■ Term 4 Week 8 ■ 4.12.2019 ■ Relieving Principal: Kerri McPherson

Phone: (02) 6927 7824 Fax: (02) 6927 7877 Matong Public School

Email: matong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 5649 Canola Way

Website: www.matong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Matong NSW 2652

TERM 4 2019

Week 8

Mon 2nd Dec to Fri 6th Dec

Swimming 11am-12pm at

Ganmain Pool

Week 9

Mon 9th Dec to Fri 13th

Dec

Swimming 11am-12pm at

Ganmain Pool

Thu 12th December

Presentation Night @ 7:00pm

– Grong Grong Hall

Fri 13th December

Time capsule burial @

9:30am – all are welcome

Week 10

Tue 17th Dec

Narrandera Pool Party

Wed 18th Dec

Last day of school

NOTES TO BE RETURNED:

Narrandera Pool Party

Permission Notes

Japanese Cuisine Lunch

Orders for Wednesday,

11th December must be

handed in to the School

Office by Monday, 9th

December.

Arthur Skarlis represented Matong Public

School at the PSSA Cricket Trials last Friday.

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■ 2019 ■ Term 4 ■ Week 8 ■ Matong Public School Newsletter

Sport News

Congratulations to the six boys that attended the

cricket trials Ganmain Sportsground last Friday. All

boys demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and

put in a fabulous effort. We were lucky to have

Greg McLay run the trials for our zone. Greg is a

talent specialist and coach for Cricket NSW and

has played professionally for the NSW team. The

decision for the squad will be announced as soon

as possible.

P & C News

Presentation Night is next Thursday, 12th

December at 7:00pm. Can everyone please bring a

plate of supper to share afterwards.

Community News

Coolamon Library

Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge will take place

over the summer months. This year the library is

offering lucky dip prizes for children. Every time

children borrow items during the months of

December and January they simply get to

choose from our lucky dip basket. Lots of prizes

will be on offer.

Library New Operating Hours.

The library is now opening on Mondays – this is

very exciting news for our community. The

opening hours are as follows

Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm

Saturday – 9.00am -12.00pm.

Food for Fines

The Library will be running our “Food for Fines”

promotion again this year. This offers our borrowers

a chance to clear their overdue fines and assist

those in need. All food items will be donated to

our local charity St Vincent de Paul.

Storytime

Our next storytime will be Friday, 6th December @

10.30am, it’s about – “Hair and Hats”. Then the

next week will be our final storytime for the year.

This will be held Friday, 13th December @ 10.30am

with a very special guest appearing. There will

also be a small party to follow to finish up for the

year. Everyone is most welcomed.

Book Club

Form a group of up to ten individuals and

nominate a group leader, pay the $400 club

membership, find a venue and you can begin

your own book club.The library provides ten

copies of one title plus background notes and

discussion questions. Clubs meet from February to

November reading ten titles over the year. For

further information, phone the Library - 69272492