Page 1 A small school with BIG aspirations! 3 July End of Term 2 20 July Staff Development Day 21 July Students resume for Term 3 21 July Dental Health NSW Visit 12 Oct Start of Term 4 3 Nov School Photos 4-6 Nov Stage 3 Small Schools Camp 1 Dec Yr 6 High School Orientation 14 Dec Presentation Day 16 Dec Students conclude Term 4 17-18 Dec Staff Development Day May Birthdays………. 12 May - Leonie (School Counsellor) 15 May - Mrs Smart 20 May - Elyssa & Eliza Happy Birthday! Macdonald Valley Public School Weekly Newsletter 1331 Saint Albans Road Central Macdonald NSW 2775 Tel: 02 4568 2120 Fax: 4568 2022 Email: [email protected]Website: macdonaldv-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Week 5, Term 2, 2020 29/05/2020 Dates to Remember……. Principal’s Message What a wonderfully excing week it has been with our moment in the spotlight. Not only did we have the thrill of having an arcle in The Sydney Morning Herald, but also the stunning photo of our students was selected as one of the top Fairfax photos of the week. The photographer really did capture a magic moment in the autumn leaves as well as the joy and warmth of our students. We agree that it deserved special recognion. Thank you to parents for giving their me this week for parent- teacher interviews. We really value the extra insight you offer about your children, but we especially love sharing our observaons about the fabulous young people we have the pleasure to teach. Stage three students are already geng excited at the prospect of camp in Term 4. We have been receiving payments already, which shows the high enthusiasm we all have to get out and about on excursions again. Watch out Canberra! Melissa Date - Principal Assembly News Roster Term 2 2020 Week 6 - Braiden and Annabel Week 7 - Jacob and Elyssa Week 8 - Eliza and Bianca Week 9 - Poppy and Lukas Week 10 - Isaac and Chloe Photo by Wolter Peeters published in Sydney Morning Herald on 23rd May, 2020 Photo by Wolter Peeters published in Sydney Morning Herald on 23rd May, 2020
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Week 5, Term 2, 2020 29/05/2020
Page 1 A small school with BIG aspirations!
Follow your dreams!
3 July End of Term 2
20 July Staff Development Day
21 July Students resume for Term 3
21 July Dental Health NSW Visit
12 Oct Start of Term 4
3 Nov School Photos
4-6 Nov Stage 3 Small Schools Camp
1 Dec Yr 6 High School Orientation
14 Dec Presentation Day
16 Dec Students conclude Term 4
17-18 Dec Staff Development Day
May Birthdays……….
12 May - Leonie (School Counsellor)
15 May - Mrs Smart
20 May - Elyssa & Eliza
Happy Birthday!
Macdonald Valley Public School Weekly Newsletter 1331 Saint Albans Road Central Macdonald NSW 2775
What a wonderfully exciting week it has been with our moment in the spotlight. Not only did we have the thrill of having an article in The Sydney Morning Herald, but also the stunning photo of our students was selected as one of the top Fairfax photos of the week. The photographer really did capture a magic moment in the autumn leaves as well as the joy and warmth of our students. We agree that it deserved special recognition.
Thank you to parents for giving their time this week for parent-teacher interviews. We really value the extra insight you offer about your children, but we especially love sharing our observations about the fabulous young people we have the pleasure to teach.
Stage three students are already getting excited at the prospect of camp in Term 4. We have been receiving payments already, which shows the high enthusiasm we all have to get out and about on excursions again. Watch out Canberra!
Melissa Date - Principal
Assembly News Roster Term 2 2020
Week 6 - Braiden and Annabel
Week 7 - Jacob and Elyssa
Week 8 - Eliza and Bianca
Week 9 - Poppy and Lukas
Week 10 - Isaac and Chloe
Photo by Wolter Peeters published in Sydney Morning Herald on 23rd May, 2020
Photo by Wolter Peeters published in Sydney Morning Herald on 23rd May, 2020
Leya and her dog Max were in their tree house, which was 1 kilometre away from her home. The rain had soaked everything in sight. There were water falls everywhere. The sound was deafening. Leya’s long blonde curly hair was soaked because the roof of her tree house leaked.
Leya was starting to panic, the rain had shown no sign of stopping. She started crying, she had now lost her dog and he could be anywhere, he could have drowned in the flood. She then heard a bark and a person calling, “Leya, Leya!”
She called out, “here!” and the person who was calling her name found her. It was her Dad and he was with Max! Max had saved her! After that, Leya and Max lived with lots of other adventures.
by Matilda Parents, you don’t always need to entertain
your kids – boredom is good for them
Most Australian children are spending more time at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19. They need to find ways to socialise, exercise and entertain themselves.
It’s not surprising parents may be hearing “I’m bored” a lot more than before.
But while boredom causes temporary uncomfortable feelings, it can be good for us in many ways - from stimulating creativity to helping train our concentration.
Information extracted from generationnext.com.au
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Nominations are now open!
The NSW/ACT Regional Achievement and Community Awards are designed to encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable contributions individuals, communities and businesses are making throughout regional and rural NSW and the ACT.
Do you know an individual, group, business or organisation who deserves to be recognised? We would love for you to enter them into the awards.
Category winners will be presented with some great prizes including airtime packages on PRIME 7 and a trophy.
Plus, we will send out a media release to each of the nominee’s local papers encouraging them to wire a story and every nominee will receive a certificate of achievement!.
The Awards are free to enter—and completing a nomination online is easy! If you are ready to start your nomination please go to our online portal (on our website) and select the category from the dropdown nominations award menu.
Wand to recognise someone but don’t have the time? No problem, we are more than willing to help! Simply refer someone to us—it takes only 2 minutes to complete the form and our team does the rest! We’ll get in contact with them and have them complete the questions. It’s that easy!
To find out more about the Awards, please see our website: www.awardsaustralia.com.
Nominations close Tuesday, 28th July 2020.
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MVPS Health & Wellbeing Series: Living Well
MVPS School Counsellor, Leonie, shares useful strategies to maintain good mental health during this unprecedented time.
A warm greeting to all families at MVPS.
Firstly, a big congratulations on being featured in the Sydney
Morning Herald – that’s a true testament to how the
community at MVPS thrive despite the circumstances. I am
honoured to be part of this school and community!
Following on from my last newsletter piece, I’d like to share
with you all how to practice self-care during this time of
transition and how to achieve overall positive mental health.
Tip 2: Practice Self-Care
To help encourage a positive frame of mind, it is important
to look after yourself. Everybody practises self-care
differently with some examples including:
Maintaining good social connections and communicating
openly with family and friends. Start by asking them how
they are coping with the current changes.
Making time for activities and hobbies you enjoy, recall
my topic on ‘flow’ last term.
Keeping up a healthy lifestyle by eating a balanced diet,
exercising regularly and importantly getting quality
sleep.
Practising relaxation, meditation and mindfulness to give
your body a chance to settle and readjust to a calm
state.
Tune in later this term where I’ll be sharing another
tip to support you in this time of adjusting to a
‘new normal’.
Until then, stay safe and well!
Kind regards,
Leonie
MVPS School Counsellor
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MACDONALD VALLEY PS P&C
COMMITTEE
President Simone Butler
Vice President Jeff Stewart
Secretary Shannon Toomey
Treasurer Simone Butler (standing in)
Please keep our students Safe!
Please slow down to a maximum of 10 km/h If
driving onto school grounds.
If parking on school grounds please ensure you
park on the other side of the
garage to the school.
Thank you!
Macdonald Valley Public School is willing to support advertisements for local businesses and community functions for our youth, however parents will need to assess for themselves the quality of products and services advertised and the suitable management of functions attended by their children.
NOTICE TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
To help keep our school safe during COVID-19 we now have extra cleaning in place during the day.
Our cleaning contractors are seeking to recruit casual cleaners to support the enhanced and day-clean at our school If you or someone you know may be interested in this work, please contact our contractor Broadspectrum via email to [email protected] for further information.
We are very proud of our students’ achievements in external events & competitions and are committed to recognising their achievements, however, this cannot happen unless we are informed. Please ring us or send us something in writing if your child or a group of students achieve success in external events so we can recognise their achievements in our weekly newsletters.
