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Monday 24th August 2015 Term 3 Week 7

MORGIE NEWS Telephone: 08 8087 5155 Principal: Mr Chisholm Bloch Fax: 08 8087 3729 Email: [email protected] Webpage: www.morganst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 24th August

P&C Meeting 7pm

Wednesday 26th August

Eisteddfod - Verse Speaking

Friday 28th August

Fathers' Day Brekky 8am

Fathers’ Day Stalls

EXCURSIONS

All payments for Victor Harbor,

Narrabeen and Canberra

excursions were due

to be finalised on

Friday 21st

August 2015.

Please finalise these

payments this week.

Thank you.

START COLLECTING

YOUR STICKERS NOW

Eisteddfod Excitement: I spent this morning along

with many of our parents and those from other Broken

Hill schools witnessing the junior and senior choirs at

the Eisteddfod. What a magnificent showcase of

talented students led by talented and dedicated teachers

from across the town. Although I attempted to remain

fair minded and without bias it was very difficult. It was

clearly evident all schools were there for the tradition

and fun of performance and did their schools and

teachers proud. There was quite a variety of songs in

the performances and I was truly excited for the Junior

Choir when it was announced that they had come

second in their competition. I saw them as they were leaving and they were so proud of

themselves. Our Senior Choir then sang the house down – a true choral performance

and they looked and sounded professional. It would have been hard to deny them first

place, after such an exceptional performance. The adjudicator then announced that

Morgan Street Senior Choir won the perpetual trophy donated by the Broken Hill

Philharmonic Orchestra. Congratulations to the students and the teachers who put so

much into todays preparations and performance.

On another note for Creative Arts please take note of the link (in blue) on the next page

of the newsletter. It will allow you to purchase tickets for the Far West Talent Festival

which will showcase many of the regions schools in one extravaganza. This concert will

be held on three occasions over two days and if this morning is an indication it will be

fantastic.

P&C meeting tonight: with our fete creeping closer and Father’s day breakfast even

closer there will be plenty to discuss. All are welcome to come and have a say at 7.00 pm

in the staff common room. Today a P&C fundraiser catalogue will be coming home.

Flicking through it I can see there are many early Christmas present ideas to be

considered.

We also have an entry form for the SILVER CITY GARDEN CLUB 2015

Competition, available at the front office for all those keen gardeners. The general

section closing date is 2nd September and roses closing on 1st October 2015.

Chisholm Bloch

ENROLMENTS FOR 2016

We are currently accepting

kindergarten enrolments for

2016. If you have children ready

to start kindy in 2016, please

visit our main office and pick up

an enrolment form. Orientation

s e s s i o n s f o r o u r n e w

kindergarten students are

planned for early Term 4.

ABSENCES

Please ensure all absence notes are passed

on to the class teacher.

Parent/caregivers need to supply an absence

note after ringing the school.

NOTES AND MONEY

All notes and money for school activities

such as sport, choir etc are to go to the

class teacher.

Thank you to all the families

that have paid their student’s

contributions. Statements were

sent home again last week.

These funds assist with the

supply of valuable resources for

the benefit of your children.

KK Natalia Kloczko

Lane Darley

KM Nala Rawlins

Finn Thompson

KS Amelia Gear

Kye Turley

1F Evelyn Mann

Lily Jinks

1K Sophie Camilleri

Ben Storey

2GK Lyla Borlace

Esther Wenham

2V Lachie Collins

Aria Adams

3B Adam Reader

Lilyth Jones

3C Jorge Alfiler

Krisha Patel

4S Saxon McCardell

Whitney Roderick

5/4G Darcy Walden

Emily Marks

5W Jack Campbell

Isabella Williams

6E Ayva O’Meara

Hailey Oxlade

6M Dylan Goodall

Hailey Cox

Far West Regional Talent Concert Don't miss out on this amazing community concert. Every school in Broken Hill is

performing at this unique event to raise money for cancer. Please come and support our

students and help make the concert a success.

Members of our Senior Choir and the Year 6/2 Dance Group have been working really

hard and will be performing. A big pat on the back to all our dedicated Morgies! We

know they will do us proud!

Performances:

All performances are at the Civic Centre and doors open half an hour before the show starts.

Tuesday Night 1st September: 6.30 pm

Wednesday Matinee 2nd September: 12.30pm

Wednesday Night 2nd September: 6.30 pm

Tickets go on sale from Monday 17th August and can be purchased online or from Broken Hill City

Council or can be bought at the performances.

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The cost is $25 for a family of two adults and two children. Individual tickets are $10 for adults and $5

for students. The choir is singing in the first half of the concert, so they can sit with their families and

enjoy the second half if they are not in the Year6/2 dance Group.

Senior Choir News

The Senior Choir has a busy few weeks ahead and is

excited about sharing their songs at the following functions.

Put these dates in your diaries and come and enjoy the

entertainment.

Far West Regional Talent Concert

Tuesday Night 1st September 6.30 pm

Wednesday Matinee 2nd September 12.30pm

Wednesday Night 2nd September 6.30 pm

Book Week Award Winners

Congratulations

Perfect weather graced us for our Book Week

parade, assembly and buddy read-in on Tuesday

18th August. Students and teachers came dressed

as their favourite book characters. Wally seemed

to be the most popular costume choice, especially

as all the teachers dressed as Wally characters.

See how many Wally’s you can find in the whole

school photo below…

The senior choir had to change the song they had

prepared at the last minute and did a beautiful job

with Mrs Dougherty conducting and Mrs Harris

accompanying them on the piano.

2GK recited their Eisteddfod poem and did a

fantastic job remembering such a long poem.

They used lots of expression and portrayed their

characters convincingly.

The Library Monitors read a favourite bedtime

story under the covers at night with a light - a

habit many students might be guilty of!

Mrs Winders spoke about our new automated

library system, Oliver, which was established in

our library this week and is the library searching

tool that all students will need to learn about in

the coming weeks. The P&C were also thanked

for their fundraising efforts for our library this

year as it is their major fundraising focus for 2015.

Another new feature in our library this term is an

online book catalogue, Redgum Book Club, that

we are trialling.

KK & KS enjoying their milo days last week! Big thanks to the parent helpers who came along!

Year 1 letters went out last week, so parents please help if you can! Thanks

NOTE WHO? ACTION

P&C Fundraiser Catalogue K-6

Fathers’ Day Stall & Brekky Notes K-6 Return notes/Fathers’ Day Gifts

NOTES SENT HOME RECENTLY

If you did not receive any notes relevant to your child, please see the office staff.

If you did not receive any notes relevant to your child, please see the office staff

“Proud Morgies learning together” Congratulations to the students who participated at the Barrier Athletics Carnival on Friday as part of the Broken Hill team. The students competed against students from Sunraysia and Broken Hill won.

Our senior girls relay team was also victorious.

Age Champions & Runners-Up

11 yrs Girl Runner Up Trinity Connor

Senior Boys Champion Jackson Daniels

Senior Boy Runner Up Cooper Treloar

Keep up the great work Morgies!

Lifeline Broken Hill celebrates National Op Shop Week

National Op Shop Week 2015 will take place from Sunday Aug 23rd to Aug 30th. National Op Shop week is an event that

everyone in Broken Hill can take part in. It starts at home. Doing a spring clean, decluttering your wardrobe and donating

unwanted items to the Lifeline Broken Hill Op Shop, you’re doing your part in helping the Broken Hill community.

Lifeline Broken Hill relies heavily on the income derived from the Op Shop in order to continue to deliver free services and

programs to the community. So during National Op Shop Week we encourage everyone to take some time and go through

their household and donate goods and items that they no longer need or come and fossick through the Lifeline shop for

some retail therapy for a good cause. To celebrate National Op Shop Week, all pre-loved winter clothing is now HALF

price.

All proceeds stay locally helping local people in need.