Gloucester Public School Newsletter Opportunity - Innovation - Excellence

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Term 1 Week 11 Tuesday 9th April 2019

Dates to Remember 11/4 Hot Dog Day

12/4 Easter Hat Parade K/1/2

leaving school at approx.. 9.30am

12/4 Last day of Term 1

Term 2

3/5 Zone Cross Country

3/5 ANZAC Biscuit Stall

3/5 School Anzac Service

9/5 Mothers’ Day Stall

10/5 Athletics Carnival

13-17/5 NAPLAN Years 3 and 5

21-23/5 Year 4 Sydney Excursion

31/5 Year 3 Excursion

26/6 NAIDOC Day at GPS

with Koomurri visiting

Term 3

19/8 Book Fair & Grandparents’

Day

20-22/8 Stage 3 Excursion

Term 1 Assemblies

Week 11 12/04 Awards

Canteen Roster

10/04 Tracey Bignell

12/04 Kim Haschek

Sharon Osland

Term 2:

29/4 Staff Development Day

30/4 Term 2 Students Return

EXPECTATION AWARDS ASSEMBLIES

Friday 12 April

In the hall

K/1/2 : 11.30am

3-6 : 2.00pm

Everyone is invited to attend!

Please put aside Thursday 25th April in your diaries and calendars. Anzac Day is a day of reflection, respect and commemoration for our community and nation, and we would love to see as many GPS students participating in this special community event as possible. If willing to participate in the march, students will need to be at the Gloucester Soldiers Club at 10.20am on the day in full school uniform. This will be followed by the service at the memorial clock tower. Rod Maggs – Assistant Principal (Stage 3)

From the Principal –

Gloucester Show Congratulations to all our show art winners. It was certainly a very impressive display by all students. Gloucester Public School also won first prize for the Primary School Display. This is now on display in the office foyer. If you didn’t get to see it at the show, drop into the school and have a look. Individual winners included Dane Laurie, Lennie Swilks, Spencer Haschek, Joshua Stanton, Indie Beaton, Lily Sansom, Darcy Hall, Olivia Wade and Emily Beggs. Term 1 finishes this Friday, 12th April. Term 2 begins for all students on Tuesday, 30th April. Staff will be completing mandatory Department of Education training updates on the scheduled Staff Development Day, Monday 29th April. Have a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing everyone for another busy term. Don’t forget:

K/1/2 Easter Parade this Friday, 12th April. Students will leave the school at approximately 9.30am to

parade in their hats down the main street of Gloucester and will then come back to school and have

recess.

Expectation Assemblies are also on this Friday, K/1/2 at 11.30am and 3-6 at 2.00pm.

School ANZAC Assembly on Friday 3rd May at 2.15pm – everyone welcome.

ANZAC Biscuit stall on Friday 3rd May at recess and lunch.

Zone Cross Country on Friday 3rd May.

Leanne Wakefield, Principal.

Class Awards (Week 10) 3/4G Nylah Wisely Charlee Dillon Makaylee Gooch Jaxson Galvin (E) 3/4J Evie Bradney Tiko Samson Bodhi Ashby Lara Taylor (E) 3/4L Chloe Doolan Olivia Wade Crystal Sneyd Indi Dodds (E) 5/6B Xavier Soupidis Chelsea Crossley Kaleesha Aitken Bianca Jackson (E) 5/6C Lillianne Dangerfield Lachlan Sansom Lilli Zycki Emma Carsley 5/6M Matthew Galvin Sophie Lenehan Brody Taylor Emily Beggs (E) 5/6T Jamie Richards Dylan Crossley Teela Maslen Harvey Willis (E) Year 4 Excursion Online Payment Code: 044333

We are still awaiting the deposit of $50 for some students to secure their place on this excursion, and the accommodation numbers need confirming by the end of this week. Please make an appointment with Mrs Wakefield if you need to discuss payment options. All payments must be finalised no later than 10th May. Stage 2 Teachers

Hearing, Eyesight and Dental Screening All Indigenous students have been given a permission form to have their ears, eyes and teeth checked here at school by a team from the Tobwabba Aboriginal Medical Service. Please return these forms THIS WEEK so that a date can be arranged.

HOCKEY TRAINING ON MONDAYS! All students who are interested in playing in the PSSA Hockey Knockout Competition must attend hockey training. Hockey training is on Mondays in the top playground from 12:50pm – 1:25pm. Don’t forget to bring your mouthguard to school for hockey training as mouthguards are compulsory when playing hockey. Shin pads and sticks will be provided but there is a limited number of both so please bring your own if you can. Hunter Hockey Trials Seven of our students headed off to Newcastle Thursday 28 March to attend the Hunter Hockey Trials. The students were Kayla Blanch, Emily Beggs, Kaitlyn Beggs, Amy Fry, Lachlan Sansom, Jackson Moore and Jonas De Angelis. Everyone played well, tried their best and represented GPS with pride. Well done guys! Emily, Lachlan and Jackson were selected in the team. We wish them all the best and look forward to hearing about their games. Melissa Seale and Kim Macdonald Hockey Coordinators

PE Active Homework (K-2) I hope students are having fun completing their active homework. If your child has completed their quilt please encourage them to return it me. During PE we have been discussing some of the activities that the children have been doing and I am looking forward to seeing all of the completed quilts. Mel Seale PE Teacher

YEAR 6 SHIRTS 2019 HAVE ARRIVED!! Our Year 6 shirts have arrived!! A big THANK YOU to Julie from Killer Graffix and Signs Gloucester for designing the template for us this year – they look fantastic. The cost is $25.00 per shirt. The payments may be made now and then the shirts will be distributed to students upon receipt at the office. Please include the note that was sent home last week with your payment.

Please be reminded that when making your payment, some students have ordered more than one shirt. If you have any questions please ask Miss Taylor. Alicia Taylor Stage 3 Teacher

We won!

Boys’ Cricket Team Success Against Forster I can now officially retire… not that that will happen any time soon! I have had a running joke for a few years now that I am not going to retire until Gloucester beat Forster in the cricket. Well, now I can! We won! The boys were excited about heading to the coast to take on our old arch-enemy in Forster Public School. With ten years or more of losses against this much bigger school, they were all keen to chalk one up on the

Gloucester side of the tally chart. Sent in to bat, opener Andrew Fraser was dismissed early, but Sam Collie continued to bat patiently and keep the runs ticking over. Harvey Willis was excellent company for him as the boys managed to hold their wickets, picking up sundries on the scoreboard from a few wayward Forster bowlers. At drinks, the boys were running at about 4 runs an over, so were given the licence to get moving with wickets in hand. This proved to be tough, as Forster tightened up their bowling and with a few lost wickets, we managed to get through our 25 overs with 81 on the board. However, we were still confident in our team’s ability to defend this total with disciplined bowling and great fielding. And that is just what happened. Rhys Summerville, Jackson Moore, Harvey Willis and Nick Maggs set the platform before the break with incredibly tight bowling and little options for the opposition batsmen. Well supported by their mates in the field, Forster was just 2-12 after 13 overs. With frustrations setting in due to the pressure of increasing run rates required, the Forster boys had little option but to try and run for everything. Our boys responded with some sharp fielding and this resulted in a number of run outs. Forster was unable to chase down Gloucester’s 81, falling about 30-odd short. Once again, a great team performance, with all boys contributing to a team win. Well done, fellas! We now await the result of the game between Wirreanda PS and Bulahdelah CS to see who we face next. The game is likely to be scheduled for Week 1 next term. Rod Maggs – Cricket Coordinator

Canteen News

Orders have now closed for Hot Dog day on Thursday. Please do not send your child to school with an order on Thursday as they will miss out. Attached is the new canteen winter menu. It is full of delicious options such as Beef Nachos, Stuffed Baked Spuds as well as a large selection of freshly made sandwiches and wraps. Sure to warm you up when the cold weather decides to turn up! Copies are available from the canteen, on the school

website or at the front office. Canteen volunteers are always needed and very much appreciated. If you would like to help, please call in and see me at the canteen sometime. Thank you to our hard workers from term 1. Hope you all have a safe and happy Easter. Lisa Norrie Canteen Supervisor

SRC ANZAC Biscuit

Stall On Friday 3rd May (Week 1, Term 2), the SRC is holding an ANZAC biscuit stall. Students are encouraged to bake and bring in ANZAC biscuits for the stall. We would appreciate it if you follow this recipe or one similar to ensure there are no nuts added to biscuits. Biscuits are to be dropped in to Mrs Bosworth’s classroom on either Thursday 2nd or Friday 3rd May. Biscuits will then be packaged by the SRC into bags of 3 and sold for $1.00. They will be sold at recess and lunch. The money the SRC makes from the stall will go towards the SRC gift to the school at the end of the year. SRC Executive