Address: Queen Street Junee 2663

Postal Address: P.O. Box 11 Junee 2663

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

Term 3 Week 9

15th September 2011

Newsletter

Junee North Public School

Book Awards

Grace and Grace, Year 1/2.

William, Bailey, Liam, Jamie, Trinity,

Morgan, Bailey, Year 3/2.

Johanna, Year 4.

GOLD AWARDS

Tayla, Year 3.

Tallarna and Jack, Year 4.

Jordan, Year 5.

Yes. We are collecting

Coles vouchers and

Woolworths dockets.

Thank you for your

support.

PENNANT AWARDs

Isabella and Madison, Year 5.

There will be no assembly on

Tuesday 20th September

Free Parent Line ( counsellor) 24 hours/7Days 1300 1300 52.

From the PrincipalFrom the PrincipalFrom the Principal

Welcome to this week’s newsletter.

We were scheduled to have a Cyber-Bullying talk to Stage 3 by Vanessa the Youth Liaison Officer but

unfortunately she could not make it today so we are rescheduling for next term. I have, however, included

some information in this newsletter about what it is and some advice about talking to your child about this

issue. I hope you find it useful.

Our gymnastics program will begin on Friday 14 October and continue for 5 weeks. This program is part of our

Personal Development, Health and P E Curriculum and the students enjoy the activities provided. A note will

come home next week about this.

Stage 3 are getting very excited about our excursion to Ballarat on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next

week and so am I. Looking at the itinerary we are going to be very busy and should come back exhausted but

happy. We will ring the school at about 3pm on our way home and there will be a sign near the front gate

giving our estimated time of arrival back at the school in case we are not running to time.

Congratulation to Lucy Clarke on being nominated to sing in the choir at the School Spectacular at the Sydney

Entertainment Centre.

Mufti Day/Wonky Tree Day tomorrow Friday 16th. Come along dressed wonky. Gold coin donation.

Enjoy your weekend, sunny weather and mild temperatures are forecast.

Lyn

Year 4 Assembly

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DIARY DATES For Term 3

22 September Kinder Transition

Pre-School visit

23 September Term 3 Ends

10 October Term 4 Begins

19 October Mother/Daughter Night

28 October Spring Garden Fair

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARDS

Charlie (Kinder), outstanding effort and

settled application this term.

Kye (Yr 1), being an outstanding role

model both in the classroom and on the

playground.

Blake (Yr 1/2), excellent attitude and

application to Dinosaur and Fossil lessons

during HSIE and Science and Technology.

Kiara (Yr 3/2), always completing tasks

with enthusiasm.

Brooke (Yr 3), enthusiastic home reading.

Jack (Yr 4), an enthusiastic worker who

gives his all.

Lucy (Yr 5), a lateral thinker who

constantly comes up with amazing ideas.

Krystah (Yr 6), excellent leadership skills

displayed with Kinder buddies.

MERIT AWARDS

Kindergarten: Cooper Wright, Kai Bond,

Paige O’Rafferty,

Madeleine Cameron.

Year 1: Tangoria Takarua, Max Kelleher

Savannah Field, Ryley Dietrich.

Year 1/2: Ellie Crawford, Brandon Collins,

Caleb Gustowski, Craig Rogers.

Year 3/2: Frank Hindmarsh, Ellie White,

Maddy Deacon, William White.

Year 3: Sarah Kaesler, Leo Holden,

Arianne Crowley, Jordan Hawke.

Year 4: Nicholas Cook, Dylan Crowley,

Bryce Flagg, Tallarna Parkhurst.

Year 5: Blake Sutherland,

Brody Longmore, Caleb Sainsbury

Isabella McGrath.

Year 6: Ben Cook, Robbie-Lee Kennedy,

Cameron Hart, Paris Phillips.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD

This week’s award winners are Year 6.

Year 1

Drawings

Kite Festival, Saturday 8th October at Harden

Picnic Racecourse from 11am to 5pm. Entry by

donation.

Staines Tennis School Holiday Coaching

Clinic will be held on Wednesday 5th October

from 1pm to 4pm and Thursday 6th October

from 4pm to 7pm at the Junee Tennis Courts at a

cost of $20.00 per day. Enquiries and Bookings:

Jason Barrett 0412 898 437 or

Cheryl Purcell 69241157.

MLC Tennis Hot Shots is a fun way for kids to

learn how to play tennis. Smaller courts, nets,

racquets. Come and try day/registration day:

Junee tennis Courts Sunday 16th October at

10am. A free demonstration of MLC Tennis Hot

Shots (racquets Available).

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Once again we are participating in

Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christ-

mas Child shoe box distribution. Each

class has a shoe box to fill with:

something to wear eg cap,

underwear;

something to love eg doll, soft toy;

something for school;

Something to play with eg ball,

cars, yo-yo;

something special eg bangles

stickers craft kits; and

something for personal hygiene eg

scruchies, toothbrush soap and

facewasher.

We would appreciate any donations for

these boxes.

The boxes will be collected at the end

of term.

Cyber-Bulling

Cyber-bulling involves the use of information and

communication technologies (ITC) to support

deliberate, repeated and hostile behaviour by an

individual or group that is intended to harm others.

This form of bulling is often committed using mobile

phones or the internet and includes such activities

such as: Posting hurtful messages on social

networking sites.

Sending repeated unwanted messages either by

SMS, Instant messaging (IM) or email.

Excluding someone from an online group.

Creating fake social networking profiles or websites

that are mean and hurtful.

ADVICE

It is vital to talk to young people about behaving

appropriately online and with their mobile phones.

They need to be aware that there are real world

consequences for their virtual world actions.

Young people also need to know that they can tell

someone if they are being cyber-bullied. Ignoring the

problem won’t make it go away, and there are steps

that they take to address the cyber-bullying. What is

most important is that they tell someone.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

In order to prevent cyber-bulling, a useful acronym

to remember is I-CURRB:

Investigate what your child is doing online.

Communicate with your child.

Use family safety software to keep track of what your

children are able to access online.

Research your school’s and internet service

provider’s policies on cyber-bulling. Online

applications, such as IM, will also have their own

policies.

Report cyber-bulling to your child’s school and/or

ISP. If you have serious concerns for your child’s

safety, contact your local police.

Block communications from cyber-bulling. Most IM

applications, chat rooms and email account

providers allow you to block messages from

identified people.

Wonky Tree Day Mufti Day

Friday 16th September

Come along dressed “Wonky” on Friday the 16th Sept.

Some Ideas are odd socks, different coloured shoes, crazy hair

colourful pants, decorated clothes.

Anything that looks “Wonky” will look just fine.

Gold Coin Donation towards helping

Save the Orangutan. The Year 5 Leadership Group will offer:

Coloured Hair Spraying – 50c

Face Decorating with Environmental Theme – 50c

Leadership Group

Isabella, Caleb, Callum & Madi