Harrington Public School

ISSUE 12 | TERM 3 – WEEK 1 | 26 July 2019

Principal’s Report Welcome back to Term 3! I hope everyone enjoyed the school holidays with the family and are looking forward to another exciting term.

Staff Development Day Our staff development day on Monday involved Mrs Lockey and Mrs Saunders delivering learning for staff around the Department’s newly published syllabuses -Personal Development, Health and Physical Education and Science & Technology. Mrs Moore also showcased new ideas around the latest robots and innovative teaching resources available. It was such a valuable day that will ultimately help our staff plan and deliver explicit lessons in the classroom.

My Community Project Harrington Public School’s P&C was successful in reaching the voting stage of the ‘My Community Project’! They are now only one step away from receiving $100 000 for our proposed Outdoor Kitchen, Indigenous and Community garden. In order for us to be successful, all we need to do is… If you're 16 years or over and living in NSW, you can have your say on projects in your area that will be funded through My Community Project, through the public vote that is open now.

To vote, you'll need: • a MyServiceNSW account • your Medicare card to verify your name and age • your NSW residential address to identify your electorate.

You'll need to pick between three and five projects in your electorate, arrange them in order of your preference, then submit your vote.

The projects with the most community support through the public vote will receive funding. You can vote at mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au or a Service NSW Centre near you. A huge thank you to our P&C representatives for supporting such a great initiative. Paul Haste

Farewell to Mrs Eggins! Last term we said farewell to Mrs Eggins, and her daughter Logan. Mrs Eggins has been at Harrington Public School for quite a number of years and will be dearly missed by parents, students and staff. Mrs Eggins has taken on a new role this term at Port Macquarie Hastings Secondary College which is an exciting chapter in her teaching career. We wish her every success and greatly appreciate everything she has done for Harrington Public School.

What’s been happening at Harrington PS?

Spelling Bee Congratulations to our Spelling Bee Regional Finalists: • Years 3&4 Junior Finalist 1 Kaitlyn Fullford • Years 3&4 Junior Finalist 2 Jake Sherwood • Years 5&6 Senior Finalist 1 Kale Moore • Years 5&6 Senior Finalist 2 Gemma Eady-Muxlow

The Regional Finals will take place across NSW Monday 2 to Friday 13 September 2019.

Club Harrington Donation A big thankyou to Club Harrington for their generous donation of $1000 to go towards minimising the cost of student excursion fees, particularly our much anticipated school camps.

NAIDOC Last term we went to Wingham for NAIDOC Day. We had fun doing all of the activities like face painting and making bracelets. We also ate some kangaroo and emu meatballs. We all had a lot of fun.

By Addison Bayly

Aboriginal Dance Group The last day of school in Term 2 saw the Indigenous dance group, Isabella, Aaleyah, Nevaeh, Mira-lee, Gracie, Lewis and Braydan travelled to Chatham High School to perform two dances. Mr Taylor, Lewis and Braydan played the digeridoo, Sharee played the clapsticks and the girls danced. We also had Kangaroo stew for lunch. By Isabella

Norfolk Island Pines Did you know…? The pines are around 100 years old and are an iconic landmark for the school. They were planted around 1892 as part of the Arbour Day celebrations. Historically ships used the pines as masts for their ships. These pines have acted as historical markers for boats and during World War II they were used by the RAAF as training and navigational markers. “the four large Norfolk Pines were used as visual navigational aids by the Australian Air Force aircraft in the Second World War” anecdotal information from a former school principal and secretary.

Congratulations to all our Assembly Award Recipients

Coming up soon Welcome Back Breakfast

We are holding our Welcome Back breakfast Tuesday 30th July –We will be cooking up bacon and egg rolls from 7.30 am and the P & C will be providing juice for everyone. Please encourage your family to join us as this is the perfect opportunity for us all to touch base. Please encourage any of our new families along also as this is a time for them to meet everyone and really get a feeling of our school spirit.

Jeans for Genes Jeans 4 Genes day will be held on Thursday 1st August. All children are encouraged to wear jeans on the day and contribute a gold coin donation to support a very important cause. Every dollar raised will be donated to the Children’s Medical Research Institute.

PSSA Zone Athletics Carnival The Zone Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 2nd August at Tuncurry Oval (South Street Tuncurry).Please ensure you have indicated transport arrangements for your child.

CAPA Night – new date Please be advised that our CAPA night has been rescheduled to 18 September 2019 (Term 3, Week 9).

P & C News The uniform shop has beanies $2, scarves $2 and a pair of gloves for $1 that we will be selling through the uniform shop and canteen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Canteen Update The Term 3 menu which was sent home to families at the end of last term contained a few errors. We have since updated the menu and the specials page – this was sent home with students earlier this week. Copies of the new menu are also at the canteen if you require one, please just make a note on your child’s lunch order bag.

Due to popular demand Timbertown pies ($4) and sausage rolls ($3.50) will be back on the menu this term.

We are taking advantage of the cooler weather to offer a hot chocolate with either a pancake or a crumpet for $1.50.

We have some exciting hot meal specials during this term. Keep an eye out on the school’s Facebook page for details.

On another note we still need parents to help in the canteen, even if it's only on a backup list as our regular fantastic staff may be sick, on holidays or helping their family. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Even an hour or two at a time, weekly, fortnightly or monthly would be a really great help and greatly appreciated by your children as well.

Thanks from all the canteen staff

FOR THE FRIDGE

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Term 3 – July/August 2019

Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN

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29 July P&C Meeting 6pm

30 July Welcome Back Brekkie 7.30am-8.45am

31 July 1 August Jeans4Genes – wear jeans and bring a gold coin donation

2 August Assembly 9.10am Zone Athletics Gymnastics

3/4 Aug

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5 August 6 August 7 August Principal’s Privilege Award

8 August 9 August Gymnastics Kindergarten 2020 Teddy Bear’s Picnic 2-3pm

10/11 Aug

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12 August 13 August Girl’s Night In – 5.00pm

14 August 15 August Science Fair

16 August Gymnastics 17/18

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