26 Grant St, PO Box 199, GOORNONG, VIC, 3557

Tel: 5432 2236 Fax. 5432 2425

Email: goornong.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Friday 21st August, 2015

Issue 26

Dates to Remember

Term Three

Wed 2nd Sept. MARC Library Book Week Day

Costume Parade at 9.00am

Fri 4th Sept. Cluster Athle#c Sports (Grades 3-6)

Fri 11th Sept. Jump Rope for Heart, 2.15pm.

Mon 14th Sept. School Council

Fri 18th Sept. MARC Library.

Fri 18th Sept. Last day of Term Three, 2.15pm dismissal

2015 Term Dates

13th July—18th Sept . Term Three

5th Oct—18th Dec. Term Four

Our School Values—teamwork, respect, honesty and care.

Weekly Awards

P-2: Values Award– Bree

Literacy– Beau

Maths– Cooper

3-6: Values/Respect Award– Ellamay

Literacy– Rhylee

Maths– Brodi

This week’s awards will be presented at

assembly on Tuesday 25th August at

3.00pm.

Friends of the School NewsFriends of the School NewsFriends of the School NewsFriends of the School News

Elmore Field DaysElmore Field DaysElmore Field DaysElmore Field Days

Thank you to all those who have put their name down

on the roster to volunteer at this years Elmore Field

Days. Danielle will catch up with you soon with further

details.

Wood RaffleWood RaffleWood RaffleWood Raffle

Our Wood Raffle was drawn this after-

noon. Winners will be published in next

week’s newsletter.

Portrait SittingPortrait SittingPortrait SittingPortrait Sitting

We are offering portrait sittings for Satur-

day 26th & Sunday 27th September,

please pencil in your diary. Offer consists

of10-15 edited photos on disk, $100 per

sitting. More details regarding booking

times to follow.

Dear Parents,

This year we will be par#cipa#ng in

the Woolworths Earn & Learn

program.

From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday

8th September, we are collec#ng Woolworths Earn

& Learn S#ckers. You will get one Woolworths Earn

& Learn S#cker for every $10 spent (excluding liq-

uor, tobacco and gi> cards). Place the Woolworths

Earn & Learn S#cker onto a Woolworths Earn &

Learn S#cker Sheet and when it’s complete, the

S#cker Sheet can be dropped into the Collec#on Box

here at the school or at your local Woolworths. At

the end of the promo#on, we’ll be able to get some

great new equipment.

DOUBLE POINTS THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Felicity Nicholls

HABITS OF A SUCCESSFUL LEARNER—BEING ORGANISED

One of the most important characteris#cs of a successful

learner is the ability to be organised. When we are or-

ganised we give ourselves the best opportunity to

achieve success. When we are disorganised, this can be-

come a barrier to achievement. At primary school age

many students are learning about what it means to be

organised for school. We work with the students on vari-

ous aspects of organisa#on, including;

♦ Ensuring that you have your reader, pencil case and

drink boDle etc. for each school day.

♦ Ensuring that you look a>er your tools and work-

books (sta#onary) so that they are accessible when

needed in class.

♦ Maintaining a #dy desk, tub and locker.

♦ Storing things where they belong—bags in lockers,

books and sta#onary in tubs—so they do not get mis-

placed or lost.

♦ Listening clearly to instruc#ons at the beginning of a

lesson so you understand what you have to do when

you move back to your seat.

♦ Making sure the newsleDer and any notes are taken

home and given to Mum or Dad.

At home, having an a>er school rou#ne such as unpack-

ing their school bag and geEng their reader ready for

nightly reading are ways in which students could be sup-

ported to be organised.

CLUSTER ATHLETIC SPORTS (GRADES THREE-SIX)

Our Athletic Sports Day is on Friday 4th Sep-

tember at the Athletics Complex, Retreat Rd,

Flora Hill. This is for all students in Grades

Three-Six and is always an enjoyable day.

Our students will compete against those

from the other Campaspe Cluster schools in a range of

events including sprint, distance run, hurdles, shot put

and long jump. Students have also been given the op-

portunity to try our for our relay team. Parents are en-

couraged to attend on the day and cheer on our stu-

dents.

We ask that parents please find attached to today’s

newsletter further details and a permission form to be

returned to the school by Thursday 3rd September.

Principal’s Report SCHOOL COUNCIL

The next mee#ng of our School Council is on Monday

14th September, beginning at 7.00pm. Finance Com-

miDee will meet at 6.30pm.

HOME READING

Well done to those families who have continued to

support our efforts to encourage reading at home. It

has been very pleasing to see many students reading

aloud to an adult on a regular basis at home.

So far in 2015 we have had about 135 days of school.

66% of students in the Prep-Two classroom have

achieved 100 nights or more of home reading and 50%

of students in the Three-Six class

Keep up the good work!

Jason Cox

Principal

Quote of the Week

“The ideal three stories a day are one favourite,

one familiar, and one new, but the same book

three times is also fine.”

― Mem Fox, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever

HIGH FIVE

A high five to all of those families who sup-

ported the FOTS Wood Raffle by selling/

purchasing #ckets over the past few weeks.

To raise $928.00 Is a fabulous achievement

and shows what our community is capable

of achieving—Well done all!

BOOK WEEK DRESS UP ACTIVITY

It is great to hear that many students have already

organised a costume for Book Week. A reminder

that our Book Week Day is Wednesday 2nd Septem-

ber. This year’s theme is ’Books Light up our World’.

Students are able to come to school dressed as their

favourite book character or in a costume related to

the theme on this day.

We will be having a short parade of

costumes at 9.00am on this day.

Parents are welcome to come

dressed in costume and join in our

parade.

All the students took advantage of the fine weather and completed the weeding of the food

garden. Many years ago we couldn’t even get a spade through the hard soil but a�er many

bucket loads of organic ma�er, the soil is now so� and full of worms. Well done kids!

Felicity Nicholls