Friday April 13, 2018 TERM 1 WEEK 11 Gunnedah South Public School Relieving Principal: Mrs Nicole Walsh Deputy Principal: Mr Graham Conn Deputy Principal, Instructional Leader: Mrs Meleah Walters Assistant Principals: Mrs Justine Davies Mrs Judy McGowan Mrs Vicki Merlehan Mrs Lynda Heath Mrs Rebecah Higgins School Captains: Angus Waerea, Indiella Bryers Administration Manager: Mrs Kerryn Pryor Phone: 6742 1899 / 6742 1448 Fax: 6742 4217 Email: [email protected]Web site: www.gunnedahs-p.schools.nsw.edu.au WEEK 1,TERM 2 CALENDAR TERM 2 CALENDAR 08.05.18 P & C Meeting 7pm in Kitchen 08.05.18 State Tennis 09.05.18 Cross Country 10.05.18 AECG meeting at 4pm 10.05.18 Mothers Day Stall 11.05.18 Zone Rugby Union 2-3pm at Rugby Fields 14.05.18 NW PSSA Boys Final Cricket Trials 14.05.18 Bookfair all week 15.05.18 NAPLAN Language, Writing 16.05.18 NAPLAN Reading 17.05.18 NAPLAN Numeracy 18.05.18 Legends of League Tamworth 22.05.18 PBL Parent Workshop 2.30pm 30.05.18 Zone Softball Boys & Girls 2-3pm At Curlewis Sports Ground 08.06.18 Zone Cross Country at Curlewis Sports Ground 08.06.18 Poetry SLAM Workshop Stage 2&3 with Ruth McCauley 01.05.18 Term 2 commences for Students 02.05.18 NW Southern Boys Cricket Trials (Narrabri) 02.05.18 Girls Cricket Match Vs Tamworth Public at Tamworth
It was an extremely busy week to end the term with many students participating in the coal miners cup, sports rep trials, Gala days, the final evening of 7s Rugby as well as State swimming at Homebush in Sydney.
The choir and practice for the Gunnedah Eisteddfod is underway and we are very fortunate to have Mr Brown and Mrs Christie to provide expertise in the area of performing arts.
Displays for the Show were finalised, and show entries put in. Thank you to all staff involved in setting up the South school display.
We have many extra programs and learning opportunities provided at South, and I cannot thank the staff enough for always taking on extra tasks in order for the students to have as many of these opportunities as possible.
Uniform Change We will have a ‘transition period’ from summer to winter uniform for the first 2 weeks of the term.
For the first 2 weeks of term 2, students will be able to wear their summer OR winter uniform depending on the weather.
At the beginning of week 3, which is the 14th May 2018, all students will be expected to wear their full winter uniform.
The uniform shop here at school stocks everything required; other than the girls winter tunic.
ANZAC DAY
ANZAC Day is the Wednesday of the second
week of the holidays. South has always had a
large representation of students marching as a
sign of respect to those who have served our
country.
Time: 10am
Where: Mitre 10 Carpark
Wear: Full summer uniform and hat.
Bring: Students may carry a drink bottle with them if needed.
The march will begin at 10:40 sharp.
Congratulations and Farewell to Mrs Worley
Congratulations to Mrs Shanyn Worley who has been appointed as the Principal of Attunga Public School. Shanyn has been a classroom teacher for 18 years at Gunnedah South and has taken on leadership roles as Assistant Principal S2 whilst here. Mrs Worley has been the relieving Principal at Tambar Springs Public School since the beginning of 2017 and will now be the permanent Principal of Attunga.
We thank her for her hard work and dedication to the students she has taught and the staff she has mentored and supervised.
On behalf of the staff, students and entire South school community, I wish her every success in her new role as Principal.
Principal’s Message
S3 Choir It was my pleasure last Tuesday to be invited to the S3 Choir practice.
WOW! Finding words to describe the choir at practice is difficult. Listening to these students sing made me feel ‘tingly’.
They were concentrating, enjoying themselves, confident, AMAZING!
Mr Brown is an engaging conductor and Mrs
Passfield and Mrs Merlehan can’t stop smiling they are so proud of these students. This group of students not only sing well together, but are obviously supportive of one another and are relishing the teamwork!
Well done to you all.
Show Success There were many entries from South students in this
year’s Gunnedah Show. Entries included writing,
artwork, photography, cooking and produce. Thank
you to Mrs Cooper, Mrs Keeler Mrs Sams, Ms
Stanger for organising entries from the kitchen and
garden. Also to Miss Tudgey and Miss Reynolds and
their team for their organisation.
Results include...
Cooking
2 first place: muffins and pickles
1 second place: muffins
1 third place: decorated gingerbread men
Produce
There were 17 entries from school and we received: 5 first places and 8 second places.
A great result and thank you to everyone involved.
Term 2 Dates The first day of term 2 is a school development day and teachers will be participating in professional development based on Visible Learning at Gunnedah High school, along with
other schools from the surrounding area.
Please remember that:
STUDENTS RETURN ON
TUESDAY MAY 1st.
Our Fabulous P and C One of the South school’s P and C fund raising initiatives is the annual Gunnedah Show clean up. On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings, members of the school community came out in force to clean up the showground.
It is actually very pleasant , with many parents, students and staff walking together, chatting and laughing in the early morning, and not an arduous task at all.
Below is just a snapshot of those who volunteered their time on Sunday morning; please note that there were many, many more who were not pictured.
Special mention must go to the students, former students and parents who volunteered before work and school on Friday morning!
Current students included:
Sid Cooper, Phoebe Street, Claire and Charlie Barnes
Former students were Olivia Guest, Ben Neale and Lilly Street.
Thank you to Duncan Hill, branch manager of
Landmark Gunnedah for the use of their
truck, Andrew Stephens and James Goodall for
driving and to all the dads who loaded the bins
and took them to the tip. Your time was very
much appreciated.
It was noted that Mrs Donoghue was
unstoppable on Saturday morning, tossing bins
off the back of the truck. A huge effort!
Funds raised through the show clean up will go toward much needed concreting under the western gate shelter.
Thank you to all for a great
South School effort!
State Swimmers Students from South were well represented in the North West swimming squad and competed in individual and relay events at the Homebush aquatic Centre, Sydney during week 11.
The following information was received on Thursday concerning the relays.
Maguire, Charlie Duff, Mayse Frey, Eli Clark, Jacob Martin, Marnee Walters, Harley Eveleigh, Stevie Borthistle, Ryan Rayward, Addison Morris, Charli Wyllie, Amelia
Roberts, Lucy Semmler, Isabella Lennan
2nd April —8th April—WEEK 10 Term 1
TOP CLASS 2/3B 16,927
TOP STUDENTS Ivy Fouracre 6,610
Cooper Mitchell 3,691
Alex Cobb 3,320
Another great week in Mathletics.
Congratulations to all the students.
No act of Kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted!
KINDNESS CHANGES THE WORLD!
The PBL focus this week was Kindness. Being kind shows respect for yourself and others, which is one
of our school values being Respectful. Students engaged in lessons and different activities around
kindness. All classes created a Kindness Chain. We have put this on display in the Library. This has
created many discussions amongst students, staff and visitors to the school. It has been pleasing to see
the ‘Acts of Kindness’ that have taken place within the school this week and encourage the use of
random acts of kindness- developing a pay it forward way of acting.
Kindness is not an act!
It’s a lifestyle!
This week Kyren and Tyren have been working hard in the MC class even
though it’s week 11 and the end of term. They have been learning to spell words
that begin with the blend ‘Sp’ and find word meanings in the dictionary.
They took a break from their work to have a yarn about what they like.
Kyren
If I could be an animal I would be a fish
as I like swimming.
I also like going to Subway so I can eat a
foot long and cookies.
I enjoy playing Rugby on Friday nights.
Tyren
If I could be an animal I would be a frilled
neck lizard.
I like going to porcupine lookout in the
car and looking at Gunnedah.
I play rugby and like tackling.
Yarn Up
with
Kyren & Tyren
The Students enjoying a visit with
Super Southy
The Premiers Reading challenge is on again this year! It is a great way to get students reading. Students are able to choose books from a (very
long) list of books for their age level and read as many books as they can. K-2 are aiming for 30 books and 3-6 are aiming for 20. All books must be entered on the website (information provided on the next page) by 31st
August 2018! The aim is for students to challenge themselves and find
books that wouldn’t usually read. See Miss Reynolds in the Library for
more information or help entering
the books you have read.
Slight change in dates! The Book Fair will be here in week 3 of term 2. 14th-18th May! We can’t
wait to see what books are available Our borrowing challenge is off to a great start this year! Lots of students are remembering to bring in their library bags to borrow fit books for their classroom or to take home. 4R
have shot up the leader board this term to take first place! With a massive 169
points and 6 students with 100% borrowing for this term 4R will be
having a popcorn movie party in their Library lesson next week!
Congratulations 4R! Make sure you are bringing your library bag and borrowing
each week so you can earn point for
your class and beat them next term!
Use this sheet to track the books you have read for the Premiers Reading Challenge. A list of books eligible for
the challenge can be found at this website: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html Simply log in using your student details (the same way you would log onto the school computers). There are also
coloured stickers on books throughout the library to make it easier to choose books that are on the list.
Save the Date!
Gunnedah South will be celebrating
Grandparents Day on Friday 15th June!
Gunnedah South has a long tradition of commemorating local servicemen and women and the spirit of ANZAC. Students are encouraged to participate in the ANZAC Day March on the 25th of April. This year ANZAC day falls during the school holidays. All students participating are to meet on the
roadside near Mitre 10 at 10.00am.
Summer uniform is to be worn by all students. As the weather is still quite warm students are
required to wear their red school hat and can carry a water bottle with them if they wish.
PSSA Rugby League Trials
We had a great day out at the PSSA Rugby League trials All the players from Gunnedah South were excellent with a high standard of
play on show all day. The selectors had a tough time with finalising the teams. Cley Durrant, Owen Shoesmith and Chad Fisher
were selected in the Southern Zone teams to go to Tamworth. Gunnedah South students demonstrated outstanding Sportsmanship
throughout the day. A big thank you to Justin Fisher, Matt Durrant and Phil Shoesmith for their expert guidance of our teams.. A big
thank you must also go to Tash Fisher and the Gunnedah Junior Rugby League for the tre-mendous canteen and facilities provided on
the day.
United Coal Miners Cup Gala Day
On Thursday 12th April several students from Gunnedah
South represented our school at the United Coal Miners
Cup Gala Day. Every student demonstrated wonderful
sportsmanship and some excellent skills.
The annual competition has a long proud history in the
community and every student from South played in the
spirit of the day. A huge thank you Phil Shoesmith, Nick Wild,
Matt Durrant and Justin Fisher for their support during the day.
A huge congratulations to the Girls Tag Team who were
undefeated for the day!
The ‘Special Men’s Group’ Cooking
This week Mr. Silver, Mr. Gleeson and Mr Conn cooked cakes for the Gunnedah Show chocolate cake competition. They turned out pretty well
so the ladies at the CWA will have some tough decisions to make on Saturday. Mr Gleeson and Mr. Conn both voted Mr. Silver as the ‘Cake
Boss’ of the day. Thanks to Mrs Keeler for guiding us (especially Mr. Conn) for our cooking session. It was a lot of fun.
Primary Dance for Sport
During sport this Term, Stage 3 students have volunteered to participate in a Dance Program with Kerrilee Miller from T2K Dance. Students have been learning to use the
elements of dance to perform dance sequences to music. They are beginning to master their dance and are becoming more confident each week.
I was very impressed to see the progress they have made in such a short space of time.
Miss Pankhurst – Dance Coordinator
Drama with 6W
6D love to get into drama. This week we had some fantastic role play activities. Next stop is the Oscars for some of our
young entertainers.
Around the World with the
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (SAKG)
In the past month, students of Gunnedah South have been cooking up dishes from other
cultures. In weeks 5 and 6, students got a taste of China and looked at the Chinese New
Year Celebration. They cooked San Choy Bow, Chicken and Ginger Wontons and Fried Rice.
These recipes were made possible due to a wonderful bulk donation of chicken from
The Tamworth Steggles Shop.
During weeks 7 and 8, the children have had the pleasure of cooking some Moroccan
recipes. Spiced Carrot Salad, Chicken and Couscous Salad and Flat Bread were the
delicious dishes on the menu.
Thank you to The Tamworth Steggles Shop for the donation of chicken, Wholegrain
Milling, who continue to support the program by donating all of our flour. To Aldi who
donate fresh fruit and vegetables each week, that we are not able to grow, and to
Manildra for their kind donations of salt, sugar and oil. This support for our program is
greatly appreciated.
We
Science & History With 2LZ
I t has been a very busy few weeks in 2LZ with lots of hands of activities in science and history.
The children have been studying the History Unit,
‘The Past in the Present’. We have had lots of interesting discussions whilst exploring how things were in the past. As part of the discussion about
the purpose of museums and how things were discovered, we looked at fossils. Last week in class
we made our own trace fossils, using a dough made from flour, salt, coffee grounds and brewed
coffee. We have been very excited with the results.
Right: Tim, Arabella, Imagen and Deacon with their trace fossils.
In Science, the students have been learning about the needs of living things - water, shelter, energy and
oxygen, and where each of these come from.
Last week, the students made balloon rockets, with balloons, straws and string, demonstrating
how all things need energy to move. The students enjoyed
investigating how the amount of energy put into the balloon affected the speed and distance it
could travel.
Left: Sophie, Imagen and Tyler C with their rocket.
