Easter Parade This year the Easter Hat Parade will be held on the last day of term, Friday 12th April at 1:45pm. Kinder to Year 2 are encouraged to make an Easter Hat - there are no categories to choose from it is ‘Open’. Students who wish to participate make their hat at home and bring it in on the morning of the parade. The hats are not judged. Students in Years 3 – 6 may make an egg character at home which they can bring in on the morning. This is not compulsory; alternatively, they may bring in an Easter drawing or colouring-in which they may walk around with during the parade. All students will march in classes to display their hat/egg character/art piece. A ‘lucky’ name will be drawn from each class participating students.

Message from the Principal…

Dear Parents & Carers,

Thank you to the parents who attended the Reading and Writing workshops last Thursday.

We hope you found the sessions informative and will be able to put your goodie bag to

productive use with your children. Your feedback will be carefully considered as we plan

future workshops. We are hoping to run a workshop next term about Visible Learning and

what this means for students at Nabiac PS. More information will be provided next term.

I am taking some leave from tomorrow for the rest of the term. In my absence, Mrs

Arandale will relieve as principal and Ms Dunne will relieve as assistant principal for Stage 2

and 3. Therefore, I would like to personally wish all of our Nabiac PS families a happy and

safe Easter and enjoyable vacation.

Have a great week!

Narelle Kessey

Principal

Calendar April

12 Easter Hat Parade 1:45pm

12 Last Day of Term

25 ANZAC Day

29 Staff Resume

30 Students Resume

May

3 ANZAC School Assembly

7 Mother’s Day Stall

9 Athletics Field Events Carnival

10 Mother’s Day Morning Tea

10 Mother’s Day Assembly

Assembly

Assembly this week will be held on Friday at 2.30pm. 2/3T will be

running the assembly and performing an item. All parents, carers and

friends are welcome to attend.

Core Value. This week our core value is Care. “I can accept

difference.”

Nabiac ‘The best little school...anywhere’ Public School Clarkson St Nabiac 2312 6554 1247 Email: nabiac-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

6554 1122 Web: https://nabiac-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Newsletter Term 1, Week 10 1st

April, 2019

Thought for week…

“One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be

willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.”

~ Barbara Jordan

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Aussies of the month for April:

James Walter 1/2Q. James is always nice to fellow students and shows respect to teachers.

Alexis Flack 1/2Q. Alexis is always ready to learn and listens to all teachers instructions.

ANZAC day Dawn and Morning Service Dawn Service ANZAC day this year falls during the holidays (25th April). The NPS Staff, P&C and school leaders will be running the Dawn Service in conjunction with the local RSL Sub-branch. The Dawn Service commences at 6.00am, however the leaders should be there at 5.40am to prepare for a 6am start. All members of the community are welcome to attend. If anyone has flowers they would like to donate for people to lay on the War Memorial they can bring them in on the day. The leaders will lay a wreath on behalf of the school.

Morning ANZAC Service If students and parents would like to participate in the morning service, we ask children to be out the front of the school at 10.30am in school uniform to march to the War Memorial. A wreath will be placed at the War Memorial on behalf of our students. The choir will may perform at the service, pending numbers. NAPLAN – Online NAPLAN is now online. This week, we will continue to carry out practice tests to allow the school to rectify any technical issues that may arise. This will also give students an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the new process enabling them to feel prepared for the actual NAPLAN test held in Term 2. Mrs Arandale Head Lice Parents please note we have had a few out breaks of head lice at school. Head lice are small wingless biting insects which live and breed in human hair and feed by sucking blood from the scalp. Outbreaks of head lice are common in children in schools and institutions everywhere. They infest people of all socio-economic positions and age groups. Spread: is by direct head to head contact with a person who has head lice. The best way to check for head lice is to apply a generous amount of hair conditioner, then towel dry the hair and comb through with a course comb to detangle the hair. Conditioner stuns the head lice for about 20 minutes. Then using a very fine toothed comb (special head lice combs are available at the Pharmacy), comb the hair through, wiping it on a tissue regularly so you can check for lice and their eggs. Incubation period is usually 7 to 10 days. Even if you remove all lice, the remaining eggs with hatch and the lice will lay eggs again. You must remove all eggs and lice to break the cycle. There are products available to prevent head lice. Talk to your local Pharmacy for more information. Stewart House Donation Drive 2019 Next week is the last opportunity you have to hand in your Stewart House Fundraising envelope. Extra envelopes are available at the office. By donating $2 to this worthy cause you are placed in a draw to win a $4,000 holiday to a destination of your choice. Please return the envelope to the school by the end of this term. P&C Easter Raffle Large tubs have been placed in all the classrooms ready for Easter egg donations for our raffle. We ask if parents and carers could send their child to school with a donation of an Easter egg/bunny or a basket for the raffle. The class who donates the most, win a prize. Raffle tickets were sent home earlier this term. Thank you to all the families who have returned the tickets and money. Tickets cost $1 each. Each book is worth $10. Raffle tickets and money must be returned by Wednesday 10th April to be included in the raffle. The raffle will be drawn on the morning of Wednesday 10th and winners will be announced during the parade. We thank you for your support.

Canteen News The roster for next term has gone out. We still really need someone for a few Thursdays. If anyone can help out please come into the office and put your name down. Thank you. Canteen Roster

Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

10 1st April Tanya Combe Tarryn Margraf

2nd April Mel Hobden Nicole Maguire

3rd April Jamie Lee Eason Amelia Bridge

4th April Emily Pye Volunteer Needed

5th April Tracey Dell Lyn Dower Tanya Combe

11 8th April Tanya Combe Nicole Maguire

9th April Margaret Dale Lyn George

10th April Hannah Kelly Amelia Bridge

11th April Michelle Thompson Tanya Combe

12th April Geraldine Carson Christine Heffernan Lyn Dower

Term 2 Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 29th April

Staff Development Day

30th April Michelle Thompson Tanya Combe

1st May Amelia Bridge Hannah Kelly

2nd May Emily Pye Tanya Combe

3rd May Christine Heffernan Geraldine Carson Tracey Dell

Well Done Byron!

Congratulations to Byron Panos – ex

Nabiac Public School student.

Please see adjacent, an article from

the Great Lakes College Newsletter.

We are very proud to call Byron

“one of ours”. Well done.