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Welcome Back to Term 2

Welcome back to term 2! I hope everyone had a lovely Easter and a restful holiday and are ready for another busy term at Griffith North Public School. This term we have lots to look forward to with NAPLAN, athletics carnival, reports and lots more. A calendar is attached to this newsletter with all the dates that we have currently got booked. This term we welcome Mrs Robyn Delves and Mrs Helen Morel to 4S and Miss Hollie O’Dea to the Support Reading Class. Mrs Michelle Woodward will be relieving Assistant Principal, for the remainder of the year. ANZAC School Assembly

Thank you to our Year 6 students who ran our ANZAC School Service today. They showed a great deal of respect and responsibility with this honour. Also thank you to Year 2 for their poem and to the choir who sang beautifully.

Newsletter

The North Weekly News (the newsletter) will be coming home on Tuesdays for the remainder of the year.

ANZAC Day

Thank you to the families who have returned their ANZAC Day note GNPS students who are marching in the ANZAC ceremony on Wednesday 25th April (tomorrow)

are asked to assemble at the Gemini in Banna Avenue at around 10:00 am. All School captains, prefects and SRC members are encouraged to be a part of the march. It is a very special day in our history and GNPS always has a great representation at the march. Students will need to wear full winter uniform.

Nation Assessment Plan Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) This year the Year 3 and Year 5 students will participate in the 2012 NAPLAN. NAPLAN will take place in week 4 of this term. The dates are as follows; Tuesday 15th May Language Conventions and Writing Wednesday 16th May Reading Thursday 17th May Numeracy If you have any questions or issues regarding NAPLAN please contact your child’s classroom teacher. More information can be found at: www.naplan.edu.au/parents/parents.html

Dates To Remember

Tues 24th Apr 11:35 am School ANZAC Assembly Wed 25th Apr ANZAC DAY Thur 26th Apr Tennis Knockout – Hay Thurs 3rd May Riverina Touch Trials Tues 8th May Mortimer Shield Wed 9th May Rugby Union in Wagga

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5/6 Excursion to Ballarat

The 5/6 Excursion was held in the last week of term 1. The students had a wonderful time and learned a great deal about the Gold Rush. I would like to congratulate the students for their wonderful behaviour and thank Mrs Debreceny, Mrs Webb, Mrs Triggs, Mr Pendlebury, Mrs Fordham and Ms Maloni for all their hard work on the excursion. Excursions are not possible without the hard work and dedication of our wonderful teachers.

Have a wonderful week

Aboriginal Education Worker (Temporary Part time) Griffith East Public

School/Griffith North Public School

Expressions of Interest are called, to fill the temporary part time position of Aboriginal Education Worker at Griffith East and Griffith North Public School. The position will commence Monday 14th May and conclude on Friday 30th November. The position will be up to 24 hours a week during school terms. Duties (Position Criteria) include:

Working with the classroom teachers to

support Aboriginal students;

Collaborating with the Aboriginal Education committee to organise cultural activities and events such as NAIDOC week and excursions; and

Assisting the Aboriginal Education

Committee/Teachers in implementing

Personalised Learning Plans.

Note: Aboriginality is a requirement of this position under Section 14d of the anti Discrimination Act. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a “Working with children” and security check. Expressions of interest should be a one (1) page document addressing the position criteria including a resume. Applications and enquires are to either Griffith East Public School or Griffith North Public School. Closing date is 4pm Monday 7th May.

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Winter School Uniform

The school’s community has strongly endorsed the policy that all students attending Griffith North Public School should wear the school’s uniform. Where a student does not wear uniform it is expected that parents will provide a written explanation. A clothing pool operates at the school and parents are asked to support it by donating items of uniform for sale and/or purchasing uniforms from the clothing pool. All uniforms can be purchased at Lowes in Banna Avenue. Boy’s winter Grey Shirt or Red Skivvy Grey Trousers GNPS sloppy-joe Black shoes

Girl’s winter Grey Tunic Grey pants White Shirt GNPS sloppy-joe Black shoes White socks or Grey tights GNPS jacket

P&C News

The P&C would like to thank the following parent helpers who volunteered their time to staff the La Festa gates on Easter Saturday.

It was a busy day with a steady stream of people entering the venue. Your patience, professionalism and organisation were greatly appreciated by not only the school P&C but the organisers of La Festa. Thank you to Meg Taipaleti, Judy Peruzzi, Tania Gibbs, Karen Heffer, Anjanette Rowley, Mitch and Bec Chapman, Brad Johnson, Sonya Salvestro, Kelli Bordignon, Lisa Allen, Nicole Moon and Gloria Zilliotto.

Canteen Roster – Week 1

Tuesday 24.04.12: Anjanette Rowley Wednesday 25.04.12: ANZAC DAY Thursday 26.04.12: Josie Tapner Friday 27.04.12: Neva Barber, 2 Helpers Needed Welcome back!

Thank you so much for the response to the canteen roster for Term 2. We are still short on certain days, so if you are available please let the canteen know. There are a few changes for the winter months......

Hot soup will be available every day - $2.00 per cup.

Meat pies and sausage rolls will be sold everyday.

Hot dogs will only be sold on Fridays. Hot Milo every morning from 8.45 am – 9.15

am - $1.00 per cup Crunchas are now .80c Frozen Yoghurts are now $1.50 Lasagne is now $4.00 due to a price increase Looking forward to another exciting and busy

term. See you at the Canteen!

Paulina & Nicole Canteen Supervisors

Sport News

Congratulations to the Tennis Team Alison Triggs, Anna Robinson, Tristan Gibbs and Tom Dale who played tennis on Thursday 26th April at the Griffith Tennis Courts against Hay. Tristan, alison and Anna won their singles 6-0. Tom lost 5-6 in a tie breaker. Both doubles were 6-o. Both mixed doubles were 6-1 our way. On Friday Evander Cook, Blake Wood and Anthony Sloane will try out for the Riverina Rugby League Team. Good Luck boys! Remembering our Ex-servicemen & Women on ANZAC Day in a special way

On ANZAC Day this year, as happened last year and the year before, a small white cross and a

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poppy will be placed on every ex-servicemen and women’s graves in the Griffith Cemetery. Nine hundred and Eighty seven graves in total. After the ANZAC Day service in the park, the community and students in particular are invited to visit the Griffith Cemetery and place the provided flowers on the graves marked with little white crosses. Donations of flowers will be also gratefully accepted. This was a beautiful thing to see over the past two years. Not one of the marked graves went without a flower placed there by the small enthusiastic crowd. Sixty-seven of these graves did not have a plaque (bare dirt only). This year we have managed to mark all sixty seven graves with a plaque. I look forward to seeing you all at the cemetery on ANZAC day.