ALBURY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL 868 Mate Street, Albury 2640 Ph: 6025 1730 Fax: 6040 2326

Monday 11th March, 2019 Number 7 Number 3

Daily reflection question: What do you like about

yourself?

Dinner table conversation

starter: Children spend too much time

on technology. Agree or Disasgree

Facebook catch up:

Gym Fun

Some reminders

If you are coming on to school grounds between 9.10am and 2.50pm you need to come through the office and sign on. The NSW DoE WHS policy does not allow you to pop into your child’s classroom or to drop something in their bag without signing in first.

P&C BBQ helpers : We are holding a BBQ on NSW Election Day (Saturday 23rd March) at our school and need your help. If you can spare any time from 8am to 2pm please contact our office.

Upcoming events

13th March Riverina PSSA Swimming

Kindergarten speech Parent Meeting Screening follow up CSU 1st Observation Day Coffee and Chat Parent Meeting with Liz Campbell

15th March AFL Clinic

19th March EOI due for Highschool 2020

22nd March Albury Gold Cup Half day holiday – School closes at 12pm

23rd March P&C BBQ Fundraiser on NSW Election Day

Merit Certificates : 5 points

KMN Cleo Urquhart Lily Emerson

KTF Nicholas Broad-Hornery Hai’lee Brennan

K/1TS India Spurr Hallie Wright

1/2AM Layla Ayres Year 1 Student

1/2SS Leon Agano Dion Law

3/4JB Jake Midgley Cleveland Wakeling

3/4KW Hope Emerson Alex Jarrett Atibu Rumwagira

3/4VR Brontee Zimmer Tejay Waite Dannielle Perry-Bolt

5/6CW Letoya Kelly Sheayla Carr

5/6JL Lilly Melbourne Matthew Dennis Leyna Atkin

Albury Gold Cup Half-Day Holiday – Next Friday 22nd March, 2019 On Friday of next week, (Week 8) our school will close at 12.00pm. There will be no buses to pick children up. The roads around our school will be really busy so perhaps talk to your child about road safety again on this day.

Staffing Update – 1/2SS Our staffing dilemma was fixed this morning with Mrs Jodie Murray taking on Mrs Sanson’s teaching role for the next two terms. Jodie has been at Lavington East Public School for many years and we are delighted to have her working with our students for the first four days of each week. Many thanks to Mrs Stevens for also offering to come back to school for another day whilst she is on maternity leave. Millie will have the class on Thursday and Fridays.

Athletics Update Our Athletics Carnival was held last Friday. We had perfect conditions for students competing. Plenty of great sportsmanship and perseverance was on show all day. A huge thank you to the parents who volunteered their time helping and also those who attended to support their child/ren and thank you also to the James Fallon High School students who were exceptionally well behaved and very helpful. We could not have run the carnival without this support. The highlight of the day had to be the relay race which had entries from the 4 Houses, parents, James Fallon High School, and teachers. Will this teachers’ team ever be beaten? We’ll have to wait until next year to find out.

Age Champions

Junior Boy and Girls: Ariel Nacpil, Payton Wilesmith & Stella Maloney

11 Years Boy and Girl: David O’Keefe, Jenna Ruhbaum

Senior Boy and Girl: Kamal Neopanay, Lilly Melbourne

The winner for the Athletics Carnival is Marks

Marks 209

Stanton 143

Christie 138

Brann 135 Many thanks to Mr Lindner (3-6 carinval) and Mrs Murphy (K-2 carnival) for your hard work in putting both carnivals together. We all had a great time.

Albury PSSA Selection Trials Congratulations to Kamal Neopanay and Darcee Westerlo for their selection in Albury PSSA boys’ football (soccer) team, as well as Lilly Melbourne gaining selection in the girls’ team. Zac Hamilton has also made the Albury PSSA AFL team. We wish these students all the best with their upcoming games.

Riverina Swimming Carnival This Wednesday The Riverina Swimming Carnival is on this Wednesday. We would like to wish Jenna Ruhbaum and Sarah Madew all the best in their events.

School Photos We all loved having our photos taken this morning by Jarrod at MSP photography but we found out that some people had left their payment slips at home. Jarrod said not to panic. You have until the end of the week to go on-line and make the payment and you will still be able to get your photos!

Can you please help out our office ? Our office can be very busy with enquiries and phone calls at the end of the day. You can help us out by walking around this area rather than through it after you have collected your child.

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Sharing Food and Money Whilst we love the idea of kids being able to share with each other, last week we had a couple of occasions where children were sharing money and food that they didn’t want or need. In classes we have mentioned the fact that some of our children could get quite ill if they eat the wrong food. We are asking you to also have a conversation with your children about the importance of not sharing. At the end of every recess and lunch break, we remind students to either take uneaten food home or put it in the bin.

We Can Fix Bikes Update: The students fixing bikes are very excited to announce that there are 5 bikes ready to be given away to kids at our school. The 5 bikes are different sizes. We are running a competition to find 5 winners! If you would like to win a bike, see Ms Sheldrick for an entry form and write in 25 words or less why you would like a bike. Put your name and Class on the piece of writing and post it at the office. Entries close this Thursday morning at 9:00. NO LATE ENTRIES!

Missing School Leaves Gaps in Education This week we will be sending out letters to families where attendance concerns have been identified. Whilst we recognise that some families have taken holidays and some kids have been genuinely sick, our policies still require us to send a letter to parents to inform them of their child’s attendance rate. Like always, please contact the school if you receive a letter and would like to discuss the contents of it. Mr Fury, Ms Sheldrick and Mr Smith will be the best people to speak to . School Goal : To have more than 80 % of our children coming to school more than 95% of the time. (We don’t count sporting carnivals or other school events).

P&C Wrap Up

It was wonderful to see some new and familiar faces at our AGM last Monday night. This is a really important part of our school and if you have ideas or would like to find out more about what is happening in our school, or perhaps even how and why the school handles situations the way we do, then please consider coming along. The meetings usually only go for an hour and they are held on the first Monday of each month. Look for the dates in the newsletters. Congratulations to the following office bearers: President : Peter Takle Vice-President : Julie Bunn Secretary : Belinda Westerlo Treasurer: Alison Ruhbaum Canteen Supervisor: Cheryl Dinan Breakfast Club Coordinator: Angela Walters Fundraising: No-one yet. Please contact someone here if you can help us.

Bronze Awards – Congratulations to our first of 2019. Archer Bunn KTF Ella Duncan K1TS Lillyanne Williams 12AM Ruby Wilesmith 12SS Stella Maloney 34JB Isabella Rigby 34KW Payton Wilesmith 34KW Bailey Polkinghorne-Emery 34VR

If your child has 15 points from awards and merits, please bring them in to receive the recognition.

Archer Bunn KTF Ella Duncan K1TS Lillyanne Williams 12AM Ruby Wilesmith 12SS Stella Maloney 34JB Isabella Rigby 34KW Payton Wilesmith 34KW Bailey Polkinghorne-Emery 34VR

95% - 100% Is 190-200 school days means best chance of success

94% - 90% is 188 – 180 school days makes it harder for your child to

progress

85% or less is 170 or less school days your child will find it difficult to

make the required progress