Dear Parents and Caregivers,

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1 Bv Murray Farm A Great Place to Be School News - Week 1 Term 3 14/07/2015- Page 1 Address: Tracey Ave Carlingford NSW 2118 Phone: (02) Fax: (02) [email protected] Web: PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE Dear Parents and Caregivers, WELCOME BACK Welcome back to school for Term 3. I hope that all our students have had a relaxing and safe holiday and have returned to school ready for another busy and productive term. Monday was a School Development Day, during which staff undertook CPR and Emergency Care training, as well as spending time becoming familiar with the new History syllabus, to be introduced next year. Joint grade planning was also undertaken to support learning this term. Another professional day of learning was well worthwhile. ENROLMENTS - KINDERGARTEN 2016 We have received quite a number of enrolment applications for Kindergarten If you know anyone wishing to enrol their child into Kindergarten for next year, please invite them to enrol soon. As you may be aware, the school is growing very quickly and for planning purposes, we need to know how many children we are likely to have next year, so we can organise classrooms etc. PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS At the end of last term, teachers conducted parent interviews. Thank you to the teachers for making themselves available for this important feedback. I hope that parents found the interviews worthwhile and informative. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mrs Sanders, who after a few years of being a temporary teacher at Murray Farm Public School, was successful in her application for permanency. She is now a permanent member of our staff. Welcome aboard. SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL Congratulations to 37 of our Year 6 students who were successful in receiving offers to various selective high schools for next year. Some of these students are on waiting lists, while most have received definite placement offers. 1

2 It was a wonderful result to have 37 successful results out of 55 student applications. Commiserations to those who were not successful this time. It is simply not possible to offer places to all those who apply, and many highly talented students miss out. JULY PARENTS & CITIZENS (P&C) MEETING A reminder to all parents that the next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 21 July at 7.30pm in the staff room. All are welcome to attend. Regards Adrian Pearson PRINCIPAL S AWARD Brianna Brennan 1R Emily Hinchon 1W COMING EVENTS FOR TERM TERM 3 17/7/2015 State Cross-Country at Eastern Creek 20/7/2015 Year 6 Farewell Committee Meeting 21/7/2015 P&C 7.30pm 22/7/2015 OC Test 25 & 26/7/2015 Band Camp 28/7/2015 English Competition 29/7/2015 Maths Olympiad 3/8/2015 Year 5 Digi Ed 6/8/2015 Paul Wade Cup 7/8/2015 PSSA Semi Finals SCHOOL PHONES We are having some issues with the school phone. If we are talking to you and the line drops out, please accept our apologies. HEALTH MATTERS Medication required for a short period Scripted and over the counter If a child must bring medication (tablets, medicine, etc.) to school, parents are asked to follow this procedure: Medication: A single dose of the medication (in an unbreakable container clearly labelled with the child s name and class) and written instructions, stating the time the child needs to take the medication, must be taken to the school office as soon as the child arrives at school. The child is to go to the office at the appropriate time and office staff will administer the medication. 2

3 Tablets: Only a daily dose should be brought to school. The tablet/s (in an unbreakable container clearly labelled with the child s name and class) and written instructions, stating the time the child needs to take the tablet/s, must be taken to the school office as soon as the child arrives at school. The child is to go to the office at the appropriate time/s and office staff will administer the tablet/s. NO CHILD IS PERMITTED TO HAVE MEDICATION IN HIS/HER POSSESSION WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM MR PEARSON. SUPER STAR STUDENT AWARDS Congratulations to the Aryan Tyagi of 6M who received a Super Star Award in Term 2. STAR STUDENT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who received a Star Award in Term 2. Anika Bahinipati 4B Yuvraj Thakur 5H Vidhi Bansal 4B Aalia Ahmed 5H Jude Cusbert 4B Kasia Ellis 5H Sophia Xia 4K Leanne Leung 5H Avi Bhaget 4K Kyle Lawson 5P Daniel Seo 4S Lucy White 5P Amy Feng 5/4J Fin Bowly 6/5R Jessica Andrews 5H Anish Sharma 6/5R OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who received an Outstanding Student Achievement Award in Term 2. Rachel Fry 2J Daniel Seo (2 awards) 4S Lucas Gilbertson 2M Jessica Andrews (2 awards) 5H Ashwyn Tyagi 2N Kasia Ellis 5H Brendan Boomla 2N Aalia Ahmed (2 awards) 5H Devika Choudhary 3C Yuvraj Thakur 5H Joyce Sharma 3T Kyle Lawson (2 awards) 5P Audrey Tedja 3T Ryan Lei 5P Karin Hudackova 3W Charis Cheung 5P Emily Lin 4/3R Anish Sharma (2 awards) 6/5R Vidhi Bansal (2 awards) 4B Aryan Tyagi (2 awards) 6M Jude Cusbert (2 awards) 4B 3

4 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who received a Student Achievement Award in Term 2. Serena Ratwatte 1B Emma Joung 2N Kavindu Wickrama 1B Alexander Liu 2N Sylvia Leung 1B Miranda Hng 2W Phoebe Huang 1B Pieta Koinusis 2W Terry Koinusis 1B Ethan Zhu 3C Nicholas Song 1N Shenali Dissannyake 3G Charlize Dos Reis Falcao 1P Declan Dew 3G Huey Yin 1P Ryan Chung 3T Kripa Kher 1P Skye Mahony 3T Daniel Lin 1P Joyce Sharma 3T Bernice Ng 1R Samuel Nichols 4/3R Sophia Liao 1R Vidhi Bansal (2 awards) 4B Marcus Feng 1R Jude Cusbert (2 awards) 4B Patrick Bruckshaw 1S Megan Li 4K Abigail Lam 1S Nicholas Koinusis 4K Jackson Lambeth 1S Ryan Calvar 4K Alex Vu 1S Daniel Seo (2 awards) 4S Joshua Yao 1S Charlize Walters 5/4J Brian Chan 1S Tiffany Tan 5/4J Logan Tsui 1W Eliana Kim 5/4J Kobe Cusbert 1W Yuvraj Thakur 5H Leo Turco 1W Kasia Ellis 5H Claire Jeong 1W Bethany Tsang 5H Ivy Shao 1W Jessica Andrews (2 awards) 5H Bosco Lee 1W Tate Mahony 5H Saiesha Sundaralingam 2G Aalia Ahmed (3 awards) 5H Emma Du 2G Kyle Lawson (2 awards) 5P Billy Ai 2G Ryan Lei (2 awards) 5P Charlotte Williamson 2G Jia Hui Weng 5P Gerrad Sherwood 2J Jasmine Duan (2 awards) 5P Arthur White 2M Charis Cheung (2 awards) 5P Lucas Gilbertson (2 awards) 2M Lachlan White 5S Lavigne Cheung 2N Aaliyha Huntsman 5S Brendan Boomla 2N Anish Sharma 6/5R Ashwyn Tyagi (2 awards) 2N Keisha Horton Uch 6G Maya Okada 2N Aryan Tyagi (2 awards) 6M Meg Liu 6M 4

5 CONGRATULATIONS to Kyle Li of 4B who received awards whilst participating in out of school activities. Kyle participated in the Sydney Eisteddfod Piano Competitions and won three First Prize and 2 Highly Commended awards. CANTEEN Volunteers for the week beginning Monday 20 July /7/2015 Dharminidevi 21/7/2015 Kin Lai, Lynn Wu 22/7/2015 Li Dong 23/7/2015 Tracey Lambeth, Nadine Ratwatte 24/7/2015 Monica Chalke, Soo PSSA students cannot order their lunch on Fridays. We are still looking for volunteers for one day per month. If interested, please contact the school canteen on before 1.20pm or Gaye on PREMIER S READING CHALLENGE 2015 Congratulations to the thirteen students who have completed the 2015 Premier s Reading Challenge and entered their details onto the PRC website. Please remember that the 2015 PRC deadline is rapidly approaching. It closes on the 22 nd August Kindergarten: Jasiel Tjoputra Year 1: Emily Hinchon, Patrick Seo, Zheng Weng, Yuwen Xiao Year 2: Caleb Carngie-Hinds, Aidan Tran, Julia Tran Year 3: Jia Weng Year 4: Lohith Dhurjati, Shannon Tang Year 5: Rebecca Wilson Year 6: Zoya Thakor Hilary Guthrie Teacher Librarian 5

6 STRING ENSEMBLE Thank you parents for your interest in the String Ensemble. Our last intake for this year is now open until Week 3 of this term. Please to Jennie ([email protected]) or Yufu ([email protected]) before 1st August, 2015 with the following information: 1) Name of your child and class 2) Which Instrument he/she has been learning for at least six months with a private tutor? 3) What level is he/she up to? 4) Parent s contact name, address and mobile number Try-out lessons will be held from Week 8 onwards. Please be patient with us because we will be busy preparing for several external competitions/performances in August. If you don t hear from us before Friday 28 August, please feel free to give us a call. Thank you. Jennie & Yufu String Ensemble Co-ordinators Jennie: Yufu: UNIFORM SHOP Open Tuesday 8.30am-9.30am PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE UNIFORM SHOP WILL NOT BE OPEN ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON DURING TERM 3 Preloved Uniforms: a great way to get extra uniform changes. Check out the racks of tidy, preloved uniforms in store at reasonable prices. If you have any spare, or out grown uniforms that you are happy to donate, just drop the clothing off at the Uniform Shop or the office. Please send only clean garments that aren t too faded or worn. Refunds and exchanges: We are happy to refund or exchange new garments that haven t been worn, and the tags are still attached. Please note you must bring your receipt. Sandy Luxton [email protected] 6

7 BAND NEWS Band Camp - Please be reminded Band Camp will be held on the Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 of July. We are still waiting on a handful of parents to return their permission slips - please return the slip to the office immediately. Thank you to the following parents who volunteered their time during the holidays to prepare music folders for band camp: Olivia Lam, Jasmine Shen, Kaushali Seneviratne and Belinda Bao. Smooth running of the band program cannot function without the support of parents. Each term, six band members are awarded a prize for their band commitment. Congratulations to: Angela Song, Janet Chow, David Chen, David Barnsley, Rachel Yao and James Xue for attendance and practice. Keep up the good work! Levana Kerr & Shannon Patel - Band Coordinators STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL Murray Farm fundraises for Stewart House, a charity that supports needy children in public schools across NSW and the ACT. The Stewart House School Clothing Appeal bags were sent home with your child/children during the last week of Term 2. Please return all donations to the Year 5-6 wet area. The last day for collection will be Friday 24 July Thank you for your support and generous donations. 7

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