SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Week 1 Term 2, 2023

Principal's Report

Welcome back to Term 2, 2023. I trust you all had a fabulous break and connected with family and friends over Easter and possibly into the weeks after.
I will keep this newsletter as brief as possible, but would like to alert you to a few events coming up this week.

Firstly, our 2024 Kindergarten Information Evening is on Wednesday Night at 5:30pm in the Kindergarten rooms. If you know of some who is starting school next year, please remind them to come along. There will be some staff available in the Kindergarten room next door to assist with child minding should you need it. More details in the flyer below. Did you know enrolments are now open? Jump on our website to complete your child's Kindergarten enrolment.

ANZAC Day March Details: Our school will be taking part in the annual ANZAC Day March on Tuesday, 25th April 2023.

Those students who would like to march are asked to assemble at the corner of Mortimer and Perry Street, 10:15am on Anzac Day, Tuesday 25th April 2023.

MPS staff will meet the students and assemble ready for the March which commences at 10:30am.

We ask for ALL parent/carer’s to please collect their child/children at the end of the march once we arrive at the cenotaph, prior to the start of the Commemorative Service at 11am. Parents please meet staff and collect your children from the play equipment (near Lovejoy Street) in Robertson Park. Students are then free to attend the Commemorative Service with their families. Students attending are asked to wear their full school uniform, including their school hat.

For those students wearing a relative’s medals, these are worn over the right breast. All students attending need to meet the class teacher/s allocated below to have their name marked on the roll at the beginning of the march and again to be marked off when parents collect them at the end of the march prior to the start of the service.

*The following staff members are attending and will be signing your children in and out of the event.

Kinder – Miss Forrester, Mrs James, Ms Peters,

Year 1 & 2 – Mrs George, Mrs Nicholls, Mrs E Roberts, Mrs L Roberts, Mrs Single, Mrs Roser

Year 3 & 4 – Mrs Sheedy, Mr Harris, Mrs Vitnell, Mrs Liddle, Mrs Meers

Year 5 & 6 - Mrs Baddock, Mrs Walden

Support Unit - Mrs Walsh, Mrs Baker

Staffing Update: Laura Smede is returning from maternity and will teach class OL Tuesday-Friday, whilst Helen Mooy will teach OL on a Monday. 

Claire Harries has now begun her maternity leave and is patiently awaiting the arrival of the newest member of the Harries clan. Brooke Pretty (Mon-Wed) and Megan Cowan (Wed-Fri) will be teaching 5/6H. Welcome back, Mrs Cowan and all the best Mrs Harries🙂 

Recently, we held a recruitment panel for the permanent Deputy Principal, Inclusion and Support position, which was created as a result of the establishment of our 7th support class. I would like to congratulate Mrs Toni Tiffen who was successful in this process. Ms Kylie Duffy will continue to relieve in this position for the remainder of 2023 whilst Mrs Tiffen continues her Long Service Leave. 

Wishing you all a fabulous  return to school. I will provide a video update at the end of the week. 

And to our ANZACS, lest we forget.

John Carters

Principal

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following students on receiving a Principal award over the past fortnight (Term 1).

Students of the Week

Term 1 - WEEK 10

INFANTS KC - / KF - Jaxon Ray / KL - Pim Sittisart / 1N - Noah Kelly / 1RD - Alfie Hough / 1S - Arthur Curtis / 1/2SR - Charlotte McDermott / 2E - Nirvana Barrass / 2GP - Hannah Dinsmore / 2M - Sampson Pronk / AB - Noah Grosse / AL - 

PRIMARY 3D - Madisyn Goodall / 3L - Dana New / 3S - Xavier Campbell / 4H - Zac Newsome / 4W - Aiden Leonard / 4/5A - Tenacity Brown / 5B - Lachlan Brydon / 5/6H - Keira Hinton / 5/6T - Jake Colley / 6J - Stella Clayton / 6S - Myah Stott / JC - Brendan Hognasen-Peterson / LL - Lockie Cox / MW - Alex Chestnut / OL - Malia Gardiner / SM - 

Term 1 - WEEK 11

INFANTS KC -  / KF - Pippa Carters / KL -  / 1N - Alex Ramsland / 1RD - Harvey Schrover / 1S - Elouise Swords / 1/2SR - Noah Lecke / 2E - / 2GP - Kasey Dunford / 2M - Elizabeth Rayner / AB - Ace Webster / AL - 

Class Corner - 2M

2M have had a great start to the year with lots learning and reconnecting with friends.

It has been wonderful to have parents visit our classroom for Easter hat making and to watch us run our Cross Country at Walkers Oval.

In English, we have been developing our knowledge of several types of books and writing. Some of the amazing titles are Welcome to Country, Peggy and Where the Wild Things Are. We have done our best to use simple, compound and complex sentences. Checking our work, and receiving feedback from our peers and teacher, has helped to remind us to use punctuation like full stops, capital letters and commas.

In Maths, we measured length, volume and area with informal objects and metres. There was a fun, pirate theme to our work. As a result, Mrs Morley is now known as Pirate Morley! We used two-digit numbers to play games that developed our knowledge of place value, ordering numbers and different strategies to use to find answers.

In Term 2, we look forward to performing our poems at the Gulgong Eisteddfod and learning recorder with Mrs Warner. Hopefully, some of our bean plants that went home survived the holidays, and we can share our findings with each other.

Thank you for sharing our leaning journey and supporting our growing minds.

Class Teacher - Mrs Belinda Morley

Class Corner - 5/6H

5/6H have had a fantastic end of term. We have a love for the performing arts in our class and have spent a lot of time in our literacy sessions reading and presenting short plays from our school magazines or from online resources. After finishing off a few of our units, the class decided that they would like to create their own plays. Students had to come up with a concept, create characters, write a script and perform their play in front of the class. All students worked well as a team and had a fantastic time throughout the process.  

After earning enough points on their 5/6Opoly reward system, 5/6H cashed in their points for a ‘Make your own ice cream party’. Students learnt about the process of turning a liquid into a solid through the activity and enjoyed the delicious treat at the end.  

Mrs Harries is finishing off at the end of this term and will be handing this fantastic class over to Mrs Cowan and Mrs Pretty for the remainder of the year. She is sad to say goodbye but is looking forward to her new adventure as a mum. Class Teachers - Mrs Claire Harries

SRC News

Thank you to everyone that contributed and purchased tickets towards our annual Easter Raffle. A total of 48 easter prizes were drawn and distributed. I'm very proud to announce that the SRC have raised just over $1600.oo.  A great effort!

Mrs Julie Tito,
(SRC Coordinator)

Office News

SCHOOL VISITOR CHECK-IN and PICKING UP YOUR CHILD EARLY

ALL VISITORS  (parents/carers, volunteers and contractors including cleaners) must use School Visitor Check-in to comply with school sign-in procedures. When needing to pick your child up early from school please come to the office and sign them out in the “Student Early Leavers” register.  A printed early slip will be provided, and you can then  collect your child from their classroom. 

CHANGE OF DETAILS

Staff at Mudgee Public School need to stay connected with our families and it is of the utmost importance that parents/carers inform the office of any changes in a student’s details.  This includes address, phone numbers, email addresses, emergency contacts and parental responsibility, including any Court Orders which may have been put into place.  Please allow us to stay informed by forwarding any changes as soon as possible.

CHANGE OF AFTERNOON ARRANGEMENTS

If the home time arrangements change for your child, it would be very much appreciated if a phone call, to the office, could be made by 2pm. This enables us, to ensure that, the message will get to your child before the afternoon bell time.

Your Friendly Office Staff 
"We're here to help!"

Opportunity Classes - Yr 5 & 6 Entry 2024

What are opportunity classes?

Opportunity classes located in government primary schools cater for academically gifted Year 5 and Year 6 students with high potential. These classes help students to learn by grouping them with students of similar ability, using specialised teaching methods and educational materials at the appropriate level.

The Selective Education Unit administers the opportunity class placement process.

Parents normally apply when students are in Year 4. Students who are placed then attend the opportunity class full time in Years 5 and 6 at the primary school with an opportunity class. It is a two-year placement program. In the majority of cases, students who accept a place in an opportunity class will leave their current school to attend the school with an opportunity class.

There is no provision to apply for Year 6 placement only.

There are 77 primary schools with opportunity classes across NSW.

• See a list of NSW primary schools with opportunity classes.
• Go to the map of opportunity classesExternal link to find a school nearby.

Parents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are encouraged to consider applying for selective and opportunity class placement For further information and support parents can speak with their principal or contact their local Aboriginal Education and Wellbeing Advisor.

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Community Notices

Muffin Break is coming out with an all NEW Baguettes Range.

Our Baguette range will feature 5 filling options:

1. Ham, Cheese & Caramelised Onion
2. Chicken, Mayo & Avocado
3. Curried Egg
4. Tuna Mayo
5. Chargrilled Vegetable & Falafel

It’s the perfect choice for anyone looking for a delicious lunch that will hit the spot! 

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