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Mini MurmurP U B L I C SCHOOL
Towamba
TERM 1 WEEK 4 THURSDAY 2O FEBRUARY 2020
Tel 6496 7159 Fax 6496 7059 [email protected]
www.towamba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Reminders
Coming Events
Attached:
• Community Meeting info• Study Ladder note•
Mon 24 Feb Zone Swimming
Thurs 27 Feb Scripture
Thurs 12 March Scripture
Mon 16 March School Photos
Tues 24 March Life Education
Thurs 26 March Scripture
Wed 1 April Circus Skills
Thurs 2 April Scripture Easter
Wed 8 April End of Term 1 & Easter assembly
Thurs 9 April Staff Dev Day
Swimming Carnival Congratulations everyone attending last week’s
FSC Small Schools Swimming Carnival at Candelo. Great to see our
stu-dents getting out and having a go and being part of this event
with students from other schools.Well done to Arlie who will be
swimming in the breaststroke as part of the FSCSmall Schools Team
at the next level Sapphire Coast Carnival on Monday at the Eden
Pool.Extra Support for our SchoolToday we farewelled Steve Mair who
has been our resident school psychologist this term. Steve has
enjoyed his time being part of our school and would like to express
his gratitude for the welcome and hospitality he has received. He
also greatly enjoyed sharing his birthday with the students on his
last day today!Ongoing support from now on will be with our usual
school counsellor Katie Hedgecock who visits twice a term. Please
con-tact us if you would like any further information.
Waste Free WednesdayDon’t forget we have Waste Free Wednesday
every week! Waste Free Wednesday is when you cannot bring rubbish
in your lunchbox on a Wednesday. If you manage to have a waste free
lunchbox then you get a free wildcard! The purpose of this is so we
can reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill from our
school.
SciptureMr Dixon is returning to our school again this year with
the first visit being next week on Thursday 27 February. New
students please remember that all students attend scripture unless
we have received notification of otherwise via the Special
Religious Education Participation leter included in the enrolment
pack. Please contact us if further information required.Visits
continue fortnightly finishing with a special easter service at the
church on Thursday 2 April.School Photos Monday 16 MarchComing up
on Monday 16 March we have The School Pho-tographer team visiting
for our 2020 school photos. Order en-velopes will be sent home soon
and we would appreciate your early return. Year 6 students please
ensure you have a clean Year 6 shirt to wear on the day. For the
rest of the students we have a school set of uniforms (thanks to
the P&C) with the school logo that students will wear for photo
day.
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School Banking in 2020This year the school banking offers new
incentives for students to regularly dmake deposits into their
account. Once 10 tokens are collected students can choose from the
items below. We also have some of the previous years’ rewards still
available too.Terry Denton’s Activity Book – Term 1Mini Soccer Ball
– Term 1Treetop Stationery Set – Term 2Treetop Handball – Term
2Tomato Seed Kit – Term 3Magic Mist Drink Bottle – Term 3Emoji
Wallet – Term 4Snakes & Ladders Game – Term 4
Circus SkillsWe have organised a return visit of the Circus
Skills workshop that students enjoyed last year. A great
opportunity to build on those skills and develop new talents on
Wednesday 1 April here at Towamba School. More information
soon.
End of Term changesStaff at all local schools are having a staff
development day on the last day of this term on Thursday 9 April.
This means that we will have our last day of term assembly and
Easter Hat Parade on Wednesday 8 April. More details closer to the
time but I am sure we will start the day with a P&C BBQ again
too!
Adding some colour!We have orders in for some colourful chairs
and tote trays to give our older classroom a little pizzazz and
colour soon!
Glad to be back in the valleyThank you everyone for your welcome
back to school today and the delightful flowers and card from the
students. It’s great to be back and it is so amazing to see the
transformation with green grass and water in the creeks and river.
I would like to express my gratitude to Karen for her work in
keeping the school running, through such a difficult and
challenging start of the year. I had a lovely time in Scotland and
enjoyed spending a lot of time with my daughter and her new husband
in Edinburgh, as well as ex-ploring further afield. It’s also good
to be home. Nancy.
LibraryThis year for the K-3 class, our library day will be
every Wednes-day. Please make sure you bring back any borrowed
books to be scanned back in, and a library bag for your new book
loans. On non-library days, books can be returned to the school
office for scanning.
ArtVicki and the students have made a great arty start to the
year and the school greatly appreciates the enthusiasm and
dedica-tion that Vicki has for our students and community. Stay
tuned for more information and more photos along the way! Join us
for this healing journey via creative expression.
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P&C NewsFriday Lunches Thank you to those parents
volunteering for this term’s Friday lunches. It’s always great to
have back ups or reserves so please let us know if you’d like to be
added to the list. New parents especially welcome. It’s a simple
job and any newbies are well supported! Please chat to or call
Karen How, lunches co-ordina-tor on 0490 818 715, or use the return
slip on the back page.
2020 P&C AGM and Term 1 Meeting The first P&C meeting
including a short AGM will be held at 3pm on Tuesday 25th February
in the MPR. For any agenda items, please contact Esther Coen-Graham
on 0402 613 960.All parents and community members are welcome. Come
along and get involved in helping make our school and com-munity
the best it can be.The P&C are active in the school and
community, helping or-ganise excursions, the canteen, catering for
communty events and fundraising for the benefit of our
students.
School Uniforms Available The P& C has a supply of school
polo shirts embroidered with the logo for sale at $10 each. Sizes
range from 6 to 16. If you would like to purchase a shirt please
contact the school. Payments via direct debit or cash are
accepted.
Plain meat pie $4.00Gluten Free pie $4.00Cheese/Bacon
$4.50Chicken/mushrm $4.50Vege pastie $4.00Sausage Roll $3.50Mini
Pizza $2.50Juice $1.50Flav Milk $1.50
FRIDAY Lunches
Upcoming staff changes
Mon 24 Feb Ms Binns on leave. Mrs Macey on class 4-6.27-28 Feb
Nicci on course. Mrs Macey on K-3.9-10 March Ms Binns away PL. Mrs
Macey on class.
Life Education 24 MarchThis year Towamba will be travelling to
Wyndham School for our annual Life Education Day along with other
combined activities with the Wyndham students. More information and
a permission note in a future newsletter. At this stage we hope to
organise transport with parents. Stage 3 campThis year in Term 4
the Stage 3 students (Year 5 & 6) will be going to Jindabyne
for the combined small schools camp. The dates for your calendar
are November 4-6.PlaygroupWith our bumper group of Kindy kids
starting school, our play-group is in need of new people and
arrangements. Have a chat and hopefully we can let you know of any
planned playgroup dates soon.
2020 Golden Magpie EggsCongratulations to Kokoda for earning the
first egg of the year- followed soon after by several more students
tomorrow.
win a wildcard!
Lunch OrdersTomorrow: Karen How Fri 28 Feb: Bianca?Fri 6 March:
Karen HFri 13 March: Karen NFri 20 March: StephFri 27 March: Karen
NFri 3 April: Karen H
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ABSENCE & Partial Absence NOTEMy
child_________________________________________________________________________
was absent from school on the
date/s____________________________________________
OR will be arriving late/departing early at
(time)___________________________________
due
to__________________________________________________________________________
Signed ____________________________________ Parent/Carer.
Date:____________
TERM 1 LUNCH ORDERS NAME:_____________________________
Yes I can help with lunch orders in Term 1 and am available as
reserve or to help someone else. I am also happy to be placed in
the Term 2 roster.I have added my available date options below.
Wyndham School of Dancing
Classes from 4 years to adult in Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, &
ClassicalContact Candice Cooper 0474 545 731
[email protected] find us on Facebook.
We are a Creative Kids Provider.
Every Tuesday from 10am at the Towamba HallNSW Disaster Recovery
and local councils are working hard to provide support to locals
impacted by bushfires. Representatives from support services and
government agencies will be present to answer your ques-tions. If
you are unable to attend, please call the Service NSW Bushfire
Customer Care Service 13 77 88 or you can request a call back via
their website: https://bit.ly/38vXokW
Community News
5.30-7pm
Seahorse Inn TONIGHT
TOWAMBA HALL Tuesday 25 February
This Saturday at the hall from 12.30 to 5pm
Pinata for the kidsBring games. Hit a tennis ball.
Badminton..
Board games if you like.BYO food and drink
Come along and enjoyed a relaxed casual afternoon. Hope to see
you there!
Towamba GatheringOur AFTER the FIRES Get Together
