Date: 1st June 2015

Volume 15, Issue 17

Achievement for All in a Happy, Safe and Caring Environment Phone: 6343 2122 Fax: 6343 1480

Email: grenfell-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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TUESDAYS SCHOOL BANKING

Thursday 4th June Festival Play Day

Friday 5th June Festival Concert

Monday 8th June Public Holiday

Tuesday 9th June P & C Meeting

Wednesday 10th June Western Region Cross

Country

Friday 12th June Whole School Assembly

Western Representatives

Good luck to our 3 Western Region representatives for this week. Hugo Fenton and

George Mitton will be representing Western Region at the State Boy’s Hockey Carnival

and Anna Hunt is representing Western Region at the State Girls’ Soccer Carnival. Good

luck, and we hope you all have a great week.

Regional Cross Country

Regional Cross Country is on Wednesday 10th June, in Geurie.

Good luck to all our students who are competing.

The Henry Lawson Festival Art Competition

Congratulations to all our students who received recognition and an award for The

Henry Lawson Festival art competition. Following are all the award winners.

Kindergarten 1st Charlie Ryan, 2nd Jade Westman, 3rd James Wright Highly Commended: William Stephens, Lachie Rolls Commended: Kayden Johnstone, Marley Loader, Scarlett Nowlan, Amanda Penfold Year 1 1st Blake Loverage, 2nd Alyssa Heathcote, 3rd Murphy Hutchings Highly Commended: Chloe Potter, Caitlyn Milne Commended: Drew West, Daisy McMahon, Daniella Cummins

Year 2 1st Xanthe Johnson, 2nd Alexi Hunter, 3rd Chloe Amery, Highly Commended: Jayden Knight, Sophie Berry, Commended: Spencer Mehrton, Hugh Nowlan, Arianna Steadman Year 3 1st Reuben Ryan, 2nd Georgia Squires, 3rd Hayden Reid, Highly Commended: Alexander Nowlan, Brodie Loader, Commended: Chloe Kirkup, ,Kalena Boldrini, Sophie Noble Year 4 1st Sophia Huxtable, 2nd Tayla Zammit, 3rd Hayley Taylor, Highly Commended: Taylor Keppie, Reuben Boldrini Commended: Charli O’ Byrne, Harrison Keppie Year 5 1st Dylan Mehrton, 2nd Jasmine McAway, 3rd Damon Ximing, Highly Commended: Katie Knight, Imogen Brenner

Commended: Pippa Reid, Oscar Schaefer, Liam Hunter Year 6 1st Angus Birch, 2nd Holly Gilbert, 3rd Adrian Shaw, Highly Commended: Peter Armstrong, Hugo Fenton Commended: Angus Kelly, Tori Forsyth, Ailish Moore

Stage Assemblies This Friday, 5th June, will

be Stage Assemblies.

This will take place at

12.30pm.

Students can cash in

5 School Awards for a

Stage Award.

Seafood Night We had a great night on Saturday night for our Seafood night as a

Festival fundraiser for our King, Steve Kilby. Thank you to everyone

who helped out on the night, in particular the people who helped in the

kitchen and donated slices. A big thank you to John Gorman for

co-ordinating the night. Thank you also to Red Stokes for donating a load of wood for our raffle

and to the Hansen’s for donating the Holiday. We raised a very pleasing amount on the night

which we will announce next week. Well done everyone!

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Festival Helpers We are setting up a

stall for The Henry

Lawson Festival, making and selling

donuts. We are going to need a lot

of helpers on the day. I am asking if

you can give up an hour of your time

to come and help us please?? All

the money raised goes back to

buying resources for your children

at school. If you can help out,

please contact me at school and let

me know which hour suits you best

and I will put you on the roster.

It’s only 1 hour!

THE HENRY LAWSON FESTIVAL

Our students will be performing plays for The

Henry Lawson Festival this Thursday, 4th June,

at the High School Hall. The timetable is below.

3/4J and 3/4H will be performing at the concert this Friday, 5th June.

Mrs Johnson and Miss Hunter will meet the students at the hall

entrance by 7.00pm.

We will also be involved in the street procession this Saturday, 6th

June. The theme for the street parade is “Our Kiwi Mates”. We are

going to dress our float in this theme and we would like as many

students as possible to dress up with the same theme, or they can

wear black and white clothes. We will meet outside the Cub Scout

Hall at 1.00pm ready for the march at 1.30pm. Parents can collect

their children at the end of the parade from Lachlan Fertilisers.

HENRY LAWSON FESTIVAL PLAY DAY PROGRAMME

Morning Session 9.35am to 11.10am

G P S 5/6 Has Talent 5/6 Mr Cartwright

G P S Pirates of the Carob Bean 5/6 Mrs Joyce

Greenethorpe The Greenethorpe Nutcracker K-6 Mr Heath

G P S Little Red Riding Hood 1/2 Miss McIntyre

G P S Where the Wild Things Are 1/2 Mrs Watt/Miss Starr

Lunch Session 11.30am to 1.35pm

G P S The Day the Crayons Quit 3/4 Miss Hunter

G P S It Could Be Worse 3/4 Mrs Johnson

Quandialla A Special Class of Dogs K-6 Anne Dixon

G P S The Eleven Dancing Princesses 4/5 Mrs McMahon & Mrs R.

G P S Where is the Green Sheep Kinder Mr Kilby

G P S The True Story of Three Little Pigs 1/2 Mrs Forde & Mrs Kilby

St Joseph’s The Outback K – 6 Mrs Best

Caragabal A Fractured Fairytale K – 6 Mrs Meier

An appreciative audience of family

and friends are more than welcome

– admission is free.

As a courtesy to the students

performing on stage, we would request that class groups and

audience members enter and

leave the hall only between plays, and also be very quiet

outside the hall when waiting

to enter.

Winter Uniform It is starting to get colder so we need to keep our

students warm. Students should be wearing the sky

blue sloppy joe or one of our navy jackets. If you want

to buy a jacket without a logo that’s fine but it needs to

be navy blue. In winter students can also wear gloves,

a beanie or scarf, but they have to be Navy blue. If they

are not navy blue they cannot be worn. I would also like

parents to purchase black shoes as a part of our school

uniform. It looks very ordinary when students are not

wearing the correct uniform. It’s fine to wear joggers on

a Friday as that is our sports day or for special activities.

I would appreciate your support with this.

Excursion Reminder Students in Stage 3 (Yrs 5 & 6) need to bring in their

$100 deposit for the excursion to Sydney/Wollongong

ASAP, as it is now overdue. Full payment is due to be

paid by Friday 9th October.

Please note that there was an error in last week’s

newsletter regarding the Stage 2 Excursion deposit,

this is not due until Monday 22nd June, with full

payment to be made by Friday 21st August.

Reports Reports for Semester 1 will go home on Thursday 25th June.

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AVAILABLE AT YOUR SCHOOL CANTEEN Battery Drive If you have any old car or truck batteries (not the old double AA’s) lying around that you’d like to donate, we would greatly appreciate them. Batteries can be dropped off at school, or contact John Gorman to make alternative arrangements.

100 Club

We are running a 100 Club for our

Festival King. You could win $1000 and tickets

are $20 each. Tickets are available from the

school office NOW!!

P & C MEETING Our next P & C Meeting is on Tuesday 9th June in the school

staffroom starting at 7.30pm.

School Uniform ~ With the onset of the cooler weather, we have a large range of

clothing available for purchase from the front office. Prices are as follows:

Navy Zip jackets ~ $25.00 Parkas ~ $35.00 Track Pants ~ $25.00

Pale Blue Jumpers ~ $32.00 Pale Blue Jumpers ~ $34.00 Gloves ~ $4.00

(up to Size 10) (over size 10) Beanies ~ $6.00

Kinder Enrolments for 2016 We are starting to get organised with information for students starting Kindergarten in 2016. We will be having a special information Morning Tea early in Term 3 and information booklets and enrolment packs will be available very soon.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the Whole School Assembly last Friday:

Aussie of the Month for May

Georgia Squires, Caleb Haddin &

Kirra Sears

Grenfell Blues

Alex Moore, Orlando Joyce,

Sophie Hughes, Ella Mitton and

Brooke Brandt

Principal Awards

Alex Moore, Braiden York, Alexi Hunter, Arianna Stedman, Matilda York and Clare Amery

More details later!

Lachlan Smith and Wil Johnson

receiving their PSSA

Certificates for District Cross

Country at the Whole School

Assembly last Friday.

Well done boys!

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Kids Creative Corner This June Long weekend come to the ‘Kids Creative Corner’. There’ll be hand puppets, dress ups, play dough

sculptures, face painting, paper bag puppet making and Interactive story times.

Saturday 6th June - 10am till 4pm (closing for the parade from 1-2:30pm) Sunday 7th June 10:30am till 3pm

Interactive story times will be held at 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm,

2:30pm and 3:30pm (Saturday only)

It will be in the upper main street as part of the Henry Lawson Festivities.

Hope to see you there!

STUDENT BANKING Congratulations to all those students who received certificates and reward items at the Whole School Assembly last week. It is great to see so many students regularly sending in their deposits each Tuesday. Don’t forget that if you make 25 or more deposits this year you will automatically receive one entry into the competition to win a family trip to California’s Disneyland. The prize includes return airfares, five nights accommodation, transfers and three days park entry for up to two adults and two kids, plus $2000 spending money. Keep up the great work!