SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Week 5, Term 1 2023
Principal's Report
It's been a huge fortnight here at Mudgee Public School with events such as the swimming carnival, zone swimming carnival, investiture assembly, visit from the St George Illawarra Dragons, League Tag Gala Day, CLC Leadership day.. it's all been happening! I mentioned this in last week's video newsletter, but I would like to once again congratulate all students for their efforts at the swimming carnival. It was fantastic going back to a carnival for 8 year olds and up (rather than just competitors) focussing on the NSW PSSA mantra of PARTICIPATION. So many kids doing what they thought impossible. We just loved seeing that feeling of pride & achievement. Wonderful school and community spirit. Thanks to all who came along and to our staff for organising such a splendid carnival.
House Points: 1st Gladstone / 2nd Douro / 3rd Denison / 4th Perry
Age Champions:
Junior Girl: Junior Boy:
Indie O'Brien Louis Forgione
Dakota Hogan Digby Llewelyn
11 year Girl 11 Year Boy
Rachel Gilmore Oscar Clay
Hope Gilmore Quade Singer
Senior Girl: Senior Boy:
Ruby O'Brien Freddy Stevens
Ayla Coupe Angus Murdoch-Tilmouth
Zone Swimming Carnival: The theme of great swimming carnivals continued on Wednesday at Gulgong pool, where Gulgong PS hosted the Cudgegong Zone Swimming Carnival. I was so proud of our students who represented their school so very well. A big congratulations to Hope Gilmour (11 years Girls Champion), Ruby O'Brien (Senior Girls Champion) and Indie O'Brien (Junior Girls Champion). Best of luck to all swimmers who will be swimming at Western Swimming in Dubbo on Friday 10 March.
Investiture Assembly: Congratulations to all students who were inducted into our Semester 1 student leadership teams at this week's Investiture Assembly. Thank you to the family and friends who came to celebrate their child’s investiture, presenting them with their badges and celebrating such an honourable and proud moment in their education. We know all students elected to represent their peers will fulfil their roles responsibly and with great pride. Last week I shared with you images of our House Captains. See below some pictures of our School Captains and SRC Representatives.
Stage Visits: This fortnight, I have been busy visiting both Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) and Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2) classes. I continue to be so incredibly impressed with student engagement and behaviour. Next week, I am off to Stage 2 classes and I can't wait to see their learning in action!
School tour for parents interested in enrolling students in future years
We have decided to try something a little different this year as we prepare to start taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2024 and beyond. On Friday 17th and 31st of March at 10am, we will be holding a School Tour for interested parents. We hope to share our school in action with a mixture of learning experiences on show. I will endeavour to visit preschools and daycares to drop off flyers to promote these events; however, if you know your neighbour or friends have little ones that could be Mudgee PS students in future years, please share this information with them. I have also included a flyer below which shows our Road to Kindergarten for 2024 students. We have already marked dates for Kindergarten Information Evening as well as Kindergarten Safaris.
Yarn and Cuppa Afternoon: We are looking forward to our Yarn and Cuppa Afternoon on Wednesday 8 March, where we will meet with all our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and their children. This is a great time to chat with your child's classroom teacher about what goals you would like to see for your child in 2023. It is also a time to get together as a community and catch up over some afternoon tea.
P&C AGM: Just a reminder that our P&C AGM isn't too far away. It's scheduled for Monday 13 March at 5:30pm in the Mudgee PS Residence. All positions will be declared vacant and it's important to note that a few of the executive will be standing down after years of wonderful service. We look forward to seeing many of you at this meeting.
School photos: Happening Monday 13 March! You can order your photos online and then return your envelope to school. Family photo envelopes can be requested via the office. Students will need to wear their Summer Uniform. "Bring your smiles everyone!"
Wishing you all a fabulous fortnight.
John Carters
Principal
Dates for the Diary
- 13 March - School Photos
- 13 March - P&C & AGM - 5.30pm
- 15 - 24 March - NAPLAN Testing Window Open
- 17 March - School Tour - 10am
- 17 March - National Day Against Bullying and Violence
- 17 March - Oscar Clay - World's Greatest Shave
- 20 March - Zone Rugby League Trials - Glen Willow - 2pm - 4pm
- 21 March - PBL Awards due to teacher
- 22 March - Boys & Girls Zone Soccer Trials - 2pm- 4pm
- 27 March - Netball Trials Zone - Glen Willow -2pm -4pm
- 28 March - Western Touch
- 31 March - School Tour
- 31 March - PBL Assesmbly 11:45am
- 3 April - School Cross Country (K-6) - Walkers Oval
- 4 April - KC Red Hill Excursion
- 5 April - KL and KF Red HIll Excursion
- 5 April - Parent Teacher Interviews
- 6 April - Easter Hat Parade
Principal/Deputy Principal Awards
Congratulations to the following students on receiving a Principal award over the past fortnight.
Principal Awards
2E - Tessa Crowther , Ashton Stott, Victoria Temessl / 2GP - Hannah Dinsmore, Indie Horton, Mason Vella / 3S - Lucas Vasilis, Billy Stott, Charlie Barrass, Arkie Gordon / 4W - Nathaniel Starr, Marcie Grosse, Owen Wray, Emasyn Kewin, Olivia Henry
Students of the Week
"Move Safely and Sensibly."
Term 1 - WEEK 4
INFANTS KC - Harry Marks / KF - Prue Llewelyn / KL - / 1N - Dylan Campbell / 1RD - Olivia Smith / 1S - Lincoln Heppel / 1/2SR - / 2E - River King / 2GP - Ayla Baker / 2M - Hazel Memorey / AB - Raiden Blunt / AL - Shakira Bateman
PRIMARY 3D - Riley Clarke / 3L - Linkin Barrington / 3S - Vienna Letourneau / 4H - Brandon Coupe / 4W - Savannah Campbell / 4/5A - Bonnie Thomson / 5B - Levi Fenney / 5/6H - Matilda Bartlett / 5/6T - Toby Williams / 6J - Paige Farrow / 6S - Claire Darlington / JC - / LL - Mason Evans / MW - Sierra-Lee Cottee / OL - Jonathan / SM - Tiylen Coulter
"We are On Time and Ready to Learn."
Term 1 - WEEK 5
INFANTS KC - April Smith / KF - Ava Libertis / KL - / 1N - Evie Baker / 1RD - Archie Ibrahim / 1S - Grace Brown/ 1/2SR - Lukas Tomesek / 2E - Elvin Toombs / 2GP - Digby Llewelyn / 2M - Adrian Brown / AB - Cylis Powder-Jacob / AL -
PRIMARY 3D - Bridie Sharp / 3L - Abigail Williams / 3S - Temperance / 4H - Harrison Wall / 4W - Chase Buckman / 4/5A - Declan Campbell / 5B - Quade Singer / 5/6H - Larni Taylor / 5/6T - Ziggy Gordon / 6J - Patrick McArdle / 6S - Clayton Masling / JC - Tyler Nixon-Shaw / LL - Isaac Lucas/ MW - Braxton Ibrahim / OL - Malia Gardiner / SM -
Library News
PRC - The Premiers Reading Challenge will be starting next week! This is something that we will be talking about during Library time. Infant students will be bringing home a sheet with instructions, while Primary will be completing their challenge online. Watch this space for more information in the coming weeks.
Book Club - Issue 1 orders were put in this week. They should be back in the next week or so. I will send the orders home with students, unless instructed otherwise.
Overdue books - Please return all overdue books to the Library so that other students can enjoy our fantastic resources!
Happy Reading!
Teacher / Librarian - Mrs Siobhan Vitnell
Meet the Stage Teaching Teams
EARLY STAGE 1 - Kindergarten
Mrs Caligari, Ms Peters, Miss Forrester, Mrs Leathem
STAGE 1 - Yr1 & Yr2
Back Row L to R- Mrs Donoghue, Mrs Roberts, Miss Evans, Mrs Nicholls, Mrs Skewes, Ms Prater, Mrs Single / Front Row L to R - Mrs Roberts, Mrs George, Mrs Morley
STAGE 2 - Yr3 & Yr4
Miss Donnelly, Mr Hough, Ms Liddle, Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Sheedy, Mrs Wheeler
Mr Harris - 'Missing in action' - Stage 2
STAGE 3 - Yr5 & Yr6
Back Row L to R - Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Pretty, Mrs Walden-Lynch, Mrs Barnett, Mrs Baddock, Mrs Tito, Mr Smith
Front Row L to R - Miss Hopkins, Mrs O'Brien
SUPPORT UNIT - Kindergarten - Yr6
Back Row L to R - Mrs Green, Mrs Knott, Mr Christofis, Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Martyn
Middle Row L to R - Mrs Lucas, Mrs Smith, Ms Clarkson, Mrs Walsh, Mrs Gregory, Ms Duffy, Mrs Yates
Front Row L to R - Mrs Baker, Ms Meers, Ms Lyons, Mrs Marshall
Class Corner - 1N
1N are off to a great start for 2023 after just finishing their time of 'Class of the Week'! They were thrilled to have Buzzy Bee visit. He was on the look out for students following our 4 bees so he could spend time with them during learning,...or just to have a cuddle.
In English, IN have been learning how to write interesting sentences about special places by including a preposition ( a word which explains where something is) and nouns groups (words used to describe a person, place, animal or thing). They have also been busy learning to partner read or read in a group of 3. Mr Carters came to visit during this time and was very pleased with everyone's efforts.
In Maths, IN have been working really hard to learn their friends of 10, such as 6 and 4, 7 and 3 etc. They have also been learning about the attributes of shapes and numbers, sorting these into groups and explaining their grouping.
We are looking forward to a great year ahead!
Class Teacher - Mrs Nicholls
Class Corner - 6S
6S have had a wonderful start to the year and are thriving at school. They have shown their responsible and respectful nature in many areas, especially when spending time at Buddies! They love seeing their buddy and are helping them with their sounds as well as making friends in the playground.
They have thoroughly enjoyed writing a commentary about High Diving Giraffes and interviewing coaches to work out the ins and outs of Giraffes in sport. In Maths they have been working hard to read numbers well into the millions, as well as working with small parts of numbers in the form of fractions and decimals.
They love Art and PE, as well as their class pets. Three Yabbies also call 6S home and are a great source of entertainment.
6S are working on a growth mindset to ensure that they get the best out of themselves and each other. As we look forward to the year ahead we only see hard work and no fun, we have no time for that 😉 our 6S family look out for others and seek the best for our classmates.
Class Teacher - Mr Smith
JUNIOR BAND 2023
Dear Parents/Carers.
Junior band has started for 2023. If your child has been having instrument lessons in flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, euphonium or drums or electric guitar and their teacher says that they are ready to join Junior Band, we're waiting for you! We meet Monday at 1.30pm in the Primary Hall.
Thankyou,
Mr Featherby and Mrs Wheeler
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