Cnr Gillieston & Ryan RoadsGillieston Heights NSW 2321Subscribe:Subscribe: https://gilliestonps.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe

Email:Email: gillieston-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auPhone:Phone: 02 4932 7542

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5 April 20195 April 2019

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Thank you to the volunteers for the electionBBQ, and to all who purchased a sausagesandwich. The Lions Club are donating allthe profits to our school. Our goal at themoment is to purchase more iPads for thechildren to work with. Thank you MaitlandLions Club.

Our P&C are also fundraising. The canteen volunteers keepthe canteen open every day, with a special meal deal day thatkeeps the menu interesting. They have extended the CookieDough Fundraiser extended until the 10 May. Please supportour P&C.

Well done to all our children who have been representing usat the next level of sport. We have had swimming reps, crosscountry reps, students trying out for football and netball. Atall of these events, I have received positive feedback aboutbehaviour, sportsmanship and effort. It’s fabulous to hear otherschools talking about the wonderful students we have hereat Gillieston. Congratulations to Tyler who will now representMaitland Zone at the Regional Cross County Carnival.

Our staff at Gillieston work very hard to teach and supportstudent learning, but also to continually improve our owneducation. Last week, we started a course about supportingstudents to improve their behaviour, led by Mrs Nowland, APLearning and Support. This was three hours after a school day,last Wednesday, with homework afterwards. We then have twomore three hour sessions after school next term. I would like toacknowledge and thank all the staff for their commitment anddedication to the students at Gillieston Public School.

Congratulations to Mrs Main. We have had amazing reviewsabout our school PBL processes by the Department ofEducation’s PBL team. Mrs Main as our PBL champion, wasselected to present our PBL journey to other schools. I receivedan email saying, “Her presentation today was a tremendoushit. She spoke eloquently, passionately and with completeknowledge of your systems and practises. All of the schoolswere able to take away the clear message that PBL works bestwhen schools adopt change slowly and consider points of viewfrom all stakeholders.”

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Mrs JohansonPrincipal

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Our SRC are currently working on a series of videos called GilloGossip. For the last few years, the SRC have created a videocalled Gillo Gossip with a theme around PBL and Anti Bullying.The current four school captains are looking to do something alittle bit different. Stay tuned!

CURIE

Kindergarten Curie have been reading and writing aboutWombat Stew. We have enjoyed chanting Wombat stew,Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew!

We are also enjoying our activities in literacy groups, working onour sounds and butterfly words.

POTTER

The Potters have been learning how tell the ‘difference’between two numbers by taking away and finding the leftovers.We have been practicing to count backwards from 30 andlearning that numbers in the teens have a group of 10. ThePotters have been reading ‘The Very Cranky Bear’ and havebeen talking about what things we can do to be kind andthoughtful to others. We have been practicing to be in the rightplace at the right time and to do our best always.

The Potters hope you all have a lovely holiday

EDISON

Numeracy

We have been learning how to solve addition and subtractionword problems in the Edison class. We have also beenpractising how to write our own addition and subtractionnumber stories.

Sport

We love our soccer clinic! We have been using our skills toverse each other in soccer games!

Classroom Refurbishment

The Edison classroom is being refurbished over the next fewweeks. As a result, from the 8th April 2019, the Edison class willbe situated in the library for this time.

TESLA

Our Science key inquiry question this term is what are thesimilarities and differences between the life cycles of livingthings. To gain in depth knowledge of this students in theTeslas are studying plants by growing bean sprouts. It’sexciting to see how they have changed each day!

EINSTEIN

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DaVINCI & BENNETT

This week The Bennett’s and the Da Vinci’s were fortunateto have Mr Newham visit from Rutherford Technology HighSchool. Mr Newham runs the targeted sports program at RTHSfor students who show interest and talent in football (soccer).He enjoys getting out to the primary schools to meet thestudents and give them an understanding of some of the thingsthey might be doing when they go to high school. He alwaysbrings some current students along with him to help run thedrills and games. This time we were fortunate enough to haveCallan Fry (you might recognise that last name!), it waswonderful to have Callan help out. The students really enjoyedthe drills and games and showed their appreciation to MrNewham through their respectful behaviour.

FRANKLIN

The Franklin’s have been very excited looking out of the windowand seeing the construction that is happening on the newclassroom. This prompted the students to write a about thefence and what the fence was for. In Art, The students’ havereally enjoyed using water based paints to interpret their ownmaster piece. We are being inspired by the famous Vincent VanGough. I am looking forward to Harmony Day and seeing all thestudents participating in the Easter hat parade. Have a safe andhappy holidays. See you all next term.

SCHOOL DENTIST

THE SCHOOL DENTIST - HAVE YOU RETURNED YOURCHILD'S FORMS YET?

It's not too late! Please return your forms as soon as possiblefor processing by The School Dentist team.

Once you have returned your child's forms, The School Dentistwill be in touch with families to inform you about the type ofdental treatment your child will be eligible for when they visitnext term.

CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL

Congratulations to all of our students who participated in theschool's Cross Country race. It was a fantastic morning withmany of our students completing the whole course!

A number of students have attended the Zone Cross Countrythis week and represented our school proudly. You should allbe proud of your achievements!

Cross Country ribbons will be handed out at next week'sprimary assembly.

Kristin or Matt might have a list of who attended the zonecarnival this week too.

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PBL

PBL Behaviour Management System

This system operates in all classrooms. Students begin onpositive Behaviour each day and move their names up to FlyingHigh and That’s Gold when they are doing great things. Theymay be asked to move their names down to Reminder orReflection if they need to be redirected back to their learning.

P & C

CAMP AUSTRALIA

COMMUNITY NEWS

Dinosaurs and More! at the Hunter WetlandsCentre

13 -27 April 2019 (Closed Good Friday, EasterSunday& ANZAC Day)

Dinosaur Exhibition featuring scale casts, fossils and resinreplicas of dinosaurs from the collection of local palaeontologistMike Dawson.

Dinosaur dig – what’s that in the sand? Could it be a dinosaurfossil?

How big were dinosaurs - find evidence of Triceratops,Tyrannosaurus Rex and Acrocanthosaurus as you wander theDinosaur Trail.

Check out some modern relatives of dinosaurs with our ReptileRangers DinoColouring & DinoCraft

Saturday 13th& Tuesday 16th Dinosaur Disco. Dress up andjoin the Dinosaur Disco – see website for details.

Saturday 20 April Easter Fun Day – Face Painting, JumpingCastle, craft and the star of the show, the Easter Bunny will bethere! – see website for details.

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http://www.wetlands.org.au/

General Entry $8Children 3 to 12 years $5Under 3 FreeFamily Entry (A2 + C2) $21Sponsored by Newcastle City Council

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