What a great effort from our Cross Country team last week. We had a lot of people run personal bests and a number have been successful in gaining a place in the Regional Carnival. Mr Bourke was very pleased and proud of the behaviour and sportsmanship dis-played by all of our students. Special mention goes to our parents who go along and assist on the day and make it memorable for everyone who attended. Well done again.

Congratulations as well to Ms Kerrie Hansen who has gained a permanent appointment at Cundletown Pub-lic School. Ms Hansen has been a temporary teacher for the last seven years and was successful in a merit selection process where she was competing against a number of other candidates via a written application and in an interview. My thanks go to Mrs Abraham and Claire Woollard who were the other members of the selection panel.

In other news, Mrs Roberts will be the relieving princi-pal at Mount George Public School for the short to medium term. This is an exciting opportunity for Mrs Roberts as she will be able to bring her expertise in running small schools to Mount George. While Mrs Roberts is at Mount George, Ms Simone Colville will be taking KR until Mrs Roberts return. We wish Mrs Roberts well and welcome Ms Colville to Cundletown Public School from next Monday.

A reminder about our P&C meeting that is on tonight. One agenda item is a possible change to our meeting dates. For many, many years, our P&C meetings have been on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Sometimes this has led to meetings happening at the very end and very beginning of each term, with holi-days in between. The proposed change will see our P&C meeting in Week 3 and Week 8 of each term (still on a Tuesday), so there will be a 5 week gap be-tween each meeting and two meetings per term. I can see that this will be a great thing for our P&C who really support our school in many, many ways. Parents of children in years 3 and 5 please be aware that your child/ren will be taking part in the NAPLAN test next week. It is important that all children partici-pate in this assessment where possible. If for some

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Term 2 Week 3 Monday 7 May 2012 Cundletown Public School Newsletter

Congratulations

**Weekly Assembly - 11:50am Friday**

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Week 3

Tues 8 May P & C Meeting 7pm staffroom

Canteen Meeting 9am staffroom

Week 4

Tues 15 May NAPLAN - Language & Writing

Special Canteen Day

Wed 16 May NAPLAN - Reading

Thurs 17 May NAPLAN - Numeracy

Fri 18 May Zone Touch Trials

Week 5

Tues 22 May UNSW Computer Competition

Wed 23 May BIGGEST Morning Tea

Book Fair

Simultaneous Reading Day

Cundletown Public School “The Caring School”

High St Cundletown NSW 2430

T 6553 9315 F 6553 9055 Email: cundletown-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web Site: www.cundletown-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Primary Maths Award Madison Cross, Jacob Steep, Sonny Easter, Kooper Grif-fin, Xavier Cooper and Kayleigh Gibson-Godwin

Term 2 Week 2 Excellent Worker KA: Kyle Carle KR: Mason Doel 1C: Ali Boorer 1/2R: Danica Potts 2R: Cody McDonald 3/4B: Hayden Merchant 3/4H: Logan Marsden 4/5M: Jenna Graham 5/6C: Bodhi Styles 5/6K: Mitch Fowler

Merit Awards KA: Brooke Hosgood KR: Savannah Dewhurst 1C: Maddison Gaul 1/2R: Grant Shelton 2R: Xander McKellar 3/4B: Reece Wright 3/4H: Harrison McGinn 4/5M: Logan Brace 5/6C: Mitchell McCloy 5/6K: Mr K

P & C Meeting Tuesday 8 May This is a special resolution meeting covering the subject of meeting structure and times. All welcome.

Bruce Coote Principal

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Monday 7 May 2012

MOTHER’S DAY STALL Will be held on Thursday 10th May. All gifts will be $4.00 each and raffle tick-ets will also be available to purchase for $1.00 each. Children may be able to buy a second present if needed after all classes have made their purchases. The raffle will be drawn after all children have been to the stall. Donations are still being accepted. Please leave them at the school office. We will need help on the day for a 9am start, so if you are available, please come along, it would be much appreciated. Thank you Wendy Bôsher / Fundraising Co-ordinator

BOOK CLUB Due back this Wednesday May 9. No late orders will be processed. Regards Narelle Cook

LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK FAIR Book Fair Monday 21 to Friday 25 May Preview Friday 18 & Monday 21 at lunch time. Sales Tuesday 22nd, to Friday 25th 8am, lunch and after school to 4:30pm Please note sales will not be available on Wednesday 8am or Friday after school.

PREMIER READING CHALLENGE Congratulations on completing your first reading challenge. Senior Readers - Dom Wyse and Alexander Sheridan Junior Reading - Kye Andrews, Lana Ostrowskyj and Xavier Cooper.

―HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER RABBIT‖ notes went home last week. This performance will be at the MEC on Tuesday 19 June. Cost is $18, this includes return transport by bus. Please return permission note and a $5 de-posit to the school office. April - Paper Crane Month We still have some SADOKA tickets

left, if you are interested please bring a completed permission note and $5 deposit to the school office.

Happy Reading Dianne Nelson Teacher/Librarian

reason your child is unable to attend school from Monday to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are our catch up days.

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION AND MATHS BOOKS Invoices have gone home last week. Payments are to be made at the school office. Thank you

SCHOOL CAMP 2012 School camp permission note and deposit of $60 is now due. If you wish to secure a place please com-plete the permission note and deposit and return to the school office asap. Thank you

THE BIGGEST MORNING TEA Our Annual Biggest Morning Tea is on Wednesday 23 May at 11:30am in the school staff room. There will be a charge of $5. Please come along and join us for a cuppa, cake and lots of surprises, to help raise funds for the Cancer Council. Margaret Mobbs

STEWART HOUSE DONATION DRIVE 2012 Envelopes have gone home. A donation of $2 puts you into the draw to win a $4,000 holiday. Complete the entry and return to school by 11 May to be eligi-ble. Your donation will help support the 1,800 children who attend Stewart House each year across NSW and the ACT. Please return to school by 11 May.

Kids need a minimum of 30 minutes exercise everyday - Do you do that?

Did you know that one step uses 200 muscles

– WOW! That’s a lot! You only use 17 to smile.

See it’s easy to get that amount of exercise if

you walk to and from school—smiling!

CANTEEN ROSTER from 9am Wk 3 & 4 2012

Week 3 Mon 7 May Belinda M, D Anderson Tues 8 May Kate D, Bec B Wed 9 May Kylie W, Josie Y Thurs 10 May Sue l, Jo E Fri 11 May Kylie B, Maree E Week 4 Mon 14 May Maree C, Tami P Tues 15 May Paula G, Selina G Wed 16 May Dale W, Joanne T Thurs 17 May Gaye W, Louise F Fri 18 May Bec R, Nat P

THE CANTEEN COLUMN by Deb… Special Day next Tuesday 15th. Honey Soy Noodles with Vegies + LOL + Jelly Bomb $4.50. Lunch. Notes sent home today.

‘Keep smiling’

Debi

The Smith Family Saver Plus Program

The Smith Family is running a Taree Savings Pro-gram that can help you save for your children’s edu-cation. Saver Plus rewards your saving efforts by matching every dollar you save with another dollar from ANZ, up to $500. To be eligible you must: Be a parent or guardian of a student attending

school, or be intending to attend accredited vo-cational training yourself

Have a current health care card or pension card, and

Have some income from work. (even a few hrs will count)

For more information contact Mark Norris, Saver Plus coordinator on 6557 8284 or 0429 820 9744 or email mark.norris@thesmithfamily.com.au.

SPORT: WOTZON!

Zone Cross Country Carnival What a fantastic day! We had one of our most successful Zone Carnivals in recent years. The whole squad is to be congratu-lated for their effort in competing, great sportsman-ship and excellent behaviour throughout. All 32 run-ners gave 100% and when they weren’t slogging it out on the course, they were madly cheering on their team mates. A huge congratulations must go to the following com-petitors who were successful in making the Manning Zone Squad to compete next Friday at Newcastle:- HARRY LORETAN 3rd (10yrs) WILL KELLY 6th (8/9yrs) KYE ANDREW 6th (10yrs) HAYLEY MANUS 6th (8/9yrs) We wish our runners the best of luck. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the par-ents and relatives who were able to attend to support and cheer on the children. A special mention must go to Dana Wyse who did a wonderful job of managing the team (as always). Your assistance is greatly ap-preciated. Yours in sport Graham Bourke

Monday 7 May 2012

Kiara Thomas, Lauren Anderson, Rose Toy, Miranda Sowter and Zara Kelly, some of our Zone Cross

Country runners.

Cundletown Cross Country Team 2012