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“THE GOON STUDENT VOICE”

“Quote of the Month”:

Save the Earth, it’s the only

planet with ice-cream.

(Contributed by Chilli)

In This Issue

Cross Country news.

Threadgold and school

captains report in Captains

Corner.

Where’s Wally?

Crazy Day details—11th

June.

Surveys and Interviews

Fun activities for you to

complete.

From your SRC Captains—Chilli, Kyle and Stirling.

Editors Note:

Welcome to the second edition of the Goon Student Voice for

2019. We hope you enjoy reading all the articles and interviews

we have put together.

As SRC captains, we are really proud of all our SRC repre-

sentatives, as it is a real team effort to put together this

publication. We have given up a lot of our time over recess

and lunch during the past month to produce this edition.

Make sure you go to the last page of this newsletter to find out

details about Crazy Day which is going ahead on 11th June—

next Tuesday. All profits will be going to State Schools Re-

lief.

State Schools Relief is an important organisation to help fami-

lies who are struggling financially. They provide uniforms,

shoes, reading glasses, school bags and other items for children

in government schools who cannot afford them. Sometimes

these families have a serious illness or fall on hard times and

they need support to get back on their feet again. Mrs Van Lam-

baart has used this organisation over the years for families in

our school and we feel it would be nice for us to support SSR in

the same way that they support families.

Finally….. don’t forget to enter our Where’s Wally competi-

tion for a chance to win a canteen voucher this month.

The entry box will be in the office again.

Happy Reading!!

NNG Primary School Student Representative Council Newsletter Issue 2 : June 2019

1. Breath 2. A gummy bear 3. Brrr-d 4. To see the butterfly 5. Purr-ple

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Captains Corner:

In this edition we have a report from the Threadgold captains:

Hi we’re Claire R and Zoe V and we are the Threadgold Cap-tains. We would like to congratulate everyone in Threadgold who partici-pated in cross country. It was a very hard course and we were impressed by everyone’s resilience and persistence in com-pleting the course.

We were very proud that Threadgold came 2

nd in

the event and hope that next time we might come first . If not we will still be proud of all your efforts, as it is more important to participate to the best of your abilities. Go Thread-gold!!!

A word from our School Captains Will & Abbie:

Hi, it’s Abbie and Will again. It has been such an amazing term so far. As you all know, we had AN-ZAC Day and as school captains, we were given the opportunity to read a poem in front of lots of people at the Dawn Ser-vice. It was very cold and it started very early. Eve-ryone just stood there and listened really well. It was very nice to see lots of people from here rep-resenting our school.

SRC Reporter: Mai V

Student Survey:

We randomly selected children in the playground to find out how

they feel about school and their teachers through these survey

questions. Here are our results!

Reporters: Amelia W, Grace B, Keisha M and Georgia C.

I am keen to do very

well at school.

Yes: 29 No: 0

My teacher explains

things to me clearly.

Yes: 26 No: 3

Sometimes: 1

My friends at school

care about me.

Yes: 26 No: 4

Sometimes: 0

My teachers make

school work enjoyable.

Yes: 24 No: 6

Sometimes: 0

I look forward to going

to school

Yes: 19 No: 7

Sometimes: 2

Cross Country

On the 5th of April in Term 1 we had cross country.

On the day the Preps ran 600 metres and the Grade 1 people ran 600 metres as well.

The 9-10 year old age group students ran 2k followed by ages 11-13 running 3ks. We had lots of fun! In the houses Byrne won.

On the 24th of May we had the district cross country and 45 people qualified with an amazing 35 who participated. See page 4 to find out who is going on to the Division event.

We wish them luck. Thank you for participating in cross country this year. We hope you had fun.

By Mai V.

ART EXTENSION: Milly and Blake interviewed Bella, Abbie, Ciara, Chilli, Jaxon and Co-dy about their participation in Art Extension throughout Term 2. Do you enjoy Art Extension? “We love it”…...everyone said they enjoy it very much. What are you making and how long have you been working on it? Lino Cuts since Week 2 of Term 2. We had to carve pictures, lines and shapes into a cut of lino. We have now used them to make prints. What type of things do you write in your art extension diary? Things you have done in the previous week and some ways that we could make the carvings more interesting. What materials have you been using? Ink, wooden spoon, paper spatula, ice-cream scooper, lino, coloured paper and ink roller. Here is a photo of some of the lino prints that the Art Extension group created: INTERSCHOOL SPORTS: An interview with Jackson B by Amelia. Amelia wanted to find out about Jackson’s experiences in the inter school sports competition: A: What sport did you play? J: T Ball A: Did you enjoy T Ball? J: Yes—I really liked it. A: How many games have you won? J: Five out of five. A: Have you made any friends that you didn’t know previously? J: No but it is fun playing with your class mates and against different schools. A: Do you enjoy travelling to different schools? J:Yes A: Do you have any advice for someone who would like to play T Ball? J: Keep your eye on the ball. Focus and be confident. I would rec-ommend everyone wear helmets to protect their heads because the ball is quite hard and could really damage your skull.

A word from our Recycling team:

When we are emptying the bins

after lunch we often find the

wrong types of rubbish in each

one. It is not fun for the Grade 5

recycling monitors to have to sort

through rubbish when they are

doing their jobs. If you are not

sure the following information

tells you what goes in each bin.

Please follow these simple steps

so that our school can be more

sustainable and environmentally

friendly:

COMPOST BINS:

In our compost bins you can put

food scraps such as

apple cores, banana

peels and left over food.

This is the black bin

with the green lid.

RECYCLING BINS:

In our recycling bins you can put

scrap paper and cardboard. This is

the black bin with the yellow lid or

the yellow boxes.

RUBBISH BINS:

All the rest of the rubbish goes in

our normal bins. These are the

black bins.

The environment team are pictured above.

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DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to Milly (1st place), Cody (1st place), Jai (1st place) and Xavier (4th

place) for your efforts at Dis-trict Cross Country and mak-

ing it through to Division!

SRC Reporter Edward B chose three “My Pet” projects to photograph from the Foundation classes—terrific work by Emma, Kaelyn and Noah!!

An interview with Alison Walker our lovely office la-dy by SRC Reporters Xavier L and James M: What are your family member’s names?: Peter, Alison and Ma-son

Where do you live and what sort of property do you live on?

We have just under half an acre in Tynong.

Do you have any pets?

A sausage dog called Harry

What days do you work?:

Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

How many hours do you work per day?

9am – 3:30pm

What do you do in the office?

I do attendance checks to see if all the rolls have been marked and enter any student absences. I sort out the grey bags and answer the phone. At the moment I am organising enrolment packs for next year’s Preps.

What do you do with the excursion forms?

When I get the grey bags I check that they are filled out correctly and the money is the right amount.

Who do you work with in the office? Annette and Rosalie.

What’s your favourite colour? Red and blue for Melbourne.

Our SRC Reporters Millie and Grace interviewed Phoenix and Bentley to find out how they felt about the Buddies Program:

Do you like when you have buddies?

Phoenix: yes Bentley: yes

Who are your buddies? Ciara S and Jackson B.

What is the favourite activity you have done with your buddies this year? Both Phoenix and Bentley said they enjoyed building the bridge out of straws together and it had to hold 10 marbles without collapsing.

Jackson and Ciara both have great memories of when they were in Prep and their buddies as well!!

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Questions & Answers:

Of all animals, the sloth sleeps the most. It sleeps an average of ……. in 24 hours:

A. 12 hours

B. 20 hours

C. 23.5 hours

At birth an orang-utan weighs 1.5 kg. It

A. walks around but stays near its moth-er.

B. Is completely help-less and has to be carried around by its mother.

C. Is completely inde-pendent and only comes to its mother for milk.

The female elephant is called:

A. A cow

B. A ewe

C. A sow

Answers:

1: B 2: B 3.: A

Contributed by Mai Veith.

Activities/Competitions:

This month’s word find puzzle was contributed by Milly H.

Riddles: (Answers are on the bottom of the first page.)

1. I am lighter than a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for over 3 minutes. What am I?

2. What do you call a bear with no teeth?

3. What do you call a bird in the winter?

4. What is an insect’s favourite sport?

5. Why did the child throw butter out of the window?

6. What is a cat’s favourite colour? (Contributed by Chilli)

Nar Nar Goon Primary School Student Voice—We hope you enjoyed reading our very own student newsletter!!

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NAME:

GRADE:

WHERE IS WALLY ? Describe where you found him in this newsletter:

Page number: Section:

First three entries drawn from the box at assembly will win a voucher to spend at our canteen! Just pop your

entries into the “Where’s Wally” box in the front office.

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POSTER CREATED BY MILLY H AND

CAITLIN S.