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“THE GOON STUDENT VOICE”

“Quote of the Month:

Donut worry, be happy!

In This Issue

Interview of Mr Mason

Interview of Ms Deveny

Interview of Tiana from FW

Aborigine for a Day Article

RU Okay Day

Footy Day

Book Week Parade

Reminders:

Please see the notice about

Footy Day on Friday, the 20th

September (pg. 6).

2019 SRC Publishing Group.

Editors Note:

Welcome to our Third Edition of

“The Goon Student Voice”. Hello to the Nar Nar Goon community! This is the third Student

Voice Newsletter for the year. We have noticed how well this

year has been going so far—3rd

Term’s a charm. Next term we

will be introducing Great Mate award badges. They will be given

out by SRC Captains when we see outstanding kindness. Here

are a few tips on being friendly that might just help you to get a

Great Mate award! Manners, don’t forget that manners go a long

way. A simple please and thank you is always appreciated. Help-

fulness, everyone needs a hand once in a while. Finally, kind-

ness—kindness can be displayed in all different ways, just taking

someone to the sickbay could make you one of the special three

that will get the award!

This is your first reminder for the Where’s Wally competition,

where you have a chance to win 2 free vouchers from the can-

teen. You just need to fill in the form on the last page and put

your entry in the Where’s Wally box at the front office.

SRC Captains— Chilli, Kyle and Stirling.

NNG Primary School Student Representative Council Newsletter Issue 3 : September 2019

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Student Interview

An interview with Tiana (FW)

by Xavier L (5/6H) and

James M (3/4L).

What have you been learning in

class?

Counting numbers up to 30.

What is your favourite subject and why?

Art because I can make a lot of different stuff.

Do you like school and do you feel safe at school

and why?

Yes, I have friends that support me.

Who’s your best friend?

Piper, also in FW.

What have you been learning in maths?

Addition.

Do you like your teacher?

Yes, my teacher is Miss Watt.

IMPORTANT:

We are a sun smart school and you

must now be wearing a hat whenever

you are outside—you will be asked to

go to a shaded area if you are not

wearing your hat!

What’s been happening in Term 3?

Our Local Community

The SRC Representatives have been work-

ing together with the School Leadership

team and the Local Council to help design a

new playground for the Nar Nar Goon Rec

Reserve.

We have taken student suggestions and

used their ideas to create a vote. The results

have been given to the Local Council by the

School and SRC captains at a recent leader-

ship forum.

The top ten playground suggestions are

listed below:

1. Gyro swing

2. Flying fox

3. Whizzy dizzy

4. Monkey bars

5. Slide

6. Swing

7. Climbing frame and Fireman pole

8. Rock climbing wall

9. Cubby House

10. In-ground trampoline.

It is fantastic to be able to represent the stu-

dents at Nar Nar Goon Primary School and

have a say in what is happening in our local

community.

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An interview with Mr Mason, one of our 1/2 teach-ers by Edward B (3/4K SRC rep): Who’s your class clown? Everyone has a good sense of humour. What’s your three best student pieces? Colour poetry, our Information Reports and Colour Monsters. What is your most favourite type of student quali-ty? A positive attitude toward their learning. What’s your favourite subject to teach? Maths Why do you enjoy teaching? I like to help kids on their learning journey. An interview with Mrs Deveny, our Physical Edu-cation teacher, by Blake T (3/4M SRC rep) : How long have you been teaching for? 20 years. How many people and pets are in your family? I have 6 people, 4 horses, 1 dog and 1 cat. Is PE hard or easy to teach? Sometimes hard and sometimes easy. But it’s fun and rewarding. Is PE going good for you? I think so.

BOOKWEEK DRESS UP DAY

We had a great time taking part in the 2019 book

character dress up parade. It was enjoyable seeing

our classmates in dress up. Some students chose to

go in group themes and others on their own. It was

great to see so many parents watching the parade

and it was funny to see all of the teachers dressed

up.

Chilli (5/6 C / SRC Captain)

BOOK CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY.

All the winning costumes from each grade are pic-

tured above.

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Captains Corner:

Byrne House Cap-tains :

WHOLE SCHOOL P.I.T.W

We are enjoying our Whole

School Play Is The Way ses-

sions. It is fun getting to teach all

of the kids the different play is the

way games. Everyone in Byrne

House is participating and work-

ing well together. Last session we

played Titanic and Time ball. Ti-

tanic was a very popular game

choice. We would like to thank

our Byrne House students for

behaving so well and for their

participation.

Cody and Ciara—Byrne House

Congratulations to all the stu-

dents who participated in the Dis-trict Athletics competition in Term Three. Overall our school came fourth in the carnival which is an outstanding effort by all those who participated. We are very happy to have eleven students make it through to Division - Co-dy H, Xavier L, Milly H, Jai H, Ge-ogia C, Lily M, Taylor D and Eden V. Good luck to each and every one!

Below are photos from our Aborigine For a Day Incursion

Aborigine for a Day Incursion

On Wednesday the 25th of July we had the Aborigine For A Day Incursion. Every one had lots of fun completing all of the activities provided on the day and almost every one participated.

We all had three rotations which were: Aboriginal Art, Stories and Dancing. The 5/6’s did dancing in the first session, stories and Art in the middle session and the dance show at the end that the whole school went to. At the very start we got our faces painted in a brown stripe across our face and white dots on the brown line. At the end we all gathered into the multipurpose room and one girl and one boy from each class got to do the dances with a guy named Assa (the guy who taught them to us before hand). Every-thing on the day was fun thanks to Pancake, Assa, Big L and to Ms Cutler who organised it—so a very big thanks to them all!

By Mai.V (5/6C SRC rep)

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Did you know?

There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year

Fish can cough!

On the planet Venus, it rains metal.

www.coolkidfacts.com

Contributed by Amelia Webb.

Activities/Competitions:

Nar Nar Goon Primary School Student Voice—We hope you enjoyed reading our very own student newsletter!!

Enter this dot to dot colouring competition and you could win a can-

teen voucher.

You need to connect all the dots and colour in the picture. Please write

your name and class on the back before you enter.

Entries need to go in the Where’s Wally box at the front office.

Don’t forget to do your neatest work! By Milly

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NAME:

GRADE:

WHERE IS WALLY ? Describe where you found him in this newsletter:

Page number: Section:

First three entries drawn from the box at assembly will win a voucher to spend at our canteen! Just pop your

entries into the “Where’s Wally” box in the front office.

Where’s Wally Competition

For your chance to win an icy pole from the canteen cut out and place your completed entry form below in the competition box located in the

office:

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NAME:

GRADE:

WHERE IS WALLY ? Describe where you found him in this newsletter:

Page number: Section:

First three entries drawn from the box at assembly will win a voucher to spend at our canteen! Just pop your

entries into the “Where’s Wally” box in the front office.

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NAME:

GRADE:

WHERE IS WALLY ? Describe where you found him in this newsletter:

Page number: Section:

First three entries drawn from the box at assembly will win a voucher to spend at our canteen! Just pop your

entries into the “Where’s Wally” box in the front office.

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NAME:

GRADE:

WHERE IS WALLY ? Describe where you found him in this newsletter:

Page number: Section:

First three entries drawn from the box at assembly will win a voucher to spend at our canteen! Just pop your

entries into the “Where’s Wally” box in the front office.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE

WILL BE

NO ASSEMBLY TOMORROW

FRIDAY 13TH

DUE TO THE SETTING UP