Gloucester Public School Newsletter Opportunity - Innovation - Excellence

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Term 1 Week 7 Tuesday 10th March 2020

Dates to Remember 12/3 SRC Fundraiser 18/3 Stage 2 Mini Roos Gala

Day 20/3 Bullying No Way! Day 23/3 P&C AGM 7pm 23/3 – 3/4 Parent Teacher Interviews 23/3 NAPLAN Online Practice

Test 31/3 Oz Opera 02/4 Primary Cross Country 09/4 Expectation Assemblies 01/5 School ANZAC Service 05/5 Susan Mclean – Cyber

Safety Expert visiting GPS – all day and parent information session in the evening

07/5 Mothers’ Day Stall 12-15/5 NAPLAN Tests for

students in Yr 3 and 5 Term 1 Assemblies Week 10 03/04 K-2 1.00pm 3-6 2.00pm Week 11 09/04 Expectation Award Assemblies Excursions Stage 3 Canberra 24-27/8

P&C AGM Monday 23/3 7.00pm in the Library New members welcome!

Oz Opera presents The Barber of Seville Oz Opera is coming back to Gloucester Public School to perform The Barber of Seville. ‘A serious case of love at first sight is a big problem for Count Almaviva. Enter the resourceful barber named Figaro, who cleverly solves everyone’s problems — for a price. Secret letters, cunning disguises and all sorts of confusion will delight young audiences as the boy gets the girl and Figaro gets paid!

Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is one of the most popular operas ever written. This travelling production will enthral school students of all ages, complete with beautiful costumes and engaging scenery.’ There will be two session times on Tuesday 31 March - 11:30am (infants) and 1:30pm (primary). The cost is $8 per student and can be paid at the office/online or sent in with your child/ren. Permission notes are at the back of this newsletter. This performance is a wonderful opportunity for our students so don’t miss out! Susie McLeod Oz Opera Coordinator

Stage 3 Canberra excursion deposit due next Friday 20 March Our Stage 3 excursion to Canberra will be on Monday 24 – Thursday 27 August 2020. As with most tour companies, we are required to pay a deposit to lock in bookings for accommodation and attractions. Therefore, we require a deposit to be paid no later than next Friday 20 March to guarantee your child’s place on this trip. Should finances be an issue, please contact the office to arrange a meeting with Mrs Wakefield to discuss payment options. We look forward to your child experiencing all this fantastic excursion has to offer. Please see the notes sent home with your child last week. Rod Maggs – Assistant Principal (Stage 3)

Year 6 Parents: Expression of Interest Forms for High School in 2021 A reminder to return the form within the booklet, ‘Moving into Year 7 in a NSW government school in 2021’ by no later than Friday 20th March 2020. While this is not an application to enrol, this form is essential in indicating which secondary school you are intending to send your child to.

Parents, please read all sections of this booklet carefully as it outlines the options available to you and gives you the basis for selecting the right secondary school for your child. For most students, the locally zoned high school is Gloucester High School. If you have any questions about this form or need assistance in any way, please feel free to contact me after you have read through it. Rod Maggs – Assistant Principal (Stage 3)

Class & Expectation Awards Week 6

3/4K: Rhys Redman, Nevaeh Martin-Connor, Riley Blanch Mackenzie Young

3/4S: Miller Ribbons, Dean Griffin, Jake Capararo, Evie Bradney

5/6E: Jonas De Angelis, Alice Murphy, Sienna Macdonald, Kaylee Bagnall

3/4L: Ajay Jolliffe, Brodie Baker, Olivia Wade, Kiala Hardy

5/6G: Brody Taylor, Georgia Ellis, Asher Baker, Tristan Young-Longmire

3/4W: Cliffton Gorton, Bradley Higgins, Eli Stuckings, Riley Callander

5/6M: Blake Walker, Mia Morgan, Kapri Ring

5/6B: Amy Fry, Kyeisha Schumacher, Jesse Ashby

Book Club Don’t forget Book Club orders are due back this Friday 13th May. Please use Loop, the online payment option if possible (all the information is in the brochure) or you can send it in to school.

KB: Kyiesha Oestmann, Deacon Johnson, Jesse Volley, Zane McCarthy

KM: Elijah Burns, Sebastian House, Maddie Boorer, Christian Collins

1/2S: Miley Baker, Emma Beahan, Harry Wamsley, Evie Codreanu

1/2C: Isabella Guiren, Levi Collins, Emily Parker, Jonathan Labry

1/2B: Jayden Marley, Jaylen Kenning, Misty Watt

From the Library

SRC Fundraiser – Koala Day The SRC’s Koala fundraiser is this week - Thursday (12/3/20). As we have all seen throughout our difficult summer of bushfires, the environment of the koalas has been greatly damaged and many koalas have been badly injured. All moneys raised on Thursday, will be divided between the Koala Hospital Port Macquarie – Plant a Koala Food Tree program (https://www.koalahospital.org.au/act-now/plant-a-koala-food-tree) and Koalas in Care, which was co-founded by an amazing couple, Christine and Paul McLeod, who at their property at Taree, dedicate their time to rescuing, caring and rearing injured, sick and orphaned koalas (https://www.bhg.com.au/how-to-donate-to-fawna-and-koalas-in-care). In class, students will be completing a koala artwork and discussing the impact the fires have had on our wildlife. All gold coin donations will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for supporting our SRC.

SRC Committee Andrew and Lachlan take the next step

After heading to Forster for Manning Zone trials recently, both Andrew Fraser and Lachlan Sansom headed off to Maitland last Friday for the Hunter cricket trials. Both boys again displayed their talents in batting, bowling and fielding amongst a field of extremely talented young players. The boys both impressed the selectors to be shortlisted for the final ‘invite only’ selection session. They both head back to Newcastle again this Friday for the final trial and we wish them all the best of luck. Well done, lads! Rod Maggs GPS Cricket Coordinator

Gloucester vs Wingham cricket clash washed out

After our Round 1 scheduled date was postponed due to rain, we are awaiting a new date for the game next week.

The playing team consists of Andrew Fraser, Lachlan Sansom, Asher Baker, Albie Cameron, Travis Allardice, Nick Maggs, Jonas De Angelis, William Wooster, Wyatt and Nash Griffin, Mitchell Whitby and Beau Laurie. Other members of our 2020 training squad at school are Charlotte Todd, Sam Griffin, Jacob Whittaker and Riley Blanch. Dylan Crossley also joins our

squad as scorer and kit manager. We’ll fill you in on the result in next week’s newsletter. Rod Maggs, GPS Cricket Coordinator

Sporting Schools Term 1 Sporting Schools is well under way and will run until Week 10 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A new note will be required for all students participating this year and these are available from the office. We look forward to teaching skills to assist your children to become active and more confident when taking part in sporting activities. If you have any enquiries, please contact Mel Seale or Eve Green at school (65581303).

• Check out what our new infants’ playground equipment will look like (picture on the front page of this newsletter). Start date will be approximately 7 – 14 April, 2020.

• P&C AGM – Monday, 23 March at 7.00pm in the library. We look forward to welcoming everyone The treasurer’s position will be declared vacant and will be required to be filled. Experience in MYOB would be of benefit. Please consider becoming a member of our P&C.

Sally Maslen, President

P&C News

OZ OPERA permission note I give permission for my child, _______________________ of class ______ to attend Oz Opera’s performance of The Barber of Seville on Tuesday 31st March, 2020. I have enclosed $8.00 to cover the cost of the performance OR I have paid online using the code 57001. Receipt No _____________________ Signed: _____________________ Name (please print) _______________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OZ OPERA permission note

I give permission for my child, _______________________ of class ______ to attend Oz Opera’s performance of The Barber of Seville on Tuesday 31st March, 2020. I have enclosed $8.00 to cover the cost of the performance OR I have paid online using the code 57001. Receipt No _____________________ Signed: _____________________ Name (please print) _______________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SMART PACKS & VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 2020 Thank you to all those who have paid for their smart packs so far this year. Smart Packs are available for purchase at the office or online. The costs are as follows:

Kindergarten - $45.00 Years 1-6 - $40.00

These packs contain everything your child will require for the year; e.g., pens, pencils, glue sticks, exercise books, textbooks etc. We would appreciate it if you would make this payment a priority, if you are able to do so.

Voluntary school contributions will remain at $30.00 per child per year. These funds are used to assist the school to purchase items used in teaching and student welfare. Such items include expenses relating to each of the learning areas such as art supplies, equipment, sports gear, library books, take-home readers, paper, cost of photocopying and texts etc. Payment of these fees would be very much appreciated.

Please note that payment is by cash, cheque or online (Skoolbag). If you wish to make an online payment, the reference numbers are as follows: Smart Packs : 51624 Voluntary Contribution : 46001