Nowendoc Public

School

Brackendale Road

Nowendoc 2354

Ph: 67770905

Fax: 67770947

Parker offering to go without

his sandwich being toasted

so that Phoebe and Amy

would not miss out,

Catherine popping in with

Parker’s forgotten lunchbox

and then staying for recess

and Nena Hicks popping in to

introduce her new visitors

from The Netherlands.

Our school is always open to

everyone so if you feel like a

touch of warmth on these

bitterly cold days please pop

in.

Keep smiling!

Welcome back to our short-

est term this year. However,

there is much happening this

term and for this reason the

children have taken home a

term calendar to help you

with organization.

Tuesday, Thursday and

some Wednesday afternoons

I have video conference

meetings until 4.30 so timely

pickups would be appreciat-

ed.

May is the Cancer Councils

Biggest Morning Tea month

and once again we will be

hosting one for the Now-

endoc Community. Please

see the notice in this Shout

for the date and time. We

look forward to catching up

with many of you.

Our first week has flown by.

Everyone arrived back with

smiles and much chatter

about their holidays. One of

the pleasures of Nowendoc

Public is the simple warmth

of the children’s smiles and

genuine happiness at being

at school.

A couple of little snippets

from this first week that

brought a smile to our faces:

Mrs Lyon arriving for Monday

sewing and a swarm of little

bodies descending upon her;

the ‘big’ kids helping the

‘little’ kids attach paper to the

new Art easels so they could

draw before we began our

formal morning session,

Nick, feeling much more at

ease after a term of getting to

know me, chuckling

and saying,’ oh Mrs

Bourke’ when I was

trying to find some-

thing for the ump-

teenth time,

Kathy’s Corner

Mrs Worth’s Week

The Nowendoc Shout 7 M A Y 2 0 1 4 T E R M 2 W E E K 2

Diary Dates

2014

Term 2

Week 3

NAPLAN—Yr 3

Tues 13 - Thurs

15 May

Biggest Morn-

ing Tea

Frid 16 May

Week 4

Small Schools

Athletic Carni-

val at Niangala

Wed 21 May

Week 5

Excursion - The

Capitol Theatre,

Tamworth to

see Magnifque

Frid 30 May

Our writing theme at the

moment is cold weather

due to the nasty change in

the weather. All the stu-

dents are using the app,

Book Creator, to write a

book called “I’m Cold!”.

Book Creator allows the

students to present their

story by typing, writing

with a pen or recording

themselves, catering for

everyone’s learning needs.

Students can then illus-

trate their work by taking

photos, drawing or import-

ing pictures from the inter-

net. Everyone is enjoying

using the iPads in class this

term, with many of the

learning apps either free or

costing only a few dollars,

making them accessible at

home and school.

Parker, Emily, Phoebe,

Charlotte, Nick and Amy

have completed some beau-

tiful Mother’s Day gifts. I

hope all the mums have

great Mother’s Day on

Sunday.

Easter Egg Hunt

Renewing Our Vegie Patch

Measuring Me

Our first week back we headed outside to investigate

how we had grown taller. Nick and Amy used unifix

cubes to count by ones whilst Charlotte, Phoebe, Emily

and Parker used MAB blocks to count by tens and

ones.

Who was the tallest?

Mary’s Birthday

Students Return to School

Monday, 30 January, 2012

Our Holidays

On the holidays I saw an echidna. It was a BIG echidna.

On Monday the vet came to do preg testing. I fell off the horse and it hurt. I had to go to hos-

pital. It was the Walcha Hospital. I had to have some Panadol.

On another day we went to Top Station to have a barbeque. The next morning it was Easter

and I got a chocolate rabbit with smartees inside it. Then we had an Easter egg hunt and I

found the most.

Phoebe, year 2

On the holidays I went to Grandma’s house. I had fun...heaps of fun!!!! One of the things I

liked was that I got the book, Lord of the Rings. It burst my head off!

Another thing I liked was going to the Easter Show. It was fun. There was a big slide and

two roller coasters. I went on one, the other one was bad because it twirled round like this

@@@@. It did not look nice at all and I saw two of the people get off and spew up. That’s

why I did not go on it.

The day after the Show I bought Kids Monopoly. Grandma and I played it and the game

went forever because we didn’t stop when we ran out of money. In the end I won.

The next day I went home. I went to sleep!

Parker, year 3

On the holidays we went to Louie’s to have a barbeque. Then we had an Easter hunt. After

that we had dinner at Louie’s. I had lots of fun.

Charlotte, year 1

On the holidays we went camping at Ben and Kristy’s house. They had two boys and one

girl. The two boys had motor bikes so we rode ours too.

On Saturday I woke and I saw Blake on Mum and Dad’s mattress so everyone woke up.

We had breakfast and then we went to a party. We went back to the camp when it was

night time.

In the morning the Easter Bunny came to camp. We had chocolate for breakfast before we

drove home. I t was night and we were very tired when we got home. Mum and Dad said,

‘Good Night”.

Emily, year 3

National Family Reading Month

May is National Family Reading Month

This provides a wonderful opportunity for your family

to form reading

habits that you can follow for the entire year and

beyond.

So snuggle up and share a book!

Mary’s Birthday

Students Return to School

Monday, 30 January, 2012

Mary’s Birthday

Students Return to School

Monday, 30 January, 2012

Community Chat

Hairdressing

Denise Hawdon will be at Nowendoc on Monday 16 june, 2014.

Please phone Beth Higgins on 67 770970 to make an appointment.

Nowendoc Public School

Creativity - Collaboration - Care

Visitors Always Welcome

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

NOWENDOC RURAL FIRE BRIGADE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 6.00pm

at Nowendoc Fire Shed

Enquiries to Neil Higgins 67770970

NIANGALA/NOWENDOC WILD DOG BAITING

2014

Aerial baiting of the Nowendoc Valley and surrounding areas will commence the week of Monday,

19 May 2014.

Donations of livestock for this program would be greatly appreciated.

Please contact Graham Bullen or Paul Hicks if you have any livestock available.