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Week 11, Term 1, 2020 0904/2020
Page 1 A small school with BIG aspirations!
Follow your dreams!
3 July End of Term 2
21 July Students resume for Term 3
12 Oct Start of Term 4
16 Dec Students conclude Term 4
21 July Dental Health NSW Visit
3 Nov School Photos
1 Dec Yr 6 High School Orientation
April Birthdays……….
11 April - Mrs Date
13 April - Mrs Stafford
27 April - Annabel Butler
Happy Birthday!
Macdonald Valley Public School Weekly Newsletter 1331 Saint Albans Road Central Macdonald NSW 2775
Tel: 02 4568 2120 Fax: 4568 2022
Email: [email protected] Website: macdonaldv-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Week 1, Term 2, 2020 29/04/2020
Dates to Remember……. Principal’s Message
I like to think that the lovely seasonal changes we are seeing in our playground also mark the beginning of a positive transition back to school.
We are very much looking forward to having our students back at school with us. We have been busily preparing classrooms to make them as inviting and exciting as possible.
We hope that the children are just as eager as we are to make a start to a new term.
Melissa Date - Principal
How beautiful do our school grounds look in Autumn? We are so lucky to have such beautiful environment at our school. A big
thank you to Mrs Smart who has done such a wonderful job maintaining the school grounds in the Easter holiday period. We really appreciate all your
hard work and commitment.
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Chloe and Bianca had a lot of fun in the holiday baking with their dad. This is a picture from Chloe of one of the yummy items creations that they made - a pineapple.
By Chloe
Our School website has been updated to include COVID-19 Support for our students and families: https://macdonaldv-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/supporting-our-students/covid-19-support-for-students-and-families.html.
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Did you know?
What is happening with the Challenge in 2020?
The Challenge is well equipped to support student participation from home. The
challenge will continue with the same closing dates for validation of entries, and the
same number of books to be read for all challenge levels. We have introduced some
adjustments to support students who may be learning from home, and have reduced
access to suitable reading material to complete the challenge.
What changes have been made to the PRC rules for 2020?
The main changes to the challenge rules are as follows:
Students on all Challenge levels are able to read 10 choice books—an increase
from five.
Students on all Challenge levels will be able to include books on their reading
records that they read collaboratively as a class,, in person or online with their teacher or at home with parents/carers.
Students who complete the Challenge in 2021 will not be disadvantaged in the
receipt of cumulative awards.
The Challenge will include Year 10 students in 2021 to allow all students the
opportunity to meet the gold and platinum certificate and Challenge medal requirements.
How do students add these bonus choice books to their reading records?
Students will need to add their first 5 choice books the same way they always have for the Challenge.
The bonus choice books will need to be entered as “2020 bonus”. Please see the following link for fur-ther instructions:
https://prcsupport.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/24000054175
Students can ask their teacher for assistance if they need help with the Premier’s Reading Challenge.
The Milky Way is a prominent feature in the astronomical traditions of a number of Australian Aboriginal cultures. Many groups view the Milky Way as a celestial river, sometimes with dark water holes filled with fish or evil beings. The “Emu in the Sky” is perhaps the best-known Aboriginal constellation (Figure 1). It is the silhouette of an emu traced out by the dark nebulae within the plane of the Milky Way. The Coalsack Nebulae, near the Southern Cross, forms the head, and the body extends along the dust lanes through Centaurus in the Milky Way, to the body as outlined by the galactic bulge in Scorpius and Sagittarius.
Emus are large, flightless birds (similar to an ostrich) found throughout much of Australia. Once a female lays a clutch of eggs, the male incubates the eggs and rears the chicks. In Kamilaroi and Euahlayi traditions of northern New South Wales, the position of Gawarrgay (the celestial emu) at dusk throughout the year denotes the animal’s behavior patterns and seasonal change, and is linked with initiation ceremonies.
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MACDONALD VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C NOTICEBOARD
COMMITTEE
President Simone Butler
Vice President
Jeff Stewart
Secretary Shannon Toomey
Treasurer
Simone Butler (standing in)
Macdonald Valley Public School is willing to support advertisements for local businesses and community functions for our youth, however parents will need to assess for themselves the quality of products and services advertised and the suitable management of functions attended by their children.
We are very proud of our students’ achievements in external
events & competitions and are committed to recognising their
achievements, however, this cannot happen unless we are
informed. Please ring us or send us something in writing if your
child or a group of students achieve success in external events so
we can recognise their achievements in our weekly newsletters.
Mrs Stafford/Mrs Smart
P&C meetings are usually held once per term at Macdonald Valley Public School in our School
Administration Building.
We look forward to advising our school community as soon as possible as to when our
next P&C Meeting (Annual General Meeting) will be held.