Term 2 Week 9 15th June 2021

Class Stars of the Week

Year 5/6

Year 3/4

Kindergarten

Year 1/2

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Gathering Merit Awards

The 1/2 class hosted our final Gathering for this term

on Friday and were able to show the school

community the diverse talents and skills they have in

their class.

Congratulations to the children who were recognised

with a Merit Award on Friday for making an extra

effort in the past fortnight and achieving success at

school.

K – Aaliyah and Daniel

1/2 – Cassius and Sophie

3/4 – Dante and Tomas

5/6 – Montana and Lacy

Semester 1 Reports

Semester 1 reports on progress and achievements

this year are currently being finalised and will be

sent home on Friday 18th June. (My apologies for

error with date last week.)

Reports are a ‘point in time’ judgement on how your

child is performing according to state wide standards

for their stage of schooling.

Parents can request appointment to discuss child’s

progress with their teachers when reports sent home

and time will be given next term to update their PLP

goals set in Term 1 based on Semester 1

achievements.

P and C Activities

Our P&C are hosting a fundraising BBQ at Bunnings

this Saturday. If you can help cook or serve at the

BBQ please contact P&C organisers - Jo Tracey,

Nancy Smith or Julie Barwick.

You would have also received raffle tickets for the

P&C firewood raffle.

Winners will be drawn on 25th June.

Transition

Our Transition class is steadily growing as the term

progresses and the class are already showing great

signs of being completely prepared for school next

year. The children have quickly adapted to school

routines and are great role models to the new

students when they have joined class.

If you know of any family interested or a child eligible

to attend, please ask them to contact the school so

we know who to expect next term and so they do not

miss out on a place in the class!

Building Improvements

Our classrooms are super warm and comfortable in

any weather with the brilliant air-conditioning that

was installed during the last two years. Our outdoor

Important Dates 3/4 NERAM Art Excursion 16th

Semester 1 Reports sent home 18th

P&C Bunnings BBQ Saturday 19th

PSSA Touch Football Gala Day 22nd

Firewood raffle drawn 25th

Last day of Term 2 25th June

classroom and gardens have also had some recent

improvements. Our edible garden has new frost

covers to keep our winter vegetables growing and

the outdoor classroom has been fitted with some

new activities stations and artificial grass installed.

Hopefully our next stage of improvements will

commence soon with the outdoor kitchen, new

signage at front of school and the big project by end

of year – a shade cover over our basketball courts!

Star Awards

“You’re a Star Award” certificates are presented at

our Monday morning assembly to students who have

been using the You Can Do It keys to success and

demonstrating persistence, resilience, organisation,

getting along and confidence.

Congratulations to our recipients this morning:

Austin, Sophie, Blake, Chloe, Brodie, Torrah,

Isabelle, Kayalanna, Bailey, Thomas and Phillip.

These ‘keys’ are instant rewards given daily to

encourage use of the ‘5 keys to success’-

persistence, resilience, organisation, getting along

and confidence.

Murray Cox

Principal

3/4 News

3/4 worked together to create this

collaborative artwork following our learning

about Reconciliation week and National Sorry

Day. This artwork was designed by Zachary

Bennett-Brook. Zachary is a contemporary

artist and Indigenous man of Torres Strait

Islander ancestry, born and raised on

Dharawal Country.

1/2 News We love being creative! Students in 1/2 have

opportunities to explore and express their creative

side at Newling PS. Every week Miss Nicole

teaches the students music through games and

hands on experiences. Students also enjoy drama

opportunities in class English lessons.

5/6 News On Tuesday and Wednesday last week students from

Yrs 4-6 participated in Basketball Gala Days in

Tamworth. There were some very strong teams rep-

resent on the day from Tenterfield, Inverell, Barraba,

Scone, Armidale and Tamworth.

Our Newling students, once again, proved their

hearts are mighty and played 2-3 games each, never

once losing their enthusiasm. Their sportsmanship

and drive is to be commended.

They were a wonderful group of students to take

away and represent our school; well done!

Kindergarten News The Kindergarten students have been learning about

3-dimensional objects in Mathematics. They made

3-dimensional shapes out of playdough and paddle pop

sticks to demonstrate their understanding.

With the icy weather last week, we had lots of students

dressed sensibly in jumpers, jackets, beanies and gloves.

Please make sure all items of clothing are labelled with

your child’s name as this makes returning items to the

owners so much easier.

We are grateful to a

generous community

member who knitted

beanies for some of

our students.

TRANSITION CLASS NEWS

We were lucky to welcome a new student, Lucas, to our class last week! We are

enjoying our CIRCUS theme at the moment and learning to make patterns and our

own name in playdough.

SRC News Handball

Well done to all those students who entered our handball competition this term. Many of our students showed persistence when practicing and growth in their hand eye coordination. We as a staff have been very impressed with their improvements. Well done everyone!

NAIDOC Week Competition

The SRC are running a colouring in competition for students in K-2 and a poster design competition in 3-6 for NAIDOC week. 3-6 poster designs must in-clude the theme “Heal Country” and are due Tuesday 22nd June, Week 10. To submit your entry please give your creation to Miss Winsor with your name clearly marked. Good luck!

Softball Superstar Montana!

On Monday Montana represented Newling Public School at the North West team trials.

She demonstrated outstanding skill during catching and batting drills and was a wonderful team player when fielding in games.

Montana has been selected as a reserve for the team and we cannot wait to see what she does next. Well done!

P & C Notices

The P&C will be running the Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 19th June. They need some volunteers to help throughout the day from 8am until 4pm. If you are able to volunteer for an hour or two please contact the P & C President Jo Tracey on 0437 050 060.

Wood raffle tickets are on sale - two prizes of a trailer load of firewood drawn Friday June 25th. Please return tickets/money to school office by Thursday June 24th.

Important Reminder

Please ensure your child brings

a water bottle to school

each day.

A piece of fruit or veg, cut up

and ready to eat, is also

needed each day for

‘Crunch ’n‘ Sip’.

Reminder The school office does not keep

change.

Please ensure you have the

correct money when paying for

uniform items or excursions by cash.

EFTPOS is available for any payments

over $5.

5/6 Chocolate Fundraising

Chocolate money is now overdue, please return your money to the office before last day of term. EFTPOS payments can also be made over the phone.

All funds raised by your child will subsidise the total cost of our Term 4 excursion.

Thank you for supporting us in our efforts.

Winter Uniform New winter uniform items are available for purchase from the school office. We have school- Jackets/parkas $50

Beanies $10

Scarves $5

Gloves $3

We also have pre-loved items - jumpers, shirts, long pants and jackets in uniform pool.

This year Newling is participating in the Wonder Bread Bags Recycling Program.

Please send in all your empty bread bags and bread tags. They can be any sort of bread bags.

There will be pink Collection Bins in the office and classrooms for your children to recycle them in.

ABSENTEE NOTE

(To be returned to Classroom Teacher first day back after absence)

STUDENT’S NAME……………………………………... …… Class ………….. Date of Absence/s ……………………

Reason for Absence

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Quote of the week.

“ Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings ”

~ Publilius Syrus