Page 1 Newsletter Fairfax Public School 2227 Harparary Road, Maules Creek, NSW 2382 T 02 6794 4502 F 02 6794 4547 E [email protected] Issue 14 - Term 3 - Week 2 Friday, 26 July 2013 Principal’s Report Thank you to everyone for their prompt return of permission and travel notes for our excursions next week. We will be leaving Fairfax at 8:45 am both Monday and Tuesday. For our Monday, circus visit to Boggabri Public School we will be leaving Boggabri at 11:30 to return to school by 12:00, Thank you to Karen Brennan and Leanne Starkey for offering to help transport us across. On Tuesday we will be at Sacred Heart all day, returning to Fairfax at 3:30 pm. Thank you to Ash Smith, Pat Murphy and Mrs Shields and Mr Wood for driving us across on Tuesday. We have today celebrated National Tree Day by learning about the importance of trees and discussing the meaning of environmental sustainability. Thank you to Mr Murphy for coming in to help us plant our trees. We have planted a number of native trees and shrubs around our school including a Coolibah tree. Today we welcomed Mrs Warnock back to Maules Creek. We thoroughly enjoyed hearing about her trip and experiences she had whilst she was traveling across Australia. We were also all very excited to share our great news from the Narrabri Eisteddfod. We are currently updating our records and require each student to have an updated health form filled in and returned to the school. Please return these forms by the end of next week to ensure our records remain up to date. Next Wednesday we will begin our Active After School Program again, Thank you to Karan Todd for organising the afternoon tea roster. The Smith’s will provide afternoon tea this Wednesday. Next week is a very busy week as we begin our Education Week Celebrations. Please come in and join us if you are not busy on any day to help us celebrate. Have a great week, Rebecca Smith Calendar Date Event TERM 3 2013 Mon 29 th July Circus Performance at Boggabri Public School Tues 30 th July Life Education Van visit Sacred Heart, Boggabri Wed 31 st July Gardening Day, Active After School Golf Begins Fri 2 nd August Grandparents Day/ Jeans for Genes Day Wed 7 th August Pet Safety Visit Wed 14 th August School Photographs Fri 16 th August Narrabri District Zone PSSA Athletics, Wee Waa Mon 2 nd Sept CWA International Day Wed 18 th Sept Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off Fri 20 th Sept Small Schools Public Speaking, Boggabri PS Last Day Term 3