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Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Term 1 Week 8

PBL “Reach for the Stars” Badges and Awards Congratulations to the following students who have received our Reach for the Stars Gold Star Award and badge: K-2 Elliot (KC) for consistently showing a responsible, respectful and caring attitude towards all areas of school life. 3-6 Scarlett (6A) for being an independent, responsible and caring member of GNPS.

Riverina Swimming Team

Congratulations to Annie and Brandon who have qualified for the Riverina Swimming team. Annie’s results were:

1st Open 100m Freestyle

1st 11 Years 50m Freestyle

1st 11 Years 50m Backstroke

1st 11 Years 50m Butterfly

1st Senior 200m IM

3rd 11 Years 50m Breaststroke

Brandon came 3rd in the 13 Years 50m Freestyle. Both are wonderful achievements.

COVID- 19 As you are aware, the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Efforts are now focused on considered actions to slow the spread of COVID- 19 in the community. These steps are essential to reduce the demands on the health system so that it can function effectivity. The Department of Education has issued operational guidelines for all students, staff and schools. One of these is social distancing.

Dates To Remember

Wed 18 Mar AET Yarn Up Meeting 3.30pm Fri 20 Mar National Day of Action Against Bullying Wed 25 Mar AECG Meeting 2pm Wed 1 April SRC Footy Colours Day Fri 10 April Good Friday

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Term 1 Week 8

As of yesterday Monday 16 March 2020 GNPS has implemented the following social distancing measures, in line with the Department of Education. These include:

Tuesday School assemblies have been cancelled until further notice;

Students will go straight to classrooms in the mornings, instead of assembling for morning lines;

Recess will be eaten inside and then students can go and play;

School excursions have been postponed/ cancelled, this will include the Stage 3 excursion to Ballarat;

All sport activities, including PSSA Knockouts, PSSA Trials, and venue sport have been postponed/ cancelled; we will still have class sport on Fridays;

K-2 singing and the Easter Hat Parade have been cancelled until further notice and

The P&C Colour Explosion Event has been postponed.

GNPS will continue to promote and support good hygiene practices within the school. All classes have access to hand sanitizers, at this stage, and we are promoting the cough and sneeze etiquette. If children are unwell at school the school will be contacting parents to collect them as soon as possible. The school will try to keep to normal routines as much as possible to ensure learning is not disrupted. Merit Awards, Gold Star awards and other awards will be handed out in class to ensure consistency continues. As you are aware, the situation is changing by the hour, so we appreciate your support with being flexible and understanding during these times.

Harmony Day Awards - Term 1 Week 8

KP: Harriet, Evelyn KA: Melony, Frankie KS: Kingsley, Sierra KC: Kenzie, Harjaap 1U: Sohaylah, Talon 1D: Shekinah, Saif 1R: Lexi, Rihan 2H: Pippa, Gaureesh 2C: Kian, Mikayla 2AM: Abbey, Oliver Italian: Nico, Deegan 3P: Asamul, Tempi 3M: Cooper, Stella 4M: Jessica, Harry 4R: Grace, Joel 4D: William, Veniana 5G: Liam, Alicia 5W: Abbey, Reuben 6A: Blake, Tess 6B: Bree, Tyrone Italian: Will, Ryan

National Day of Action against Bullying This Friday 20 March is the National Day of Action against Bullying. Griffith North Public School are one of the 5000 schools who have registered as an official National Day of Action school, with one message “Bullying No Way! Take action every day.” On Friday, students can wear blue to show their support and they will take part in classroom activities that focus around the theme “Bullying No Way! Take action every day.”

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Term 1 Week 8

PBL Expectation Focus This week’s focus for PBL is:

“Care for all Property” Our PBL focus for this fortnight is “Care for all Property”. Care for all property means treating peer, school and your own property with respect. This is achieved by using all equipment correctly and safety.

Harmony Day Today GNPS celebrated Harmony Day. It is a day where all Australians celebrate our cultural diversity. Harmony Day gives people the opportunity to celebrate what makes each Australian unique and share what we have in common. The continuing message is that Everyone Belongs. It is a time to reflect on where Australians have come from, recognising the traditional owners of this land. It is also about community participation, inclusiveness and respect – celebrating the different cultures that make Australia a great place to live.

Today students participated in different activities in their classrooms, which focussed on the continuing message of “Everyone Belongs.” Thank you to Miss Slattery and Mrs Colpo for organising this event for the students.

Canteen News Week 8

It is wonderful to welcome new helpers in the canteen and we appreciate any help offered. If you are able to help please come and see us. Thank you to the parents and caregivers who have donated baking goods, for example flour, sugar etc. These donations keep the canteen cost down. Thanking you Kelli and Paulina Canteen Supervisors

Thank You Thank you to Kelli Bordignon for repairing our house flags. They look wonderful!

GNPS ‘Yarn-Up’ We would like to invite the families of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students or other community members to attend a ‘Yarn Up’ on Wednesday 18 March in the GNPS library, at 3:30pm. This is a great opportunity to meet other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and to contribute to the school’s Indigenous projects. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Wednesday 18.03.20 Susan Cox Thursday 19.03.20 Paul Hughes Friday 20.03.20 Linda Riggs Monday 23.03.20 Erin Wilson Tuesday 24.03.20 Help Needed

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Term 1 Week 8

Sport News PSSA Cricket Knockout Competition

On Tuesday the 10 of March, our GNPS cricket team had a match against Griffith Small Schools. The boys scored 107 runs and then bowled Small Schools out for 56 runs. Congratulations to the boys on a fantastic win, and a special mention to Sebastian, Chris, Josh and Kaiden for playing their first ever game of cricket. Well done boys!

Griffith Soccer Trials Last Friday the Griffith Zone Soccer trials were held at Ted Scobie Oval. Congratulations to Jonah and Sebastian, who were selected in the Griffith Zone boys’ team. Congratulations to Emelia, Molly, Sienna and Annie who were selected in the Griffith Zone girls’ soccer team.

Harmony Day