Garbutt SS

Week 5, Term 2, 2018

Every day counts, every minute counts

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Kind regards,

Kathy King

Principal.

Principal’s News

It has been an interesting term 2 so far! There has been a teacher aide position become vacant again after recently

filing the position in term 2. There has been a number of staff on leave and this has created some challenges. I am

pleased to finally advise that we now have a new Teacher Aide who will commence on 28 May. Jenny Craigie

has transferred into the position from Mount Isa and she is very excited to be coming to Garbutt. I would like to

thank all of the applicants who applied for the position and welcome Jenny to the Garbutt School Community.

This term our staff have had some of the SIS team from Regional Office (Terrie Hookey and Reinhardt Gmeinder)

attend a staff meeting and lead staff in development of Cultural Competencies along with developing staff’s

knowledge and understanding of Indigenous protocols. Terrie also led discussions on how staff can embed Indig-

enous Perspectives into the Australian Curriculum. It is always a pleasure to have Terrie and Reinhardt share their

knowledge with us and we are looking forward to continuing this work together.

ANZAC DAY

ANZAC Day was observed by students and staff with two events. Firstly the school ceremony, which was very

capably led by our School Captains Tia and Krystel. The second event was the ANCAZ Day March. The PCYC

generously donated the bus to travel to and from The Strand. Twenty-four students attended along with staff. The

number of students attending was many more than last year and the March was enjoyed by all who attended. I am

hoping that even more children will attend next year.

NETBALL

Thanks to Mrs Schinkel, the year 4’s, 5’s and 6’s are playing Netball on Friday afternoons. Mrs Schinkel is also

trying to arrange games for our students to play against other schools on Friday afternoons. At the end of term a

Netball team will be selected to compete at the Cathy Freeman Cup on Palm Island on June 8. Only 10 students

will be selected as this year we have been advised that schools can only nominate one team.

OPEN CLASSROOMS AND DISCO

Next week we will hold Open Classrooms and Disco with a Sausage Sizzle. All families are invited to attend the

Open Classrooms and stay on for the Sausage Sizzle and Disco. The theme of the Disco is “Pyjama Party”. Be-

cause of issues at a previous event, when older children created a ruckus and did not listen to staff, only primary

school children and their younger siblings are able to attend the Disco. Entry to the disco is a gold coin donation.

3.30 pm—4.30 pm Open Classrooms—come along and enjoy your children’s work

4.30 pm—6.30 pm Sausage Sizzle and Disco (Garbutt State School students and younger siblings only)

REWARD’S DAY

This week we are having our second Reward’s Day for the year at the North Shore Aquatic Centre. I was very

disappointed to see that many children, who usually go to Rewards Day, are not going because of poor attendance.

Please ensure that children are at school every day for their learning and also so that they can be included in the

Reward’s Day activities.

Remember to come to the Open Classrooms and stay for the Disco. I look forward to seeing everyone

there!

Focus Rule:

Keep Hands, Feet, Objects

and Opinions to Yourself SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Learning and Behaviour Awards

Week 1

Learning Awards

P/1 Leon Strangways

1/2 Bradly McDowall (absent)

2/3 Kaydon Mitchell

4/5 Linda Thimble

5/6 Tybiasz Lee

Behaviour Awards

P/1

1/2 Slayde Hall (absent)

2/3 Bailen Stone

4/5 Shannah Collins

5/6 Johnny Collins

Krystel Welsh, Shannah Collins, Temika Wood-

man, Josephine Stanley & Chemoa Walsh.

Gotchas

P/1 Josephine Stanley

1/2 Chemoa Walsh

2/3 Temika Woodman

4/5 Shannah Collins

5/6 Krystel Welsh

Tybiasz Lee, Leon Strangways, Kaydon

Mitchell & Linda Thimble.

Shannah Collins, Johnny Collins & Bailen

Stone.

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Attendance Award

Week 1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...

Happy 5th Birthday to Cassyann Ryder and

Jalani Saltner. Happy 10th Birthday to

Laveen Leathers. Happy 11th Birthday to

Toni Walsh.

Weekly Attendance

Congratulations to 1/2 students

For their excellent attendance!

84%

Litter Award

Well done to our 5/6 for

keeping their area tidy.

Parade Award

Congratulations to

2/3.

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Learning and Behaviour Awards

Week 2

Learning Awards

P/1 Josephine Stanley

1/2 Jerome Bowie

2/3 Ashanti Riley (absent)

4/5 Fananilee Ishmail

5/6 Gurraya Masso (absent)

Behaviour Awards

P/1 Ebonee Wynter-Southern

1/2 Zoe Whaleboat

2/3 Joyce Schwartz

4/5 Summer Stone

5/6 Hailee Stone

GOTCHAS

P/1 Darren Owens

1/2 George Larry

2/3 Ashanti Riley

4/5 Visenia Doolan-Baira

5/6 Hailee Stone

Joyce Schwartz, Hailee Stone, Ebonee

Wynter-Southern &Summer Stone.

Josephine Stanley, Jerome Bowie &

Fananilee Ishmail.

Congratulation to all the Gotcha

winners.

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Attendance Awards

Week 2

Weekly Attendance

Congratulations to 1/2 students

For their excellent attendance!

91%

Litter Award

Well done to 2/3 & 5/6

for keeping their area tidy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...

Happy Birhtday to Hailee Stone and Quayarna Taiters-Rice.

Parade Award

Congratulations to

4/5.

Learning and Behaviour Awards

Week 3

Learning Awards

P/1 Shykeenah Daley (absent)

1/2 Chemoa Walsh

2/3 Hunter Dicinoski

4/5 Rhonda Schwartz

5/6 Nahiley Ishmail

Behaviour Awards

P/1 Henry Braun (absent)

1/2 Ka-Tori Morgan

2/3 Adriana Tabuai-Mosby (absent)

4/5 Jade Saltner

5/6 Krystel Welsh

GOTCHAS

P/1 Darren Owens

1/2 Peter Hanson

2/3 Brain Freeman

4/5 Renny-May Larry

5/6 Tia Gizar

Hunter Dicinoski, Chemoa Walsh, Nahiley

Ishmail & Rhonda Schwartz.

Ka-Tori Morgan, Jade Saltner &

Krystel Welsh.

Tia Gizar, Renny-May Larry, Peter Hanson,

Brain Freeman & Darren Owens,

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Attendance Award

Week 3

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Litter Award

Well done to 5/6 for

keeping their area tidy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...

Weekly Attendance

Congratulations to 4/5 students

For their excellent attendance!

90%

Parade Award

Congratulations to

P/1.

Happy Birhtday to Heladi Bowie, Josephine Stanley

& Ebonee Southern.

Picture Gallery

SMART, STRONG AND DEADLY WE AIM HIGH

Congratulations to all the students

who received awards.

2018 Anzac Day March.

Recently a group of students from Playmate Day Care and Kindergarten visited our

Garbutt SS library. They were joined by our year 4/5 class who partnered up with

them to read and discuss some of our great library books. Before this visit some of

the Playmate’s students did not know what a library was. All the Playmate’s students

had a great time visiting and reading our books and our year 4/5 students really

enjoyed mentoring them. We look forward to their next visit.

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School Calendar of Events

15 - 17 May NAPLAN Test.

18 May Rewards Day.

21 May Adopt-a-Cowboy visit

24 May Open classroom, sausage sizzle followed by school disco (G.S.S.

students only)

25 May Under 8’s Day.

8 June Kathy Freeman Netball—Palm Island Playmates group visiting the

library

27 June School Photos

28 June Rewards Day.

29 June Report Cards

Adopt-a-Cowboy visit (Matty Bowen)

Reward’s Day Criteria

Only 1 Major Behaviour

At least 85% Attendance.

Absences

Please contact the office if your child is away

and provide the reason for their absence. It is

a State School requirement that the school

contacts families on the day of absence when

their is no explanation for the absence.

Change of Details?

If your personal details such as phone number,

address or emergency contact have changed

please advise the school of the new details.

Ipads/Mobiles etc

Students who have these items at

school must hand them into the office

at the beginning the day for security

reasons.

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