GORDON WEST BULLETIN V O L U M E 7 2 0 1 8 M A Y 2 4 2 0 1 8

Principal’s Report Ryde Road Pymble 2073 Telephone: 9498 4644 Fax: 9498 4436 Email: gordonwest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.gordonwest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Monday 28 May

CB2 Syd Eisteddfod

Tuesday 29 May

CB1 Syd Eisteddfod

ICAS Science Exam

Tuesday 5 June

Zone Cross Country

Wednesday 6 June

Grandparents Day K-2

CANTEEN CLOSED

Monday 11 June

Queens Bday Public Holiday

Monday 18 June

P&C Meeting

Tuesday 19 June

Aboriginal Perf. K-6

Thursday 21 June

Speciality Photos

Friday 22 June

Area Cross Country

Dates to Remember

NAPLAN 2018 Congratula ons to our Year 3 and Year 5

students who completed their NAPLAN

tests last week. Student performance

assessments from external sources are

used with school assessment prac ces to

inform ongoing learning and helps

iden fy direc ons to maintain high

expecta ons in learning.

Stage 1 excursion to the Australian Rep le Park All students in Years 1 and 2 had a fantas c day of learning at the Australian Rep le Park last week. Students saw many animals and had close encounters with snakes, lizards, crocodiles and turtles. The cheeky kangaroos were trying to look at the yummy lunches the students had! Thank you to the parent volunteers who

assisted with the excursion. It certainly

helped make the day a great success!

Great learning is happening in our classrooms This term all classroom teachers will spend quality me in grade teams researching best prac ce teaching methods, designing explicit lessons and sharing content knowledge to build collabora on across each grade. This professional development is part of our current strategic direc ons for our school plan. Over the past two weeks teachers in

Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 3 and Year 5

have presented lessons where one

teacher delivers the lesson, and the rest

of the team observe student engagement

and understanding of the concepts being

taught. This has been a highly successful

use of addi onal funding our school

receives for professional development.

Students in KT were using visualising to enhance how

they comprehended the story they listened to. This

partner ac vity increased the discussion about the

story and helped students par cipate in a retell.

Year 1 students were focussing on developing

resilience during maths problem solving tasks.

Students used ‘the

amazing spli ng plant’ to

model ways a number can

be mul plied by two over

and over again.

Year 3 students had to solve numerical and wri en

me problems using iPads, mini clocks and experiment

with different ways to record their answers.

Year 5 students were learning an explicit way to

comprehend wri en word problems in maths.

Students used the ‘See‐Plan‐Do‐Check’ template to

discuss what the maths ques ons were asking them to

do and explore different ways they could solve the

problem.

Grandparents Day 2018 Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 have been

prac sing to present a great concert to all our

grandparents on 6 June. We are looking forward to a

day of celebra ng the important role grandparents

play in so many aspects of a child’s life. Please be

reminded that the school canteen will be closed for

ALL students on this day.

Crossing Ryde Road a er school We remind all students who cross Ryde Road in the

a ernoons to walk within the pedestrian lines and

cross in a safe manner. Students who cross Ryde Road

to catch the bus have been reminded by teachers to

walk calmly and line up in a sensible way to safely get

on the bus.

Mrs Mandy Ryan Relieving Principal

CANTEEN CLOSED WEDNESDAY 6th JUNE  GRANDPARENTS DAY 

The canteen will be closed on Wednesday 6th June due to Grandparents Day celebra ons.

There will be no lunch orders on this day so please send a packed lunch to school with your child.

CANTEEN NEWS The canteen now has the op on to create your own beef or chicken burger.

Op ons include cheese, mayo, BBQ and tomato sauce, le uce, tomato and for the chicken burgers there is pineapple as well. To order simply click on as many extras as you want from the menu on Flexi Schools.

This term we will be adding homemade chicken and vegetable soup to our menu. The soup is made on site and can be ordered for lunch everyday with or without a bread roll and will also be available for online recess orders.

The canteen is open for recess on Mondays and Thursdays for the children to purchase food over the counter. Op ons available include yoghurt with berries and yoghurt with muesli and berries, fruit salad, smoothies – banana and strawberry and banana and blueberry, mini pizzas with ham and cheese, banana bread, fresh fruit and a range of snacks including popcorn and messy monkeys. We have also added toasted cheese melts. to both our over the counter and online recess menus . These simply consist of toasted tor lla wraps with a cheese filling‐ another yummy warm snack for these cooler days!

Some days our canteen can be quite busy and on occasion items can be forgo en when we are packing the lunches for the children. Please let your children know that if they find something is missing or incorrect in their bag that they can come and see us at the canteen and we will help them sort it out.

If you order recess online for your child please make sure to remind them that they need to collect it from the canteen, it is some mes difficult for us to locate the children in the playground if they have forgo en to come and collect their food.

As ever the canteen is always in need of volunteers, especially on Thursday and Fridays which are our busiest days. If you are able to help please sign up for a slot on the signup website ‐ h p://signup.com/go/rzpDjB. We do not have any volunteers for this coming Friday! Many thanks to those of you that have volunteered it is always greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards Satu, Jo, Ozlem and Cindy

Wondering what to do with all those Uniforms that have been out grown???

GWPS Uniform Shop offers the service of selling school uniform items that your child may have outgrown or you no longer need.

Each item of clothing will be tagged with your particular code, once your items have been sold you will receive a bank deposit for 75% of the resale value and the remaining 25% will be given to the P&C as a donation. The bank deposit run is done once per term.

Donations of uniforms are also very welcome. All funds received from these items are donated to the P&C.

Conditions of Sale.

only regulation school uniform items will be sold

only items purchased at the Uniform Shop will be resold, other branded items will be donated to charity

only items that are in good condition will be sold, no stains, tears, mould etc.

items not sold within 2 years will be donated to charity

hats, socks and hair accessories cannot be sold (due to health regulations)

any uniforms not fit for sale will be either, retained by the school as spares, discarded or donated to charity

items are generally priced for sale at about 50% of the price of the equivalent new item

If you have uniforms you would like to sell at the Uniform Shop please drop them off on Friday morning or take them to the school office on any other day. If you would like to receive reimbursement, please include the following information with the uniform items to be sold.

1. Name

2. Email Address

3. Bank Details (BSB & Account no.)

If you have any questions regarding this please feel free to email:

gwpsuniformshop@gmail.com and I can help you with your query.

Ruth Jang

Uniform Shop Manager

STUDENT NEWS PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the challenge:

Victor K 1S Jackson H 2B

Coby N 2E Frangipani W 2B

Baxter M 3H Talin S 3/4F Joshua T 3H Luke L KD

Lucinda H 2E James B 4G Ben R 4G

Penelope D 4E Arabella H 4E

Woosung L Alisa L 4/5D Sabina M 4E

Dhanya V 3/4F Ivy M 5W

Nicola B 5W Mia P KD

Jayden X KP Wyn Yen C 3G

KD Isabella F, Brianna N, Jasper C KH Jules K, Cheryl W, Zara F KP Sara D, Lachlan B, Jayden X KT Rupert A, Ariana W, Joanna N 1A Amanda L, Shriya V, Nick W 1F Justyn L, Oliva C, Curtis W 1S Sophia Z, George S, Shane W 1W Jade N, Matthew L, Yoon H 2B Vincent Z, Frangipani W, Charles H 2E Mirabelle M, Nirvaan J, Freddie G 2G Zac C, Pius C, Yolanda D 2K William M, Jasmine Z, Timur A 3G Victor L, Maya M, Will P 3H Arvand H, Emily Y, Bryan L 3/4F Vivienne E, Caitlin V, Flynn P 4E Tabitha R, Haley C, Lachlan D 4G Archie G, Kai H, Macey B 4/5D Jasmine K, Caitlyn B, Andi W 5T Junho J, Clare K, Katie R 5W Patrick T, Zac H, Ivy M 6F Xan J, Barbod M, Chloe G 6M Rhys P, Anabel I, Lillian K 6S Sasha T, Jasper S, Jacob Z

23/05/18

Soccer Results 11/5/18 Div 1 vs St Ives Senior A lost 0-4 Junior A1 won 4-1 Junior A2 lost 2-3 Div 2 vs St Ives Nth Senior B drew 3-3 Junior B1 lost 0-3 Junior B2 lost 0-3 Jnr Girls vs St Ives Nth drew 2-2 Snr Girls vs LEPS lost 0-2

Netball Results

11/5/18 Jnr 1 vs GRADING Jnr 2 vs Jnr 3 vs Snr 1 vs Snr 2 vs GRADING Snr 3 vs Snr 4 vs

Soccer Results 18/5/18 Div 1 vs West Pymble Senior A won 6-0 Junior A1 won 3-1 Junior A2 won 2-0 Div 2 vs Beaumont Rd Senior B won 4-1 Junior B1 drew 2-2 Junior B2 won 5-0 Jnr Girls vs St Ives Nth drew 2-2 Snr Girls vs St Ives Nth lost 0-2

Netball Results

18/5/18 Jnr 1 vs Lindfield east won 8-5 Jnr 2 vs Chatswood lost 3-4 Jnr 3 vs Chatswood lost 0-3 Snr 1 vs Beaumont Rd won 15-8 Snr 2 vs St Ives Park lost 2-8 Snr 3 vs West Pymble lost 3-6 Snr 4 vs Pymble won 7-2