Frank Partridge VC Public School

Educating your child for a bright future

PO Box 288 Centenary Parade Nambucca Heads NSW 2448 Phone 6568 7100 Fax 6568 9147

Email frankpart-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter Issue 40 Week 10 Term 4 13th December, 2016

Wed 14th Dec

Presentation

Day

9.30am

All Welcome

Thurs 15th Dec

Year 6

Farewell

Talent Show

12pm

Support Class

Excursion

to Yarrahapinni

Fri 16th Dec

Last day of

School!

Merry

Christmas!

Mon 30th

January

2017

Students

Return!

Diary

Welcome to Week 10 of Term 4. The last week of school for 2016.

Presentation Day; Wednesday 14th December.

Year 6 Farewell; Thursday 15th December.

First day back 2017; Monday 30th January.

I trust that all of our parents and carers have received and read their child’s report. Please be sure

to contact your child’s teacher or myself should you have any questions or concerns.

After much deliberation and professional dialogue our class teachers have been set for 2017. I

would like to take this opportunity to publically thank our wonderful staff for their patience and

willingness to put the needs of our students first.

The class teachers for 2017 will be as follows:

KE Ms Colleen Edwards. KS Miss Lisa Scott.

21F Mr Matthew Freebairn. 21M Miss Kimberley McArthur. 21D Mrs Julie Daley.

43S Mrs Gail Smith 43H Mr Jaxen Heward. 43M David Moseley.

65L Mrs Dorothy Leahy. 65N Mr Nick Lambert. 65W Miss Sally Wesley.

SCB Ms Gill Baker. SCT Mrs Gretchen Tsujimoto SC To Be Announced.

RR Miss Jayne Morrison LAST Mrs Vanessa Bekis. Library Mrs Robin Coulter.

RFF Mrs Claire Inchley. RFF Mrs Yvonne Parkins. RFF Mrs Elle Chattenay.

AEO Mrs Nerida Hardie. School Counsellor Mrs Debbie McFadden

SAM Mrs Anne Phillips. SAO Mrs Leanne Armytage. SAO Mrs Julie Hamilton.

IL Mrs Christie Williams. SLSO Mr Luke Bateman SLSO Mr Pete Bula.

SLSO Mr George Edwards. SLSO Mrs Linda Batten SLSO Ms Lee Symington.

SLSO Mrs Sharon Wilson SLSO Mrs Debbie Vasallo. SLS Mrs Kim Mitchell.

SLSO Ms Marea Hennessy SLSO Ms Megan Zell SLSO Mrs Cass Notley.

Once again we are employing 3 extra teachers to ensure that your child gets the best possible op-

portunity to develop to their full potential academically, socially, emotionally and physically.

All classes will be 20 or less. All of our teachers will be supported by Instructional Leader Christie

Williams. Students in Year 1 will have access to Reading Recovery. Staff will be trained in the most

up to date Best Practice teaching methods. All classes or stages will be supported by a School Learn-

ing Support Officer. I am already excited to get started on 2017!

I hope everyone enjoyed the articles that we placed in the Hibiscus Happenings this term. They are

Class Merit Awards

KE: Jacob Andrews, Tiana Ferguson, 2/1D: Brooklyn Kirwan, Dallas Taylor,

2/1F: Asher Edwards, Bayley Mackay, Gene Buchanan, 2/1M: Mirabel Wren,

Quade Coggan, Cohen Johnson, 4/3H: Shania Davis, Fiona Holloway, 4/3W:

Mitchel Smith, Zac Urquhart, Eli Griffiths, 4/3D: Thomas Farnsworth,

Kailanah Wheeler, Ben Williams, 6/5L: Alexander Majorek, 6/5S: Cadence Jar-

rett, Makayla Donovan, Hayley Griffen, 6/5N: Jasmine Glidden,

Amanda Voutier.

Classes of the Week:

6/5S

2/1M

4/3D

Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed over the

weekend in the Little Athletics Zone Championships at Ballina.

Holly Blanch came first 1st in javelin, breaking the zone record in

this event, 1st in shot put, throwing 8.25m beating her personal

best by 1.15m and 4th in discus. Charlotte Kearney came 2nd in

discus and 3rd in hurdles. Makayla Lamb did a personal best and

came 3rd in 1100m walk. Izabelle Salway came 2nd in high jump

and 3rd in javelin. Ebony Wylie came 1st in 1500m walk and 4th in

javelin. And Fiona Holloway came 1st in high jump, 3rd in hurdles

and 4th in discus.

Well done to you all on your wonderful achievements and we

wish you all the best competing in the regional championships.

a good snap shot of the incredible achievements of our kids across both academic and sporting domains. We are

very proud of our wonderful kids and their achievements this year and it was great to see them acknowledged in

the local media for our whole school community.

A huge thank you to our school community, especially our parents and carers. All schools have a habit of throwing

us curve balls, incidents and complications that no policy or set of rules can anticipate. These are the times when

school communities must work together to ensure equitable outcomes and effective actions moving forward. This

is not always easy to achieve, but the support, respect and understanding shown by our school community has

been nothing short of amazing this year. This has enabled our school team to follow up on even the smallest inci-

dent, plan solutions, adapt strategies and monitor your child’s school experience to ensure we are always striving

to support them to be their best. We do not always get it right the first time, but with your support we can contin-

ue to develop positive and supportive plans that aim to give your child the wonderful school experience they de-

serve. Without the support of our parents and carers we cannot do what we do, so THANK YOU!

Have a great Christmas and a happy and safe new year.

Bring on 2017!

Todd

“I was really nervous

being so high up,

but I made it the

whole way!” Says

Yolanda Jones!

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY MONDAY

Name _______________

Class_______________

Hot Dog

with

Sauce

Price: $3.00

Name _______________

Class_____________

Chicken Burger

with Mayo or Aioli

Price: $4.00

Name _______________

Class_____________

Spaghetti Bolognaise

With

Cheese

Price: $6.50 Large

$4.50 Small

Name _______________

Class_____________

HAPPY

HOLIDAYS

Community News

School Holiday Activities for January 2017

More information and permission forms will be available on the Nambucca Shire Council website

www.nambucca.nsw.gov.au from 16th December. These activities are coordinated by Nambucca Shire

Council Community Development Team in partnership with local services.

All activities are free!

Registration for all activities are essential as numbers are limited.

Coffs Beach Walk for Heart Disease

9:45am Meet at the beach reserve between the Hoey and Park Beach Bowling Club 10:00am Walk begins 10:10am Macauley’s Headland toilets/water 10:20am Digger’s Beach toilets/water 10:40am Charlesworth Bay toilets/water

10:55am Korora Beach toilets/water 11:05am Hills Beach toilets/water 11:30am Hills Beach to Campbells Beach via Daintree Drive, Fernleigh Avenue and Coachman’s Close 11:55am Campbells Beach to Campbells Beach via Nautilus Resort, Emerald Avenue, Sapphire Crescent, Campbells Beach, Elouera Avenue and Headland Drive water ONLY 12:30pm Moonee Reserve via Sapphire Beach toilets/water 1:00pm Moonee Tavern

Please note times are a guide ONLY

“HEY HO COME TO THE FAIR”

It’s on again, the Valla Lions Club Annual Fair – Sunday 1st January 2017

8.00 am - 2.00 pm at the Lions Reserve Valla Beach.

There’s something for everyone – the kids ( jumping castle, rock-wall climbing, horizontal bungy jump, magician

and so much more), Miss Valla Beach, fire brigade demonstrations, music, a great range of stalls with all sorts of

goodies from plants to books to clothing and “food glorious food” and so it goes on.

Come and support this worthy cause. Enjoy the day and have fun.

Funds raised go back into supporting our community.