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North Weekly News

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 Term 3 Week 5

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 Jemima (KD) for working co-operatively with peers to stretch her learning.

3-6 Nicola (5W) for displaying excellent learning habits and being a good role model for others.

Riverina Athletics Congratulations to the following students who were successful in qualifying for the Riverina Athletics Carnival in Albury on Friday 2nd September; Scholar, Jone, Malina, Alex, Jyi , Victoria

, Lucy, Tyler, Patrick, Manav, Nicole, Todd , Kokiri, Jacob and Kyle.

UNSW Competitions GNPS is very proud of the excellent results achieved by students participating in the UNSW Digital Technologies, Science and Spelling Competitions. Digital Technologies Results

In the Digital Technologies competition three distinctions and one credit were achieved. Congratulations to the following students. Distinction Muntasir Chowdhury, Asna Hassan and Victoria McLeod Credits Mitchell Ryan

Dates To Remember Wed 17th Aug Dare to Lead visit to GNPS parent

meetings Tues 23rd Aug Book Week Parade followed by K-6 Book

Week Assembly Tues 30th Aug K-2 Assembly KC Hosting

3-6 Assembly Spelling Bee Final Fri 2nd Sept Riverina Athletics Carnival

Year 4 Local Government day at Pioneer Park

Tues 6th Sept K-2 Assembly KD Hosting 3-6 Assembly 3/4A Hosting

Mon 12th Sept Proud and Deadly Awards Tues 13th Sept K-2 Assembly KL Hosting

3-6 Assembly Extra –Curricular Assembly

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 Term 3 Week 5

Science

In the Science competition one High distinction, two distinctions and one credit were achieved. Congratulations to the following students: High Distinction Muntasir Distinction Asna and Mitchell Credits Victoria

Spelling

In the Spelling competition one High Distinction, one Distinction, five credits and two merits were achieved. Congratulations to the following students: High Distinction Muntasir Distinction Victoria Credits Asna, Mitchell, Hannah, Ahmad and Matilda Merit Eliza and Mariam

Assembly Awards - Term 3 Week 5

KD: Uzair, Dusty, Lila KC: Alvinia, Lucas, Mischa KL: Devontey, Laura, Toby K-1P: Savo, Ruby, Tyrese 1A: Jaimi-Lee, Efe, Ella 1/2M: Jayli, Lonoah, Abdurrehman 2UV: Kellee-Rose, Saritia, Lauren 2/3M: Logan, Kaiden, Brooke 3CY: Tre, Frank 3/4A: Hayley, Nic 4P: Kousar, Emily 4/5S: Issa, Sophia 5W: Asna, William 6M: Ella, Tanner 6D: Madysen, Enzo

Dare to Lead Parent Meetings Tomorrow we will continue with our Dare to Lead Snapshot into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education at GNPS. Parents/Carers and community members are welcome to speak with Mark Crouch and Graeme Dutton to provide a personal perspective in this. Parents, carers and community members are welcome to come along tomorrow at the following times; 9.10 am-10.15 am Non – Aboriginal Parents 10.15 am -11.15 am Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Parents If you are not able to make these times and would like to speak to them, please contact the school so an alternative time can be arranged.

Book Week- Australia: Story Country Next Tuesday 23rd August we will be celebrating Book Week at GNPS. The Book Week parade will be held after recess at 11.35 and will be followed by a K-6 Book Week Assembly. The theme for Book Week is Australia: Story Country. Students can dress up as a Famous Australian Person or Australian Character. We are looking forward to seeing the students in their Book Week costumes!

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 Term 3 Week 5

Buddy Benches 2015 Year 6 ‘s gift to the school were two buddy benches, one for the 3-6 playground and one for the K-2 playground. I would like to thank Amanda Bordignon, Kellie Bordignon, Jenna Brown, Liz Johnstone and Helen Morel who gave up their own time to paint these benches. They are now in the playground ready for students to use if they need to.

Rules for the Buddy Bench

1. If you choose to sit on the bench, you MUST

say yes to the first friend who invites you to

play, or walk and talk;

2. If you see a friend when you are sitting on

the bench, invite them to play, or walk and

talk;

3. Two friends sitting on the bench can turn to

each other and invite each other to play, or

walk and talk.

K-2 Cubby Thank you to Jenna Brown and Amanda Bordignon for painting our K-2 cubby. It looks wonderful and the students enjoy playing in there at recess and lunch.

Canteen News Week 5

There will be a hot chip day on Wednesday 24th August, (next week). Please make sure you pre-order in the morning. They will be served at recess only and cost $3.50 The canteen will no longer be serving play water (focus). Thank you to the parents and caregivers who have volunteered to help out in the canteen this term. We really appreciate your support! Thanking you Adele and Paulina

BYE BYE BULLYING CAMPAIGN

At last week’s 3-6 assembly, 6D launched Year 6’s ‘Bye Bye Bullying’ campaign. The campaign focuses on making our school a positive place for EVERYONE. It stresses

the importance of doing the right thing if you are an onlooker to a bullying incident. Onlookers can support victims of bullying by speaking out and letting a teacher know. Students are being encouraged to SPOT IT OUT, SPEAK OUT in order to STAMP IT OUT. Year 6 students are running an Anti-Bullying Poster Competition with some great prizes for the Stage 2 and Stage 3 winners! Entries need to be handed to Mrs Delves by Friday 26th August.

Wednesday 17.8.16 Georgie Maples Thursday 18.8.16 Help Needed Friday 19.8.16 Kelli Bordignon

Roawa Al Rouwaiti Monday 22.8.16 Help Needed Tuesday 23.8.16 Help Needed

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 Term 3 Week 5

Thank you Thank you to Miss Risso for making the biscuits for the students who made the Bye Bye Bullying pledge last week after the 3-6 assembly. The students loved them!

PSSA Basketball Knockout Competition

Yesterday GNPS basketball team played Riverina B side, Tumut PS. It was a very tough and challenging game with great defence shown by both sides. Unfortunately our shots just didn’t get into the hoop. The final score was 6-24. The boys have developed playing skills through the term. We would like to say a special thanks to our coach Damian Curry who told the boys to always have fun playing the game. Mrs Burley would also like say thank you to all parents for their support.

PSSA State Touch Football Carnival On Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th August I went to play for the Riverina team at the State Touch Football Knockout carnival. On Tuesday I played 6 games but unfortunately we didn’t win any. On Wednesday I played 5 games and we won two games. On Thursday I played two games and we won one of them. All up we played 13 games and we only won 3 games. I had a great time and a wonderful experience. By Jacob

Trent Barrett Shield Today we had three teams representing GNPS at The Trent Barrett Shield at Jubilee. Thank you to Mrs Pandolfo and Ms Maloni for organising this and coaching the teams. We would like to wish both teams all the best and we look forward to hearing their results.