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Term 2, Week 6 –6th June 2019

Principal Award-Term 2, Week 4

Ruby-Rose is a delightful, enthusiastic student who has a

seemingly unending thirst for learning. She applies herself to all

new learning opportunities with optimism and perseverance.

Ruby-Rose always treats others with respect, compassion and

works kindly in a leadership role among her peers. She is a

highly-valued member of our school community and is always

polite and never shy to stop and have a conversation with all

members of our school. Ruby-Rose is active in the broader

school community and always willing to lend a hand in the

garden.

Congratulations on achieving Garden Suburb Public School’s

Principal award, you are a very worthy recipient.

Congratulations Congratulations to our students who represented the school at the Regional Cross Country

Carnival last Friday. All students who represented the school put in an outstanding amount

of effort and should all be congratulated on striving to reach their personal best. A special

congratulations to Zoe and Eric on qualifying for the upcoming State Cross Country Carnival.

Congratulations to our Goal Ball Teams

Congratulations to our Goalball teams who competed in the Goalball 4 Schools Regional

Competition Central Coast/Newcastle last Monday. Our Senior A team won gold and our

Senior B team came away with the Bronze. Our Junior team were awarded the silver medal.

We have two teams heading off to compete at the State Championships later in the year. All

students played with outstanding sportsmanship and should be congratulated on their

behaviour on the day. Thank you to our coaches, Mrs Traynor and Mrs Brewer and thank

you to all of our parents and carers who transported students to and from the event.

Garden Suburb Public School

2b Prospect Road Garden Suburb, New South Wales, 2289

Ph. (02) 49434898 / Fax: (02) 49421552

Email: gardensub-p.school.@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Louise Dunn

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School Works Thank you to our students, staff and community for your ongoing understanding and flexibility while our school works are being completed. Our B Block roof replacement was held up due to weather but the team quickly made the time up and had students and staff returning to their learning spaces on Tuesday. Taronga Zoo Excursion Yesterday students from Kindergarten to Year 2 attended the Taronga Zoo Excursion. Students and teachers had a fabulous time and look forward to sharing their experiences in the next newsletter. Aboriginal Education – Resurgence Project Last week all Stage 3 students and Aboriginal students in Stage 2 began the 10 week Resurgence Project with Speaking in Colour. Students have been learning to weave using ancient Aboriginal techniques taught to them. The team from Speaking in Colour welcome community involvement so if you are available during the time that your child is participating please feel free to come along. All lessons are taking place in the library. 12pm -1pm: Year 5 Astronauts 1pm - 2pm: Year 6 Astronomers 2:30pm - 3:10pm: Stage 3 Titans and Galaxies and our Stage 2 Aboriginal students.

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Yarning Circle The Yarning Circle is continuing to develop and we are really excited to be able to turf this

area in the next few weeks. Yarning Circles have been used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander’s for thousands of years and are a place to come to collaborate, build relationships

and learn about local culture. Our Yarning Circle will be used by all students in the school

as a place where students, staff and community can learn, take time out and can have a

yarn with a fellow student, peer or community member.

Thank you to Paul Wells who has spent a number of days levelling out our area in order for

the turf to be put down. Paul’s contribution is greatly appreciated as it has ensured that funds

that would have been spent levelling the area out can be spent elsewhere.

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Staff Room and Staff Car Park A reminder that the staff room and staff car park are for our staff and are not to be entered by parents unless directed by the school. If you have a question or need to drop something off could you please see the office. Notes Please remember when sending notes and money to school to clearly label the bag. OOSH Parents If your child normally attends OOSH and you decide to pick them up from school please remember to phone the school and let the OOSH know to save the office trying to find missing students. School Banking A reminder that student banking is on every Friday morning in the library from approximately 8.40am until 9.20am. Woolworths Earn and Learn Thank you to our community for sending in your Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers. Please

remember to collect your stickers and send them to school. Sticker sheets were sent home

last term, if you need more they can be found in the office. Don’t forget to ask your extended

family to save their stickers for you. Stickers can be placed in the box in the front office.

Louise Dunn- Principal

Classroom News Fitness in the Martians!

The Martians have been participating weekly in Sport In Schools activities and are really

enjoying having the teachers come to our school to teach us. We have been learning how

to throw a shot put, discus and javelin as preparation for our school athletics carnival.

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The Sports in Schools teachers make the lessons lots of fun. We really enjoy participating

in gymnastics.

Art Attack In The Martians!

The Martians love when we do Art lessons on a Monday, and so far this term we have been

very busy learning new skills. We have been learning how to blend using oil pastel, water

colours and paint. We have been learning to take our time and we love producing top quality

art pieces to display in our classroom.

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Goalball

On Monday 27th May 2019, 3 teams of Garden Suburb PS students travelled to the Central

coast to compete in the 2019 Goalball 4 Schools Central Coast/ Newcastle Regional

Championships held at Niagara Park Stadium.

2 senior and 1 junior team were entered consisting of:

Junior Team (yr. 3-4) Senior team A (yr. 5-6) Senior B (mixed age)

Alexander S Zoe M Marley N

Connor H Toby S Kai W

Hayden M Rhys C Lachlan S

Martin L Hannah C Ben P

Joshua D Eric S Bryson S

Charlotte M Baptiste L Jacob B

Congratulations to all teams who performed well on the day, some students having their first

experience at competition goalball. We came away with a trifecta of medals. Senior A team

won gold, Junior team won silver and the Senior B team won bronze. Well done teams.

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A big thank you to the parents who drove students to the competition and supported us

during the day. One Senior and one junior team will now go to Sydney later in the year to

compete in the Goalball 4 Schools NSW State Cup Finals.

Quality workers- Comets sharing with Mrs Dunn

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PSSA Recap for Round 1 & 2

Round 1- GSPS vs West Wallsend @ GSPS

Junior Football- GSPS Win!

Best and Fairest- Martin L

Senior Football- Draw

Best and Fairest- Emily M

Junior Netball- GSPS Win!

Best and Fairest- Samantha B

Senior Netball- West Wallsend Win!

Best and Fairest- Lurneah R

Round 2- Cardiff North vs GSPS @ Cardiff North

Junior Football- Cardiff North Win!

Best and Fairest- Eden W

Senior Football- GSPS Win!

Best and Fairest- Taj B

Junior Netball- GSPS Win!

Best and Fairest- Theo H

Senior netball- Cardiff North Win!

Best and Fairest- Kiana J

PBL Weekly Focus

Week 5: Being safe and responsible around the school’s maintenance works

- Walk directly to and from areas

- Be a positive role model

- Listen to instructions

- Stay In bounds and off fences

Week 6:

K-2 Being respectful and responsible at Taronga Zoo

- Look after our belongings.

- Respect the animals and the environment by putting our rubbish in the bin.

- Listen to the teachers’ instructions.

- Be safe around animal enclosures.

3-6 Responsibility during eating time

- Stay seated to eat own packed or ordered lunch. - Put rubbish in the correct bins. - Listen to teacher’s instructions. - Put lunchbox away in class tub.

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Mrs Edwards - School Admin Officer Interviewed By Lurneah and Oscar

1. Favourite memory of being at Garden Suburb Public School?

Every day

2. What item do you cherish?

My family and friends

3. If you could pick any one for prime minister who would you

pick?

General Peter Cosgrove

4. If you could speak any language what would it be?

French

5. What is your dream job?

Working in a chocolate factory

6. If you could have any animal in the world as a pet what would it be?

A rabbit

7. Three things that you would take onto a desert island?

Chocolate, sewing and a tv

8. What is your favourite memory of being a child?

Christmas mornings

Mrs Evans - School Counsellor 1. Favourite memory of being at Garden Suburb Public School?

Meeting new, friendly staff members

2. What item do you cherish?

Family

3. If you could pick any one for prime minister who would you

pick?

Billy Graham

4. If you could speak any language what would it be?

French

5. What is your dream job?

Working at Garden Suburb Public School

6. If you could have any animal in the world as a pet what would

it be?

A tiger

7. Three things that you would take onto a desert island?

Book, food and matches

8. What is your favourite memory of being a child?

Going to a family friend’s place who made dolls

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Congratulations to all the winners, who were lucky enough to share a milkshake with Mrs

Dunn Last week.

Orli Isaac

Estelle Jordyn

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Star Struck News

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Reconcilliation Week.

CANTEEN NEWS

Week

6

CANTEEN TIMETABLE

Mon 3rd June Tues 4th June Wed 5th June Thu 6th June Fri 7th June

CANTEEN CLOSED

Michelle

Michelle

Michelle Help Needed

Michelle M Stone Z Turner

Week

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Mon 10th June

Tue 11th June Wed 12th June Thu 13th June Fri 14th June

CANTEEN CLOSED

Michelle

Michelle

Michelle K.Green

Michelle T.Spence K.Swetnam

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Opening hours are every Thursday weekly from 8.45am to 9.30am

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Earn & Learn starts Wednesday 1 May Thanks for registering for Woolworths Earn & Learn. It’s nearly time to start collecting stickers and earning equipment for Garden Suburb Public School. Anyone can help you earn equipment Starting Wednesday 1 May, anyone can collect stickers to support your school when they shop at Woolworths, whether they’re staff, parents or friends.

Stick together and collect more With every $10 spent* at Woolworths, one sticker is collected. These can be placed onto the Earn & Learn sticker sheets and dropped into the collection box at Garden Suburb Public School or your local Woolworths. To help boost your sticker collection, look out for the range of participating products in store which will earn you double stickers. Earn great equipment from MTA Once again, we’re proud to be partnering with Modern Teaching Aids, Australia’s largest supplier of educational equipment. This means you can choose equipment for Garden Suburb Public School’s own learning needs across Arts & Craft, Digital Technologies, Maths, English, Science, Outdoor and Indoor Play and more. Get bonus stickers with Fresh Food Kids Discovery Tours This year if you book and attend a Fresh Food Kids Discovery Tour between 18 March and 25 June 2019, you’ll receive up to 1000 bonus stickers! Book at woolworths.com.au/discoverytours. Find out more You can get ready by learning more at woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn. It’s time to get your community to stick together! The Woolworths Team

*In a single transaction. Excludes specified purchases incl. liquor, tobacco and gift cards. T&Cs apply, see woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn. Promotion runs 1/5/19-25/6/19 or while stocks last. Limit applies of one bonus sticker offer per school/ELC.

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