NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Principal: Deanie Nicholls Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549 Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

27 November 2018 Term 4 – Week 7

Term 4 - 2018 – Calendar Weeks 7-8 Intensive Swimming Program

7/12/18 Year 6, Principals Big Day Out

13/12/18 Presentation Night 5-7pm

14/12/18 Whole School Big Day Out

17/12/18 Year 6 Farewell / Family Fun Night

19/12/18 Last Day of year for Students

Welcome to week 7. We had another exciting week with our students being part of the Park Beach Plaza

Santa Parade. There was much excitement and it was incredible to see so many people come to see the

Parade. Thank you to all our parents who brought students to this event. A big thank you also goes to Park

Beah Plaza who donated $200 to our end of yar raffle. This will be put in as two prizes of $100. So if you

have not sold your book of tickets, time is running out.

This Thursday is the Coffs Central Christmas event where our K-2 and 3-6 Choir sudents perform for Santa.

We always welcome any student who wishes to be part of this event. Coffs central is organising a sandwich

and drink for NGPS Choir students only to have before hand. Please meet staff and I at the Lady A Café at

6pm when we will organise students to have shared platters of sandwiches and a drink. As the Café is

providing this food, please be aware it is only for the NGPS students who are performing. We will then

assemble at 6:30pm near city square to perform at 6:40pm. Please wear full school uniform and a Santa

hat. At the moment we have 65 children who have indicated that they are coming so it is going to be a

wonderful event. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

We have had Lincoln down in Sydney this week for the Australian National Championships. As I said in our

Face Book post, Lincoln would like to reveal his news so we are waiting for his return. I will say the staff

and I were very proud to see Lincoln demonstrate wonderful sportsmanship at the end of his 800m. A

competitor had fallen at the finish line and Lincoln was the only one who went over and help this runner

onto his feet and then congratulated every runner in the race. A proud Principal moment Lincoln. Well

done and we can’t wait for you to return and tell us your news.

Our Presentation evening is coming up very quickly. Thursday the 13th December at 5pm sharp. We have

our Director, Educational Leadership, Mrs Murray coming , the Principal of Orara High Mr MacFarlane as

well as delegates from the Lions Club, Mr Eyre. We also have our new Flag poles and 125 year pavers going

in at the moment so hope to have a special ceremony at the beginning of our night. Please bring along a

seat as we never have enough to seat everyone. We do ask that as this is a formal occasion, we ask that

little ones don’t play on the equipment (but we will have the sandpit open for supervised play), and older

students to please be respectful of our night with behaviour and not play basketball on the court.

We have a P&C meeting this Wednesday so if you are available to attend at 3pm, we would love to see you

there in the staffroom. We have the end of year Family Fun Night to organise as well as promote our end

of year raffle. Tickets are available at the office. Any further donations can also be sent in to the office.

Have a great week!

Mrs D. Nicholls

Class Award Recipients- Term 4 Week 6 K 1

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Bruce D Being productive in maths Marley Mc Excellent effort when reading

Sophie B Always being an attentive listener Charlie L Showing great group working skills

Bridget J Helping out her peers in class Seychelles A Her excellent growth with her reading

2 3

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Maya E Improving her knowledge of money through role play

Ezra M Organisational and leadership skills at Cascade camp

Max A Writing a great response about his special place

Grace P Improvements in reading and comprehension

Josie M Writing a fantastic narrative using speech marks, comma and adverbs

Lachlan S Outstanding behavior during Cascade camp

4/5 5/6

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Alicia R Great listening skills on camp Liam C Effort and application to maths tasks

Sophie L Showing confidence in new situations Rachel P Excellent sentence structure and punctuation

Nam Kha N Responsible team leader at camp Brayden W Correct use of a colon and commas to list

RFF Principal

Name Details of Award Name Details of Award

Danai O For being a focused learner Cydni L Excellent punctuation skills

Briana H For great team working skills

PBL

PBL Area Name Details of Award PBL Area Name Details of Award

Responsible Liam A I make positive choices

Safe Josee P I move sensibly

Respectful Harry C I am honest Productive Cydni L I strive to meet my learning goals

Bronze

Name Details of Award

Isabella D 2nd Bronze

What’s going well in Class 5/6 Year 5 students are to be commended for their captain speeches.

Many of our upcoming leaders demonstrated the importance of

preparation and thought when presenting themselves as contenders

for next year’s school captains. I know each year, the voting is

extremely close, and I am sure that this year will prove to be another

close race.

Year 6 have been attending a range of orientation and familiarisation

days at their respective High Schools. Each time students come back

from these days they are more excited about next year and all the

possibilities. Next week our Year 6 students will be invited to join Mrs

Nicholls to the Orara Valley Principal’s Big Day Out. This is a fun day to

celebrate the end of the students’ primary years.

This week, Year 5/6 experimented with building houses using code.org.

As many of our students are familiar with block coding they were able

to dive straight in and enjoy their ti me in this program. In Drama

lessons, the students have been enjoying presenting a variety of

improvisation scenarios in small groups, taking on a range of character

roles in different settings.

Swimming for Sport Term 4 Swimming for Sport this term has finished for the term due to

Intensive Swimming starting this week. Week 9 (14 December) is our

Big Day Out. This day has also been funded by our Sporting Schools

Grant application, so there is no cost to families.

Intensive Swimming Scheme Intensive Swimming Scheme has commenced this week. Students will need to ensure they have their

swimmers, rash shirt, towel, swim bag and dry underwear each day. We encourage students to wear

goggles if they are sensitive to the water in the pool.

Library Overdue Notices Library stocktake will commence this week. If your child(ren) have any books at home, please send them

back to school. Overdue notices are sent home this week as a gentle reminder to search high and low for

any library books at home.

Book Club Book Club is due 27 November 2018.

Our End of Year Raffle – Have you got your tickets?

Gift Vouchers

Gutter Vac voucher to the value of $200

Bec’s Hair voucher to the value of $45

Golden Dog voucher to the value of $50

Event Cinenas voucher to the value of $30

2 x $100 vouchers for Park Beach Plaza

Prizes

2 Paddles boards

4 Boggie boards

4 Bikes

2 Scatebaords

2 Scooter

Inflatable pool

2 Super soakers

Adjustable tennis/soccer set

Prince and Cub hand made environmental products

Student Prizes

For every book of raffle tickets sold our students get to put their name in the barrel to win one of two bikes.

Year 7 2019 Coffs Harbour High

Nana Glen Public School P&C Newsletter

P&C News As the end of the year is coming upon us we have our school raffle going well so don’t forget if the children finish their book to send in their tickets and their money and we can exchange over for a new book with the name in the raffle for a new bike. We would like to thank Mrs Nicholls for organising this. It’s a great way to start the Christmas holidays off with the extra treat to win. We also thank Park Beach Plaza for the vouchers for two more prizes. Please send any more donations for prizes into the office this week so we can finalise this to be drawn on our family Fun Night. There’ll be more information coming your way about the family fun night but I can tell you now there will be live music provided for our entertainment. We look forward to seeing you all so keep watching this space. Next P&C meeting is on Wednesday the 28 November at 3:00pm in the staff room. Your support is greatly appreciated and we would love to see new faces here at this meeting. Thank you

P&C

NANA GLEN PUBLIC SCHOOL Community News Principal: Deanie Nicholls

Nana Street, NANA GLEN, NSW, 2450 Phone: 66543202 FAX: 66543549

Website: www.nanaglen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: nanaglen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEEK 7 COMMUNITY NEWS Nana Glen Public School does not endorse any product or services advertised.

Advertisements, will run for a maximum of five weeks, unless prior arrangement with the school. Koalas Need Your Help! Have you spotted a koala lately? Would you be prepared to help Council learn more about our koalas, how they’re doing and where they currently can still be found in the Coffs Harbour local government area?

Council is undertaking a survey as a vital part of the groundwork to review the Koala Plan of Management. The survey and information from the community and landholders will help Council understand exactly where koalas can be found.

We’d encourage everyone to get involved in the koala survey and log their findings to our Koala Register at Koala Register It’s a great way to help conserve a much loved and iconic Australian species that we are very lucky to be living with.

Coffs Harbour was the first council in NSW to adopt a Koala Plan of Management back in 2000 with the aim of encouraging the proper conservation and management of koala habitat areas to help protect these important animals and, ultimately, promote growth in their populations.

Last year, an independent review commissioned by the NSW Government also named Coffs Harbour as one of a number of areas with a significant koala population.

That same review revealed that koala populations are under increasing pressure and have declined in many parts of NSW by an estimated 26% over the past 15 to 21 years. Without positive management actions this level of decline is likely to continue.

To register your sightings, go to Koala Register The revised draft Koala Plan of Management is due to be completed by June 2020.

For more information please contact council on 6648 4000.

ORARA VALLEY DANCE CONCERT

Date Saturday 1st December 2018

Time 2.00PM

Venue Coramba Hall Dorrigo Street Coramba NSW 2450

Come and see our local girls dance the afternoon away!

Everyone welcome, refreshments and snacks available.

Tickets at the door (each ticket gains entry to the lucky door prize)

Adults $8

Children $5

Aged Pensioners $5

Family of Four $20

MAKE A CHRISTMAS WREATH

At the Botanic Garden.

Wreath materials supplied

$5 per person

Book your group in now by

contacting Sue McEntyre

Friday 14th December

6pm-7pm

Sue McEntyre on 6648 4881 or sue.mcentyre@chcc.nsw.gov.au