Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

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South Grafton Public School Newsletter We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work

and we pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.

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Term 4 Week 4 Wednesday 1st November 2017

Principal’s Report

The past few weeks have been extremely busy and very successful and I would like to thank our whole school community for their wonderful support of all the initiatives our school has been involved in and will be involved in throughout the next few weeks.

Our Sesquicentenary celebrations were an outstanding success and listed below is a sample of the very positive comments we have received from community members. Thank you so much for your generousity of time, effort and assistance. My mum and I had an absolutely wonderful visit back to South Grafton Public for the Sesquicentenary celebrations. It was a beautiful way to walk back down memory lane, catch up with old friends and teachers and to see the amazing progress happening at the school. Congratulations to all for the fantastic organisation and contributions to make the day the huge success that it was. Congratulations also for the amazing work that’s been and continues to be done to create such a warm and inviting community spirit at South Grafton Public School. Many thanks for your help in locating, arranging and emailing through the photos as requested. With warm regards, Sharyn Gill-Andrews (very proud School Captain 1971)

Last Saturday our school participated in the Jacaranda ‘Parade of Youth’ with our wonderful banner. Thankyou to all our students, staff and families who attended and supported our school at this march. Our banner placed third which is an excellent achievement and congratulations to our banner team and our students for all their time and effort preparing this banner. Well done Lucy Rouse who spoke very eloquently about the meaning of our banner.

Yesterday many of our very talented students performed at Market Square in the Jacaranda Lunchtime Concert. Our students performed wonderfully in front of a large crowd of our families and community members. Again our school was able to showcase the very high quality Creative Arts Program we provide for our students and our thanks to our staff who very willingly prepare our students for these excellent occasions.

Good luck to our Skipping Team, Academy Choir and Stage 3 Dancers who are performing this Friday at 5.45pm at the ‘Telstra Riverlight Festival’ (Venetian Carnival). Tomorrow, Thursday 2nd November is a Jacaranda Thursday Half Day Public Holiday School will be open from 8.30 -1.00pm. Buses will provide morning transport but will NOT be picking students up at 1.00pm. All students attending school must be picked up by parents by 1.00pm.

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Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Congratulations to the following Infants students who received their Silver Badge at today’s special assembly held at our Infants Hall. Jack Meyer, Dylan Edwards, Beau Torrens, Brodie Rolls Tarrant Burns, Sierra Menzies, Aaliyah-May Sullivan, Charlotte Hughes, Emmie Lolic, Kiara Perry, Isabelle Roughley, Sophie Parente, Jaxon Martin, Tashiah Woodley Stella L, Thairecce Sykes, Maddison Selby, Casey Bailey, Naysha Hynard, Jessica Zomer, Jalani Bannerman, Lochlan Egan, Samuel Longstaff, Chloe Valencia, Gemma Nicholson, Deegan Robb, Nate Pohlmann, Bridgette Tough, Felicity Vinall Rainbow, Rylee Kroehnert, Lacey Lawrie, Elleigh Oxenbridge, Aidan Menzies, Jemma Leslie, Ruby McNee, Lily Vercoe, Emily Loy, Nate Tattis, Kirra Nicholson, Nicola Longstaff. This is an excellent achievement by these students and we are all very proud of their positive contributions to our school. Our thanks to Mrs Kimberley Gillett for organising this assembly and our staff and Mrs Casssematis for providing a delicious morning tea.

Tonight our very talented band is performing in our Primary Hall to showcase their excellent repertoire for their families beginning at 5.45pm and concluding at 6.30pm. Entry is a gold coin donation towards our band program. Our thanks to Ms Grayndler, Ms Edwards and tutors from the Clarence Valley Conservatorium for organising this event for our students.

Congratulations to our Equestrian Team who placed 3rd overall in the Clarence Valley Equestrian Challenge last weekend. Our teamed performed very well and were great representatives for our school. Our school has a long history of success in this equestrian event. Congratulations Logan McGrath, William Tibbett, Chelsea Hughes, Mylie Wall and Toby Tibbett.

Good luck to our Year 6 students and the accompanying staff Mrs Pope, Mrs Rouse, Mr Jones and Mrs Matthes next week with their Year 6 excursion to Sydney. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to experience many famous landmarks and I know they will have an excellent positive excursion and represent our school as great PRIDE leaders. Our thanks to Mrs Pope for organising this excursion.

Congratulations to our Aboriginal Dance Troupe on their excellent performance last Sunday at the Grafton Racecourse for The Clarence Valley Ramblers. Tomorrow this dance group is also performing at the Grafton Art Gallery as part of Jacaranda celebrations. Thank you to Miss Taylor for organising these activities for our wonderful dance group.

Our Year 2 to Year 3 transition program is progressing very well and I know both students and teachers are really enjoying this very positive experience.

A reminder to all our prospective Kindergarten parents for 2018 that we require your child’s enrolment form so we are able to plan our classes for next year. We are very hopeful to have four kindergarten classes. Your support would be greatly appreciated and these forms may be returned to either office as soon as possible.

Have a great week Mr Peter Hickey Principal

We are in desperate need of second hand school uniforms of all sizes. If you have any that your children have grown out of please consider dropping them into either office for us to use as emergency clothing. The Infants campus is in desperate need of small underpants and small grey shorts to use for those little accidents. If your child has received some of this emergency clothing, could you please wash the items and return them to the office.

Please be aware this is for the Selective class ONLY at Grafton High School not general main stream classes. Applications for selective high school placement in Year 7 in 2019 open on 10 October 2017 and close on 13 November 2017 at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7. The Selective High School Placement Test is on 15 March 2018. Selective high schools cater for the specific needs of high achieving gifted students. Parents apply when the student is in Year 5. The students sit the test in March of Year 6. To be considered for placement students must sit the Selective High School Placement Test. For information about applying and the placement process go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7.

Selective High School 2019 Information

Second-hand Clothing

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Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Upcoming Events

Students of the Week Award KNC Tabitha Simiana KTJ Levi Bowling KAO Isabella Houlihan KTD Macy Small 1CC Chiara-Lee Harding 1BK Jaleela Williams 1KG Jaimin McLennan 2MA Brayden Cameron 2ES Emma Cameron 2DR Lily Vercoe 3DM Elisha Scott 3TM Beau Subat 3JD Hailey Stapleton 3/4LG Jorja Lawrence 4TA Charlotte Blood 4DM Caitlin Amos 5LH Riley Dawson 5WC William Tibbett 5/6AP Dylan Howard 5/6TC Logan Pitkin 6DZ Keanin Rowe 6JR Sophi Gaddes Principal Awards Riley Maskey, Cadence Wilkinson-Byrnes, Ella Smith, Jake Hogden, Ella McNee, Azari Higgins, Sienna Robb, Kaiden Grainger, Blue Ribbons Hannah Horstman, Max Spencer, Charlie Froesch AEO Award Kayleb Williams, Tayarna Webb-Donovan Pride Awards Jack Ferguson, William Collis, Noah Russ, Jacob Vickers, Lillian Patterson, Jessica Stapleton, Hannah Horstman, Luke Nacinovic, Latrell M, James Fisher, Mia Torrens, April Stapleton, Amelia De Bono, Brodie O’Hara, Bessie Dungey, Madison McPherson, Kiara Perrett, Natasha Hogbin, Kaiden Grimes, Ben Woolfe, Jakoby Quinlan-Gordon, Joshua Crapp, Nevaeh Jackson, Sophie Johnson, Emma Lawson, Chloe Taylor, Keilani Walker, Sienna Caple, Tyler Allison, Chayse Brown, Alanna Burchell, Savanna Purnell, Rhys Torrens, Max Spencer, Camron Grimes, Koen Croft, Abigail Kellaway-Small, Aila Giggins, Samuel Finlay, Ella McNee, Hope Bullock, Charlie Froesch, Mia Jerrett, Charles Sykes, James King, Lucas M, Harper Frost, Pippa Brown, Kayleb Adams, Braithen De Bono, Aaliyah Sullivan, Jake Roberts, Cienna Barker, Aurora Menzies, Alex Dunn, Shanara Cameron, Breanna Rhodes, Jessica Leslie, Hunter Kroehnert, Izaac Bailey, Lilly Axford, Carter Slis, Nate Pohlmann, Deegan Robb, Gemma Nicholson, Gunter Scherbarth, Finn Hegedus, Ryan Lawson, Damian Ladd, Emily Robertson, Lilly Small, Mitchell Kelly, Meg Amos, Noah Reid

Parents please be aware that if your child is in Year 2 going into Year 3 next year you will need to reapply for a bus pass online at this link https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/ updateDetails.

PRIMARY Monday Rae-Anne Finlay, HELP NEEDED Tuesday Belinda Wormald, HELP NEEDED Wednesday Casey Wall, HELP NEEDED Thursday Danni McPherson, HELP NEEDED Friday Sharon R, Norma Purnell INFANTS Monday Rhonda King, HELP NEEDED Tuesday Kerri Martin, Samantha Pol Wednesday Kerri Martin, HELP NEEDED Thursday Rhonda King, HELP NEEDED Friday Jo O’Meally, HELP NEEDED

Thursday 2nd November Half Day Public Holiday School closes at 1.00pm Friday 3rd November Telstra Riverlight Festival (Venetian Carnival) Mon 6th - Thurs 9th Nov Year 6 Sydney Excursion Saturday 11th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony 10.30am Monday 13th Nov Silver Badge Morning tea Primary Tuesday 14th Nov Kindergarten 2018 Parent Information Session South High Year 6 into Year 7 Orientation Day Tuesday 21st Nov Kindergarten 2018 Orientation Monday 27th Nov Assembly of Appreciation Wednesday 29th Nov Volunteer lunch for canteen and P&C Thursday 30th Nov Carols on the Green Thursday 7th Dec Presentation Day SGHS hall Monday 11th Dec Year 6 Farewell Tuesday 12th Dec Rewards Day Infants Wednesday 13th Dec Rewards Day Primary

Awards

Bus passes for children - Year 2 to Year 3 - 2018

Canteen Roster

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