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Wednesday, 28 August 2019

CNR WOODVILLE RD & OXFORD ST GUILFORD NSW 2161 PH: 9632 9388 FAX: 9892 2048

Web: http://www.granvilles-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Email: granvilles-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 – Week 4

Dear Parents / Carers,

Thank you to all our parents and friends who attended our Education Week Open Day last Wednesday. It was a great day beginning with our K – 6 Assembly, followed by ‘Open Classrooms’, and concluding with a picnic lunch. I had the opportunity to speak to many parents, and was thrilled with the positive feedback I received about our students, our staff and the direction in which the school is heading. On another note I would like to pass on my well wishes to Zainab in Yr 3. She is currently in hospital recovering after major surgery. I have had the opportunity to visit Zainab a couple of times and she is in good spirits and knows that we are thinking of her. She is one brave little girl.

Karen Macphail

Principal

Upcoming Events

Term 3 Week 4

Thursday 15/8 Speech Program begins – Julie

May

Yrs 3 – 6 Assembly

Friday 16/8 Music Therapy begins – Julie May

Term 3 Week 5

Tuesday 20/8 Jump Start Program - Julie May

National Pyjama Day

P&C Meeting at 9:30am

Wednesday 21/8 CAPA showcase rehearsal at MHS

Thursday 22/8 CAPA showcase performance at

MHS

K-2 Assembly

Friday 23/8 PSSA

Term 3 Week 6

Tuesday 27/8 Jump Start – Julie May

Wednesday 28/8 School Colour Run

Thursday 29/8 Child Protection Week Breakfast

from 8am

Our Spectacular – rehearsal and

Performance

Julie’s speech program

Friday 30/8 PSSA

Term 3 Week 7

Tuesday 3/9 Book Parade @ 2:20pm

Jump Start – Julie May

Thursday 5/9 Yrs 3 & 4 Taronga Zoo excursion

Julie’s speech program

Friday 6/9 Father’s Day Breakfast

PSSA

Colour run money due in – last day

Term 3 Week 4

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Web: http://www.granvilles-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Email: granvilles-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Supervision at 3pm

You may have noticed that at 3pm we try to have an executive member of staff at both the Highland Street exit as well as at the traffic lights on the corner of Woodville Rd and Oxford Street. Please note that this is not part of our rostered supervision and the executive do this to try and minimise risk at both exits. There may be times when a member of staff is not able to be at the exits. This is a reminder that we encourage all parents to supervise children crossing the road or hopping into a parked car.

Father’s Day Breakfast

This year we are holding a Father’s Day breakfast for all our dads, carers, grandfathers and uncles. This will be happening on Friday 6th September at 8am. More information will be sent out closer to the date.

National Pyjama Day

Granville South Public School is proud to support The Pyjama Foundation by taking part in National Pyjama Day.

National Pyjama Day is all about wearing your favourite pair of PJ's or ‘onesie’ to help The Pyjama Foundation raise much-needed awareness and funds for children in foster care.

We will be selling Zooper Dooper ice-blocks at lunch time and recess for $1.

There will be a raffle with tickets on sale next week. There will be a “Movie Night” basket and a ‘Le Reve’ hamper. The SRC will be selling tickets in the morning, at lunch and recess from Tuesday 13th August until Tuesday 20th August. Tickets are $1 for 1 ticket and $2 for 3 tickets.

With the money raised from National Pyjama Day, you’ll be helping to provide learning skills to more than 1000 children, fund educational resources and help provide stable, positive relationships.

We look forward to seeing everyone in their PJs to help support this great cause.

Term 3 Week 4

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Kindergarten 2020 enrolling now It is that time of year again when we are accepting Kindergarten 2020 enrolments.I highly encourage you to enrol your child this term as our Kindergarten Transition program starts in Term 4. The transition program is integral in your child having a successful start to schooling. If you know someone in the area that is looking to enrol their child please encourage them to do this prior to the 28th September. Please note that as of Term 4 the Department of Education is bringing in a new enrolment policy that may change the guidelines of accepting students who are out of our local catchment area. If you are unsure of what school is local to you please go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/school-finder

Child Protection Week Breakfast Event Students, parents, carers and friends of Granville south Public School are invited to attend a Breakfast Celebration on Thursday 29th August from 8am onwards, raising awareness for Child Protection Week. Fun activities will include a drumming activity and fitness circuit and colouring competition gallery. The breakfast is supported by the Cumberland Child Protection Interagency and in attendance will be the Cumberland Mayor,

NSW Police, NSW Health and other non-government community workers to meet students, parents and friends. We will have a morning assembly where colouring and poster competition winners will be announced and prizes presented!

So come along and join in the fun from 8am on Thursday 29th August! We hope to see you there!

Lost Property

Unfortunately our lost property pile is growing on a daily basis. I know you share my frustration in seeing piles of new clothing that children have misplaced. If your child has lost an item of clothing then please come up to the veranda outside the school office to collect it. Any unlabelled items not taken within two weeks will be put into our second hand clothing pile.

Term 3 Week 4

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Web: http://www.granvilles-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Email: granvilles-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Sport Update

Winter PSSA season is coming to an end soon, two only two games left in the season. We are all excited to see if our Oz-tag and Newcombe Ball teams have made it into the semi-finals which will take place in two weeks. It was great to see fantastic sportsmanship in all teams at all games and it will be great to see this continued for the rest of the year. Congratulations to the senior boy’s oz-tag team who are currently second on the ladder and junior boy’s oz-tag who are third. Good luck to all teams at the last two matches of the season.

Colour Run

CURRENT AMOUNT: $2000

GOAL: $10, 000

Two weeks to go until our School Colour Run. Hopefully students have been using their student profile pages at schoolfundraising.com.au to get the most out of the fundraiser.

We’ve set our money due back date as 6th September 2019 so please make sure you’ve returned all your money to Ms Shahrouk in 6/5S or the school office by then.

We would love some volunteers on the day, so please call the office on 9632 9388 if you can help us throw an amazing day! If you can’t help, we’d still love to have you come down and cheer the kids on to create a great atmosphere for the kids.

HOW TO ORDER YOUR PRIZE:

Between 28th August and 6th September simply visit schoolfundraising.com.au and create / log into your Profile Page. Then click on the

‘ORDER PRIZES’ button and follow the prompts.

If you have any questions, please contact the CUA School Fun-Run team on 1800 FUN RUN and they will gladly assist!

Star PBL Awards

Mohamad A 6/5N 2nd Super Star

Amelia A KH 1st Shining star

Ahmed H KH 1st Shining star

Isaiah E KH 2nd Shining star

Andrew T 6/5N 3rd Shining star

Emne A 6/5N 1st Shining star

Wafaa E 6/5N 2nd Shining Star

Aleksandar T KM 1st Shining star

Noah B 6/5H 1st Super Star

Ayman M KH 1st Shining star

Zahra A KH 1st Shining star

Artin N 2/1S 1st Shining star

Savannah G 2/1S 1st shooting

Term 3 Week 4

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Rukia A 2/1S 1st Shining star

Joseph H 2/1S 1st Shining star

Braxton H 2/1S 3rd Shining star

Mohammed F 6/5S 1st Shining Star

Mahdi H 6/5S 1st Shining Star

Hamze M 6/5S 1st Shining Star

Merveh Y 6/5S 3rd Shining Star

Jo T 6/5S 1st Shooting Star

Mahmoud E 6/5S 1st Shooting Star

Anna T 6/5S 3rd Shooting Star

Deon E 6/5S 1st Superstar

Khadiga E 6/5S 1st Superstar

Fatima K 6/5S 1st superstar

Keisa Tagai 4/3C 1st Shining Star

Rayanne E 4/3C 2nd Shining Star

Rateb E

3/2E

2nd Shooting Star

Megan M 3/2E

2nd Super Star

Samaria T KM 1st Shining Star

Noah K 2/1AD 1st Superstar

Jana Y 2/1S 3rd Shining Star

Shanelle H 2/1N 1st shooting star

Nahida E 2/1N 1st shooting star

Nour M 2/1N 3rd Shining Star

Khaled A 2/1N 2nd Shining Star

Aden D 2/1N 1st Super Star

Sahar A 2/1N 1st shooting star

Aboud M 6/5H 2nd shooting star

Hadieh E 6/5H 1st shooting star

Muzhgan R 4/3C 3rd shining star

Noura M 2/1AD 3rd Shining Star

Term 3 Week 4

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Arham A 2/1AD 2nd Shooting Star

Sianna L 4/3H 3rd Shooting Star

Malak E 4/3H 2nd Shooting Star

Frances T 4/3H 3rd Shining star

Fateema E 4/3H 3rd Shining star

Mohammadali A

4/3H 3rd Shooting Star

Ali A 4/3H 1st Shining Star

Kamyar A 4/3H 2nd shooting star

Week 3 and 4 Merit Certificates

Class Name Reason

KM Aleksandar T For beginning to share his ideas during class discussions. Keep it up Aleksandar!

Mounzer H For making meaningful contributions during science lessons. Keep it up Mounzer!

KB Eleena M For making an effort to learn and follow the school rules. Welcome to Granville South Public School, Eleena!

Amir K For trying his hardest in all areas of learning. Welcome to Granville South Public School, Amir!

KH Kiana A For reading unfamiliar texts with confidence and fluency. Keep it up Kiana.

Yusuf A For showing enthusiasm and trying hard to complete set tasks. Keep up the great work!

2/1AD

Noah E For excellent participation and enthusiasm in Gymnastics! Keep it up!

Ava C For eagerly presenting and sharing her knowledge of indigenous culture with peers and teachers during NAIDOC week - well done!

2/1M Mikhael M Trying his best in writing.

Sara G Demonstrating great work in numeracy.

2/1N Aurelia N Being a kind and helpful friend to her classmates

Blaine D Settling into Granville South Public School with ease and working hard to complete all set activities.

Term 3 Week 4

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2/1S Olla H For reading unfamiliar texts with confidence and fluency. Keep it up Olla!

Savannah G For using efficient strategies to solve problems during number talks. Well done Savannah!

3/2E Ammaythius

For his neat work in literacy groups and putting more of an effort into his writing. Keep it up Ammaythius!

3/2E Aditya S For working hard in class and trying his best! Keep up the great effort Aditya.

4/3H Fateema E For always being enthusiastically supportive to her classmates and teachers.

4/3H Sarah I For approaching all learning tasks thoughtfully and striving to reach a deep understanding of topics.

4/3C Amir M For showing enthusiasm and trying hard to complete set tasks. Keep up the great work!

4/3C

Zahra H For using detailed adjectives and similes to create a visual aid for her descriptive writing.

4/3M Axel D For settling well into Granville South Public School. Welcome Axel!

4/3M Sajida K For settling well into Granville South Public School. Welcome Sajida!

6/5H Mylez M Working hard during number talks to show his understanding of multiplicative thinking strategies to solve multiplication and division problems.

6/5N Andrew T For consistently working hard to complete set tasks and helping peers out when in need of assistance. Keep up the amazing effort!

6/5S Mahmoud E For using the “SHOW, DON’T TELL” strategy to compose amazing descriptions during writing sessions. Keep it up!

6/5S Mahmoud El Ghamraoui

For always trying his best in all aspects of learning. Keep up the awesome work!

Ali J For great effort in Arabic

lessons.

Baneen A For consistent positive attitude toward learning Arabic.

Granville South Schools as Community Centres

The families of Granville South SaCC are enjoying the freshly painted and carpeted rooms.

Term 3 Week 4

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The Centre is buzzing with events:

Playgroup is getting busier every week as we welcome many new families to our groups. This week we had Dinosaurs everywhere. We had dinosaur books to read, dinosaur puzzles, stamps, cut outs and colouring in. Children enjoyed dressing up as dinosaurs and hatching Playdough dinosaur eggs…. Guess what was inside?? We even danced like dinosaurs and sang dinosaur songs and painted plaster dinosaurs.

We don’t have dinosaurs at Playgroup every week…. Sometimes we have colours or bugs, balls and parachutes …always lots of fun. Next week we are dressing up as our favourite book characters for ‘Book Week’. We do have vacancies for Playgroup at the moment – call Julie on 9892 2328 for information or call in to the centre and have a chat with Julie.

Our Speech and Language Therapy program begins this week. This is a wonderful partnership with Sydney University and this Semester we have 17 Granville South Students participating adding to the 15 pre-school aged children participating.

On Friday our Music Therapy Program begins. This will be a lot of fun and a great experience for the children. This is a partnership with Western Sydney University.

I do have a vacancy for two more families. If you have a child aged between 2 and 4 years old and can attend the program for 6 weeks on a Friday morning 9.30 – 11am, please call me on 9892 2328 or see me in the SaCC office.

Next Tuesday our Getting Ready for School Program starts. This is a fun group to help prepare for starting Big School and leads very nicely into our Kindergarten Transition Program in Term 4. This group is full – there are no vacancies

Terms 3 and 4 are always busy in the GS SaCC, but never too busy to help or welcome a new family.

Term 3 Week 4

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Around the School 3/2E STEM Challenges

Gymnastics Stage 1 have been enjoying gymnastics lessons this term. The qualified instructors have been teaching our students gymnastics skills including jumping, balancing and various landing techniques. The sessions have been both challenging and fun as the students use various apparatus such as balance beams, vaults, trampolines and bars to refine their skills. Students have been learning how to crab walk, bear walk, move along the bars and have used their body to roll along the mats in different poses. These sessions will run till Week 7 of this term.

Term 3 Week 4

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Stage 3 Wellness Initiative – Cumberland Council

Term 3 Week 4

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