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Term 2, Week 10 Principal’s Report Welcome to Week 10. This week we are celebrating NAIDOC Week which falls nationally from July 7 – 14. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Each year, a theme is chosen for the week to reflect the important issues and events for NAIDOC. This year’s theme is Voice. Treaty. Truth. These were three key elements to the reforms set out in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Awaken artwork, by Kaurna and Narungga woman Charmaine Mumbulla was chosen for the NAIDOC Week 2019 poster. It features an early dawn light rising over Uluru, symbolising their continued spiritual and unbroken connection to the land. The circles at the base of Uluru represent the historic gathering in May 2017 of over 250 people from many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations who adopted the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We will be celebrating NAIDOC Week on Friday with some fun visual arts activities.

Our school has been successful in obtaining Sporting Schools funding for Term 3. Sporting Schools is a $200 million Government initiative designed to help schools to increase children’s participation in sport, and to connect them with community sporting opportunities. Funds will be used to engage Skillzone to conduct soccer sessions with K-6 students.

Best wishes for a relaxing and safe holiday!

Have a wonderful week! Nyree Taylor Principal

Jerilderie Public School

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Upcoming Events

Term 2, Week 10 – July Mon 1

Tue 2

Wed 3

Thu 4

Fri 5

Plains Wanderer Project Day (JPS)

Parent-teacher Interviews begin

JeriBerriO v Howlong PS 10:30am

(Berrigan Recreation Reserve)

P&C Meeting 7pm

Ukulele

Bluearth

Premier’s Debating Challenge (JPS)

JPS v Mathoura Superb Parrots via VC

Assembly 9:10am

Premier’s Debating Challenge (JPS)

JPS v Blighty Red Eyes via VC

NAIDOC Week Celebrations

Scripture

Term 3, Week 1 – July Mon 22

Tue 23

Fri 26

School Development Day

K-6 students return to school

Schools Tree Day

Assembly 9:10am

Scripture

Sporting Schools begins

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This Week’s Events (Week 10) Visit to the Doctor’s Surgery K-2 have been learning about the human body. On Monday we went to the Doctor’s surgery. Dr Swaid told us about all the body systems. We could answer lots of questions but we still learnt a lot more facts. Thank you Dr Swaid.

Did you know? One lung is bigger than the other – the

right one. An adult has 32 teeth and kids have 20. We have about 206 bones and about 600

muscles. The biggest muscle is the heart. The biggest bone is the femur.

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Name: Zara Age: 10 Favourite food: Icecream Favourite drink: Raspberry Favourite Colour: Purple Favourite TV Show: Tom and Jerry

Favourite Movie: Sahara Favourite Holiday Destination: Great Barrier Reef Favourite thing to do: Travel Favourite Subject: Art When I finish school I would like to: Be a farmer Three famous people you would like to have dinner with? Rihanna, David Attenborough and Katy Perry.

This Week’s Events cont. Plains Wanderer Project Day Yesterday, our 3-6 students spent the day working on their Plains Wanderer community education projects with the support of their mentors from FHS. The program will culminate in an expo next term where the students will be able to display their projects and demonstrate what they have learnt.

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Next Term’s Events (Term 3, Wk 1)

School Development Day JPS teaching and School Administration and Support Staff (SASS) will be participating in a School Development Day (SDD) on the first day of Term 3 – Monday 22 July. K-6 students will return to school on Tuesday 23 July.

Schools Tree Day This year, Schools Tree Day will be held on Friday 26th July. Schools Tree Day is a great way to inspire students to learn about the local environment while playing an active role in their community.

This Week’s Events cont. PSSA Netball Knockout The JeriBerriO netball team played Howlong Public School today in Round 4 of the NSW PSSA Netball Knockout. They had a terrific game leading each quarter throughout and eventually winning 17-6. Congratulations girls and Miss Fay!

Premier’s Debating Challenge This week our debating team will be participating in two debates via video conference. The first, against Mathoura Superb Parrots, will take place on Thursday morning from 9:30am. The second is set for the same time on Friday morning and will see JPS take on Blighty Red Eyes. An adjudicator from the Arts Unit in Sydney will watch over these debates and provide feedback to each of the teams. Go JPS go!!!

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Week 9 in Review Small Schools Athletics Carnival We had perfect weather for the Small Schools Athletics Carnival on Friday. All in attendance were proud of the participation and achievement of our students. A big congratulations to Chelsea who was the 12yr Girl Champion! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the day. It was great to have so many JPS families supporting this interschool sports event. Special thanks to Susan Appleyard, Terri Burt, Wendy Hurd, Marg Lang, Geoff Laughton, Sam McDonald, Sharon Parsons and Alecia Williams who assisted the staff with transport to Savernake. Your support is greatly appreciated. Good luck to all of our students who have qualified for the Zone Athletics Carnival to be held at Finley on Wednesday 31st August (Term 3, Week 2).

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Running over the finish line.

Leaping on the sand.

Tripping over the skipping rope.

Cheering along.

Athletics are fun.

By Rehan

Running on the grass.

Jumping past the sand.

Flying in the sky.

Eating on the mat.

By Tegan

Running over the finish line.

Jumping along the grass.

Sprinting over the grass.

Skipping on the cement.

Flying over the mud.

Leaping above the bar.

The Athletics Carnival is fun.

By Hamza

Running on the grass.

Lining up behind the line.

Jumping in the sand.

Flying past the crowds.

Pushing through the air.

The Athletics Carnival was fun.

By Sama

Running on the grass.

Leaping up in the air.

Landing in the sand.

Clapping along with everyone.

The Athletics Carnival was fun.

By Caleb A

Running in the grass.

Jumping in the sand.

Eating on the mat.

Throwing in the air.

I had lots of fun.

By Sarah

Running over the finish line.

Jumping in the sand.

Flying over the stick.

Digging near the mat.

By Logan

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A peep into the past of Jerilderie Public School Jerilderie Public School competed in the Small Schools Athletic Carnival at Savernake last Friday, and no doubt today’s issue will publish the results of those students competing. The school has a long history of competing in inter-school athletics carnivals, and the following is an extract from the History of the Jerilderie Public School which will be on sale by the P & C at the school’s 150th celebrations, to be held on Sunday 22 September, 2019.

When Jerilderie Public School joined the small schools inter-school sports program in 2018, it brought to a close, beginning with athletics, the participation by Jerilderie in the large school section of the inter-schools’ sports programs.

It was on Friday, 6 November 1936, that the inaugural inter-school athletic carnival of the Southern Riverina Branch of the Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association was held at Finley.

Schools comprising the Association were Jerilderie, Tocumwal, Berrigan, The Retreat, Coree South, Booroobanilly, Osborne Well, Blighty, Green Swamp Road, Langunyah, Warrenella, and Finley. The sports carnival was divided into two competitions – small schools and large schools, the large schools comprising Jerilderie, Tocumwal, Berrigan and Finley.

Typically, as roads and transport improved, school bus services commenced, and declining rural populations as mechanisation was introduced into farming practices, the small schools began to disappear, with from those named Blighty being the only small school remaining.

From left to right: Kendall Purcell, Sam Sleigh, Blair Henery, Jessica Sleigh and Edith Gregory, waiting to compete in their inter-school cross country event held at Harden in 2005. Of interest is that three of the contestants in the photo went on to represent the school, Riverina, and then New South Wales in sporting events in later years.

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