Gwynneville Public School Phone 02 4229 5728 10a Acacia Avenue Gwynneville NSW 2500 Email: gwynnevill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: https://gwynnevill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Newsletter Term 1 Week 10 Wednesday 31st March 2021

This is the last newsletter for Term 1. I wanted to wish everyone a happy

and safe holiday. Thank you to those parents who have been able to

attend the meetings with their child’s teacher. The teachers have

valued your input.

Easter Hat Parade/Raffles

We are egg-cited about tomorrow’s Easter Hat Parade at GPS.

The parade will start at 1:45 on our top oval. Easter Raffles will be

drawn throughout the parade.

Please ensure you visit the office first if you are coming to pick up your child early for an

appointment or you are delivering something to your child that they may have forgotten

to pack. Please do not go directly to the classroom.

NAPLAN Online 2021

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time

assessment of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress

through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN

tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation)

and numeracy. Our students will be sitting the tests on the 11th, 12th and 13th of May.

Mrs Trish Payne

Principal’s Message

District Trials

Congratulations to Sam and Toby P who have been selected in the South Coast Boys

Hockey Team. The boys will be competing at the state carnival which will be held in

May in Newcastle. Well done boys.

Congratulations to Sam T and Kaitlin F who were selected in the Central Wollongong

Touch Football team who will go to the South Coast trial on the 21st May at Albion Park.

State Swimming

On Wednesday and Thursday we will have four students competing at the NSWPSSA

State Swimming Championships at Homebush.

Good luck to Tiara B who will be competing in the 11yr girls 50m breastroke on

Wednesday and our Senior Girls Relay team of Charlotte J, Tiara B, Olivia P and Eden L.

Good luck girls we can’t wait to watch you swim on livestream.

Cross Country

On Monday we held our school Cross Country carnival. A big congratulations goes out

to all those students who competed on the day. It was so good to see everyone having

a go and doing their best. Well done boys and girls.

Congratulations to those students who placed first second and third in their races. A

team will now be selected to attend the district carnival which will be held at the

Kembla Joggers course at West Dapto on Friday, 30th April. Notes will go out shortly to

those students who finished in the top five in each race.

Placings

12/13yr Girls 12/13yr Boys

Eden L Sam T

Emily G Jared M

Evie T Cooper W

11yr Girls 11yr Boys

Olivia P Samuel B

Felicity J Abdu A

Tiara B Declan S

Soccer Tournament

Over the past four weeks, some students in years 4-6 have

been participating in a soccer tournament during lunch

and recess. The matches have been played in great spirit

and the teams have formed friendly rivalries with one

another. The finals will be played on Thursday this week.

Thank you and congratulations to all students involved.

Mr Jennings and Mr Burns

10yr Girls 10yr Boys

Samanatha R Taj T

Nala A Daniel C

Imaan N Rhys F

8/9 Girls 8/9 Boys

Eloise J Ben T

Olivia T Ambrose S

Tahlia P Louis C

Premiers Sporting Challenge

As apart of our schools physical education program, Stage 3 will be working with the

school sports unit on a research project looking at the effects of physical activity on

children's health and well being.

All students will be completing a 10 week challenge during Term 3. They will be looking

at the amount of physical activity that they do during this period.

Mrs Tracy Devlin

Mr Christie

Awards

Term 1 Week 10

K Yellow Rumaisah M, Andrej M, Ciaran C, Anara W

K/1 Red Thomas D, Una G, Macy N, Oscar D

1 Pink Muhammad H, Adam A, Arham K, Kloe G

1/2 Blue Maya H, Rafay A, Ibrahim A, James W, Byron M,

2 Green Eddie M, Evan T, Ava W, Muhammad A

3 Lime Imogen C, Zara M, Bagas H, Lilka B

4/5 Brown William W, Ahmed F, Melody O , Toby P, Samantha R, Matthew C

6 Purple Omar H, Kaitlyn F, Lilah Y,

Good luck to this awesome

foursome, competing in the

Senior Girls 50m freestyle

relay at the State Carnival

at Homebush this week.

P & C News AGM

At our AGM the following people were elected to positions within our parents and citizens (carers) com-

mittee:

President: Morwenna Baird

Vice-President: Nicole Formosa

Treasurer: Kylie Myler

Secretary: Natalie Lawrence

We note with great thanks the many years of service of Nicole Formosa as Treasurer and Katie Singh as

President and Vice-President.

Our next P&C meeting will be on Wednesday 21 April at 6.30pm in the staffroom.

School Banking

We are looking for a volunteer to coordinate our school banking program. In collaboration with the Com-

monwealth Bank, children are able to open a savings account and deposit money into their account via

the school. The coordinator would be required to collect, count and bank the children’s deposits on a

weekly basis.

If anyone is interested in volunteering for this role please talk to Morwenna or email:

pcgwynneville@gmail.com

Easter Raffle Donations

A very big thank you to everyone for your donations of chocolate to our Easter Raffle and non-perishable

food items to the Wollongong Homeless Hub.

Save the Date – Welcome Picnic for Kindergarten and new families. Thursday, 29th April 4-6pm in the school grounds. More information to come.

The last day of Canteen Term 1 : Wednesday 31st March.

Canteen will reopen Term 2: Wednesday 21st April.

Monthly Topic:

April Edible Art—During the holidays have a go at creating your own healthy fruit and vegetable snacks with your family.

Please ensure that students

wear a hat and bring a water bottle (bubblers are now open)

to school. Students without a hat will be instructed to sit under the COLA.

‘No hat no play’

Due to hygiene reasons we are unable to loan hats to students. Also, please label all students’ belongings with their name. If they are

labelled it makes it easier to return.

Student Departure Times

Please note that as from Monday, all students with the exception of K Yellow and K/1 Red

will depart at the normal finish time of 3.10. Kindergarten will still finish at 3.00. In the

event of wet weather, parents are welcome to come to the undercover areas to pick their

child up.

Term 1 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 10

29/3/21 30/3/21 31/3/21 1/4/21

- Easter Hat

Parade

-End of Term 1

2/4/21

Good Friday

Term 2 2021

Week 1

19/4/21

Staff

Development &

Planning day

(No students)

20/4/21

Students

Return (K-6)

21/4/21 22/4/21

Athletics

Carnival

23/4/21

Week 2

26/4/21 27/4/21 28/4/21 29/4/21

P & C

Welcome

Picnic

30/4/21

District Cross

Country

Week 3

3/5/21 4/5/21 5/5/21 6/5/21 7/5/21

Week 4

10/5/21 11/5/21 12/5/21

NAPLAN

(Years 3 & 5)

13/5/21 14/5/21

‘Walk to

school’ day