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North Weekly News

Wednesday, 13 February

Term 1 Week 3

PBL “Reach for the Stars” Badges and Awards Congratulations to the following students who have received our Reach for the Stars Gold Star Award and badge: K-2 Eliza (1C) for being a positive responsible and helpful student in all parts of her day. 3-6 Kayla (6M) for continuously displaying care, respect and responsibility within all areas of school life.

SRC Induction Assembly Congratulations to the SRC members who were presented with their badges at today’s 3-6 Assembly. It was lovely having their parents there to participate in this special event by pinning their badges on them. The SRC are: • 3SP- Hayden and Jemima • 3A- Will and Lila • 3M- Alex and Madeline • 4P- Jamie-Lee and Jonah • 4D- Aurora and Bruce • 5A- Tyler and Alynta • 5W- Emma and Brock • 6D-Zac and Michelle • 6M- Charlotte and Benjamin

Dates To Remember Fri 15th Feb GNPS Swimming Carnival Tues 19th Feb K-2 Assembly – 2U Hosting

3-6 Assembly – Swimming Carnival Ribbons

Thurs 21st Feb Year 1 to 6 Class Information Evenings K-2 Disco 5.30-6.30 3-6 Disco 6.30-7.30

Tues 26h Feb K-2 Assembly – 2H Hosting 3-6 Assembly – 3M Hosting

Thurs 28th Feb Zone Swimming Carnival Fri 1st Mar Clean Up Australia Day Tues 5th Mar K-2 Assembly – 1C Hosting

3-6 Assembly – 5A Hosting Sun 10th and Mon 11Th Mar

Young Leaders Conference in Sydney for Captains and Prefects

Tues 12th Mar K-2 Assembly – KP Hosting 3-6 Assembly – 3SP Hosting

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National Apology Tomorrow, February 13th marks the anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations by the Australian Government, a powerful moment of healing in our nation’s history that must never be forgotten. As a school, we acknowledge and respect the traditional owners of the land our school stands on, the Wiradjuri People, and pay our respects to the elders both past and present. May we continue to work together to strengthen our relationship within our school community. Arriving at School on Time Arriving at school on time is very important for all students as it:

• ensures that students don’t miss out on the important learning activities scheduled early in the day when the students are most alert

• helps students learn the importance of punctuality and routine

• gives students time to greet their friends before class and therefore,

• reduces the opportunity for classroom disruption.

Lateness is recorded as partial absence and must be explained by parents or carers in the same way as other forms of absence. Please ensure that your child arrives at school on time to start the day!

Assembly Awards - Term 1 Week 3

KP: Livai, Benjamin, Sohaylah KA: Jack, Alice Yahya KS: Hunter, Elijah,

Stephanie K/1A: Zion, Ayla, Alirah 1C: Gaureesh, Malavchi, Scarlett 1D: Harmony, Jiye, Mikayla 1R: Hugh, Eliza, Lola 2U: Macey , Robbie, Gabby 2H: Shikib, Tempi, Andrea 3SP: Chanelle, Mason 3A: Mason, Sara 3M: Archie, Kayla 4P: Annie, Jullian 4D: Jimmy and Kaisey 5W: Kelle Rose, Lauren 5A: Blake, Brooke Stewart 6M: Tasnia, Thomas 6D: Shakiya, Brandon Italian: Jaimi-Lee, Daniel, Zac Swimming Carnival On Friday 15th February is our annual swimming carnival which is being held at the Griffith Aquatic Centre. All students from Years 3-6 are expected to attend, along with the Year 2 students, who are turning 8, and have indicated they are able to confidently swim 50m. Buses will be leaving from school at 9.20am. I would like to wish all competitors the best of luck for the day and thank Mrs Woodward for all her organisation for this event for our students! PBL Expectation Focus This week’s focus for PBL is:

“Consider Others” Our PBL focus for this fortnight is “Consider Others”. At school in the classroom or playground it is important to be aware of how your actions can

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affect how others feel. If you consider others and not just yourself, you will make people around you feel happy. Examples of considering others include, allowing others to join your game and to be first in line, and when playing sport making sure everyone gets a turn. Enclosed in this week’s newsletter is a brochure about PBL in our school. Please take the time to read the brochure, especially if you are new to our school. Chess Clubs Volunteers This year for our Chess Club, we are asking for parents or grandparents who would be interested in coming one lunchtime per week to help teach the students chess. The volunteers will be working with a teacher who coordinates the Chess Club. If you are interested, please contact Ms Bourne.

Canteen News Week 3

The new 2019 menu was sent home last week. Please make sure you use this new menu. It has everyday foods and occasional foods. Everyday foods are the healthy options, whereas

occasional foods should only be

ordered or purchased occasionally, as they are not as healthy. The occasional foods are marked by the red asterisk. Thanking you Kelli and Paulina Canteen Supervisors Strings Program Meeting Two meetings will be held for the parents of all students who have commenced the GNPS strings program. The meetings will be on Thursday 14 February in the 4P classroom at 3.30pm and 5.15pm. Parents only

Wednesday 13.02.19 Help Needed Thursday 14.02.19 Elysia Hodgkins Friday 15.02.19 Help Needed Monday 18.02.19 Help Needed Tuesday 19.02.19 Help Needed

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need to attend one of the meetings. Take your pick of which time suits. Regards, Paul Barlow Strings tutor 0434 537 976. Parent Teacher Information Evening/ Disco On Thursday 21st February the school will be hosting a disco.

• K-2 - 5.30pm – 6.30pm • 3-6 - 6.30pm - 7.45pm

During the evening most classroom teachers will be holding their Parent Information Evening, so that while students are at the disco, parents can be finding out more about their child’s classroom expectations and meeting the teacher. Kindergarten classes will be held on a different date as these will take longer than Years 1 to 6. Teachers will send out individual class notes with their times on them, however Year 1 and 2 will be held between 5.30pm and 6.30pm and Years 3-6 will be held between 6.30pm and 7.45pm. The cost of the disco will be $2 and snacks and drinks will be sold at the disco. Zone Cricket Trials On Wednesday Meli and Kieran will trial for the Griffith Zone Cricket team. We would like to wish them all the best for these trials.

Zone Tennis Trials This Thursday Jo will trial for the Griffith Zone tennis team. We would like to wish Jo goodluck for the tennis trials. Girls’ Uniform The new girls’ uniform is looking great. There will be a transition period of three years, so students can continue wearing the old style dress until they are ready for a new dress.

If you have purchased a new dress and would like to donate your old dress to the clothing pool that would be greatly appreciated. Once the dresses are fully implemented, we plan to donate our old uniforms to students overseas who do not have uniforms, so please do not throw any old dresses out.

Thank you

Library Bags It is a good idea for all students to use a library bag to help protect our books and keep track of them. Library bags are available from the school canteen @ $16.00. Other commercial or home-made library bags are also acceptable. Plastic bags are not acceptable. All Kindergarten, Year 1 & 2 students need a library bag to borrow from the school library.