PRINCIPAL’S NEWS Dear Parents, The Relay for Life, which was a resounding success, was held at our school on the weekend. The event highlighted not only what a great facility we have as a school but what a wonderful community we are part of. Thanks must go to Rod Menzies, our General Assistant who was on the committee and Lynne Eke who organised our school staff team. We were very proud of our “Little Waangiys” team and Kurtis Laurie our Aboriginal Education Officer who organised this team and supervised them along with Mr Paul, Mrs O’Shea and Tania Shugg. This wonderful opportunity would not have been possible with the support of Mary Drum from Caperberry and Chris Douglas. Luke Douglas, one of our former students who plays for the Titans, kindly donated the football jerseys which were raffled. The students were very well behaved and were excited to have the opportunity to participate in such an important community event. We have some other community activities this week with Kinder and their Year 6 buddies off to the Yamba Fire Station today and many of our classes participating in Harmony Day activities on Thursday this week. Thank you to Mrs Edwards for coordinating the Harmony Day activities. We would like to remind parents about setting a good example when it comes to road safety. Our P&C worked long and hard to get a pedestrian crossing. Please, please use it. It might mean walking and extra five metres but surely it’s worth it to keep you and your child safe. There was a near miss last week just down from the crossing and apparently another one on Yamba Rd with children crossing the road unsupervised. When collecting your children, please be at the bus stop. It is a very dangerous practise to wait on the other side of the road and call them across as Stage One children don’t have enough peripheral vision to complete this challenging task. We want all of our students, and parents, to be safe. This issue also relates to the STAFF carpark which is NOT to be used by parents. Parent parking is available to the south of the bus bay and also at the back of the school. There were lots of parents at out P&C meeting last Tuesday and we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all of their hard work. Last year the P&C donated almost $20000 to the school, without which the students would not have access to many resources such as ipads and their Reading Eggs subscription. The next fundraiser for the P&C will be a disco on Thursday 26 th March and then an Easter egg raffles as part of the Hat Parade on Wednesday 1 st April. Donations of eggs and baskets can be left at the canteen or front office. We hope to see lots of Stage One parents at our Literacy information evening in the Library tonight, commencing at 6 pm. Enjoy your week. Debbie Woods Relieving Principal YAMBA PUBLIC SCHOOL RESPECT: LEARN IT, EARN IT, SHOW IT. Date 17/03/15 1507 Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman CANTEEN ROSTER MARCH WED 18th - D. Hopley THURS 19th - S. Gilbert FRI 20th - J. Bridges MON 23rd - W. Burke TUES 24th - H. Morris Our Easter hat parade and raffle will be held on Wednesday, 1st April. We ask each child to donate an Easter egg or chocolate bunny for our raffle. This is usually very well supported with over 50 prizes to be won. Children are asked to drop their chocolate donation in to the school office or canteen. Raffle books will be sent home this week. Tickets are 50c each. Stage 1 students are asked to bring their Easter hat from home on the morning of the parade. Our school disco will be held on Thursday 26th at 6 - 8pm. This is for YPS students only. The theme for this disco is 80’s. The cost will be $6 and this will include chips and a drink. You might like to check out our new Face book page for lots of up to date information on what is happening at our school. Lou Johnson President Upcoming events Tuesday 17th Parent Information Evening (Stage 1 at 6pm in the School Library) Year 4 National Parks visit Thursday 19th Harmony Day Celebrations NR Soccer Friday 20th Stage 1 Assembly (11.30) Monday 23rd Assembly 2pm (item KV) Thursday 26th School Disco (6-8pm) (80’s theme) April Wednesday 1st Easter Hat Parade & Raffle Thursday 2nd Mufti Day (red) LAST DAY OF TERM
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PRINCIPAL’S NEWS
Dear Parents, The Relay for Life, which was a resounding success, was held at our school on the weekend. The event highlighted not only what a great facility we have as a school but what a wonderful community we are part of. Thanks must go to Rod Menzies, our General Assistant who was on the committee and Lynne Eke who organised our school staff team. We were very proud of our “Little Waangiys” team and Kurtis Laurie our Aboriginal Education Officer who organised this team and supervised them along with Mr Paul, Mrs O’Shea and Tania Shugg. This wonderful opportunity would not have been possible with the support of Mary Drum from Caperberry and Chris Douglas. Luke Douglas, one of our former students who plays for the Titans, kindly donated the football jerseys which were raffled. The students were very well behaved and were excited to have the opportunity to participate in such an important community event. We have some other community activities this week with Kinder and their Year 6 buddies off to the Yamba Fire Station today and many of our classes participating in Harmony Day activities on Thursday this week. Thank you to Mrs Edwards for coordinating the Harmony Day activities. We would like to remind parents about setting a good example when it comes to road safety. Our P&C worked long and hard to get a pedestrian crossing. Please, please use it. It might mean walking and extra five metres but surely it’s worth it to keep you and your child safe. There was a near miss last week just down from the crossing and apparently another one on Yamba Rd with children crossing the road unsupervised. When collecting your children, please be at the bus stop. It is a very dangerous practise to wait on the other side of the road and call them across as Stage One children don’t have enough peripheral vision to complete this challenging task. We want all of our students, and parents, to be safe. This issue also relates to the STAFF carpark which is NOT to be used by parents. Parent
parking is available to the south of the bus bay and also at the back of the school. There were lots of parents at out P&C meeting last Tuesday and we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all of their hard work. Last year the P&C donated almost $20000 to the school, without which the students would not have access to many resources such as ipads and their Reading Eggs subscription. The next fundraiser for the P&C will be a disco on Thursday 26th March and then an Easter egg raffles as part of the Hat Parade on Wednesday 1st April. Donations of eggs and baskets can be left at the canteen or front office.
We hope to see lots of Stage One parents at our Literacy information evening in the Library tonight, commencing at 6 pm.
Enjoy your week. Debbie Woods Relieving Principal
YAMBA PUBLIC SCHOOL RESPECT: LEARN IT, EARN IT, SHOW IT.
Date 17/03/15
1507
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman
CANTEEN ROSTER
MARCH
WED 18th - D. Hopley THURS 19th - S. Gilbert
FRI 20th - J. Bridges MON 23rd - W. Burke TUES 24th - H. Morris
Our Easter hat parade and raffle will be held on Wednesday, 1st April. We ask each child to donate an Easter egg or chocolate bunny for our raffle. This is usually very well supported with over
50 prizes to be won. Children are asked to drop their chocolate donation in to the school office or canteen. Raffle books will be sent home this week.
Tickets are 50c each. Stage 1 students are asked to bring their Easter hat from
home on the morning of the parade.
Our school disco will be held on Thursday 26th at 6 - 8pm. This is for YPS students only. The theme for this disco is 80’s. The cost will be $6 and
this will include chips and a drink.
You might like to check out our new Face book page for lots of up to date information on what is happening at
our school.
Lou Johnson President
Upcoming events
Tuesday 17th Parent Information Evening (Stage 1 at 6pm in the School Library)
Year 4 National Parks visit Thursday 19th
Harmony Day Celebrations NR Soccer
Friday 20th Stage 1 Assembly (11.30)
Monday 23rd Assembly 2pm
(item KV) Thursday 26th
School Disco (6-8pm) (80’s theme)
April Wednesday 1st
Easter Hat Parade & Raffle Thursday 2nd Mufti Day (red)
Enrichment, Education, Excitement - Become a Volunteer Host Family!
World Education Program (WEP) is inviting you to
experience another culture in your own home by becoming a
volunteer host family to an international student arriving in July 2015. Our students from Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Italy, Belgium, the USA, and France are looking forward to experiencing life in Australia,
making new friends and becom-ing a member of an Australian
family soon.
ONLINE PAYMENTS NOW AVAILABLE AT YAMBA PUBLIC SCHOOL
We have launched a new online payment portal linked to the school’s website to make it easier for you to pay for school related expenses.. This is a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. What expenses can be paid online? Voluntary School Contributions Excursions Sport (excluding PSSA) Creative and Practical Arts Sales to Students When? This payment method will go live on 2nd February, 2015. How? Log onto the school site at www.yamba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au. Click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or Mastercard.
Vacation Care St Joseph’s Outside School Hours Care is taking expressions of interest for Vacation Care for the upcoming and future school holidays.
If you require Vacation Care for your school aged children please contact our school office on 02 6645 2340 or email [email protected]
On Thursday we will be celebrating Harmony Day.
If you have something to share about your culture - please let
us know.
McAuley Catholic College Open Day Saturday 21st March 2015.
This is the first Open Day for the
year to enable parents and carers to view our school and facilities
between 9.00 am and 11.00 am. We will have another Open Day on
Thank you to Yamba Paint Supplies for your kind
donation of paint. This will be used for our Harmony Day
celebrations.
The Yamba Relay for Life Staff team showed great commitment on the weekend through
entering a team consisting of 11 members. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise money for a good cause - the N.S.W. Cancer Council. Almost
$75,000 was raised in total. There was some much needed rest taking place on Sunday as the batten changed hands all through the night. Well
done team!
What a great effort from our Aboriginal team who embraced the relay with great enthusiasm. Thank you to all those involved in the organisation, supervision and donations for our young team.
Kurtis Laurie, Debbie Woods, Rod Menzies, Linda Meyers, Barb Roberts, Lynne Eke Mikylla Cook, Meegan Bell, Jill Newberry, Melinda Reeves, Chick Edwards, Lou Headon.
