Term 3 13 August 2020 Week 4

By the time you read this, Their Excellences, the Governor-

General of the Commonwealth of Australia, The Honourable

David Hurley and Mrs Linda Hurley will have visited our school.

This week has certainly been frantic with preparations but I am

so proud of the 60 students included for their fantastic attitude

and commitment. We sang “I Am Australian’, ‘Away From The

Roll Of The Sea’ and ‘Oye’.

Thank you to every staff member for helping to prepare for this

afternoon. Timetables have been completely thrown out the

window, but what an experience.

COVID-19 restrictions continue in schools. Thank you to our

families for their continued support regarding these restrictions

which help to keep our school healthy and open. For hygiene

purposes, please remember to send your child to school with a

drink bottle as we are not using bubblers.

Another part of these restrictions is that there are no excursions,

so unfortunately our Stage 3 camp scheduled for the middle of

term 4 has been cancelled.

We are hoping to organise the next P & C meeting by ZOOM,

further details to follow.

Charmian Cribb

GOULBURN EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Ph: 02 4821 4007 Email: goulburne-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Jeans for Genes Day

Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser.

We raised $316.50

Respect Responsibility Resilience

World Principal’s Day

Last Friday was World

Principal’s Day. The

students presented Mrs

Cribb with a lovely bunch

of flowers in appreciation

of her dedication to her

role as principal of

Goulburn East.

We are very grateful to

have such a supportive

and dedicated principal.

TERM 3 WEEK 3 ASSEMBLY AWARD RECIPIENTS

K/1J

Keelin Sams

1/2F

Claire Martin

1/2P

Henry Doggett

Summa Fitzgibbon Eliza-Rose Pomery-Griffin Jack Curry

Mackenzie Price Jaxon Smith Willow McCullen

Parker Gliddon Sophie Barton Ethan Wilson

3/4M

Jaye Exantus

3/4S

Venice Herridge

5/6G

Sean Joyce

Riley Wilson Maddison Woodberry Oscar Moss

Max Mammone Matilda Garner Darcy Croker

Charlie Sargent Rafe Langham Isabel Venables

Harrison Langham Jarrah Evans Sierra Bridge

Adam Robar Layla Ferguson

5/6R Annie Goodfellow Stella McIntyre Will Luck

Hannah Cook Chelsea Rayner Ashana Ginn

Activities

Spheros – Mrs Gliddon

Peer support groups had fun free driving their

Spheros, before they created a maze challenge

and tried to drive their Spheros down through their

mazes to bowl over as many cups from their tower

as possible. Some wonderful creativity and

persistence shown by all. Well done!

Music Activity – Mrs Frazer

Groups participated in games and exercises to reinforce musical ideas with rhythm and movement.

These musical games help promote coordination, memory, language and maths skills. Learning

music also builds students cooperation, creativity, self-esteem and social skills. Students

particularly enjoyed ‘The Breakfast Song’ and ‘8,4,2,1’.

Aboriginal Painting – Mrs Robinson

Peer Support groups created beautiful Aboriginal

Paintings. Students went outside to colour in their picture,

using the concrete to give the texture of rock paintings,

they then applied a blue wash over the top and to finish

these paintings students very carefully outlined them with

dots.

Harry Potter – Mrs Jones

In the K/1J classroom, peer support groups

participated in a fun activity creating their very

own fantastic beast! Inspired by dragons,

nifflers, hippogriffs and other creatures in the

magical world, students’ beasts were

characterised by flaring nostrils which breathe

fire, pouches to stash treasure, and fierce eagle

claws. Everyone had a wonderful time!

Paper Weaving- Mrs Sharwood

In 3/4S the students learnt paper weaving. A

cardboard frame had been prepared and

coloured strips had been pre-cut. The children

had to choose coloured strips and weave the

paper in and out of the frame. The pattern was

over and under for the 1st row and then under

and over for the second row. The results were

impressive.

STEM Challenge – Mr Manning

In Mr Manning’s classroom, groups were issued a challenge to build structures from cups, blocks and

paddle pop sticks. There were 4 challenges – build a structure using one cube as its base, build the

tallest structure you can, build a structure with something sticking out at a weird angle and build a

structure with a cup as its base. Groups only had 5 minutes per challenge and were scored for originality

and design. There were some fantastic buildings and a lot of collaboration.

Cooking-Mrs Anderson

The library had delightful cooking

smells wafting around last

Wednesday when four groups were

able to learn to cook Chicken and

Sweet Corn Soup. Most students

were amazed when handling fresh

ginger and then smelled it when

grated! Each child took home a copy

of the recipe and sampled ‘a cup of

soup’. Most voted it delicious, some

younger ones were hesitant.

Hopefully they will become more

adventurous as their taste buds

mature.

Gardening with Mrs P

Looking to the future. We

spoke about ways to recycle

and reuse things for the

garden. The students had to

listen and follow directions to

make pots out of newspaper.

They worked with a partner to

help each other to make the

paper pots then planted

vegetable seeds and flower

seeds. Fingers crossed that

they will germinate to put into

our spring gardens.

ENROLMENTS FOR KINDERGARTEN 2021

Kindergarten enrolments are now being taken for children who live in the Goulburn East zone and will turn 5 years old before 31st July 2021. Enrolment forms are available from the Office.

To finalise your child’s enrolment you will need to bring along:

A completed enrolment form

Your child’s Birth Certificate

Your child’s immunization certificate (available from Medicare)

Proof of address eg electricity bill, rental agreement etc

Please bring along the original documents - these will be photocopied for inclusion in your child’s record card. Kindergarten orientation days are planned for term 4 but may change due to COVID-19

Session 1: Wednesday 28 October 2020 from 12:15pm to 1:45pm Session 2: Wednesday 4 November 2020 from 12:15pm to 1:45pm Session 3: Wednesday 11 November 2020 from 12:15pm to 3:00pm Session 4: Wednesday 18 November 2020 from 12:15pm to 3:00pm

Peer Support Session Two This Friday, the Year Six students will be doing their second

session of Speaking Out. Children interact with a lot of other

children and adults every day. Whilst many of these

interactions are positive, some may be regarded as conflict.

Despite this, not all conflicts involve bullying behaviours.

Students will look at some examples to help them decide what

bullying is and what isn’t. They will make an owl to help them

remember what bullying is not and how important it is to say

sorry.

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