Goolgowi Public School to the Stars Newsletter Term 2, Week 10
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GOOLGOWI PUBLIC SCHOOL TO THE STARS NEWSLETTER TERM 2, WEEK 10 Principal: Mrs Anne-Maree Young Penney Street, Goolgowi, NSW, 2652 T 02 6965 1207 F 02 6965 1309 E [email protected] Calendar Principal’s Message *Please note dates from week to week as there are Cooperation - Respect – Responsibility occasionally some changes. Thank You Term 2, 2019 As another busy term comes to an end on Week 10 Thursday 4 July Small Schools Athletics Friday, I would like to thank the students for Carnival their dedication to improving their learning. Friday 5 July Assembly - NAIDOC They have been challenged by the teachers 2pm who have worked hard to provide engaging Last day Term 2 learning activities. Thank you to the P&C and Term 3, 2019 all families for their continued support of the students and the school. Everyone have a Week 1 safe and happy holiday and I hope there are Monday 22 July SDD - No Students Tuesday 23 July Students Return not too many injuries at the new skate park. Notes coming home this week Reports Nil The students’ Semester 1 reports will be sent home tomorrow. Please sit down with your Canteen child and read them together as they cover Wed. 3 July - Janaya Clark & Billy Jo Clark the students’ strengths and areas for improvement in aspects of their academic Student of the Month and social growth and their commitment to learning. If you wish to discuss the reports, please contact your child’s teacher to make an appointment. Small Schools Athletics Carnival Students turning 8 this year and the primary students will be attending the Small Schools Athletics carnival on Thursday 4 July at West End oval. This carnival will enable students to qualify for the Zone Athletics carnival. Thank you to the family and friends who are transporting the students to this event. All students need to return their permission Haley Marshall notes. For showing reliance and care for NAIDOC Week Assembly others. As NAIDOC Week is in the holidays (7-14 July), we have set aside this Friday to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students will rotate around activities involving Aboriginal art, Dreamtime Stories and cooking. They can wear casual clothing in the colours of the Aboriginal flag: red, yellow and black. These activities will be Page 1 Term 2, Week 10 Tuesday 2 July 2019 followed by our whole school assembly at 2pm. Please come early and enjoy the P&C Anne-Maree Young barbecue from 1:15pm. Principal Enrol Now for Kindergarten 2020 Enrolments are now being taken for Kindergarten 2020. The Department of Education requires that: in the classrooms? • All children must be in compulsory K/1/2 News schooling by their 6th birthday. K/1/2 weigh in • Children can start Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn 5 Investigating weight this week, K/1/2 had a on or before 31 July that year. discussion about the book ‘Who Sank the • Students should start school at the Boat’ by Pamela Allen. Initially most students beginning of the school year. agreed that it was the mouse that sank the boat however, after a detailed number talk Parents are asked to bring: the majority of the class decided that the • the child's birth certificate or identity mouse didn’t sink the boat. The conversation documents. enabled the students to discover that the • proof of child's address – current council mouse was the lightest and that the rates notice, residential lease, electricity combined weight of all the animals was the bill and so on. reason the boat sank. • immunisation history statement from the We used balance scales to weigh items using Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) paddle pop sticks. We also compared weights • any family law or other relevant court and ordered classroom materials from lightest orders, if applicable. to heaviest. Here are some of the photos. Please call into the office to get an enrolment form and information. If you know any other children who are ready to start school, please pass on this information. This will help us to plan our classes for 2020. Fundraising for New iPads Thank you to everyone who has donated to our fundraising; so far we have been able to raise $6,660. Our Robotics and Coding fundraising finishes in 9 days time. We put a post on Facebook so it would be great if you could share it with five others and extend our fundraising network out into the wider community. I understand that the drought has had a huge impact on the community but if you have friends, family, clients or businesses who would like to donate to our worthy cause and receive a tax deduction, please ask them to go to the following website: https://www.schoolsplus.org.au/robotics- coding-goolgowi-ps/. This year, we are raising funds to purchase 10 iPads, a fileserver to manage them and a subscription to ZuluDesk to download apps. Page 2 Term 2, Week 10 Tuesday 2 July 2019 5/6 News We have had a fabulous Term 2. I have been impressed with the quality of work the students in Year 5/6 have produced this term. There have been some fantastic improvements and real growth shown. This week our school is celebrating NAIDOC week. The students are busy creating Aboriginal inspired artworks to display at our whole school assembly. In maths, we are finishing off the term by focusing on chance. On Monday, we played a number of games that involved elements of chance and discussed the likelihood of winning and losing. On Thursday, the majority of the class is heading into Griffith to compete in small school’s athletics carnival. I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday. I look forward to everyone coming back fresh in Term 3 to smash some more learning goals. Mrs Liddicoat PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) PBL focus for this week: Value: Respect Miss Sim Focus: Use the toilets correctly Action: Go to the toilet, wash your hands 3/4 News and return to your class or the playground. This week students will be learning about the indigenous Australian culture as part of our Awards learning activities. Students will still complete Congratulations to our weekly award winners: some aspects of their normal routine such as Miss Sim reading, writing, spelling and maths. Noah - for using a practical method when Students will complete their final draft of their ordering materials’ weights in maths. persuasive text ‘Are trees important?” and begin the editing and publishing component Yalarah - for applying herself during letter of the writing cycle. writing and publishing. 3/4 will be developing their making Miss Gordon/Mrs Young connections comprehension strategy. We will Rylan - for improvement in his weekly be reading a variety of texts as part of spelling results. NAIDOC activities and students will be Mrs Liddicoat making connections between each text. Dylan - for a great effort playing the Miss Gordon/Mrs Young numbers game. Page 3 Term 2, Week 10 Tuesday 2 July 2019 PBL Awards Canteen Voucher – Charlie (Yr 6) Change of PBL Values There are three core values at Goolgowi Public School; respect, responsibility and cooperation. These values were developed in consultation with the parents and wider school community when we first began Positive Behaviour for Learning. The school PBL team have decided that with the change in school culture over time, resilience is another fundamental core value which would benefit the students as they Sports News become lifelong learners. The PBL team have therefore decided to change the school value Soccer cooperation to resilience. If you have any On the 28 June, I travelled to Ted Scobie concerns regarding the change of one of the Oval in Griffith to participate in the district school values, please contact the school. soccer knockouts with the Small Schools Friday Reward team. In our first game we played against Darlington Point Public School and lost 5-2. Last Friday 28 June students enjoyed an In our next game we beat Yenda 8-2. Our afternoon of building with either Lego, Duplo, final game was a winners’ consolation game blocks or playing cards. This reward was for against Griffith East and we lost 8-4. the students who had demonstrated the school’s values respect, responsibility and Overall, we all had a great day and I would cooperation. These rewards are developed like to thank our parents for transporting us. by the Student Representative Council at the Charlotte beginning of each term. Page 4 Term 2, Week 10 Tuesday 2 July 2019 Chris Smith, and Rory Brown stood out in defence during this period and kept the Rams scoreless. Harry Robertson scored in the corner in the 34th minute but the final pass was ruled forward to leave the halftime score at Goolgowi 16 Barellan 0. The first 20 minutes of the second half was evenly contested, but it was Barellan who enjoyed the better of field possession even though they could not turn that into points. P & C Fundraiser - Garden Mulch Vaughn Higgins and Chris Smith continued to Keep the weeds at bay and make the garden work tirelessly in the second half, as did lock beds look fantastic. Our P&C has garden Alex Brown and hooker Laurie Sandford who mulch available. For a donation of just $30 was unable to pick up a 4-pointer for the first come and grab a 6 x 4 trailer load. $40 for time in a match this season.