Newsletter - Week 4, Term 3 2025
Principal's Message
External Validation: I start with some absolutely fantastic news to celebrate with you all! Yesterday, Mudgee Public School participated in our External Validation Panel, a thorough review process that takes place every 4 years and looks at how well our school is performing across the 14 elements of the School Excellence Framework. Schools create an on-balance judgement of Working Towards Delivering, Delivering, Sustaining and Growing or Excelling and the panel validates these judgements based on a deep analysis and submission of evidence.
We are proud to share that our school was validated as Excelling in 13 out of 14 areas assessed by the School Excellence Framework. This outstanding result reflects the hard work, and commitment to our current school plan of our amazing staff over the past five years.
The panel’s feedback was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the incredible efforts our teachers and staff make every day to support our students’ learning and wellbeing. This achievement is a true testament to the strong, supportive culture we have here at Mudgee Public School.
Looking ahead, the feedback from the panel and our staff will guide us as we plan for the future and continue to improve our school. We are excited about the directions we will take in the next School Planning Cycle and are committed to providing the best possible education for our children.
Bullying: Mudgee Public School is proud to be participating in the 2025 National Week of Action Against Bullying and Violence. To show our support, students are invited to wear a splash of orange with their school uniform on Monday 18th August. This could be orange hair ties, socks, wristbands, bandanas or scarves, to symbolise their commitment to creating a safe and respectful school environment.
On this day, students will also enjoy the exciting and inspiring annual performance of ‘Backflips Against Bullying' a dynamic show that uses acrobatics and powerful messages to promote kindness, resilience, and standing up against bullying.
To start the campaign, this week classes have been participating in a Kindness Challenge. Classes were presented with a bingo board with a series of challenges to complete. Winning classes will be enjoying some hot chips for lunch today.
Stewart House Pyjama Day: Next Friday, we will be participating in the Stewart House - Take a Break - Pyjama Day to help raise much needed funds for Stewart House. I have included a blurb about Stewart House below, but essentially its an incredibly important service that provides for support for many of our students year after year. Stewart House requires over 5 million dollars to run each year, yet only receives $300,000 in government funding. Students will join school all across the state next week, by being able to wear pyjamas on Friday and we encourage if at all possible to bring a gold coin donation. It is also our mid-term Fun Friday next week, so each class will take a session to watch a movie to celebrate both Fun Friday and raise awareness for the Stewart House - Take A Break Pyjama Day.
SRC Update: It is just past the mid-point of the year, and we will be looking to add to our extensive Student Leadership Portfolios. As mentioned earlier in the year, we will not be removing students from their leadership positions like we have in the past for Semester 2. Primary Students are welcome to fill in a nomination form during class with a teacher endorsement if they would like to be considered for one of six leadership portfolios. A panel comprising of Mrs O'Hara, Mr Hough and our School Captains, Claudia and Zac, will review the nomination forms and look to see which students might be appropriate additions to particular portfolios. Students will find out if they have been successful in Week 6 following our All Portfolio SRC Meeting being held in the same week.
Y-Safe: This week, students will have received a note about our Y-Safety special education session for parents and carers on cyber safety which will take place at school on Wednesday 27 August from 6-7pm. This is an important topic for all parents and carers and the more we can educate ourselves, the better equipped we are to protect our children when online. I encourage you to visit the two links below. One is the pre-survey which can help us tailor content to meet our parent needs, and the other is our school's very own online safety hub. We encourage all parents to complete the pre-survey as this will help inform our school community approach to cyber safety moving forward.
Podcast: The Hive is back in action!
Jump on and have a listen to one of our podcasts recorded back in Term 2. The podcast features lots of student information brought to you by our very talented and hilarious podcast hosts in Dimity, Charlie, Grace, Mackenzie and Zane. The podcast also features an interview with our new Director, Educational Leadership - Monica St Baker.
Jolly Gym Registrations: Jolly Gym enrolments are now open. We can't wait to meet our 2026 Kindergarten students in just a few short weeks! To register, click here: JOLLY GYM REGISTRATION
Also, whilst Jolly Gym enrolments are super important, so is enrolling at school for 2026. If you haven't done so yet, please make sure you jump on and enrol. Link below.
Public Speaking: Best of luck to Charlie Stevens who will be heading to Young next Wednesday to compete in the regional final of the Multicultural Public Speaking competition.
Check-in Assessments: From Week 6 - 10, students in Years 3 to 6 will participate in 'Check-in Assessments' for Mathematics, Reading and Writing. These mandatory DoE assessments help us track progress and provide targeted support to enhance learning outcomes. We encourage all students to approach these assessments with confidence and do their best.
Father's Day and Book Week: Mark in your diaries, Wednesday 3 September! On this day we will be celebrating Father's Day with our annual Father's Day Breakfast, as well as our Book Parade. Students will be able to dress up as their favourite Book Character on this day. The parade will be straight after the breakfast to allow many dads to stick around and watch. Who knows, maybe a few Dads may even come dressed as their favourite book character. See Mrs Vitnell's Library News below for more information about Book Fair, Book Parade and our Great Book Swap.
Have a great weekend and week ahead.
Mr Carters
Principal
Principal's Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have received a Principal or Deputy Principal Award over the past fortnight.
KOALAS - Will Ramsland, Charlie Robinson ECHIDNAS - Abel Cauchi, McKenna Radawyetz, Clark Felvus, Grace Hadlow, Paris Sterland, Florence Cochrane, Ellyse Reid CHAMELEON - Vincynt Sutton, Joey Sharp x 2, Hudson O'Kay, Blair Brunzlow, Lara Walker, William Hudson, Jeremy Johnstone-Blewitt, Charlie Fay SOFALA - Dimity Thomson
Attendance Spotlight
This week in Attendance Spotlight there are some great wins 🎉but also a few things we need to work on together.
Yes ✅ we reached our Mission Attendance Target 🎯BUT our whole school attendance dipped below our 90% goal 📉 We’ve also noticed an increase in unexplained absences❓
💡 Please remember: Each day your child is away, we need an explanation. You can let us know in any of these ways:
📱 Sentral Portal App for Parents
📧 Email to your class teacher or school
📞 Phone call to the school
💬 Message via Class Dojo
📝 The good ole’ handwritten note to the classroom teacher
🌟 Wins of the Week:
🥇 Year 3 – Highest attendance rate at 92.8% 👏👏
🏆 Year 3 – Only TWO unexplained absences 🙌
🥈 Year 6 – Just THREE unexplained absences 🎯
Let’s cheer on these awesome efforts 🎉 and work together to keep our attendance climbing ⬆️ so our students get the best learning opportunities possible 💛
Library News
Book Fair - Due to the number of things happening at our school, our Book Fair is being pushed back to Week 7! The theme this year is 'Book an Adventure'. Students will be previewing the books in the lead up to the Book Fair and will be bringing home a 'Wishlist'. Students will then be able to purchase books in their Library time, from Monday, 1st September until Friday, 5th September. Students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character on Wednesday 3rd September, and a parade will be happening in the first session of the day.
Parents will have the opportunity to come to the library and make purchases on the following days:
MONDAY 1st September: 3pm - 3.30pm
WEDNESDAY 3rd September: 2pm - 3.30pm
THURSDAY 4th September: 2pm - 3.30pm.
FRIDAY 5th September: 3pm - 3.30pm
The Great Book Swap - MPS Library will be hosting a 'Great Book Swap' in support of Indigenous Literacy Day. This will take place in Week 7 on Wednesday 3rd September. On the Great Book Swap Day, students will be able to come dressed as their favourite book character and purchase a book for the cost of a gold coin donation. Our Great Book Swap will be set up all week, for those students who may forget their gold coin on the day. Check out this video to learn more about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulRjN2xdoI
For those interested in making donations before the event, please see the QR code below to donate at our MPS Great Book Swap website.
Happy reading!
Mrs Vitnell.
Students of the Week
Term 3
CLASS | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4 |
| Echidnas | ||
| Chameleons | Bhodhi Stokes | |
| Koalas | Sharnie Greenaway | Millie Tattersall |
| Bilbies | Betty Berry | Ari Steel |
| Meerkats | ||
| Rosella | Harley Brady | Hunter Maloney |
| Quokkas | Ollie Ramsland | Charlotte Brennan-Armstrong |
| Manly Magpies | Ollie Begg | |
| Pink | ||
| Purple | Lachy Miller | Nickolas Morley |
| Orange | Atticus Brown | Jayden Hall |
| Yellow | Lily Memorey | |
| Blue | ||
Red | ||
| Green | Jax McTaggart | |
| Yamba | Shiloh Harvey | Connor Saliba |
| Donnellyville | Amelia Williams | Jayce Flack |
| Daintree | Archie Jackson | |
| Berry | Jayde Sharpe | Annabelle Anderson |
| Sofala | Victoria Temessl | Tobias McKenzie |
| Namatjira | Ruby Chalmers | Hendrix Campbell |
| Laver | Lucas Harrison | |
| Hollows | Paige Perry | Ieshia Dunford |
| Freeman | Lakyn Yavion | |
| Bradfield | Jasmine Miles | Brantley Carkeek |
Week 3 - Bee an Active Learner - 'Risk Taker'.
Week 4 - Bee Responsible - Look after our school and take care of the things in it. .
P&C Canteen News
We are excited to share that our P&C has been given the opportunity to run the canteen for the upcoming Rugby State 7s Carnival during the school holidays, specifically on Monday, September 29, Tuesday, September 30, and Wednesday, October 1. This event will serve as a significant fundraiser for our school, so stay tuned for more information on how you can help!
Additionally, the P&C will be operating a BBQ and canteen at the CZPSSA Zone Athletics on Friday, August 29, in Week 6. We encourage everyone to come out and support our athletes while enjoying some delicious food. Thank you for your continued support of our P&C initiatives!
Other dates to pencil in the diaries:
- Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 September: Father's Day Stall
- Wednesday 3 September: Father's Day Breakfast (and we hear there is a Book Parade this day too!)
Community Notices
