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North News Goulburn North Public School

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Thursday, 18 September 2014

Union Street, Goulburn NSW 2580

Telephone: 4821 3838 Fax: 4822 1357

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

Term 3 - Week 10

‘Life is for Learning’

Principal’s Message

Maureen Nixon

Congratulations Gabby

Congratulations everyone! Our Eisteddfod results are

nothing short of amazing! This is attributed to the hard

work and dedication from teachers and students.

Results so far:

Individual Verse Recital

1st Place: Lachlan Petrie, Olivia Roberts,

Caolan Hazell, Xavier Alling, Samantha

Walshe, Emily Weston & Miffy Hill-Marsh

Our school has received the data that comes with the

NAPLAN results. The staff will now work through all

the data generated by the NAPLAN and use it to help

us develop plans to help our school improve our

results in the coming years.

The Eisteddfod wraps up for us today. I wish to thank

the children who have put in a huge effort in getting

ready for the Eisteddfod, and they can be proud of the

performances they put forward. I also thank the many

parents who came to lend their support throughout the

Eisteddfod. Finally, my thanks must go to the teachers

and support staff that put in so much work for this

event, most especially to Miss Hedges who puts in

many hours choosing poems and listening to and

encouraging individuals. This year we also had

support from Mrs Toni Kennedy who listened to

many of our Primary students and gave them some

valuable tips.. In this Newsletter we have included a

list of prize winners from our school. Your support is

greatly appreciated.

Thank you all for a busy term. We hope the children

and families enjoy a safe holiday and I look forward

to seeing you all on the first day of term 4, which is

Tuesday 7th October.

I would like to congratulate our contestants in the

Regional Spelling Bee Final and wish them well. We

will be well represented by Ben Jones, Lindsay

Torrance, Flynn Greaves and Maddy Seath.

Our Rostrum Public Speaking Representative, Gabby

Osborne competed Tuesday night. Well done Gabby,

you were a credit to our School we were all very

proud.

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2nd

Place: Asha Freer, Declan Gooch, Libby

Almond, Natalie Jones, Daina Kerr & Charlotte

Ogilvie

3rd

Place: Nethul Nandasena, Tara Mercer, Charli

Rowsell, Brianna Norris, Trent Jeffrey & Taylah

Creighton

Very Highly Commended: Charlie Mullins, Joel

Frazer, Angus Hazell & Jordan Twigg

Highly Commended: Lily Gordon, Katelyn

Rawlinson, Caelan Alling, Cherry Feng, Kushari

Batuthanne, Elyssa Apps, Joshua Kalozi, Abby

Farrell, Isabella Preston, Jordan Twigg, Aidyn

Williams, Charli-Rose Ellis.

35 of the 63 performers from Goulburn North earned

recognition for their efforts at the Individual Verse Recital

Section of the Goulburn Eisteddfod. Our children showed

their adaptability, giving engaging recitations in a

cavernous hall. Particular mention should be made of a

number of brave children who showed enormous strength

of character. Thanks, in generous amounts, should be

given to not only the children (for their patience whilst

waiting and extraordinary decorum) but also the family

members whom went along to encourage the children. The

amazing support our parents give to events such as the

Eisteddfod demonstrate what a remarkable school

community we have. A special thank you to Toni

Kennedy, Mrs McGuire and the office ladies for all their

help in getting the children ready for the eisteddfod.

Heartfelt thanks from Miss Hedges and the children.

5yrs – 1: Lachlan Petrie

2: Asha Freer

3: Nethul Nandasena

H.C: Lily Gordon

Katelyn Rawlinson

6yrs Aust– 1: Olivia Roberts

2: Declan Gooch

V.H.C: Charlie Mullins

H.C: Caelan Alling

6yrs Own Choice:–

1: Caolan Hazell

2: Elizabeth Almond

3: Tara Mercer

V.H.C: Joel Frazer

H.C: Cherry Feng

7yrs – 1: Xavier Alling

2: Natalie Jones

3: Charli Rowsell

V.H.C: Angus Hazell

H.C: Kushari Batuthanne

Elyssa Apps

Jack Holmes

8yrs Own Choice:– 2: Daina Kerr

3: Brianna Norris

8yrs Aust– 1: Samantha Walshe

2: Charlotte Ogilvie

9yrs – 1: Emily Weston

H.C: Joshua Kalozi, Abby

Farrell

10yrs – H.C: Isabella Preston

10yrs Restricted – 3: Trent Jeffrey

11yrs – 3: Taylah Creighton

H.C: Aidyn Williams

12yrs – 1: Myfanwyn Hill Marsh

12yrs Original Verse – H.C: Charli-Rose Ellis

Special Message from a Parent

“My sincere thanks to Muffy for her

commitment and assistance to the

children preparing for the Eisteddfod.

They as always, were wonderful but I

never underestimate the sheer hard work

she must put in to help them achieve their

successes”

Goulburn North Public School excelled at

the second day of the Eisteddfod. The

children were enthusiastic, looked smart

and performed to the best of their ability.

Classes KH KN IB 1/2M 3/4T 3/4A and

5/6H all participated.

Results were amazing

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Several 1st 2nd and 3rd place plaques coming to

Goulburn North as well as several Highly

commended certificates.

The adjudicator said of one of the choirs “

Loved the “sound effects the choir was

poised and watched their conductor closely

throughout - well done” and another

“This was a challenging choice of literature

to present today – Overall unison lines are

expressively orchestrated with good clarity –

there was much to praise in the

orchestration and the presentation today.

Thank you to all concerned”

What a great school effort.

Well done to all the students receiving awards at assembly

last week.

Ribbon Awards: Tyler Campbell, Anna Lu,

Blake Barker, Cooper Croker,

Kayla Brooker-Lee,

Kiara Hopkins-Young,

Paige Hollands

Certificate of conduct: Samantha Walshe,

Ashley Dingle

Library Award: KH, 4/5/6G, 2O

Mrs O’Connell’s Awards:

Bryson Bissaker- Morgan

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Investigating forces with science, push, pull etc to Dance

Music……

After an audit by Security

it has been recommended that

we lock the bottom gates

(outside 4/5/6G’s room ) during

school time. As a result we

will lock those gates at 9.30

and re-open them at 3.00 p.m.

It is imperative that all permission

notes are returned to school by the

due day.

If a bus is leaving the School at

9.10 it is impossible for notes

brought in THAT morning to be

marked on master lists and

circulated to the teachers involved.

This can lead to children being

disappointed that they miss out on

an excursion and have to stay at

School because the notes were not

returned on time.

Please keep check on what is

happening at School via the

newsletter.

Your help would be appreciated.

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It was nice to see some new little

faces around school last week for our

Kindergarten 2014 Orientation

morning. We welcome them to our

school community and look forward

to them all joining our Extended

Kindergarten Programme

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Week 10

Monday 15th

September Goulburn Eisteddfod Individual

Speeches – St Peter and Pauls

Primary School Hall

Tues, 16th Sept Goulburn Eisteddfod Speech and

Drama Sections Workers Club

Thurs, 18th Sept Premier’s Spelling Bee

Fri, 19th

Sept Movie & Footy colours dress up day

Term 3 concludes

Week 1

Mon, 6th

Oct Public Holiday

Tues, 7th

Oct Term 4 commences

Extended Kinder Orientation

program commences

Week 4

Mon, 27th

Oct Book Fair commences

Week 11

Mon, 15th

Dec Year 6 Farewell

For breakfast programme

Each Tuesday – Volunteers

please contact the Office….

SUMMER UNIFORMS

If you require a new

summer uniform for your

child – to avoid

disappointment please fill

in an order form

Available from the office

If you have moved house or changed phone numbers

during the course of the holidays it is important that

you let the school know of the change.

It is important that we have current contact

numbers and up to date emergency contact

numbers, in case we need to contact you if there is

an urgent matter with your child.

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Dance2bfit

Missed Classes

will be made up

next term Over the past few weeks our school has

been enjoying Dance2bfit. Every week

we go to the hall with our instructor

Paul and learn a new dance. We dance

to many popular songs e.g. Happy, We

Will Rock You, Geronimo and many

more. On behalf of our school thank

you Paul and we hope we see you back

here again. Daina Kerr 3/4A

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Dance2bfit

This term, we did Dance2bfit on Mondays. It was pretty

good. We learned lots of different dances, had fun staying

fit with our friends and got to groove to the beat of the

music.

All the different dances were pretty cool. It was great

learning new moves, especially when we finally got them

all right. That sometimes took a bit of effort.

We also had a bunch of fun with our friends as we stayed

fit to the music. Some of the dances helped us with our

flexibility, others with our coordination and some that just

made us breathe really hard.

Moving to the beat of the music was probably the best

part, as you don’t get to do that so much in Maths,

Science and English.

I hope we get to do this kind of thing again, as it really

helped energize us and keep us fit.

By Kiana Williams 3/4T

Best Dance: We will rock you

Best Warm up: The drumstick

Thank you so much Paul!

P.S. Mrs Nixon – we want Paul back!!!!!!!!

Bradley Creighton 3/4A

Movie Day & FOOTY

COLOURS DAY

WEAR YOUR FAVOURITE

SPORTS TEAM COLOURS

(THIS INCUDES SOCCER AND ALL

VARIETIES OF FOOTBALL)

BRING A GOLD COIN DONATION

FRIDAY 19th SEPTEMBER

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