“ A c h i e v e m e n t f o r A l l i n a H a p p y , S a f e & C a r i n g E n v i r o n m e n t ”

Volume 19 Issue 27

Date: Monday 26th August 2019

Phone: 6343 2122 Fax: 6343 1480

Email: grenfell-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: grenfell-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Facebook: www.facebook.com/GrenfellPS

August

Tues 27th School Banking

Fri 30th Father’s Day Stall & Raffle Drawn

Whole School Assembly @ 12.30pm 2 Orange presenting item

Grenfell Show Weekend

September

Tues 3rd School Banking

Fri 6th Book Parade 12.00pm— Cola

Stage Assemblies Quality Work Award—Reading

Visiting our local Library

In the lead up to our Book Week Parade, the local librarian

Erica has invited our Stage 1 students to the town library to

participate in some activities and get to know the library

better. Over the next two weeks students from KK, K/1 and

2 Orange will attend these small group sessions.

What a glorious day we had last Friday, if it isn’t going to rain we may as well have some pleasant weather

and last Friday was great. The District carnival was the culmination of a lot of organising and hard work.

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Kilby who led the charge and to the staff behind them who offered great support

when needed. Mia and her team, once again combined to supply us with plenty of food to fuel our energy for

the day. The commitment of Mia and her team is amazing and we are very grateful for all that you do. My role

as marshal on Friday allowed me to see our students be responsible, respectful and resilient young people.

They demonstrated great responsibility in making it to their events on time, being respectful not just the

adults but also the students from within the district and resilient when they had finished their events to

congratulate others who may have been placed in front of them. It was a day where we can be truly proud of

our youth and hopeful that our future is in good hands. Information regarding the regional carnival was

handed out on the day, if you have any questions please contact us here at school.

Mention must be made of the Henry Lawson High School who allowed us to use their facilities, without their

support the carnival may not have ran as smoothly. A great addition to the day was also some of the high

school students who helped with timekeeping. We had many positive comments come our way from visitors

to our town about their appreciation of the encouragement and positivity these young adults demonstrated to

the competitors. A proud moment for our schools and community reminding us about what great young

people we are raising together.

Last Friday night also saw Grenfell Public School as the recipients of the money raised from the trivia night at

the Bowling club. Thank you to the staff and parents who came along to support our school. We received a

valuable injection of funds for our school and it will be put to great use to ensure our students receive current

and up to date resources for their learning. A community fundraising event such as this is truly a fantastic way

to support both our community and our school, we would like to thank the Bowling Club for allowing us to be a

recipient, in the end both organisations come out as winners.

This Wednesday evening staff are staying late for some professional learning, the theme of the evening is

around collecting and using data. We are fortunate in having department personnel coming to our school and

providing us learning where we are able to keep up to date with current trends and practices. Teaching staff

from Caragabal and Quandialla will be joining us.

The Grenfell show is on this weekend, so do not forget to set aside some time to head on up and check the

exhibitions in the pavilions of the work our students have submitted. It is always wonderful to see the display

of our students work.

Happy Father’s Day to all of our dads next Sunday. I hope you are surprised with a lovely gift from our Father’s

Day Stall to be held this Friday 30th August. Every class will head up to the hall to purchase that something

special for their dad. Gifts range in price form $1-$6 and the raffle will be drawn during the Whole School

Assembly.

A helpful website if you are looking for some ideas. http://www.scholastic.com.au/dressuptime

Are you ready for our Book Parade

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Our PBL Focus Area for this week is: Sport Shed

Sporting Schools Stage 2 &3 students start

sporting schools today for

the next 4 weeks. Please

remember pick up time is

4.15pm.

All students should have information and permission notes for their upcoming excursion.

Stage 1 Temora/Junee (20th September)

Stage 2 Canberra (14-15 November)

Stage 3 Sydney/Wollongong (11-15 November)

Permission notes, deposits and full payments are all being taken at the front office when

convenient to parents.

Cowra District Athletics Carnival

On Friday 23rd August, Grenfell Public School hosted the Cowra District Athletics Carnival at the

Henry Lawson High School Oval. We had 240 students competing on the day from 13 different

schools around the Cowra district. All students on the day demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship

and we were lucky enough to have a number of new records broken including these Grenfell Public

School students. Sophie Hughes (snr girls discus), Penny Hughes (8yr girls 100m), Arianna

Steadman (1500m), James Wright (1500m) and Maddison Martins (1500m). Congratulations

also to Marco Joyce who won 11yr Boy Champion. Well done to all students who competed on

Friday. A huge thankyou to our P&C for running the canteen and to those parents, high school

students and staff who helped with field events, timekeeping and set up.

What's happening in our Classrooms In Personal Health and Development, 4 Violet are learning about Road Safety and the importance of wearing a helmet when riding bikes, scooters and skateboards. In this particular experiment, he children were required to construct a device that would keep the egg safe if dropped or thrown. The egg was used to resemble a child's head.

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Canteen Special

Recess—Custard Cup

Lunch—Mrs Mac Large Sausage Roll & sauce

$5.00

(Available Tues 27th Aug - Mon 2nd Sept)

Pizza Singles are back!

Mrs Mac’s Large Sausage Rolls are now available

English Muffins are now available at recess with

jam, honey or vegemite.

60c for a half or $1.00 for 2 halves

Best to pre-order on lunch bag to avoid disappointment

Thanks to all parent helpers—Deb Hayes, Tam Ingrey,

Heather Windred, Nicole Cations, Sarah Loader, Paul & Mia

Westman & Ashleigh Martin. Also Rachael Power, Nicola

Mitton, Faye Aspin, Deb Hayes and Ash Martin that donated

baked goods to be sold at the District Athletics Carnival.

Thankyou to those that organised a table and came along to

our Trivia Night at the Bowling Club on Friday night. Those

that did participate would agree it was a fun easy going

night and the money raised will go back into the school.

Our Father’s Day Stall and Raffle is this Friday so send

those raffle tickets back in by this Thursday for your chance

to win Dad a great prize.

The 143rd Grenfell Show is fast approaching and will be held on 30th & 31st August 2019. Come along and be part of

our local show. School student have been busy doing artwork and writing that will be on display at the show. Children are also encouraged to enter their own items, such as cooking, craft, sewing, Lego etc. Entry forms are in the Show program book which is available at most local business.

Grenfell Show this Friday 30th

and Saturday 31st August

Don’t forget to get your show entries in

PAVILION EXHIBITS will be received on

Friday of the Show before 9.00 am

Judging will commence at 9.30 am.

ENTRY FEES:

Junior Exhibitor—$2

Adult Exhibitor $5

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“Who Stole Mother Goose?” Pantomime rehearsals at The Little Theatre, Rose St

All rehearsals are from 3.45 – 5.45

Monday 19th August (Play reading)

NOT Monday 26th (Director absent)

Monday 2nd September

Monday 9th September

Monday 16th September

Monday 23rd September

School holidays:

Rehearsal will still run for those who can attend

Monday 30th September

Monday 7th October

NOT Monday 14th October (Director absent)

Monday 21st October

Monday 28th October

Monday 4th November

If more rehearsals are needed they will be after the school

holidays on dates that suit most of the cast.

Performances:

Saturday 9th November 11am & 2pm

Saturday 16th November 11am & 2pm

Director: Darryl Knapp 6343 1284

starknapp@gmail.com

Drum lessons which will be held in Grenfell Family Church's building (Drum kit is provided) after school on Mondays. I currently teach 20 students across Parkes, Cowra and Grenfell.