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North Weekly News

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Term 4 Week 7

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 Macey (2U) for being kind, considerate and respectful at all times. 3-6 Will (3A) for always displaying admirable leadership and cooperation in the classroom.

Captains and Prefects Elections for 2020 Congratulations to the Year 5 students who presented their speeches at our special 2020 Captains’ Speeches Assemblies today. There were fourteen girl candidates and twelve boy candidates. All candidates are to be congratulated for the way they spoke and presented themselves as potential school leaders. The quality of the speeches was outstanding and there is no doubt that the eight leaders selected from this group will be worthy representatives of our school.

Elections were held immediately after the speeches, with students from Years 2 to 5 eligible to vote. The captains and prefects for 2020 will be announced at the Year 3-6 Presentation Day assembly on Wednesday 4 December. Good luck to all candidates! Many thanks to Mrs Woodward for organising the 2020 Captains and Prefects Elections. Also many thanks to the parents and relatives of the candidates who supported the students at this nervous time!

Dates To Remember

Thurs 28 Nov Year 6 Full day Transition Day at MRHS Mon 2 Dec Local Debating Final Wed 4 Dec Presentation Day

3-6 10am

K-2 1pm

Thurs 5 Dec P&C Meeting 7.15pm Tues 10 Dec K-2 Behaviour Awards Assembly 11.35

3-6 Behaviour Awards Assembly 12.35 Wed 11 Dec AECG 2pm AMS

Year 6 Farewell final meeting 3.30pm P&C Carols

Fri 13 Dec Student Reports go home Mon 16 Dec Year 6 Farewell Tues 17 Dec Year 6 Pool Party

Kinder to Year 5 Class Parties Wed 18 Dec Last day of Term 4

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 Term 4 Week 7

UNSW Competition GNPS is very proud of the excellent results achieved by students participating in the UNSW English and Writing Competition. English In the English competition one distinction, five credits and one merit were achieved. Distinctions Addison Credits Reuben, Abdurrehman, Sophie, Daniel and Emma Merit Mitchell

Writing In the Writing competition one distinction, four credits and two merits were achieved. Distinctions Emma Credits Lila, Allanna, Ujjesa and Sara Merit Jake and Tasnia

K-6 Awards - Term 4 Week 7

KP: Charlotte Cirillo, Deegan Calabria, Aquino KA: Ariya, Lincoln, Ayana KS: Tammy-Ann, Al Fateh, Jaxson K-1A: Aayisha T, Mark, Airlie 1C: Elijah, Faith, Charlie 1R: Greta, Jasmine, Luca 1D: Evannah, Kian, Chase 2H: Xavier, Daniella, Stella 2U: Alara, Bonnie, Jonathan Italian: Alara, Millah 3M: Sanuli, Salote 3A: Khadija, Paxton 3SP: Milly, Jarvarus 4P: Annie, Alicia 4D: Bruce, Jimmy 5A: Jenna, Hugh 5W: Kaiden, James 6M: Xavier, Sam 6D: Hayley, Joseph Italian: Brooke, Kellee-Rose

Presentation Day Wednesday 4 December Years 3-6: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm K-2: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Extra Tickets on Sale Extra tickets will be able to be purchased. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter. Tickets are priced at $6:00 for both K-2 and Yrs 3-6 ceremonies. Parent Online Payment is not available.

Special Request On Presentation Day, it is vital that ALL students are dressed in full summer uniforms (including black shoes). Please ensure that your child is in full school uniform on the day, as many students will be on stage at some time during the presentation of awards and items. Year 6 students are NOT to wear their Year 6 T-Shirts on the day.

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 Term 4 Week 7

PBL –Expectation Focus for the Week This week’s focus for PBL is:

“Follow Instructions” Even though we only have a few weeks of school left for 2019, we still need to follow instructions. In order to know what to do, you must listen first and then follow the instruction. It is actually easier to follow an instruction than not to follow it.

Thank You to Our P&C Thank you to our P&C who have purchased a chilled bubbler for our students to use. It was installed over the weekend. It is located near the canteen so all students from Kindergarten to Year 6 can assess the chilled bubbler. This bubbler allows students to fill their drink bottles with chilled water and drink directly from it.

AECG AGM Meeting Notice Griffith AECG would like to invite you to come along and have your say in all areas of decision making of your child’s education. Date: Wednesday 11th December

Time: 2pm

Venue: AMS

AECG meetings provide opportunities for Aboriginal people to be actively involved in all decision-making that is relevant to education and training through a collaborative consultative process.

Canteen News Week 7

Students who are swimming in 3A, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 will be having an early lunch at 12.30. If your child is ordering please write swimming on their lunch order, so their order will be ready at 12.30. Thanking you Kelli and Paulina Canteen Supervisors

Musical instrument Donations Our school band would like to publicly express our gratitude to the two families who have recently donated musical instruments to our school band program. Thank you so much to these two extremely generous families!

Mr Pendlebury

Wednesday 27.11.19 Help Needed

Thursday 28.11.19 Paul Hughes

Friday 29.11.19 Julianne Newman

Monday 02.12.19 Help Needed

Tuesday 03.12.19 Help Needed

Year 6 Farewell

Monday 16 December, 2019

6:00 pm

Griffith North Public School Hall

Year 6 Students: $10:00

Adults: $15:00

R.S.V.Ps should be returned by

Friday 6 December 2019

Due to limited space we unfortunately need to

limit tickets to 2 adults per family.

Tickets will be issued on payment.

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 Term 4 Week 7

Year 4 Borambola Excursion Year 4 went to Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre on the 20th, 21st and the 22nd. Wombats did kayaking, raft building and swimming on the first day. On the 2nd day, we did rock climbing, BMX riding, archery and two swimming sessions. On the last day, we did the low ropes and initiatives. The food there was really yummy. We think the activities there were really fun and if we had ONE wish, it would be to go back there! By Cliodna and Aurora

At Borambola there were lots of activities, great food and chores. The kids had to do the laundry, serving food and work in the kitchen. We even shared a room with friends. We even had fun activities before bed. One of those activities was the Borambola show and we had Mini Olympics. There was also fresh fruit. There was rock climbing, BMX riding, low ropes, initiative course, kayaking, raft building, archery and BBQs for dinner. At the Borambola show everyone got a shop to work at and everyone also got to go to other shops to buy things and it was super fun! An example was the beauty salon kids did hair and nails there. We had a thing called giggle time where we turned off the lights and went to bed and talked to each other for 15 minutes and we got this time before sleep. By Alicia and Ramel