SEPTEMBER 16
TERM 3, WEEK 10
2015
www.urbenvilleps.com
Ever Aiming Higher
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Principal:
Mrs. L. Hankinson
BEd (Hons), MEd
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Welch Street
Urbenville 2475
02 66341 333
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT URBENVILLE PS TODAY?
TERM THREE WEEK TEN
TERM FOUR WEEK ONE
Monday 14th
Monday 5th
Crown Mountain Kids Playgroup 9am - 11am
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Taiko Japanese Drumming workshops
No school today. No Playgroup today.
Tuesday 15th
Tuesday 6th
Split literacy classes from 8:40-11
Kindergarten to Year 4 back to school.
Library lessons with Miss Wright.
Year 5 and 6 students to Rukenvale PS for
Lunchtime club activities with Mrs. Bay Jobling.
Interrelate workshop and combined school sports.
Wednesday 16th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 17th
Thursday 8th
K-6 Japanese lesson
AFL Auskick coaching session for all students
9am -11am (no cost for students).
Friday18th
Friday 9th
Athletics Australia coach running all-day
NRL coaching session for all students 9am -11am
workshops with our K-6 students
(no cost for students).
(no cost for students).
TRIVIA NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT 6:30pm
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Wishing you all a very happy holiday break. As there is a Public Holiday on Monday 5th October,
students from Kindergarten to Year 4 will return to school on Tuesday 6th October. Students in
Years 5 and 6 will be attending Rukenvale PS on Tuesday 6th October.
Please let us keep our school safe throughout the holiday break. There is no money left on school
premises at any time. The school is protected by the Inclosed Lands Protection Act and all
trespassers are prohibited at all times. If you see anything suspicious, please call
School Security on 1300 309 920,
Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000
or the Police on 000.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW P&C PRESIDENT
A warm welcome to our new P&C President, Mr. Glen Winnacott. We are so pleased that you
have accepted this role and will now lead our P&C committee for the rest of the year. I’m so proud
to have such an enthusiastic Dad onboard to support our school and our students. Welcome Glen!
NEXT P&C MEETING
All welcome to our next P&C meeting on Monday 12th October at 1:30pm at school. Please come
along and assist with fundraising ideas and organising fun events for our students.
HEALTHIER CANTEEN
OPTIONS
Thank you to all who returned our
canteen surveys in our efforts to make the
canteen as healthy as possible, offering
our students nutritious and delicious food
each week.
Thank you to Ms Corrine Martin from Live
Life Well who was a guest speaker at our
last P&C meeting. It was of benefit to all
to hear the importance of developing
whole school strategies that support
physical activity and healthy eating.
Attached to this newsletter is a Five Ways
to a Healthy Lifestyle fact sheet for more
information and ideas.
A huge thank you to Mrs. Birthe Larsen
who is now preparing and cooking
scrumptious home-made choices for our
canteen. Thank you all for supporting
these new options each week.
Students have been striving so hard to eat
lots of fruit and vegetables in their Crunch
n’Sip time each day too. Well done!
2015 DANCE PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE PROGRESS TOWN HALL
Oh what a night! Thank you to all who attended this brilliant concert. The students were absolute
superstars! Thank you to Miss Ellen Parker for her tremendous work choreographing and teaching so
many different routines. We are all so proud of the students. You were amazing!
INVITATION TO YEAR SIX STUDENTS FOR FUN ART
AND WOODWORK DAYS FROM BONALBO CENTRAL
SCHOOL
Bonalbo Central School have invited our Year Six students to attend their
school on Thursday 22nd October and Thursday 12th November to be
involved in exciting art and woodwork lessons and to see what it is like to be
a student at their school. Parents will need to transport their students to these
days if they would like to attend. Please let Mrs. Hankinson know as soon as
possible if you would like to attend these two days.
TRIVIA NIGHT THIS SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER AT BOWLS CLUB
The school will be holding a Trivia Night, which is its only fundraiser for the whole year, this
Saturday night at the Urbenville Bowls Club. Tickets are $10 per person and children under 12 are
free. Lots of prizes and lots of fun! It would be greatly appreciated for all families and friends of our
school to come along and support this event. Bring a plate to share and the bar will be open
throughout the night. A huge thank you to all our sponsors for such generous donations of prizes.
See you there!
YEAR FIVE AND SIX INTERRELATE LESSONS AT RUKENVALE PS
Earlier this week students in Year Five and Six received their permission notes for these two days to
be held at Rukenvale PS next term. The first day is the first day of Term 4, Tuesday 6th October and
the second day is Thursday 5th November. There will be Year 5 and 6 students attending from The
Risk PS, Wiangaree PS and Rukenvale PS. Students will be involved in two Interrelate lessons and
then also combined school sports and art lessons for the remainder of the day.
Unlike most other school events or activities, there will be a cost for these programs and it is entirely
up to parents if they wish their child to attend these lessons. Parents will also need to organise
transport to and from Rukenvale PS on these two days.
Alternatively, Watsons Bus Company have offered return tickets for $10 for students to leave
Urbenville Newsagency at 7am to arrive at Rukenvale PS at 8:20am and then will be dropped off
outside school at 5:05pm that afternoon.
Permission notes and money will need to be returned to the front office by this Friday 18th
September. For more information or any questions, please speak with the school principal.
The Year 5 Interrelate program focuses on:
• Develop students’ understanding about how relationships can change during puberty,
including their right to privacy
• Develop students’ skills to deal with emotional and personal safety issues in their relationships
• Develop students’ conflict resolution skills
• Develop students’ understanding of male and female development
The Year 6 Interrelate program focuses on: • Enhance students’ self-esteem, communication and decision making skills in relation to taking
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responsibility and taking care of themselves and respecting others
Develop students’ understanding about the transition from child to adolescent, including the
physical, emotional, social and intellectual changes at puberty
To give students a detailed understanding of the process of human reproduction
To assist students to become aware of their personal responsibilities and consequences
TAIKO JAPANESE DRUMMING WORKSHOP
With much thanks to Kiyomi Sensei, who this past Monday
travelled a great distance to offer our K-6 students an
incredible authentic Japanese experience with a high
participation drumming workshop at no cost to parents.
Students had so much fun in this morning of Japanese culture
and music education all in one! Videos of the students
performing can be viewed at www.instagram.com/
urbenvilleps
WOOLWORTHS
EARN AND LEARN
STICKERS NEED TO
BE RETURNED TO
SCHOOL BY
THURSDAY 17th
SEPTEMBER PLEASE.
MEET OUR YEAR FIVE STUDENTS
Murray, Lila, Clay, Terry and Alex
Hi! My name is Alex and I am 10
years old. I love riding quad bikes
on the farm. I also like doing cattle
work and when I get older I want
to be a logger.
Hi! My name is Lila. I’m 11
years old. I love to help
others. My favourite thing at
schol is Maths. I love playing
Hi. I am Murray and I am 11. My
with my bird.
interests are bird watching. I also
love looking at animals. I would
really like to be a Zoologist when I
grow up.
I’m Terry. I love to help others. I
love video games as well as
farms. I want a paddock to farm
lots of stuff. I love to help my
Mum and Dad. I am inspired by
cars and machinery and I love
I’m Clay. I love technology,
my Mum and contact sport.
My favourite subject is
Science as I find it interesting.
my baby chooks.
I dislike lettuce but I like
drinking water.
2016 KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION AT URBENVILLE PS
Kindergarten Orientation days as follows:
Day 1: Monday 12th October 8:40am-11am
Parent Information Session at 10am-11am
Day 2: Monday 19th October 8:40am-1pm
Day 3: Monday 28th October 8:40am-2:25pm
Day 4: Monday 2nd November
8:40am-2:25pm
Day 5: Monday 9th November 8:40am-2:25pm
TRIVIA NIGHT
Saturday 19th September
6:30pm at the Urbenville Bowls Club
Book your table now! 2 to 6 people per team.
$10 per adult - children under 12 free.
Bar open and exciting raffles.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS FOR THIS SATURDAY
NIGHT’S TRIVIA NIGHT SCHOOL FUNDRAISER.
Killarney Butchery
Mr. Danny Lee
Ms. Kerry Brown
Miss Althea Stubbings
Woodenbong Driveway
Killarney Co-Op
Woodenbong Preschool and Kindergarten
3-6 CAMP RECOUNT FROM MISS AMANDA SELMES
During week 7 students in 3-6 went on a 3 day camp to the Gold Coast accompanied by Mrs Smith,
Miss Selmes and Mr Jones.
Upon arrival at school, all students were very excited for the adventures ahead. The bus trip felt like
it took forever, but we soon arrived at the Gold Coast ready for our first look at the sights from the
top of the Q1 observation deck. Students enjoyed seeing the sights from up in the air and marvelled
at how small everything looked. We then had a walk along the beach and lunch before walking
down for a photo opportunity in front of the Surfers Paradise sign.
We went to our accommodation to get settled in our rooms and get ready for our night out at the
Australian Outback Spectacular. Students were lucky enough to experience a free behind the scenes
tour where they saw the making of the show and got to meet some of the actors and the animals that
were in the show.
While waiting for the show to begin, some of our students displayed great confidence and a sense of
fun as they got up in front a large group of people and did some line dancing!
We finally got to take our seats and enjoyed a delicious meal and a great show. Students enjoyed
seeing the amazing tricks that were performed. We arrived back at our accommodation late and
exhausted after our first exciting day on the Gold Coast.
On our second day, we headed off to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Students were able to pat
a stick insect, galah, lizard and to Mrs Smiths horror a snake! At our pat and chat session. After this
session we went and saw an amazing bird show where a range of birds flew through the audience
including an eagle!
We saw many different animals at Currumbin and enjoyed a train ride around the park.
From here we went straight to our cruise through the Gold Coast canals. While the weather became
bleak on the cruise, students enjoyed looking at the fancy houses and imagined what it would be like
to live there.
After dinner at our accommodation we went and played 5 rounds of laser skirmish! Students loved
the adventure and excitement of this activity and didn't want it to end! They especially enjoyed
targeting the teachers!
After dessert and hot milo with marshmallows, students went to bed to rest for their final day on the
Gold Coast.
Our final day was spent at Sea World. We watched the amusing seal show "Fish Detectives" and the
dolphin show before having a quick look at some of the animals and lunch. After lunch students
were very excited to go on the rides! We managed to get Mrs Smith and Mr Jones to go on the
Viking Flume ride with us and then we split up into two groups , one to look at the animals and one
to go in the rides. Our next ride was the Storm roller coaster. While waiting in line students were
amazed to find out that Mrs Smith was lining up behind us and she was going to get on the ride!
After our exciting ride on the roller coaster we made our way to the Jet Ski ride which was a lot of
fun. We had time for one last show before heading home so we sat down and watched the Jet Ski
extreme stunt show.
After a wonderful time on the Gold Coast it was now time for one last bus trip, home!
I want to thank and commend all the students on the wonderful behaviour during the camp. I
received many compliments from the general public on your behaviour. You should all be proud of
yourselves. It was a pleasure to take such wonderful students on a relaxing and amusing adventure
around the Gold Coast! !
DANCE CONCERT
AT THE AGED CARE HOME
It is wonderful to have such a great relationship with the Urbenville
Aged Care Home. Students regularly visit the residents to
showcase their work and have a chat. Last Monday, students
performed their entire dance concert again for the residents. Such
a lovely morning enjoyed by all. Thank you to Mrs. Kathy
Goldthorpe for organising these visits with our school.
Woodenbong Swimming Club Woodenbong Swimming Club will resume on Thursday 8th October from 4.30 pm at the Alan Mahoney Memorial Pool Unumgar St Woodenbong. Fees for the season are $70 for swimmers and $25 for non swimmers. New members are welcome. For further details contact Jennie Riley at [email protected]. Returning members will receive an email with a link for registraOon in the next week or so. If your email address has changed then please let the club know asap. Season Ockets will be available from the pool which opens on Wed. 7th Oct. Prices will be adverOsed on the swimming club Facebook page.