Gundagai South Public School Principal: Mrs Pip McAlister

RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, CARE

NEWSLETTER Phone: (02)69441117 Gundagai South Public School Fax: (02)69441158 Luke Street Email: gundagais-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Gundagai NSW 2722 Web: www.gundagais-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 10 3rd April 2018

Dear Parents,

I trust you all enjoyed your

Easter break together and I’m

sure everyone will be keen and

ready to complete the last nine

days of school this term.

Easter Raffle and Hat Parade

Congratulations to all our

students who participated so

enthusiastically in our Easter

Hat Parade last Thursday.

There were so many fabulous

hats with very creative

approaches, so well done

everyone. The judges had an

enormously difficult task

choosing the winners.

Congratulations to the

following students who

received a certificate and Easter

egg for their efforts.

Most Fancy Hat – Maddi

Polsen Unique Hat – Gus and Stella

Dowell

Best use of recycled products –

Greg Clarke Most Colourful Hat – Nic

Monaghan

Tallest Hat – Michael

Monaghan

Cutest Hat – Essie Norden

Josie

Kaiden, Clayton & Michael

Nic & Michael Monaghan

Stella

Winner of the canteen Prize –

guessing the number of eggs

was Makena Hourn.

Thank you to everyone who

contributed to the success of the

P & C Easter Egg Raffle and a

huge thankyou to Anthea

Cooper for selling tickets at the

hairdressers and for wrapping

and presenting the raffles so

beautifully.

Congratulations to the winners

of the raffle:

1st - Carpenter Family

2nd - Bob Cooper

3rd - David Foster

4th - Amy Casnave

5th - Karen Warren

6th - Michelle Thomas

7th - Jackson Armour

8th - Brandy McGrath

9th - Chase Anderson

10th-Brian Smith

Grandparents Morning Tea

A very enjoyable morning tea

and classroom visit time was

enjoyed by many grandparents

who visited the school last

Monday morning. It was very

encouraging to see the smiles

on students’ faces with their

grandparents at school. Thank

you to my staff who cooked for

the morning tea and to those

who setup for the day. A

special thanks to those students

who attended and helped with

setting up and packing up at the

end of the morning. Thank you

to Ms Curtis for the lovely table

decoration.

Khyla & Nan

Michael & Nan

Maddi & Nan

NRL Gala Day

This was a wonderful day of

fun and social interaction with

lots of great skills, games and

activities being the highlight.

Our students competed

enthusiastically and with good

sportsmanship and were

standouts in the behaviour

stakes. Well done everyone.

Our school would like to

congratulate James Smart and

the NRL for their fantastic

organisation and smooth

running of the day.

Error

Please note that at the State

Athletics Championships in

Homebush on 25th March, Lilah

Norden placed 17th in the

1100m walk, not 77th. Sorry

Lilah.

Netball Gala Day, Netball Trials and Rugby

League Trials

Students in Years 3 – 6 who are

playing the gala netball in

Tumut will require transport on

the day. In Years 5 & 6 –

Claudia Grant, Josie Warren,

Kayla Byrne, Lilah Norden,

Teleah Smith, Amy Myers,

Brandy McGrath, Jasmine

Hayes and David Foster will

be participating, while in the

Years 3 & 4 class Hayden

Crossley Jack Clarke, Riley

Foster, Makena Hourn,

Dakota Parker, Reo Norden,

Marco Grant and Monique

Hayes Have indicated their

interest.

Please note students in Years

3 & 4 need to be in Tumut

ready to play at 9.15am, whilst

the 5/6 students will begin at

9.35am. Suggest leaving by

8.30am.

All students should wear their

school sports uniform with

joggers and everyone must have

their school hat and a water

bottle (preferably 2).

A canteen will run on the day

and a copy of the menu is

attached to your newsletter.

At the conclusion of the Gala

Day – approximately 2.00pm,

Highlands Netball trials will be

conducted for those students

who returned their notes, and

who have had their nomination

for selection forwarded to Miss

Gould. Students trialling

should report to Miss Gould to

advise her that you are present.

Rugby League Trials (Years 5

& 6) will be held in Gundagai –

also on Wednesday from

12.00pm at Stan Crowe Oval.

All students trialling must have

completed the Permission to

Play forms and they must play

in headgear and with a

mouthguard. It is up to those

trialling to organise your own

transport to and from the venue.

Good luck to all our students

who are committed to having a

go at this level.

Mrs Hillier will be supervising

the students attending the Gala

Netball day with Michelle

Hartshorn also assisting on the

day.

Assembly

Our first major assembly for

2018 will be held next

Wednesday 11th April

commencing at 2.00pm in the

library. Everyone is welcome

to come along and enjoy seeing

and hearing about some of the

learning, the students have been

doing throughout the term.

Leave

At the end of this week, I plan

to take some leave which means

I will be away all of next week.

Mrs Jackson will be writing the

final newsletter for the term,

however, I do wish you all a

happy and safe holiday.

School resumes for

students on Tuesday 1st

May.

ANZAC Day

As is the tradition for our

school, we will be participating

in the ANZAC Day March on

Wednesday 25th April. All

students are encouraged to

participate, wearing their school

uniform (usually summer with

jumper in case it’s cold). We

will meet up outside Lott’s

Family Hotel at 9.45am. All

school leaders will be involved

in the wreath laying ceremony

at the Cenotaph.

Coles Sports for Schools

Today is the last day for

collecting Cole’s Sports for

Schools vouchers. Please return

any vouchers you may have by

the end of this week so they can

be sent off for counting. Thank

you to all those who have sent

in vouchers, we hope to be able

to receive lots of new sporting

equipment.

Portfolios

Just a reminder to please send

in your child’s portfolio as soon

as possible. Thank you to those

parents who have already done

so.

Radio News

Don’t forget to tune into school

news on the radio station

Sounds of the Mountains 94.3.

This can be heard each school

Monday morning at

approximately 9.45am.

Week 11: Jasmine & Teleah

School Banking

Don’t forget to send in your

Bendigo School Banking.

Banking will be collected every

Wednesday.

PBL Red Level

Congratulations to the

following students who have

achieved red level – Positive

Behaviour for Learning.

Sierra McGrath, Jackson

Armour, Riley Hourn,

Tahlira Rose, Corby Rose,

Kayden Gould, Khyla

Warren, David Foster, Kiara

Parker, Teleah Smith.

Home Reading

Congratulations to the

following students who have

reached 20 nights Home

Reading.

20 Nights

Kaiden Anderson, Jackson

Armour, Dusty Blundell,

Tahlira Rose, Corby Rose,

Khyla Warren, Gus Dowell,

Stella Dowell, Sierra

McGrath.

PBL Weekly Focus Area

This week our focus areas for

PBL will be “Out of Bounds”

in the playground and

“Entering and Exiting the

Room” for our Classroom.

Playground –Out of Bounds

Respect: Follow teacher

instructions.

Responsibility: Right Place,

right time. Stay in the

playground.

Care: Report problems.

Classroom – Entering and

Exiting the Room

Respect: Walk sensibly and

quietly.

Responsibility: Line up quietly.

Keep in line.

Care: Bags on backs. Hands

and feet to self.

Please discuss our focus areas

with your children this week.

PBL- Uniform Winners

Congratulations to our weekly

uniform award winners for

Week 9 – Josie Warren

Healthy Recess and Lunch

Congratulations to our healthy

recess and lunch awards

winners for Week 9

Recess award - Jackson

Armour

Lunch award - Stella Dowell

Student of the Week

5/6 – Teleah Smith –

Producing quality written work

in the classroom.

3/4 – Monique Hayes –

Developing her research skills

while completing her project.

K/1/2 – Michael Carpenter –

Clarke - For his effort to edit

his own writing to improve his

learning.

Catch of the Week

5/6 – Kiara Parker – Contributing in a positive

manner with good

sportsmanship at the NRL day.

3/4 – Marco Grant - Being a

good team player at the NRL

Come try Day.

K/1/2 – Maddi Polsen – Being

a responsible writer during each

morning session.

How 2 Learn

5/6 – Josie Warren – Showing

excellent understanding of the

text during class reading and

responding effectively to

questioning.

3/4 – Aethon Bell –

Persevering with his research

project.

K/1/2 – Dusty Blundell –

Being like Rezilia, persistently

working hard to get the job

done.

Pip

Canteen

Wednesday 4th

April

Lianne Blundell &

Jacinta Warren

Friday 6th April

Sharnie Carpenter

& Jean Carpenter

GUNDAGAI

NETBALL

ASSOCIATION CALL OUT TO ALL

THE GIRLS THAT

WOULD LIKE TO

TRY NETBALL.

It is not too late to

register!!

We are looking for the

little ones that would

like to play for the first

time and those girls that

would like to keep on

playing.

Contact

Donna Scott

0458 081787

Carmel Lemon

0418 432654