Public Speaking - our public speaking topics for this year have been announced. Children in years Yr. 2/3/4 and Yr. 5/6 will prepare a speech to present to their class. These speeches will be adjudicated and winners will represent us at the inter school event with St Mary’s School Young.

Our Yr. 2 students will prepare a speech for presentation here at school, but will not be participating in the inter school event. This is a fabulous opportunity to begin to develop their public speaking skills.

Topics are as follows:

Stage 2: Speeches will go for 2 minutes with a warning bell at 1minute 30 seconds and at 2 minutes.

Topic for Year 3 is      Best Friends               

Topic for Year 4 is      Good Advice

Stage 3: Speeches will go for 3 minutes with a warning bell at 2 minutes 30 seconds and at 3 minutes.

Topic for Year 5 is      Don’t try This

Topic for Year 6 is      The View from the Top

The interschool competition with St Mary’s will be held on Tuesday August 20 here in Grenfell.

Sporting Schools sport – this term, our sporting school’s activity is rugby league. We are looking forward to working with Shanika Harpur in the coming weeks. These lessons will take place on our normal Thursday sports day.

Book Week – Book week is coming…

The theme for 2019 is

Reading is my secret power…

Now is the time to start thinking about the Book Character parade and what characters we might be seeing on the day. Remember to bring a copy of the book that your character appears in to the parade.

Life Ed Van – this year’s Life Ed Van visit will take place in late August. More information will be coming home about this visit over the next few weeks.

Library – now is a great time to have a look around at home and return any extra Library books – these could be under the bed, on the bookshelf, on the kitchen table or even in the “to read” pile.

Boorowa Touch Football carnival – we are in the early stages of preparing for the Boorowa Touch football carnival which is set down for October 25. Additional information will be sent home in a separate note.

We will only be attending if we receive enough nominations to make the trip viable.

Changes to routine - Thank you to those families who are keeping us informed when children are absent from school, or there are changes to the regular routine. Please be aware that we are required to keep the rolls up to date and that thorough explanation for absences enable us to do so.