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Forbes North Public School Newsletter August 21th, 2018 Week 5, Term 3

Phone: 6852 2187 Fax: 6852 1452 Email: forbesnth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.forbesnth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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READING DOWNTOWN DAY Just a reminder that Reading Downtown Day is THIS Friday, 24th August! The theme is 'Find your Treasure'. ALL students are invited to dress up on the day as their favourite book character. Students in K-2 will be travelling to Victoria Park by bus to participate in activities from 9.30am with other schools from Forbes, Eugowra and Bedgerabong. They will return to school at lunch time. Students will need to bring a packed recess. Parents, families and community are all invited to come down to the park on the day and participate in FREE activities as well. Forbes High School will have their coffee van and slices available at the park. Students in years 3-6 will be walking to local childcare centres for the morning. There will be a whole school parade on Friday afternoon from 2pm under the COLA. Parents are welcome to attend. If you have any questions please call!

Thank you, Dell Welsh

From the Principal…..

It is incredible to believe we are already half way through Term 3! I have enjoyed being Relieving Principal for the last few days and have visited each class to see the wonderful learning that takes place each day at Forbes North. Our staff are amazing and it is pleasing to see all of our students engaged in quality lessons!

This Friday is Reading Down Town Day. I’m looking forward to seeing all students and staff dressed up for what will be a memorable day. Thank you to Ms Dell Welsh and the team at Forbes Birth to Kinder for their dedication in promoting the importance of reading!

Have a great week!

Nick Doyle

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There is no assembly this Friday 24th August due to Reading Downtown Day

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE only has 1 WEEK TO GO. Please keep reading and recording your books. Finished book lists need to be returned to school so this information can be completed online and then validated. Congratulations to Lucia Bilsborough, Sarah Hayward, Corby Fliedner, Charlie Pearce, Phoebe Walker, Oakley Fliedner, Tom Greenhill, Luke Todd, Oliver Walker, Brodie Gartner, Montana Locke, Angus Webb and Isaac Barnard.

Happy Fruit & Veg’tember!

Forbes North students will be participating in Fruit & Veg Month! Fruit & Veg Month is a free health promotion program for NSW primary schools that puts a positive focus on fruit and vegetables. All of the teachers have a copy of some Fruit & Veg Month's lesson activities also a fun sticker chart to record the healthy snacks that are seen each day through the month. Fruit & Veg Month will be held from 3 September to 28 September 2018 so please pack a verity of different fruits and vegetables for your child/ren for fruit break.

The Father’s Day stall will be held on Thursday 30th August in the Link up room. We will have a variety of gifts available for Dad, Grandpa or someone special from $1.00 - $8.00 and gift-wrapping from $1.00. Students will come and shop with their class throughout the day.

Fundraiser for Farmers

Forbes North would like help out the farmers by raising some money to help support them. To do this, we are having a "Dress up like a Farmer day". On Thursday 6th September (week 7), we would like to encourage everyone to dress up like a farmer and bring in a gold coin donation.

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Wiradjuri Choir

The Wiradjuri Choir will have 2 performances this term. Our first one will be on 3rd September at Wiradjuri Dreaming Centre’s NAIDOC starting at 11am. The second performance will be at the Town NAIDOC on 12th September

Senior Sport 3-6 This term for sport, students will be learning the rules of a variety of sports. These sports include baseball, soccer, hockey, tennis, netball, touch football and cricket. Mr Doyle will be teaching the students about tennis, which will involve a class going to the tennis courts near the Forbes Pre-school. Students will leave at lunchtime and return at approximately 2:55pm on Friday afternoon. Please ensure that your child has signed the general permission note to cover attendance at these tennis lessons. Thank you.

Term 3 Senior Sport Timetable

Week 3 – 3/4D & 3/4K Week 6 – 5/6M Week 4 – 3/4M Week 7 – 5/6P Week 5 – 5/6H Week 8 – 4/5F

Mrs Fliedner News from the Kitchen

This week in Kitchen, the 1/2 classes are making ‘Stir-Fry Vegetables with Macaroni’. It has 8 different kinds of vegetables in it – all of which have come from the school’s garden! Term 3 is extra exciting for the 1/2s as they have started to use the dining room to enjoy their meals. The students get to set the table, practise their table manners and then clean up!

Show Art

If you’re go ing t o t he Parkes Show d on ’t f o rget t o call in and have a look at our b eaut if u l f ru it and veget ab les t hat w e have en t ered . Also Mrs O’Br ien ’s class 1/2A has en t ered a num b er o f ar t and craf t it em s t hey have b een b usy m aking in class.

Year 6 Transition

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Reminder – all year 6 students need to wear black leather shoes for transition tomorrow (wed 22/08/18)

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ICAS Spelling

Congratulations to the students who participated in the ICAS Spelling competition.

Back row: Thomas Greenhill, Brodie Gartner, Claire Turner, Angus Webb, Thomas Nikolic. Front row: Ethan Ray, Charlie Pearce, Delilah Karaitiana, Zoe Bilsborough. Missing: Marnie Blake.

All the students at Forbes North have been trying hard to display safe, respectful and responsible behaviour. Many Dinawans are handed out on a daily basis for these behaviours and these go towards celebrations that the student's choose. This term 1000 Dinawans have been achieved for the "Nelson

Park" and Casual clothes" celebrations. The Nelson Park celebration will be taking place during week 6. Sometime during week 6 your child will walk to Nelson Park with their buddy class and have a play at the playground as part of their celebration. The general permission note covers this outing. Students are able to wear casual clothes on Friday 31st August (Week 6) as part of the celebrations as well. Please ensure appropriate clothes and footwear is worn. Well done to all of the students who have earned Dinawans this term.

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Coin Drive

This week and next week, there will be a coin drive. Please bring in your spare change and give the money to your teachers. This money will go towards the year 6 farewell and we hope to raise heaps. The class that raises the most will win a prize for their success.

By Entertainment and Fundraising

Another exciting performance will be held this term. Please ensure your child’s budget is up to date. This means either you have paid the $80 yearly budget in full or you have paid $20 each for terms 1, 2 and 3. The Ananse Stories not only describes the exploits of the folkloric spider character “Ananse” in the forests of Ashanti through traditional storytelling, but also reveals many aspects of Ghanaian culture. The stories reinforce the central themes of the programme; problem solving through co-operation, knowledge is powerful when shared, people in communities have common needs and promises should be kept. In traditional Ghanaian clothing, Sam introduces students to the simplicity of Ghanaian stories giving students an insight into the language, music, instruments and dance. He recalls anecdotes of family life and explores the traditional roles of the storyteller and master drummer of a small rural African village. He explains and demonstrates the tradition of the Talking Drum and other percussive instruments. Throughout the show the audience accompanies Sam playing instruments, dancing and chanting. Sam’s rapport with students is both direct yet gentle. He leads the students into a world that they may otherwise never experience.

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Link-Up visits the school garden

On the 14.08.18 we (the Link-Up children) visited Mrs Nixon in the school

garden. Mrs Nixon explained to us that we were going on a potato hunt!

Once we found the potato patch we dug up one potato each. We then took

our potatoes to the garden work bench and Mrs Nixon demonstrated how to

make potato people! We had to use our strong finger muscles to push the

wooden sticks into our potato to make the arms and legs. We also needed to

add a small piece of potato as the head. We then used our painting finger to

add the facial features - although many of us enjoyed painting a lot more

detail than just the eyes, nose and mouth! When we were finished we thanked

Mrs Nixon for welcoming us to the wonderful school garden and preparing

this fun activity for us to enjoy!

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P&C UPCOMING MEETINGS

FNPS P&C will be holding its next general meeting today Tuesday 21st August at the Forbes Services Club starting at 5pm. This is a great opportunity to find out what is happening at the school and have input into your child's education. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Following meetings throughout the rest of the year are:

September 18th @ 5pm FSMC October 16th @ 5pm FSMC

November 20th AGM @ 5pm FSMC

Class Student of the Week Merit Awards PBL Award

KK Ara Demosthenous Callyse Woodbridge Lylaque Bale Eli Bilsborough

KW Eleanor Osborne Lexie Finn Nate Markwort Logan Godden

1/2A Lakeisha Griffiths Jamieson Hodge Isaac Knight Will Constable

1/2C Riley Thomas Kaileiha Skinner Charlize Griffiths Tyla Wright

1/2O Adam Cuskelly Sulley Bentick-McEwan Kyreka Griffiths Laila Hartwig

3/4D Rydah Hancock Jamal Gorman-Barnes Seumas Ryan Charlotte Hoey

3/4K Harmony Pout Blaze Miller Ashton Johansson Hayden Coleman

3/4M Noah Skinner Kooper Duffy Drew Green Rhys Knight

4/5F Maddie Tomkinson Carlos Williams Jesse Byrne Tyrell West

5/6H Peta Allen Connor Goodall Ashton McLaughlin Montana Whitby

5/6P Alex Kershaw Claire Turner Eliza Riddle Will Bailey

5/6M Kitana Green Lexie Rattenbury Maddi McKeown Claire Coffee

Library Cory Jones

I speak respectfully using school language

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I speak respectfully using school language We were: This week, it looked like this at FNPS:

Safe

• Be in the right place at the right time • Report problems to the teacher on duty • I use my words appropriately to solve problems • Play fairly and be polite to peers

Respectful

• Respect other people’s property • Use things respectfully • Respect people’s personal space and privacy • Speak politely to others • Follow instructions at all times • Answer adults appropriately, "Yes " when at the canteen,

office and in the classroom

Responsible • Speak in a respectful voice

• Wait patiently and say, 'please' and 'thank you' • Use your manners

FORBES NORTH PS ‐ Term 3 2018 Term 3

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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20 August 21 August 22 August Yr 6-7 Transition (FHS)

23 August 24 August Reading Down Town Day No Assembly 25

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AUG

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27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 August Class of the Week 5/6P & KK

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SEP

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3 September Performance – The Music and Stories of Ghana

4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September Class of the Week 1/2C

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SEP

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY AWARDS

3/4D 3/4K 3/4M 4/5F Olly Flick

Wyatt Harvey Matilda Brakenridge

Drew Barter Lacey Osborne Harmony Pout

Karla Osborne Tyson McKinnon Tallara Antram

Milli Robson Latrell Griffiths

Skye Saville 5/6H 5/6P 5/6M

Faith Cowan Lily Sutton

Brodie Gartner

Mackenzie Campbell Preston Kennedy Hallie Rattenbury

Lauren House Samuel Klingner

Kitana Green

Star Student: Aidan Campbell

Behaviour Ribbon Merit Ribbon Sport

Ribbon Wonderful Writer

Award

KK Lylaque Bale Ara Demosthenous Callie Woodbridge

Lucy Bentick-McEwan, Alani Brunt, Ruby Dumbrell, Payton Reid

KW Harper O’Malley Hayden Dunn Jaxen Gilchrist Nate Markwort, Eleanor Osborne, Lexie Finn, Arabella Myers

1/2A Rylah McLachlan Jackson Kalisch Sam Nicholson Corby Fliedner, Bella Spice,

Benji Hodges, Will Markwort, Sam Nicholson

1/2C Matillda-Jane Yavion Kaileiha Skinner Naomi Klingner

Tyla Wright, Charlize Griffiths, Braxton Johansson, Lorcan Ryan

Cheyenne Dare

1/2O Charlie Newton Gabe Armstrong-Barnes Ace Hancock Ruby Taylor, Ryley Coles,

Oliver Emmett, Lillian Scott, Lucia Bilsborough