MITCHELLS ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL

Newsletter—Term 4, Week 4 2019

Canteen:

Canteen is on this week. This week we will have Vanilla

Marshmallow cupcakes on the menu, thanks Jess for

making them.

Fire Safety Meeting:

On Monday some of our parents attended a meeting

related to the bushfire season. Thank you to those who

attended.

In the meeting, I discussed the procedures for closing the

school in the event of a bushfire. If conditions are

deemed by the RFS as catastrophic, you will be sent a text

message notifying you that the school will be closed the

following day. I ask that you respond promptly to the text

so I know that you have received the message.

During a school day, if you receive a message that we are

seeking shelter, this will indicate that it is too late to

evacuate and we will be sheltering in our fire safe room.

Please do not come to the school to take your child in this

event. If you do come to the school, you will be required

to take shelter with us in lockdown. It is safer for your

child to be in the fire safe room than driving on the road.

When the fire front has passed and it is safe to collect

your child, I will notify you and you can collect your child

from the gate near the tennis court.

Music Performance:

Our concert will start at

6:30pm on Thursday, 14

November. Students will

need to arrive at the hall

between 6pm and

6:15pm. Please bring a

plate to share for supper

eg party pies, sausage rolls, cocktail frankfurts, mini

quiches, sandwiches. On page 4 there is a tear off section,

could you please indicate what you will bring and return

this to school by Monday.

Donations for the Christmas raffle:

We are starting to collect food items or children’s toys for

the Christmas raffle to be drawn at our Presentation

Night. There will be a box in the office for you to put your

donations in. If we start early we should be able to collect

enough items for some great hampers. Items could

include: chips, biscuits, mince pies, chocolates, nuts,

cordial, tinned fruit etc. Children’s toys or books are also

welcomed. We will also be raffling a ham, turkey, meat

tray and fruit tray.

Sesquicentenary:

We have some books, keyrings, glassware and pens left

from the Sesquicentenary. If you would like to purchase

some mementos of our school, please call in to the office.

Our final Sesquicentenary meeting will be held on

Monday, 18th November at 3pm.

2019 School Leaders:

On Friday, 22nd November, Year 5 students will be given

the opportunity to try out for a School Leader position in

2019. They will be required to present a speech to the

school during assembly at 9am.

Assembly:

Due to Ten Pin Bowling, we will hold our assembly this

week at 9am.

1222 Manning Point Road, Mitchells Island 2430

Telephone: 02 6553 2623 Fax: 02 6553 2600

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

Web: www.mitchellsi-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Michelle Wilson

Celebrating 150 years of quality education

Reminders:

8/11/19 Assembly 9am

13/11/19 K-3 Billabong Excursion

14/11/19 Banyula Visit

6:30pm Music Presentation

27/11/19 Derby Day @ Coopernook PS

2/12/19-

5/12/19

3-6 Sydney Excursion

18/12/19 Last day of term for Students

Bethany: On the 1st of November the whole school went to Taree Tenpin

Bowling and had lots of fun. We played one game.

Nicola: Last week on Friday, the whole school of M.I.P.S went to Taree Tenpin

Bowling. It was a very fun and exciting day for everyone, we travelled by bus (a

very squeaky bus). On the way there, everyone couldn’t wait until we got there.

I was in the same lane as Hannah, Ashlyn, Bethany and Gracie.

Ashlyn: On November first we went to Taree Tenpin Bowling. We left at

12:30pm and got there at 1:00pm. We had to put smooth shoes on so the shoes

that we were wearing didn’t damage the floor. There were six groups and I was

in a group with Hannah, Gracie, Bethany, and Nicola. We had fun going tenpin

bowling and we will try to beat our scores next time.

Toby: On November the 7th

at

Sydney, I will run with Denver,

Hannah, and Jaydon in the

small school state relay. We did

some training with Roger and

when we finished, I was so

tired.

On the way down I am going

with Denver, his mum, maybe

Jaydon, my mum and of course

Mrs Wilson. It is going to be

awesome.

Ruby: We have been making a

coloured tree. A coloured tree is a

tree that has warm colours on

the inside of the circle and cold

colours on the outside.

We used coloured pencil. In the

tree we are going to do

Zentangles.

Thursday 12th December

Save the Date!

Music Performance Supper

Name: _________________________ Please indicate below the items you are able to contribute and return this slip to school by Monday 11 November.

Party Pies

Sausage Rolls

Sandwiches

Mini Quiches

Cocktail Frankfurts

Other ………………………………………………………………………….

3-6 Sydney Excursion

The excursion dates are from Monday, 2nd

December to Thursday 5th December.

Payments can be made to the office over the

coming weeks to spread out the cost but must

be finalised by November 22nd.

Sesquicentenary Photographs

If you took photos on the day of your

children or any of the dances and activities,

please see Ms McCowan regarding emailing

them to the school. We would like to compile

an album of photographs to be kept in

readiness for future events.