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A Message from the Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents and Community Members,

It has been an amazing two weeks for students at Curlewis Public School with school photos, and

sporting and academic opportunities for our all of our students. Students have competed in

representative sport in PSSA Gymnastics and at our Small Schools Athletics Carnival as well as

participating in the Blackville Spelling Bee and Word Mania. Please take the time to have a look at

through our newsletter for some of the great photos from these activities.

Already there is much excitement building about the wonderful opportunities we have for students

over the next two weeks with our 5/6 Canberra / Snow Excursion and our K/1/2/3/4 Lake Keepit

Excursion. Final information about both these excursions has been sent home and no doubt, the

packing has begun. With so many activities happening external to the school, we have had to

adjust the normal programs / supervision we typically offer. We thank parents for their support and

understanding and hope the calendar below helps keep track of these changes.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our students the best of luck at Zone

Athletics tomorrow. We have a team of 23 students attending this year!

Kindest Regards,

Pete Baum

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

20th August

5/6 Depart for Canberra / Snow Excursion

21 August 5/6 – Canberra Excursion

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CHANGES: OFFICE CLOSED No Bus supervision No Breakfsast Club No Homework Club

22 August 5/6 – Canberra Excursion

Playgroup 10am to 12pm School Speech Therapy

Morning Bus supervision

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHANGES:

OFFICE CLOSED No Afternoon bus supervision

23 August 5/6 – Canberra Excursion

Breakfast Club is on Mrs Perkins for Sport

Morning Bus supervision - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

CHANGES: OFFICE CLOSED No Afternoon bus supervision

24 August 5/6 – Canberra Excursion

OFFICE CLOSED Morning Bus supervision

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CHANGES: OFFICE CLOSED No Afternoon bus supervision No Homework club

25 August 5/6 – Canberra Excursion

Breakfast Club is on Morning Bus supervision Little Stars Transition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

CHANGES: OFFICE CLOSED No Afternoon bus supervision No Assembly

28 August K / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Lake Keepit Excursion

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHANGES:

OFFICE CLOSED No Bus supervision No Homework Club No Breakfsast Club

29 August K / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Lake Keepit Excursion

Playgroup 10am to 12pm

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHANGES:

OFFICE CLOSED No Bus supervision

30 August K / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Lake Keepit Excursion

Sports Day – Mrs Perkins

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CHANGES: OFFICE CLOSED

from 9:30am No Bus supervision No Breakfsast Club

31 August

HEALTHY HAROLD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

CHANGES:

No Homework Club

1 September Breakfast Club is on Little Stars Transition Music with Mr MacBeth Little Stars Assembly Item

FANTASTIC FRIDAY REGIONAL Athletics Carnival in Tamworth

Curlewis Public School Newsletter

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Term 3 – Weeks 5 & 6

CPS Calendar for Excursion Weeks

School Photos – A big thank you to Montage Fotos for taking our School Photo this year. Photo

packs will be sent home when they are returned later this term.

Zone Athletics Carnival – This is scheduled for Friday the 18th August (Tomorrow). A note with

all details was sent home yesterday. Please watch the school Facebook page for cancellation

advice.

K/1/2/3/4 – Lake Keepit Excursion - We have finalised numbers for this excursion. Please make sure all overdue payments are made immediately. The bus will leave on the Monday 28th of August at 9am and return mid-afternoon on Wednesday. Looks like it will be loads of fun.

5/6– Snow / Canberra Excursion -Students are really getting excited about the upcoming excursion and cannot wait to touch snow for the first time. The excursion group leaves at 7am from Curlewis PS or from Tamworth Airport at 8:30am.

Breakfast Club - Breakfast club is runs on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you are able to help please contact Mrs Sharon Woodham. Please check the calendar on the front page of the newsletter for operation over the next fortnight.

Homework Club - Homework Club runs on Mondays and Thursdays . Please check the Calendar on the front page of the newsletter for operation over the next fortnight.

Sports Day in Term 3 is Wednesday - Please ensure your child comes in sports uniform and

brings their hat and a water bottle.

Health Care Plans Updates - Please ensure if your child has Asthma or allergies that all the information from their doctor is shared with the school. Parents are reminded that Health Care Plans need to be updated prior to overnight excursions. To make a time with school staff please contact the school office. School office updates We have started the move to the new LMBR (Learning Management, business Reform) system. To assist with moving this process we need some help from parents.

1. Updated Medicare Records – Please ensure you have updated plans from your GP / specialist. These are now overdue

2. Payments for student activities etc at Curlewis PS. i. POP payment no longer available (online payments finish at the end of term 2).

3. Direct deposits will no longer be available (our bank account details are changing over this term).

4. Mrs Wise will not be in the office every day as she will be away at training for the new system.

Healthy Harold – Healthy Harold will be visiting our school on Thursday 31st August. Please make

sure your child doesn’t miss out by returning permission note and $6 payment to class teachers.

NEWSLETTER DATES

OUR NEXT SCHOOL NEWSLETTER WILL BE SENT HOME ON THE 8th of SEPTEMBER.

A big thank you to all parents who assisted with the running of the Small Schools Athletics Carnival. It was a fantastic day where students showed good sportsmanship and some pleasing results. With so many personal successes at the Small Schools Carnival, we have our largest team for many years attending the Zone Athletics Carnival tomorrow - Good luck kids! A big thank you to Tambar Springs PS for organising this year’s carnival.

Small School Carnival 2017 Champions / Runner Ups and Encouragement Award Recipients

AGE CHAMPIONS FROM CURLEWIS

Josie Luckel Peter McCormack Domonique Schweitzer-Ashford

11 Year Girls 11 Year Boys Junior Girls

Highlights from Small Schools

Athletics Carnival

Runner up Age Champions from Curlewis

Mahdi Al Kredy Maddison Hack

Senior Boys Juvenille Girls

Some Photo Highlights from the day

Photos in this section from School Staff and My Gunnedah

Library News

Please make sure that you bring your library bags to school with you on this day.

There is a super class prize for the highest percentage of borrowers in Term 3.

Next P&C Meeting Tuesday 12th of September at 4:00pm

Dear Parents and Community Members,

A massive thank you to everyone who supported our defibrillator project. A special thank you to all P&C members

who did so much work behind the scenes more many month before, during and after our Trivia night. Your support

of our kids and community is truly brilliant!

Don’t forget to come along to the Curlewis Commercial Hotel where the P&C are running the meat raffle on Friday.

Kind Regards,

Casey West

P&C President

K/1/2 Library day is Thursday 2/3/4 Library day is Wednesday 5/6 Library day is Thursday

THURSDAY 14th September

8:30am to 12pm

Our School library is holding a

Book Fair as part of Book Week

2017 celebrations. This is a great

chance to purchase some

discounted books.

Thursday 14th September

9 am Start

CWA Presentation for Country Study Work

Thank you to Mrs Scott and the Curlewis CWA branch for the lovely certificates and

prizes for students from their recent country study on Nepal.

Week 5 – Stars of the Week

Week 5 Merits Week 5 Kindness Award

Word Mania – Regional Champions

Blackville Spelling Bee

Earlier this week students attended the Blackville

spelling bee with much success. I had the privilege

of co-adjudicating the stage 2 students competition.

I was exceptionally proud of our students and their

efforts. Congratulations to Patricia Parry who came

First in Year 1 and to all of our students who were

runners up. The other clear highlight of the day for

me was the way our students interacted so

positively with peers from other schools.

Gymnastic Success

Awesome Results from the Regional PSSA Gymnastic Competition in Armidale!

Congratulations to Talara Harris who represented Curlewis Public School along with 76 other competitors from 15 schools from across the North West Region in the North West PSSA Gymnastics on the 7th of August 2017.

This competition was held at the Armidale City Gymnastics Centre and Talara was a clear stand out in the Women’s Gymnastics section. Her results were exceptional with a score of 37.7 out of 40 (the third highest score out of all 76 competitors!)

Dates for your Calendar

Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

SAT

SUN

5

17 August Year 5/6 Students Formal

Uniforms for Canberra Excursion due to School.

MUSIC WITH MR

MACBETH

18 August Breakfast Club Little Stars Transition 5/6 Assembly Item FANTASTIC FRIDAY Gunnedah Zone ATHLETICS Carnival

6

PLEASE SEE CALENDAR ON FRONT PAGE OF NEWSLETTER FOR DETAILS

7

PLEASE SEE CALENDAR ON FRONT PAGE OF NEWSLETTER FOR DETAILS

8

4 September Breakfast Club Wind Band Camp

5 September School Speech Therapy Playgroup 10am to 12pm

Wind Band Camp

6 September Breakfast Club

Sports Day – Mrs Perkins

OFFICE CLOSED

Wind Band Camp

7 September OFFICE CLOSED

8 September Breakfast Club Little Stars Transition Music with Mr MacBeth 2/3/4 Assembly Item FANTASTIC FRIDAY

9 Book Week

11 September Breakfast Club

12 September Playgroup 10am to 12pm

13 September Breakfast Club Sports Day – Mrs Perkins

14 September

Book Fair and Book Parade

15 September Breakfast Club Little Stars Transition Music with Mr MacBeth K/1/2 Assembly Item FANTASTIC FRIDAY OFFICE CLOSED Year 7 Gunnedah High School PM Transition

10

18 September Breakfast Club OFFICE CLOSED

19 September School Speech Therapy Playgroup 10am to 12pm

20 September Breakfast Club Sports Day – Mrs Perkins

21 September

22 September Breakfast Club Last day Term 3 Music with Mr MacBeth NO ASSEMBLY FANTASTIC FRIDAY

Hols 25 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29 September

Hols 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October

Gunnedah High School Transition Update

Gunnedah High School will be running a special full day transition day for students form Curlewis in Week 7.

A note containing more details and exact day and activities will be sent home as soon as details are finalised.

Important Enrolment Information

To secure your child’s enrolment at Gunnedah High School in Year 7 for 2018

completed enrolment forms need to be dropped into the High School by the end of August.

Term 3 Holiday Dates

Saturday 22nd

September 2017 to Sunday 8th

October 2017

Students and Staff Return Monday, 09 October 2017