Murwillumbah East Primary School

Newsletter Term 3, Week 7

30th August, 2016

School Disco - Tomorrow Night!

We are really excited to be holding a K-6 disco for

all our students!

Students are being asked to prepay their entry

and meal deal at our school office.

The disco is for K-6 students only. Child/ren should

be dropped off at our school hall at 5:30pm and

collected at 8:00pm. Students will be supervised by

school staff and will not be allowed to leave until

collected by parents.

We are hoping our students all have a really fun,

great time and raise money for our P&C at the

same time!

Students can pay a $3.00 entry fee only or can

purchase a combined entry, food and glowstick

ticket for $10.

Please fill in the attached form and return to the

office before the school disco.

SAS Recognition Week

Each year schools recognise and acknowledge

the important work our School Administrative and

Support Staff undertake in schools across NSW. This

year’s theme is: ‘SAS Staff Essential’

Whether they work in our office, library, classroom

or school grounds our school knows the work you

do is vital to education.

Recognition Week is an opportunity for all

teaching staff and the greater school community,

to show our appreciation to:

Administrative Manager : Colleen Lincoln

Administrative Officers: Sharyn Currant, Vanessa

Durrington, Tanya Bevern, Vicki Lasker, Kathleen

Moulder.

School Learning Support Officers: Kerry Makin,

Karen Walker, Catia McDermott, Michele Waters-

Gabrielli, Rachael Hardie, Mel Bradfield, Mel

Reeves, Elise Kachel, Linda Power.

General Assistants: Basil Heatherill, Darryl Albury.

A special thank you to Basil Heatherill who has

been our relieving GA for most of the last 2 terms.

We will miss your cheery disposition around our

grounds Basil, thank you!

Hopefully our students, staff and parents will give

all our SAS Staff a special smile and thank you this

week!

Tell Them From Me Student Surveys

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many

other public schools in the state, will participate in

a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them

From Me student feedback survey. The survey aims

to help improve student learning outcomes and

measures factors that are known to affect

academic achievement and other student

outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on

student wellbeing, engagement and effective

teaching practices.

You may remember that our students also

participated in a Tell Them From Me student survey

in Term 1 this year. Asking students to complete

the survey twice in one year allows us to identify

trends in student responses as well as track

engagement and motivation across the school

year.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

“Students of the Week”

Tell Them From Me Student Surveys - con’t

More information about the survey is available at:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-

parents

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to

provide us with valuable and quick feedback on

what they think about school life, how engaged

they are with school and the different ways that

teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia

and around the world have used the Tell Them

From Me survey to help improve how they do

things at school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential.

The survey is conducted online and will typically

take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be

administered during school hours between

22 August and 9th September. Participating in the

survey is entirely voluntary.

Partners in Learning Parent Feedback Survey

This term, our school will also be participating in

the Partners in Learning parent survey, another

part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys

(student, teacher and parent surveys) on student

engagement. The survey asks parents and carers

questions about different factors that are known to

impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand

parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s

experience at school.

These include: communication between parents/

carers and staff, activities and practices at home

and parent/carer views on the school's support of

learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback

will help our school make practical improvements.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Class Awards

KH Keija Mrs Hawthorne

KD Lucas Ms Davison

KW Lincoln Mrs Watts

K-1B Cooper Ms Harris & Ms Chapman

1R Riley Mrs D Robinson

1-2C Britta Mrs Chaffey

2-3W Jack Mr Wills

3-4H Casey Ms O’Keefe

3-4O’L Kayleb Ms O’Loughlin

4-5R Gretel Mrs S Robinson

5-6N Diya Ms Noble

6T Lucy Mr Tunaley

K-6H Mrs Harper

K-6V Kristin Mr Vella

“Happy Birthday” to these students

Isaiah

This Week’s Bee Rule

Do not bully others.

Partners in Learning Parent Feedback Survey

The survey is conducted entirely online at home or

on public computers. The survey will typically take

15 minutes or less to complete and is completely

confidential. The parent survey will be open from

Tuesday 30th August until Friday 25th September

2016. Your responses are very much appreciated.

To take the survey, please go to the following

website. https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vqyr3

If you don’t have internet access at home, our

school is happy for you to log in on one of the

computers at school to take the survey. Please

see our school office staff for assistance.

Far North Coast Athletics Carnival

All the very best of luck to our students travelling to

Coffs Harbour on Friday to compete in the North

Coast Athletics. We wish you well!

Have a great week!

Sam Rowsell

Principal (R)

Kindergarten Dental Assessments

This Thursday 1st September a clinician from the

Northern NSW Local Health District will be visiting

our Kindergarten students to have their teeth

assessed. No treatment will be provided on this

day, the assessment is designed to be an

introduction to future dental visits. A letter will be

sent home with your child to advise you of the

result of this assessment. A consent form has been

sent home to Kindergarten students, this form must

be returned for your child to participate.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Canteen Roster

Friday 2nd September - Yellow

Somone Walsh, Rachel Bolton.

Monday 5th September - Orange

Sharnah Bowen, volunteer needed please.

Friday 9th September - Red

Jen Cupitt, Laura Proctor.

Les Peterkin Prize Winners

Congratulations to Hanna Thompson who has been

chosen to receive the Co-ordinators Award 8-10 Yrs

for her art work Hanna the horse rider. Hanna’s art

work will be hung in the Art Gallery. The official

opening will be held on Sunday 18th September.

More details and invitations will be sent home when

received at our school.

Congratulations also to Breanna Hawthorne, Gretel

Le Lievre, Toby Campbell, Noah Secomb, Brooklyn

Miller, Caleb Chapman, Ava Betts and Grace

Dingle who will have their art work included in one

of the three folders in the Gallery Space.

Home Reading - Stage 2 & 3

Congratulations to the following students:

50 nights - Emily in 4-5R and Eva in 3-4O’L.

75 nights - Emily in 4-5R.

100 nights - Mairah in 3-4O’L.

125 nights - Ava in 2-3W.

175 nights - Jimmy in 3-4O’L.

Friday Assembly

Each year classes are invited to lead a whole

school assembly and present an item. This week I

am pleased to advise that our assembly will be

conducted by 1-2C in our School Hall at 12pm. All

welcome.

Ms Noble

Community Notices

Free Tennis Lessons from Tennis Australia Qualified

Coaches

Where: Murwillumbah Tennis Club.

When: Friday 2nd/9th/16th September (3 week

programme)

Time: 3.45pm - 4.15pm

Ages: 5 - 18 years

Cost: Free

For more info or to sign up contact Head Coach,

Brandon Rowe impacttennis.net.au@gmail.com

Murwillumbah East Primary School

Term 3 Calendar

7 29th August 30th August 31st August

K-6 School Disco

5:30 - 8:00pm

School Hall

1st September

Kindergarten Dental

Checks

2nd September

North Coast

Athletics - Coffs

Harbour

K-6 Assembly

1-2C

3/4th

8 5th September 6th September 7th September

FNC Public Speaking

8th September

Cake Stall (4-5R, 6T,

K-6H)

9th September

K-6 Assembly

2/-W

10/11th

9 12th September

School Swimming

Scheme

NRL Coaching Clinic

Cricket Gala Day

13th September

School Swimming

Scheme

14th September

School Swimming

Scheme

15th September

School Swimming

Scheme

16th September

School Swimming

Scheme

17/18th

10 19th September

School Swimming

Scheme

Kindergarten

Responsible Pet

Program

20th September

School Swimming

Scheme

21st September

School Swimming

Scheme

22nd September

School Swimming

Scheme

23rd September

School Swimming

Scheme

24/25

Term 4 Calendar

1 10th October

Staff & students

return

11th October 12th October 13th October 14th October 15/16

2 17th October 18th October

7:00pm P&C

Meeting

19th October 20th October 21st October 22/23

3 24th October 25th October 26th October

Stage 2 Camp

27th October

Stage 2 Camp

28th October

Stage 2 Camp

29/30

4 31st October 1st November 2nd November 3rd November 4th November 5/6

5 7th November 8th November 9th November 10th November 11th November 12/13

6 14th November 15th November

7:00pm P&C

Meeting

16th November

Stage 3 Camp

17th November

Stage 3 Camp

18th November

Stage 3 Camp

19/20

7 21st November 22nd November 23rd November 24th November 25th November 26/27

8 28th November 29th November 30th November

MHS 2017 Yr 7

Orientation Day

Last Day for

Wednesday

Learning Ladder

1st December

MHS 2017 Yr 7

Orientation Day

Last Day for

Thursday Learning

Ladder

2nd December 3/4

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au