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Finley Public School Be Responsible • Be Respectful • Be a Learner

21-39 Coree Street

FINLEY NSW 2713

Phone: (03) 5883 1135 Fax: (03) 5883 2397

Email: finley-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Monday, 27 June 2016 Term 2, Week 10

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Calendar

Monday 27th June P & C Meeting, 7pm in School Staffroom

Tuesday 28th June MKG Soup Day

Wed 29th June School Banking

Friday 1st July Whole School Assembly

12.30pm

Sunday 31st July Lions Club Public Speaking district final Years 3-6

R/Principal’s Report

Welcome to Week 10 Term 2.

Welcome to the last week of what has been an

extremely busy term. This Friday Amanda Lyons returns

to school. I’m sure that she will return with many

exciting stories from her overseas trip. I would like to

take this opportunity to thank you, the staff and the

students for the warm welcome I have received whilst

working here. I have enjoyed meeting you all and

working in your fantastic school. Have a wonderful

holiday. School will resume for students on Tuesday the

19th of July.

Bowling Club Raffles

Last Friday the Bowling Club held their monthly raffles

and we were the lucky recipients of the proceeds. As a

result the Bowling Club has donated $901 to our school.

This is a fantastic amount and will be put to good use

within the school supporting our students. We would

like to thank the Bowling Club for their continued

support of our school and to all the families who

donated raffle prizes.

P&C Meeting

Tonight the P&C will hold their monthly meeting in the

staffroom at 7pm. Everyone is most welcome to attend.

It is a fantastic way to contribute to your child’s

schooling, share your ideas and a great way to meet

new people. Please come along.

Reports Today reports will be sent home. Reports should arrive home in a sealed envelope. If you would like to make an appointment to speak to your child’s teacher about their report please contact the office to arrange a mutually agreeable time. MKG Soup Fundraiser

Tomorrow we will be having a MKG Soup day in order

to raise funds for our Kitchen/Garden program. The

students have been extremely busy getting everything

prepared. Delicious pumpkin soup and a roll will be

available for purchase for $2:50. Many thanks to Miss

Hughes for all her organisation. And to all those families

who have donated items or their time to assist with this

fundraiser.

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Permission notes

Starting from today all permission notes that need to be

returned to school will be on BLUE paper. The blue

colour will hopefully assist in reminding people that

blue bounces back. As you can imagine schools can be

very busy places with students engaged in many and

varied activities that may take them off school

premises. In order for students to participate,

permission must be sought. This is a legal requirement.

In order to assist with organisation, permission notes

must be returned no later than the day before the

event, so as to not add extra pressure on to the office

or teaching staff who can spend hours making phone

calls and trying to contact parents. Students without

written consent the day prior to the excursion will be

unable to attend. Thank you for your assistance in this

matter.

CWA Country of Study

On Tuesday evening Yr4/3T will be hosting the Monthly

CWA meeting in their classroom as they have invited

the ladies to hear their presentations on Mongolia. The

students have chosen to research Mongolia as part of

their Geography studies. Mongolia has also been the

country of study for the Murray Hut Branch of the CWA.

Year 4/3T is very excited to be sharing their knowledge

of Mongolia with their parents and the members of the

CWA.

NAIDOC Day

On Friday all students will be participating in NAIDOC

day activities to celebrate and acknowledge Indigenous

history and culture. The day will begin at 9am with the

students working in multi age groups and rotating

through 5 different activities. These activities include

dance, cooking, art, games and music. Assembly will be

held at 12:30.

Absences

If you know that your child will be absent from school

due to an appointment could you please let office staff

know prior to the appointment. If your child is ill and

won’t be attending school, could you please ring the

school office on 58 831 135 from 8:30 am. A quick call

to explain the absence alleviates follow up paperwork

at a school level. All students with an unexplained

absence will be contacted by the school office.

Finley Basketball

Last Friday we had members from Finley Basketball

speak to the students about the ‘Aussie Hoops’ Program

that will commence in Term 3 on Wednesday

afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30. It is anticipated that there

will be 2 sessions to cater for 2 different age groups and

each session will run for 1hr. This program is a modified

basketball program along the lines of Auskick and

Netta, that will suit students from Kinder to Year 6.

Students that were interested were given information

packs, these signed information packs need to be

returned to school no later than Wednesday 29th if

students wish to participate.

Peer Instructed Sports Session

On Thursday the students from Yr4 to 6 will be

participating in a Peer Instructed Sports session that will

be run by Mr McCarney and his Year 10 P.E class from

Finley High. The students will rotate through 4 different

activities between recess and lunch. The participating

students will then get to have a sausage sizzle for lunch

with their peer sports leaders. This sausage sizzle is

being provided at no cost to our students by the Finley

High School students. This will be a fantastic

opportunity for our students to learn some new skills

and build some friendships with students from the high

school.

Janice Noble

Relieving Principal

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Birthday’s

Toby W 3rd July Liam R 5th July

Harry D 10th July Jacob A 10th July Sam H 11th July Lucy B 12th July Tehya K 13th July Amalie A 15th July

Canteen News Our canteen operates Monday,

Wednesday, and Friday.

Volunteers

Volunteers are needed from 10am til 2pm.

Wed 29th June Sharon McLean

Meal Deal Week 10, Wed 29th June

Hot Chicken & Gravy Roll Warm Milo

Yoghurt Frogs or Sunfaces $5.50

New Trial The canteen will now be stocking Finley Bakery’s Pies, Sausage Rolls, and Pasties.

Please note the price changes below: Finley Bakery Pie: $4.20

Finley Bakery Sausage Roll: $2.40 Finley Bakery Pasties: $4.30

This trial will start on Wednesday 22nd June 2016.

We look forward to working with Finley Bakery.

Friday –Check &

Treat day! Please check your children’s hair for head lice on Friday night and

treat if necessary.

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Naidoc Day at Finley Public School

Friday 1st July 2016

The whole school will be celebrating NAIDOC day this Friday,

with a day of activities designed to promote awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander culture and history. The 2016 theme represented in this year’s

poster is: “Songlines: The Living narrative of Our Nation. Dreaming Tracks, or songlines,

crisscross Australia and trace the journeys of our ancestral spirits as they created the

land, animals and lores”.

School Banking

Our Dollarmite Promotion has finished and the winner will be drawn this week. There

may even be some additional draws made.... Will you be the lucky ones?

We have two items that are now OUT OF STOCK - the Mudsplat Handball and the Flying Snake Tail are no longer available.

There are quite a few bankers with well

over 15 tokens - don't forget to send in your reward request before other items run out.

Term 3 will see two new rewards added - Backtrack Eraser Pen and a Jump and Skip

Rope.

The Dollarmites have also discovered Prize Lights in the Outback sky. Flyers will be in

your wallets this week with the details. Magazine packs, camping kits, instant

cameras. An online activity will put you in the running for a PlayStation 4 pack.

Have a safe holiday and we will see you

back next term.

Thanks. Debbie

Playground Awards

Lexie A, Patrick K, Kade P, Charlotte D, Hugh B.

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Newsletter Distribution

As most of you would be aware our newsletter went paperless last year!

This means that students would not receive a paper copy of the newsletter unless a request had been made via phone or in

writing to the office by the parent/carer.

In the first 2 terms we have had a high number of students asking for a paper copy.

The newsletter is emailed to those on the emailing list and uploaded to the school website each Monday afternoon. This

means significant cost and time savings for the school.

So we need your help to once again get

back to being paperless. We also need to update the newsletter emailing list with our new families and

remove those who have left.

Each family will receive a form today on BLUE for you to update your email address

details. Please complete and return to school as soon as possible to ensure you

continue to receive the newsletter via your nominated preference.

If you do not return the form you will need to access the school website as per the web

address below to view the school newsletter.

http://www.finley-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

All current email addresses in our system will be deleted at the end of term.

We thank you for your help with this matter and if you have any queries please contact

the office to discuss them.

Sasha, Jane and Wendy

P & C News

The P & C will hold their Monthly meeting

tonight in the Staffroom at 7pm

Thanks

A massive thankyou to Purtill’s for their donation of a portable entertainment

system. This will come in very handy for school assemblies, sporting events and

functions.

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Community Announcements

Finley Farmers Market

This Saturday the Finley Farmers’ Market will be in the Finley Memorial Hall from

8am till 12 noon. Indoors out of the cold.

Bring your family and friends down for a leisurely breakfast of a delicious bacon and

egg roll and excellent coffee and browse the wonderful stalls of local produce.

Look forward to seeing you all there

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