Murrumburrah Public School

Term 2 Week 6 25 May 2015

It’s Crunch Time

A frequent topic for discussion during our P&C meetings is how to continue supporting good nutrition at school. Our canteen strives to have healthy options, fruit break is well supported by families, and teachers ensure good food choices are embedded in learning activities. The recent changes to the Food Pyramid http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2015/05/19/4238562.htm encourage us to eat more vegetables. In response to these changes, we have decided to run, as a trial, having a plate of fresh vegetables made available for each class on a Monday. The school will purchase the vegetables and the volunteers in the canteen will plate the vegies up.

We are going to rename Fruit Break, Crunch Time. It is hoped that this will encourage students to bring fresh vegetables for Crunch Time.

Harden District Education Foundation scholarship recipients Last Wednesday evening I had the great pleasure of attending the Charles Sturt University Scholarship Presentation Ceremony at which two local women were awarded scholarships. Ellie Barker and Clare Smith were the happy recipients of the Harden Education Foundation Scholarships and they both expressed their gratitude and appreciation for the hard work which goes into raising the funds. Ellie and Clare are using the funds to purchase text books and to assist with the cost of internships. From my desk… Clare Crawford Principal

Event Classes Activity date Cost Notes / Money

due

Mortimer Shield at Young League Tag

teams Thursday 28 May Free

Boys Riverina Touch Trials at Albury

Selected students

Thursday 28 May Free

OPEN DAY For all

interested in 2016

enrolment

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE FREE More

information next week

Congratulations Rebecca Askell It is with great pleasure that we announce Rebecca Askell has been successful in gaining a permanent teaching position at Cootamundra Public School. Rebecca will commence work at her new school on 5 June 2015.

I am sure you will join me in congratulating Bec and we wish her every success with her career in education.

Genius Hour concludes Last Monday we had our last genius hour session for the year. Young geniuses used scalpels, twisters and probes to mine chocolate chips from cookies, remove the spine from a sardine and dissect a lamb’s kidney. All students showed expertise with this task and had a ball. Thank you parents for supporting this program and a huge thanks to Mrs Jan Young, from Murrumburrah High School, for volunteering her time and expertise.

REMINDER: NO CHEWING GUM AT SCHOOL PLEASE

Healthy Lunch Boxes For a balanced, healthy lunch box be sure to include a main meal (sandwich, wrap, salad) containing veggies and a protein food (meat, fish, chicken, egg, cheese), a piece of fruit, a healthy snack (eg veggie sticks), a drink (water is best). These healthy foods are low in fat, added sugar and salt plus they are rich in nutrients such as fibre and vitamins to keep your children learning throughout the day.

Picton Strings Performance at Wallendbeen Last Friday Year 3 were lucky enough to be invited to Wallendbeen to watch a 27 piece string orchestra performance. The students enjoyed a picnic in the park to farewell Mrs Saunders who completed her 4 week practicum. We then headed to the Wallendbeen Hall along with students from Stockinbingal and Wallendbeen Public School to watch the Picton Strings performance which was very entertaining. The orchestra was made up of 27 musicians who played a variety of stringed instruments including the violin, viola, cello and the crowd favourite was the double bass. The orchestra was introduced and the different instruments were demonstrated before playing a range of songs. Bonnie showed her musical talent when she was chosen to conduct the orchestra for a short piece. Students thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon in Wallendbeen. We would like to thank Mr Robert Lemon for donating his time to drive the bus, we greatly appreciate it.

Thank you The P&C would like to thank Tom O’Brien from Young Taxation who has very generously completed the audit of our P&C books. We thank him for his generous support of our school and P&C. Young Taxation also support us by donating $5 to the school for each Harden/Murrumburrah resident who has their tax return completed by them. So if you have your tax completed by Young Taxation please mention our school.

Uniform Shop A big thank you to Rachel Coulton who continues to operate our uniform shop each Thursday. Remember, the shop is open between 3.00pm and 5.00pm each Thursday. Please find following a list of items available and costs. If you are unable to get to the shop during opening times, please place your order

and payment in an envelope to be left at the school office, and this will be passed on. The shop has the following items available: Beanies $10.00 Light blue polo shirt $22.00 Navy blue polo shirt $22.00 Girls navy skort $22.00 Boys grey shorts $18.00 Navy blue sports short $15.00 Navy crew neck jumper $20.00 Navy polar fleece jumper $20.00 Navy school jacket $40.00 Small school bag $40.00 Large school bag $40.00 Murrumburrah High School Polo shirts $25.00

Jordan, Ethan, Bianca, Erin and Sam are pictured after receiving student leadership

awards at assembly on Friday.

Albury St MURRUMBURRAH NSW 2587

Principal: Mrs Clare Crawford

Phone: 02 6386 2209

Fax: 02 6386 2993 Email: murrumburr-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: murrumburr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

From assembly..

Pictured above are the 11 Years boys and girls who placed in events at the recent athletics carnival and the junior girls event placegetters. Below are Phoebe, Aiden, Jordan, Annie, Christopher, Samantha and Chloe who earned Mathletics certificates.

Above are students presented with class awards: Aiden, Flynn, Emily, Amelia, Olivia, Marko and Jeanie-Marie