Gunnedah South Public School Newsletter

Friday August 2, 2019

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Gunnedah South Public School Winder Place Gunnedah NSW 2380 Telephone: 02 6742 1899 App:

Term 3– Week 3, 2019

Monday August 5

Life Education Primary Gymnastics Gala Day at Armidale

Monday—Thursday

Tuesday August 6

School Athletics Carnival at Donnelly Fields

Wednesday August 7

High School Transition Day Tennis at Singleton

Thursday August 8

NSW PSSA Primary Athletics Selection Trials Watson’s Pie Drive Collection in the Hall

Friday August 9

Public Education Week Awards Netball in Barraba

Term 3– Week 4, 2019

Monday August 12

SCHOOL PHOTO WEEK Life Education

Monday—Thursday Monday & Thursday

Tuesday August 13

Boys & Girls Soccer in Tamworth P & C Meeting

7PM

Friday August 16

Chess Competition Whole School Assembly Kinder 2020 Transition Day

9-11 AM

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have certainly started the term with an extremely busy few weeks. The learning opportunities being offered to the students over the last two weeks have been of high quality and extremely varied!

From cultural NAIDOC activities, excursions and Healthy Harold, to debating competitions, environmental education and kindergarten transition...our students and teachers have covered many areas of the curriculum and developed new skills and knowledge.

Life Education Van

The life education van arrived this week and has been as popular as ever as everyone loves to visit Healthy Harold.

School Photos

School photos will be held in week 4 from Monday 12th to Thursday 15th August. Once again the wonderful ladies at Montage will be taking our photos and ordering envelopes have been sent out. If your child did not bring home a photo envelope, please collect one from the front office. A roster for the photos is included in this week’s newsletter.

Athletics Carnival

The entire school are looking forward to the 2019 Athletics Carnival which will be held next Tuesday 6th August at Donnelly Field. It is the first time our athletics carnival will be held there and I am sure it will be a fantastic day. All students in Yrs 3-6 will go straight to the venue in the morning rather than coming to school.

All students in Yrs K-2 will come to school as usual and will travel down by bus at 11am.

Please come along and cheer on your children and help make the day a success!

SRC Disco

The NAIDOC week disco held last week was a great fundraiser for the SRC. Thank you to Mrs Sams for cooking over 400 sausages!! The SRC raised over $2000 on the night and we thank everyone for your support, especially all our hard working teachers who came along to dance the night away.

NAIDOC week

A HUGE thank you to our Aboriginal Education team for the organisation of this year’s NAIDOC week. I was particularly impressed by the level of engagement from the students and our opening and closing ceremonies were an excellent way to start and conclude the week. A special mention to Miss Aylish Flannery for her organisation of the week.

Debating Competition

DEBATING made an amazing come back at Gunnedah South yesterday!

We entered 2 teams into the Premier’s Debating Challenge, which we hosted here at our school. Visiting schools included, Quirindi, Mullaley, Spring Ridge and Werris Creek. Our South Grey team won both their debates and our South Red team won 2 and unfortunately lost their 3rd.

It was amazing to see the students’ confidence build as the day went on and I look forward to the next round once a date is set.

I hope everyone has a great weekend, spent spending time with friends and family.

With kind regards,

Nicki Walsh

Relieving Principal

GOLD 5/6M Tiah Small

2H Taya Barton-Collins, Eva Kelly, Phoenix Wild

1S Lucas Capper

1H Lola Brady, Harper Costello, Mya Hartog

1D Lucy Semmler, Charli Wyllie, Amelia Roberts, Linden Miller, Kane Laws, Libby Capper

K/1A Charlotte Clark

BRONZE 6W Ted Pease, Ben Hall, Tom Mainey

6T Dylan Turnbull, Jai Read-McInnes, Riley Price, Lucas Passman, Sienna Mackay

6F Nathan Stark, Oscar Donoghue, William Hicks, Shakira Conomos, Mason Louis

5/6M Jack McCulloch, Toby Blinman, Noah Kelly, Kailee Gallagher, John Hoppe, Tiah Small, Owen Shoesmith

5S Hollie Johnstone, Harry Thomson, Tyler Scott, Imogen Riley, Grace O’Donnell, Tyler Smith

5L Shaniqua Briggs, Rebecca Sams, Grace Stuart, Jaiden Trembath

5F Lauchlan Southwell, Oliver Shoesmith, Bridee Weekes, Tyrone Winsor, Jorja Baker

4L Jack Borthistle, Byron Eveleigh, Charlie Duff, Brooklyn McAlpine, Lachlan Swain, Charlee O’’Hearn, Ruby Friend, Sidney Cooper. Rubee Bendall, Liette Tindall, Sophie Partridge, Andrew McMaster, Gabriella Pease, Mia Smith

4H Olivia Perrett, Chelsea Budden, Will Jansen, Jordana Jeffery, Alyssa Wise, Mia Geddes, Taylah Miller, Rohan Rodger-Kable, Hala Daher

4C Olivia Lewington, Clinton Hall, Lane O’Donnell, Lucas McKeowen, Jelena Briggs, Lilly Harris, Ryder Hatch, Olivia Semmler, Ashley Williams, Maxie White

3W Lukas Ridley, Niko Thompson, Levii Porter, Tyler Rayward

3M Jorja Tresize, Clancy Heath, Eli Clark, Ben King, Asher Cameron

3G Olivia Welsh, Hamish Henderson, Zahlee Penfold

SILVER 6F Sienna Lennan, Simone Donnelly

5/6M Tiah Small, Kailee Gallagher

5S Gracie-Lee McDonald

4L Andrew McMaster

4H Jordana Jeffrey

4C Jelena Briggs, Lilly Harris

2LZ Danielle McGregor, Jayden Van den Elst, Cyrrah Moore-Duff

2H Taya Barton-Collins, Eva Kelly, Phoenix Wild

2B Stevie Collins, Lenni Frey,

1S Lucas Capper, Jordan Duff, Sophia Nossiter

1H Amelia Anscombe, Jett Baker, Lola Brady, Harper Costello, Mya Hartog, Kallie Walters

1D Lucy Semmler, Charli Wyllie, Amelia Roberts, Linden Miller, Kane Laws, Libby Capper, Ruby-Rose Mendham, Balin Muddle

1C Angel Craigie

K/1A Charlotte Clark

KT Ella-Louise Bower, Tyson Cleal, Tyler Jaeger, Hannah Neale, Jack Roberts

MERIT CERTIFICATES

Yarn Up

With KM

The start of Term 3 has been lots of fun

during NAIDOC week in KM. We enjoyed

acting out the story of how the Kangaroo

got its pouch with Aunty Helen and her

helpers. The story taught us that the

Kangaroo is a very kind caring animal.

Our Year 6 buddies

came to help us with

our Aboriginal craft

making rain sticks

together and learning how to do dot

painting. The students in KM have

been discussing how sharing together

helps us to learn and grow.

LIFE EDUCATION VISIT

HEALTHY HAROLD & THE LIFE EDUCATION VAN IS HERE AT GUNNEDAH SOUTH.

The Life Education program addresses many of the components of the NSW PDHPE syllabus and helps children to develop relationship skills, positive communication (both face to face and online), problem solving and decision-making skills. The primary school modules focus on issues around:

food and nutrition,

personal safety,

physical activity,

cyber safety,

safety with medicine and

safety with legal drugs - tobacco, alcohol and caffeine.

Week 3

Monday 5th August 5L, 5S & KS

Tuesday 6th August GS Kidd

Wednesday 7th August 5B, 1H & K/1A

Thursday 8th August 2LZ, 4H & 1D

Week 4

Monday 12th August 4C, 4L & K-6R

Tuesday 13th August 1S, 1C & KM

Wednesday 14th August 3W, 3M & 2B

Thursday 15th August 2R, 3G & 2H

Merchandise will be available from Wednesday 31st of August. Please assist the Life Education team by completing the order form overleaf

and providing the correct money with your orders.

Please note timetable changes for 2R, KT & KH.

GSPS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

TUESDAY 6TH AUGUST, 2019

AT DONNELLY FIELDS

Steak Sandwich……….……..$6.50

Sausage Sandwich…….…….$2.00

Hot Dog…………………………$3.00

Juice Box Popper……..………$2.00

Water…………………….………$2.00

Soft Drink…………….…..……$2.50

Chocolates……….…$2.00 & $1.00

Lolly Bag………………………..$1.00

The Coffee BUZZ Truck

will be parked near the canteen (brick building)

from 8.30am

Gunnedah South School Photos – 2019

Time Class

8.30 Setup

9.00 K/1a – Leigh Anson

9:30 1C – Cate Conn

10.00 1D – Natasha Doherty

10.30 1H – Kristie Hudson

11.00 1S – Robyn Sommerlad

11.30 2B – Therese Bunce

12.00 KT – Claire Tudgey

12.30 2LZ – Maree Lawrence/

Nicole Zerner 1.00 2R – GABRIEL Reynolds

Monday, 12thAugust, 2019

Time Class

8.30 Setup

9.00 K6R – Nikkea Reynolds

9:00 KH – Chloe Holmes

9.30 KM – Kath McGuirk

10.00 KS – David Silver

10.30 2H – Jo Hoppe

11.00 3G – Matthew Gleeson

11.30 3M – Angela Muldoon

12.00 3W – Allison West

12.30 4C – Jess Craig

1.00 4H – Sammy Holdom

1.30 4L – Edith Lennon

2.00 Catchups from Absentees

Tuesday, 13th August, 2019

Thursday 15th August 2019 Time Class

8.30 Setup

9.00 Drone

9.30 Siblings

Wednesday, 14th August, 2019 Time Class

8.30 1xFull STAFF GROUP 1xCorporate Group Plus Individuals

9.00 5F – Meg Foster

9:30 5L – Fiona Laurie

10.00 5S – Geoff Sumpter

10.30 5/6M – Marianne Pankhurst/

Marni Mitchell

11.00 6F – Aylish Flannery

11.30 6T – Tyce Fitzgerald

12.00 6W – Karen Willcocks

12.30 Full Year 6

1.00 Captains SRC etc

1.30 Catchup from Absentees