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Term 1, Week 11 8th APRIL, 2019

Calendar

April Thursday11th LAST DAY for Tea Towel ORDERSThursday 11th Toon School WorkshopFriday 12th Toon School Workshop Friday 12th Easter Fun DayFriday 12th LAST DAY OF TERMThursday 25th ANZAC DAY - Full Winter Uniform 10.20 am Please meet at the Old Fire Station

MayFriday 3rd Autism Day - Blue Mufti Day / Cake StallTuesday 7th P&C Mothers Day StallWednesday 8th School Photos - Full School Winter

Uniform Friday 10th Athletics Carnival - Victoria Park, GulgongFriday 17th Cross Country - Billy Dunn OvalTuesday 21st School Perfromance “ My Friends & I “Tuesday 28th Questacon Visit - Year 6

JuneJune 28th Jump Rope for Heart - Jump Off Day

Friday 28th

EASTER FUN DAY THIS FRIDAY APRIL 12TH

Games, cooking, colouring competition and Easter Hat

Construction.

Children will be involved in Special Easter Activities from

10.00am - 11.00am.

At 11.00am a small parade of hats that have been made and a visit from the Easter Bunny at 11.15am followed by a family picnic lunch, brought from

home.

Please return Raffle Tickets to school AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Come and join in the fun.

All Welcome

World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Awareness Day is Tuesday, 2nd April. Major landmarks around the world are lit blue. Around the world everyone comes together to pledge to go blue and increase global understanding and acceptance of people with autism. We hope you’ll join us by pledging your support for a more inclusive world and staying involved all month long!

Gulgong Public School will be marking Autism Awareness on Friday 3rd May, 2019.

We will be raising funds to purchase sensory and educational equipment for the support classes.

We’re asking families to donate cakes on this day for our cake stall. We will also have a blue mufti day.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School Photo Envelopes will be sent home this week.

Photos are being held at school on the 8th May, 2019.

Full Winter Uniform is required for the day. Please return completed envelopes back to school prior to this day to help with organisation.

KINDERGARTENThis Week’s Colour is

RAINBOW

YEAR 6 into YEAR 7 Expression of Interest Forms

Please return the Expressions of Interest Forms to the School Office as soon as possible.

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

We have had visits from the Dragons NRL team, World Of Maths, Moorimbila Voices and Book Fair.

We have participated in Leadership days, Swimming carnivals, Welcome BBQ's, Soccer, Rugby, Rugby League, Cricket, Debating, Public Speaking and Choir trials.

Students have attended excursions to Museums, Redhill and Sydney for Charlie.

It has been a massive term.

WEEK 11UNIFORM WINNER

This week’s winner isZoe Roche

I would like to thank all of the staff for the work they have done at GPS this term, they help make this the amazing school it is. I would also like to thank all the parents who have given up their time to come on excursions, read with students, visit for BBQ's, attend P&C meetings, help fundraise, meet the teachers and have a genuine interest in their child's education.

We try to provide a well rounded education, focusing on learning and creating students who will thrive in High School and the community when they leave our school and with parents help, I think we achieve this very well.

All students and staff deserve a rest over the holidays to refresh and recharge so that we are ready to hit the ground running and ready to learn in Term 2.

I wish you all a safe and happy holidays and I will see you back on Tuesday 30th April.

ANZAC March- Please meet at the OLD FIRE STATION at 10.20am on Thursday 25th April

Please Meet Mr Lewis.

Congratulations to Daine Patrick who was selected in the Western Rugby Union team last week.

He will compete at the State Titles later in the year.

Best of Luck also to all our boys trialling for the Western Rugby League teams today in Dubbo.

We will inform you if any boys get selected.

David Lewis

Principal

As Term 1 comes to an end this week I would like to reflect on all the wonderful opportunities our students have had this term.

Red Hill Visit

Last week 4/5Q, 5D and 5/6H went on an excursion to Red Hill to learn about Aboriginal culture.

The day was run by Peter Swain a local Wiradjuri man who taught the students about Aboriginal artworks and symbols, Aboriginal hunting tools, including how to make and use them.

The students were engaged all day and enjoyed learning about the ways in which Aboriginal people used everything in nature to live.

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CLASS IN FOCUSK/6A

This term in K/6A we have been reading ‘Are We There Yet?’ by Alison Lester. We have researched some of the wonderful places the family in the story visited around Australia and compared them to our own holidays.

We made an iMovie Trailer of our own holidays, which is very funny to watch.

We walked around Gulgong Mayne St and took pictures of some of the places that people would come to visit on their holidays and made them into postcards.

We have also been very busy with our usual lessons including; cooking.

These pictures show us cooking Spaghetti Bolognaise with garlic bread.

We’ve also been horse riding at Mudgee Showground with the Riding for Disabled Association. We’d like to thank Gulgong RSL for allowing us to use the mini-bus each Wednesday, free of charge.

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Term 2, 2019 Gulgong Public SchoolMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week

1April/May

29

Staff Development Day

30

First Day back

Students

1 2

ANZAC Day @ High School Hall. 10.00am

Zone Touch Trials

3

Week

2May

6 7

P&C Mothers Day Stall

8

School Photos

9 10

Athletics Carnival- Victoria Park

Week

3May

13 14 15 16 17

Cross Country

Week

4May

20

Leadership Day- Dubbo- Prefects

21

My Friends and I – School Show K-2

22 23 24

Week

5

27 28

Questacon Incursion Yr6.

29 30 31

Week

6June

3 4 5 6

Zone Cross Country

7

Week

7June

10

QUEENS B’DAY

Pupil Free Day

11 12

Western Cross Country

13 14

Week

8June

17 18 19 20

External Validation

21

Week

9June

24 25 26 27 28

Jump Rope for Heart Day

Week

10July

1 2 3

Reports home to Parents

4 5