Dear Parents, Families and Friends Thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked through recent issues. It was a difficult period and we needed to ensure that matters were handled with professionalism and sensitivity. There were some quite serious allegations made and these were handled in consultation with departmental and government authorities and included discussion with the Director to ensure procedures were followed correctly. Relieving Director, Peter Flannery is fully aware of the situation and he is working with me to ensure that we are able to move forward positively.

There have been significant changes around the school. We have had to terminate Justin’s contract as we have lost our integration funding. We will all miss Justin and wish him the best in his future career and especially in his personal life as enters married life on the 27th September. He was a very popular, hardworking member of staff. We had a farewell party for Justin and he has promised to return, when he can, to check on the progress of the students and share some of their achievements. It has also meant that our numbers have dropped to 6, although projected numbers are positive.

For some time I have expressed concerns regarding the use of social media as a form of communication. We are committed to resolving complaints promptly at a local level. We encourage you to raise any concerns directly with the school or service in person, by email, over the telephone or by letter if you prefer. Please remember we also love to hear compliments and positive comments.

Cultural day was an absolute buzz! The Philippine inspired play and dance was performed brilliantly. Isaac, though “sad”, performed his narrator role (with all those lines!) confidently. Our “tug of peace” team and ball game teams performed very well and this part of the day proved to be a lot of fun. Well done everyone and thank you to parents for supporting your children and helping with the organisation.

We have listened to your concerns regarding transporting students to events and have hired Clarks’ bus for Musica Viva on Monday and to transport students to Rukenvale Public School today for a bike day. This is proving to be expensive, particularly now with only 6 students. I believe these opportunities are extremely important and I am currently reviewing and weighing up whether this is the best way of utilising school funds. I would welcome your feedback.

Have a great weekend

Please do not hesitate to contact the school for any help or further information.

Joy Muller

Relieving Principal

Collins Creek Public School 480 Collins Valley Road, Collins Creek NSW 2474 Phone: 6633 1278 Fax: 6633 1331 Email: collinsck-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website : collinsck-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Week 7 Term 3 Tuesday 3 September 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER - TERM 3 2019

WEEK 8 9 - 13 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 12 Speeches to be delivered by students to classmates and staff

WEEK 9 16 - 20 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 19 Interspeak (Speeches) @ Barkers Vale PS (Finalists only)

WEEK 10 23 - 27 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 26 School Photographer (all order forms are due back)

FRIDAY 27 Cricket Fun Day @ Kyogle (Expression of Interest)

SCHOOL BANKING IS ON TUESDAYS

I am happy to complete banking each day but will only be able to bank it at the Wiangaree post office or the

Kyogle Post office each Wednesday. Thank you.

VIRTUE OF WEEK 6

IDEALISM

I LIVE BY MY IDEALS. I BELIEVE IN MY DREAMS.

I HAVE FATH THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

CANTEEN ROSTER

The P & C have kindly offered to restart cooking lunch for our students and staff on

Wednesdays. If you would like to volunteer a meal please advise the office.

Name Date On The Menu

11 SEPTEMBER

18SEPTEMBER

25 SEPTEMBER

Really care about what you value in life

Dare to have big dreams

Have a vision of what is possible

Have a plan to make your ideals real

Take action to make your dreams come true

Do something to make a difference in the world

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO PRIYA FOR ORGANISING THE DAY.

YOU ALWAYS MAKE OUR SPECIAL DAYS SO MEMORABLE.

AND THANK YOU KYM AND VERA FOR MAKING THE CAKE, AND TO

NYSSA FOR ASSISTING WITH THE SUSHI ROLLING!

Snakes and spiders alike are both venomous and can potentially be deadly, but my

peers and I have reason and evidence to believe that snakes are more dangerous.

For example, snake venom works far faster than spider venom and I know that snakes

often give a dry bite but is it worth the risk? Brown snakes can kill in a matter of

minutes whereas even the most deadly of spiders you would probably have more

time to get to medical attention.

Not meaning to frighten you but Australia has seven out of ten of the most venomous

snakes in the world and Africa has the rest. We all know the taipan; one drop of its

venom can kill one hundred fully-grown men. That makes a funnel web look like a

pussycat. There is also the brown snake it can kill you in ten minutes and it can be

living on your doorstep. In addition, there is the red belly black snake it would be a

painful death. It stops your blood from clotting, you will be suffocating on the ground

for five minutes, and then you are dead. There is also the sea snake with heaps of

different colours. It can be yellow and black, white and black and red and white. It is

deadly as it bites you and stops your lungs working, and if you are swimming, you

already have no air. You are as good as dead! Its bright colours means back off, I am

deadly!

Snakes can camouflage and curl up in a ball and set up traps for its prey. Snakes can

hide in a bush and race out and swallow its prey in one bite.

Have you ever wondered if snakes are faster than a spider? Well I am here to tell you

that snakes are faster than a spider. They are big! Their silky body can easily slide

quickly across the ground. You can easily see them coming your way but it is not that

easy to get out of the way.

Have you ever been thinking about whether snakes have more venom than spiders?

Well my opinion is yes. Some kinds of snakes can kill you within a minute. Snakes will

hibernate under dry leaves, so if you stand on a pile of brown leaves it is more likely

for a snake to jump at your feet.

I think there are plenty of reasons here to see that snakes are deadly, so be very

careful when you are outside and if you are not bad things can happen.

Persuasive Text collaboratively written by the students of

Collins Creek Public School.

ALANA

9th September

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FUN AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

BEST WISHES FROM ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT

COLLINS CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOL.