MPS Newsletter - Week 3, Term 4 - 28 October

Principal's Report

I would like to start this newsletter with my highlight of the fortnight - Peer Support Program. It has been absolutely fantastic seeing our students from Kindergarten to Year 6 working co-operatively and harmoniously as they explore the theme "Keeping Friends." Our Year 6 leaders are really stepping up and are displaying caring and steadfast leadership. Seeing our Year 6 students in action is truly inspiring. Congratulations to all of our leaders and students - Keep up the good work!! 

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Pink Up Mudgee and Down Syndrome Awareness Day:

Today we ran our Pink Up Day to support two very special causes - PINK UP Mudgee and Down Syndrome Awareness CT21. Students wore pink, purchased pink treats and made a coin line to raise funds for each of these initaitives. At the time of publication we were still counting the money raised. Thank you to all who supported today's fundraiser. More images can be found on our facebook page - Facebook

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Staffing Update: Stage 2 Relieving Assistant Principal: As mentioned in week 1 newsletter,  Mrs Meers is relieving as APCI thus Mrs Keiran Muller and Mrs Bronwyn Wheeler will be relieving as Stage 2 Assistant Principal for this term. Mrs Muller is having her last day as relieving Assistant Principal today, with Mrs Wheeler relieving as of Monday until the end of the year. Thank you Mrs Muller! 

Tell Them From Me:

The Parent Tell Them From Me Survey is now open for ONE MORE WEEK - until 4 November 2022. We would really appreciate you taking the time to give us feedback on how we can make Mudgee Public School the best possible learning environment for your children. 

To access the Tell Them From Me Parent Survey please click on this link: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/mq5fg

7th Support Class: As we start planning for 2023, some exciting news is that Mudgee Public School will be establishing an additional support class.  We are hoping that this class is established to begin the 2023 school year.  The provision of this class will see an increase in support for students in the Mudgee Community. One of the other positive implications is that we will gain a Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support Position. The Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support is a strategic, non-teaching, leadership role dedicated to inclusion, with a focus on leading improvement in the learning, wellbeing, and independence of students with disabilities. The Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support shares the broader educational imperatives of the Deputy Principal position but with the explicit focus of driving a school wide culture of inclusion, including high expectations and improved outcomes for students with disability.

I hope to be able to begin recruitment for this position shortly.

Canteen Roster: 

I also mentioned this last week, but we are searching for volunteers in the canteen. Please see if you can help out on any of the weeks listed below.

Community Liaison Officer (CLO) 2023: It was announced at our P&C meeting last week that Liz Halbisch will be leaving at the end of the year. Therfore, the CLO position will be available. An advertisement will be up in a couple of weeks time. Feel free to share with community members or people you think might be good in this role.

In essence, the main role of the CLO is to: "Support Mudgee Public School in building a vibrant, tolerant and harmonious school community. The Community Liaison Officer works to support school communities in the development of approaches to improve social, emotional, health and educational outcomes for students."

If you'd like more information, feel free to get in touch. Keep your eye out in the next newsletter for this advertisement.

Trauma-informed Community Presentation: On Monday night, Allison Nipperess from Mudgee Psychology ran a very informative parent toolkit talk on how we can become a positive trauma-informed parent community. The recording of this presentation is below. It is well worth a watch to explore how being a trauma informed community will help our children and our school.

Week 4: Next week I will be out of the school all week. On Monday and Tuesday morning I will be at the Year 4 camp (which I am super excited for!!) and from Tuesday afternoon to Friday I will be at the Australian Primary Principal Conference in Sydney. I will also be away Monday 7 November working on a recruitment panel for another Department of Education position outside of the Mudgee Network. Mrs Rogers will be relieving as principal in my absence. 

World Teachers Day: Today is World Teacher's Day and I would like to thank each and every educator at Mudgee Public School for their caring and tireless work. I am proud to work at a school where the teachers always put the students' best interest at heart and work collaboratively to support one another as they go above and beyond the role that is required. We truly are incredibly blessed here at Mudgee PS. A big thank you to our P&C who provided our teachers with delicious personalised cupcakes for Morning Tea today. Hats off to all our teaching staff!

Regards,

Mr Carters
Principal

Mudgee Newbees is back for Term 4! This term we have lots of craft planned. When it’s sunny we’ll meet in the Kitchen Garden and when it’s wet we’ll meet in the Infants Hall. Come along and play with us and get to know some more members of our school community. Thursdays from 2.15pm -3pm.

Red Room Poetry: Two students from Yr4 have been notified that their poems have been chosen to be published. The Students, Charlie Pye and Oscar Clay entered the state wide competition and are now in the running for major prizes. these are the poems for your enjoyment. Congratulations to both boys on this outstanding achievement. 

NSW PSSA Athletics:  11 students from MPS represented the Western Region at State Athletics Championships held at Homebush last week. All students achieved excellent results, in particular, the Jnr Girls Relay Team. The girls gained 1st place in their heat to qualify for the semi-finals. A wonderful achievement! The Snr Boys Relay Team took 3 secs off their time from the Western carnival and also qualified for the semi-finals. These results reflect their dedication to training and all students should be extremely proud of their results. Well Done!

Maths Challenge Winners!  On Monday, 4 Students competed in the Stage 3 section of the Mudgee Mathematical Challenge held at St Matthews. The students, Freddy Stevens, Toby Williams, Oscar Pryor and Alistair Chase gained 1st place! These talented mathematicians were presented their certificates, medals and prize money of $750. Congratulations!

Electricity Safety Week - 'Be a Safety Star' Competition:  In Term 3, Mudgee Public School took part in Electricity Safety Week, which is a state-wide program for Years K-6 that raises awareness of the hazards associated with electricity and teaches students how to be safe around electricity. Students from each stage were invited to take part in the relevant 'Be a Safety Star' competition. I am thrilled to announce that Oscar Pryor from 5/6E was selected the winner of the Stage 3 'Be a Safety Star' Superhero Comic competition. For his winning comic strip design, our school will receive $1000 for the P&C Association to use on a safety improvement for the school. Oscar will also receive a Cyber Talk Robot and have his comic design created into an animation which will be used as part of the 2023 Electricity Safety Week promotional materials. Congratulations Oscar!

Principal and Deputy Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Principal and/or Deputy Principal Award. 

Students of the Weeks

Congratulations to these students who have been recognised as "Student of the Week". Please join us in acknowledging their efforts and contribution.

Term 4 - WEEK 2

 INFANTS    KS - Hailie Horrigan / KF - Jacob Crowe / KC - Indie Gilogley / KL - Mavis Johnstone-Blewitt / 1B - Matilda Littley / 1T - Victoria Temessl / 1N - Georgia Moylan / 1S -  / 2ND - Chase Coupe / 2GM - Matthew Crowe / 2R - Tylor West / LS - Angelo Musitano

PRIMARY   2/3S - / 3D - Santana Barrass / 3M - Daniel Herd / 3/4L -  / 4A - Kaitlyn Dale / 4W - Mikayla Collins / 5/6B - Finnin Stott / 5/6E - Piper Etherington / 5/6H - Angus Scales / 5/6J - Brax Lucas / 5/6L - Zayne Meah-Reynolds / 5/6MC - Sienna Freestone / SM - Kayshia Carpenter  / TT - / LL -  Logan Blair / JC - Bug Clarke  / MW - Leighton Watts

Term 4 - WEEK 3

 INFANTS    KS - Gus Clarke / KF - Anastasia Karavas / KC - Jayce Flack / KL - Arthur Curtis  / 1B - Dexter Farmer / 1T - Travis Berry / 1N - Odella Fahey-Leigh / 1S - Ned Marosevic   / 2ND -  / 2GM - Daniel Stewart / 2R -  Shanaya King / LS - 

PRIMARY    2/3S - Eliese Longmuir  / 3D - Tyler Masling / 3M - Lottie Harvey / 3/4L - Ettric Toombs / 4A - Max Murnane  / 4W - Violet Healy / 5/6B - Felix Smith  / 5/6E - / 5/6H - Rhys Tonkins / 5/6J - Rachel Gilmour / 5/6L - Bonnie Scicluna / 5/6MC - Clayton Masling / SM - Tahlia King  / TT - / LL -  David Drewe / JC - Jaiden Vella  / MW - Brodie Speechley

Library News

Book Club - Issue 7 orders closed today. Any orders received should be returned in the next couple of weeks. Thank you again for supporting the school by purchasing books from Book Club. There will be one last issue coming out this term. This will be the last time to purchase for the year. 

Overdue Books - There are a lot of overdue books across the school at the moment. Please return all your Library books when you have finished reading them. Students can return books at any time during the week. Overdue notices will be sent home later in the term. 

Happy Reading! 📚

Mrs Siobhan Vitnell (Teacher Librarian)

From the Office

LEAVING MPS AT THE END OF TERM? (Excluding Yr6)

You may be aware that we have commenced our planning for next year.  To enable confirmation of our current enrolments we would like to know if you will be leaving Mudgee Public School at the end of this term (Term 4) (excluding students in Year 6).  Please send an email or written note to your class teacher or telephone the school and inform one of the ladies in the office.  Many thanks for your assistance in this matter.

SCHOOL BUS PASS APPLICATIONS FOR 2023

School Bus Pass applications with Transport NSW are now open for 2023 and should be completed online at your earliest convenience.  Attached below are full details explaining how to apply and if you need to apply.  If you need any assistance with this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the school and speak with one of our office ladies.

SCHOOL OFFICE PHONE: 6372 2036

P&C

The P&C Uniform Shop will be open every

THURSDAY  Term 4 , 2PM- 4PM.

Shop online at
www.quickcliq.com.au

Email: mudgeepublicschool-uniform@pandcaffiliate.org.au

OSHC - from big CHILDCARE

Community Messages

NEXT GEN PORTRAIT PRIZE - Call for Entries

Students from the Mid-Western Region local government area are invited to enter the Mudgee Arts Precinct Next Gen Portrait Prize 2022, sponsored by The Property Shop!  
This exhibition will run as a satellite show in the upstairs gallery spaces at Mudgee Arts Precinct in conjunction with the Inaugural MAP Portrait Prize 2022.
Prizes will be awarded for the best portrait in the following categories: 
Preschool – Year 2 Prize: $250
Year 3 – Year 6 Prize: $250
Year 7 – Year 12 Prize: $250
People's Choice Prize: $250
ACCEPTED MEDIA: 
Painting, drawing/illustration, collage/mixed media, digital art, textiles and photography.

Entries Close at 5pm 25 November 2022 - To Register click here;

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkv9vI8yKAQEr_ECc5zocU5-dgcY5d9QheA_nn88IbolbZvQ/viewform

For more information on the MAP Portrait Prize visit www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au or email map@midwestern.nsw.gov.au 

This Halloween, Muffin Break is celebrating with a

 $2 MUFFIN DAY! 

Campaign Date: Monday, October 31st 2022

DENTO RYU KARATE -Traditional non-contact Karate 6pm - 7pm Tuesday & Thursday - Mudgee Public School Hall  $3.50 per lesson - Ages 5yrs over 

For further information contact: Harvey Mb 0427 435 930