TERM 3 WEEK 2
Friday
28th July 2017
Gunnedah South Public School
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“You Can Do It” Program
CONFIDENCE Supporting & caring for your children.
Gunnedah South
Public School “With oar and sail ”
Relieving Principal: Mrs Nicole Walsh Assistant Principals: Mrs Justine Davies
Deputy Principal: Graham Conn Mrs Judy McGowan
School Captains: Toby Bartlett & Lucy Reid Mrs Vicki Merlehan
Administration Manager: Mrs Kerryn Pryor Mrs Jenny Ross
Phone: 6742 1899 / 6742 1448 Fax: 6742 4217
Email: [email protected] Website: www.gunnedahs-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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Special points of interest:
Girls PSSA Touch
ICAS English
Life Education Van
GSPS Athletics
Carnival
School
Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
3 July/
August
31
Girls PSSA Touch
Coonamble
1
ICAS English
2
Life Education Van
3
Life Education Van
4
GSPS
Athletics
Carnival
4 August
7
Life Education Van
NW Gymnastics
Gala Day
8
Life Education Van
9
Life Education Van
10
Life Education Van
Anne Singleton Cup
Back up Athletics
11
5 August
14
15
ICAS Maths
16
High School Transition-
Afternoon visit
17
Kindergarten 2018 Information Afternoon
3.30-5.00
18
Zone Athletics
Dear parents and carers,
After such a busy week at South last week with NAIDOC celebrations, this week has been a quiet and settled week. During recess and lunch it is lovely to see students in the quadrangle playing in the sunshine and those on the ovals, playing their preferred sport, following rules and respecting others’ space. It is also wonderful to see how well the students move from play areas back to their classrooms once playtime is over and are ready for work.
School Photos
School photos were taken this week and there were lots of smiles, ribbons, shiny shoes and perfect ties!
To make sure they have the best possible class photos, 2M, 2R, 2H and KH are going to have their class photos redone next Monday 31st July.
The whole Yr6 photo and the SRC photo will be taken on Tuesday 8th August.
Athletics Carnival
The annual athletics carnival is coming up next Friday
4th August. The carnival includes all students K-6 and
will be held at Gunnedah High School. Students will
come to school as usual and will walk to the high school
once the class rolls are marked. The carnival will begin
for 8yr-12yr olds at 9:30am and for 5-7yr olds at 10am.
Early Leavers
There are times when students need to leave school
early or throughout the day for a medical appointment
or family reasons. It is becoming more apparent that
many students are asked by their parents to meet
them in the administration area, or parents present to
the office and ask the administration staff to locate
their child so they can be sent to the office.
The procedure when picking up your child early from
school is as follows:
Parents sign the students out at the front office and
then proceed to the student’s classroom and give the
leave note to the teacher. This allows for the classroom
teacher to maintain their duty of care and know where
their students are at all times.
Please don’t expect the administration staff or the
classroom teacher to arrange for the student to leave
their classroom.
From the Relieving Principal…. Staff Development Evenings
On Wednesday afternoon and evening in weeks 1 and
2, the staff participated in professional learning
involving student and teacher wellbeing and
management of students. We thank staff from district
office who came across from Tamworth to deliver the
training to our staff.
I also would like to acknowledge the commitment by
South school staff, as the training began on both
afternoons straight after school at 3:30pm and didn’t
finish until well after 6pm. This is not an easy task after
teaching all day and is another example of our
teachers’ dedication to their work and students.
Missing Texts
We once again thank all the mums who covered
Accelerated Literacy texts at the beginning of the
year. The teachers have been busy writing
programs for the texts and introducing them to
their students. However, we are still waiting for a
set of books to be returned. If you were one of our
fabulous volunteers who took books home to
cover, could you please look to see they have been
returned. The specific set that remains
outstanding is titled The Elephant In The Dark. The
year 1 teachers have already created a program
for this text and are very keen to teach it. Your
assistance is appreciated.
Sport
Soccer
Both the girls
and boys
soccer teams
played today
in the next
round of the
PSSA knockout competitions.
The girls played Narrabri West PS and came away
with a win by 6 goals to 2.
The boys also
won their
game in a
nail biter
finish 2-1
against
Narrabri PS
in a very
evenly played game. Gunnedah South’s goals were
scored by Nate Vernon and Callum Simson.
Touch football
Our touch football side
also played today and had
a very convincing win
against Werris Creek PS.
LOST PROPERTY
A friendly reminder that all
items of clothing and
possessions should be
clearly labelled. There is
currently an enormous pile
of lost property in the 3-6
section of the school; most
of it is not labelled and
therefore can not be
returned to its owner. Next Friday all the left over lost
property will be taken to charity organisations. So
please ask your child to go through the lost property
and see if something belongs to them by the end of
next week.
The S Factor is coming!
The S Factor will be held
in week7! That is Monday
28th August to Friday 1st
September.
This year, the heats will
take place from 1pm-
2.50pm from Monday to
Thursday and for a small
entry fee, all students will
have the opportunity to
go along as the audience.
The HEATS: Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th,
Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st of August.
The FINALS: will be on Friday night 1st September.
The SECTIONS: The SECTIONS: Singing, Dance, Music (musical Singing, Dance, Music (musical instrument), Variety (comedy, magicians, etc) and instrument), Variety (comedy, magicians, etc) and Infants. Infants.
Senior students will be sitting in front of the AV Senior students will be sitting in front of the AV room at both recess and lunch next week to hand room at both recess and lunch next week to hand out entry forms.out entry forms.
All forms must be clearly marked and returned with All forms must be clearly marked and returned with entry money ($2) to the window at the office not entry money ($2) to the window at the office not later than Friday 11th August. Late entries will not later than Friday 11th August. Late entries will not be considered.be considered.
Have a great weekend everyone.Have a great weekend everyone.
Kind regards,
Nicki Walsh
GSPS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
FRIDAY 4TH August, 2017
Steak Sandwich……….……..$6.00
Sausage Sandwich…….…….$2.00
Juice Popper…………..………$2.00
Water…………………….………$2.00
Soft Drink…………….…..……$2.50
Order your child’s BBQ lunch via Flexischools.
Go to www.flexischools.com.au
Online order cut-off: 11am Wed 2nd August
Silver
Danielle Kelly, Logan Anderson, William Curran, Camden Muddle, Eva Kelly,
Lucy Hannaford, Addy Laws, Kiarhne Ruttley, Hunter O’Neill, Jorja Tresize
Gold
Logan Anderson, William Curran, Addy Laws, Kiarhne Ruttley, Jorja Tresize
Class Bronze
Clayton Friend, Demi Smith, Emmy Torrens, Jayla Suey, Kirra Talbott, Charles De Guzman, Douglas Williams, Eli Talbott, Hayley Gardner, Rhegan Jaeger, Clare
Robinson, Aleena Tariq, Jacob Tindall, Alex Thompson, Stephanie Rose, Grace Honeysett, Ellie Cope, C J Lim, Taylah McAllan, Baylee Marchant, Bella-Lee
Colbran, Charleigh McArthur, Mitchell Slee
YCDI
Shaniqua Briggs, Lachlan Percy, Drew Elsley, Isla Wise, Matthew McInnes, Zahlia
Milne, Bec Sams, Keaton Walles, Phoebe Street, Charlotte McDonald, Jayde
Emmerson, Katie Eveleigh, Ally Harris, Heidi White, Ella Hancox, Seth Certoma,
Simone Donnelly, Peter Davison
Students had a great start back to Term 3
by celebrating NAIDOC week. This years
theme ‘Our Languages Matter’ celebrated
the unique and essential role that
Indigenous languages play in cultural
identity, linking people to their land and
water and in the transmission of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander history,
spirituality and rites, through story and
song.
Kindergarten classes were visited by Aunty
Stella who shared some Aboriginal stories.
‘Old Mother Tongue Bung’ being one of
their favourites.
Year 1 and 2 participated in Indigenous
Games for sport which was run by students
from Gunnedah High School. They were
also visited by Indigenous singer/songwriter
Kelsey who taught students songs in the
local Gamilaraay language.
Students in year 3 and 4 participated in an
‘On Country Excursion’ to Mullibah Lagoon,
Pensioners Hill and Wallaby Trap. They
were met there by local Aboriginal
community members and learnt about the
significance of these sites to the local
Aboriginal people.
Gunnedah South
NAIDOC Week 2017
‘Our Languages Matter’
Students in year 5 and 6 broke off into
groups for Men’s Business and Women’s
Business. These activities were were gender
related and with local Aboriginal community
members running these activities in our
school.
Boys learnt about traditional smoking
ceremonies, hunting, ochre painting, and
playing the didgeridoo.
Girls learnt about the importance of cultural
identity, yarning circles and local Gamilaraay
language.
Throughout the week all classes participated
in dance, song, language and storytelling with
the Gomeroi Dance company. Students
thought that this was one of the best
activities of the week and enjoyed the
stories told by Brad.
It was a busy week in the kitchen with
classes cooking lilly pilly jam drops, beef
skewers with Indigenous spices and johnny
cakes. We had a special visit from our
Aboriginal elder Uncle Neville who taught
us how to make johnny cakes without a
recipe.
We also celebrated the achievements of students who had 100% attendance in Term 1 and 2.
These students were presented with awards from the Local Gunnedah AECG.
Racial Harmony Awards were also given to students for celebrating and building on respectful
relationships shared by Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. Two students were selected
from each year group by teachers and were presented with awards and given an Indigenous
designed backpack.
Toby Randall Billie Carter Mia May Carroll Kayden Sutcliffe
Owen Robinson Zara Wise Clare Robinson Sophie Weston
Gabriella Pease Lilly Harris Hayden Riley Eva Kelly
Addie Hathway Clabe Dorrington Bella-Lee Colbran Chelsea Morgan
Zayden Kleinschafer Jai Wilson
Kayla White Dallas Mills Azaria Murray Jayln Muggleton
Benjamin Marshall Millie Small Liam Reid Isabelle Moore
Sam Dorrington Cruize Moore-Duff Tyler Duff
Arabella Holmes Charlotte McDonald Claire Varcoe
The annual NAIDOC award known as the ‘Ethan Stevens Memorial Award’ was presented to
Chloe Dorrington for her continuous efforts in all areas of education. Well done Chloe.
Thank you to all our community members and visitors that took part in our NAIDOC activities. NAIDOC is a great week of celebrations to showcase the importance Aboriginal culture means to our school. Here at Gunnedah South we look forward to celebrating
Aboriginal culture all year round. Mrs Walters
REMINDER! HEALTHY HAROLD & THE LIFE EDUCATION VAN
IS COMING TO GUNNEDAH SOUTH WHEN: Wednesday 2nd August to Wednesday 23rd August. COST: $4 per student due to classroom teachers by Monday 1st August. WHY: The program addresses many of the components and objectives of the NSW PDHPE curriculum and helps children to develop relationship skills, positive communication (both face to face and online), problem solving and decision making skills. The primary school modules focus on issues around:
food and nutrition,
personal safety,
physical activity,
cyber safety,
safety with medicine and
safety with legal drugs - tobacco, alcohol and caffeine. We would like to say a big thank you to the P&C and Whitehaven Coal for sponsoring this incursion!
$4 per student is due
to classroom
teachers by Monday
1st
August
17th June—223rd June—WEEK 1 Term 3 TOP CLASS 6P 9,189
TOP STUDENTS Sienna Swain 2,245
Maxie White 1,404
Kayla White 1,380
Another big week in Mathletics.
Congratulations to all the students.
In what has been described as the best result in over 20 years, the Gunnedah South Tennis team has qualified for the Finals in the PSSA knockout competition. Through the competition the team
has accounted for Narrabri West, Moree, Tamworth and now their biggest scalp, the North Coast champions, Karangi. Every member of the 6 player squad contributed to the 7 sets to 1 win with many spectators commenting on the skill of our players and their determination in
tough situations. The Finals are set down for Olympic Park later this Term.
Gunnedah South Athletics Carnival
Friday 4th August 2017
This year we will be holding our K-6 school athletics carnival on the
upgraded and totally secure site at Gunnedah High School. Their
larger facilities will enable our whole school to be on the one site and
have the added space for parents to watch the activities.
All students are to come to Gunnedah South School as normal on
Friday morning.
All students will walk from Gunnedah South to Gunnedah High
School under the supervision of staff after the 8:55am bell.
All students will be dismissed from Gunnedah High School at 3:00pm.
If you usually collect your child/children from Winder Place (Parent’s
Gate) or Bridge Street (Western Gate) you will need to collect them
from the High School. If your child walks home please ensure he/she
can navigate his/her way home or make other arrangements. If your
child travels by bus he/she will be collected by the bus from the High
School.
Please note that there will be modified rules for some field events
and that the school code of conduct will apply.
Parents and friends who plan to attend the carnival will need to
enter Gunnedah High School through the gate on the western side of
the school. Parking will be in the showground. All parents and friends
need to sign in and out at this gate. There will not be access through
the main gate.
Please join us for a day of competition and fun activities.
Parent Code of Conduct
Expectations
As a parent/guardian of a student who will be representing Gunnedah South Public School and playing under the auspices of the rules and regulations of the relevant association, you must meet the following requirements in regard to your conduct during any such activity
or event:
1. Remember that your child participates in sport for their own enjoyment, not yours.
2. Encourage your child to participate, do not force them.
3. Focus on your child's efforts and performance rather than winning or losing.
4. Never ridicule or yell at your child and other children for making a mistake or losing a
competition.
5. Remember that children learn best by example. Appreciate good performance and skilful
play by all participants.
6. Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse from sporting events.
7. Respect officials' decisions and teach children to do likewise.
8. Show appreciation for the coaches and teachers. Without them, your child could not
participate.
9. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of every young person regardless of their gender,
ability, cultural background or religion.
10. Be a positive role model.
11. Understand the repercussions if you breach, or are aware of any breaches of, this code
of behaviour.
Winder Place
Gunnedah NSW, 2380
Phone: 02 6742 1899 Fax: 02 67424217
Email: [email protected]
Rel. Principal: Mrs Nicole Walsh
There are only
7 Weeks to go until the
YEAR 5 CANBERRA Excursion
Please make sure all payments are finalised,
approaching completion or you are following the Payment Schedule
given out last term.
By now, according to the payment schedule
$400 should have
been paid.
Date due: Amount
Term 1 Week 10
Friday 67h April
$75
Non-refundable deposit
Term 2 Week 2
Friday 5th May
$50 payment
Term 2 Week 4
Friday 19th May
$50 payment
Term 2 Week 6
Friday 2ndJune
$50 payment
Term 2 Week 8
Friday 16th June
$50 payment
Term 2 Week 10
Friday 30th June
$50 payment
Term 3 Week 1
Friday 21st July
$75 payment
Term 3 Week 3
Friday 4th August
$50 payment
Term 3 Week 5
Friday 18th August
$50 payment
Term 3 Week 7
Friday 1st September
$50 payment
Learning to Play a Musical Instrument at Gunnedah South
Students interested in learning to play a musical instrument are given this won-derful opportunity at our school. We have a number of musical instruments and these are loaned to students. Free lessons are given at school. Some chil-
dren progress to more advanced lessons with Mr Rowe, once again at no cost.
Students from Year 2 to Year 5 interested in learning to play an instru-ment, and perhaps joining our school band, need to bring a note with parent contact details, and indicating parent support, to Mrs Sommerlad or the Office. Parents/Carers wishing to find out more information please also contact Mrs
Sommerlad.
YEAR 5 CANBERRA EXCURSION PAYMENT PLAN