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School Calendar

Key Dates – Week 2, Term 4 2019

Fri 25th Oct Kinder Steps Session 1

11.45-3pm

Whole School

Assembly 12.30pm

SAVE THE DATE Bully Zero Parent

Session

Monday 11th Nov

6-30 to 8pm

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Principal’s Report

2020 Class Requests Planning has begun for the 2020 school year. If families have legitimate reasons, why their child/ren need to have special considerations as we plan for classes, please make your request in writing and place in an envelope addressed to the Principal. Requests must be in writing. We are unable to guarantee that we can fulfil your request, but will do our best to accommodate them where possible. Requests will need to be received by Friday 8th November 2019.

P&C Meeting - 7.30pm Next Monday 28th October

I would like to invite all parents and carers to attend Monday night's P&C Meeting to be held at 7.30pm in the Library. The Finley Public School P&C is a wonderful organisation who supports the school and its students. If you would like to find out more, please come and see me, or Rob Massina, President. K/1 Fun & Free Program Kindergarten and Year One students will be participating in the Fun and Free program with Beris from Intereach for the next four Thursdays. The focus of the program is to assist our students to build resilience, self-esteem and confidence and to learn skills and techniques to cope with feelings. Please return permission notes this week. World Teacher’s Day This Friday is World Teacher’s Day, where we recognise and celebrate our teachers and the role they play in shaping the next generation on young Australians. The theme for this year’s celebrations is ‘A bright future’. Staff will be treated to a special morning tea on Friday. We are very lucky here at Finley Public to have passionate and dynamic educators! Kindergarten Orientation Our Kinder Steps program begins next Friday. Thank you to Miss Lewis for organising these special activities for our 2020 Kindergarten students. Sessions begin at 11.45am. Please phone or call into the office, if you would like more information. I look forward to joining in with Kinder Steps on Friday! Joffa’s Toon School On Thursday 7th November, Jeff Taylor will be visiting Finley Public School to run “Joffa’s Toon School”. All students will have the chance to participate and the best part is that there will be no cost to our families! Jeff’s books will be on sale for $15 each, should any students wish to purchase them. The workshops will teach students how to draw their very own cartoons, while focusing on resilience, thinking and listening skills. This is sure to be a great learning experience for everyone!

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Student summit on anti-bullying Finley Public School has the opportunity to apply to attend a Student summit on anti-bullying. Twelve schools will be chosen to attend from across the state. An expression of interest form has been given to all year 5 students. If FPS is selected to attend, four students and a teacher will travel to Sydney to develop a project to address student bullying behaviour. The project will then be implemented at school in 2020. I would encourage all Year 5 students to apply for this exciting opportunity! High School Transition Finley High School will be holding two days for our Year 6 students to attend in preparation for their transition to High School. There will be a Taster Day, to be held on Thursday 14th November, and an Orientation Day on Tuesday 3rd December. Students will attend FHS for the whole day on both occasions. There will also be a Parent Transition Evening on Wednesday 6th November from 6-7pm. This will be an opportunity for parents to find out more about FHS and ask any questions.

High School Enrolment forms We have had a request from Finley High School for any students that have not yet submitted their enolment forms for Year 7 in 2020 to please do so as soon as possible. The high school needs these forms to assist them with planning for the 2020 school year.

Presentation Day Finley Public School’s Annual Presentation Day will be held on Thursday 12th December at the Finley High School Hall. The ceremony will begin at 10am. This is a formal occasion and a chance for us to reflect on the year of learning and celebrate the successes of our students. Semester Two reports will be handed out at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Assembly this Friday Our first assembly for Term 4 will be held this Friday, 25th October at 12.30pm. It can be difficult to find a time that suits all parents and carers to attend, but we hope that you can join us to celebrate our successes! For the remainder of 2019, our regular Assembly time will be 12.30pm. The dates for assembly this term will be: Friday 25th October, Friday 8th November, Friday 22nd November and Friday 6th December.

Bully Zero Foundation Visit All students across K-6 will attend workshops run by the Bully Zero Foundation on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November. The workshops will focus on Cyber Safety and Bullying prevention. The Foundation has been featured on all major TV stations and newspapers. We will be hosting a Parent workshop from 6.30pm - 8pm on Monday 11th November. I would encourage all parents and carers to attend the session. A light supper, as well as tea & coffee will be provided. If you able to attend, please RSVP to the school office for catering purposes. A formal invitation will be sent home to all families.

Laptop Bags We have a number of laptop bags for sale for $2. All bags are brand new and would fit a medium to large laptop in them. Please call into the front office if you would like to purchase a bag or see if they are suitable.

Excess Furniture The school has the following excess furniture available for sale at $10 each. 2 x bookshelfs, 2x tote tray shelves and 1 x 2 drawer filing cabinet. There will be no holds and items must be be paid for on collection. More items will continue to be available in coming weeks. Please see the photos over the page. Have a great week! Jocelyn Robinson Principal



Roarsome Awards

Students below putting their roarsome tickets in the box hoping to win a canteen voucher.

Students receive roarsome tickets in both the playground and classroom for following our

school PBL values of Be responsible, Be respectful, Be a learner. Each week 5 awards are drawn

out of the tickets box to win a $2.50 canteen voucher.



MKG NEWS

It was bean harvest time!

After observing their bean plants grow from seed in Terms 2-3, 2C were very busy harvesting

their beans this week.They picked 350 beans! They enjoyed counting them in bundles of 10 to

find out how many they picked! They even got to take some home for dinner!



Canteen News

Reminder canteen is now open Wednesday and Friday

only!!

Canteen Volunteers

Volunteers notes will be sent home with children next

week.

Library News

Library days for Term 4 are as below. Please encourage your child to borrow from our library

we have a great range of books on offer.

Monday 6-5L

Tuesday 6-5A & 4-3M

Wednesday 1-KW & 4-3D

Thursday 6-5RW & 1-KL

Friday 2C

P & C News

Uniform shop

Summer is nearly here! With the change of season, please consider donating last year's uniform to the P&C second-hand Uniform shop. The shop is open Thursday mornings from 8.30am in the music room. Payment for uniforms needs to be made in cash. Dresses will be sold for $10, Shorts and Polo shirts for $5 each. Donations can be dropped off at the uniform shop or to the school office.

Bailey H 7th Sept

Ieasha H 17th Oct

Anna M 22nd Oct

Laura M 25th Oct

Elsie F 27th Oct

Meal Deals will

resume in Week 3



Community Notices

The Portsea Camp’s mission is to run and provide a venue

for camps for rurally isolated, disadvantaged and special needs

children who ‘need a break’. Week-long camps are run by the

camp for 9-12 year olds during January. These camps are

exceptional events, with up to 280 children at each. 60 to 70

volunteers attend each camp to support the camp’s

permanent staff. The range of activities has to be seen to be

believed, the recreation program being second to none,

pastoral care ensures all children – regardless of life

experience, disability or disadvantage are fully supported and

nurses attend every camp to administer prescribed

medication. Transport will be organised from Berrigan.

The total cost of the camp is $350

All applications are due by 15 November 2019. Places are

limited with only 20 available for Berrigan Shire, so get in

quick. There are also opportunities for volunteer Camp

Leaders (over 18) and Junior Camp Leaders (16-17 years) to

attend the camp.

Applications forms are available at the school office.

For further information please contact Sharon Stevens at the

Berrigan Shire Council on 03 5885 2092.



Community Notices Cont’

Finley Golf Club

Junior Golf Comp

Every Sunday at 10.30am followed by BBQ

lunch.

Suitable for all ages. Supervised by experienced golfers.


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