The Best in the West

Railway Town Public School

Address 102-106 Wills Street, PO Box 785, Broken Hill NSW 2880 | Phone 08 8087 3008 | Fax 08 8087 7491 Email railwaytow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au | Website www.railwaytow-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

KW celebrated their 100th day of school in Week 3. They had lots of fun drawing with 100 textas, building with 100 cups and counting and creating with 100 counters, paddle

pop sticks and blocks.

This week’s Assembly will be hosted by KW

IN THIS ISSUE

100 days of Kindergarten K-2 Silverton Excursion School & Community Notices Aboriginal Dance Workshop Broken Hill Eisteddfod

Term 3, Week 6 Tuesday 27 August 2019

Student Awards

Presented at Assembly, 12.30pm Friday

Class Attendance

School Target 92%

School Attendance Rate 87.30%

Home Reading

50 nights: Jye D 125 nights: Farrah S

Upcoming Events

Monday 2 to Friday 6 September

Book Week

Friday 6 September

Responsible Pet Ownership Program (K-2)

Book Week Parade

Barrier Athletics Carnival (Mildura)

Thursday 12 September

R U Okay Day

Friday 20 September

Girls Soccer & Boys Basketball Gala Days

Wednesday 25 September

Boys Cricket & Girls Basketball Gala Days

Friday 27 September

Last day of Term 3

Monday 14 October

First day of Term 4

Monday 14 to Tuesday 15 November

Life Education Van visit

Wednesday 11 December

Presentation Night

KW: Tate F, Jye D

1M: Jarrah W, Natasha M

2/3R: Sam O, Jackson D

3/4G: Camaro N, Billy S

5/6V: Jordan D, Chereine W

MM: Alex S

Library: Lillian S

KW: 89.55% 1M: 86.29%

2/3R: 85.73% 3/4G: 86.73%

5/6V: 89.61% MM: 83.09%

From the Engine Driver

This week I will be in Orange, attending the Western Primary Principal Association Conference with a number of my principal colleagues. Jan Riley will be relieving as Principal on Tuesday and Wednesday until Liz Gleeson returns from professional learning in Sydney. Liz will then take over as relieving Principal on Thursday and Friday.

You may have noticed a new fence currently being constructed along the Harris Street side of the school. This fence is part of work being carried out to improve the learning and play facilities for our support unit. As the fencing is required to be a safe height for our students, it was decided that it would be placed along the length of Harris Street rather than just outside of the support unit. Construction of the new fence is due to be completed over the next couple of weeks. Eventually we hope to continue the fencing around the entire school.

Have wonderful week…

Kerry-Sue Pascoe Principal Wear your uniform with pride and

support Team Railway Town!

Can you help in the Canteen?

We desperately need volunteers to help in the canteen otherwise we will not be able to offer this service for our students. Ideally we need

two volunteers each day. If you are able to help, please leave your details with the school office.

School Notices

Days to Remember

Student Banking: Tuesday

Library:

Notes Sent Home

Please contact the office if you didn’t receive a copy of relevant notes

Special Religious Education K-2 students

Return note ASAP to update preferences

Parent Online Payments (POP)

The parent online payment portal is a secure page hosted by Westpac that makes it easy to make school payments online.

How do I make an online payment?

Go to www.railwaytow-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Click on Make a Payment at the top of the page to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard credit or debit cards.

Enter Student Details including given name, surname and date of birth.

*If data is entered incorrectly, errors show in RED and must be amended to proceed*

Enter the Payer Details including your name, phone number and email address.

Tick a Payment Option (eg. Excursions, Sport and Other) and enter a payment description and payment amount.

Enter your Credit Card details and confirm your payment details. A receipt can be printed and will sent to your email.

Note: for privacy and security of data, no details are kept within the Westpac site, you must enter the details with each payment.

*If a payment is made in error, contact the office ASAP to cancel the transaction*

Kindergarten Enrolments

We are accepting enrolments for Kindergarten 2020 for children turning 5 years old by 31 July 2020. Enrolment forms can be collected at the school office. Planning is underway this term for Kindergarten Orientation sessions beginning next term.

P&C News

The Canteen is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday this Term.

If you have some time to volunteer in the Canteen please contact our Canteen Manager Leonie Channing on 0458 503 306. Training and support are provided.

We would appreciate donations of excess fruit that our families may have growing on their trees at home. Thank you!

The P&C meets at 7pm on the third Wednesday of each month in the Staff Room in the Administration building. All parents and community members are welcome at our next meeting on Wednesday 18 September.

Community Notices

BreastScreen NSW

Where: Broken Hill Hospital 176 Thomas St

When: Mon 26 August - Thu 5 September

Contact: 13 20 50 or breastscreen.nsw.gov.au

CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes

Will be launching our child safe commitment for National Child Protection Week with support from YMCA

When: Tuesday 3 September, 11.30am

Where: Broken Hill YMCA, Cobalt St

Promoting Child Safety, Wellbeing and Awareness. Food, Fun and Games for the Children To Enjoy!

Go4Fun (a NSW Government program)

Go4Fun Online is a FREE 10 week program for children aged 7-13 who are above a healthy weight and their families.

The program provides information and support to improve eating and physical activity habits.

There are 10 online sessions and a weekly phone call from a trained and qualified coach to help keep you on track.

Get involved and start collecting your weekly tokens and prizes!

To register or find out more:

1800 780 900 or go4funonline.com.au

Monday: KW

Tuesday: 1M

Wednesday: 2/3R, 5/6V

Thursday: 3/4G, MM

K-2 Silverton Excursion

The K-2 Excursion to Silverton was amazing. We got to use ink pens at the Silverton School and Mr Allen told us all about it’s history. When we went to the Gaol Museum some ‘naughty’ children spent some time in the cells. After lunch at Penrose Park everyone got to play on the equipment and then have a relaxing bus ride home.

Aboriginal Dance Workshop

Some of our students attended an Aboriginal Dance Workshop at Broken Hill High School last week. The workshop was run by Redfern Dance Group. Students were taught about four elements (fire, earth, water, wind) and created their own dance in groups.

Broken Hill Eisteddfod

Our infants and primary choirs attended the 50th Broken Hill Eisteddfod held at the Civic Centre last Monday. Both choirs sang beautifully and represented Railway Town proudly.

The infants choir sang “A whole new world” and “I’m a believer” and the primary choir sang “Zombie” and “All star. The infants were also commended on their performance by the adjudicators. Well done to both choirs!

Congratulations to Eamon and Cohen Clavel (pictured) and Harry Wilmore who also performed in the speech and drama sections of the Eisteddfod.

Eamon won first place in his poetry recital and Cohen won second place in his division. Harry performed in “The boy who cried wolf” with a group that won first place, including ex-student Austin Clavel.

Sportsmanship Citizenship Scholarship

Friday 6th September