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Murrurundi Public School Pride in our Heritage, Confidence in our Future

School Newsletter

Term 1 - Week 6 Tuesday, 6 March 2018

135 Mayne Street Murrurundi NSW 2338 T 6546 6057 F 6546 6596 E [email protected] W www.murrurundi-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Message

Newsletter Week 9

The Great Aussie Bush Camp, Tea Gardens EOI

Save the date for our K-6 camp with Blandford, Ellerston

and Belltrees Public Schools. K-2 students will attend

Monday 26th August – Wednesday 28th of August (3

days), while Years 3-6 will attend from Monday 26th

August – Friday 30th of August (5 days).

Arranging an appointment

If you have any concerns about your child’s social or

academic development, you don’t have to wait for a

formal parent-teacher interview to talk about them.

Your child’s teacher will be happy to arrange a meeting

with you to discuss any issues. You just need to contact

the school to make an appointment.

Out of Bounds

Please note that the classrooms, library and bag rooms

are all out of bounds for students before school. As per

our WHS policy, the play gym is out of bounds to all

children (not just school age) before and after school

due there being no supervision.

Harmony Day-Everyone Belongs

Thank you to the Murrurundi Preschool, our teachers

and students, the parents and friends who attended our

Harmony Day activities on Friday, and to our guest

speakers Mohamad Challak, Dragica Vucas and Pranitha

Goli. The students and adults enjoyed hearing stories of

Lebanon, Serbia and India.

Easter Hat Parade

Save the date for our Easter hat parade, Wednesday

10th of April at 9.30am. Easter hats are to be made at

home, so start planning with your child/ren what

materials they need to make theirs. We look forward to

seeing our Preschool friends again on this special day.

Murravale Visit

Students from K-6 will visit the residents of Murravale

Retirement Home at 12.30pm on Wednesday 10th of

April (the same day as the Easter Hat Parade). Students

will show their Easter hats, perform some songs and

read to the residents.

P&C AGM

Save the date for the P&C AGM to be held at 9.30am on

Tuesday 2 April. The AGM will be followed by the first

general meeting and membership will be taken for the

new year. If you would like to nominate for President,

Vice- President, Secretary or Treasurer, please see Mrs

Wilson in the office for a role statement.

Upper Hunter Youth Council – 4th of April

Our School Captains, Sophie Luscombe and Rachel

Brown and Vice Captain, Madison Taylor will attend the

second Upper Hunter Youth Council meeting at Scone

High School on Thursday the 4th of April with Mrs Carlie

Brown.

Willow Tree Horse Sports

Congratulations to Abby Ashford for winning Champion

9 Year Old Girl on her horse “Puss Cat” at the Willow

Tree School Horse Sports on Friday.

Mrs Rebecca Hopkins

Relieving Principal

Term 1—Week 9 Monday 25 March 2019

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Murrurundi Public School - School Newsletter

When we ordered our heights, Bhavna, Avi and Henry were the tallest. From this investigation we discovered that the tallest people really do have the longest feet.

In writing, we have been working on writing an information report with a partner about the platypus. We finished writing each section this week, so we began editing. We had to go to three different factories to edit our work; the sentence factory, punctuation factory and the spelling factory. Now we are ready to publish our work.

Congratulations to all students who have presented a speech throughout the term. We have all learnt so much about each others families and names.

Miss Reeves, Mrs Quirk and Year One and Two

Kindergarten

Year 1/2

This week we conducted a maths investigation about whether or not the tallest person has the longest foot in the class. Some of us thought that the tallest person would have the longest foot, others disa-greed. First we had to trace around our foot and measure it using a centimeter ruler. When we or-dered our feet from smallest to largest, Henry and Bhavna had the longest feet. Next we measured our height using a metre ruler.

Harmony Day – Everyone Belongs

For Harmony Day, the Kinder students listened to and

discussed the story “The Red Bridge” by Kylie Dunstan.

Claire's family has moved from Australia to Vietnam

and the little girl finds herself lost in the busy, bustling

streets of Hanoi, until she finds the red bridge and a

new friend to show her the way.

The Kinders discussed the differences that Claire

would have experienced in her new country such as

the food, the housing, clothing and the language. They

made fish to be displayed under the red bridge for

Harmony Day and talked about what the line from the

book “Finding a new friend is a very lucky thing…”

Mrs Hopkins




Thank you Pranitha Goli - Dregiea Vueas - Mohamed Challak

Harmony Day Visitors

INDIA

SERBIA

LEBANON


Classroom Awards

Week 8 - Merit Awards

K- Luke & Billie

1/2 - Emmalyn & Cooper

3/4/5/6 - Emma - Lynx -

Jaylen - Rachel

Principals Award

Thea Jacobs

Madison Cattell



Year 3/4/5/6

3456 are enjoying studying the classic text “Storm Boy.” They have written descriptions of the Coorong where they have attempted to emulate Colin Thiele’s skill of using rich vocabulary to paint pictures in the minds of his readers. Like Colin Thiele, they have practised the use of simile to enrich their descrip-tions. Some passages from the children’s work are below:

Rachel

The waves crashed on the sand like a thump of thun-der. They splashed up and hit my face like a slap. The wind was pushing the sand to make ripples.

Zoe W.

The Coorong has crashing waves that fly up and glide down the icy water. The Coorong has freezing wind that blows the water across the ocean.

Salwa

The waves are crashing onto the beach. The wind is freezing and loud. It is blowing everything. I can feel goose-bumps on my skin.

Jaylen

At the Coorong you can hear the huge waves crash-ing down on the shore. You can see the driftwood on the surface of the water. You can feel the cold water on your feet. The wind is howling like a wolf.

Jessica

The chilly, salty water came up to me on the sand banks. It tickled my toes. I giggled as I walked up the beach with the water coming up and down.

Braiden

At the Coorong you could hear the waves crashing on the golden shore. You could see the seaweed floating on top of the water.

Maddie

The sand goes up into the air, then comes down and whips people on the legs. The water was so clear like a piece of glass.

Blake

At the Coorong there are lots of crashing waves. The waves thunder against the sand and drift wood rolls up the beach with the ocean.

Mrs Maxwell




K/1/2 Responsible Pet program with Bobby-Lee and Crystal




Monday Tuesday Wednesday Week 9

Thursday Friday

Canteen

Student Banking

Harmony Day

Library

K-2 Choir

Music 3-6

Scripture

Fun Fitness For Littlies

P&C Information

Canteen — Monday

Term 1 Canteen Roster

Mar 25 Nikki & Sue Stone

Apr 1 Jane & Steph

Apr 8 Sarah & Steph

Steph

From The Uniform Committee

All orders of uniforms now need a deposit and full

payment must be made before uniforms will be given

out. Nat

Bunnings BBQ

Please save the date Saturday 19th May for our

Bunnings BBQ fundraiser. A roster will be available

shortly for volunteers.

P&C AGM 2nd April 2019—9.30am

Easter Raffle Donations

Please leave your

Easter goodies in the

school office.

Raffle drawn Friday

12th April.

Save the Date

27– 28– 29 March - Kia Ora Music Camp Y 3-6

2 April P&C AGM

5 April - Upper invermein Cross Country

10 April - Easter Hat Parade

13 June - Life Education - Term 2

Notes To be Returned Please

Family Update /Information

Life Education ( Rescheduled Term 2) - Current

note still needs to be returned.

Year 6 /2020 High School Selection - URGENT

EOI Aussie Bush Camp Note—Expression of

Interest—Before the end of Term 1

Shake A Leg


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