Medowie Public School

What’s on at Medowie...29th Oct Book Week Parade

29th Oct The Greatest Discovery Incursion

2nd Nov Stage 3 - Great Aussie Bush Camp

4th Nov Naidoc Celebrations (All Day)

5th Nov Kinder Transitions

Notes in CirculationStage 3 Great Aussie Bush Camp - Full Payment Due 28th - October 2020

The Greatest Discovery - Performance

Naidoc Celebrations

Thursday 22nd October 2020Term 4 Week 2

Medowie Public School

Writing Superstars From 4/5S

Each day I try to spend some time in a class within our school. Last week, when I was with 4/5S, I had the privi-lege of observing how their daily writing takes place. Dur-ing my visit, they were using parts of our playground for inspiration. I was impressed with the detail Saly and Zoie used to describe their observed spaces and have included them so everyone can enjoy them.

Saly – Green grass and white painted seats. Sitting hap-pily in the warm breeze, birds tweet happy songs and everything feels warm. It smells fresh all around with the fluttering and buzzing of the bugs. Tons of bushes and trees are surrounded by grass and fresh green leaves. Freshly cut green grass lays happily on the earth.

Zoie – Bright green trees and ferns frame the beautiful garden. Black pipe runs along the pathway which is full of woodchip. It’s a calm place to relax in. A light breeze passes through the green leaves that creates a quiet rustle. Bees buzz around the colourful flow-ers. The flowers are so col-ourful they are shining in the sun.

2021 School Year

Next year school will resume for students in Year One to

Year Six on Friday 29th January. The 27th and 28th of Janu-ary have been mandated as Staff Development Days. This means that students will start and finish the school year one day later in 2021. School will conclude in 2021 on Thursday 16th December.

Positive, Behaviour and Learning Awards

Thank you to our hard work-ing students who received an award during Week One of this term. Congratulations and keep working hard!

Application for Selective High School Placement for Year 7 in 2022

Selective high schools cater for intellectually gifted stu-dents who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates of their own academic standard. Selective high schools help these students to learn by grouping them with stu-dents of similar ability and using specialised teaching methods to support the learning needs of gifted students. Merewether High School is geographically the closest se-

lective high school to Medowie. Parents must apply online at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selec-tive-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7/appli-cation-process Applications are open now to 16 November, 2020.

ICAS Results

Results from the Science, English, Mathematics and Digital Technologies exams have been returned. I would like to acknowledge Alex who received a distinction in the Science, Mathematics and Digital Technologies ex-aminations as well as Jem-ima who received a Merit certificate for her efforts in the Mathematics exam. Thank you to all the students who participated in these examinations. They are challenging assessments and all participants should be proud for tak-ing up the opportunity to connect and interpret informa-tion by making and expressing meaning – an area of our Learning Disposition Wheel.

Community PBL

The first two weeks of this term have seen two worthy re-cipients receive Community PBL awards. Zoe received her award for her idea and work in running the ‘Hope In A Suitcase’ fundraiser and Baeleigh received hers for getting her long hair cut to raise money. If you are aware of a Medowie student who is worthy of be-ing nominated to receive a Community PBL award, please ring the school on 49828222.

We Want To Hear From You!

A survey will be emailed to the primary carer of each fam-ily within our school tomorrow. The email will contain a link to complete a survey. Last term, our school completed a rigorous analysis of our school to complete a situation-al analysis. We have taken all the areas from this analy-sis that can be strengthened for possible focus areas for our new planning cycle- 2021-2024. We would like your input, as the success of a plan is dependent on everyone playing their role - students, staff and the community it is set out to achieve. I know everyone is time poor. To assist you in finding a little time in your day over the next week to complete the survey, a raffle ticket will be awarded to each family who completes it. The first 3 names pulled out of the raffle will receive a $50 gift card from either Coles, Woolworths or Green Hills Shopping Centre.

Allison ThompsonPrincipal

Library Matters

Term 3 library borrowing

Congratulations to 2G and 3H for being the Infants and Primary class who borrowed the most books in term 3. Students in these classes enjoyed an ice-block as a reward and to encourage them to continue their enjoying books from the library. Well done. Additionally, Carter in K-6 B won a book prize for being the individual student to borrow the most books in Term 3, 2020. Second was Zoie in 4/5S and third was Moniqua in K-6B. Cooper and Martha in 3H tied fourth, Saly in 4/5S came sixth and Millie (2G), Declan (1P) and Zach (2H) tied seventh. Congratulations to all these students. The top 3 won a book prize and the others chose from my prize box.

Book Parade and Incursion

The date for both the book parade and book week incur-sion is Thursday 29th October. Our book parade will be outside with all classes K-6 in the morning session. Class photographs will be on Facebook as soon as possible after the parade and more photographs will be posted on school media later to involve our community. The book week incursion is a live performance titled ‘The Greatest Discovery’; an interactive engaging show based on three of the book week CBCA books about two children who believe they have made the greatest discov-ery. Children cheer, sing and dance and get behind their favourite character. Notes and $7.50 per child are due by Tuesday 27th October. Here are a few last-minute costume ideas, I’m sure the students will know who they are!

Boxtroll winner

A homemade Boxtroll was donated by the Trusler-family. Many thanks.The winner of this amaz-ing ‘costume’ is Charlie from 5W as pictured. Wear it with pride Char-lie!

Winners of CBCA Book Awards

Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers. We have all these books in the school library except for the one for older readers. Sami Bayly, who wrote The Encyclopedia of Ugly Animals received an honour Award. We all enjoyed her presenta-tions and activities when she came to the school last term. Congrats Sami!

Book Club

The due date for Book Club is Friday 23rd October 2020.Please ensure all money and order forms are returned before this date.

Canteen News

A revised menu will come into effect as of week 3. Please note there are some price and quantity changes especially the Dinos/Nuggets. Thank you to those who have embraced the online order-ing platform. This is the best way to know what items are currently available, as stock levels are updated daily.We are launching a “Birthday Bucket” to help children cele-brate their birthday with their classmates.

A bucket full of Quelch sticks can be purchased online at www.myschoolconnect.com.au under Birthday Bucket. Just select the number of iceblocks and date required and it will be delivered to your child’s class. Please place orders at least 1 day before to avoid missing out. Lauren

Order online at www.myschoolconnect.com.au or via the APP

Spread (Honey, Vegemite or Jam) $1.50 Milk Pops - (Strawberry or Chocolate) $0.50Cheese $1.70 100% Juice Ice Blocks - (Pineapple & Apple/Blackcurrant) $0.50Ham $2.00 Quelch Fruit Sticks (8 flavours) $0.50Ham & Cheese $2.50 Frozen Pineapple Ring $0.50Egg, Lettuce & Mayo $2.50 Potato Gems (each, max 6 per order) $0.10 Jelly (Apple & Mango, Apple Blackcurrant) $0.70Chicken, Lettuce & Mayo $2.50 Dino Nuggets (3pk $2.00) 6pk $4.00 Ice Mony - $1.00Salad - $3.00 Chicken Nuggets (3pk $2.00) 6pk $4.00 (Sour Blue, Sour Red, Chocolate, Lemon, Watermelon, Strawberry)

Garlic Bread $1.50 Frozen Juice Cup - ( Apple & Blackcurrant) $1.00Salad with Ham or Chicken $4.00 Low Fat Party Pie $2.00 Chocolate Mousse Cup $1.00

Low Fat Sausage Roll $2.70 Custard Tubs $1.00~ EXTRAS Low Fat Meat Pie $3.50 Yoghurt Pouches 70g (Blueberry, Banana, Strawberry) $1.00Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot & Cucumber $0.30 Mini Taco Boat $3.00 Juicy Tubes - (Lemonade / Wildberry / Tropical/Orange) $1.20Cheese Slice $0.50 Crumbed Fish & Chips $3.50 Bulla Lite Ice cream Tub $1.50 Toasted $0.40 Pizzas (Made on Site) $3.50 Slush Puppies - (Strawberry Vanilla / Tropical / Sour Apple) $2.50Bread Roll or Wrap $0.50 (Ham & Cheese / Ham & Pineapple / BBQ Chicken)

Fried Rice $4.00SALADS Spaghetti Bolognaise $4.00 SNACKS

Mac & Cheese $4.00Salad Bowl $4.00 Zucchini Slice $4.00 Popcorn $0.10(Lettuce, Grated Carrot, Cheese, Cucumber & Tomato) Butter Chicken & Rice $4.50 Rice Crackers (6) $0.20Add Chicken, Ham or Boiled Egg ea. $1.00 Frozen Fruit Stars $0.20Ham & Cheese Pasta Salad $4.00 Cereal Bags- (Cheerios, Milo, Nutrigrain) $0.20Caesar Salad $4.00 Pikelets $0.50

Cheese Burger $3.50 Fresh Fruit $1.00

DRINKS (Flame Grilled Beef Pattie, Cheese & Sauce) Crackers & Cheese (5 crackers with Cheese) $1.00

Egg & Bacon Roll (Bbq Sauce) $3.50 Mini Pizza (Cheese) $1.00Water 600ml $1.00 Kids Café Wrap $4.00 Grain Waves - (Sour Cream & Chives) $1.20Plain Milk 300ml $1.00 (Crumbed Chicken Tender, Lettuce, Cheese & Mayo) Chips - (Sea Salt) $1.20Milo – Hot or Cold $1.00 Meatball Sub - (Meatballs, Pasta Sauce & Cheese) $4.00 Vegemite Scroll $2.00100% Juice Popper - (Apple/Orange/App & Blackcurrant) $1.00 Hamburger $4.50 Low Fat Muffin $2.00Pop Top 100% Juice - (Apple/Orange/App & Blackcurrant) $1.60Flavoured Milk 300ml - (Chocolate or Strawberry) $2.00 Chicken Burger $5.00 MISCELLANEOUSChill J Sparkling Fruit Juice $2.00(Raspberry/OrangePassionfruit/Blackcurrant) Sauce Sachet - (Tomato, BBQ, Sweet & Sour, Tartare) $0.40

Lunch Bag $0.10

Birthday Bucket Online Only

BURGERS & WRAPS

(Crumbed Breast Fillet, Lettuce, Tomato & Mayo)

MENU

(Lean Beef Pattie, Lettuce, Tomato, Carrot, Beetroot & Sauce)

SOMETHING COLDSANDWICHES

(Lettuce, Tomato, Carrot, Beetroot & Cucumber)

HOT FOOD