February 28

The Newsletter of Vacy Public School Friendship & Learning

786 Gresford Road, Vacy 2421 Ph: 0249388153 Relieving Principal: Mr David Stone

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

Term 1 Week 5 Tuesday 28 February, 2017

Dates for your Diary

Relieving Principal’s Report ~ Week 6

Head Lice It has been noticed that head lice are making the rounds again. We ask all parents to check their children’s hair and if necessary treat before sending your child to school.

Afternoon Arrangements It would be greatly appreciated if parents could limit the amount of changes to children’s arrangements of an afternoon. Please make sure your children know how they are to go home each day. Whilst we appreciate that important issues crop up, and we are happy to accommodate necessary adjustments, regular changes become confusing.

Gresford Show Tickets We are very grateful to have received 8 child entry tickets and 3 family passes to Gresford Show. If you and your child would like one of these tickets I ask that your child write a persuasive text convincing me that they would like to go, why they would like to go and why they should be given the free passes. I will select 1 child from each grade and 4 encouragement awards. Entries must be to me by 9am Monday morning. Have a great week David Stone (Relieving Principal)

March

Friday 3 Meerkat performance

Friday 10 Gresford Show excursion Yrs K-2

Tuesday 14 League Gala Day Yrs 4 to 6

Thursday 30 Crazy Hair Day & Sausage Sizzle

April

Monday 3 Cross Country

Friday 7 ANZAC Assembly - 9.30am

Easter Assembly - 10.00am

Last day Term 1

Monday 24 Staff Development Day

Tuesday 25 ANZAC DAY

Wednesday 26 All students return for Term 2

VACY PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C IS

THROWING AN

OLD TIME DANCE

At The VACY SCHOOL OF

ARTS HALL

APRIL 1ST

7.30PM ‘TIL LATE

Tickets $20 a head

BYO Drinks and bring a plate to share To purchase tickets please contact the school office on 49388153 for

banking details. Limited places so be quick!

February 28

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS ~ 24.02.2017

K/R Montana Corke

1/2G James Walters

2/3G Harry McCosker

4/5B Madison McCosker

5/6F Natasha Lutshini

CLASS AWARDS

Kinder Sonny Burgman for persistence in getting the job done.

Year 1 Thomas Reynolds for hard work & effort.

Year 2 Jesse Johnson for clever thinking in Maths.

Year 3 Mia Woodbridge for settled work habits.

Year 4 Jack Butler for writing a fabulous opening statement explaining why students should recycle.

Year 5 Brigette Finlay for always being polite and using her manners.

Year 6 Charlotte Hopkins for being a quiet sensible worker.

Canteen Roster Thank to our canteen volunteers from last week, Jillian Reid, Tanya Reynolds, Belinda Holding and Liz Burgmann. And again a big thanks to Lacey Knox who has had to bake again due to the high demand of her lovely chocolate chip muffins - always a tasty treat for recess

Thursday 2 March Natalie Jane Parker & Amy Rowles

Monday 6 March Heidi Watson NEED VOLUNTEER

Skoolbag App is a Mobile App that communicates directly with iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phones devices. Alerts and important information is communicated directly to your smartphone through the Skoolbag School Mobile App. Skoolbag provides us with an easy way to tell parents/carers everything you need to know, and it provides you with the most conven-ient way to receive school notifications.

Easter Activities 2017 Our Easter activities for 2017 will take place on Friday 7th April. We invite parents and friends to join us at our school assembly at 10am in the COLA. We will award our Easter colouring prizes and draw our famous monster Easter raffle. We invite you to stay and enjoy a hot cross bun morning tea organised by our Year 6 students to raise money for our sponsor student Maurin. Raffle tickets and hot cross bun order forms will go home in the next few weeks. Easter colouring for our competition will be given out at school. We will be including pre school children in our colouring competition, please collect colour sheets from the office. We are asking for Easter egg donations for prizes for our raffle. Donations of Easter eggs can be dropped off at the office from Monday 20th March.

We look forward to seeing you at our Easter celebrations

February 28

2/3G News We have been looking at texts by the author/artist Bronwyn Bancroft and thought we'd do our own version of the magnifi-cent boab trees. The children have all done an outstanding job and their artwork, along with a description of the process, is hanging in our class. Pop in and have a look next time you are at school.

I am looking for parent helpers from 10.15 to 11.00am Monday to Wednesday. If you would like to help during this time, please drop me a note or email and I will sort out a roster. I will be asking helpers to start next week.

Ms Graham

PBL UPDATE

Hi I am a PBL splat. I am Vacy School PBL logo, my name is Splatter. I am given out at school to

students for adhering to school expectations and following rules. I can be given to students in all

settings: classroom, playground, office, canteen lines, bus lines, assemblies, scripture, and library. I

am a reward for good behaviour.

I am given to students at the end of each week if they have received no notifications. I am recorded

on the PBL merit charts in each classroom. When students have received 100 splats they are awarded a Bronze Splat badge at

assembly. Another 100 splats will get students to the next reward level of a Silver Splat badge and another 100 splats students

will receive a Gold Splat badge. In Term 4 Week 7, students who have achieved a Gold Splat badge will have a special lunch

with the Principal. Students who have achieved a Silver Splat badge will receive an ice cream.

Students who receive a Student of the Week Award at our weekly assembly will receive 10 splats for recognition of their

achievement.

Classes that receive Splatter award at our weekly assembly will receive a splat for each student.

Splatter award is awarded to a class that through the week has displayed good manners at assemblies, lined up correctly at

assembly times and outside classrooms after breaks, has had tidy bags outside classrooms and has walked to and from

assemblies in an orderly fashion. This award is picked by the class who is in possession of Splatter and is voted by students.

1/2 News Fletcher kept us entertained with his duck calls

and Campbell gave us a fantastic demonstration

of whip cracking during news last week. I am

constantly amazed by the interesting items the

students in 1/2 bring in to share.

Library day is Thursday. Please remember to

pack a bag so the children can borrow a book

each week to share with you at home. Home

readers should be coming home on your child's

news day each week. If your child has not

started yet please contact me as they either do

not have a folder or they haven't returned their

home reader agreement. These are only

changed on your child's news day each week.

February 28

Kindergarten Class News

After only 5 short weeks at school we are in awe of these

wonderful students who have settled into routines and are

constantly giving their best at all times. Thank you for

returning parent helper notes, next week a roster will be

sent home.

Last week Best Start reports were sent home, please

contact us if you have any questions.

Regards,

Sally Rogers and Kristy Grainger

Library News Library borrowing is off and running for the year with all the children straight back into borrowing and talking about their

books.

Our other big news was Mrs Natalie Parker judging our Endangered Animal Art competition. We had 26 entries for judging

and Natalie and I were both amazed by the children’s creativity. Well done everyone!

Following is a list of prize winners and all of our wonderful participants.

Overall Winner: Tom Doyle Second Place: Ursula Thompson

Encouragement Award: Eva Doyle

Year 1: Angus Lean Year 2: Jesse Johnson Year 3:Madeline Lean

Year 4: Darcy Richardson Year 5:River Rowles Year 6: Charlotte Hopkins

Year 6- 2016: Kacia Rowles

Other entrants:

Natasha Lutschini, Noah Street, Charlotte Rienecker, Madison McCosker, Brigette Finlay, Madeline Priestley, Fay Magri,

Rhylee Knox, Emily Grainger, Nate Allison, Harry McCosker, Campbell Evans, Emelia Ford, James McCosker,

Fletcher Herrmann &Tommy Street.

Congratulations to all of you on your wonderful efforts!

Pictured below winner Tom Doyle with his winning entry.