Gresford Public School Newsletter Term 4

Week 5

November 9th, 2017

4938 9304 www.gresford-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Well done to all students who attended the country dance last weekend and impressed the community with some expert line dancing. All that practice paid off. Kaitlin Horn has again been an outstanding ambassador for the school in winning the Dungog Rotary prize for public speaking. Kaitlin entertained the school at Friday’s assembly with her prize-winning speech and presented a cheque for $200 to the school. Well done and many thanks Kaitlin. Yesterday was the final session for our transition to school program called Smart Starters. This program has been delivered by our Instructional Leader, Mrs. Jarlett as part of the Early Action for Success Program and feedback from parents and Mrs. Jarlett has been very positive. We look forward to welcoming 2018 Kinders and their parents to Orientation over the next 3 Wednesdays. Sport has been a fun and fit time for all classes with great coaching from the Maitland Mustangs. Shooting baskets has become a popular play activity on the hard court. Our cricketers have been enjoying their inter school games and came close to beating Clarence Town who were last year’s finalists in the Reg Kelly Shield. Keep up the good work! A reminder to families about the Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph this Saturday at 10.30am. We hope to see as many children as possible attending in school uniform. A wreath will be laid from the school and Kaitlin will outline

Principal’s message the school’s involvement in the Anzac Soil Collection Project. We would remind families of our request for flowers and greenery to be brought to school on Friday for our wreaths to be made. Kind regards,

Pauline

“Lest we Forget”

Through the current in depth analysis of our 2015-2017 plan, we are starting to see definite directions for our

school to focus on over the next 3 years. The teachers will be spending a planning day in 2 week’s time to build

the plan and put it into a time frame so we are ready from Day 1 next year to begin another phase of educational

delivery. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to give us information from the community’s perspective.

School Planning Snippets

Our new Chickens

Photos courtesy

by class photographer

Bella Sellens

Tucker Box News

Thank you to all the children for dressing up for Halloween Day. Everyone looked fantastic!

Our next P&C meeting is on Friday 17th November.

10:00am in the school’s library.

PBL AWARDS

Caidence Apthorpe, Layla Turnbull, Lucas Hill, Kurtis Joliffe,

Sam Field, Harrison Sellens, Katie Curtin-Edwards

SCHOOL MERITS

Tom Field, Nate Turner, Chase Hoffman, William Mitchell,

Skye Turner, Ethan Crouch, Darcy Locke, Taylah Joliffe

SPORTS AWARDS

Kimberley Thiecke, Lucia Merchant, Will Craig,

Amber Smith, Caidence Apthorpe, Lacey Hoffman,

Verity Spinks

GOOD LISTENER AWARDS

Josie Hodges, Piper Conn, Mia Wilton,

Monica Lawrence

LIBRARY AWARDS

Tess Hartigan, Winnie Maroulis

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Kurtis Joliffe, Cooper Swindle,

Monica Lawrence, Cullen Williams,

Lucy Pittman, Verity Spinks, Kaitlin Horn

CANTEEN ROSTER

Friday 10th November Ange Kelehear & Kay Hazelwood Wednesday 15th November Mary Horn & Shantelle Turnbull Friday 17th November Sandy Bynon & Tammy Parish Wednesday 22nd November Catherine Smith & Nikki Jupp Friday 24th November Sylvia Lawrence & Kristy Duncan

NOVEMBER

Wed 15th - Kindy Orientation Day

9.30 - 11.35am

Fri 17th - P & C meeting

Year 6 Car Wash Day

Wed 22nd - Kindy Orientation

9.30 - 11.35am

Wed 29th - Kindy Orientation

9.30 - 11.35am

DECEMBER

Tue 5th - Yr 6 High School Orientation

Day @ Dungog High

Thu 7th - Year 6 Farewell

Tue 12th - Presentation Night from

6.30pm on the Hardcourt

Fri 15th - P&C meeting

Last day for students

Please note: Change to Friday Assembly

times: 9.50am each Friday for Term 4.

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Amber Smith

Professional Learning for staff has been in the

areas of L3, school policies, learning assistance

and PBL.

Dates For Your Diary 15, 22, 29/11-Kinder Orientation

5/12-High School Orientation

7/12-Year 6 Farewell

12/12-Presentation Night

14/12-Reports Issued

Outside School Hours Care

Our OSHC has now commenced.

This service will run 5 days a week.

Monday to Friday 7.00am to 8.30am

and 3.00pm to 6.00pm

Open to all families on a permanent or casual basis.

Please contact the school office for an enrolment form if

your child hasn't registered yet.

If we don’t utilise this service we will lose it.

POSITION VACANT

We have a casual position vacant for a local person. If you have had experience with school aged children, a current Working With Children Check and a willingness

to complete Child Protection training, please contact Sarah Spinks on 4934 6725

PBL news Congratulations to Amber Smith who is Student of the Month. Teachers and staff are now on the lookout for the next candidate.

Students are encouraged to keep track of their awards and to get them in to teachers to process for the next PBL assembly.

Cricket

A fantastic game of cricket last week with Gresford just falling short in the run chase. A great bowling effort from all bowlers but particularly Jack Hill and Dan Craig to keep Clarro to just over 100 runs.

Our batsmen took to the Clarro bowling as well with Will Mitchell almost reaching 30 runs and smacking many 4s. William Craig also had a very strong innings scoring 16 runs. Well played Gresford!

We had a visit today from Mrs Davies and her new son Van. It was lovely to

see them both.

Dungog Show 10th & 11th November

Dungog Shire Council has partnered with Ability Links NSW to provide Dungog Show 2017 with an EVENT TENT, busy events can often get overwhelming, sometimes you just need somewhere to take a time-out or seek some quiet space particularly if you have a disability or need.

The EVENT TENT is designed to be used to provide a free safe and supportive space for people to retreat to when they need some time away from the busyness and noise of the show. The tent contains smaller sensory tents with tools designed for children particularly those who have sensory processing disorders. The tent will cater for a broad cross section of people with disabilities, their families and carers, as well as older people or parents with prams. It will be operational throughout the 2 days of Dungog Show.

Cultural Workshops Limited Numbers

BOOK NOW! OUR VISION

To protect, promote & foster Aboriginal Culture by utilising our traditional knowledge and

resources to provide fun, interactive and age appropriate cultural experiences with an

emphasis on the local area ( Worimi Country).

Our workshops are delivered by local Aboriginal people who love sharing and educating people on the many wonderful and diverse elements of our culture through hands on activities including

but not limited to: dance, painting, weaving, language; tools & artefacts and native resources

(food/medicinal)

ALL AGES WELCOME 1 HR WORKSHOPS

ADULTS- $10 CHILD (<13) - $5

FAMILY OF 4 - $25

WORKSHOP EACH HOUR Dance, Art, Bush Resource

9.00am - 10.00am 11.00am - 12.00pm 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Boomerang/Spear Throwing, Beading,

Artefacts 10.00am - 11.00am 1.00pm - 2.00pm 3.00pm - 4.00pm

WHEN: 8th - 21st January 2018

WHERE: 2163 NELSON BAY RD WILLIAMTOWN2318

CONTACT VICKI ON

02 4033 8800 OR

VICKI@WORIMI.ORG.AU