Newsletter :8 August 2017

“Nungurner the Small School with a Big Heart”

Dates to Remember School Council Members

Friday 1st Metung Pub Raffle Bronwyn van der Velden Executive Officer September Rachel Bell President Tuesday 5th Boite Choir Performance– Gde 3 stu- September dents Emma Steele Member

Tuesday 5th Bug Blitz @ Nyerimilang – gde 5 stu- September dents Vacancy Member

Wednesday 6th Coastal Ambassador Program– Gde 5 Fiona Draeger Member September students Ross Monteith Community Wednesday 6th Art Workshop with Christine Watts Member September P-3 Students Kim Kleinitz Member September 13th – Grade 3/4 to Camp — 15th Advance Notice Jo van Dam Member

Wednesday 20th Information Night for new families, Merilyn Gander Community Member September 2018

Friday 22nd Last Day of Term 3. September

METUNG PUB RAFFLE: This Friday night, September 1st

So far this year we have raised over $900 through these raffles, due almost entirely to the efforts of Ninky, who has booked them and sold the tickets on our behalf.

Please come along and help sell tickets for an hour or so Emma recently spent some time with her mum in Sydney who had been hospitalised for some ongoing health issues. She is home now, but continues to battle some serious health problems. Like many of you, Emma has also had sick children, although hopefully they are now on the mend.

On Tuesday, Vicki’s husband was also hospitalised and is undergoing further medical tests. And last week a close member of Ray & my extended family died suddenly and unexpectedly. (I will be attending the fu- neral in on Friday)

As a result of these events, things have not quite been normal at NPS. We have also had an intense period of professional development, requiring us to be out of the school. Although we have done, and continue to do our best, communication has also been a little disrupted, so we apologise for any lack of clarity. We are lucky to be able to call upon some very capable and experienced teachers in Helen Nink, Di Scott and Frank Flynn who have stepped in and ‘kept the show on the road’. Thanks to you all!

We thank you for your cooperation and understanding; we are very proud of the way our students have just gotten on with things and been their usual wonderful selves.

New!!

Lots of you have already seen this, but for those who may not have, we now have a Facebook page! This is already proving to be an effective way to communicate events and happenings with our not only our school community but also others in the wider community who may be interested. Only school staff can post to the page, but you can make comments or ask questions through messenger. Content on the page will be constantly monitored and no identifying photos of students will be posted. Please speak to Emma, Vicki or I if you have any questions or concerns.

Cooking/ Gardening

Our cooking and gardening program will get back underway as soon as possible. We have some lovely cabbages ready to pick so will be looking for some good recipes involving cabbage! Other produce coming includes broccoli, lettuces, onions and spinach. We also have plans to create a ‘strawberry wall’ using an old pallet, but we will some time with us. We celebrated Book Week with stories and craft activities and enjoyed spending time with them and showing them our school. We also had some great book characters…..thanks for supporting those who chose to dress up. Loved your monster Katie….just hopes he behaves himself!

(Attached to this newsletter is some information about our transition program for 2018 Preps. Please pass this on to anyone in the community who may be thinking about an en- rolment for next year.)

Katie as “The Monster under the bed who Farts” Please look at the noticeboard regularly for any date changes or new events.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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4 MARC 5 Bug Blitz 6 Coastal 7 8 9 10 3-5 Ambassadors Boite Choir -gde 5 Art work- shop P-3 Shire Library

11 12 13 Gde 3 14 Gde 3 15 Gde 3 16 17 camp camp camp Gelantipy Gelantipy Gelantipy

18 MARC 19 20 21 22 23 24 Shire Soccer clinic End Term 3 Library Metung-Swan Reach Cricket Club 2017/18 Season Juniors (U13 & U16) & Seniors Registration & Training Day Sunday 17 September 2017 11am-1pm Swan Reach Football Ground Contact: Shannon McVeigh Ph:0481225695 Fee exemption for U13 players

Electricity Survey – are you paying too much?

Complete this East Shire Council sur- vey about renewable energy and electricity in , for your chance to WIN a $100 gift card. http://yoursay.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/bright-