a train into Central. NSW transport welcomed us at

the train sta on and all students had the

opportunity to have their photo taken in the train

driver’s seat. What a great way to kick off our week.

Thanks Transport NSW for making us feel welcome.

Once we hit Sydney we headed off on another train

to North Sydney to meet up with everyone else at

our accommoda on, Dalziel Lodge. What a great

accommoda on choice, a lovely heritage building

that had just enough rooms

to house the whole 32 of

us, comfortable beds, great

kitchen facili es all in a nice

quiet neighbourhood...at

least it was before we

arrived!

Big thanks go to Mrs

Stewart from Pilliga who

did all the hard work

organising the excursion,

we appreciated it very

much.

As always this term is going to fly by!! Next week I

will be in Sydney a ending the PPA Principal’s

Support Reference Group mee ng and State Primary

Principals Annual Conference. Miss Fisher will be

holding the forte in my absence.

In week 7 we will be hos ng Hermidale for the Life

Educa on Van visit that was rescheduled from

earlier in the year. We have Presenta on night in

week 8, on Thursday 5th of December to allow me

Hello everyone and welcome back to the final

year of the term.

Term 3 ended with an excursion week. Years 2‐6

headed to Sydney for the week while K/1 stayed

at school, then on Thursday headed off to Dubbo

for a Zoo snooze and a great me was had by all.

The Sydney excursion was a ended by students

from Yrs2‐6 from Hermidale, Girilambone,

Gwabegar and

Pilliga Public

Schools. Some of

the weeks

experiences

included, a puppet

show at the

Sydney Opera

House, the

aquarium, the

powerhouse

museum, Yum

Cha, Sydney

observatory,

Manly Beach, Eye Tower observa on deck as

well as my personal highlight the Eye Tower

Revolving Restaurant. To add to this the students

had the experience of naviga ng the various

forms of public transport for the week.

Our trip started with Girilambone and Hermidale

heading off to Dubbo on Sunday a ernoon. We

stayed at the Dubbo City Holiday park overnight

ready for a flying start on Monday morning. We

took the railway bus to Lithgow where we got on

Principal’s Word!

Girilambone Public School News!!

Wednesday 23rd October 2019

for our intensive swimming a erwards. Students

will be doing end of year assessments, there is

report wri ng so plenty going on!!

As men oned last term we are looking to

improve our communica on with the broader

community. So if any community members

would like to receive this publica on by email

please fill in the slip a ached with your contact

details and return or email to Tori at

tori.vernon3@det.nsw.edu.au and we will put

you on our distribu on list.

Soon, as part of our annual self evalua on

process I will be sending home some surveys to

determine firstly parent community sa sfac on

as well as ascertaining some input into our future

direc ons. I would really appreciate your input

as next year is the last year in the planning cycle

and we will be looking to renew our school plan

which will determine our future direc ons.

I recently I have completed a submission for a

TARP, Transport Access Regional Partnership

grant. With a li le luck we may get some money

that we can use to hire a bus to cart us to various

school ac vi es. This will help to reduce not only

the cost to the parents who are o en assis ng

with transport but also the me that this

commitment takes out of your day. Fingers

crossed on this one, I will let you know once I

have heard back.

T` _xã|á

Angela Lewis

Principal

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Small

Schools are

great

schools!!

Dates to remember:

28th October - 1st November - Angela @ State conference Sydney

15th/18th November - Mid Term break

28th November - Life Ed Van

5th December - Presentation Night

9th Dec - 17th Dec - Intensive swimming

18th December - Last Day of Term 4

SYDNEY EXCURSION

I loved going to manly beach and after we had ice cream.

Ida

My favourite part was going to the aquarium, the scariest part was

going to the dinosaur puppet show.

Indy

Sydney eye tower was my favourite part because we

got to go up really high.

Blaine Page 3

I really enjoyed having dinner at the Sydney eye tower because it is a

revolving restaurant.

Tom

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Zoo

I like going into the wallabies cage, because they are very cute.

Ella

I loved seeing the hippos because they are my favourite animal.

Sophia

My favourite part was seeing the giraffes

because they have blue tongues and a long

neck. Isla

I liked it when we were riding in the

buggies. Charlie

I liked the

night walk.

We saw some

wallabies and

kangaroos.

George

Seeing the all the

animals was my

favourite part

but my favourite

animal was the

lima because we

got to see a baby

one.

Lucy

Newsletter communication

If you would like to receive the Girilambone PS newsletter by email??

Please fill in the slip below and return to school or email the school on

Tori.vernon3@det.nsw.edu.au and we will happily add you to our list.

I would

like to receive the Girilambone PS newsletter by email my email is

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Swimming Club!!

Registrations for swimming club will be held at the Nyngan swimming pool

this Friday 25th October 2019 @ 6pm.

There will fun activities for the kids and also president Loraine Wales will be

there.

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