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North Weekly News

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 Term 2 Week 6

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 Charlie (1R) for showing care and respect towards others at all times and being a responsible student. 3-6 Shoaib (3SP) for excellent listening, being kind and for his responsible attitude to all aspects of his learning.

Debating News Congratulations to our Year 6 debating team, consisting of Rose, Eliza, Mariam and Caleb who debated against GPS yesterday. They debated the topic “We should ban homework” and our team argued the affirmative case and won the debate, which is a wonderful achievement. Our next debate will be on Thursday when both our Year 5 and Year 6 teams will debate against GEPS in

another round of the Premier’s Debating competition. We would like to wish them all the best for these debates.

Riverina Hockey This week Meli Ranitu will be representing the Riverina at the Hockey State Championships in Lismore. We would like to wish him all the best for this event.

Dates To Remember Thurs 6th June Debate against GEPS

P&C Meeting 7.15pm Fri 7th June Touch Gala Day Mon 10th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Tues 11th June K-2 Assembly 2U

3-6 Assembly Public Speaking Finals Life Education

Wed 12th June Life Education Thur 13th June Life Education Fri 14th June Life Education

PSSA Basketball Knockout Gala day for both Boys and Girls

Mon 17th June Debate against GEPS Tues 18th June K-2 Assembly KA

3-6 Assembly 5W Thur 20th June Athletics Carnival

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 Term 2 Week 6

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2020 Come and enrol now! Enrolments for students who are eligible to attend school in 2020 are now being taken. Eligible students are those who live in zone and turn 5 before July 31st 2020. If you have a child or you know of anyone who has a child who is able to attend school in 2020, please ask them to come and enrol. Applications for enrolments are now being taken at the school office. Please present your child’s Immunisation record, Birth Certificate and evidence of residential address at the time of application.

Attendance at School Parents of children from Kindergarten to Year 12 must ensure their children attend school every day. On occasion, your child may need to be absent from school. Justified reasons for student absences may include:

being sick or having an infectious disease having an unavoidable medical

appointment being required to attend a recognised

religious holiday exceptional or urgent family

circumstances e.g. attending a funeral

Parents must provide an explanation for absences to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. Where an explanation has not been received within the 7-day timeframe, the school will record the absence as unjustified on the student’s record.

Assembly Awards - Term 2 Week 6

KP: Lylah, Isaac, Sophie KA: Lincoln, Joe, Hozeah KS: Tammy-Anne, Sadie-May, Hunter K/1A: Wyatt, Joshua, Rabia 1C: Eliza, Gaureesh, Elora 1D: Millie, Beau, Jiye 1R: Oliver, Greta, Luca 2U: Syon, Lachlan, Alara 2H: Millah, Asam, Daniella Italian: Roselane, Jacob 3SP: Samiullah, Chanelle 3A: Lila, Kye 3M: Archie, Kayla 4P: Roland, Jullian 4D: Reuben, Ruby 5W: Brock, Lauren 5A: Pita, Marley 6M: Mollie, Ben 6D: Jessica, Hayley Italian: Ujjesa, Danika

P&C News We would like to thank everyone who supported our BBQ and cake stall that was held a few weeks back. We raised $1380, which is a wonderful effort. This Thursday will be our next P&C Meeting. It will be held in the staffroom at 7.15pm and everyone is welcome to attend. Thanking you Cate Yates P&C President

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 Term 2 Week 6

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

“Respect”

Our PBL focus for this week is “Respect.” Respect is listening when others are speaking and paying attention to all instructions. In the classroom and in all areas within the playground, including when you are at the bus lines, it is important to be respectful. If you respect others, they will respect you.

Stage 2 Cotton Gin Excursion On Wednesday 29 May, all the Stage 2 students went on an excursion to the Southern Cotton Gin. Did you know the word ‘gin’ is short for engine? So cotton gin means cotton engine because machines clean the cotton. When cotton is harvested it should be less than 12% water. There are seeds in cotton and they are used for oil, margarine, soap and cow food. There is about 6 stages of cleaning cotton. When the cotton is harvested it is turned into a module, we saw yellow and pink modules. The pink modules are for cancer and charity. The yellow ones are just normal. We had an awesome day!

Canteen News Week 6

We are still in desperate need of volunteers to help in the canteen. If you are able to help please return your canteen roster or come and see us. Thanking you Kelli and Paulina Canteen Supervisors

Chickenpox We have had a couple of cases of chickenpox within our school community. If you think your child has chickenpox please do not send them to school. For more information regarding chickenpox, please use the link below for a factsheet from the Department of Health. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/chickenpox.pdf

School Photos Today, each child received their individual shoot key to order school photos. You can order photos from tomorrow, Wednesday 5th June to Wednesday 19th June. To place your order or for more information go to www.creativeschoolportraits.com.au

Sport News Girls Riverina Touch Trials On Thursday Ellie will trial for the Riverina touch team. We would like to wish Ellie all the best for these trials.

Wednesday 05.06.19 Help Needed

Thursday 06.06.19 Paul Hughes

Friday 07.06.19 Ashley DePaoli

Monday 10.06.19 Queen’s Birthday

Tuesday 11.06.19 Help Needed

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 Term 2 Week 6

Boys Riverina Touch Trials Yesterday Kieran and Riley both trialled for the Riverina Touch team. Both boys tried their best and had a great day but unfortunately were not selected in the Riverina team.

Touch Gala Day On Friday 7th June, our boys and girls touch teams will participate in the PSSA Touch Football knockout competition at Ted Scobie Oval. I would like to wish both teams all the best and thank Mrs Pandolfo for coaching and supervising the teams.

GNPS Atheltics Carnival Save the Date We will be holding our Athletics Carnival on Thursday 20th June (Term 2 Week 8), 2019. The 3-6 carnival is set to commence at 9.45am and will finish around 2.45pm. Transport to and from the venue will be by bus. The buses will depart from the school at 9.25am and return to the school by 3.00pm The K-2 mini carnival is set to commence at 10.30am and finish at 1.00pm. Transport to and from the venue will be by bus. The buses will depart from the school at 10.15am and return to the school by 1.15pm. A canteen will be operating all day at the carnival. All parents are invited to attend.

Athlete’s Foot Donation The Athlete’s Foot visited our school a couple of weeks ago and students from Kindergaren and Year One participated in shoe lace tying activities. The Athlete’s Foot aslo donated $860 to our school. We would like to thank the Athlete’s Foot for this donation, which will go towards students literacy resources.