Kalori · 2021. 2. 3. · Kalori Term 1 - Week 2 3 February 2021 Respect, Honesty, Responsibility – RHR – That’s Who We Are Meryula St Narromine NSW 2821 P: 02 68894566 F: 02

Kalori Term 1 - Week 2 3 February 2021

Respect, Honesty, Responsibility – RHR – That’s Who We Are

Meryula St Narromine NSW 2821

P: 02 68894566 F: 02 68894451

E: [email protected]

Denise Toohey – Principal WELCOME TO 2021 @NPS

A special welcome to our new families, we are sure you

will quickly be swept up in the action packed learning

activities that make Narromine Public School so engaging

and energising. We are hopeful that COVID will be kind

and our year will unfold with good health and a plethora

of extra-curricular activities returning to NPS. We are looking forward to

recommencing interest groups, parent gatherings, representative sport, the school performance, special assemblies

and celebration days that can be shared with our community.

The 2021 Kindergarten classes have commenced their first week, we have seen our little people confident, happy and

familiar with our setting. Mrs Krueger and Mrs Turnbull have had a successful start with our newest members of the

Narromine Public School family. The students are familiar with our environment and eager to learn. I would like to

acknowledge Mrs Robertson and the Transition team for the quality of our orientation program. A very big thank you

to our Kindy parents for their enthusiasm and participation in our Pre- Kindergarten programs and for their

understanding throughout COVID with the stop start motion of attendance. It has been a wonderful start and we are

all looking forward to getting to know our Kindy students as they progress through the year.

WELCOME NEW STAFF

We welcome several new staff with the commencement of Term 1. It is a pleasure to have such a wonderful and

enthusiastic group of people within our school and I encourage you to welcome them into our

school community.

Molly Fisher – 2F. I’m Miss Fisher and I am teaching 2F in 2021. I studied a degree in Early Childhood

and Primary Education at Charles Sturt University at the Bathurst and Dubbo campuses. I graduated

at the end of 2020 so this is my first year of teaching. I am 23 years old and originally from Sydney.

I’m new to Narromine but I have family in the local area. I am excited to be teaching at Narromine

Public School and look forward to being a part of this wonderful community. Please feel free to

come and say hello, I am so excited about getting to know you all.

Renee Hannan – 4H. I’m Miss Hannan and I will be teaching 4H for 2021. I am 24 years old and I just

moved here from the Central Coast. I love sport and spending quality time with my family and

friends. I graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Teaching for Primary and

Early Childhood in 2019. I did casual teaching last year, so I am very excited to

start with my own class and get to know my students and the community this

year.

Emma Guffogg – 6G. Hi! My name is Miss Guffogg and I am a graduate teacher

from Lithgow, NSW. After graduating at the end of last year, I moved to

Narromine and was asked to teach Year 6 for 2021. This year presents many new experiences for

me, including moving to a new town and having my own first class - but I am welcoming these

opportunities and am so excited to see where the year takes me. I look forward to getting to know

my new community and building lasting connections.


Denise Toohey – Principal continued

Monique Ferguson – Learning Support. My name is Monique Ferguson and I'm originally from

Cobar. I enjoy travelling and have lived and worked around Australia. Being Indigenous myself I

worked as a housing officer for two years across Indigenous communities in the NT. My family and I

recently bought a house in Tullamore where we are slowly renovating it into a home. After finishing

my degree at the University of Newcastle, I have now been teaching for three years at schools in

both Maitland and Parkes. I enjoy teaching maths and science. I love hockey and have often got a

good game going with the students. I am looking forward to working with Year 3 in my role at NPS.

Sally Anderson – School Counsellor. I have been working as a school teacher and school counsellor

in the region for many years. I am excited to be working at Narromine Public School and getting to

know the wonderful students here.

PARENTS INFORMATION SESSIONS

The staff are looking forward to catching up with our families at our parent information sessions

afternoon on Tuesday 9 February. NPS Parent information sessions assist parents in gaining an

understanding as to class and stage expectations, activities, excursions and general workings. This

time is also an opportunity to meet your child’s teachers, fellow peer parents and to show your enthusiasm for your

child’s learning. Due to COVID restrictions parents and carers will be required to register via our QR code and complete

a COVID declaration upon entry to the school hall. Parents from Early Stage 1 / Stage 1 – (Kindy, Years 1 and 2) will

meet at 3.15pm. Stage 2 and 3 – (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) will meet at 4.00pm. Children are welcome to attend a play

session in the library while parents are attending information sessions.

LEADER INDUCTION ASSEMBLY

Our 2021 Leadership Team (Captains, Prefects, Tech Team, Library Monitors, House and Vice Captains and SRC) will

be inducted at a special assembly on Tuesday 9 February. Parents and carers of the students involved will be sent an

invitation to attend the badge presentation. All attendees must complete and return the RSVP on the invitation

including a COVID declaration and on arrival sign in using our QR code and the Service NSW App. Students will have

their official photos on Tuesday morning at school. If you have any queries regarding this event please don’t hesitate

to contact the school on 6889 4566. Your assistance in adhering to these guidelines is appreciated.

NPS SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Our NPS Swimming Carnival is on Friday 12 February. There is more

detailed information in the sport section of this Kalori. Please remember

that for children to swim in timed races they must be signed off by

parents/carers as strong swimmers - this equates to swimming 50 metres

confidently. This carnival is a great day of team spirit and school fun. If

you are unsure as to your sports house colour, please contact the office.

Remember to wear team colours, bring plenty of drinking water, slip,

slop, slap and bring your largest cheering voices.

COVID INTENSIVE LEARNING SUPPORT TEAM - C19 Team

NSW primary, secondary and specialist schools have been provided supports by the government and department in

the form of a $337 million program aimed at ensuring schools can identify students who would benefit the most from

intensive support. At NPS the C19 program will provide small group tuition for students across K-6. In order to

commence in a timely manner we are focusing Term 1 on students from our NCCD and High Performing Personalised

Learning Plan identified lists, giving teachers time to nominate students who are working towards their 2021

progression markers and stage outcomes for Term 2 and beyond. Parents and carers will be informed of their child’s

participation in the C19 program. This teaching approach will be tailored to individual learning requirements ensuring

that students’ educational outcomes continue to improve in 2021. The NPS C19 teaching team, led by Mrs MacKay

include Mr O Donovan, Mrs Paine and Mrs Robertson.


Denise Toohey – Principal continued

COVID 19 PROCESSES AT NPS

Ongoing safety measures remain in place to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission in our school during Term 1

2021:

• Parents and carers are reminded that students must not come to school if they are unwell. Even with very

mild symptoms.

• K,1,2 parents and carers have been on site this week to assist with settling our little people back into the

routines of school however this concludes on Friday with all drop offs returning to the school gates from Monday 8

February.

• Hand washing, regular COVID cleans, and safety action planning continues to be part of our daily practices.

• Parents reporting to the Administration Office for supports.

• Teachers are accessing Mosquito pump sprays to assist with a mozzie infestation in our playground.

Family Literacy Challenge

Welcome to 2021 and our Family Literacy Challenge. You will need to get a family team together to complete the

challenges. There will be a box in the front office to submit your entries. To collect the prize you need to make sure

you have one name of a family member per entry. For example: The Jones Family- Andrew Jones 4W.

To be in the running for a $10 canteen voucher make sure you get your entry in the box in the foyer at the office. You

have to be in it to win it!

Week 2 – Adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell us more about a noun eg: The big brown dog. Big and brown are

both adjectives.

Week 2 Challenge. Welcome back from your holidays everyone. Use as many adjectives as possible to describe your

holidays!

School Breakfast 4 Health

The students at Narromine Public School will be participating in the School

Breakfast 4 Health Program again this year. One day per week, Foodbank

provides all students from Year 1 to Year 6 with a nutritious breakfast. Students

are still encouraged to have breakfast at home and partake in a small meal at

school, with the main focus being on developing the students’ talking and

listening skills. Each week students have been encouraged to talk about a topic

with their peers. Each topic provides opportunities to develop a variety of skills.

During these conversations, the teachers and support staff actively encourage

appropriate skills such as use of eye contact, use of tone when telling an

interesting story and inflection when asking a question. The program also offers

opportunities for students to develop a rich and broad vocabulary which can

support writing and reading development. The topics which the students will be

encouraged to talk about during the School Breakfast 4 Health Program are

listed. You may like to talk about these topics at home whilst sharing a meal

together.

Our Family Maths Challenge will be starting in Week 4 so keep an eye out in the next Kalori for the

opportunity to take part in some fun and challenging maths problems as a family.

Weekly conversation topics

Week 2 - If you wrote a book, who

would be the main character and what

would they do?

Week 3 - If you could have any

superpower, what would it be and

why?

Week 4 - Where's your favourite place

to go and why?

Week 5 - If you were a teacher for a

day, what would you do?

Week 6 - What do you want to achieve

by the end of the week?

Week 7 - What is a habit that you

have?

Week 8 - If a genie granted you three

wishes, what would they be?

Week 9 - Would you rather go without

television or junk food for the rest of

your life?

Week 10 - Would you rather be a giant

rodent or a tiny elephant? Why?


PBL News

Staff and students have returned enthusiastically to the 2021 school year.

Staff had a PBL refresher teacher professional training session this week so everyone is keen to

demonstrate "RHR That's Who We Are!" Student PBL lessons have commenced. A great number of the

students have already received Supervals, so keep up the great work. We are eager to see all our students

following our PBL expectations.RHR That’s Who We Are! - PBL Team

Sport

NPS Swimming Carnival

The school swimming carnival will be held FRIDAY 12 February. All students are to

come to school first and travel to the pool with the school. Students are

encouraged to come dressed in their sporting house colours. All students in Years

3-6 will attend the swimming carnival as well as participating Year 2 students that

are turning 8 years old this year. Year 2 students turning 8 this year that are not

strong swimmers will not be eligible to race. These students will stay at school and

attend class as per normal. It is important that parents are aware that for students

to enter racing events at the carnival they must have strong swimmer ticked on

their swimming note and they must be in that group for sport as well. If your child

is in Year 3-6 and not a strong swimmer, they will be able to participate in novelty

events in the pool that will be held throughout the day. Students are to bring

swimmers, towel, hat, sunscreen, plenty of water and either a packed lunch or

money for the canteen. Parents who attend to spectate at the carnival will be

required to sign in using the pool QR code. Parents who will be assisting on the

day will sign in with our school QR code and COVID declaration. The

Gobondery/NARRAF swimming carnival will be held on Friday 26 February and the

Western carnival will be on Friday 12 March.

Swimsuit Regulations for Carnivals

The following is some information regarding swimmers that students are

permitted to wear. Swimsuits worn by competitors shall be non-transparent and

conform to the following design:

(i) Men’s swimsuits are limited to one (1) suit that covers at most the body

surface from hips to knee. Swimsuits may not extend above the waist or below

the knees.

(ii) Women’s swimsuits are limited to one (1) suit that is of “open back” and

“open shoulder” designs that may extend down to the knee. Swimsuits must not

extend below the knees.

(iii) No zippers or fastening devices are allowed except for a waist tie.

(iv) Swimsuits must be of textile material and must not contain any non-

textile material such as polyurethane or neoprene.

House Colours Namoi – Yellow, Macquarie – Green, Castlereagh – Red and Bogan – Blue.

Swimming for Sport

For Term 1 on Fridays Year 3-6 students will be going to the pool for sport. NPS values the impact participation in sport

has on student learning and has budgeted to support this activity and therefore, pool entry will be covered by the

school. Students need to bring their swimmers, towel, sunscreen and hat. Students are not to wear their swimmers to

school. It is expected that students participate every week as sport is a compulsory component of the curriculum. If

for some reason they are unable to participate please send a note to their classroom teacher explaining why.

Emma Squires - Sport Coordinator

ORDER OF EVENTS

1. Girls All Age Freestyle – 100m

2. Boys All Age Freestyle – 100m

3. Girls 8 yrs Freestyle – 50m

4. Boys 8 yrs Freestyle – 50m



7. Girls 10 yrs Freestyle -50m





12. Boys 12 yrs Freestyle – 50mm



15. Girls Junior Breaststroke – 50m

16. Boys Junior Breaststroke – 50m

17. Girls 11yrs Breaststroke – 50m

18. Boys 11yrs Breaststroke – 50m

19. Girls Senior Breaststroke – 50m

20. Boys Senior Breaststroke – 50m

21. Girls Junior Backstroke – 50m

22. Boys Junior Backstroke – 50m

23. Girls 11 yrs Backstroke – 50m

24. Boys 11yrs Backstroke – 50m

25. Girls Senior Backstroke – 50m

26. Boys Senior Backstroke – 50m

27. Girls Junior Butterfly – 50m

28. Boys Junior Butterfly – 50m

29. Girls 11 yrs Butterfly – 50m

30. Boys 11 yrs Butterfly – 50m

31. Girls Senior Butterfly – 50m

32. Boys Senior Butterfly – 50m

33. Girls Junior Medley – 200m

34. Boys Junior Medley – 200m

35. Girls Senior Medley – 200m

36. Boys Senior Medley – 200m

37. Girls Junior Relay – 4x50m

38. Boys Junior Relay – 4x50m

39. Girls Senior Relay – 4x50m

40. Boys Senior Relay – 4x50m


Welcome Kindy 2021


Calendar

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

WEEK 2 February

1 Kindergarten commences

2 SRC class elections

3 4

5 Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 3 February

8

9 Leadership Assembly 2pm Parent Information afternoon K-2 3.15pm Yr3-6 4pm

10

11 12 NPS Swimming Carnival

WEEK 4 February

15

16 17 18 19 9.10am Assembly Class sport

WEEK 5 February/ March

22

23 Transition Commences

24 Transition Commences Stage 1 excursion

25 Transition Commences

26 NARRAF / GOB Swimming Carnival Life Education Van Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 6 March

1 Tennis trials Tottenham

2

3 Parent/Teacher interviews

4 5 Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 7 March

8

9 10 11 12 WSSA Swimming Grip Leadership Day Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 8 March

15

16 17 18 19 9.10am Assembly Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 9 March

22

23 24 25 Pink stumps

26 Cricket gala day Yr 3-6 Swimming for sport

WEEK 10 April

29

30 31 PSSA Swimming

1 PSSA Swimming Final day for students Term 1

2 Good Friday


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