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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Week 3 Term 1 2015 GEORGE BASS SCHOOL Welcome I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our entire school community to the 2015 school year. A special welcome to all of our new students and their families to George Bass School. We have also welcomed a number of new staff to our team for this year. Joy Pulch is the new teacher for Kula class in 2015, Chloe McGeoch is relieving for Pamela in her absence and will be taking on our RFF role once Pamela returns. Emma Parks and Brownen Baxter are covering our RFF (release from face to face) teaching sessions initially in term 1. I would also like to welcome Paul Thwaites who joins us as a permanent School Learning Support Officer working on Wali class in 2015. Meet the teacher night. Meet the teacher night and BBQ this year will be held on Tuesday the 17 th of February. All families will have the opportunity to meet with class staff and discuss the general organisation of their child’s class for the year. A note for this will be going home this week. I encourage each family to attend as it is a great way to find out about your child’s class for the year as well as meet other families. George Bass CarPark Our carpark is significantly busier this year as many of you would have noticed. Please pay attention to the car park rules and do not enter the zone marked for assisted school transport. I also ask that everyone take extra care when driving and parking their vehicles, especially at arrival and departure times. School Hours A reminder that our school hours are 8.50am2.50pm each day. Any student who arrives late gets counted as a partial absence. Late arrivals can also be quite disruptive to the class routines and they can impact negatively on our morning programs. A majority of our staff also attend meetings in the afternoons in order to build on their skills and expertise. Please endeavour to pick up your child at the appropriate time. If you are aware that you are running late please contact the school and let us know as this will greatly help our organisation. NEWSLETTER
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Week 3 Term 1 2015

GEORGE BASS SCHOOL

Welcome I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our entire school community to the 2015 school year. A special welcome to all of our new students and their families to George Bass School.   We have also welcomed a number of new staff to our team for this year.  Joy Pulch is the new teacher for Kula class in 2015, Chloe McGeoch is relieving for Pamela in her absence and will be taking on our RFF role once Pamela returns. Emma Parks and Brownen Baxter are covering our RFF  (release  from face  to  face) teaching sessions  initially  in term 1.      I would also  like  to welcome Paul Thwaites who joins us as a permanent School Learning Support Officer working on Wali class in 2015.  Meet the teacher night.  Meet the teacher night and BBQ this year will be held on Tuesday the 17th of February. All families will have the opportunity to meet with class staff and discuss the general organisation of their child’s class for the year.  A note for this will be going home this week. I encourage each family to attend as it is a great way to find out about your child’s class for the year as well as meet other families.    George Bass Car‐Park Our car‐park is significantly busier this year as many of you would have noticed. Please pay attention to the car park rules and do not enter the zone marked for assisted school transport.  I also ask that everyone take extra care when driving and parking their vehicles, especially at arrival and departure times.   School Hours A  reminder  that our  school hours are 8.50am‐2.50pm each day. Any  student who arrives  late gets counted as a partial absence. Late arrivals can also be quite disruptive to the class routines and they can impact negatively on our morning programs.    A majority of our  staff also attend meetings  in  the afternoons  in order  to build on  their  skills and expertise. Please endeavour to pick up your child at the appropriate time. If you are aware that you are running late please contact the school and let us know as this will greatly help our organisation.  

NEWSLETTER

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Assisted School Transport Many of our assisted school transport runs have changed  in 2015. This may  impact on the time your child is picked up and dropped off home. This is out of the drivers and the schools control. I would like to  remind  all  families  that  this  service  is  only  obligated  to wait  for  your  child  for  3 minutes  each morning at pick up and that someone needs to be at home at the time that transport arrives at your home  in  the  afternoon.   On  behalf of  the Assisted  School  Transport  Program  I would  like  to  thank everyone for their understanding of these requirements.   2015 Class Groupings You would have noticed  that many of our class groupings have changed  in 2015. When we consider groupings  as  a  school we  try  to  consider  the  students  age  and  school  year,  as well  as  the  level  of support  each  child  requires.    The  process  of  joining  a  new  class  for  all  of  our  students  can  be challenging. Please let your child’s teacher know if your child is finding this process more difficult, or if there is anything they can do to ease this transition.   Class Staff 2015  

Team 1 Years K‐1 Assistant Principal‐ Kristy Kirkham (rel) & Tara Dang 

Team 2 Years 1‐6 Assistant Principal‐ Toula Finka 

Team 3 Years 7‐12 Assistant Principal‐ Pamela Carter Catherine Edwards (rel) 

Burru Class  Wali Class  Burra Class 

Teacher: 

Victoria Phan SLSO: 

Hayley Jones Teacher: 

Abhilash Mohan 

SLSO: 

Paul Thwaites Teacher: 

Sarah Anderson 

SLSO: 

Matthew McMartin 

Mogra Class  Jirrabity Class  Kirrawe Class 

Teacher: 

Frances De Bourbon 

SLSO: 

Kallyn Merritt Teacher: 

Cassandra Zaronias 

SLSO: 

Shae Vanderwilt 

Teacher: 

Catherine Edwards 

SLSO: 

Vaioleti Foiakau 

Kula Class  Wugganjin Class  Kung‐Gang Class 

Teacher: 

Joy Pulch SLSO: 

Sarah Blume Teacher: 

Courteney Sheehan 

SLSO: 

Karen Halliday Teacher: 

Pamela Carter SLSO: 

Aaron Beman 

Karuk Class  Bidjawong Class   

Teacher: 

Kristy Kirkham SLSO: 

Joanne Mertens 

Teacher: 

Toula Finka  SLSO: 

Sarah Thompson 

 Peter Skinner 

Principal 

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KIRRAWE CLASSKirrawe has had a very busy and exciting start to the year! We have made new  friends, met our new teachers and started some great programs in class.   Kirrawe  class  is made  up  of  Cat  (teacher)  Vai (SLSO)  and  students  Matthew,  Mahdi,  David, Mohammed,  Farid  and  Anne‐Marie  and  is George  Bass  School’s  senior  high  school  class.  We  are  also  lucky  enough  to  have  our  senior school captain Mahdi Rezai in our class!  We  have  just  started  our  Accelerated  Literacy unit for the term. We are reading the book The Rabbits  by  Shaun  Tan  and  John Marsden.  This book is about Australian colonisation and ties in closely  to  our  COGs  unit  Connections  with History.  During  this  unit we will  be  looking  at Australian  history  and  how  it  connects  to  our everyday lives.  Kirrawe  has  already  started  to  enjoy  our swimming  program  for  the  term  and we  have also learned to cook some great healthy foods. 

WALI CLASS Wali  class  has  had  a  fantastic  start  to  the year! All 5 boys are settling  in well, enjoying each  others’  company  and  learning  to work as a team.  We  are  learning  about  ‘Growing  and Changing’. Wali  class  is  focusing  on  the  life cycle  of  butterflies  and  ‘The  Hungry Caterpillar’  is our favourite book.  Each morning  in Morning  circle we  practice our  literacy,  numeracy  and  communication skills. We are  focusing on the different ways of  greeting  by  shaking  hands,  waving  and giving Hi5’s.  Other exciting programs  that we participate and  enjoy  are  swimming,  cooking,  sensory, George  Bass  Olympics,  art  and  craft, gardening and Music classes.  For Accelerated  Literacy we  are  reading  the book “ How the Birds got their Colours”.  Abhi,  Paul,  Jawad,  Moustapha,  Chawkat, Rafay  and  Abdul  Rrahman  are  having  an awesome Term 1 

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BURRU CLASS 

Welcome back to another year at George Bass School. In Burru class this year we are excited to have Ziad and Maher who are back for another year and a very big welcome to Abigail, Georgia and Batool who are new to our school. The class has settled into the routine and is ready to get into learning!  This semester Burru will be focusing on the book Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle  for  literacy. We will be  looking  at  the different  colours  in  the book  and studying animals featured in the book and their life cycles.   We  have  also  started  our  swimming  program;  working  on  being  happy  and confident in the water as well as water safety. The class enjoyed their first lesson and is looking forward to the next one.  

IMPORTANT DATES 

 

16/02/2015 Zoomobile at George Bass 17/02/2015 Meet the Teacher night and BBQ 21/03/2015 Harmony Day 27/03/2014 P&C Meeting 02/04/2015 Last day of term 1 


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