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NPS NEWSLETTER

In this issue…

Upcoming Events August 14

Science Week

August 17

Author Visit

August 18

Attendance Excursion

August 22

Book Week Disco

August 23-24

District Athletics

Carnival

August 29

Forensics Workshop

August 30

Group Photos

From the Principal

Dear Parents /Caregivers,

It’s Week Four already and time for the second edition

of our new newsletter. The Term has already seen the

completion of the Athletics Carnival, the Kindergarten

excursion to Calmsley Farm, Education Week and

Parent Teacher Interviews and we still have Book Week

and Science Week ahead of us.

We welcome two new teachers, Mrs Wheeler and

Miss Robinson to our school. They are helping in

Year One with Mrs Ernest and while Miss Woodbury

is away.

Mrs Sue Finn

Principal

Principal Address p1

Stage Page p2

PBL p3-4

Sport Report p4-5

KLA Kapers p6

Community p7

Community p8

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5/6D

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STAGE PAGE

3/4D To start Term 3 off with a bang 3/4D produced firework artworks. The students

had to select four-coloured oil pastels to create their fireworks. They then

placed four dots on their artwork paper. Using a zig-zag motion, the students

then went around each dot and continued the pattern using each of their four -

coloured oil pastels until the fireworks joined together, making sure they didn’t

leave any white spaces! Once completed, they chose a coloured Brenex square

to mount their artwork. We all had an absolute blast making them!!

5/6D have been identifying qualities in

artworks. We have looked at the way

the subject matter is represented, the

use of particular techniques and the

effects that these have in their artwork

and on viewers.

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S3

S2

S1

ES1

PBL

Paidamoyo KK, Florence

KK, Matthew KT, Aliyah

KT, Inikasio KK, Leke KK,

Ethan KT, Alyssa KT,

Toefuataina KK, Amy-Rose

KK, Tristan KT, Coco KT,

Paidamoyo KK, Hunter KK,

Alex KT, Miracle KT

WEEKLY AWARDS

Dre-Ioane 1D, Ebony

1D, Matthew 1E,

Ruby 1E, Wenwei

1W, Sofie 1W, Laura

2K, Cohen 2K,

Isabella 2T, Molly 2T,

Willow 1D, Aiden M

1D, Izac 1E, Matthew

1E, Jermaine 1W,

Sarah 1W, Naremai

2K, Braiden 2K, Jesse

2T, Molly 2T, Dakota

1D, Izabellah 1D,

Ricky 1E, Sierah 1E,

Zayne 1W, Aliyah-

Rose G 1W, Dakoda

2K, Charis 2K,

Faapalaina 2T, Emily

2T, Aiden T 1D,

Lovice 1D, Tearoa 1E,

Bryson 1E, Ngaru 1W,

Manaki 1W, Katelyn

2K, Tristen 2K,

Anesuishe 2T, Jayden

2T

Teacher Profile

Miss Davies What is your favourite song?

All songs by Ed Sheeran.

What is your favourite T.V show?

The Block.

What is your favourite sport and why?

Football because I have followed the

Cronulla Sharks since I was born.

What is your favourite food?

Hotdogs, cheese and chocolate.

What do you like about Noumea?

The wonderful students, staff and

parents. The friendly community and

of course the awesome 3/4D!

The interview was conducted by SRC

members Elisha and Makayla

Wesley Moala, Rebecca

Simmonds, Baylee

O’Connor, Alexis

O’Connor, Sapphire

Knock-Bell, Lino Tamaseu,

Ruby Blinman, Sunday

Pati, Hope Dennis,

Carly M, Jacob Knight,

Tanaya Bates-Smith,

Benjamin Taylor, Nathaniel

Tamasone, Kiara Baker,

Connor Lovatt, Tyler 5/6D

KINDNESS LEAF AWARDS

Week 10 – Hunter Meyers, Samson Roberts,

Christine Whitton Smith, Sierah Tiumalu, Aliyah-

Rose Gutabua, Naremai Enitima, Emily Smith

Week 1 – Vailima Balla, Samson Roberts, Daniel

Tagiilima, Jacob Aiomalaga, Uaina Sinapati,

Gregory Fuaivaa, Isabella Gutabua

Week 2- Summer Smith, Xavier Doyle, Ebony

Cooper, Benjamin Roberts, Jermaine Fauena, Owen

Mitchell, Mercy Hall, Seluki Halangahu, Aaliyah

Heitia, Maylanee Anae, Tyler Keepence

Whole School Assembly

Week 10 Term 2 Assistant Principal Awards

Summer Smith- Outstanding effort across all learning areas Alyssa Meyers- Working hard in reading Konner Smith- Outstanding application to his learning Zoe Mitchell- Outstanding application to her learning Wenwei Yan- Being a responsible learner and always doing his best Aliitasi Sae- Being kind and considerate to others Mercy Hall- Outstanding application to her learning Lisa Conlon- Trying hard in all areas of learning Elisha Ieremia- Outstanding application to her learning Aleena Hussein- Outstanding effort across all Key Learning Areas Keith Smith- Consistent effort across all Key Learning Areas Jacob Halangahu- Outstanding effort in Literacy Zachery Bradford- Enthusiastic effort in all areas of his learning Junior Fagalele- Outstanding attitude towards all areas of his learning

PSSA 2017 PSSA Rugby League season has been a successful year for Noumea with the Juniors narrowly

missing out on the Semi-Finals, finishing fifth with three wins, three losses and a draw. The Seniors

qualified for the Semi-Finals with six wins and only one loss throughout the season. The Seniors will

play their Semi-Final on 18 August. A big thank you must go to all the parents and carers that come

down each week and support both of our teams.

Congratulations to Junior for making the NSW Invitation team competing at the Rugby League

School Sports Championship this week in Melbourne.

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PBL/SPORT

Principal

Awards

Mason Tamla Doh

Taw, Zayne Stafford-

Spiller, Rozayah

Tuafale, Phillip

Tagiilima, Emily

Klein, Joshua Nash-

Raymond, Rhayn

Mitton, Brody Ball

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Athletics Carnival On Tuesday 25 July we held our Athletics Carnival at

Popondetta Oval. The sun was shining and all the students

were able to participate in a range of track, field and

novelty events. There was many a close finish and it was

wonderful hearing the students and parents cheering

everyone on. We would like to thank the students, staff,

parents/caregivers and the community for a great day.

SPORT REPORT

PBL

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KLA KAPERS

Open Classrooms In celebration of Education Week, Noumea had open classrooms on

Wednesday 2 August. We then had a picnic lunch under the COLA. Thank

you to all of our Noumea families and friends who came. It was a great

success!

All in the name of Science… Since the last edition of the Noumea Newsletter we have had a visit from our friends the ‘EnviroMentors’

from Blacktown City Council (BCC) late last term who delivered a presentation about ‘keeping our

waterways beautiful’ which included hands-on activities and games based on sound environmental

practises. This term is fast shaping up to be jam-packed with incursions, excursions and a science-

related event occurring most weeks. For example, our friends the ‘EnviroMentors’, returned in week 3 to

explain the importance of keeping our environment litter free. Closely followed by the first-ever schools

‘Fish-In’ in Week 4, where students participated in a fishing workshop. The event was organised by our

school in conjunction with the Dept. of Primary Industries and the BCC and had the students learning all

aspects of fishing from rules and regulations, knots and rigging through to catching and releasing. In

coming weeks we will celebrate both ‘Future Earth’ as part of National Science Week and Electricity

Safety Week. And to finish off the term on a high, we have planned visits from a forensic scientist who

will run a forensic workshop, as well as an astronomer and his mobile planetarium, so be sure to check

out the next edition of the Noumea News for all the details.

Forensic Workshop

In conjunction with Science Week, Mr Ford has booked a

Forensic Workshop for Stage 2 and Stage 3 on Tuesday 29

August. Students will have the opportunity to investigate a mock

crime scene, use a variety of scientific tools such as microscopes,

finger print kits, DNA models, and foot print impression kits to

help solve a crime based on real-life events. The school has run

these workshops in the past and it has proven to be very popular.

Book Week

Noumea Public School will be celebrating Book Week in 2017 with a couple of events. On Thursday

17 August, popular children’s authors Tohby Riddle and Peter Carnavas will be visiting our school,

talking to our students about their writing and illustrating.

On Tuesday 22 August, we will be having a Book Week Disco after school. To help celebrate Book

Week, all students are to come dressed as their favourite book character. Tickets are now selling in

the front office with further information to follow.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

2017

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back and it is now easier than ever to earn valuable resources for our school. In the last campaign, we benefited from the program by boosting supplies in our classrooms and earning new sports and science equipment.

It's simple to participate. From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September 2017, when you shop at Woolworths, you can collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from the checkout operator. Bring them to school and we will place them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. There will be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards).

Attendance Draw- V8 Supercars at

Eastern Creek

On Friday 18 August, twenty students from Noumea will attend a free excursion to watch the V8 Supercars at Eastern Creek Raceway. The students selected to attend the excursion have had their names drawn from the barrel. All students who have had outstanding attendance throughout the year had their name added in the draw. It should be an exciting day!

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Group Photos

Advancedlife Photography will be returning to our school on Wednesday 30 August to take all of

our sport, school leaders, dance, multicultural, drumming and Year Six group photos for the year. If

your child is involved in one of these extra-curricular groups, please ensure that they are at school

on the day, dressed in full school uniform. The photos will be on display in the front office later in

the Term. They will be available to be ordered after this time.

COMMUNITY

Library News

Thanks to all of the parents and students who supported the

library fundraising event by purchasing books at the Book Fair.

We were able to select approximately $150 worth of free

books from Central Book Supplies for the library.

A very special mention must be given to Mr King (Stacey

Goldsbrough’s grandfather). He very kindly donated a large

sum of money to our library so that we could purchase the

most popular books from the fair for students to borrow.

Thank you Mr King!

Kindergarten Excursion and 100 Days

of Learning

Kindergarten has had a very busy term so far! On Monday 24 July we went on an excursion to

Calmsley Hill City Farm where we got to go on a tractor ride, pat baby animals and even milk a cow!

We learnt a lot about animals, their habitat and what they eat. Everyone was well behaved and had

a great day! Then on Thursday 27 July we celebrated being at school for 100 days. We celebrated

by 100 day crafts and activities and even had a little party and presentation to celebrate! A fun day

was had by all.

Mt Druitt Concert

Noumea performed at the Mt Druitt Education Week Concert on Monday the 31 August. Miss Cris’

Junior Dance group performed to “Better When I’m Dancing”. Mrs Ernest’ Multicultural Dance

Group performed in beautifully sewn costumes thanks to the sewing skills of our very talented Mrs

Podesta. Miss Perkins’ Drumming Group performed “The Cups” song on our Darbuka drums. And

Mrs Hintons’ Aboriginal Dance Group performed a modern Aboriginal interpretive dance piece. The

students had a wonderful time performing and were especially excited to see their families and

friends in the crowd.

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COMMUNITY

Year Six Fun Day

On Thursday 3 August Year Six held a fun day to raise

money for the Year Six Graduation. The day was a great

success with hairspray, nail painting, spider drinks, guessing

competitions and so much more! A fun day was had by

everyone and all students were extremely well behaved. Well

done Noumea!