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It is exciting to see the track and field lines marked

on the oval in preparation for our upcoming athletics

carnival. I am confident that students will put in

their North Star 100% effort and make their teachers

(especially Mrs Nixon) extremely proud.

Thank you to the P&C for funding the marking of

our lines this year, and to Mrs Nixon for her ongoing

commitment to our whole school sports programs.

It was lovely to see some of our North Star families

at the Croppa Creek Bonfire and Fireworks night

last weekend. I look forward to having the

opportunity to interact with our neighbouring

communities through school events as we move into

the later part of the year.

Quote of the fortnight:

`If you can dream, you can do it’ Walt Disney.

We are in a unique position of influence as

educators, and perhaps the most important lesson we

can teach our children is to have the faith and

courage to follow their dreams.

Warm regards,

Kelly Jesser

Principal Report

We have certainly had a busy fortnight with

students completing assessments to inform mid-

year academic reports, which will come home on

Monday of Week 9. Ongoing assessment allows

teachers to identify point of need teaching and

learning in the K-2 and 3-6 classrooms, and is

important in measuring student growth and

achievement.

Please do not hesitate to contact teaching staff to

discuss your child’s report once these are

distributed.

Mrs Bush and I recently attended a one-day

Professional Learning session in Moree to

develop our skills in utilising the Department of

Education online administrative systems, which

will allow us to meet the needs of our school

community more effectively.

A reminder that I will be in Sydney this week for

the Department of Education `Leadership

Development Initiative’, which is an invaluable

professional learning opportunity to further

enhance leadership practices at NSPS. I thank you

for your understanding when staff need to be

away from school in order to undertake

professional learning, and can assure that minimal

disruption to normal classroom routines is felt

during this time.

On Friday of last week, we had a `walk-through’

of our lockdown procedures with students and

staff in preparation for our formal drill in Week 8.

Students conducted themselves in a responsible

and timely manner, and followed all directions

from the teachers. Well done kids.

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What’s on in K/1/2

We have been learning about `writing for meaning’

in K/1/2 and students are beginning to identify

how texts can be structured in a certain way

depending on their purpose.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading some of our text

summaries, which are not only very informative,

but at times quite entertaining.

The following text summary was written by Mila

Brombal. A fabulous effort in attempting to use

less familiar words in your writing, Mila.

Diary of a Wombat was about a wombat who

always complained and complained. He slept every

day in the people’s backyard and he made himself

at home.

He made a big dust bath, he demanded carrots and

dug big holes in the back yard. One day he said to

himself “I am SICK of carrots!!!” So he knocked

over the bins until he got what he wanted.

Then he dug a hole under the people’s house so he

could get closer to them. He was a cheeky wombat.

Mila Brombal

Year 1

What’s happening in 3/4/5/6

3/4/5/6 students have been busy preparing for the

2018 Premier's Spelling Bee and learning different

strategies to spell unfamiliar and challenging

words. Our Year 6 boys have been been included

in a fantastic Rural/City School Connection Project

and look forward to receiving their first letters

from Stage 3 students at a school in Western

Sydney. This Friday some students from our class

will be venturing off to Coolah with Mrs Nixon to

compete in the North West Cross Country Carnival

and three Stage 3 boys will be heading to Warialda

PS with me to participate in their annual STEM

Day. On top of all of the kids' current hard work on

assessments used for mid year reports, our class

members have been busy practicing for their

athletics track and field events in the up and

coming carnival. Please encourage your child to

continue working on their Public Speaking

Assessment and I look forward to listening to

everyone's speech next week.

Mr Zac Newton

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2018 Premier's Spelling Bee - Monday Week 8 Next week our school invites Parents/Carers to our

Stage 2 (Junior) and 3 (Senior) Spelling Bee that

will be held before our weekly assembly on

Monday 18th June.

At 2:00pm all students will assemble in the K/1/2

room to watch Year 3-6 students battle it out in our

school level Premier's Spelling Bee competition.

The winner of the Junior and Senior levels of the

competition will progress on to a regional level

competition and may even find themselves

competing at a state level in Sydney.

3/4/5/6 students have been busy practicing the

formalities of a spelling bee in class and all students

involved have shown lots of potential.

For Parents/Carers interested in practicing with

their child at home, please find below some

important information.

Website -

https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/2018-

premiers-spelling-bee

Password needed to access spelling lists is

dazzle

*Please do not share this password, as only

schools registered in the competition are

given access to the lists.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the

competition next week and good luck NSPS

spellers!

North West Cross Country – Coolah

Good luck to Tom Durkin, Dante Van Heerden,

Sam Doolin, Max Hardcastle, Emere Lazarus, Noah

Van Heerden and Annabel McMaster who are

competing at the North West Cross Country in

Coolah on Friday. Please remember to take your

black shorts and some warm clothes.

North Star School Athletics Carnival

Students will be competing in our school athletics

carnival next Friday 22 June 2018.

Everyone is welcome to come along and cheer the

children on and help out if you can.

Canteen News

Tomorrow’s mothers cooking will be pumpkin

soup made by Mrs Crichlow instead of Mrs

Durkin’s Sponge cake.

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Week 3 Awards

Student of the Week – K-2

K/1/2 Thomas Crichlow for a big improvement in his application to class tasks.

Achievement Awards

K/1/2 Anya Carbone for listening carefully to instructions. Will Doolin for bringing a positive attitude to his leaning.

Student of the Week 3-6 3/4/5/6 Sam Doolin for outstanding work on order of operations in Maths.

Achievement Awards

3/4/5/6 Daniel Carbone for his efforts to closely edit his written work. Dante Van Heerden for his well-structured and detailed recount writing.

Week 4 Awards

Student of the Week K-2 K/1/2 Enzo Van Heerden for consistent application to all class tasks.

Achievement Awards

K/1/2 Harry Woods for a fantastic effort to improve his reading. Indya Doolin for always working at a steady pace.

Student of the Week 3-6 3/4/5/6 Emere Lazarus for using a range of evaluative language to express her opinion.

Achievement Awards

3/4/5/6 Beau Phillips for his hard work on fractions in Maths lessons. Sam Durkin for showing his understanding of fractions by successfully converting mixed numerals to improper fractions.

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Email: northstar-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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ATTACHED TO THIS BULLETIN:

Recount of Circus in a Suitcase Croppa Creek’s Biggest

Morning Tea Premier’s Spelling Bee P&C Minutes and reports

COMING EVENTS

15 June Week 7

Cross Country at Coolah STEM Day - Warialda

18 June Week 8

Spelling Bee at North Star School

19 June Week 8

Responsible Pet Workshop

22 June Week 8

North Star Athletics Carnival

29 June Week 9

Macintyre Athletics Carnival at Boggabilla

6 July Week 10

Mufti Day End of Term 2

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