Muswellbrook Public School What’s On – Term 4 – Week 4

Humanity and Excellence Roger Street, Muswellbrook NSW 2333

Telephone: (02)6543 2500 Fax: (02) 6543 3378

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From the Principal: This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week and all of us will be taking part in NAIDOC celebrations. Our students will be engaged in cultural activities, that centre around Aboriginal Education. At MPS, we work in

partnership with our Aboriginal community to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Everyone is treated equally and our school is inclusive. This week, our students will be celebrating our differences, as well as our similarities, and together we will have a lot of fun.

I would like to thank Ms Coward for organising our assembly and planned activities. I would also like to thank Mrs Smith for organising the beautiful cake and for leading kindergarten in their beautiful singing.

Kindergarten Transition This week we welcomed many 2021 Kindergarten students to our school. Our Kindergarten Transition Program provides future students with the opportunity to experience “Big School”. It also allows our teachers to get to know the students. We welcome all new families to the school and we are very much looking forward to working in partnership with you in the future. Congratulations Well there’s lots to celebrate this week at MPS. I am delighted to announce that Mrs Stanford gave birth to a little girl last week named Ella Maeve Stanford. Over the weekend, Mrs Jones gave birth to a little boy named Huxton Oliver Jones. Everyone is doing well and we congratulate both families on their exciting news. Plans for 2021 If you know that you will be leaving MPS at the end of the year, can you please advise the office. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Joan Stephens Principal

Academic Corner The fabulous 1WT

WOW! What a year it has been in 1WT. It has been a challenging year but together we have worked hard to get through it. In 1WT this term we have been learning about Weather and Space. We have enjoyed putting together some fantastic artworks about this topic.

In maths we have been learning about 3D objects. We made some models of 3D objects using playdoh and toothpicks. We love using hands-on materials during maths lessons. We have enjoyed starting Aboriginal games with Mr Stutch and look forward to learning more throughout the term. We cannot wait to see what the next 7 weeks have in store for us before we move on to Year 2!

Check out the photos on Facebook of 1WT participating in Maths rotations! They are superstars when it comes to Maths!

Assembly Awards Term 1 2 3 4

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Class Name Activity

KL Kayde T For his neat recording in his bean diary and for taking good care of his bean plant.

KM Ava B For her spooky stormy night artwork for Halloween. Ava used colour to make her moon glow in the sky.

KS Blake F For his fantastic work on o’clock time in Maths.

KT Jack W For his respectful manners towards teachers and his

classmates.

1F Matthew J For his outstanding effort and attitude towards maths.

1M Heath W For his engagement, interest and great knowledge in our

unit on space.

1WT Mylah A For always being a respectful class member.

1/2W Mia B For trying her personal best on her imaginative writing.

2H Will C- S For his increased knowledge about weather patterns in

Geography.

2J Brooklyn B For his continuous engagement in our Science unit,

always sharing his interesting facts.

3M Nash G-W For working hard in all areas.

3S Sophie C For always helping her friends.

3/4P Lahni G For her consistently excellent homework.

4C Ivy V For her improved approach to learning.

4D Shaleese D For excellent concentration to get all tasks completed in a timely manner.

5/6A Nate C For an excellent effort in reading comprehension.

5/6B Lachlan F For making improvements in his reading and comprehension.

5/6H Maddison E For always making a huge effort in your reading rotations work.

5/6K Xavier M For his excellent leadership skills when he spoke at the NAIDOC opening assembly.

5/6S Tahu L For his fantastic narrative writing.

5/6W Samantha D For her fantastic effort on the “Big Write” entitled “Into The Fog”.

K/6B Mason W For sharing his knowledge on the topic of Australian animals.

Canteen NEWS Reminder munch monitor is up and running for parents to order lunch/recess & uniforms

from the uniform shop!

PBL Weekly Focus – Week 4 Can you believe it is already week 4? This week our students are focusing on doing their

Personal Best before school!

Kindergarten - PBL Award Recipients (Last Week).

Kindergarten have been conducting a little award ceremony as a stage to hand out their PBL Awards!

Roger is ecstatic! He thinks Kindergarten are doing a wonderful job by following our PBL expectations of SAFE, RESPECTFUL and PERSONAL BEST.

Kindergarten – Workers of the Week (Last Week).

Congratulations once again to:

Henley H, Shaun W, Laci S and Layla K.

You have done a wonderful job!

Celebrating our Student Achievements!

Our wonderful stage 2 Gold Award Recipients.

A big congratulations to – Lucian M, Nathan O-B and Bailey F.

Well Done!

Wow! Look at her smile!

Congratulations Mia.

Mia will join our other 2020 Emerald Award winners for lunch with Mrs Stephens.

Mia you should be very proud of yourself.

Stage 3 Honour Award Recipients!

Congratulations to all students who received an Honour Award last week!

Stage 3 Class Captains

Music Count Us In! Celebration Day 2020 will take place on 5 November 2020

Celebration Day brings together hundreds of thousands of school children from all over Australia as they connect via livestream to perform the same song, on the same day, at the same time! MPS students will gather in the Top Quad to

sing, sign and play instruments together to the same song at the same time! Kindergarten will be performing body actions with rainbow streamers, Year 1 & 2 students will be performing body percussion, Year 3 and 5/6K students

will be signing AUSLAN sign language, Year 4 students will be performing stick percussion, and Year 5 & 6 will be drumming using buckets, ice cream containers and tissue boxes! All at the same time!

The whole school will then follow our Year 3 and 5/6K students in signing AUSLAN sign language to the song, and then as part of our NAIDOC week lessons, the students will be singing Wajarri Indigenous language to the Yamatji Remix of

the song. They are all so clever!

It should be such a fun celebration! Here are some photos of classes practicing for the day.

Dates to keep in mind (More information will be provided as it becomes available)!

• NAIDOC Week – 2nd November – 6th November 2020 – Happening this week! See post on Facebook! • Remembrance Day Ceremony – Wednesday 11th November 2020 • Presentation Week – Monday 7th December –Wednesday 9th December 2020 ** • Last Day of Term 4 for Students - 16th December 2020 • Last Day of Term 4 for Teachers – Friday 18th December 2020

**Presentation Days - Unfortunately, at this time, Parent and Carer attendance is not permitted!

• Monday 7th December 2020 – K-2 • Tuesday 8th December– Stage 3 • Wednesday 9th December– Stage 2

Reminders: Plans for 2021 if you know that you will be leaving MPS at the end of the year, can you please advise the office. Gates We are making a slight change to when our back gates are open. In order to maintain the safety of students and staff here at MPS the gates will no longer be opened prior to the bell going in the afternoons. The gates will be opened by the staff member on duty at that gate. This change applies to the gates at both Newman Street entrances. If you need to enter the school, please enter through the front gate on Roger Street and sign-in at the front office.

COVID – 19 Please protect the health and safety of students and staff.

• Parents and carers are reminded NOT to send children to school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms. • Students who present at school as unwell or have flu like symptoms will be sent home. Arrangements will need to be made to be tested

for COVID - 19. • Students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result before being permitted to

return to school. • Alternatively students who are unable to be tested for COVID-19 must be excluded from school for a period of 10 days before returning,

and MUST have been symptom free for a period of 3 days before returning.

We ask that you advise the school if your child is unwell. This can be done by phoning the office or submitting an absentee form through the Skoolbag app.

2021 Kindergarten transition Program

Commencing Yesterday – Monday 2nd November2020 Schools have been advised that Kindergarten orientation and transition to school can now resume for students with strict guidelines.

Orientation visit requirements:

• Parents and carers can enter the school and report to a designated drop-off and collection zone. Parents and carers cannot remain on site for longer than 10 minutes.

• All enrolment paperwork must be sent to school and reviewed by the school before you can book your child in for transition sessions.

The school has made up orientation information packages for parents and carers, they can be picked up when bringing your child to their transition day. The information packages are full of vital material about the school and services. If you have any questions about the information or need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to call the school.

Transition Program

This year we would like to offer the opportunity for our 2021 Kindergarten students to join a Kindergarten class for part of a school day to experience life at school.

These sessions will run Monday – Thursday and be available from November 2nd – December 3rd, 2020. Starting time will be 12pm – 1pm, your child will be invited to join one of the current kindergarten classrooms. To book your child in on a day that suits, please phone the school on 6543 2500. You will be informed of which classroom your child will attend.

If you have any questions about Transition, please do not hesitate to contact the school, using the details above.

Please note the Upper Hunter Youth Centre will be closed today – Tuesday 3rd November 2020.