NEWSLETTER TERM 4 WEEK 1: TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2019

1463 Kyogle Road, Uki, NSW, 2484 Email: uki-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Ph: 02 6679 5128 Fax: 02 6679 5448 Website: www.uki-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

AHOY ME HEARTIES - THE LAST DAY OF TERM 3 WAS GRRRRRRREAT! We had a lot of fun on the last day of the term for ‘Talk Like Pirate Day’. As well as enjoying some truly inspired pirate-themed jokes, we raised $110 which we have sent to the organisation ‘Childhood Cancer Support’. Thank you to everyone who got into the spirit of the day. Here are the winning (original!) jokes;

Honorable mentions:

Why did the pirate cross the road? To go to the parrrrty! Jarah 2K

What is a pirate’s biggest fear? A spidarrrrrrr. Zaydhan 2K

What do you call a poodle crossed with a pirate? A pi-roodle. Kai 5/6W

Where does a pirate go for his holidays? To an island farrrr, farrr away. Mrs Trevaskis (inspired by Zaydhan)

There were two pirates. The first pirate said to the second pirate, “What happened to yer leg?” The second pirate replied, “Arr, wooden you like to know?!”Anna W

K-2 Runner-up Where did the pirate go to meet his mates? A barrrrrrr. Hollie 2K

K-2 Winner Who was the pirate’s favourite teacher? Mrs Arrrrmour. Sari 2K

3-6 Runner-up What is a pirate’s favourite sport? Arrrrrchery. Lily 3/4S

3-6 Winner Hey, arrrrrrr you ready for a joke? Well, that’s it! Izzy 5/6W

STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2020 The process for choosing our student leaders for 2020 will soon be underway. Now would be a good time for families to have a chat with their Year 5 children to talk about whether they would like to put themselves forward for these important roles in Year 6 2020. More information will be sent home soon.

WELCOME BACK! It’s really lovely to see all the families back at school for the last term of the year. I’d like to particularly welcome our preschoolers who will be joining us for Kindergarten 2020. They had a wonderful day at ‘big school’ yesterday with Mrs Mills and their buddies, learning school routines, finding out where things belong in the classroom, venturing out around the school and making some new friends. Next week there will be the first of two information sessions for Kindy parents from 9:15 - 10:30. Even if you have other children at school, it’s a good idea to come along to hear all the latest information, as things can change from year to year. The Kindy transition program will run every Monday for 6 weeks, and I’m sure that our newest students will be well and truly ready for school as a result.

CANTEEN NEWS Over the holidays, our old canteen was emptied, and most of the fixtures were moved to the beautiful new canteen. Many thanks to Danni and several helpers who assisted with the move. At this point, we are waiting on advice as to when the demountable will be removed from the site by crane. We are also waiting on some finishing touches to be added to the new canteen before it can be opened. We have had some lovely professional photos taken of our beloved old canteen by Paul Williams, one of our Uki parents who is also a highly-awarded commercial photographer. We really appreciate Paul’s expertise and generosity in ensuring that we have archival quality photos with which to remember our beautifully painted canteen! We’ll keep you informed as to when we’re able to open the canteen for business.

EKIDNA AWARD NEWS Did you know that of our 150 students, 112 have already received a Bronze EKINDA Award acknowledging their positive behaviour. A further 30 students have already received a Silver Award, and at the end of Term 3, our first two Gold Awards and EKIDNA badges were awarded. Students are always so excited to let me know when they are up to another award level, so I’m sure many more will be coming to share the good news with me over the next few weeks. Below are the recipients for week 10 last term.

GREAT NEWS! CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHERS NOW AVAILABLE Thanks to the hard work of our P&C Vice President, Tereasa Bennett, our instrument lesson program has received approval as a Creative Kids Voucher Provider. This means that all students enrolled in the instrument program will be eligible for a $100 credit on their fees this year. Details about how to apply for the voucher will be sent home in the next couple of days. This is a great outcome for all our families, and I'm sure you'll join with me in thanking Tereasa for her initiative and hard work.

Rachel Watkins, Principal

MORE MUSIC NEWS This week, we welcome many new students to instrument music lessons with our band program. It will be exciting to watch their progress! Concert Band and Bunyip Band will both resume this week.

Be sure to check the new lesson timetable. There have been many changes. Mr Keogh was absent on Thursday and Friday in the last week of term. On the Term 4 account, all of Mr Keogh's students will receive a credit for those lessons that were missed.

Vikki Armour

Term 4 Calendar

Week 2

Mon 21 Oct Kindy Transition Day 2

Mon 21 Oct P&C Meeting 6pm

Fri 25 Oct Camp payments due in full

Fri 25 Oct World Teachers’ Day

Week 3

Fri 1 Nov Murwillumbah Show Canteen

Sat 2 Nov Murwillumbah Show Canteen

WORDS OF THE WEEK

K-2: site Site menas a place or location. We had a picnic at the beautiful site on our property.

3-6: archival Archival is a word used when you’re talking about keeping valuable documents. The school has a special storeroom where we keep our archival records.

FILM FESTIVAL

Students from Years 1, 5 and 6 participated in creation of a number of short films entered into the inaugural Film by the Tweed festival. A group of local schools have begun the film festival to showcase the talents of our students, building on the successful “Film By…” programs run throughout the state. As the entrant films were selected to be shown, we have been invited to attend a matinee and an evening performance on 30th October 2019.

A note will go home inviting participants to attend the matinee performance at 1pm by bus, during school hours (the school has already purchased these tickets). There is also an exciting red carpet event and evening showing that night, with the films shown at 7pm.

If you, families or friends would like to attend, you can book a seat using this link: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=547614&

Any profits will go to running the event in future years. We are delighted that many of the films shown at the event are by our students at Uki Public School. They demonstrated a commitment to learning in film making: acting, filming, writing and editing to name a few skills developed.

Julia Crump and Andy Williams

Pictured are Scott and Eva busy filming using the green screen.

Uki Public School Celebrates 125 Years

6 - 7 June 2020

Help us celebrate 125 years of Public education in Uki

Join the organising committee Spread the word - contact family, friends and ex-

students Find us on Facebook Visit the school website to register interest Contribute memorabilia to our historical display

Pictured below are previous students who currently have children enrolled at the school, reviewing the school’s memorabilia.

REMINDER

Years 3,4,5 & 6

Camp Goodenough payments are due in full next Friday 25 October.

They may look like a raggedy bunch of rapscallions, but these here pirates ARRRRR our award winners for the last week of Term 3! Congratulations everyone. Keep up the great work.

ARRRR, ME HEARTIES!

STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THANK OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT

Anne Besgrove

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