GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Last Tuesday we had a special celebration of family and friends who came and shared Grandparents’ Day with us. We had a record turnout and you could really feel the love. The band, the choir and all the students sang and played for our very appreciative audience. We also had some very creative costumes for our Book Fair Parade. K Red and 2/3 Green played a variety of tunes on their ukuleles and glockenspiels and at the end we all joined in for the Hokey Pokey – replete with actions! After the entertainment, all the grandparents and visitors went to the classrooms, computer rooms and library and were engaged in activities and even more entertainment. Morning tea and the sausage sizzle were a welcome addition to a fabulous morning. Many, many thanks to all the staff, students and parents who helped to facilitate the magic. And very special thanks to all our sponsors – Urunga Lions Club, Spar, Urunga Bakery and Foodworks – for their generous donations of goodies and help.

NEWSLETTER NO. 38 TERM 4 WEEK 8 TUESDAY 4th DECEMBER, 2018

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On the traditional lands of the Gumbaynggirr people

IMPORTANT DATES

3rd-14th Dec School Swimming Scheme Thurs 13th Dec K-4 Christmas Social

Thurs 6th Dec Whole School Assembly @ 9.30am NEW TIME - K Red & K/1 Orange

Fri 14th Dec Christmas Craft Day

Fri 7th Dec ‘Love Urunga’ Video Filming Mon 17th Dec Year 6 Farewell

Mon 10th Dec Garden Club @ 11.10am Tues 18th Dec Presentation Day @ 10am

Tues 11th Dec Volunteers Thank You Morning Tea @ 10.45am in OOSH room

Wed 19th Dec K-4 Movie Day & 5 - 6 Fun Day

NEWS FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MRS JANE MARTYN

WHOOPING COUGH - PERTUSSIS We have had a number of confirmed cases of whooping cough (Pertussis) being reported at our school. If your child is diagnosed with Whooping Cough, they need to be excluded from school until they have had antibiotics for 5 days. Please ensure that you notify us if your child tests positive to the virus. There is a fact sheet contained in this newsletter. For more information, follow these links: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/pertussis.pdf http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/whoopingcough/Pages/default.aspx

UNIFORM SURVEY We have our sample uniform choices displayed in the foyer of our office. We are surveying our current year 3, 4 and 5 students, our staff and our parents to see which choices are preferred. Please drop into our office over the next two weeks between the hours of 7.30am and 6.00pm to fill out a survey and to have your say. Completed forms from parents are to put into the blue box on the counter. Students will be surveyed at school during class time. Please include your name on the survey sheet and complete your voting by Monday 10th December.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Thank you very much to the hundreds of grandparents, parents, aunties and uncles that were able to join us on last Tuesday for Grandparents’ Day, Mrs Jensen for organising our Book Fair and Parade as well as Jenny Luxon for putting the day together. Our children and staff really enjoyed the stories that you shared with us and your interest and involvement in our activities. Thank you also to our local sponsors who helped us to provide morning tea and sausage sizzle lunch. 

SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR I would like to thank our fantastic parents Wendy Little and Adam Styles for helping, supporting and feeding our 22 wonderful students along with our 2 teachers. I would also like to thank our awesome teachers Kevin Patterson and Gill Fisher for the mammoth and outstanding job of organising this very special opportunity for our students. I always say that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’! The Schools Spectacular performance will be televised on Saturday 8 December at 7pm on Channel 7. Don’t miss a fantastic show!

LEADERSHIP SPEECHES Starting tomorrow and continuing each morning until next Wednesday, Year 5 students that have nominated to be considered as School Leaders for 2019 will be making speeches to the rest of the school. They will be held at 9.30am each morning. Parents are welcome to attend. After all the speeches have been heard, voting will commence. 2019 School Leaders will be announced at our Presentation Day on Tuesday 18th December. The roster for speeches is below. Wed 5th Dec: Imogen, Naia, Riley, Ayla

Thurs 6th Dec: Olivia McL, Lewis, Jackie, Phalayna

Fri 7th Dec: Charlie, Niamh, Harriet, Kodi

Mon 10th Dec: Halle, Sam, Olivia G S, Evangelina

Tues 11th Dec: Chia, Ava, Tyla, Thomas

Wed 12th Dec: Jordan, Holly, Oliver R

Jane Martyn

WEEKLY SCHOOL RULE

The focus this week is the orange rule “complete all work”. We ask that you reinforce this week’s rule at home with your child.

Attendance Award Winners

Week 7

5/6 Maroon

LULU COMPETES AT NATIONAL ATHLETICS After placing third in long jump at State Athletics and coming home with a bronze medal around her neck, Lulu was off to Melbourne to compete against 12 year old girls from all around Australia at the National Titles. She had an amazing time and jumped yet another personal best of 5.01 metres!! This jump earned her 4th place overall. What a magnificent effort. She was also invited to run in a medley relay where she ran the 100m leg. Her team finished 6th. Who knows, maybe one day we will all see her in the green and gold competing for Australia!! No pressure Lulu Well done, everyone at Urunga Public School is very proud of you. Yesterday, Lulu was also honoured to receive a North Coast Primary School Sports Award for Athletics at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus. These awards are presented to students who have represented NSW Primary School Sport Association with distinction in an individual or team sport, with personal behaviour, attitude and dress of the highest order at all times. Lulu would like to personally thank the school, the P&C and the wider community for all their support.

ICE CUP FUNDRAISER Mrs Paxton has been busily making ice cups to sell as a fundraiser to reduce the cost of the K-4 movie day at the end of the year. Ice cups will cost only $1 and will be available on Monday and Tuesday at lunch and middle recess for the next few weeks in front of the OOSH room. Perfect for these hot days!!

K-4 MOVIE AND PICNIC DAY To celebrate the end of another successful year, Kindergarten and Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be having a Movie and Picnic Day on Wednesday 19th December. They will be travelling to Nambucca Heads Majestic Cinema to watch the new release movie “The Grinch”. The students will have their lunch at Bellwood Park Nambucca Heads afterwards. The cost of the excursion is only $6. A very big thank you to Mrs Paxton and 3/4 Blue who are selling ice cups to fundraise for this day—it has significantly reduced the entry price of the movie! The school is covering the cost of the buses. Please fill out the permission note and return it with $6 payment to your classroom teacher before Wednesday 12th December. Kaye Arnold

WHAT’S DUE

‘Love Urunga’ Promotional Video permission note due before Thurs 6th Dec K-4 Movie Day note and $6 due before Wed 12th Dec Sold Christmas Raffle Ticket money due before Tues 18th Dec Educational Resources & Voluntary School Contribution payments Yr 6 Baby Photos due to front office by Wed 12th Dec

Year 6 Baby Photos

In preparation for a fantastic and fun filled Year 6 farewell, could all Year 6 students please bring in a baby

photo of themselves.

Please have your name clearly written on the back and hand in to the ladies at the office.

NEWS FROM OUR COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER JENNY LUXON

SPOTLIGHT ON YEAR SIX Last but definitely not least, let’s spotlight……..

BOBBY CARTER FAVOURITE FOOD: KFC, Macca’s and Red Rooster FAVOURITE COLOUR: Brown FAVOURITE MOVIE: Magic Mike HOBBIES: Hockey My favourite place in the world is Virginia. When I am older I would like to be a BP worker. Highlight of my time at UPS was spending time with all my friends and going to Canberra.

LULU McGRATH FAVOURITE FOOD: Burritos and Chocolate FAVOURITE COLOUR: Blue/grey FAVOURITE MOVIES: All the Pitch Perfect Movies, Wonder Women and Jumanji HOBBIES: Soccer, surfing, swimming, running, music and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. My favourite place in the world the Eiffel Tower and being able to look at the amazing city scape. When I am older I want to be a scientist that explores space and the Earth but also keep my sport as a big part of my life.

LILY ARNOLD FAVOURITE FOOD: Lamb cutlets and sushi FAVOURITE COLOUR: All shades of blue HOBBIES: Dancing, singing, horse riding and sports My favourite place in the world is LA. When I am older I want to be a vet, a dancer and a singer. Highlights of my time at UPS are being in the dance group, being a prefect and representing Urunga Public School.

CHRISTMAS SCRIPTURE CONCERT The whole school was entertained last week by the Year 7 and 8 students from Coffs Harbour Christian Community High School when they came and performed the Christmas Story Musical. It was fun and energetic and everyone joined in with the dancing and clapping. That concludes the Scripture program for this year and we wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and a prosperous 2019. We look forward to more fun, singing and learning next year. From the Scripture (SRE) team at UPS.

LIBRARY NEWS What a fantastic success our Christmas Book Fair was - quite 'out of this world' :) It was wonderful to experience the generosity and sheer enthusiasm of our students, parents, grandparents, teachers and the wider school community. I genuinely THANK YOU all for your support because it does make a huge difference to the range and number of new books I can choose for our library. The school's library receives a commission of total sales made at the Book Fair, so thanks to your support over the past two weeks, I have been able to select an exciting range of new books from the Fair, including Picture Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books and Non Fiction Books. Dressing up and parading on Grandparents' Day was so much FUN! I loved seeing the colourful range of costumes and the students' excitement and enjoyment of the whole day. I might also mention how busy it became when our students proudly brought their grandparents and friends to browse the Book Fair - thank you so very much for your interest and generosity. I would also like to thank Melissa O'Hara for her generous purchase and donation of the Non-Fiction book Bear Grylls Extreme Planet: exploring the most extreme stuff on Earth; and Jenny Luxon for her generous purchase and donation of the Non-Fiction book Australian Geographic Superstats Extreme Planet. The winners of the 'Reading is Out of this World' colouring competition received a $5 voucher to spend at the Fair. There were many wonderful and colourful entries - which are now on display in the library. One student from each class was chosen as a winning entry - and they were: Elise Pagulayan-McCabe (K Red); Lincoln Spencer (K/1 Orange); Lily Harding (1/2 Yellow); Alyssa Meenahan (2/3 Green); Jett Harry (3/4 Blue); Kiara Young (4/5 Indigo); Naia Joosten (5/6 Maroon); Riley Morgan (5/6 Violet). Congratulations to our whole school community for their superb support and making our Christmas Book Fair such a great success! Geri Jensen (Teacher Librarian)

‘LOVE URUNGA’ PROMOTIONAL VIDEO Our whole school has been invited to participate in the ‘Love Urunga’ Promotional Video. Due to winds and weather conditions the videoing of students did not go ahead last Wednesday as planned. It has since been rescheduled for Friday 7th December. Yesterday a new permission note was sent home with your child. Please sign and return the new note to your child classroom teacher if you are happy for them to participate. Details are as follows: A local videographer and drone pilot will be videoing students waving along the boardwalk and spelling out Love Urunga in the school playground. The footage taken will be used in the music video promoting the spirit of Urunga’s Community. The soundtrack is “I am Australian”, and it has been sung by some students from Urunga Public School. Please be aware that this video will be used on various public platforms to promote Urunga. Only students that have returned their new permission notes will be able to participate in the video. Mrs Arnold

CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE Last week a book of ten raffle tickets for our Christmas hamper raffle was sent home with every child. Tickets are 50c each and the winners will be drawn on Presentation Day - Tuesday 18th December. We kindly ask that you buy or sell these tickets and return them with the money to your child’s teacher or the front office. More ticket books will be available from the office if you wish to sell some more! We are also asking for donations of non-perishable items such as jars or tinned food, biscuits, lollies or Christmas themed items (napkins, decorations etc) to make up these wonderful hampers. Donations can be dropped into the school office. All donations are greatly appreciated.

YEAR 6 FAREWELL Years 5 and 6 will receive their invitations to the Year 6 Farewell soon! It will be held at Club Urunga (Urunga Bowling Club) on Monday 17th December. Year 6 are asked to arrive at 5.40pm. Year 5 are asked to come at 7.15pm to enjoy the after dinner festivities. The evening will finish at 8.30pm. The theme for Year 6 students this year is “70’s Disco”. Year 6 will need to have their RSVP’s returned with payment of $25 to the office by Thursday 13th December. Year 5 will pay $5 at the door on the night. Also, a reminder for all Year 6 students to bring in a baby photo of themselves by next Wednesday 12th November. Yr6 Teachers

‘CANTEEN’ FUNDRAISING - BANDANA’S AND PENS! The SRC decided that, for their final fundraiser for 2018, they wanted to support children who had cancer. This week the SRC are selling CANTEEN Bandanas and Pens. All funds raised will go to CANTEEN, as they work to research for a cure and support those affected by this horrible disease. Please show your support for the SRC and for CANTEEN by making a purchase. Bandanas and Pens will be sold at the Top COLA during every lunch break this week. Silk Bandanas - $15.00 Cotton Bandanas - $10.00 Pens $3.00 Thank you for your continued support of the SRC and the wonderful work they do.

SCHOOL BANKING School banking for the year is coming to a close. Next Tuesday 11th December will be the last day for banking. Congratulations to all those wonderful bankers who have banked regularly throughout the year. We hope to see you back again next year! The day for School banking will be changing next year. Students will be asked to hand in their bank books on Wednesday’s in 2019. School Banking Coordinator

Thank You Morning Tea for our Volunteers

All our wonderful volunteers who have helped throughout 2018 are warmly invited to a special morning tea on

Tuesday 11th December at 10.45am

Please come along and join us for a cuppa in the OOSH room. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Vacation Care in Toormina, Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Korora or Grafton

If you are interested in Vacation Care in any of the above locations, please contact 0466 306 220 or call into the school’s front office for a program.

Visit their website at www.communityoosh.com.au

Summer fun at your local library – Curious Creatures: discover a new world!   Bellingen, Dorrigo and Urunga Libraries will once again offer the popular Summer     Reading Club program, designed to inspire imagina ons and ins l a love of reading amongst young people from pre‐school up to 17 years of age.   This free program includes the opportunity to set personal reading goals, win prizes and take part in fun online ac vi es. Registra on opens on Saturday 1 December; children and young adults are encouraged to call into their local library for more  informa on and to sign up to the club.   

 The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Club is Curious Creatures: discover a new world! The libraries will link to this by showing themed       collec ons of objects from the Australia Museum specially designed for children to have ‘hands on’ experience.  At Urunga Library the following ac vi es will be available for kids:   Wednesday  9  January, 11am to midday – Night and Day Wednesday 16 January, 11am to midday – Dinosaurs Wednesday 23 January, 11am to  midday – Sea Creatures  These ac vi es are free to a end and everyone is welcome. For enquiries 

please contact Urunga Library on 6655 6444.