Gunnedah Public SchoolQuality Education in a Caring Environment

NewsletterTerm 4 - Week 4

Tuesday, 6th November 2018

Bloomfield Street, GUNNEDAH. 2380Phone: (02) 6742 2266 Fax: (02) 6742 4309

Email: gunnedah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Mrs Cathie McMaster

Upcoming EventsWeeks 3 & 4 - Swim SchoolWeeks 5 & 6 - Parent/Teacher meetings15 November - 5 for 5 rewards23rd November - Beach to Bush

Cricket Skills Horse Wisdom continues

The second session of our Horse Wisdom Program provided students with skills to support their awareness of the ‘here and now’. During this session, students learnt how to identify what is happening inside their body, in their mind and outside their body.

Swim School

On Friday, we had a visit from a whole class from Gunnedah High School. These students joined in our sport activities with the primary kids and went into infants classes to assist with literacy tasks such as reading, writing and sight words. A big thank you to Mrs Streater, Mrs Ash Poole (GHS) and Mrs Simone Brady (GHS) who facilitated this visit.

GHS Visitors

CANTEEN VOLUNTEER ROSTER9th November - Ray, Karla & GHS

16th November - Ray, Jessica & Kayana23rd November - Ray, Michelle & GHS

30th November - Ray, Kayana & Sirleigh7th December - Lisa, Michelle & GHS14th December - Ray, Karla & Jessica

A big thanks to our canteen volunteers!***MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS

NEEDED AND APPRECIATED***If you are able to help out with canteen on

Firdays, please contact Ray Williams on 0419 669 498

Early Birds

Attention: Parents/CarersKINDERGARTEN 2019

We are still taking enrolments for 2019 and gathering any missing documents for

enrolments already received.If you know anyone starting Kinder in 2019, please ask them to contact our

office.If you have enrolled your child and been

asked to provide further information, it is important that we get that information as

soon as possible.

SUMMER UNIFORMSRemember for all of your uniform needs,

call in to our office.

Principal’s Award!for last weekJett Price

Congratulations for always having exceptional manners

when going to the office.Well done Jett!

Parent Teacher meetingsPlease ensure that you have returned your note with preferred times to meet with your child/children’s teacher/s. It is so important that the discussion between parents, teachers and students take place to ensure that everyone is fully aware of progress and future directions. The parent teacher meetings will start next week and run for two weeks.Parent VolunteersPlease remember that if you would like to come to the school and volunteer as a reader, gardener, cook or breaky club helper, you are always welcome. Parent volunteers are so important within a school for a number of reasons. One of those is that the students love to see parents in the classroom helping. It gives them a sense that everyone is on the same page and that education is held in high esteem.We have wonderful volunteers from the Anglican Church who tirelessly give up their time to provide a breaky club service for our students. It would be fantastic to see some parents also helping with breaky club. If you feel you could spare some time between 8am and 9am on a Tuesday and Thursday morning to help this worthwhile cause, please contact the school.Len Walters VisitLen Walters visited with our Aboriginal Education team yesterday to talk about the ways we can embed more Aboriginal culture within our school, both in the classrooms and in the playground. He and the team have come up with some wonderful ideas, so stay tuned for changes.New Families Morning TeaYesterday, the P&C put on a morning tea in the park to welcome all our new families. This was a wonderful idea and well received by our families, as many have just moved to town and are unaware of what is around and happening in our little school and wonderful town. It was also fantastic to see that many of these new families are interested in volunteering in the school and becoming active members of the P&C. Well done to all and what a wonderful morning it was.Mrs Cathie McMaster, Principal

Busy Times AheadPlease be aware that throughout the next few weeks there is a great deal happening within our school. We have parent teacher meetings, guest speakers, Bush to Beach visits, Year 6 farewell, Year 5 captains speeches, Kindergarten orientation and Early Birds graduation and presentation day, just to name a few. As a school community we need to look after each other, be kind and respectful toward others and help when we can. Mrs Cathie McMaster, Principal

In 1/2A the students have been developing their critical thinking skills by working out “brain teaser” puzzles. The students have had to solve problems using paddle pop sticks. It has been very interesting to see how their brains work.We have also studied the text “The Scarecrow’s Wedding” by Julia Donaldson (author of the Gruffalo). The students have completed some great writing about aspects of the text, and also completed some scarecrow craft to go along with it.A big thank you to all the parents who came to support their children for our performance last Friday. Although our body percussion piece didn’t quite go to plan, it was great to see you all there.Mrs Peta Anderson, Class Teacher

What’s Happening In...... 1/2 Gold

P&C Morning Teafor new families

Assembly

Merit Awards!K - Mia Slater & Troy CutmoreK/1 - James Reeves-Creighton & Jack Lees1/2 Gold - Jayden Hicks & Cooper Zappa & Edie Mackley-Handsaker1/2 Green - Neveah Memorey, Jazmin Smit & Flynn Royall3 - Jorden Hicks & Landyn Nicholls4 - Ella Hunt & Marni Thorley5/6 Gold - Nicolas Vinarta & Georgia Norman5/6 Green - Gypsy Marley & Kye RuttleyK-6 A Team - Alex Prider & Angus HareSports Awards - Jackson Hinton, Maddelin Mulherin, Elijah Watson, L-Jay Darlington, Serenity Taylor, Cody Kemsley-O’Connor, Shona Sawyer, Clinton Johnson, Chase Hubbard, Braidyn Campbell, Opal Kelly, Tyler Hicks, Jett Price, Deamon Johnson, Ebony Herbert, Jorden Hicks & Zeke Baxter-SingCongratulations!

Mrs Hewitt also gave a special award toTaylah O’Dell

for using her initiative.Taylah saw that something was wrong and

reported it to an adult sothat it could be fixed.

Congratulations Taylah!

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Gold AwardsBraidyn Campbell

Hudson BrownBlayze Crowley

Jack LeesMatthew DaweEmma Lemmo

Opal KellyShakira Conomos

Clinton & Chase from 5/6 Green have started their breaktime cricket competition. They are very excited with it and have already completed a few games.

Breaktime Cricket

Awards for last term’s breaktime competition were awarded to James Reeves-Creighton and Connor Foreman at assembly.

CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLEPlease donate non-perishable food items and Christmas items for the Christmas Hamper

raffle to be run by the P&C Committee.Items can be left at the front office.

Raffle books will be sent home in November.

Gunnedah Public School2018 School Calendar Term 4

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week 4Swim School

5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11CANTEEN DAY(Pork burrito wrap

with popper or water)

Week 5 12/11Parent/Teacher

meetings5/6 Gold

13/11 Parent/Teacher

meetingsKindergarten

14/11Parent/Teacher

meetingsYear 3

15/11Parent/Teacher

meetings1/2 Green

PBL 5 for 5 reward

16/11CANTEEN DAY(Butter chicken & rice with popper or

water)

Parent/Teacher meetings1/2 Gold

Week 6 19/11 20/11Parent/Teacher

meetingsYear 4

21/11Parent/Teacher

meetingsK/1

22/11Parent/Teacher

meetings5/6 Green

23/11CANTEEN DAY(Ham & cheese

pasta with popper or water)

K-6Beach to Bush

A TeamRDA Christmas

Party

Week 7 26/11 27/11 28/11 29/11 30/11CANTEEN DAY(Gravy beef roll with popper or

water)

Week 8 3/12 4/12GHS Orientation

Day

S.T.E.A.MScience Bus

5/12 6/12 7/12CANTEEN DAY

(Bacon & egg sandwich with

popper or water)

Week 9 10/12 11/1210am

Early Birds Graduation

12/12 13/12Presentation Day

14/12CANTEEN DAY(Chicken & cheese wraps with popper

or water)

PBL Rewards Day