Small Schools Athletics Carnival. We are all looking forward to a great day this Friday at Turner Park in Cessnock! All students need to be there for a 9.30am start, except those students who are participating in the 800m or high jump - you will need to be there at 8.30am. Bring plenty of water, healthy food and a hat! Parents are invited to join us, as we appreciate volunteers, especially in the primary field events. Go Laguna!

Au revoir Thomas! We have really enjoyed having Thomas in our class this term, but unfortunately he returns to Paris next week. Thank you Thomas for your enthusiasm and willingness to share your ideas with us - maybe next time we'll come to you!

NAPLAN. All tests were completed last week with a minimum of fuss - well done students. The data generated from these tests help to improve our schools teaching and learning programs.

Full lunchboxes! The onset of the colder weather can lead to students requiring a little more food to fuel them through the day - please check with your children to make sure they have enough in their lunchbox.

Healthy Lunchboxes! To both encourage healthy eating and reduce the litter produced by our school, in Weeks 6 and 7 of the term we will be having a Rubbish Free Lunchbox raffle. Every student who brings a lunchbox to school without any non-reusable plastic will get a raffle ticket and we will have a prize draw at the end of each week. The newsletter will contain plenty of lunchbox ideas over the next few weeks.

Year 6 'taster' lessons. Mount View HS are putting on a day of lessons for students from it's feeder primary schools on Thursday 6th June 2019. These lessons are for all Year 6 students - not just for those intending to enrol at Mount View for 2020 - and are an opportunity to experience high school life. Parents are responsible for transport to and from Mount View HS. Students are to wear their primary school uniform and

assemble on the lawn outside of the Multi-Purpose Centre where they will be greeted by a member of the Transition team. Students are to bring with them a pen, and a free BBQ lunch will also be provided. The day starts at 11.00am with pickup at 2.45pm. Please advise Mr Howe if your child will be attending, for catering purposes.

Tennis. After-School tennis will commence next Monday afternoon at Wollombi Tennis Club for a four-week stretch. Finchley students can be picked up from 2.45pm for a 3.00-3.45pm session, with Yengo and Warrawalong students playing from 3.45-4.30pm. The lessons are FREE, and funded through the Sporting Schools Program.

Regional Cross Country. This will be held at Cessnock Racecourse next Friday, May 31st. Congratulations to Ruby, Wilson and Kye who will represent Laguna and Cessnock Zone!

Voluntary School Contributions. Our school

contributions for 2019 are $49 per student, or $65

for families with two or more students. For this

modest contribution, equivalent to just over $1 a

week, students are supplied with all books,

stationery supplies and high-quality education!

Payment can be made by cash, Eftpos and online

via our school website. If you are unsure whether

payment has been made or would like a current

balance of amounts owing please contact the office.

Pumpkins. We have had great success with our pumpkins in the school garden, and once Stratton gives the thumbs up, we’ll harvest them all and prepare for the Great Pumpkin Soup Day!

Enjoy your week! Mr Howe.

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After-school

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Regional Cross

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Mt View High

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6th June

RSPCA Year 6

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Finchley news… We are living and breathing sight words in

the Finchley class. Our new Sight Word flip books have gone home this week, and students are working on reading and memorising one page of words at a time. When they feel confident, they bring their flip books in, read off the words to me and receive a sticker next to each word they can read straight away. A page of correct words means a much sought after DOJO point as well! Knowing these sight words is an essential part of becoming a confident and fluent reader. Finchley are wholeheartedly embracing the challenge!

Last week we wrote up a recipe for ricotta pancakes, including the ingredients and steps involved in making the pancakes. We HAD to put the recipe to the test. Light, fluffy and delicious. Thumbs up all round! The students produced some beautiful autumn tree artwords with Mrs Wing on Monday afternoon to celebrate the gorgeous autumn colours in the landscape at the moment.

Yengo Yarns…What's your story? Last week in

Yengo we launched our new project where we meet

English, maths, geography and history outcomes by

answering this essential question. We've been using

My Place as our first mentor text, borrowing ideas

from the author Nadia Wheatley for our own writing.

We have become architects and

carpenters in maths while learning about area. We are adding a room

each to our scaled one metre squared house plan. This lead us to

question whether two metres sqaured is enough for a skateboarding

room! We are also using string and our bodies to discover that the

length and width of a shape can be manipulated while still

maintaining the area of one metre squared.

Stewart House

Your $2.00 donation supports

the 1,700 children who attend

Stewart House each year from

public schools across NSW and

the ACT.

Please consider donating to this worthy

cause by returning your envelope to

school by Friday, 24th May.

Permission Notes

A reminder

permission notes are

now due for the

Small Schools

Athletics Carnival

and After-School

Tennis.

Small Schools Athletics

Carnival

This Friday

24th May

9.30am

At Turner Park!!

FOR EVERY $10 YOU SP END

YOU’LL GET AN EARN & LEARN

STICKER

COLLECT AS MANY STICKERS AS

YOU CAN BETWEEN NOW AND

25TH JUNE

Stars of the Week!

Thank you to Bonnie from Finchley, Rio from Yengo and Thomas from Warrawalong

for working so hard to uphold our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Courage,

Honesty and Compassion!