Monday 3 February 2025

Yarma (Welcome)

Dear parents and carers

Welcome to the 2025 school year.  It was wonderful to see the happy students return to school.

New students and staff

We would like to welcome the following new Mulwala jarmbies to our school:

Kindergarten-  Noah, Tillie, Brooklyn, Chloe, Abigail, Alice R, Alice S and Sophie

Year 1- Jessica and Raiah

Year 3- Maximus and Samuel

Year 4- Arloh

We would also like to welcome Mr Southam (Nungara teacher) and Mr Elliott (casual teacher) to our staff.

Sport Captains elections

All Year 5 students are invited to nominate themselves as a 2025 Sport Captain.  Elections will take place on Wednesday 5 February. The students will present a short speech prior to the student election.

School Lunches

School lunches will be available on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Stroke correction

Stroke correction lessons will occur each day this week leading up to the swimming carnival. The lessons are for those students who can swim 25 m and will be entering competitive races at the carnival.. Please ensure your child brings their swimmers, rashie, towel and thongs/crocs to school each day in a bag.

Swimming Carnival

Our annual swimming carnival will be held on Friday 7 February.  All students from K-6 will be attending. There will be competitive events as well as 25 m and novelty events. 

Please complete the entry form sent out via SchoolBytes. Parents are invited to come along and support thier child. If you are able to assist with time keeping, please contact the school office.

Meet and Greet

Famiies are invited to meet the staff at our Meet and Greet session on Wednesday 26 February commencing at 5:30 pm. More information will be provided at a later date

Thrive Before and After School Care

Thrive before and after school care is now taking bookings for Term 1.

Before School Care: 7 am - 9 am

After School Care: 3 pm - 6 pm

Contact

Phone- 0448 982 647

Email: mulwala@thriveoshc.com.au

Online enrolments

Labeled items

Please ensure your child's items, in particular, hat, jumper and drink bottle, are labeled.

Bringing toys to school

The school has ample equipment and toys for students to play with at recess and lunch times. We ask that students do not bring toys and other items from home.

Bring your wheels to school

The students are invited to bring their wheels (bikes, scooters, skateboards etc) to school each Thursday to ride at lunchtime. The students must have a properly fitting helmet. This will begin on Thursday 13 February.

Voluntary School Contributions

Parents are invited to make a voluntary contribution of $40 which goes towards all classroom supplies..

School holidays

Term one ends on Friday 4 April.

Making a compliment, suggestion or complaint about NSW public schools

We are committed to working with parents, carers, students and families to ensure all students are happy and thrive at school. If you have a question, issue, complaint, feedback or compliment about our schools, we’d like to know. Please make an appointment to discuss any concerns you have. The first contact should be the class teacher. 

Please follow the guidelines set out in:

Making a complaint about NSW public schools - guide for parents & carers

Moodamoot (farewell)

Regards

Gayle Pinn

Principal

Term 1

Monday 3 February- Friday 4 April

Term 2

Thursday 24 April- Friday 4 July

Term 3

Tuesday 22 July - 19 September

Term 3

Wednesday 8 October- Friday 19 December

Assemblies are held at school on alternate Fridays commencing at 2 pm. All students have a turn at presenting class reports, sharing learning and presenting the assembly. Everyone is invited to attend.

Friday 14 February

Presenters: Harper, Keisha, Sadie, Amelia, Grace, Zain

Class Reports:

• Bobinawarrah: Eli

• Goonie: Kora and Corey

• Thurgoon: Arabella and Evie M

• Nungara: Poppy and Skyla

Friday 28 February

Presenters: Sadie, Skyla, Lylah, Ruby

Class Reports:

• Bobinawarrah:  Alex

• Goonie: Abigail and Jessica

• Thurgoon: Evie C and Ezra

• Nungara: Esther and Amelia

Please check the school calendar reguarly. It is available on the School Bytes app and at the top of the newsletter.

Week 2

Monday- Thursday Swimming lessons for those students who can swim 25 m.

Friday 7  Swimming carnival for K-6

Week 3

Monday 10 Lifesaving education program for Years 3-6

• Stroke correction swimming lessons- for students who can swim 25 m. $14.40

• Swimming carnival -K-6 $5.00

• Lifesaving Education Program -Years 3-6 $30.00

• Yearly note -K-6

• Sporting trials Years 5-6

Lunch orders available from Sweet and Sour Sisters Wednesday-Thursday.

Download the Qkr! app

The next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 3 March at 7 pm in the staffroom at school. New members are welcome.

It is a requirement of the P&C association that all members have a current WWCC. Volunteer applications are free of charge. Follow the link to submit your online application prior to visiting the mobile centre:  Working with children check.  Once applications have been cleared a copy can be sent to the school office mulwala-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.