our Annual Presenta on Day at Mi agong RSL between 9.15 and 11.00am. Our school office will s ll be open and a class teacher will remain behind to look a er those students who arrive at school a er the buses have le or who have not returned their permission notes. The normal school day will resume a er morning tea. 

Reports Next Monday our Semester Two reports will be sent home with students. For parents who may be wondering what some of the informa on really means and what they should do with that informa on, I’d like to make the following comments: Please take the opportunity to review the progress your child has made by si ng with them and discussing their grades. Take no ce of the Effort ra ng for each area as this is a good indicator of the level of engagement your child has displayed. Also keep in mind that on the scale of a ainment a “Sound” ranking is not a poor score. This ranking tells you that your child is performing where they ought to be at this me. I emphasize this, as some mes, parents fear this ra ng reflects poorly on their child’s achievement as if it were somewhat lacklustre or just barely ge ng there. Nothing could be further from the truth!

Values Survey Parents are encouraged to give our school some input to help us shape some of the upcoming school plan for the next three years. We are working to redefine our core school values as part of this process. Students and staff have been asked which values such as respect, responsibility, fairness etc they want to see promoted the most in our school. Please go to our website to nominate your preferences as parents so that we have a good clear picture of what our community values the most! You can find the link to the survey on the home page of our website www.mi agong‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Volunteers’ Morning Tea Today we had a wonderful me with many of our volunteers who give so much to our school! We were pleased to be able to thank those who allow us to run so many programs that enhance the educa on of our students. Thank you to those who came and also to the many others who could not be here. We really appreciate all you do! We look forward to con nuing this partnership in 2018. A big thank you also to Mrs Parkes and Mrs Ferguson for their efforts in organising the event! 

Presentation Day Next Friday December 8, all of our students will a end

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Without overgeneralising things too much, to score “High” your child would have been working at a similar level to one year above their year level. To score an “Outstanding”, their work a ainment is considered to be the equivalent of two years ahead. For this reason, High’s and Outstanding’s are not lightly given out. In the “olden days” a “C” grade meant an average student. Today “C” or “Sound” usually means a student is performing very well in everything, so don’t miss‐read the grade and conclude your child needs to try harder. That conclusion is be er read from the effort score. If you have any ques ons for your child’s teacher in rela on to their report please contact our office to make an appointment. Our staff will be happy to answer any queries.

Students finish school on Friday December 15 and resume next year on Tuesday

January 30 , with the excep on of new Kinder students who will begin classes on Friday February 2. Each of these children will shortly receive an allocated me to visit school and complete their Best Start Kinder evalua on prior to star ng class.

Classes in 2018 I would like to remind parents who may be moving or taking an extended vaca on these holidays to please let us know in wri ng as soon as possible. This will allow us to either take your child’s placement off the class lists for next year or keep them on while they are s ll on vaca on. Thank you to the parents who have made expressions about classes for next year via le ers. A er adver sing this op on for parents throughout this term in this newsle er, I am now le ng parents know that this opportunity has now closed and further accommoda ons are not possible. 

Music Notes A reminder that as of 2018, all private music lessons held at MPS (except for flute) will be organised through the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium (GRC).

This week, students currently learning trumpet with Mr Gillen or strings with Ms Zachary were given an informa on sheet about enrolling through the GRC to ensure their lessons can con nue at school next year. Families need to finalise this in the next couple of weeks.

Students in Year 2 and any older interested students, also took home informa on about enrolling in lessons on the following instruments: trumpet, trombone, euphonium, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola and cello.

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Students wishing to learn an instrument not listed above, can contact Miss Michael for more informa on.

All families wishing to enrol in lessons through the GRC (or flute through Miss Michael) should do so before the end of the school term in order to secure a place for their child.

Operation Art Last month four students from our school had their art displayed in Opera on Art. Opera on Art is an art exhibi on held at Sydney Olympic Park each year by the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and the NSW Department of Educa on.

Congratula ons to Leah from 2F, Cooper from 6A, Michaela from 1/2R and Miiah from KE who had beau ful artworks displayed in the Opera on Art exhibi on. These artworks were seen by thousands of people from all across NSW and Miiah’s artwork ‘Happy Birds’ was awarded both a Paw Pick award and an Art Bank award. We are incredibly proud of Miiah’s impressive achievement!

House Captains FunDay We are very quickly drawing to a close the end, of yet again another, year of school and representa ve sports. To celebrate school sports, our Year 6 House Captains would like to invite you to join them in a House Captain FunDay on Wednesday, 6 December 2017. Come to school dressed in your favourite sports wear and a gold coin dona on. In addi on, the House Captains will be running game ac vi es with fun prizes to be won. So bring along your silver coins and have a fun day of play. Games and prize draws will take place on the basketball COLA during lunch play

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Kids On Show Kids On Show is an annual art exhibi on run by the Bowral District Art Society to celebrate the ar s c talents of students in our local primary schools. 30 students from our school had an artwork selected to be showcased in Kids On Show this year. Well done to all the students who have art in this exhibi on.

At the opening last Friday, Grace from 5/6C received a commended award for her artwork ‘Comic Expressions’, 4/5B won the class award for their clay monsters and Zoey from KE was named the overall winner for her artwork ‘The Art Garden’.

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This exhibi on is open daily (10am ‐ 4pm) un l Sunday 3 December at the BDAS Gallery, 1 Short St. Bowral. Entry is free, so come along to see some of the amazing work being produced by our talented students.

Library borrowing has finished for 2017. Please return all books immediately as the 2017 Library Stocktake has commenced. If you cannot find your book… DON’T PANIC! Library books like to hide in homes, under car seats, in classrooms and on the library shelves. If you are unable to find the books a er an extensive search, please choose a book from home to donate to the library in replacement for the book you have lost.

The book you choose may be one that you don’t par cularly like, but one that you think other students in our school would like. Alterna vely, it could be a book that you have grown out of, or a book you have double copies of.

When choosing a replacement book to donate, please remember that we are not a preschool, so baby board books won’t be used. Please ensure that the condi on of the book is up to a Library standard.

The Wingecarribee Public Library has a great range of children’s books that are free to borrow. If you are not a member you will need a parent or guardian to fill in a Junior Membership Applica on form and supply an acceptable form of iden fica on at the me, such as a driving licence. The Wingecarribee Library is also hos ng a Summer Reading Compe on over the school holidays.

Town Library Visits Stage 3 visited Juliana and Tammy at the Mi agong Town Library during week 7 as part of our school library program. The students conducted themselves beau fully. Stage 3 saw just how extensive the online library collec on is and were lucky enough to learn how to download online ebooks, online e‐magazines and best of all, audio books. All resources are free of charge, however students do need to apply for and hold a Wingecarribee Library card. If you haven’t been to the library for some me and are interested in downloading online resources for your devices, you will need to contact the library to receive your 4 digit pin.

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Gold Lion - 3/4L Ma lda, Jack, Klara 3F Jackson, Stella 3S Sebas an, Ethan, Michael, Hua Xuan 4/5B Mia, Maisie, Ava 4A Ben, Prap ka 4P Mackenzie, William 5/6C Patrick, Nevarra, Bonnie 5N Maddyson, Ella 6A Hayley PIONEER Riley, Eve

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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27 5/6 Cinema Swim School

28 29 Book Club Due

30 Volunteer morning tea

1 Reports Home Junior assembly

2 3

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4 Swim School

5 P& C Mtg 6:30pm

6 House Captains Fun-Day

7 Senior Assembly

8 Annual Presentation 9:30am

9 10

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11 Gold Award pool day

12 Class end of year parties

13 14 Talent Quest Yr 6 Farewell 5:30pm

15 Last day for students Yr 6 pool day

16 17

Assembly Awards on Friday 24 November IRON LION 3/4L Liana 4A Jaxson 5N Arsha

BRONZE LION 3/4L Kye 3/4L Alexander 4/5B Campbell 4A Armani‐Ann 4P Jimmy, Zane, Seth, Brendan GIBRALTAR Corey

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Assembly Awards on Friday 24 November SILVER LION 3/4L Amelia, Thomas, Mia, Jesse 3F Allison, Rose, Charlo e 3S Laila, Harry, Olivia 4/5B Hollie, Gavin, Henry, Joshua, Nathan, Samantha 4A Reegan, Olive, Levi 4P Abbey, Zayne, Abbey, Hallie 5/6C Jayden, Keira, Shaun 5N Hanna, Oliver 6A Shelby, Caleb PIONEER Tuniaya, William

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