Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F:02 6643 2065sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

This week all NSW Public Schools are celebrating SASS Recognition week. SASS Recognition Week, which started last Monday, is an initiative of the Public Service Association – supported by the NSW DEC – to promote the work and role of SAS staff. The statement below was displayed on the NSW DEC Portal earlier this week. We were also very fortunate to have 3 of our recent Brand photos displayed as well.

‘These staff are often the first point of contact for parents and play a vital role in customer service. With an incredible year so far – bushfires, floods, COVID-19 – our staff have had to be increasingly flexible to adapt to changing scenarios and pandemic restrictions. Every day in our public schools there are 35,000 School Administrative and Support Staff who help keep our schools running efficiently and provide comprehensive support to principals, teachers and parents. Our SAS staff play many roles supporting the efficient management of schools, including administration, health and safety, asset management, project management and finance. They include school administrative managers and officers, school learning support officers, Aboriginal education officers, business managers, assisted travel officers, technical support officers, general assistants and farm assistants.On behalf of the Department of Education, thank you for your service and commitment.’

I would like to thank our wonderful SAS staff for their excellent contributions they all make daily to the running of our school and the very positive difference they also make supporting our teaching staff, community and students to help us all reach our goals.

On Tuesday we posted our Kindergarten Orientation Video on our Facebook page. This is the first of a series of posts to assist our community and preschoolers. As mentioned last week we will be posting a series of PPP activities with the first one starting on Tuesday 1st September at 9.30am. Our PPP participation home packs for our preschoolers will be available shortly from our Infants office. If you have already returned your child’s enrolment form please contact the Infants office to arrange collection or return your enrolment form asap so you may collect this pack for your child. This pack will include pencils, scissors, glue stick, white board marker and a personalised laminated name sheet and all required resources to participate in the online PPP activities.

On Tuesday our boys and girls hockey teams played Grafton PS and Westlawn PS at the Grafton Hockey Fields. Our teams played with great sportsmanship and really enjoyed representing our school. Our thanks to Mr Kelly and Miss Emily Ryan for coaching our teams and Mrs Sullivan and Mrs Warren for their support. The girls team progressed to the finals after two wins and then won the final 8-nil. It was great to have a boys team compete again, unfortunately they were defeated in both games but showed a lot of team spirit. The next sporting organisation games are football (soccer) which will be held on Tuesday 8th September at Rushforth Park.

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Term 3 Week 6 - Thursday 27th August 2020

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F:02 6643 2065sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Yesterday we held a modified Performing Arts Concert in our Primary Hall. All of our Dance Troupes and our Skipping team performed outstandingly and we were all very impressed with the excellent talent on display. Our big thanks to Mr Zacek and Mr Tapp for their organisation and all our staff for their fantastic preparation of all the items. Our thanks to Miss Amanda for her excellent choreographing of our dance performances. We are hopeful next term the guidelines may be relaxed and we will be able to hold a full concert with our parents in attendance. We will be publishing on our Facebook page video snippets and photos of each performance but we are unable to publish the full performance due to copyright. The items performed:Year 3 Dance Group – Mrs Thompson – Do Your ThingBoys Dance Group – Mr Hickey – AC/DC TNTYear 1 Dance Group – Mrs Oxenbridge – When I Grow UpKindergarten Dance – Miss Smith – Shimmy ShakeDemonstration Skipping Team – Mr Hickey Primary Aboriginal Dance Group – Ms Taylor – Always Was Always Will Be Year 4 Dance Group – Miss Streader – Crazy In LoveYear 2 Dance – Mrs Beadman – Hindi PartyStage 3 Dance Group – Miss Carter – Rise Up

Year 3 Dance Group

Boys Dance Group

Year 1 Dance Group

Kindergarten Dance Group

Demonstration Skipping Group

Aboriginal Dance Group

Year 4 Dance Group

Year 2 Dance Group

Stage 3 Dance Group

Our Book Fair is up and running and our thanks to Mrs Heyman and Mrs Vickers for their organisation of this wonderful initiative in our library. The Book Fair will continue until Thursday 3rd September. Thank you for your support! Information is available at https://sites.google.com/a/education.nsw.gov.au/librarywithmrsheyman/book-fair-2020 .

Our Book Character Parade is being held next Tuesday 1st September. We will be holding two parades one on each campus. All parents are unfortunately unable to attend but we will be publishing this activity on our Facebook Page. A note was sent our earlier this week explaining the details for this initiative. So get your thinking caps on to work out which character you will come dressed up as this year. A reminder this is a normal day, so please ensure your child brings their normal recess and lunch and drink bottles. Remember students will need to stay in their costumes all day and no students are permitted to leave earlier as in previous years.

Good luck to our school Debating team who are debating against Maclean Public School next Wednesday 2nd September in the 2nd round of the Premier’s Debating Challenge. Mr Davey from the NSW DEC Arts unit will again be adjudicating this debate.

Unfortunately we have been notified by the council that we can NOT hold our Primary Athletics carnival at Junction Hill as numbers are restricted to 100 when utilising council facilities. We will endeavour to rebook this carnival in Term 4 if guidelines have changed. If they have not we will hold a modified Athletics carnival in our school grounds.

Please remember to practise social distancing whenpicking up and dropping off your children, particularly on our Infants campus. We would appreciate parents drop and go during these times. No parents should be in the corridors. Parents should only be visiting the school through the office for essential reasons. Please ensure your child has a drink bottle as our bubblers are closed for individual drinking.Have a great week - Mr Peter Hickey - Principal

Tell Them From Me Parent SurveyThank you to the members of our community who have completed the parent Tell Them From Me survey. The parent survey will close tomorrow, Friday 28th August. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. To access the survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/sgps2061

Marvellous Maths with Mrs McGrathThe Birthday Cake problem. Recently a staff member had a birthday and when the students found out how old she was a student commented “But how could ALL those candles fit on just one cake?” What a great mathematical problem! Should there be groups of? an array? will there be left overs? Is the cake round, rectangular or square? Will this change the organisation of the candles?

Next time someone in your household has a birthday ask your child to think about this problem! By the way once teachers are over 30 we are all ‘REALLY OLD’!

Mrs McGrathInstructional Leader

2SB 2SB have been working mathematically with addition and subtraction activities. The class is enjoying writing and solving number sentences to expand their number knowledge.

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F:02 6643 2065sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F:02 6643 2065sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

AwardsStudents of the Week AwardKRB Asher McGregor KMS Cooper RandallKET Ayla McConnell KCK Jelari Duke1SM Titan Menzies 1AO William Partridge1KR Holly Bartkowski 1KD Rayce Jackson1/2KW Maggie Clancy 2SB Yiirrili Williams2LB Ally Chard 2LS Willow Eggleton3JD Tashiah Woodley- Walker

3KG Tamika Van Doorn3DR Sierra Menzies 3JR Joseph Menzies4MA Jessica Kelly 4ES Zoe Cameron4TB Casey Bailey 5KR William Berk5/6TC Kirra Nicholson 5DH Alexander Harper5/6ER Finn Hegedus 6TM Sophie-Lee Watson6LG Koen Croft 6SD Archie McDonald

Principal AwardsAcacia Carney, Poppy Katon, Catherine Harper, Layla Menzies, Naysha Hynard, Ruby Elliott, Violet Nicholson, Logan McGrath, Mylie Wall, Keirra DentBlue RibbonsAzalia Walker, Cooper Close, Braxton Fielden, Liara Gipp,Jardyn Close, Alexander Rouse, Tristan Jerrett, William Partridge, Rayce Jackson, Connor McKenna, Layla Brown,Hunter Williamson, Taighan Skennar, Emma Bransdon, Mia McKenna, Jasmine Eveleigh, Toby Marsh, Isaiah RowePride AwardsJoseph Eastment, Ella Duroux, Riley Burton, Ryder Brett,Akeelah-May Skinner, Evelyn Rosnell, Noah Crighton, Natasha Knight, Pixie Niesler, Sheamus Prosser, Flynn Hewitt, Joseph Rushton, Jardyn Close, Alex Rouse, Heidi Wren-Hanson, Connor McKenna, Danielle Rhodes, Jaiden Johnson, Bobby Donovan, Kalani Walters, Akaisha Pascoe-McIntyre, Cailin Deem, Ava O’Brien, Tristan Jerrett, Sami Zacek, Isabella Taylor, Thomas Beadman, Amelia Goodwin, Nellie-May Clancy, Cooper Close, Annabelle Payne, Taygen Walker, Denzel Habashy, Braxton Fielden, Liara Gipp, Nikola Byrnes, Jordan Backwell, Maddison Jones, Sky Boney, Beau Torrens, Jaxon Sciberras, Chloe Gavin, Tex Skerry, Kiara Perry, Hayleigh Johnson, Jessie Rohleder, Layla Brown, Mikinleigh Bullock, Pippa Brown, Taj Giggins, Isabel McSwan, Charlotte Hughes, Izaac Bailey, Jaida Collett, Charlie Rouse, Allyrah Hunt, Maddison Selby, Breanna Rhodes, Charlotte Reeve, Rhys Staples, Hunter Williamson, Jalani Bannerman, Lilly Axford, Sam Longstaff, Isla Vercoe, Charlee Sheather, Jacob Maher, Lacey Lawrie, Taighan Skennar, Taylor Ball, Nate Tattis, Emma Bransdon, Mia McKenna, Jasmine Eveleigh, Toby Marsh, Addison Brown, Elisha Scott, Charlie Hills, Eloise Hayward, Charni Adamson, Annabel Dungey, Emily Robertson, Emma Cameron, Lilyana M, Mia Jerrett, Jessica Leslie, Isaiah Rowe, Sienna Robb, Lily Vidler, Savanna Purnell, Violet Williams, Lucas McCann, Jami Reid, Maximus Spencer, Shilah O’Davis, Ella McNee

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 1st Sept Book Character Parades no parentsWednesday 2nd Sept Debating v Maclean PSFriday 4th Sept Multicultural Public Speaking School Finals no parentsTuesday 8th Sept Soccer girls and boys no parentsWednesday 9th Sept Infants Silver Badge MT no parentsTuesday 15th Sept Primary Silver Badge MT no parentsFriday 18th Sept Infants Sport carnival no parentsTuesday 22nd Sept Netball no parentsThursday 24th Sept Primary Athletics carnival cancelled due to restrictionsFriday 25th Sept Last day of Term 3Monday 12th Oct First day of Term 4

CanteenWe are in need of more volunteers to operate our canteens on both campuses. If you could spare one day a month please contact Lyn through the school office on 66423388.

PRIMARYMonday Suellen Davies, HELP NEEDEDTuesday Julieanne Parente, Riley BurtonWednesday Kelly Gavin, HELP NEEDEDThursday Belinda Wormald, HELP NEEDEDFriday Trudy Clydesdale, Suellen DaviesINFANTSMonday Rebecca Milligan, HELP NEEDEDTuesday Barbara Tibbett, Rhonda King,Wednesday Suellen Davies, HELP NEEDEDThursday Jasmin Wyse, Rebecca Milligan Friday Simmone Skinner, Sara McClymont

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