Bellata Public School
Jack Farr has recently been presented with his first Honour Badge at Bellata Public School. Students work hard every day to earn yellow cards to work their way up the merit system. Yellow cards can be earned for good behaviour, work ethic, book work, sportsmanship, friendship, etc. Students need to accumulate 7 yellow cards to receive a maroon award, 7 maroon awards to receive a gold award and finally 3 gold awards to receive an Honour Badge. Students who work consistently well throughout their school life attaining yellow cards can earn multiple Honour Badges. Jack had a special morning tea last week to mark the special occasion and his parents, Kevin and Stacey, were there to pin on his badge. Congratulations Jack!
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Timbumburi Public School
Raquel from the Commonwealth Bank came and visited our school and talked to us about saving and spending money. She trained us how to be cashletes (like an athlete only we were training in being smart with our money), how we could earn money, save money and making sure you don’t spend too much money. We played lots of fun games and activities. She made up a saying that was “ spend some on you, but save some too.” It was a very interesting lesson. – By Michael and Ella
Carroll Public School
Principal's Message Congratulations to all of the Carroll PS students who competed at the Zone Swimming Carnival last Friday. Well done to Corey Wheeler for placing 1st in the 13 year old boys age race and to the relay team (Breeana Ward, Haley Wheeler, Maddie Mulherin and Corey Wheeler) for placing 1st in the Small Schools’ relay. Corey will be competing at the Area Carnival in Armidale on Monday, good luck Corey! Bev Babbage visited our students today to present a robotics and coding workshop. Miss Callaghan attended a teachers’ workshop with Bev earlier in the week. The students thoroughly enjoyed their time with Bev and are looking forward to working with robots some more in the future. Thank you to Miss Callaghan for organising the visit. Don’t forget the parent welcome BBQ is being held on Friday 17th of March at 3pm and everyone is welcome. A very good question was asked at the parent meeting last week and often, if someone asks a question, there are others who are also wondering the same thing. The question was “Why do we have a relieving Principal and not a permanent one?” The substantive Principal for Carroll PS is Ms Christine Patison who is currently relieving at Mullaley PS due to the Mullaley Principal relieving at Westport PS and the Westport Principal is working in a training role that he reapplies for each year. This knock on effect means Carroll PS has a relieving Principal that is on a temporary engagement for a year at a time. Why do Principals relieve at other schools? So that they can gain experience in bigger schools which they can use, should they apply for and be offered an interview for Principal at a bigger school. When will Carroll PS get a Permanent Principal? Only when Ms Patison applies for and is offered another position will the Carroll PS Principal role be advertised. As Carroll PS is Ms Patison’s substantive position, she can choose to return to Carroll PS at any time as the permanent Principal. I hope this information was helpful for those who needed clarification. As this is my last Principal’s message I would like to thank the students, staff, parents and community for your support since March 2014. Whilst I have found the distance from home difficult at times, it has been this support that has kept me coming back. The biggest thing I wanted to achieve as Principal here at Carroll PS was for the everyday running of the school to be enjoyable for the students, yet structured, for them to feel supported, but show initiative. I feel that with the help of the staff, we have certainly achieved this and lots more. I continue my association with Carroll PS as Instructional Leader for the next 3 years, and am grateful that I can continue to be a part of the Carroll community. I would like to welcome Mrs Dowe to the position of Relieving Principal and I’m sure she will enjoy it as much as I have.
Thank you Rebecca Hopkins Relieving Principal
Wallabadah Public School
Term 1, Week 6 ~ 3 March 2017 Principal’s Message
Inspiration is the essence of Musica Viva In Schools. Every year, for 13 years, Wallabadah Public School has been involved with this high quality program designed to bring music to life for students and teachers in their own schools. On Friday 3 March 2017 we had a performance by “The World According to James” lead by James Greening who is among Australia's leading jazz trombonists. This tight knit ensemble radiates an infectious joy and passion for music. Everyone walked (rather danced) from the hall with the tunes still ringing in their heads. The children have been working on activities throughout this term which are based on their performance. Diversity, innovation and excellence are the keys to their program. Musica Viva In Schools provides a complete music education package for students and teachers alike. They believe there is nothing like the excitement and power of a live performance and that music is an essential experience for every student. Music speaks to every child, and that every child has their own music to make. Musica Viva has a vast experience in touring and presenting that allows them to bring only the best nationally and internationally acclaimed performers into schools, because they believe quality makes a difference. Explore and be inspired!
King of the Ranges – On Friday 24 February 2017 we attended the King of the Ranges at Murrurundi. The students had a lovely day. They enjoyed and participated in a whip cracking demonstration, dot painting, cart rides and bush poetry. We finished the day with a visit to Murrurundi Pool. Thank you to the King of the Ranges organisers for the invitation to attend.
Here is what some of K-2S had to say about the excursion: The whip cracking was clever and Chaise was really good. – Alexis Sweeney. The poet was really funny when the kids did “Waltzing Matilda”. – Charlotte Robertson. I liked the whip cracking and the cart. – Rigby Smith
Willow Tree Public School
Here we are, already the middle of Term 1 and the beginning of March. March is a busy time, particularly for our P&C who host their biggest fundraiser for the year, the Willow Tree Public School P&C Horse Sports. Are you able to spare a few hours on Friday March 17 to help? All funds raised at the horse sports go towards purchasing resources for all students at our school. A big thank you to all students who have embraced the home reading program and continue to bring in their home readers each Wednesday, this week we had over half our students return their book. The P&C have kindly donated $3000 towards the purchase of home reading resources which Mrs Ramage will be ordering in the coming days. Thank you P&C! Students can read any book from home or school. They can read to themselves or aloud to another person. Reading is an important skill that we continue to focus on and encourage our students to participate in. Thank you to all parents who helped transport students to and from The King of the Ranges. Students had a great time participating in numerous events throughout the morning. Some students showed off their whip cracking skills while other students had their first ever attempt. Students enjoyed listening to the poetry workshop before trying their hand at aboriginal dot painting. All children enjoyed their ride in the horse drawn buggy. Thank you to The King of the Ranges committee for inviting us to join in the activities.
Currabubula Public School
Zone Swimming: WOW… a huge congratulations to all those who swam in the Zone Swimming Carnival. All students swam their hearts out and the encouragement of those on the sideline was second to none, it made me extremely proud to be associated with Currabubula Public School. The day was a long one yet all swimmers and parents stayed to cheer on those left swimming, a show of wonderful sportsmanship! The results from the carnival were also amazing!! Congratulations to Nigella Bonner, Isobel Bonner, Sienna Marzato, Phebe McNamara and Max Bonner for all making it through to swim at the Regional Carnival in Armidale. Well Done!
St Joseph’s Quirindi
Week 6 Report – Catholic Schools Week: This Friday you are invited to join us for Mass at 9.30am followed by Classroom Visits until 11am and BYO morning tea to have on the playground with the children. So please; Come! Share the Spirit! Caritas: Caritas Australia’s theme for Project Compassion 2017 is “Love Thy Neighbour”. Our annual fundraising efforts for Caritas started last week and donation boxes have been sent home. Through Project Compassion this year, we are supporting our neighbours worldwide, empowering the most vulnerable people to grow stronger and share their strengths with their communities. Wii Gaay: On Monday 27th February two students, Elijah Allan and Jazmyn Marshall-Moore and Miss Allan attended the Wii Gaay residential School in Dubbo. They visited the Dubbo Zoo which the students found exciting and fascinating, before venturing back to camp where the students split into groups for three rotations of maths, IT and english. They had to design their own Zoo, make posters on the ipads and write a story. A fun week was had by everyone. Judy Allan
Kindy: Bailey Garden - fantastic effort in Butterfly addition. Year 1: Stella McMahon for saying and writing numbers by 2s, 5s and 10s. Year 3: Paige Hannigan for working hard at making arrays to solve multiplication sums. Year 4: Max McMahon for solving challenging multiplication algorithms Year 5: Henry Duncan for effectively using fact skills to multiply larger numbers. Year 6: Jade Wilson for regularly applying herself and learning new skills in Mathematics.