Important Information MPS website: www.moree-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/Moree Public School

• Home Reading Program: Congratulations to the first members of the 80 Reading Club for 2021, Henrietta Lowien and Mia Shone

• Assemblies: Thursday of this week (no parent audience) - 10.30am K-2 and 11.20am Yrs 3-6

COVID RESTRICTIONS … TERM 3: It has been an interesting start to the term but we have been down this road before and I know with everyone’s cooperation we will keep our community safe and learning will continue. Working together as a community we can stop the spread of this new Delta variant of COVID-19 and maintain ongoing and uninterrupted teaching and learning for our students. The Department of Education has developed an easy reference document outlining the levelled advice for schools. We are currently at Level 2 restrictions, while schools in Greater Sydney are operating on Level 4 which has a much higher level of restrictions and Learning from Home. MPS has the following procedures in place: 1. Students are to be dropped off and picked up at the school gates. To help ease overcrowding on Albert Street, parents are reminded to physically distance themselves. 2. Parents are once again NOT to enter school grounds, this includes the Canteen. 3. All visitors on essential business only, as well as parents picking up sick children MUST come through the Administration Office. Sign in using the school QR code and wear a face mask. 4. Parents are asked to communicate to the school via telephone or email rather than coming to school in person as far as possible. 5. No parents at school assemblies. We will be moving forward with modified Assemblies, at which time awards will be presented. 6. No shared birthday/cupcakes at this time at school. 7. Music lessons will continue with a COVID Safety Plan in place. 8. At this point in time, the Year 4 excursion to Coffs Harbour is not going ahead. We will update parents IF we are able to reschedule. The Year 6 and Year 5 excursions are still planned to go ahead, but we will monitor NSW Health Advice and updated restrictions. 9. I would ask that parents remind their children about hand sanitising, hand washing regularly and coughing correctly. 10. Students who are sick with COVID-like symptoms must stay away from school (they will also be sent home from school) and have a negative COVID test and be symptom-free before coming back to school.

Further advice can be found on the NSW Department of Education website. Parents and carers can refer to the advice for families page for additional information. Please ensure you notify the school if your child is experiencing COVID-like symptoms to ensure their absence is justified. I want to thank parents for their cooperation during this difficult period which has now been extended until 30 July. Once we are provided with further updates, we will pass them along as soon as possible. Stay safe! SAVE THE DATE: Friday 16 September & Saturday 17 September 2022 - Sesquicentenary (150th) celebration of Moree Public School. SKOOLBAG APP: We are still using MPS SkoolBag App but we are investigating other ways of making it easy for parents to make notifications of your child's absence. Please note that for an absence reason to be justified it needs to be sent to the school within 5 days with as much information as you are able to provide. For example; 'personal reasons' or 'late' is not a justified reason and it will be marked as unexplained. If your child is 'sick', could you please provide a few more details as we are under COVID restrictions and we are required to follow guidelines. Once we have more information about SkoolBag, we will update you REMINDER: If you are unable to get to school due to wet conditions and road closures, please contact the school and let us know. Mrs Sharyn Cox Principal 2. P&C ASSOCIATION • P&C FUNDRAISER: Parents and friends are invited to support the Crazy Camel art keepsakes. Products include calendars, carry bags, gift cards, pillow slips and note books. These personalised keepsakes make popular family gifts. The art work is completed at home and can include photographs. The required paper will be sent home to each child, later this week. Please see the attached order form for your consideration. Orders (including completed art work) returned by Friday 20 August.

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

• UNIFORM SHOP: The uniform shop is kindly co-ordinated by volunteer co-ordinators, Mrs Amy Shone and Mrs Emma West. Orders are made online and will be sent home with students when collated – usually each Wednesday. 3. COOL @ SCHOOL

4. BOOK CLUB

CATALOGUE ISSUE 5, 2021

This Term parents are invited to place a Scholastic Book Club Order via LOOP. All orders made after Thursday,

29 July 2021 will be home delivered with a $7.50 delivery fee.

This is the link to type into your browser:

https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au/Parent/Login.aspx

Thank you for supporting this school-based literacy program.

Throw

around like confetti

Spreading kindness around, because you want to make someone else feel good, is contagious. It doesn’t cost anything to be kind to others and make their day special.

5. SPORT ROUNDUP … NETBALL: Congratulations to the Moree Public School netball team who defeated Gulargambone Central School, 20-5. The girls played hard and fast against their oppositions One of the highlights was seeing our students initiate great sportsmanship by thanking the other team and elbowing at the end. The girls will now advance onto the next round of the knockout competition, against Ross Hill PS on a date to be confirmed. Excellent effort girls!

Stacey, Meg, Jazaria, Araya, Emma, Haylie, Keira, Molly and Alliyah

with Miss Kendall, look forward to their next round match 6.

7. COMING EVENTS – Term 3 Please check each week for possible variations that may occur Term 3 2. Mon 19 6.00 P&C meeting Tues 20 Wed 21 OC test (Yr 4 applicants for Yr 5 in 2022) Thurs 22 Assemblies: 10.30 1B-8; 11.20 3M-22 Fri 23 Heferen Shield District Athletics carnival 3 Mon 26 Tues 27 Wed 28 Year 4 excursion – Coffs Harbour POSTPONED Thurs 29 Fri 30 4 Mon 2 August Education Week Yr 6 excursion – Canberra Life Education van arriving for K-6 Tues 3 Wed 4 Thurs 5 Fri 6 5 Mon 9 ICAS – Digital Technologies Music Aviva – K-6 program Tues 10 Wed 11 Childrens Book Council Awards – visiting theatre show K-6 Thurs 12 Fri 13 6 Mon 16 Tues 17 Wed 18 Thurs 19 Fri 20 P&C Camel Art orders and art work due to school office 7 Mon 23 Jump Rope for Heart program commencing ICAS – Science and spelling Tues 24 Yr 5 excursion - Sydney Wed 25 Thurs 26 Fri 27 8 Mon 30 ICAS - mathematics Tues 31 Wed 1 September Thurs 2 Fri 3 NW athletics - Tamworth 9 Mon 6 Tues 7 Wed 8 Thurs 9 Fri 10 Jump Rope – Jump off day! 10 Mon 13 World of Maths (3 dys) Tues 14 Wed 15 Thurs 16 Yr 3 excursion – Lake Keepit Fri 17 Last day of Term 3

8. HEADLICE Parents and carers are reminded that all schools from time to time may experience cases of headlice. Please take a moment to regularly check your child’s hair for possible eggs and or lice (often attached to hair at the base of neck) and treat with one of the products available at the local pharmacies. A limited supply is available by request from the school office should this be needed. Your assistance is very much appreciated in helping to combat any ongoing issues that may arise.

9. ICAS Competitions 2021

A reminder about taking advantage of the opportunity to participate in the ICAS competitions this year: Digital Technologies Years 3-6 Monday 9th August $17.05 (inc GST)

Writing Years 3-6 Thursday 12th August $21.45 (inc GST) English Years 3-6 Monday 16th August $17.05 (inc GST) Science Years 3-6 Monday 23rd August $17.05 (inc GST) Spelling Bee Years 3-6 Monday 23rd August $17.05 (inc GST) Mathematics Years 3-6 Monday 30th August $17.05 (inc GST)

Payments can be completed online by going to the link below and typing in our unique access code: Parent page link is: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps School access code is: XEK248 If you would like your child to participate in any or all of the competitions, please indicate on the form and return to Miss Carlin by Friday 23rd July. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

ICAS Competitions 2021 I have paid for my child ____________________________ of class _____________________ via the UNSW online payment system to participate in the following ICAS competitions: Digital Tech. $17.05 _____ Mathematics $17.05 _____ Science $17.05 _____ Spelling $17.05 _____ English $17.05 _____ Writing $21.45 _____ Signed _________________________________ Date _______________

The annual MPS Athletics Carnival was held once again on the last Friday of Term 2. The students started the day with a march past in their houses building great team spirit for the start of a fantastic day of competition. Our special guest judge had a difficult decision to make and

awarded the winners of the march past!

An thank you to all the parent helpers, it was marvelous to see so many assisting with set up, canteen, time keeping and judging as well as packing up to make the day such a success for the students.

…to the encouragement award winners who participated all day and did their best: 3/4 Alexander Livet & Christina Macapagong 5/6 Bailey Edwards & Keirah Munro

Well done to the Runners Up and Age Champions listed below.

Age Division Runner Up Age Champion

Jnr Boys Hamish Taunton Lakia Noble

Jnr Girls Kate McDonald Jayde James

Ruby Graham-Wadwell

11 yrs Boys David Odero Will Gillingham

11 yrs Girls Aaliyah Singh Sarsha Maas

Snr Boys Layne Trotter Henry Johnston

Snr Girls Savannah French Haylie Turner

MPS Primary Athletics Carnival

2021

The winning house for 2021 was

BARWON – a effort.

We look forward to hearing more athletics news from the fast approaching Heferen Shield (Zone Athletics Carnival) which will be held this Friday 23rd July at Boughton Oval.

Notes have already been sent home for those selected to represent Moree Public School.

The Infants Athletics Carnival Congratulations to all the children who participated in the Athletics carnival. It was a cold day but that didn’t stop the children from displaying great determination, skill and sportsmanship. The day began with a march pass and then all children took part in the long distance race in the Infants playground. Children then participated in age races for running, egg and spoon, sack and grade ball games.

Overall Champions • 5 Year old Girl Champion: Judith Haines Runner Up: Nazaria Dennis • 5 Year old Boy Champion: Emilio Johnson Runner Up: Fynn Hiscox • 6 Year old Girl Champion: Lexie Townsend Runner Up: Evie Woods • 6 Year old Boy Champion: Zac Simpson-Craigie Runner Up: Bradley Prince-Tighe • 7 Year old Girl Champion: Marley Legg Runner Up: Ava Bye • 7 Year old Boy Champion: Katai Streeting Runner Up: Patrick Tydd • 8 Year old Girl Champion: Henrietta Lowien & Sophie Jensen

Runner Up: Maddie Turner • 8 Year old Boy Champion: Rory Guest Runner Up: Max Woods

Infants Encouragement Award Recipients Tharun Ganesh-Kandulva

Barnaby Lillyman Dominic Williams-Briggs

We would like to thank our parents who volunteered their time during the carnival.

Our appreciation is also extended to our P & C and the many helpers who provided BBQ lunch facilities and treats throughout the day. And thank you to our staff who made the day run effectively! MPS Infants Athletics Committee

Child’s name:

Classroom name/number:

Parent’s name:

Parent’s number:

If Photo sent via ww.submitphoto.com.au

invoice number:

*Please fill in this form and return to school with payment by the orders close date. *Artwork to be submitted by the orders close date.*Please make payment payable to your school.

Moree Public School-Order keepsakes featuring your child’s artwork-

Celebrate your child’s creativity by ordering keepsakes you’ll treasure forever!

Art Qty

Photo Qty

Unit Price

Total $

Calendars $14

Greeting Cards $14

Diaries $18

Notebooks $18

Sketch Pads $18

Pillowcases $25

Tea Towels $25

Tote Bags $25

Total amount

ORDERS CLOSE

Friday 20th

August

FOR MORE INFORMATION FREECALL 1800 141 239

www.crazycamel.com.au

Calendars• A cherished reminder of your child’s artistic achievement featuring one laminated artwork or photo, wire bound with 12 tear off

months on quality silk paper. • School term and public holiday dates, activity stickers along with plenty of room for noting special occasions.• Name and age as created by the artist is printed under the artwork along with the School/Centre name and/or Logo - photo

calendars do not show name or age. • Single or dual photo option.• Printed artwork or photo A4 (300 x 210mm) with A4 calendar attached below.

Greeting Cards • Beautifully presented quality A6 (155 x 110 mm) cards featuring your child’s artwork or photo per pack of 8 cards.• Name and age as created by the artist is printed on the back of art cards along with the School/Centre name and/or Logo - photo

greeting cards do not show name or age. • Blank inside for your personalised message.• Shrink wrapped in packs of 8 including red envelopes.

Diaries, Notebooks & Sketch Pads• Convenient A5 (210 x 150mm) featuring your child’s artwork or family photo printed and laminated on a hard cover wire bound

book designed to lie flat and stay open. • Name and age as created by the artist is printed on the front inside cover.• Diaries have a view of the week at a glance, each double sided page displays a full week and includes public holiday and school

term dates along with a year planner.• Notebooks have 150 ruled pages.• Sketch Pads have 150 blank pages.

Pillowcases• Quality pillowcase featuring either an individual artwork or that special family photo. • Pillowcases are 760 x 500mm with the image size up to 500 x 400mm on 100% cotton. • Name and age as created by the artist is printed under the artwork.

Tea Towels• Fantastic tea towel featuring either an individual artwork/photo or group artwork/photo.• Tea towels are 700 x 500mm with the image size up to 500 x 400mm digitally printed on 100% cotton.• Name and age as created by the artist is printed under the artwork.

Tote Bags• Amazing tote bag featuring either an individual artwork/photo or group artwork/photo.• Tote bags are 100% Cotton Calico. 370 x 420mm, 100mm gusset, with 550mm Handles.• Practicable library bag, shopping bag, or day bag.• Name and age as created by the artist is printed under the artwork.

How to submit a photo.• Submit your digital photo and add text e.g. “Amy & Jack at the beach” via www.submitphoto.com.au - Click “School Orders” and then click “Submit Photos” and select your product.

- You will receive a confirmation email - please include a copy or the invoice number with your order.

• Or send a CD / DVD / Memory Stick with the photo in .jpg format 300kB or larger.

- Label or include a file with name of child, school, class and quantity ordered.

• Only send a printed photo (5x3 or larger) if you cannot send in digital format.

- Home printed photos are often not suitable for scanning and/or enlarging .

“every child is an artist”PABLO PICASSO