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Term 4 Week 4 Tuesday 5th November, 2019

Dates to Remember

Term 4

6/11 Year 6 P to H visit

7/11 NRMA Road Safety Day

7/11 Christmas SRC Movie Night

11/11 Kindergarten Orientation

13/11 Public Speaking Yrs 3-6

18/11 Smooth Start 9.30-10.45am

20/11 Year 6 P to H visit

25/11 Smooth Start

2/12 Smooth Start

4/12 Orientation Day at GHS

6/12 Term 4/Citizenship

Assembly

10/12 Presentation Night

12/12 Citizenship Movie Day

13/12 Year 6 Assembly

17/12 Year 6 Farewell

Term 4 Assemblies Week 4 1/2S

Week 5 3/4G

Week 6 KB & KM

Week 7 3/4J

Week 8 Expectation Assemblies

Week 9 Year 6 Final Assembly

Uniform Shop is open every Friday morning

8.30am – 10.00am

NRMA SCIENCE AND ROAD SAFETY SHOW THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER

Only one day before the NRMA Science and Road Safety program visits our school. Road safety is a hot topic at school this week and we are working to ensure that our students are always safe on the road. Parents, grandparents and carers, we all know that your child’s safety is your number one priority so please join us to watch the NRMA Science and Road Safety show. The sessions times are as follows: 8:55 Science and Road Safety Show for Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 9:45 Science and Road Safety Show for Stage 2 11:10 Science and Road Safety Show for Stage 3 Students, don’t forget to bring your helmet to school if you have one. It is going to be an action-packed day at as we learn about road safety with the NRMA! Melissa Seale

SRC CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT

This Thursday, 7th November the SRC are holding a Christmas themed movie night. The infants’ movie will be shown from 4:30pm – 6:00pm and the primary’s movie, will be from 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

The entry fee, to be paid on the night, will be $5.00, which will include popcorn, a drink and a candy cane. The movie shown will be G rated for both sessions. Therefore, a permission note is not required. Students are to be dropped off and picked up by a parent/carer and may wear Christmas themed clothing. No student will be permitted to leave the school without an adult. If your child is being collected by another adult, please write a note to hand to the teachers when you drop him/her off. SRC Executive

ICE-CREAM STALL

Ding! Ding! Ding!

On Thursday the 14th of November (week 5), Year 6 will be holding an ice cream stall. There will be lactose and

gluten free options available.

The cost will be $2. The money raised will go towards Year 6’s gift

to the school.

Monique Goodwin Stage 3 Teacher

Class Awards (Week 3) 3/4G Samira Soupidis

Olive Kelly Stella Thurlow Nylah Wisely (E)

3/4J Reannah Yates Lara Taylor Skye Herbert Nevaeh Martin-Connor (E)

3/4L Zak Ellis Chloe Doolan Isabel Sole Taz Rumbel (E)

5/6B Brady Johnston Connor Garnham Jaxon Griffis-Powick

Georgia Hughes (E) 5/6C Alex Channon Kaylee Bagnall Jethro Llewellyn Blake Walker (E) 5/6M Sam Collie Brodie Taylor Alicia Martin Hannah Leimgruber (E) 5/6T Isabella Gunn

Jessica Higgins Blake Walker Emma Bignell (E)

P&C Christmas Raffle

This year the P&C are asking for donations of non-perishable, in date goods that are not used or pre-loved, but rather brand new, to make baskets/hampers for a big raffle for our school and the wider community. Within the next 2-3 weeks, the P&C will send home a

small book of raffle tickets to every family to sell. Tickets will also be sold at Presentation Night on Tuesday 10th December at the RSL. The raffle will be drawn at the end of Presentation Night. Please bring non-perishable items to the office and place them in the Christmas trolley. Examples of items may include:

✓ Cans of food or drink

✓ Christmas items – bon-bons, puddings,

decorations etc.

✓ Toiletries, e.g. shampoo, conditioner, hair

items, soaps

✓ Packets of food

✓ Kitchen items

Any items suitable to fill a clothes basket to make hampers would be appreciated. Thank you for your support and for helping raise funds for the students of Gloucester Public School. P&C Committee

Year 6 Farewell Meeting

This afternoon is the next Year 6 Farewell Committee meeting for Year 5 parents.

We still require more volunteers to make this special night happen. Please come along about 3.10pm.

Stage 3 Teachers

K/1/2 Assembly

Friday 8th November

2.15pm

Hosts = 1/2S

Year 6 PtoH Transition Program continues tomorrow After a great start to the PtoH Transition program a fortnight ago, Year 6 students are preparing themselves for the second session tomorrow. Once again, students will leave school

at 1.00pm to head up to Gloucester High School for their lessons. Students will depart directly from the high school at 3.15pm in the way that was outlined on their permission note. Should there be any changes, please send a note in with your child. Mr Maggs and Miss Goodwin will be accompanying the students this week. This is a great initiative held every year between our school and Gloucester High School, aimed at working closely together to provide a seamless and positive transition into secondary schooling for your child. Puberty Clues Program completed Students completed (or survived!) their three-session ‘Puberty Clues’ program yesterday, with the final session delivered by Mrs Debbie Faull. I really must commend the students for the mature way they held themselves during the lessons, asking excellent questions and deciphering together the finer points of growing up through this tricky developmental phase. I would like to thank both Mrs Moore and Mrs Faull for their organisation and delivery of the program. Thank you so much, ladies! Year 6 to join our Gloucester community for Remembrance Day

Next Monday, 11 November, marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). Each year on this day Australians observe one minute’s silence at 11.00am, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts.

Year 6 students and some Stage 3 staff will be attending the event. This is an important event commemorating those who have sacrificed so much for the protection of the freedom and way of life we enjoy in Australia today. As a mark of respect, all students must be in full summer school uniform including polished black shoes.

Dressing appropriately for such events teaches our students to show respect for such an occasion. Stage 3 homework resumes this week A big thank you to all students for their hard work in preparing speeches for our school public speaking competition. We experienced some outstanding speeches and are eagerly looking forward to the finals next week. I’d also like to give a special thanks to parents and carers for their patience, support and guidance during this time. We all recognise that this can add a little extra stress to the students (and the household!), however, the opportunity to learn the art of delivering a speech really does provide them with valuable experiences in presenting formally in front of a captive audience, rather than just the informal discussions had in the classroom. Normal homework resumed this week.

Parents and Carers of Year 5 Students – **URGENT** Applications for Selective High School placement in 2021 close next Monday 11 November. Selective high schools cater for highly achieving academically gifted students who may otherwise be without classmates at their own academic and social level. These schools help gifted and/or talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and/or talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level. Applications for selective high school placement are considered mainly on the basis of the Selective High School Placement Test results and school assessment scores. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2021, you must apply online at: education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opoortunity-classes/year-7 Prior to applying, it is worthwhile speaking to your child’s class teacher or myself regarding the student’s aptitude for such classes and the many other considerations involved in selective high school placement. Please contact me this week for further information and a brochure on how to apply.

Rod Maggs – Assistant Principal (Stage 3)

Stage 3 News