seeing students step forward in these

leadership roles.

Finally, I would like to thank our school community once again for the way in which we managed through the last few

months. Congratulations OPS, again it is easy to see why so many families love our school and community.

Enjoy the week.

Bradley Tom

Principal

OPS Sport

K-2 Every Friday

Year 3 - 6 Every Friday

OPS - 2021 School Year Dates

October 12 ICAS Writing

October 13 Kinder 2022 Open Day - Postponed

October 14 ICAS English

October 19 ICAS Science

October 21 ICAS Spelling Bee

October 26 ICAS Maths

October 29 -

November 6 NAIDOC Week

November 8-19 Kindy 2022 Transition - To be confirmed

November 12 Year 5 SRC Speeches Assembly

November 17 OHS Transition Day, Year 6

November 24 Kindy 2022 Parent Information Session -

To be confirmed

November 30 -

December 1 School Show - To be confirmed

December 14 Year 6 Farewell Dinner

December 16 Last Day for Students Term 4

December 17 Staff Development Day

OPS Assemblies

Kindergarten

Year 1

Year 2

Years 3 - 6

Due to COVID restrictions

no parents/carers are

allowed to attend

4 P&C News P&C email address: opspnc@gmail.com

Clothing Pool - CLOSED this week

Donations in GOOD CONDITION would be greatly appreciated and can be dropped off at anytime

at the Primary front office.

The Clothing Pool is located at the Primary Campus in the Sale Street building.

If you are able to volunteer in our Clothing Pool please call Jane Howell 0414 242 823.

School bags & hats can be purchased

during Clothing Pool hours using eftpos or cash.