Diary Dates - Maraylya Public School

www.maraylya-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
22nd August, 2014
Term 3, Week 6
Principal’s Message
Diary
Choir Rehearsal
Spelling Bee
Congratulations to our equestrian team who competed at the
recent Arndell Interschools Event at Hawkesbury Showground.
Some outstanding results were achieved from this large team
team. Our school’s commitment towards this sporting event is
obvious when over 10% of the school is in the team!
Thanks also to our families who supported their children in
attending this important local event, helping to establish our
school as a serious contender in local equestrian events.
Congratulations also to our latest recorder ‘blackbelts’ – Aaron and
Orlando.
Stewart Gaffey Principal – MPS
Year 6 Farewell
meeting - 3pm
5/6 Bathurst Trip
Monday Meal Deal
Regional Spelling
Bee –
Beaumont Hills PS
4- 6 Bootcamp Day
at Ebenezer
3/4 Zoosnooze
Parent Teacher
Interview night
3-6.30pm
Wheel-a -thon
Hawkesbury Music
Festival
Swim School
Kindergarten
Orientation Evening
Presentation Night
Year 6 Farewell
Value of the Month
- CARE
What does care look like at MPS?
 Students, teacher and parents looking after each other
 Students, teachers and parents showing thought and understanding towards each other
 Students, teachers and parents modelling caring behaviour amongst each other
Dates
Tues
26 Aug
Thu
28th Aug
Fri
28th Aug
Fri
5th Sep
Mon
8th Sep
Thu
11th Sep
Fri
12th Sep
15th – 16th
Sep
Thu
18th Sep
Week 9/10 TBA
13th – 15th
Oct
Mon 3rd
Nov to Fri
14th Nov
Wed
12th Nov
6-7pm
Thu
11th Dec
Mon
15th Dec
Merit Awards Term 3 – Week 5
These students have achieved 10 tokens through the school’s BEE Awards recognition system.
Count Down Awards
Trinity Williams
These students have achieved 20 tokens through the school’s BEE Awards recognition system.
Blast Off Awards
Sienna Stanton
Nicholas Galea
Isabella Ponturo
Amaya Edwards
Riley Mills
Charlotte Ward
Caitlin Waugh
Megan Schulz
Antonia Beard
Ryan Withers
These students have achieved 50 tokens through the school’s BEE Awards recognition
system.
Orbit Awards
Gemma Carpinato
MPS Assembly Awards
Term 3 Week 5
K – Amarni Rodham & Lachlan Madadghar
1 – Megan Schulz
2 – Gabrielle Daniels & Caleb Swift
3/4 – Madison Morgan, Olivia McDermott &
Jack Douglas
5/6 – Lauren Lee, Zane Underwood &
Charlie White
Person of the Week
K – Noah Elliott
1 – Jade Evans
2 – Hugo Hyatt
3/4 – Giselle Azmi
5/6 – Christine Mossman
Equestrian News
Congratulations to all of our equestrian team members. From all accounts it was a brilliant day at the
Hawkesbury Showground last Saturday. Many of our students received outstanding results!
We are very proud of you all! Kylie Hall’s report is attached…..
Maraylya Equestrian Team competed last weekend at the Arndell Interschools Equestrian Carnival. We had a
fabulously presented team and thanks must go out again to Dural Saddleworld, Brooke Elliot, Joanne Stocker and
Kylie Hughes for their efforts towards our team outfits, which received many compliments throughout the day!
Thank you!
Our team consisted of Jaden Guidece, Christine Mossman, Annaliese Hughes, Scarlett Burns, Anne Bellamy, Sarah
McNally, Claudia Hughes, Molly Burns, Keira Lehman, Amarni Rodham and Sienna Stanton.
Our riders all had a super day and come home with many ribbons – a special mention to Little Red Riding Hughes,
Grandma Hughes and The Big Bad Wolf who were succesful in the very competitive Fancy Dress!
Future Events
 Camden Interschool Equestrian Carnival September 6
Entries close AUGUST 22 – Entries need to be sent to Kylie Hall (kyliehall@aanet.com.au) to be submitted
as a group as required by Camden High.
http://www.camden-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/equestrian-carnival
Kylie Hall
http://www.nsw.equestrian.org.au/default.asp?Page=9175&MenuID=Schools/c141 83/9019
kyliehall@aanet.com.au
Parents please ensure that the school office is aware of your child’s competition entry so that it can be acknowledged by
Mr Gaffey prior to competition. Riders’ families should ensure that any insurance needs or competition waivers are met
and signed respectively, as in most cases there will be no staff member in attendance at these weekend events.
857 Old Northern Road Dural NSW
2158 Australia
T 02 9651 2337 F 02 9651 1215
E info@saddleworlddural.com.au
ABN 32 001 793 611
Jake Astill, Anne Bellamy, Natalie Carrington,
Chiara Cauchi, Ryan Colgan, Drew Davies,
Kurt Schaffarczyk, Dalton Swift, Zane Underwood,
Charlie White
Who celebrate their birthdays in August
Congratulations!
We hope you had or have a great day!
K
The term is flying past and the children are all working hard. It is great to see the children practising their reading at
home. As they start to try and sound out longer words encourage the children to find small words they know in
these larger words, read ahead to see if they can use the sentence and the pictures to help them work out the word, or
break the big word into smaller chunks. They all enjoyed making and decorating their gingerbread men last week. I
need to thank Maylee for sharing her expert gingerbread making skills. In maths we have been practising sharing out
items into equal groups which is very tricky. We will be practising learning the months of the year in order!
1
Last week, Year 1 made cheese and spinach triangles, cooked and ate them. Some of us were
not sure about the spinach! Most of us tried them and liked it. We have written a procedure
on “How to Make Cheese and Spinach Triangles”.
(Note from the editor: Mr Gaffey thought they were delicious!!!)
This week we have started to learn French Knitting. We have typed a procedure on “How to
do French Knitting”. They are looking very long and colourful. In Maths we have been
learning our friends of ten, this means two numbers that go together to make 10, some of us
are getting very fast at this. We have been using rice to measure the capacity of different
containers and ordering them according to size. We have had lots of fun.
2
Year 2 have finished their novel study of ‘Charlotte’s Web’, everyone really enjoyed it and were a little sad that
Charlotte did not make the end of the story. Fun was had at the end of last week, when we watched the movie
‘Charlotte’s Web’. Lots of discussion happened as we made connections between the movie
and the novel. We are learning about larger numbers and how to count to 10,000 and that
the numbers have a pattern. We have started our science topic of ‘Growing Plants’,
unfortunately the rain has not allowed us to investigate what plants our in our playground.
We have learnt about the parts of a flower and we are able to label them including some real
science terms, stamen and sepal. Next week is our Spelling Bee and we are all looking forward
to next Thursday
3/4
It is getting closer and closer to our Zoosnooze at Taronga Zoo. We have
been learning about the zoo animals that are under threat in the world.
The class have looked at posters of the zoo animals and have learnt
interesting facts about them, even completed reports on the animals we
have studied. The class has also been learning about Mount Fuji in Japan,
which is a volcano. We found out information about volcanoes and how
they erupt. The class used an atlas and a globe to find "The Ring Of Fire"
which is a belt around the Pacific Ocean where half the world’s volcanoes
are found. The children are bringing very interesting "Current Affairs' in each week. The class has kept in touch with
news around the world and in our community.
5/6
The class has had an interesting fortnight,
investigating simple machines and drawing them.
The students have had to write detailed
explanations about the workings of these
machines.
Students have also been completing further studies on “The Indian in the Cupboard”, writing
detailed summaries of the chapters, learning to make inferences about characters
and making gods eyes from sticks and wool.
We are also looking forward to our Bathurst Goldfields trip!
We hope to return rich!
Stay tuned……..
‘Vegelantes’ News!
Our ‘Vegelante’ group has been busy working in the vegetable garden this month, preparing for the Spring crop.
Students have planted tomatoes of different colours, lettuce, and some herbs too. Again, we hope these can be
used in our healthy canteen as part of our menu options for Term 4.
Fundraising
Maraylya P&C have registered our school with a new fundraising website called SCHOOLBUY
It is fundraising for the ‘internet age’!
By shopping through SCHOOLBUY you can help raise money for our school without spending any extra $$ !
Please visit the website www.schoolbuy.com.au when shopping online.
It’s a simple, easy and very effective way to contribute to our school.
HAPPY SHOPPING!
Thanks,
Maryayla P&C.
It’s Easy!
There are millions of items that can be bought through SchoolBuy to support your school – and every
purchase helps. Just remember to visit SchoolBuy first before shopping online with any of our partners.
Simply by clicking the link on the SchoolBuy site, the online store you are visiting will know that
SchoolBuy sent you and which school you want to support. Plus you still get all their best online deals
and can take advantage of any special offers or sales on the retailer’s website.
www.schoolbuy.com.au
P & C NEWS
maraylyapandc@gmail.com
President – Kylie Hall
CANTEEN
ROSTER
AUG
2014
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
27TH
SHARON AZMI
SYLVIA HOPKINS
29TH
SUE SULTANA
LEANNE LUZAR
CANTEEN
ROSTER
SEPT
2014
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
3RD
CATHERINE SULTANA
VANESSA NEEDS
5TH
JULIA KINNISH
JENNY BORN
10TH
LINDA CONSTANTINE
BELINDA ASTILL
12TH
TAMMY IBLE
EMMA BRIGHT
17TH
SYLVIA HOPKINS
GLENDA CARPENTER
19TH
SUE SULTANA
LEANNE LUZAR
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
Vice Presidents – Belinda Astill, Rod Evans
Treasurer – Joanne Stocker
Secretary – Terese Horne
Uniform Managers – Tammy Thomas
Fundraising – Linda Constantine
Canteen – Catherine Sultana / Vanessa Needs
Father’s Day Stall !
Thursday 4th September
2015 CANTEEN MANAGER/S NEEDED!
We are seeking expressions of interest for the role
of canteen manager for 2015 as Catherine and
Vanessa are unable to continue in this position
beyond 2014. They are keen to fill this role before
year’s end so as to ease the successor into the
role during Term 4 to ensure a smooth transition
into 2015.
If you are able to assit in this worthwhile role
please make contact with the school office.
Uniform Shop
The uniform shop is open on Monday
afternoons from 2.15pm – 3.00pm
(not Thursday)
Alternative ordering:
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Order dropped off to Mrs Carrington
in the office with correct money
Email order to
maraylyapandcuniforms@gmail.com
Call if you need uniforms urgently –
Tammy 0433 286 560
New Bank Account Details
New Fridges and Freezers
Our new self-funded fridge and freezer is due to arrive on
Monday to ensure that our stock is not lost through
mechanical failure. This should also create a more workable
area in the canteen for our hardworking volunteers.
These are the new P & C bank details
for use with uniform orders etc
BSB 032274 Acc 383324
Monday Madness Meal Deal
8th Sept
(Orders to be placed by Fri 5th )
Next P & C Meeting
Tuesday 9th Sep
7.30pm – 9.30pm