Kinder Orientation begins this Friday, 9.30-

11.30am and again next Friday 2nd Nov. We

look forward to welcoming our 2019

Kindergarten students.

Gravel Grit Bike Event Volunteers needed!

This event takes place this Saturday, and is a

fund-raising opportunity for our P&C! Help is

needed for parking marshals early in the

morning as well as running the barbeque from

10.00am—2.00pm. Please contact Sophie

Coleman or Chriss Burns if you can assist.

Hats! No hat, no play this term. School hats

are available for $20.

Healthy Lunchboxes. Thank you parents for

ensuring your children have plenty of healthy

food to last them during the day! Students are

encouraged to have a water bottle at their

desks during the day and we have a scheduled

fruit break each morning.

Children’s University Graduation. Thank you

to everyone who has returned notes for this

event; it will be a special evening for our

graduates!

Science and Engineering Challenge. Year 6

students are out at Cessnock High today

participating with other local primary school

students in this great challenge organised by

the University of Newcastle.

Tennis. The school tennis program will

continue next Tuesday & Wednesday and the

following Wednesday. A reminder for

participants that Finchley students leave

school at 2.15pm, and Yengo and

Warrawalong students leave at 3.15pm for a

4.00pm pickup from Wollombi.

Cyber Safety. The internet is an amazing

resource for teaching and learning. However,

there are risks attached both in regard to

material on the internet and the amount of

time we spend on screens, in a sedentary

state. Please find attached a flyer with some

tips about gaining control of the internet in your

home.

Active Kids. School enrolled children are eligible

for a $100 Active Kids voucher each calendar year.

The voucher can be used with approved Active

Kids providers to help cover costs with

registration, participation and membership fees

for sport, fitness and active recreation.

Applications are still open for this year, please see

the attached flyer for more details.

Vege Garden. What a great team of gardeners

we have at Laguna! The Yengo and Warrarawlong

classes have worked together to weed, recharge,

plant and mulch our gardens - we are looking

forward to seeing what grows!

Millfield Public School 150th Anniversary! Please

see the attached flyer with information about the

upcoming 150 year celebration happening at

Millfield Public School on Saturday, 3rd November

from 10am to 2pm. All are welcome to attend to

join in with the celebrations.

Selective School Applications. For parents of Year

5 students wanting their child to apply for

a selective school in 2020, the application

database is now open follow the link https://

education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-

high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7. All

applications must be submitted by the 12th

November, with the test taking place in March

2019 and outcomes known by July 2019.

Have a great week! Mr Howe.

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Kinder Orientation

Yengo Yarns… This week during our literacy sessions

we have been reading “Drought” by Jackie French. Each

student designed their own word bank featuring

adjectives to describe how it would feel to be battling

drought in real life. Later in the week they will be using

these words to plan and write a narrative using “Drought” as the story

starter.

In Maths this week our focus has been fractions. Yengo

students have been busily revising and learning new

concepts through hands on tasks completed in groups as

well as independently.

Congratulations to all Yengo students who completed

their homework for Week 1. It was truly great to see the

Finchley news.. Odd or even? We are exploring which numbers are divisible by

two, and which are not in Maths this week. We created a colourful display to help us

remember our odd and even numbers. Kinders are counting anything they can using ordinal

numbers. As we come into the room, each student takes a number and we have to line up

in order (without speaking!) - who is 1st, 2nd, 3rd..all the way to 17th. We are very

speedy!

In History we are examining the lives of

children who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s -

our grandparents! We have learned that people

used to take their chairs, thermos, rugs and the

whole family would sit outside a shop that sold

televisions, just to watch a black and white TV

without sound!

We are always working on becoming the best

readers we can in the Finchley classroom. This term we are placing particular focus on our

LOST PROPERTY The boxes at the rear of the library are quite full with plastic containers and clothing.

Please check the boxes for any items you may be missing.

Warrawalong warblings….That was a huge storm

over the weekend, and our students came to school with some

amazing stories! This week students wrote poems to express

what they experienced. Thank you to Piper, Jesse and Tristan for

sharing!

premieres a new Australian play in November

For over twenty years Valley Artists has brought a range of plays to the stage at Laguna Hall: comedies, mysteries, old plays … and brand new ones. On 9 November THE SCULPTURE GARDEN, by actor/playwright Noel Hodda, makes its first appearance. The play curls and turns like the tendrils of a vine. From Paris to the Australian bush, love winds itself around people through time and place. There is romance … loss … recovery. Nothing is as it seems … or is it? There are secrets … surprises …. shifts in the light ….. Bob Philippe, who has directed many of Valley Artists’ produc-tions over the years, is director on THE SCULPTURE GARDEN; he also directed - to popular acclaim - Valley Artists’ 2013 premiere of Noel Hodda’s play ACROSS THE WATER. Those who saw that one will know that this new Hodda work will be very special. Bob’s cast is drawn from the remarkable talents in the Wollombi Valley and beyond: Siobhan Dillon, Rod Sinnamon, Karen Jones, Charlie Kessler, Karen Toohey and Ross Fletcher are bringing this new play to life for the first time. Another first-rate production from Valley Artists not to be missed, THE SCULPTURE GARDEN opens at 8pm at Laguna Hall, 3734 Great North Road, Laguna on Friday 9 November and con-tinues Sat 10, Sun 11, then Wed 14 through to Sat 17 November 2018. Tickets $30 adult and $25 concession are available at www.valleyartists.org or direct from Wollombi General Store and GNTP (Great Northern Trading Post, Laguna).

THE SCULPTURE GARDEN is rated M.

Stars of the Week!

Thank you to Foxx from Finchley, Meg from Yengo and Jade from Warrawalong for

working so hard to uphold our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Courage,

Honesty and Compassion!