Gunnedah South Public School Newsletter

Friday June 7, 2019

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

Term 2– Week 8, 2019

Tuesday 18 June

PSSA Girls Basketball at Albury PSSA 11yrs Rugby League at Soldiers Point

Tuesday—Thursday Tuesday—Thursday

Wednesday 19 June

High School Transition Day

Friday 21 June

PSSA Netball Knockout

Term 2– Week 7, 2019

Monday 10 June

Public Holiday Queens Birthday

Tuesday 11 June

Tamworth Eisteddfod Stage 3 Primary Rugby KO Gala Day Northwest Girls Softball Trials P&C Meeting

7PM

Wednesday 12 June

Chris Wise Health Talks Girls Gala Basketball KO in Tamworth Northwest Boys Softball Trials

Thursday 13 June

Boys Gala Basketball KO in Tamworth

Friday 14 June

Area Cross Country at Mullaley

Year 5

Excursion

Information

Evening

There will be an

information evening

for the upcoming

Year 5

Canberra/Snowy Mountains

Excursion

on Thursday 13th June

@ 6pm

in the school library.

Parents and year 5 students

are encouraged

to come along

to the evening.

Dear Parents and Carers,

School Uniform

A reminder to all parents that South School Beanies are available from our clothing shop here at school and are proving to be very popular.

Please ensure that students are dressed in their full winter uniform including ties and the correct jumpers and jackets. Also a timely reminder to ensure all articles of clothing are labelled so if lost, items can be returned to their owner.

Yr 6 to Yr 7 Transition

If you are a parent of a Yr6 student and haven’t returned you expression of interest for high school, we ask that you do so as soon as possible.

If you require another EOI, please call the front office and another will be sent home with your child.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Student reports will be sent home on Monday of week 10 and parent/teacher meetings will be held on the following day, Tuesday 2nd July. Teachers have time slots scheduled from 3:40 until 6:30pm on that afternoon and evening and if you would like to book a time to speak with your child’s teacher we ask that you please phone the school office on 6742 1899 to making a booking. If there are no times left that are convenient to you, please leave a message and your child’s teacher will get back to you regarding an alternative time and day that suits you both.

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition

Dorothea MacKellar poetry workshops were held yesterday and were of great benefit to our up and coming poets!

Gunnedah Eisteddfod

South School received high praise from both the speech and drama adjudicator Annaliese McCarthey and the convenor of Speech and Drama, Mrs Jenny Darley.

While visiting our school yesterday afternoon and running a session with our most motivated performers, both ladies expressed not only their appreciation for our students’ participation, but commented on the high, high standard of performance seen in all sections this year from our students. Mrs Darley said she had watched all of yesterday morning’s performances and that they were ‘thoroughly entertaining’.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our wonderful students and teachers who performed.

A huge thank you also goes to Mrs Larni Christie, our speech and drama teacher. Over the past term, Mrs Christie has assisted teachers with class performances as well as training the students from the Drama Club at lunchtimes and coaching and rehearsing with 109 individual performers who practised in their own time.

Thank you Mrs Christie, for helping our students shine!

I hope everyone has a great long weekend, enjoyed with

friends and family.

With kind regards,

Nicki Walsh

Relieving Principal

GOLD 6W Sarah Kemp

6T Thomas Garner, Sienna Mackay

6F Jayla Woolaston

5B Charlette Keeler

4L Leila Harris, Kieesha Winsor

4C William Lynch

3W Ava Bartlett, Harley Eveleigh, Cooper Mitchell, Dustiin Weekes, Lucas Welch

3M Eloise O’Donnell

3G Imagen-Hope Jolliffe

2R Zaviah Miller

1H Marlee Murphy

1D Mitchell Woolley

1C Jahli Budden-Talbott, Chelsea Riley, Alexandra Sawyer

TITANIUM 6T Thomas Garner

5B Charlette Keeler

4L Leila Harris

BRONZE 6W Ben Hall, Charlie Bridge, Emily McKenzie, Ally Harris, Heidi While

6T Emily Williams, Brendon Hunt, Finnegan Leader, Jada Villegas, Alex Thompson

6F Logan Costin, Jess Ferguson, Josh Garrett, Sienna Mitchell, Parker Collins

5/6M Jack McCulloch, Jarrah Rodger-Kable, Kassidy Hunt, Aisha Anwari, Jordan Pracy

5S Rochelle Costello, Charles de Guzman, Hayden Sawyer, Emmy Torrens, Joanna Villegas

5L Ella Mutton, Oliver Irwin, Macey Carlyon, Liam Duff

5B Mikayla Ferguson, Linkin Turner, Jorja Baker, Laura Demmery, Ruby Williams, Declan Holt

4L Jett Varcoe, Leila Harris, Mayse Frey Annaliese Maguire, Sunny Wicks,

4H Will Jansen, Mia Geddes, Wesley Conomos, Mia Swain, Tobey Eyre

4C Ashley Williams, Erin Mitchell, Amarni Louis, Olivia Lewington, Lachlan Chaffey

3W Harley Eveleigh, Sophie Neilsen, Mea Woolaston, Lillee Gray, Chantelle Burge

3M Deacon Jounquay-Hayes, Arabella Holmes, Shaedon Wheeler, Jorja Tresize, Clancy Heath

3G Olivia Welsh, Jake Fisher, Liana Burwood, Ruby Locke

SILVER 6W Sarah Kemp, Charlie Bridge, William Dwyer, Thomas Mainey, Isla Wise

6T Thomas Garner, Sienna Mackay, Brendon Hunt, Alisha Barton, Rhegan Jaeger, CJ Lim, Riley Price, Liam Reid, Emily Williams

6F Jayla Woolaston, Logan Costin

5/6M Corinne Wise

5S Rochelle Costello

5L Drew Elsley

5B Charlette Keeler, Kaitlyn Garrett

4L Leila Harris, Kieesha Winsor, Sidney Cooper

4H Mia Geddes, Will Jansen

4C William Lynch, Jaiden Andersen, Kendrah Rowlands

3W Ava Bartlett, Harley Eveleigh, Cooper Mitchell, Dustiin Weekes, Lucas Welch, Shaylee Barton, Maddison Eschbach, Henry Hoppe, Niko Thompson

3M Eloise O’Donnell, Kayliah Hunt, Harley Mills, Ruby Newman

3G Imagen-Hope Jolliffe, Logan Anderson

2R Zaviah Miller, Layla Budden

2LZ Lainey Stewart-Harris, Evanna Louis, Deegan McCormack

2H Ryder Alvey, Jye Dundas, Ekam Sahota

1H Marlee Murphy

1D Mitchell Woolley

1C Jahli Budden-Talbott, Chelsea Riley, Alexandra Sawyer, Azaylia Roberts

KT Addison Lumby, Isaac Morgan, Ruby Rayward, Abby Wilson

MERIT CERTIFICATES

Yarn Up

With 3G

3G NAIDOC Preparation:

3G are very excited about the upcoming NAIDOC celebrations at South as we are eagerly preparing a song to perform. Our song is based on Aboriginal people’s special connection with the land. In the song we use some Gamilaraay language along with the English translation. We have been investigating why the Aboriginal people have such a special connection with the land.

We are working with the amazing Mr Steve McCauley who has given up his time to develop and practise this song. If you are keen to see some great music performed by a bunch of dedicated students, then keep your eyes peeled for 3G at the NAIDOC celebrations.