PALLAMALLAWA PUBLIC SCHOOL Newsletter Thursday 18th August 2016 Relieving Principal: Tanya Withers

Trawalla Nut Farm Tomorrow we head off to the Trawalla Nut Farm. Please meet at the School at 9.00am to organise transport. Don’t forget to wear older clothes and bring your recess, water bottle, hat and a bag to take some pecan nuts home in. Campdraft This weekend will be the P & C Campdraft. HELPERS are needed. If you can help in anyway please contact Kevin Rigby on 0458 270 775. Please find the roster at the end of the newsletter.

Lake Ainsworth Excursion Medical notes have been sent home earlier this week. Please fill out and return back to school asap. A reminder too, to continue to make payment instalments towards this excursion.

Last Week’s Assembly Award Winners Kinder Jack Emery Year 1 Jorga Saunders Year 2 Olivia Gallagher Year 3 Ellie Emery Year 4 Imogen Vosper Year 5 Rochelle Vosper Year 6 Madalyn Crouch PBL Star David Kumar—having success “Never Give Up”

School Council The Pallamallawa School Council has a parent representative position available that has been vacated by Mrs Jill Walker. Nominations to fill this position are now being called for. If you would like to nominate a parent representative for this position or would like to put forward your own name, could you please col- lect a nomination form from the school office. The aim of the School Council is to support and enhance the school’s commitment to equity and excellence in education. If you would like to have an input into future school projects and direction, then I strongly recommend you consider being part of the School Council.

Last week our Senior students baked some The Calendar cake slices to help the P & C canteen at the August Clearing Sale. Well done PPS! Sat 20th & Sun 21st—Campdraft Wed 24th—Book Week / Mini Olympics Day Mon 29th—Life Education Van Wed 31st—Jump Rope for Heart September Friday 2nd – Regional Athletics Wed 7th—Yr 6 Transition to WHS Thurs 8th—Speech Night Mon 12th– Fruit & Veg Day Wed 14th—Assembly 2.30pm 18th-23rd—Yrs 3-6 Lake Ainsworth Excursion 23rd—Erth’s Dinosaur Bingara

P & C Campdraft – 20th & 21st August

P & C Campdraft Canteen Roster

SATURDAY 20/08/2015

6.30am Jodi Rigby / Sally Boughton

9.00am Kerry Munn / Krystal Parsons / Donna Stevens 10.00am Fenton Vosper – BBQ 12.30pm Tracy Baker / Kath Walker DINNER Amy Evans / Sharyn Pidgeon / HELPERS NEEDED

SUNDAY 21/08/2015

6.30am Jodi Rigby / Sally Boughton 8.30am Melissa Rose / Tracy Baker 10.00am Fenton Vosper – BBQ / HELPERS NEEDED Clean Up HELPERS NEEDED

Who is Youcef Abdi?

Youcef was born in Algeria but moved to Australia after visiting for the 1996

World Junior Championships. He WEDNESDAY 24TH AUGUST 2016 competed for his first Australia team in 2006,

winning bronze in the 1500m at the 11.30am Dress Up Parade Commonwealth Games. He then took up steeplechase and competed Races in the event at the 2008 Games, 12.00noon Talk by Olympian—Youcef Abdi finishing sixth. He then competed at 12.45pm Dance—”Strip the Willow” his second Games in , 2 songs—”We are Australians” finishing sixth in & “Home among the Gumtrees” the steeplechase. 1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm Mini Olympics—5 groups / 10 minutes each rotation 2.30pm Races