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Newsletter Tallong Public School

Bumballa Street, Tallong NSW

T: 02 4841 0292 F: 02 4841 0240 E: tallong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 - Week 10 Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Acting Principal’s Report

What a wonderful time we had dressing up for I want to be… Day. Students and parents are to be commended on outstanding costumes! They really were fantastic! And it was so great to be able to raise money for such a good cause as well. Thank you, everybody, for your participation.

Thank you for a wonderful term. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as Acting Principal, and am so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn and grow with you all through this experience. It has not been without its challenges, but I have loved every minute of it. Thank you to parents, carers, students and community members for being the wonderful people that you are, and for all the ways that you contribute to making our school what it is.

Next term we will welcome Ellie Moore, which will bring more positive change to our school. I am excited to see the experience that Ellie will bring to Tallong Public School, and how we as a school community will benefit from her being here.

School will resume for students on

Tuesday 14 July.

Have a wonderful, safe, restful break!

L. Matthews

Acting Principal

IMPORTANT

Before & After School Care

All outstanding fees MUST be paid immedi-ately. None of the service providers have been able to be paid for the last several weeks due to outstanding invoices. This is placing the BASC in jeopardy of continuing next term. It is part of the BASC policy that all fees are paid in advance.

Attached to this newsletter is a booking form for anyone requiring BASC for Term 3. Please complete the form and return it to Kim or Chrissy before the end of this term, so plans for the future of BASC can be made.

Please help support this worthwhile program and keep Before and After School Care active in our school.

Social Media Please be very careful when airing grievances via social media, as often these things are not as private as you may think. It is of the utmost importance that you never, ever mention teachers, parents and or students names on Facebook etc. If you have issues with teachers or students at the school, please come and speak with the principal.

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Premier’s Reading Challenge

In case you’re losing track, below is a remind-er of how many books students need to read to complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) by August 21

st. As there is no borrow-

ing from the school library over the holidays, students could take this opportunity to read some non-PRC books of their own choice. Students can read up to 5 books of their own choice.

Keep in mind that Year K-2 students can include books read with someone, or that have been read to them by someone else. Mrs Friday and Miss Matthews have been reading lots of PRC books to the Koalas’ class. Mrs Friday will add these books to student online records by the end of this term. This will help K-1 students reach the 30 book PRC goal. Keep reading!

It would be fantastic if you could also log books read on the Premier’s Reading Challenge web site using your child’s DEC login and password, students should know what their logins are (if not, see their class teacher). The web site is:

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html.

Year Total Books

Min. Number of PRC Books

Max. Number of Books of Choice

K-2 30 25 5

3-4 20 15 5

5-6 20 15 5

7-9 20 15 5

Term 2 — Week 10 Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Opera House Instrumental Rehearsal The first combined rehearsal for those stu-dents performing at the Opera House, will be on Thursday 16th July. Notes were sent home last week to the students involved.

Working Bee We are organising a working bee for our sculpture garden over the holidays (possibly 11th or 12th July). If anyone is able to help out, please contact Chrissy on 0418 648 610 for more details. Thank you.

Save the date: 6th August, 2015

Opera House Performance.

Deposits Taken

For anyone attending the Bush Dance or the P&C Shopping Bus Trip, deposits and/or tickets can be purchased from Chrissy at the

Assembly this Friday.

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Term 2

Thursday 25th June P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Friday 26th June Assembly 2:00pm

LAST DAY OF TERM 2

Term 3

Week 1

Monday 13th July Staff Development Day

Tuesday 14th July STUDENTS RETURN

TO SCHOOL

P&C BASC

3:00 - 4:45pm

Wednesday 15th July Playgroup

9:30 - 11:00am

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Thursday 16th July P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Week 2

Monday 20th July Explorer’s Club

3:00 - 4:45pm

Tuesday 21st July P&C BASC

3:00 - 4:45pm

Wednesday 22nd July Playgroup Art & Craft

with Therese

9:30 - 11:00am

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Thursday 23rd July P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Week 3

Monday 27th July Explorer’s Club

3:00 - 4:45pm

Tuesday 28th July P&C BASC

3:00 - 4:45pm

Wednesday 29th July Playgroup

9:30 - 11:00am

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Thursday 30th July P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Week 4

Monday 3rd Aug Explorer’s Club

3:00 - 4:45pm

Tuesday 4th Aug P&C BASC

3:00 - 4:45pm

Wednesday 5th Aug Playgroup Art & Craft

with Therese

9:30 - 11:00am

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Thursday 6th Aug Opera House

Performance

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Week 5

Monday 10th Aug Explorer’s Club

3:00 - 4:45pm

Tuesday 11th Aug ICAS Maths Exam

P&C BASC

3:00 - 4:45pm

Wednesday 12th Aug Playgroup

9:30 - 11:00am

P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Thursday 13th Aug P&C BASC

3:00pm - 4:45pm

Direct Deposit details:

Tallong Public School

BSB: 032001

Account No: 152803

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Small School Soccer

Competition

Tallong vs Wingello \Penrose

Soccer Report

We went to Wingello School to play our

first soccer game.

At the start we were neck and neck we

were waiting in suspense. The whistle

blew, the ball was kicked, and the game

was on. The scores were even until

Jack Steward got the first goal. Then

Alex got one, then Micah scored the

third goal then Jaxon got one. The half

time came.

We ate oranges, lots of oranges!

The Second half soon began and soon

we were back scoring TONS of goals.

Jack Newman got the next goal then

Jaxon then with 10 seconds left on the

clock Jack Newman got the last goal.

Olivia Steward and Logan were

excellent defenders and helped keep

the Wingello/Penrose attack at bay.

Wingello were excellent hosts, they

made the parents feel welcome with tea

and biscuits and were very good sports.

We look forward to our next game.

By Jack Newman and Micah

French

Goals tally

Alex - 1 Micah - 1 Jack N - 2

Jack S - 1 Jackson - 2

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