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A Message from Deb …
Welcome back to term two. We hope all families had an enjoyable and relaxing break.
Student Free Day Staff appreciated having the student free day this week. It was a great opportunity for your child's teacher to discuss and reflect on students writing with other teachers across the whole school. Opportunities to moderate work samples ensures that our assessments and expectations
are consistent. Governing Council has approved a student free day in Week 5, Term 2—Wednesday 31 May. Staff will be doing collaborative Moderation with Partnership schools. OSHC will be available.
Sports Day
Special thanks goes to Somer and the staff who
helped organise this day. The team spirit and community connection was amazing once again!!! Parents involved in sports across the school helped out with tabloids on the day and this was an asset to class teachers. Our canteen committee, once again, did a fabulous job of coordinating the BBQ and cake stall. The support of parents and family members from across the whole school donating goodies or working on the stalls was also greatly appreciated. We raised
$2442.87 for the canteen, a fabulous effort, this included a donation of money from 'Liquid Delights' who provided us with a range of drinks throughout the day. Without your support the day would not be as successful… thanks again! Check out the fabulous photos from one of our parents, Mardi Graetz, later in this newsletter. Any feedback about the day is welcomed and can be emailed to Nicole on: [email protected].
Fundraising Community Lottery Ticket Books
Be in it to Win IT!!!! During week 3 you will be able to pick up paper lottery ticket books to sell. A timetable of times when you can pick up books will be sent home later next week. As some of you may have seen on the Channel Ten weather presentation, the night of our sports day, the McIver family were presented with a Toyota Yaris they won, as the early bird prize for purchasing
tickets before March 31st. We were very happy for the McIver's, they purchased their tickets online. You too can still go online to purchase tickets or you may want to pick up a book during week 3.
www.peopleschoicecu.com.au/goodwood-
primary-school-and-preschool
This year your fundraising team are raising funds to build a shade structure over the playground near the preschool (previously known as the tyre playground).
NAPLAN The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for students in Years 3, 5, 7 will take place between the 9th – 12th of May. NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas of:
Reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation and numeracy). To remove any stress or anxiety we view this as one of many components which make up our teaching and learning cycle. At Goodwood, our philosophy is that NAPLAN is just another day at school. It is a discreet snapshot of a student on a given day. Reporting Abuse and Neglect training for Volunteers If you volunteer regularly for our school—more
than 11 events across the year, you are required to attend one Reporting Abuse and Neglect Volunteer training session. Here are dates of training this year Tuesday 23 May 6-8pm or Tuesday 30 May 9-11am. More information will be sent home soon.
Important Dates
Thursday 4 May Preschool parent reference group meeting
Monday 8 May Finance Committee meeting 5.30pm
Tuesday 9 May – Thursday 11 May NAPLAN tests
Monday 15 May Governing Council meeting 7.30pm
Wednesday 17 May 16N assembly Maria Georgousis—2016 Volunteer of the year Award presented
Friday 19 May Walk Safely to School Day
Friday 19 May Parent Tour 9am
Tuesday 23 May ICAS Digital Technologies
Tuesday 23 May Reporting Abuse and Neglect training for volunteers 6-8pm
Tuesday 30 May ICAS Science
Tuesday 30 May Reporting Abuse and Neglect training for volunteers 9-11am
WEDNESDAY 31 MAY STUDENT FREE DAY
Term 2, Week 1, 3 May 2017
SAVE THE DATE—QUIZ NIGHT—SATURDAY 17 JUNE Theme: G is for Goodwood
Tiqbiz is now FlexiBuzz Over the coming days Tiqbiz will be formally rebranded to FlexiBuzz. You will begin to see the new FlexiBuzz logo appear on our app, website and information materials. When the app is ready with the new logo, you will be prompted to update your app to the latest version. To ensure that you are receiving all the features and benefits of FlexiBuzz, we recommend that you update the app whenever prompted.
Please refer to an email that was sent last Friday to all users from Tiqbiz Customer support for further information.
Congratulations to Tiago Rainho During the holidays Tiago entered the Aeroplane Jelly
Paper Plane Design Challenge by submitting a 90 second video showcasing his paper plane which he called AeroSpace Jelly 2. His video can be seen on the Aeroplane Jelly Website. http://aeroplanepaperplanes.com.au/entries Gallery of entries which includes Tiago’s video (scroll down first page) The videos were judged by Dylan Parker of Paper Pilots, the inspiration behind the film Paper Planes as well as representatives from the sponsoring companies, Aeroplane Jelly and Clever Patch.
Tiago has been awarded the best plane in the Prep to Grade 2 category or SA/NT. Yahooooooooooo! Dylan said this about Tiago’s creations: “SUCH AN AMAZING ARRAY OF PLANES! You’ve certainly studied your stuff. This video does a great job of showing your folding skills in a way that means you had one of the most original planes. We thought you might have been a scientist trying to sneak into the competition.” As Tiago’s entry was the best across all ages in your state his entry was also voted the best paper plane for SA/NT,
which means he won a number of prizes including a trip for two to Sydney to compete in the Aero plane Jelly's Great Paper Plane Fly-Off. Tiago will be representing our state and take part in some fun tasks set by Dylan and James from The Paper Pilots Tiago will be asked to perform the below two challenges: Challenge 1: two throws of your paper plane to showcase 'distance' Challenge 2: two throws of your paper plane to show 'time in the air' We wish Tiago all the best for this event. We applaud him
for taking the initiative. I look forward to seeing you around the school this term, maybe we will meet up as we walk to school on Friday 19 May or at one of our wonderful assemblies? Ahh!! Our quiz nights are always great fun so Saturday 17 June, a night to note in your diary, see you there! Kind regards
Deb Brassington Principal
Last term the Reception and Reception/Year One classes participated in Inquiry Based Learning with Catherine.
The students were learning about their Personal History and lots of information was gathered from home. Students were asked to find out about themselves and present it in timelines, museum boxes and interviews. We hope that families had interesting discussions with each other because the oral component is really important for Historical Literacy. At the end of the term students invited their families to come and share their learning journey. Thanks for such a great turn out, the students love these special occasions! Have a look at all the fabulous photographs.
Student Learning Snapshot
Assembly Achievements
Congratulations to classes who have presented at our assemblies towards the end of last term. 19E lead the assemblies one of their presentations was of their Aboriginal art work they had created. Other classes who
presented were Bella's class showing their fabulous art work and 13N who sang and acted out a song. Well done to all these classes.
People’s Choice Early Bird Lottery Winner
Oral Literacies
This is an important aspect of our children’s learning experiences. Performing and speaking at our assemblies provides opportunities for your child to apply their skills in a real context. The confidence of our students in public speaking is very high. The pride with which they share their learning is heart warming.
Be in it to WIN IT!!!!
Once again our school will be part of the People’s Choice Credit Union lottery. Many thanks to those who have already
bought tickets.
Prizes, prizes, prizes galore! Buy your $2 tickets today and you’ll go into a prize draw worth over $360,000! Plus get in
before 31st March for your chance to win the Early Bird prize - a Toyota Yaris thanks to CMI Toyota. Here are just a few
great prizes that could win:
Toyota RAV4—$39747, Harvey Norman Shopping Spree—$25963, Bunnik Tours International travel voucher $20000,
Rossdale Homes Landscape package—$20000, Complete Home Theatre system $15459, Kitchen appliance package $12207. Go to
this link and buy your tickets online.
www.peopleschoicecu.com.au/goodwood-primary-school-and-preschool
Sports Day
CONGRATULATIONS AIR! Well done to all the students participating on Sports Day. It was impressive to see persistence, resilience and teams getting along throughout the day. THANK YOU A huge thank you to the parent volunteers who helped run the stations.
THANKS to Brett McIver, Bec Anderson, Chas Thomas, Andrew Still, Tim Fitzgerald. Thanks to Helen Martin and Maree Moore who created the team banners that looked amazing! Thanks to Amy and Alex who helped organise the big day! Thanks to Liz, Marion and all office staff for assisting. Our parent helpers for food kept us fuelled up. It was a great team effort! Regards Somer Crate
Sports Day
Sports Day
Walk Safely to School Day 2017
National Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is on Friday 19 May 2017 (Term 2 Week 3). Now in its 18th year, it is a campaign and annual event when all primary school children, their parents and carers are encouraged to walk and commute regularly and safely to school. It is a community event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. Research shows that less than half of Aussie kids walk, ride or scoot as their usual way of getting to or from school despite this being one of the easiest ways for us to get more activity into our day. Being physically active on the way to or from school is linked with numerous physical, social and cognitive benefits for children so it is important we encourage, support and facilitate this behaviour. The Objectives of WSTSD are: To encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school age children To promote the health benefits of walking and create regular walking habits To help children develop vital road crossing skills and ensure children up to the age of 10 years
hold an adult's hand when crossing the road To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they become mature
pedestrians To reduce car dependency and traffic congestion To reduce the level of air pollution created by motor vehicles To promote the use of public transport On Friday May 19th we want to see as many Goodwood Primary School families not just walking but also riding or scooting to school, however, it is important first that you know the safest way to get there and if there are any ‘tricky’ spots along the way you need to be mindful of. To help plan your journey go to the ‘Where Is’ website (http://www.whereis.com) and search for ‘Goodwood Primary School’ and then print out the best map that shows how you will get to school— there will also be printed maps available from the front office for families who do not want to create their own. Then before WSTSD it would be great if as a family you head out into the community and mark out on your map: The safest route to take when walking, riding or scooting to school, making sure to use
designated pedestrian crossings where possible; Easy to spot landmarks that help where you are on the route; Where other Goodwood Primary School families live, you could pick people up on the way and
travel to school as a group; Any high traffic areas where extra care needs to be taken; and Any ‘unsafe’ areas that we as a school community could address in the future (extra
information can be included in the comments section on the back of the map). For those families who cannot incorporate walking, riding or scooting into their whole journey to school we encourage you to park the car or get off of public transport a few extra blocks away and still walk, ride or scoot at least part of the way to school and make sure you mark this journey on your map too, including where you parked the car or at which transport stop you got off at. On the Friday morning all students who walk, ride or scoot to school at least part of the way to school will receive a piece of fruit and a participation sticker. We also encourage all families to bring their maps with them on the morning and hand them in to members of the Student, Learning and Wellbeing Committee who will collate them all and then feedback to families some of the common routes used. We would then encourage families to reach out to others who walk, ride or scoot along their route (or close to it) as it may be a way for more students to get to school actively as part of a group. We hope to see as many of you as possible on Friday May the 19th walking or riding or scooting safely to school, but even more importantly that this becomes part of your daily routine where possible. Student Learning and Wellbeing Committee.
Term 2 Parent Calendar
Community News
Traffic Monitors Students have now had training to be crossing monitors. This is a very responsible job and we
thank them for their commitment to this role.
Remember:
› Be at school before 8:30 AM and head out to
the crossing as a group at 8:30 AM. The
reserve should also be at school before 8:30 AM.
› Wear your hats if it is a hat wearing day. Do not take
your bags.
› Stay focussed on your job.
› Stay on duty until 3:30 PM at the end of the day.
Head Monitor Reserve
Week 1 Kiara M Adi P Jasmine M
Week 2 Amalia O William T Alexsis S
Week 3 Cheoljin Lily H Alistair G
Community News
Term 1 Week 10 Assembly
Congratulations to these students who received awards
last term...
CONFIDENCE
Lily O Sophie K Arian A Deva B
Olivia O Samara H
PERSISTENCE
Izzie W Isaac S Tom B Sienna T
Kade F Finn B Izhaan A Luke Z George H Ella B
RESPECT
Ada B
ORGANISATION
William E
Keziah R Addison R Muntaha M
GETTING ALONG
Anan A Isaiah N Riley C
ACHIEVEMENT
Mitchell D James G Felix M
Sonya P Xavier L Daniella B Alexandra W
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