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Newsletter Email: jerilderie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: https://jerilderie-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Phone: 03 5886 1331

Term 3, Week 8 Principal’s Report Welcome to Week 8. There is less than two weeks until our school’s 150th birthday celebrations. All current students are asked to come on the day dressed in their school uniform. Our 2019 school captains will be the MCs for the official part of the program and all students will be involved in music items showcasing their singing and ukulele skills.

We will be setting up a history display next Thursday 19th and Friday 20th September. If you have any old school photos or memorabilia that you would like to showcase, please drop the items to the school office. Please ensure these are labelled so they can be returned. We are asking parents and community members to assist with the setting up of the display. If you are able to lend a hand, please come along on Thursday morning.

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A big thank you to all of the parents and staff who attended the working bee in the Community Garden on Sunday. We are grateful for your help.

Congratulations to our debating team who competed against Deniliquin North Public School in Round 1 of the Zone Finals of the Premier’s Debating Challenge last Wednesday. The topic was ‘We should ban supermarket promotions like Little Shops and Ooshies’. Deniliquin North were the negative for this debate and developed some strong arguments. Our team responded well, however they were defeated on the detail shown to support their arguments. I commend team members, Josie, Katelyn, Chelsea and Dan for their participation and success in reaching the Zone Finals for the second consecutive year.

Have a wonderful week! Nyree Taylor Principal

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This Week’s Events (Week 8) Robotics and Coding Our 3-6 Robotics and Coding Workshops continue this week with IT mentor, Vicki Kempton. Students are having a great time while demonstrating some of the ‘Soft C’ skills of curiosity, creativity, collaboration and communication.

Aspire Me Dance Camp Cheyenne and Shaylee are off to the 2019 Aspire Me Dance Camp this Thursday 12th and Friday 13th September. Hosted by Mathoura PS, students from across the network will come together at the Deniliquin Regent Theatre to partake in Modern Jazz, Belly Dancing, Line Dancing, Tap Dancing, Jive, Ballet, Hip Hop, Rhythmic Gymnastics and more! This is a great opportunity for our students to refine their dance skills with qualified instructors.

Upcoming Events Week 8 – September Mon 9

Wed 11

Thu 12

Fri 13

Ukulele

3-6 Robotics

Day 1 Dance Camp (Deniliquin)

Day 2 Dance Camp (Deniliquin)

Assembly 9:10am

Scripture

Sport

Week 9 – September

Mon 16

Tue 17

Wed 18

Thu 19

Fri 20

Sun 22

9am

10am

11am

12pm

Day 1, 5/6 Excursion

Day 2, 5/6 Excursion

Day 3, 5/6 Excursion

3/4 Robotics

History & Memorabilia Display Set Up

Sporting Schools

JPS 150th Birthday Celebrations

Registration

Official welcome, cake cutting, time

capsule reveal and tree planting

Memorabilia display and school tours

Barbeque lunch

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Name: Shaylee Age: 11 Favourite food: Hot dogs Favourite drink: Solo Favourite Colour: Pink Favourite TV Show: Tom and Jerry

Favourite Movie: None Favourite Holiday Destination: Albury Favourite thing to do: Art at home Favourite Subject: Maths When I finish school I would like to: Be a vet. Three famous people you would like to have dinner with? Pink, Alan Jackson and Katy Perry.

Next Week’s Events (Week 9) 5/6 Excursion Next week our Years 5 and 6 students are off to the Alexandra Adventure Resort at Whanregarwen, VIC for their major excursion. Miss Jeffs and Mrs Browning will be accompanying the students on this three day, two night excursion departing Monday 16th September. Please send payment to the office by this Friday 13th September. There are some outstanding medical forms and permission notes that also need to be returned. Thank you.

Upcoming Events (Term 4) Spring Round Robin The 2019 Spring Round Robin will be held at Mulwala Public School on Friday 15th November 2019. Schools will be placed in mixed ability teams of 10 - 12 and compete against other schools from across the Finley PSSA in a round robin.

The activities that will be offered to students in Years 3-6 are Mat Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, Cricket, Dodgeball and Orienteering.

Please discuss these activities with your child/children and complete their preferences on CareMonkey. Orienteering will be offered to the first 50 students who return their preferences.

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Week 7 in Review Class Happenings In Science, K-2 have made grass head aliens to see how seeds grow. They even gave them haircuts!

P&C News

In coming weeks the P&C and school community will be involved in a number of events around town. We would be most appreciative of help from the whole school community at these events.

JPS 150th Birthday Celebrations - Sunday 22nd September 9am This will be a fantastic day for current and past students of JPS to be involved in. We would love some help from our families with supervising registration, serving tea and coffee, selling raffle tickets and cooking the BBQ. If anyone is able to assist by making a salad or cake/slice we would really appreciate it also.

Raffle – The raffle on the day will have two prizes, one being a load of split wood and the other a large hamper of party foods and local products. If any of our families are available to assist with splitting wood please contact Greg Lawton on 0488 529 266. We would really appreciate if each family could donate a small item for the hamper. Examples might be chocolates, wine, crackers, chips, dips, cheeses, jams, etc. (Please check use by dates.)

Jerilderie Sheep Sale - Friday 4th October Carmen Lawton will be coordinating this years Jerilderie Sheep Sale canteen. If anyone can assist on the day serving food and making sandwiches for a couple of hours please let Carmen know. If anyone has any queries or would like to offer assistance please contact Nicole or Carmen on 0427 242 148.

Apex Dinner Special thanks to Catherine Browning, Terri Burt, Carmen Lawton, Tiffany Sutton, Nicole Wilkinson, Alecia Williams, Greg Lawton, Justin Williams and current and former students for your assistance with catering, serving food and beverages, and cleaning up at the Apex Dinner on Saturday night. Thank you also to all of the families and staff who donated soups and trays of broccoli and cauliflower au gratin. We greatly appreciate your support in our fundraising endeavours.

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A Peep into the Past of the Jerilderie Public School

In a remarkable coincidence, the school recently received an enquiry relating to the “Jerilderie Red” that is growing in the front yard of the School residence.

Apparently, the tree is to feature in the summer edition of The Garden Clinic magazine, an offshoot of the ABC’s Better Homes and Gardens television program.

The following is an extract from the History of the Jerilderie Public School, which the P&C is to put on sale at the 150th celebrations, on Sunday, 22 September, 2019.

In 1980 former South Coree resident and amateur horticulturist, Walter Pyle, began the process to have official recognition bestowed on a tree that was growing in the front garden of the Jerilderie Public School residence, and which was, in his opinion, unique to Jerilderie.

An article printed in the Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser on 22 April 1948, does however, gives an indication of a time frame within which the tree may have been propagated.

The newspaper item was part of a brief history of the Jerilderie Public School, prepared for the school’s local celebrations commemorating the centenary of Public Education in NSW, which was held during the week commencing 12 April, 1948.

It is interesting to note that during the headmastership of Mr William Elliott, the beautiful Kurrajong tree in the front garden of the residence and which is of the rare red flowered variety, was planted by one of the girl pupils, Maggie MacDonald.

On reading that article one could estimate that the tree may have had its genesis between March 1876, when the new school on this particular site was occupied, and June 1885 when William Elliott resigned from the Education Department.

Mr Pyle had first become aware of the tree in 1958 which had somehow been created by the crossing of an Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) and a Kurrajong (B. populneus).

In February 1983 the Australian Cultivar Authority notified Mr Pyle that the Red Kurrajong tree would henceforth be known as Brachychiton “Jerilderie Red”.

In a letter to Your Garden, published in September 1983, Mr Pyle wrote:

No one knows exactly when the “red Kurrajong” began its life as a natural cross, but Mr Val Chapman, one of the town’s oldest citizens, said it was about three metres high in 1905.

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No doubt the tree, bearing masses of red flowers during late Spring and Summer, served as an inspiration to Mrs Jann Robertson of “Woodside” Jerilderie, when she responded in July 1964 to a call seeking suggestions for a school song. Mrs Robertson was also President of the P&C Ladies’ Auxiliary.

Mrs Robertson’s submission, sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda, remains to this day, the school song.

The school that grows the bright red kurrajong, Forever in our hearts will be, And we’ll lift up our voices gladly in praise and song For our school at Jerilderie Onward Jerilderie, Onward Jerilderie; We’ll wave our banner high on thee. And we’ll lift up our voices gladly in praise and song For our school at Jerilderie. Colombo, Algudgerie, Yanko and Billabong Our Houses are proud of thee. And we’ll all do our best to keep our Houses strong And our school at Jerilderie Onward Jerilderie, Onward Jerilderie; We’ll wave our banner high on thee. And we’ll all do our best to keep our Houses strong And our school at Jerilderie “Excel with Honour” is our motto And true to our word we will be, As down life’s pathway onward we go along From our school at Jerilderie. Onward Jerilderie, Onward Jerilderie; We’ll wave our banner high on thee. As down life’s pathway onward we go along From our school at Jerilderie.

Mr Pyle was to later advise the Jerilderie Shire’s gardener at the time, Keith Brew, on how and when to graft the “Jerilderie Red”, as it

is as much part of the town as the Billabong Creek and the memory of Ned Kelly’s visit. In 2000 another “Jerilderie Red” was planted in front of the Jerilderie Public School Principal’s office, in memory of former student Michelle Rowe, who finally lost her battle with leukemia, on 15 July 2000.