NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Principal: Deanie Nicholls Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549 Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

16 October 2018 Term 4 – Week 1

Term 4 - 2018 – Calendar 17/10/18 Day 1 Kinder Orientation – All

students and Parents.

19/10/18 Friday Swimming starts - $3 entry

24/10/18 Day 2 Kinder Orientation – All students and Parents.

Parent Information Session – 4 - 5pm. My Goals. Afternoon tea provided

25/10/18 Teddy Bear Hospital Visit K/Year 1

26/10/18 School and P&C Fair 1:30 -7:30pm

31/10/18 Day 3 Kinder Orientation – Students only.

19/11 – 20/11 Year 3/4 Cascade Camp.

Weeks 7-8 Intensive Swimming Program

7/12/18 Year 6, Principals Big Day Out

13/12/18 Presentation Night 5-7pm

14/12/18 Whole School Big Day Out

17/12/18 Year 6 Farewell / Family Fun Night

19/12/18 Last Day of year for Students

Welcome to Week 1, Term 4. We have a very busy term ahead of us with many exciting challenges and

opportunities. Hopefully if the rain stops by Friday, K-6 swimming will start this Friday. All students need to bring

their $3 entry fee each Friday. Don’t forget swimmers, towel, rash shirt and sunscreen. If rain continues, we will

make a decision and notify parents later in the week.

If you have not taken the opportunity to provide feedback to us through the Tell Them From Me Survey, please

follow the link below to do so by the end of next week. We need as many parents as possible so that we have a clear

representation of our community.

Tell Them From Me Survey

Next week we have our combined school/P&C Fair. Our students will be presenting their STEM challenges

as their interactive stalls and the P&C have organised many stalls from community representatives. There

will be food, entertainment and fun for all. If you can help the P&C out with baked goods and to volunteer

with organisation or helping at a stall, they would greatly appreciate this. Our Fair will begin at 1:30pm and

go through until 7:30pm. Any students without parents at the school at bell time will need to go home on

their usual bus. We hope they will then return with parents.

Our Kindergarten Orientation program starts this Wednesday. We look forward to seeing all our 2019

kindergarten students and having an opportunity to meet our new parents that are joining our Nana Glen

Community. This weeks session is from 9:30am – 11:00am. Please refer to the Orientation Program in this

newsletter.

Next Wednesday, we are having a visit from the MGoals representative and invite parents to an

information session on Wednesday afternoon from 4:00pm – 5:00pm, in the library.

MGoals is a program that provides students with opportunities to discover more about their local

community, identity and help to build self-esteem and confidence. It assists students further by bridging

connections and promotes the work being done by community and schools in support of holistic education

including Aboriginal culture and education.

This program is based online and has two aspects: the first is a website building project where we build a

local community website and collaborate with the local Aboriginal community, and the second is an online

goal-setting program where students interact with teachers, parents and mentors to set goals for living and

learning.

For more information visit mgoals website

We look forward to seeing lots of parents next Wednesday afternoon.

Year 3/4 Cascade Camp is coming up quickly. Final payments for this excursion are due 9 November 2018.

Congratulations to our students for their fantastic efforts with our fun run at the end of term 3. Students

raised $2162.55 with our super fundraiser, Scarlet Shelley, raising $1095. If any students still have

fundraising money at home, could they please send it into school this week.

Have a great week!

Mrs D. Nicholls

What’s going well in Class 5/6 What a start to Term 4! Year 5/6 were incredibly busy

yesterday finalising their bookwork submissions for their

STEM projects. Many of these projects will be displayed

and offered to the public to try during the School Fair next

Friday. Over the duration of their STEM projects, students

have created persuasive and informative texts, measured,

drawn designs and kept logs of their weekly progress. One

of the key elements of this project was teamwork. I

encourage all parents to ask their child how well they

worked in groups, what challenges were faced and how did

they overcome these issues. As we all know being able to

work in harmony and productively with others is a life long

skill.

Class Award Recipients- Term 3 Week 10 K 1

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Archer L Writing a fantastic story Darcy F His great team work during our challenge activities

Archie F Having a positive attitude towards learning

Marley Mc Contributing well to classroom discussion

Willo B Being actively involved during maths Scarlett S Writing wonderful instructions to her stories

Josee P Becoming a more independent learner Laura W Excellent effort when reading

Saxon B Your great contribution to our discussion on our experiment work in science

Bobby L Working hard to improve his editing skills

2 3

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Max A Clearly identifying nouns verbs and adjectives

Noah F Becoming increasingly confident to contribute to class discussions

Jack W Becoming involved during NRL activities

Zali H Her imaginative writing skills

Maci B Effectively contribution to our STEM project

Aleyah A Working cooperatively during group work

Akira A Great knowledge of fractions Jett C Working towards mastering his editing skills

Jake F Delivering a clear and persuasive speech

Cydni L Her positive and mature approach to all learning challenges

4/5 5/6

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Monique A Improving her willingness to contribute to class discussions

Jack D Improved knowledge of decimal place value

Jackson B His fantastic group management skills Dakotah R Applying subtraction strategies to decimals

Ethan P Working hard on his reading and spelling abilities

Hayden M Using a wide range of descriptive words in his writing

Olivia W Developing greater confidence during numeracy

Harry C Being productively engaged in his learning

Crue Mc Developing greater resilience and effort in his learning

Maggie H Setting challenging learning goals for herself

Student of the Week Principal Awards

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Sophie B Always having pride in her work and a positive attitude to learning

Rachel P Striving to meet her learning goals in literacy

Seychelles A Excellent reading growth this term Logan G Consistent focus during maths lessons

Alyssa C Constant engagement and enthusiasm Amanda Z Her amazing attitude towards challenging tasks

Isabella Mc Being an outstanding classmate who is making steady progress

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Max K His consistent application to all learning areas

Brayden W Applying himself with all areas of maths

1st Bronze 1st Silver 1st Gold 2nd Gold 3rd Gold 4th Gold

Jarred C Sebastian K Georgie F Max A Caitlyn K-J Telisha W

Jesse-James O Andi R Lachlan P Grace P

Diezel G Ezra M Danai O

2nd bronze 2nd Silver Neviah N Alfie T

Rachel P Vinnie H Wren L Jack W

Laura W Isabella D

Ethan W

Esha Mc

Max K Personal Best

K Archer L 3 Aria H

1 Neviah N 4/5 Rubee S

2 Eligh R 5/6 Liam C

2019 Kindergarten Enrolments taken now - Kindergarten Orientation, Weeks 1,2,3,4 – T4

Nana Glen Public School P&C Newsletter

Upcoming Events Welcome back to term 4 hope you all had a great break. We are looking forward to many exciting events

this term.

We still need volunteers for the fair on 26 October 2018, if you are able to help please contact Bec on 0428

543 119. This is going to be a fantastic day to see the fabulous challenge results from our students as well

as an opportunity to come together as a community, have fun and raise money for our school. We look

forward to seeing everyone on this afternoon. Please bring a picnic chair.

Plate Fundraiser The plates have arrived and look fantastic, and will be sent home today, please make sure you check your children’s bags.

Nana Glen School / P&C Fair 2018

Friday 26th October

12pm set up for a 1:30 pm start.

Fair to finish at 7:30pm

Food, Coffee, Stalls, Bric & Brac, Rides, Ice-cream, BBQ, Games and

Prizes, Raffles…

Stall allocations available for $20. Unsheltered and Sheltered sites.

Power and non-power sites.

Please call Bec on 0428543119 to book your position.

Spread the word! We need you there!

NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL Community News Principal: Deanie Nicholls

Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549

Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEEK 1 COMMUNITY NEWS Nana Glen Public School does not endorse any product or services advertised.

Advertisements, will run for a maximum of five weeks, unless prior arrangement with the school. Raising money for go fund me page Love for Lauren. We are holding a Halloween disco on Friday 26th October at Glenreagh Hall. Dress up in your favourite scary Halloween costume and dance the night away.