Mission Statement

Quality education for all.

Principal

Mrs Coral O’Neill

77-85 Currajong Street

PARKES NSW 2870

Ph: 6862 1702; 6862 1867

Fax: 6862 5047

Email:

parkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website:

www.parkes-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P&C Association

President

Mr Grant Orr:

0428 643 282

Secretary

Mrs Sarah Wilkinson:

0414 973 496

Treasurer

Mrs Kristen Jarvis

0427 928 214

Term 2, Week 10 - Tuesday 2 July 2019

Athletics Carnival Congratulations to all the students who competed at our athletics carnival on Friday 14 June at Northparkes Oval. A huge thank you to all the parents who assisted as time keepers, field helpers and in the canteen. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.

Students who gained a 1st and 2nd place for track events and 1st for field events will be eligible to compete at our Lachlan Athletics Carnival, which will be held at North Parkes Oval on Friday 9 August.

Congratulations to our carnival champions for 2019:

Champion House – Lawson

Spirit House – Blaxland

Junior Girl Champion – Hannah McIntyre

Junior Boy Champion – Joshua Barnes

Senior Girl Champion – Grace MacGregor

Senior Boy Champion – Joel MacGregor

8 Years Boys Lucas Anderson

Girls Charlotte Orr

9 Years Boys Harry Yelland

Girls Emma Hando Haylee Chambers-Lewis

10 Years Boys Joshua Barnes

Girls Hannah McIntyre

11 Years Boys Taj Lovett

Girls Grace MacGregor

12 Years Boys Joel MacGregor

Girls Tia Dunn

13 Years Boys Dallas Galvin

SPORT NEWS

Western Rugby League

On 17 May, my dad and I travelled to Charlestown, in Newcastle, for me to represent the Western Region at the state championships for rugby league.

Leading up to this, we had different training sessions, including a weekend in Young, where we were put through our paces. This also included a trial match against Riverina. We knew it would be a hard match but we turned up and delivered. We beat Riverina, which gave us a boost of confidence for the state champs. It was a great experience for the boys and I. These training sessions were great as I was able to get to know the boys and the coaches really well.

We were from all over the region, Lithgow, Orange, West Wyalong, Molong, Mudgee, Orana Heights, Mulyan, Perthville and Dubbo. Parkes was well represented with myself and Jaylin Moran and Lachie Thomas from Parkes East Public School. We were all ready and excited to hit the field.

At Young, I was fortunate enough to be named vice-captain of the team. I was thrilled to be vice-captain because it gave me a boost of confidence.

Our first match was against Sydney North. We went down 16-4 but rose up to beat South Coast 10-4.The next day we had to get up early to verse Hunter. We defeated Hunter 6-4. It was a tough game but we came out on top. Next, we were up against North Coast; we drew 6-6. In the afternoon, we had the toughest match of our pool against Sydney West. We lost 22-10, which meant we played Mackillop in the playoff for 5th and 6th. Unfortunately, Mackillop got the better of us, winning 10-0. We came 6th and that’s the best Western has done in 11 years!

This is one of the great highlights of the year so far. It was an excellent experience because of three full days of tough competitive footy. We played 5 games over 3 days.

By Ewan Moody, Year 6

Western Hockey

My name is Shaykharn Hornery and I was playing in Newcastle for Western Hockey. I stayed at the Jesmond Villas Motel along with my other Parkes friends who made it into the team.

On the first day we versed three teams. We had a draw on our first game 3-3, won our second game and won our last game. People said I had the best dribble on our last game because I had one hand on the stick and I ran outside of the line and I had the ball inside the field. We had pizza that night with my friends. It was fun.

Day two wasn’t that good because we lost two of our games and won one, which we all felt a bit upset about but our coach, Diane Daymond said, “Oh well”, and organised dinner for the team that night. We went to dinner at a restaurant called Wests. It is a three story building with a variety of food places. I had a steak with mushroom sauce and a side of chips. It was delicious.

On day three I woke up exhausted. That day didn’t go so well. We lost all of our games and we were all tired. Day four was alright but we got beaten against Polding and there were some injuries on the field.

My experience being in the team was amazing and I was glad to have fun. Even though no one from my team made it to state, it was the thought that counted.

By Shaykharn Hornery, Year 6

In June, the Boys’ Western Hockey went to Lismore to play at the state championships. When we got to Lismore we had to play three games straight off the bat and three the next day. We were undefeated till the last game on the second day and that was against CIS-Combined Independent Schools and they beat us 5-1. So we made it into the semis but before we went back to the hotel we went to our team dinner. The next day for the semis, we versed Sydney North and they won 4-2. Later that day we played for third and fourth position. At half time they were winning, 3-0, and then we caught up and won 4-3. Our western hockey team came third.

Two of our players, Joel MacGregor and Flynn Thompson were selected for the state team. Ewan Moody was awarded the Western Medal for his performance. We had a great time and enjoyed our week of hockey.

By Ewan Moody, Flynn Thompson and Joel

MacGregor, Year 6

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 4 July ............... PBL Fun Fair from 1.45-3.00pm

Friday 5 July ................... Last day of Term 2

Tuesday 23 July .............. First day of Term 3 for students

Regional Championships – Tennis PSSA

Last Friday our tennis team played the regional championships against Ungarie Central School at the Parkes Tennis courts.

Our team found this round much closer and more difficult to keep the scoresheet clean. While Faith, Ella and Flynn managed a win in their singles, playing doubles was more of a challenge. Our boys had definitely met their match and played some great tennis to push the Ungarie team. In the mixed doubles, both teams managed to come away with the points, even though one nearly went to a tie breaker, giving us the win for the day.

We finished with a 6 sets to 2 win, which doesn’t reflect how close each set really was. Congratulations Faith, Ella, Flynn and Tyson on being the Western Region champions!!

2019 Premier’s Spelling Bee The School round of the Premier’s Spelling Bee will be conducted in Term 3.

Years 3 & 4 - Monday 5 August Years 5 & 6 - Tuesday 6 August

All primary students are eligible to enter. Any student who wishes to participate and has not yet nominated is to see Mrs Whitchurch for details.

Two junior and two senior students will compete in the regional round of the competition to be conduct-ed in September (date and venue to be announced). The state finals will be held at the ABC Centre in Sydney on 8 December. Please note that all transport and supervision for the regional and state rounds is provided by parents.

Uniform Shop News Uniform Shop opening hours Week 1 Term 3

Tuesday 23 July (1st day back): 8.30-9.30am

Wednesday 24 July: 1.30-3.30pm

Friday 26 July: 8.30-9.30am

Any Flexischools orders placed during the holidays will be available for pick-up on the Tuesday morning, otherwise they will be sent home with your child.

Canteen News Please note that this Friday there will be a limited menu provided by the canteen. Orders can still be made through Flexischool for this day.

Menu as follows: Lasagne $4.10; Macaroni & Cheese $4.10; 6pkt Chicken Sticks $3.50; 2pkt Chick-en Tenders $3.20; 3pkt Party Pies $3.60; Garlic Bread $1.60; Sausage Rolls $3.50; BBQ/Tomato Sauce 30c. Drinks: Chocolate or Strawberry Poppers $2.50; Ap-ple/Apple Blackcurrant Poppers $2.00; Chill J’s Cola/Raspberry/Grape/Watermelon $2.50 each.

School Banking News This Wednesday 3 July is the last day to bank for this term. We will continue in week one of next term on Wednesday 24 July.

We hope everyone is banking so that you can claim your rewards after you make ten deposits. Every term we bring out two new rewards. The rewards you can claim are: an owl fluffy keyring; scratch art cards; scented stackable highlighters; snowy origami set; icicle slapband ruler and a Yeti fluffy notebook.

If you have any questions, please contact Simone on 0476 235 094.

Name:

Jessica Love-Hicks

Age: 5 years

Class: K-2 Green

Teacher: Mrs Pearsall

Favourite activities:

Playing and patting her

cat.

Teacher comments:

Jessica loves her family.

She tries very hard at

school and is kind to her peers.

What career interests you? When I grow up I

would like to be someone who digs up dinosaurs.

K-2 LITERACY AWARDS The students who received the literacy awards and capes at the assembly were:

Kindergarten Nevaeh Bowtell William Swansbra

Year 1 Tilly Murray Callen Rathbone

Year 2 Alana Tillman Timmy Longhurst

Congratulations to the following

students who gained a

White Merit Certificate:

Alana Tillman 2 Red

Joshua Riley 4 Red

Tia Dunn 6 Blue

Riley Sterland 3-6 Blue

Anna Cronin 3-6 Blue

Cody Newman 3-6 Blue

James Broekhuizen 2 Red

On behalf of our staff, I would like to wish you all a very restful and safe holiday. The staff return to school on Monday 22 July and the students return on Tuesday 23 July.

NAIDOC Celebrations This week we are celebrating NAIDOC Week. There are a number of activities planned for the students including boomerang painting, a performance and dance class conducted by River Spirit dance group, a NAIDOC Assembly as well as many other classroom based activities.

‘Dress Like A Farmer’ Day A huge thank you to all of our students for supporting this initiative which was put forward by

a couple of our Year 6 students. All of the funds raised today will be donated to the ‘Buy a Bale of Hay’ appeal.

Staff Development Day, Term 3 The topics that staff will be engaged in for our Staff Development Day are around evaluative thinking and its impact on the School Plan as well as excellence in the teaching of literacy and the final topic will be excellence in learning, teaching and leading.

Have a wonderful week, Mrs O’Neill