Important Information … MPS website: www.moree-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

• Friday, 5th June – Assemblies: 10.30am KW-10 & Miss Williams; 11.30am 5/6M-14 & Mr McDonald • Wednesday, 3rd June – ICAS Science

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RECOGNITION DESERVED

Students from Moree Public School were among the many awardees at the Moree Reconciliation Ceremony last Friday evening. Congratulations to Elyne Tighe, Shelby Thompson-Graham and Jayda Craigie who were recognised for their commitment to studies, outstanding sporting achievements and contribution to our community. Members of the school Aboriginal Education committee were delighted to be able to attend the ceremony and share the pride of many current and former MPS students. Our compliments are extended to the Moree Reconciliation committee on their organisation of a very enjoyable ceremony of awards and entertainment.

Congratulations Elyne, Shelby and Jayda

What do our children need? The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) collects data on children’s learning and development. It is used to measure the effectiveness of government policies at all levels and identify areas for improvement. Kindergarten teachers have been asked to record information based on their knowledge and observations of each child in their class. This information will help schools, communities and governments to better tailor services and resources to help young children and their families get the support they need. Further information will be forwarded to parents of Kinder children.

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The skirl of bagpipes, trill of sweet voices, the wiggle and waggle of kilts greeted a large community audience who gathered in the school hall on Wednesday evening. The Scots College PGC pipe band and choir certainly provided a unique evening of entertainment. Playing a range of tunes from the traditional Scotland the Brave through to Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender, the pipers excelled and drummers amazed with their clever stick work and flourishing in unison. Our very own highland dancers – Rachel Makim, Alexandra Marchand, Millicent and Harriet Beattie and Marnie Shelton enjoyed the opportunity to perform. Well done! The highlight was clearly when the MPS choir joined with the Scots College choir for a combined performance. They sang beautifully, The Circle of Life and the finale with a full ensemble of pipes and drums and both choirs, Amazing Grace. It was a powerful performance that put huge smiles on the faces of the children in our choir.

A beautiful performance by our choir and I thank Miss March and the Scots College students and staff for bringing it all together for the enjoyment of the Moree community.

GREEN can help us develop communication skills and has also been a focus for 2C-7 this term. The class took the opportunity to brighten our morning by bringing colour and communication together with I Can Sing a Rainbow while using the Auslan sign language.

Tuesday, 2nd June 2015

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CLEVER 4B-24 students spoke about heroes, proposing that a

hero is really an ordinary person who finds the strength to overcome obstacles. A very entertaining skit featuring many renowned superheroes – Ghost Busters, Superman, the Hulk and Captain America illustrating this assertion. While these characters are fast and strong, they were unable help students - Noah, Vye and Millicent overcome an obstacle - their need to finish some maths homework. A fantastic assembly item! Thank you to both classes and also to Miss Cook and Mr Burgess. Please join us for the assemblies this Friday. Our host classes are:

o KH-11 and Miss Hancock at 10:30 am in the hall near the administration office

o 5/6M-14 and Mr McDonald at 11:30 am in the new hall.

Run, run, run as fast as you can…. Congratulations to the students who represented Moree Public School at the zone cross country hosted by North Star last week. Like the Gingerbread Man, I am told that everyone ran hard over the challenging course.

Well done to the 21 students who now have a place in the district team to run at the regional event at Coolah on June 12th. Last Friday six boys travelled to Armidale for the regional rugby union trials. Mr Brown has indicated that all students – Josh Ricketts, Roydell Murray, Jade Girard, David Stewart, Kaylib Taunton and Jovan Raveneau played very well giving it their very best. Special congratulations go to Roydell and Jade who have both been selected in the north west regional team.

Passing, dribbling, defending, shooting – all skills that impressed Mr Burgess and Mrs Twartz when they accompanied the boys and girls soccer teams to Gunnedah yesterday. While Gunnedah proved too strong on this occasion, MPS students left with their heads high and the knowledge that their sportsmanship was exceptional! Well done! Girls: Rachel Makim, Emily Mills, Natalija Stanojevic, Alexandra Marchand, Rachel Jennings, Wendy Priestly, Kirby Andrews, Emily DiDonna, Piper Phillis, Selena McGrady, Larra McGrady and Ashlyn Tape. Boys: Daniel Kirkland, Matt McLane, Brayden Macey, Jaiden Eggins, Mac Orr, Logan Thrift, Dominic Kowalski, Lochie Humphries, Ruvnesh Dutt, Colby Kilpatrick, Riley Watson and Sheby Thompson-Graham.

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Finally, best wishes to the tennis and netball teams as they play the next rounds of the PSSA knockout, later this week.

Mr Adrian King Principal

P&C ASSOCIATION • MEETING: The next general monthly meeting will be held on Monday, 15 June. All welcome. • CANTEEN: A new combination at a special price for the breakfast menu now available – pancakes and milo (together) $3.50

• TASTY TREATS …. PIES FOR WINTER: Delivery is scheduled for 10th June. Please be ready to collect your order from the hall adjacent to the school office. Specific times will be confirmed in next Tuesday’s newsletter. • Uniform Shop: The shop continues to be opened by volunteer co-ordinator and assistant each Wednesday and Friday morning between 8.30 and 9.30am. SPORT Students, parents and staff last Wednesday enjoyed faultless weather, dry conditions and the challenge of a new course at North Star. Despite the long drive, our team members hit the ground running and rearing to go. We had strong performances across all age groups with some students achieving firsts in their divisions. We would like to commend students for their excellent behaviour and manners as representatives of our school. As well, we thank the parents who supported us during this event, following the system to track student results at the end of each race. We now turn our attention to conquering the hill at Coolah on Friday, 12th June. Training will continue each morning at 8.30am for those who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity. Please wear joggers and bring dry socks and school schools to change into. Good luck team members! Moree Zone Cross Country Team - 2105 Notes have been distributed to the following students and are due back to Miss Burey by Tuesday, 9th June. 8/9 Years: Chloe Elbourne 2R-30 and Millicent Beattie 4B-24 Hugo Fittler 2C-7, Sam Custance 2C-7, Mitch Custance 2R-30 10 Years: Gabrielle Elbourne 4B-24, Morgan O'Dempsey 5/6B-17 and Vye Singleton 4B-24 Noah Humphries 4B-24, Jack Hunt 4M-23, Matt McLane 4M-23 11 Years: Shamari Briggs 5/6B-17, Amelya Brooks 5/6M-14, Nekkiiah Murray 5/6B-17 Brayden Macey 5B-19, Mac Orr 5/6M-14 12 Years: Piper Phillis 5B-19, Abby Newton 5/6M-14, Talia Crossley 6E-15 Roydell Murray 6E-15, Lincoln McNair 5/6B-17

Miss Burey and Mr McDonald

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Soccer: Early yesterday morning the girls and boys soccer teams travelled to Gunnedah for the second round of the PSSA knockout. Both teams showed great ball skills and were tenacious in their defence. Unfortunately we were beaten on the day but Mrs Twartz and I commend the students on their efforts and for demonstrating excellent sportsmanship during the game.

Mr Burgess & Mrs Twartz

COMING EVENTS – Term 2 Please check each week for possible variations or listen to local radio 2VM for the daily Harvey Norman Superstore School News segment a little after 7.00am. Term 2 7 Mon 1 June Tues 2 Wed 3 ICAS - science Thurs 4 Rugby union knockout carnival Fri 5 Assemblies: 10.30 KW-10, 11.25 5/6M-14 8 Mon 8 Public Holiday - Queens Birthday Tues 9 Rugby union knockout carnival – Bryan Palmer Shield Wed 10 P&C Pie Drive Thurs 11 Fri 12 Assemblies: 10.30 1H-4, 11.25 3H-39 NW cross country 9 Mon 15 ICAS – writing; 6.00 P&C meeting Tues 16 ICAS - spelling Wed 17 Thurs 18 Fri 19 Assemblies: 10.30 KR-8, 11.25 5BW-16 10 Mon 22 Semester 1 reports to parents & invitation to interview Tues 23 Wed 24 Parent/ teacher interview RSVP slip due to class teacher Thurs 25 Confirmation of interview time sent home Fri 26 Assemblies: 10.30 2R-30, 11.25 4L-22

Last day of Term 2 Term 3 1 Mon 13 July Staff resume school Tues 14 K-6 students resume school Wed 15 Thurs 16 Fri 17 MPS athletics carnival 2 Mon 20 Book Fair (3 days in library) Tues 21 Wed 22 OC test for 2016 Year 5 placement Thurs 23 Fri 24 Heferen Shield Assemblies: 10.30 1J-3; 11.25 5B-19 3 Mon 27 Education Week Tues 28 ICAS English Wed 29 Thurs 30 Fri 31 Jump Rope for Heart Assemblies: 10.30 KR-9; 11.25 4M-23 1.35 Rugby League clinic – Yr 2 4 Mon 3 August Tues 4 ICAS Maths Wed 5 Year 4 Excursion – Coffs Harbour Thurs 6 Fri 7 Assemblies: 10.30 2H-29; 11.25 6E-15 1.35 Rugby League clinic – Yr 2

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5 Mon 10 Yr 6 excursion to Canberra Tues 11 Wed 12 Thurs 13 Fri 14 Assemblies: 10.30 KW-10; 11.30 3M-21 & 3/4M-13 1.35 Rugby League clinic – Yr 2 6 Mon 17 Tues 18 Wed 19 Thurs 20 Fri 21 Assemblies: 10.30 1M-5; 1.30 5BW-16 1.35 Rugby league clinic – Yr 3/4 7 Mon 24 Book Week: Books light up our world Tues 25 Wed 26 Thurs 27 Fri 28 NW athletics carnival – Tamworth Assemblies: 10.30 KH-11; 11.30 No primary assembly

Kaylib, Jovan, Jade, Josh, Roydell & David with NW mates at Rugby. (Photo Mrs Ricketts)

Millicent, Emily, Livia & Harriet with performing arts

friends from Scots College (Photo Mrs Haigh)

COMMUNITY EVENTS PCYC UPDATE …. Moree PCYC is taking nominations for Senior Netball. You must be 15 years to opens to enter team. Mixed is played of a Monday Night and Women’s Thursday. Mixed will commence on Monda 13th and Women’s on July 16th. Senior Futsal operates of a Wednesday night and is taking team and individual nominations. Age is 15 years plus and the competition will commence on July 15th. Archery operates of a Tuesday 5:30pm – 6:30pm. This is available for school age children to opens. A great activity for concentration and family time. PCYC has all equipment available. Brazilian Jui Jitsu operates of a Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm – 7pm. This is available for school age to opens. Karate operates of a Thursday for Juniors 7years – 10 years at 4pm- 5pm and 11years-Opens from 5pm – 6pm. Physical Culture is run at the Moree PCYC. Please contact PCYC for contact details. Laser Tag Parties and group bookings are available! Operating Friday – Sunday and provide a great alternative for Birthday Parties or you could Get friends together and book some time out and have a ball. The new opening hours of the gym is 5:30am – 9:00pm Monday – Friday. Cardio Room and group classes are available for 14 years plus whilst the weights room is available for 16 years plus. We have timeslots available for Junior Futsal and Junior Netball. We are looking for co-ordinators and people to assist us in securing a competition for the youth. Please contact club for all costings and availability and if you are able to assist in activities. If you have any spare time and are willing to offer your services and volunteer at our club please drop in an see us at 342 Boston St, Moree NSW, 2400 or contact us on 02 67523741 or email aryan@pcycnsw.org.au. Regards, Andrew Moree PCYC