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15 August 201815 August 2018

Principals Report – Week 4, Term 3

Mullaway Truly Has a Kind Heart

Thank you to everyone who donated money and/or food itemsto our “Doing for our Farmers” donation drive. It is wonderful tosee so much support for such a worthy cause. We will try tohold another fund raising event before the end of term.

Mullaway Assistant Principal Merit Selection

The process has started to fill the Assistant Principal positionthat has become vacant since Mr King said goodbye andstarted his new adventure at Narranga Public School. It will befilled through the Merit selection process. A panel has beenformed and I am the convener, therefore all questions andenquiries are to come through me. Once the full process hasbeen completed we will be able to announce the successfulapplicant. The successful applicant will start at the beginning ofthe new school year in 2019.

Mullaway Drive Road Works

Please continue to assist your children in safely navigating theroad works in Mullaway Drive. The construction company havebeen providing a traffic control person between 8.30-9am and3.00- 3.30pm.

Congratulations Mali - State PSSA Golfer

Mali Loomes in Year 6 recently represented Mullaway PS at theRegional PSSA Golf Trials which were held in Yamba. He wonthe event and will now represent Mullaway and the North Coastat State level next month. Congratulations Mali on a top effortand we wish him well at the next level.

The National Consistent Collection of Data

The National Data Collection counts students who have beenidentified by a school team as receiving an adjustment toaddress a disability as defined under the DisabilityDiscrimination Act 1992 (the Act) (www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00339). The national data collection is basedon the professional judgement of teachers about their studentswith disability and the level of adjustment they receive toaccess and participate in education on the same basis asother students. This is consistent with the obligations of allschools under the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (theStandards) (www.docs.education.gov.au/node/16354).

The collection of this data occurred last week.

Benefits of the national data collection

The national data collection collects information about studentswho are receiving adjustments because of disability acrossAustralia in a consistent, reliable and systematic way. Thiscollection strengthens existing approaches to supportingstudents with disability and draws on evidence of the ongoingwork of teachers and education staff throughout the year toprovide personalised learning and support for students withdisability.

The national data collection assists schools to:

• gain a greater understanding of their students withdisability and how they can be best supported

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The national data collection aims to, over time, lead to nationallyconsistent, high quality data that will enable schools, educationauthorities and governments to gain a more completeunderstanding of students who are receiving adjustmentsbecause of disability in schools in Australia and how best tosupport them.

Kathy Broekman –Relieving Principal

Coming Events

16thAugust

Thursday School Photos

17thAugust

Friday MNC Athletics Carnival

24thAugust

Friday Book Week Parade

29thAugust

Wednesday Toon School Visit

30thAugust

Thursday Mini Fete – Stage 3organising

6thSeptember

Thursday Grandparents Day

6thSeptember

Thursday Premiers Spelling Beeregional Finals

8thSeptember

Saturday Whole School Working Bee

25th – 27thSeptember

Tuesday -Thursday

Theatrical Minds

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Friday Mullaball Cup

NEXT NEWSLETTER: Wednesday 29th August

Weekly Bee Awards

Monday 6th August

Mrs Gentle Lorikeets Indi Christian

Miss Hopper Grevillea Kai Hay

Mrs Carter Glossy Frankie Freudenstein

Ms Canale Casuarina William Mack

Mrs Dobbs Kites Byron Fraser

Mrs Lee Pandanus Luca Coates

Mr Grant Wonga Mohala Graham

Mrs Sutherland Lilly Pilly Shannan Rolfe

Mrs Dibb Bluegum Isaac Van Rooy

Mr Cheers Kookaburra Grace Berger

Mrs Rayner Library Lyla Freudenstein

Mr Wiggins Music/LST Evie Purves

Mr Paz Cody Woodwell

Monday 13th August

Mrs Gentle Lorikeets Marissa Kneale

Miss Hopper Grevillea Halle McManus

Mrs Carter Glossy Noah Lee

Ms Canale Casuarina Lincoln Ewart

Mrs Dobbs Kites Amiie Hallgath

Mrs Lee Pandanus Talvin Harre

Mr Grant Wonga Chenoa Veverka

Mrs Sutherland Lilly Pilly Luca Struzik

Mrs Dibb Bluegum Lily Frost

Mr Cheers Kookaburra Miah Fabian

Mrs Rayner Library ~

Mr Wiggins Music/LST Lily Cain

• formally and consistently recognise the supports andadjustments provided to students with disability

• develop the professional judgement of school teamsin identifying the need for adjustments for studentswith disability, rather than relying on a medical orclinical diagnosis alone

• review their learning programs, teaching, supportsystems and processes to continually improveeducational outcomes students with disability.

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School UniformsIf anyone has any second hand uniforms they no longer requireplease consider donating them to our uniform pool.

We are in desperate need to add to our stocks.

Thank you

School Photos

Thursday 16th August

It is preferable that orders be made online using the code on theenvelope. Please go to www.donwoodphotography.com.auand follow these steps:

If ordering photos online these need to be finalised by 12noonWEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST.

Photo envelopes only need to be returned to the school ifyou are paying by cash.

Envelopes need to contain the correct amount as changecannot be given by photographers or school office staff.

Please return envelopes no later than TUESDAY 14THAUGUST.

Family photo envelopes are also available from the office whichcan only be used for cash payments, if ordering family photosonline these need to be finalised by 12noon WEDNESDAY15TH AUGUST.

Orders that are made on the day are CASH ONLY and MUSTbe handed straight to the photographers on the day.

Please do not use a mobile phone to place the order -laptop or PC seems to work better

Whooping Cough AlertWhooping Cough – also known as pertussis – is a seriousrespiratory infection that causes a long coughing illness, andcan be life-threatening for babies.

Older children can bring home whooping cough from schooland the infection can then be passed onto babies in the home.

Whooping cough starts like a cold with a blocked or runnynose, sneezing, tiredness, a mild fever and an occasionalcough. The cough usually gets worse and severe bouts ofuncontrollable coughing develop. This can be followed byvomiting, choking or taking big gasping breaths which causesthe “whooping” sound.

The cough can last for many weeks and can be worse at night.Some older children and adults just get a cough that doesn’t goaway and they may not get any of the other symptoms.

Whooping cough is highly infectious in the first three weeksand can spread easily through families, childcare centres andschools. General practitioners can test for whooping cough andtreat early infections to reduce spread to other people.

Anyone who is infectious with whooping cough should avoidcontact with babies and stay at home until they are no longerat risk of passing the infection on. Please contact the schoolimmediately if you are showing symptoms or have a medicaldiagnosis of Whooping Cough.

Schoolzine AppJust a reminder to all parents to download the Schoolzine APPto your phone. See instruction on the link below.

This will deliver the school Newsletter to you each fortnight andalso enable you to request meetings with teachers and advisethe school of your students absences.

Parent Helpers and VisitorsAll parent helpers and visitors to the school are reminded toplease come to the office on arrival to sign in and collect aVisitors Badge. This is a Work Health & Safety requirement ofall school grounds.

Online PaymentsA secure Westpac banking facility has now been added tothe Mullaway Public School website to allow parents/carers tomake online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card paymentsfor things like voluntary school contributions, excursions &sporting activities.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us atthe top of our homepage.

Follow the instructions on this page.

We hope that you will find this payment option convenient.Payments can still be made at the Mullaway Primary SchoolOffice by cash or cheque.

Toonschool Workshop Is Coming ToMullaway

Toonschool is an interatice workshop designed to raisestudents’ self-confidence, self-esteem and creativity. Studentswill play an active role in discussions, activities and drawingswith cartoonist Jeff Taylor.

• Click on “Order School Photographs & PortraitDownloads”

• Enter school code: 460618. Press “Submit”

• Press “Order Now”

• Add student’s details

• Press “Next”

• Select package

• There are Family & Extras options

• Keep clicking “Next” until Summary appears, whichgives you the option to finish and add to cart or saveand add another child

• Follow directions to checkout.

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The performance will take place on Wednesday 29th August forall students, Kindergarten to Year 6.

Notes will be sent home later next week.

Athletics Carnival

Athletic Carnival Results

Congratulations to all the students who participated so keenly inour track events on carnival day. After calculating all the pointsfor participation and competition in both track and field events,we congratulate Bindarri House for winning the Athletics Shieldfor 2018. Alinta House came a close second followed by Nianand Cargal.

There were many fantastic performances by the students inthe various age groups and events. From the younger,non-competitive students running sprints, shuttle relays andnovelty activities to the skilful, older students running sprints,long distance events and House relays. Age Champions wereawarded a trophy for their outstanding performances acrossthe many athletic disciplines.

The age Champions for 2018 are:

Junior: Sharntae Wood Luca Struzik

11 Years: Lily Shields Soul Hopper

Senior: Felicity Day Jaiah Wallace

District Athletics CarnivalOn Wednesday 8th August, students travelled to Coffs HarbourStadium to compete at the Coffs Harbour District PSSAAthletics Carnival. Well done to all those students thatcompeted and represented Mullaway proudly. Specialcongratulations to the following students who made it throughto the Zone Athletics Carnival this coming Friday, 17th Augustwhich will once again be held at the Coffs Harbour InternationalStadium.

Luca Struzik Jnr boys High Jump

Mohala Graham 9yr girls 100m

Soul Hopper 11yr boys Shot Put

Lilian Young 11yr girls High Jump

Wellbeing Garden Working Bee - Savethe Date

Saturday 8th September from 8am.

We are in need of volunteers to help us construct our newWellbeing Garden. The garden will be located in the spacebetween the fixed equipment and the basketball court and willprovide a space for students to engage in nature-based play.

Jobs on the day will include: moving mulch, pebbles andsand; constructing the stepping stone path and sandpit;general tidying and gardening activities.

What to bring: your own equipment (clearly labelled) including:wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, your own refreshments,including water bottles.

Any level of help would be very much appreciated – not alljobs will require heavy physical work. If you are able to help outat all, please reply to our SchoolZine app event and click onyour ticket (this event will be added this Friday, 17th August).Alternatively, you can contact the school office. We hope to seeyou there.

Mrs Sutherland and Ms Broekman

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Premiers Spelling BeeThis week Stage 3 and 2 students participated in the PremiersSpelling Bee challenge for 2018. The school finalists have thechance to attend the regional finals at Boambee Public Schoolon Thursday 6th September. The school finalists are TaneMurphy, Tristen Risby, Oscar Sutherland and Gracie Kennedy.We wish these students all the best in the next round. Thankyou to all the students who participated in the challenge.

Mrs Dobbs

Congratulations to our weekly MullawayMaths Mania Winners.

Jazz Kennedy from CasuarinaLyla Freudenstein from Glossy

Willow McNeil from WongaMakayla McAnally-Monaghan from Kookaburra

Each Wednesday a new maths question is available outsidethe Hall for students to write their answer and put into thedraw. Two names will be pulled out at the following Wednesdayassembly to reward the two successful students. The targetedability level will fluctuate each week to accommodate for allGrade levels.

Book Character ParadeOn Friday 24th August, Mullaway Public School will be holdinga Book Character Parade.

In accordance with the 2018 Book Week theme ‘Find YourTreasure’, students can come to school dressed as a characterfrom a book they treasure, or as a pirate.

The parade will be held from 9:15-10:15am in the MullawayPublic School Big Shed and we invite all family and friendsalong to enjoy the parade.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Great Book SwapMullaway Primary School is participating in the 2018 GreatBook Swap to help in addressing the literacy gap in remoteAustralia.

Hundreds of schools around Australia are participating to helpraise money to buy books for remote communities. The GreatBook Swap is a great way to celebrate reading locally, and raisemuch needed funds.

The idea is to swap a book in exchange for another, for a goldcoin donation.

If your child would like to participate in the event, we ask thatthey bring a book from home and a gold coin to school. Thebook may be one that they have read and no longer need, orone they have out grown. We ask that it be in good condition.Students may bring their book and donation to the libraryany day until Tuesday 21st of August. On Thursday 23rdAugust, those children will be given the opportunity to choosea book to take home from the selection of books brought toschool by their peers.

Thank you to those who support this event.

Disco and Sushi FundraiserLast Friday we held our Stage 3 fundraiser. After a healthysushi lunch we went to the hall where DJ Mr Wiggins had theparty happening! Year 6 would like to thank everybody whosupported their major fundraising day. We hope you had a lotof fun!

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Science in PandanusIn science this term Pandanus has been exploring changesthat occur in our environment. We have been conducting anexperiment on the best conditions to grow snow peas in withvery interesting results thus far. We will see what happens overthe next two weeks. We have looked at the changes betweenday and night and why this occurs. Our Picasso inspired artworks use warm and cool colours to show some of thesechanges. Check them out!

DOING IT FOR OUR FARMERS DONATIONDRIVE

Mullaway staff, students, parents, carers andcommunity members.

There is still time to dig deep and show our true,caring nature.

We are still collecting non-perishable food and household itemsfor our many farmers and their families who are struggling tomake ends meet with this continuing drought that is grippingmany areas of NSW. If you have further donations, please sendthem to the school office so we can continue donating to thisgreat cause.

Last week our donations filled Mrs Bartlett’s car boot andback seat and she delivered them to Grafton. They wereoverwhelmed at the amount of goods that were delivered, andextremely grateful.

Some examples are:-

Tea, coffee, tinned food, sauces, pasta, rice, grains, drinks,cereals, etc.

Soaps, shampoo, conditioners, tissues, toilet paper,deodorant, toothpaste, baby formula, nappies, wipes, sanitaryitems, etc.

Even tinned dog and cat food would be a great idea. Theanimals need food too.

Thank you for your support.

DOING IT FOR OUR FARMERSNoah Ryan, a Year 4 student at Mullaway Primary Schoolmentioned to Ms Broekman that many farmers and theirfamilies are struggling with the drought, and he was wonderingif the school could do anything to help. That’s how it gotstarted.

On Tuesday we held a fundraiser to raise money for ourfarmers. The students and staff all dressed “a bit country” just

for the day and they all were asked to bring in a gold coindonation. Being a small school of only about 170 families theschool went on to raise a massive $700 to go to the GraftonBuy a Bale scheme.

A great day was had by all and a big thank you goes out to allthose who opened their wallets and their hearts to help out ourfarmers.

Along with raising money to buy feed for the farm animals MrsBartlett, also thought it would be a great idea if the schoolorganised some hampers to send out to the farmers as well.The students have been busy collecting and donating essentialfood items for the families who are doing it tough.

Healthy Hints

Canteen

Roster

Term 3

Wednesday 15th August Alice M

Thursday 16th August Haley W & Jane

Friday 17th August Maggie L & Nicole K

Wednesday 22nd August Shantell

Thursday 23rd August Bec

Friday 24th August Lisa B

Wednesday 29th August Alice

Thursday 30th August Haley & Jane

Friday 31st August Alexis & Renee

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Fresh Eggs

FOR SALE $5.00 PER DOZ

You can buy them from the Front Office.

Notes Sent Home Since the LastNewsletter

School Photo Envelopes (to be returned prior to August16th)Coffs Harbour District Athletics CarnivalBook Week ParadeGuitar Lesson Years 5 & 6 Students

Permission NotesPlease make sure when returning permission notes to the FrontOffice to include

Child’s Name, Class Name & Year.

Thank you

Community Notices

Outback Air Race

The Outback Air Race, held every threeyears to raise funds for the Royal FlyingDoctor Service (RFDS), is a challengingevent for pilots and their passengersspanning two weeks flying over some ofAustralia’s most geographically challenging and stunninglandscapes.

Mullaway locals, The Kneale Family, comprising of Alan, Colin(Connor, Lincolin & Marissa’s dad), Simon & Caleb will becompeting. Our team, Dicky Downwind, is registered to

participate in this year’s race and aims to raise $8000 by theconclusion of the event in September 2018.

If you would like to help us to achieve our fundraising goal youcan donate via our Everyday Hero Page:

https://oar18.everydayhero.com/au/Dicky_Downwind

We are also selling wristbands for $2.00 each available fromBluebottles & Little Rippers Barber Shop. or contact Agnes0417542049

Follow our progress on our Facebook Page “ DickyDownwind”

All money raised goes directly to The Royal Flying DoctorsService NSW.

Art Classes

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