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Newsletter Term 3 Week 5

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Metford Public School 13 Melaleuca Drive, Metford 2323 Ph: 4933 2655

www.Metford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

We have had a confirmed case of Influenza B within our school, please see

attached fact sheet.

Principals Lunch Week 5 Principals Lunch this week was for showing Respect by listening attentively to

others. Congratulations: Zarah, Shayan, Malu, Tahlia, Ofa, Bailey, Oliver, Thomas, Madden,

Matilda, Dakoda, Jordel, Isabella, Dylan and Bailey.

Next week’s focus is - Respect by being respectful of others, their belongings and

their personal space.

Book Week celebrations at our school will be happening in week 6 from Monday the 26th

to Friday the 30th of August. During the week we will be having our: Book Week Parade

When: Wednesday the 28th of August

Time: Parents and caregivers are invited to join their children for recess from 1pm to

1.30pm. Coffee and food will be available at the canteen or BYO from home. The parade

will start at 1.45 under our school COLA.

During this time you are also invited to visit our school library to have a look around our

Book Fair! Students can come to school dressed as their favourite book character.

Book Fair

When: Wednesday the 28th of August

Time: All classes will be allocated a time to come and visit the book fair throughout the

day. Children can also come and visit the book fair with their visitors

during recess and after the Book Week Parade.

On Friday the 30th of August we have a visiting performance coming to our school. BIG

DREAMS is an educational musical adventure that features a selection of the Children’s

Book Council 2019 shortlisted books. It is filled with humour, suspense and student

interaction. This educational musical adventure encourages your

children to pursue their ambitions!

Where: Metford Public School Hall

Time: 9.15

Cost: $7 per student.

Commitment, Respect and

Responsibility

With Honour and Pride

Dates to remember Term 3

Monday 26th August

Book Week & Book Fair

Tuesday 27th August

Book Week & Book Fair

U10’s and Girls Rugby League

Rebel Cup @ Cessnock

Wednesday 28th August

Book Week & Book Fair

Book Week Parade 1.45pm

Thursday 29th August

Book Week & Book Fair

Stg3 Cricket Blast@Maitland Park

Fathers Day Stall

Friday 30th August

Book Week & Book Fair

Whole School Performance

Tuesday 3rd September

AECG 4pm Telarah PS

Wednesday 4th September

Teen Talk Stage 3

Thursday 5th September

Stage 2 Cricket Blast

Friday 6th September

Pickers Cup@ Morpeth

Fathers Day Breakfast

Tuesday 10th September

Year 6 Spider Fundraiser

Wednesday 11th September

P&C Meeting

Thursday 12th September

Touch Football Gala Day

Friday 13th September

Bush Pre School

Thursday 19th September

Aboriginal Education Meeting

3pm

21st August 2019

Thought of week

Yesterday is not ours to recover,

but tomorrow is ours to win or

lose.

Lyndon B. Johnston

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Positive Behaviour For Learning-

The following students are recognised

this week for achieving a PBL award.

Bright green wristband– Tyra-Jane,

Jordan, Natalia

Bronze Wings– Riley

Bright green & white wristband– Nate,

Kiarra-Jade

Dark green & white wristband– Alexander

Silver wings– B-Jay

Foyer Display

4P and 5T have been studying Light Pollution.

How can we contribute to maintaining the Critical Light

Threshold at the Sliding Spring Observatory by helping our

community take specific steps to reduce light pollution.

How to reduce light pollution at night-Kiarra

-Turn off light at night time

- Put timers on light before it gets to dark

- Put night lights instead of bright lights for night time if

scared of the dark

-Turn off lights at school of a night

- Put sensor lights in places where needed.

Canteen

Tags and Tops for Charity.

At the last P&C meeting we decided to place three boxes

outside the canteen to collect bottle tops, ring pulls and

bread tags for a few different charities. If anyone would like

to collect these at home and bring them in, they would be

helping the needy obtain wheelchairs and prosthetics and

also help Ronald McDonald House continue helping families.

Pie Drive

The canteen is having a pie drive. Delivery will be on the last

day of term, September 27th. There is an order form in this

week’s newsletter. If anyone would like a copy of the order

form, they are available at the canteen. If anyone would like

to help with sorting the delivery on 27th September from

7am, your time would be very much appreciated.

Volunteers

We are always in need of volunteers in the canteen. If you

would like to help, come down to the canteen and see us and

we can work out what time and day suits you best. No

experience necessary.

Rocky’s Café

Just in case you haven’t heard, Rocky’s Café is open every

day. Pop in and have a delicious ‘Barista Coffee’ or other

yummy beverage or why not grab a take away on your way

past!

Library News

On Wednesday at assembly the winners of the postcard

competition were announced. MPS has been working in

conjunction with Maitland City Council on a program teaching

students about the importance of looking after our local envi-

ronment. The final activity in our program was to design a

postcard.

Congratulations to the following students who were the stage

winners.

ES1 – Lauren, Stage 1 – Matthew, Stage 2- Anthony, Stage 3 –

Isabella.

A big congratulations to Matthew whose postcard is going to

be printed and distributed to every house in the Metford

community.

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2019

Term 3

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

EVERY WEEK Drum Corp -

Yrs 3 to 6 9 till 9.30

Yr1 to Yr2 9.30 to 10am

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Student Banking

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School Assembly 2pm

Principal’s Lunch

PUPs

9-11am Library

Week 5

19th-23rd Aug

JAECG Leadership Day

Mindaribba LALC

Week 6

26th-30th

August

Book Week &

Book Fair

Book Week & Book Fair

U10’s and Girls Rugby

League Rebel Cup

@ Cessnock

Book Week &

Book Fair

Book Week Parade

1.45pm

Book Week &

Book Fair

Stage 3 Cricket Blast

@ Maitland Park

P&C Fathers Day

Stall 9am

Book Week & Book

Fair

Book Week

Whole School

Performance

“Big Dreams”

Week 7

2nd-6th Sept

AECG 4pm Telarah PS Teen Talk Stage 3 Stage 2 Cricket Blast Pickers Cup@

Morpeth

Fathers Day

Breakfast

Week 8

9th –13th sept

Year 6 Spider

Fundraiser

P&C Meeting Touch Football Gala

Day

Bush Pre School

Week 9

16th-20th Sept

Aboriginal

Education Meeting

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