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Volume 4 Issue 31

Thursday 14 November 2013

Principal: Leanne Parker

School Administrative Manager: Janice McLachlan Teachers: Sarah Fulmer Thomas Keane Mark Thurston School Learning Support Officer: Jenny Drage Grounds Assistant: Eian Wilson

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Quality Innovative Education in a

Caring Enironment

P&C Halloween Disco:

On Friday 1 November 2013, at six o’clock, we went to the Halloween d

isco. All of the school came or most of them. It was at the Rollands Plains

Hall.

Firstly, we were early. We were the first ones there. We were about twenty

minutes early. When Luke came there was still ten minutes until we could

go into the hall.

The first game was musical statues. Asha and I won musical statues. The

second game was a dance called Nutbush. The last game was limbo. My

favourite games were musical statues and limbo.

At the start of the disco I won a skull light for dancing. It was the best Hal-

loween disco I have ever been to. Jack Mansfield

On Friday 1 November, I got off the bus and rode home as fast as I could.

When I got home I ran inside and got ready to go. Once I was finished I

realised I had to wait two hours before I left. Two hours later my family

and I left to go to the Halloween disco. When I arrived there were so many

cool costumes. All the boys and girls had dressed up. After a while it got

dark. Then we played musical statues and then limbo. I was very good at

limbo. After that the lights turned off and on very quickly. Then I went

home. My favourite part of the Halloween disco was the limbo. Sam Dwyer

SCHOOL NE WS

2014 Staffing: We have been given an overview of the anticipated funding allocation for

our school for 2014. Mr Keane will be working 4 days per week, with myself five days per week. Un-

fortunately we do not have enough funding, due to current forecasted enrolment numbers, to contin-

ue employing Miss Fulmer. Mrs McLachlan and Mrs Drage will also still be working with us. Cur-

rently we have 27 students enrolled in our school. If we retain an enrolment number of 26 or greater

we will increase our teaching allocation.

Surf Safety and Beach Awareness:

On Monday afternoon, Greg Hudson from Port Macquarie Surf

Life Saving visited our school and spoke to the students about

beach, sun and surf safety. Greg outlined the importance of stay-

ing protected from the sun, being aware of the dangers of the surf

and what to do if you need help in the water. The learning Greg

provided was supported by Surf Science facts and video clips which are available to all families via

the internet.

School Sleep Over Wow! The children were all so excited in the lead up to our

school sleep over and equally excited on the day. We played indoor games until the weather cooled

before playing a game of school trivial pursuit. The primary students had formulated all of the ques-

tions. After a filling BBQ dinner, we discoed for an hour before the students had a choice of watching

either Epic or Despicable Me 2. At 9:30pm it was lights out. Surprisingly, it was the infants boys who

stayed awake the longest, trying to see midnight, we think. Before

7:00am Mr Keane, Sam, Billy, Eli and Jack had the fitness course set

up and were ready to go for the day. Bacon and eggs for breakfast

meant we were all energised after the fitness training and to com-

mence school at 9:00am. Fruit, jelly and ice-cream, hot dogs, cakes

and a very small amount of lollies

were enjoyed throughout Friday. The children all had a wonderful

time enjoying the opportunity to further develop friendships with

their peers while the infants began developing their independence

skills being away from home in a safe known environment. Thank

you to Mr Thurston who cooked all of the BBQ’s for us, Mrs Drage

who coordinated the kitchen, Mr Keane and Miss Fulmer for organ-

ising activities. A special thank you to the Year 6 SRC who suggested the activity which will now,

possibly, become an annual event.

Calendar Friday 29 November—P&C Meeting

Tuesday 10 December—Christmas Tree Practice at the Hall

Wednesday 11 December—Year 6 Dinner

Thursday 12 December—Christmas Tree Practice at the Hall

Friday 13 December—Christmas Tree

Wednesday 18 December—Movie Day + Last Day of School for 2013

VOLUME 4 IS SU E 31

From the Classroom:

On Thursday 7 November, we had a sleep over night at school. On Thursday at 3.00pm, we had games

to play at school and after the games we had afternoon tea. Then we played trivia games. You have to

ask some questions of three people out the front on orange chairs. After the trivia games we played

sport and then we had dinner. We had sausage sandwiches and some ice cream. Then we went to bed

and in the morning we had bacon and eggs for breakfast. I couldn’t choose a favourite part because it

was all good. Billy Mason

The best thing we liked about camp was that we had lots of fun. We watched Despicable Me 2 and one

of the characters was called Mr Ramsbottom. We thought that was very funny. Dave, Stewart, Kevin

and Steve were some of the minions. We got to play the wii. We got to eat ice cream and sausage sand-

wiches for dinner and jelly the next day because the jelly wasn’t set. We had bacon and eggs and left

over sausages for breakfast. Some of us did an obstacle course after breakfast with Mr Keane. We used

plastic cones and some of the play equipment to make the obstacle course. Annabelle: I thought the

best part was sleeping at school. Eli: I thought the best part was watching the movies. Annabelle Lynch

& Eli Raglus

NSW Health: To make an appointment for your child for FREE dental care with

the Public Dental Clinic contact the North Coast Oral Health Customer Service Line on

1300 651 625. All children under 18 years of age, who normally reside in NSW, and have

a current Medicare card are eligible for this service. Remember to brush twice a day espe-

cially at night and to replace your toothbrush regularly.

Tennis Coaching: Tomorrow will be the third session of tennis coaching this term. The

children are enjoying learning new skills and looking forward to the 2014 Small Schools Tennis Com-

petition.

Happy Birthday to

Sam Dwyer who turns 12 next

Tuesday.