The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School

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Website: www.sirhparkes-.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: sirhparkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 6736 1401 Canteen: 6736 1732

Assemblies

Infants 11:30am KC

Primary 12:15pm “Happy”

Term 2, Week 7, 2014

Dear Parents and Community Members….. I suspect that the glorious weather we have

been experiencing might be chilling off! Over the

next couple of weeks please do ensure your child

comes to school in winter uniform. If you have any

issues regarding uniform that we can help with,

please contact the front office. Some items are

available there and some from Flannagan’s. We also

have second hand items available for purchase

through the canteen.

As a means of rewarding good playground

behaviour we have introduced a simple

acknowledgement system for the teachers to

implement. We want to ‘catch the students being

good’. When a teacher spots a student using the

rubbish bin, being kind to someone else or playing

fairly for example, the teacher will write the

student’s name on a ticket which then goes into a

box. When the students line up at the start of the

day each Friday, one ticket for an infant student

and one for a primary student will be drawn. These

student’s will receive a voucher to use for up to

$2.00 at the canteen.

The students seem to be enjoying the

introduction of this change in the playground, and

we are hopeful that it will produce positive results.

I am off to Sydney this week with Lorelle

O’Brien to learn more about the effective

implementation and requirements of the Early Action for Success Strategy. This initiative is

designed to support teachers as they support their

students to achieve literacy and numeracy success

in the early years. Under the strategy we have

been funded for Lorelle’s Instructional Leader

position and are very excited about the possibilities

for further learning for both teachers and

students. Tracy Caldwell will be relieving Principal

on Wednesday and Stephen Manser on Thursday.

Just a reminder that we are still keen to

have you bring in anything you think might be of

interest for display during our 150 years

celebrations in October. Please see Bec at the

front office.

Have a terrific week.

Sue Coleman

Cracker Night Last Saturday night our Primary Choir

performed at Cracker Night. The students did a

fabulous job and represented our school

exceptionally well.

Congratulations to the following students

and their parents for attending: Hayley Carpenter,

Abbey Holley, Roshan Caldwell, Georgie Keep,

Haylee Sheppard, Courtney Watt, Phoebe Cooper,

Nikkala Hillier, Katie McQuirk, Jemma Sutcliffe,

Chloe Hickey, Jara Duroux, Courtney Tonkin, Taliah

Niesen, Isabella Stuart, Sam Croft, Jade Sargeant,

Tahlia Zellers and Bree McCowen.

P&C NEWS

Trivia Night

The P&C trivia night will be held THIS

Saturday, June 14th, in the primary hall.

So get your thinking caps on and be ready for a

great night.

Good luck to all teams!!

Crunch and Sip Corn – full of antioxidants (helps prevent

flus, colds, cancers and other illness), high in fibre

(keeps us regular – prevents constipation), high in

Vitamin C and folic acid which helps

prevent heart disease and also helps

develop healthy eye sight. Why not pack a small

cob of corn or a small container of corn kernels for

your child’s Crunch or recess?

Health Message The Vegie Challenge concludes this Friday,

21st. Students are being challenged to eat as many

serves of vegetables as they can during their time

at school (during Crunch, recess and lunch). People

of all ages are encouraged to eat 5 serves of

vegetables a day (a serve is approximately a

handful or 1 cup). Great vegie ideas for lunch

boxes include:

Corn on the cob or corn in a small dish; Cucumber or carrot sticks; Capsicum pieces; Cherry tomatoes (technically a fruit but we will

count it) Salad sandwiches/wraps or salad in a dish. Try to eat the colours of the rainbow!

If you have to, sneak some vegies into your child’s

food eg. diced tomatoes, grated carrot and/or zuc-

chini and finely diced onion in rissoles or spaghetti

Bolognese or lasagna!

FLUS AND COLDS During the last week, many students from K

-4 have received a small packets of tissues and

have been learning the best methods of stopping

the spread of flus and colds.

* CATCH IT – ALWAYS use a tissue when you

cough and sneeze. Also, cough into your elbow. This

way you are not coughing into your hand which you

then use to touch everything therefore spreading

the virus.

* BIN IT – throw the tissue away immediately

after use.

* KILL IT – WASH your hands.

Regional Cross Country

This Friday, June 13th, 14 students will

represent our school and zone at the Regional

Cross Country carnival in Coolah. We wish them

well and safe travelling.

Premier’s Debating Challenge

The Persuaders and the Arguers will debate

two teams from Ross Hill Public school, at Inverell

on Monday, June 16th. We wish them safe travelling

and happy convincing.

Too sick for school?

As the cold weather hits, so do the winter

bugs. It’s often hard to know whether to send your

child to school or let them stay home to recover,

especially when that means an adult will have to

cancel work.

For safety's sake, if your child seems unwell

the best advice is for you to always keep them home

from school and seek medical advice.

School A to Z and NSW Health have created

an at-a-glance chart to help answer your questions

about common childhood illness and how long sick

kids need to miss school. Find it by typing this link

into your web browser www.bit.ly/1hytn2E

Book Club

Book club is due back to the front office by

9am on Thursday, June 12th.

Reminder to visitors

When visiting the school and grounds for any

reason, we ask that you please report to the front

office first.

Exemption from Attending School

If your child will be absent from school and

you are able to give prior notice eg an overseas

holiday, you are encouraged to apply for exemption

from attendance at school.

Once a certificate of exemption has been

granted, absences covered by it are not recorded on

your child’s semester reports. In most cases the

school Principal is able to grant a certificate of

exemption from attendance at school and the

application process is quite simple.

MEAL DEAL-” Hot Deal”

Tasty Egg & Bacon muffin with BBQ sauce plus a mighty cool choc milk and a mug of fresh orange

wedges and grapes $5.00

Other choices: Hot dog in a roll $2.60 Sausage roll $2.50

OTHER CHOICES NOT TO BE INLCUDED IN

MEAL DEAL!!!!!

MTH WK MON TUES WED THUR FRI S / S

Term

2

7 9

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

10

* SRC fundraiser

11

* Principal away

12

* Principal away

* Lawn Bowls

13

* Regional Cross Country-Coolah

* Lawn bowls

* Assemblies Infants 11:30am KC

Primary 12:15pm 4/5M, 5/6C.5/6A

14/15

8 16 * Debating-Inverell

17 18 * Public speaking

19 20 * PSSA Girls Soccer-here

* Golf

21/22

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wed 11th Kim Cox, Vicki Hill, Janice Chawner

Thur 12th Rachel Brown

Fri 13th Jessica Kennedy, Help needed please

Mon 16th Elaine Mannion

Tue 17th Cara Kelly, Sandy McCowen

Wed 18th Kim Cox, Lea Rossington

HOMEBAKE (next week)

Mon 16th Jessica Kennedy

Wed 18th Judy Keep

Fri 20th Jenny Petrie

Eggs Jayne Harvey

Mayonnaise Angela Kerrigan

Block Cheese Lou Holley

Margarine Sam Murphy, Jayne Collier Vanessa Rolph

Cruskits Jess Gibbins

Tomatoes Lisa O’Brien

Tomato Sauce Kristine McCowen

Lettuce Barb Condrick, Cara Newton

Sliced Beetroot

Linda Lee

DONATIONS (This Week)

School App

Great news to share with you. Our school smartphone mobile app is available on both the Apple and Android networks for you to download and start using. These

instructions will help you;

How to Install Our School App

On Apple

On your iPhone open the app store

Search for our school name

Press Install

Enter your iTunes password It will commence downloading immediately

Android/Google Play

On your SmartPhone open the Android/Google Play market

Search for our school name

Press install Your app will start installing instantly

To Open Our School App

Look for our schools app icon on your phone screen

Press the icon once

It will open automatically When prompted select yes to receive notifications and use your location (this will make sure the google maps

and pop-up alerts work for you)

If you encounter troubles;

Shut down the app and your phone to refresh the phones memory

Uninstall your app and reinstall it Contact www.activeschoolapps.com.au/support for

help within 48 hours.

SRC fundraiser for

the drought appeal

and cancer research.