Gloucester Public School Newsletter Opportunity - Innovation - Excellence

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Term 2 Week 8 Tuesday 18th June 2019

Dates to Remember 18/6 PSSA Boys Hockey 20/6 Pie Order Pick Up 2.30 –

3.30pm in the hall 21/6 PSSA Girls Hockey (home game) 26/6 NAIDOC Day at GPS

with Koomurri visiting 4/7 Semester 1 Reports go

home 4/7 PJ Day – SRC Fundraiser Term 3 31/7 School Spelling Bee

(primary) 1/8 Beanie for Brain Cancer Day (change of date) 2/8 Zone Athletics at

Tuncurry Oval 19/8 Book Fair & Grandparents’ Day 19-23/8 Book Week at GPS 20-22/8 Stage 3 Bathurst Excursion Term 4 10/12 Presentation Night 17/12 Year 6 Farewell Term 2 Assemblies 21/06 1/2S 28/06 3/4J 05/07 Expectation Assemblies

Uniform Shop is open every

Friday morning 8.30am – 10.00am

P&C Meeting – June 24 – 7.00pm All very welcome (library)

Gloucester Public School Choir delivers a moving performance at the Taree & District Eisteddfod

Once again, and for eight years in a row, Gloucester Public School Choir has been awarded first place at the 2019 Taree & District Eisteddfod. Students performed a medley of songs from the famous Les Miserables stage show. Comments from the adjudicator included the following –

You had great focus from the beginning – well done! An enthusiastic opening. Lovely singing, nice part-singing and dynamic contrast. Lovely movements – very fluid and appropriate to the lyrics. I like how your movements supported the lyrics, not detracted from them. OH WOW! – spine-tingling solo – well done young man! Well supported by the group. Thank you for a wonderful performance. I enjoyed every single moment. Thank you for all the work you have put into learning the lyrics and the movements. Keep up the good work!

Thank you Mrs McLeod and Mrs Burrows for all your hard work, expertise and dedication to our choir each week.

NAIDOC Day 2019 – Wednesday 26th June 2019 Each student will receive lunch on the day. Students can purchase recess from the canteen as per normal. An order form is again in this newsletter for additional sausage sandwiches on NAIDOC Day. The school will pay for each student to receive a sausage on a bun, drink and a treat on the day. If your child wishes to have an additional sausage sandwich, then you will need to complete the order form and send it to school with $3.00 by tomorrow Wednesday 19th June. Thank you! Previous newsletters can be found on the school website and our SkoolBag App. Printed additional order forms can also be asked for at the school admin office.

CONGRATULATIONS I am so very proud of all our recent achievements, on the sporting fields, at community events, competitions and within our classrooms. If you have read our last few newsletters and our App, you will have noticed all the great things our students and staff are doing. Gloucester Public School is a great school with fabulous teachers and wonderful students. Thank you to all the parents/carers who support our ventures. We could not do it without you. Have you seen our new signs?

Yours in Education - Leanne Wakefield, Principal

Class Awards (Week 7) 3/4G Krystal Penfold Hailee Labry Deekin McIlroy Mackenzie Young (E) 3/4J Kaylie Maslen Bradley Higgins Christopher Bolton Reannah Yates (E) 3/4L Olivia Wade Indi Dodds Kiala Hardy Ivy Kellehear (E) 5/6B Olivia Kearney Harmony Osland William Wooster Mitchell Whitby (E) 5/6C Jessica Howard Matilda Dillon Kayla Blanch Jimmy Pritchard (E) 5/6T Harvey Willis Jamie Richards Shannon Atkins Dylan Crossley Cheyla Selby (E) 5/6M Riley Marsh Hannah Leimgruber Mia Hardy Rhys Summerville (E)

FOR SALE

Lettuce from our school garden

$1.00 – see Mrs Groves

Year 7 in 2020 at GHS For those parents planning to send their child to Gloucester High School in 2020, you should have received an application to enrol in the post in the last week. Please ensure you read this package carefully and return it to the high school by the due date. If you require any information, please feel free to contact the high school. Of course, we will also attempt to assist you with any questions you may have regarding this process. Rod Maggs Assistant Principal – Stage 3 PSSA Basketball Competition – Round 2 Our PSSA Boys’ basketball team were pumped as they walked down to the Recreation Centre last Tuesday for their first game of the PSSA competition. The boys had a bye for Round 1 so this was to be their first outing as a team. With an audience comprising of the girls’ netball teams and a scattering of parents, the nerves were high. The boys took the court with confidence and played a magnificent first half with accurate passing and good communication. Sam showed his confidence scoring the first points for the game, using his height and strength to his advantage. Rhys, Shannon and Brady also added to the scoring frenzy, becoming more accurate in the second half. Jake and Harvey were aggressive in defence despite this being their first ever game of basketball. Riley and Jackson took multiple rebounds and made it really difficult for Wingham to get shots at the goal. Well done to the team who made their coaches proud, winning 23-19. A big thank you to Scott Chester and Rob Llewellyn for umpiring and Mrs Atkins for scoring the match. Team members: Jackson Moore, Rhys Summerville, Jake Coombes, Shannon Atkins, Brady Johnston, Harvey Willis, Sam Collie, Riley Marsh Emily Bosworth and Felicity Willis PSSA Basketball Co-ordinators

K/1/2 ASSEMBLY

Friday, 21st June

2.15pm in the hall

Hosts = 1/2S

PSSA Netball Competition – Round 3 Last Tuesday, our enthusiastic netball players walked down to the netball courts for their second game of the PSSA competition. The girls began steadily, using a number of the set game plays taught by Mrs Maslen in training over the past few weeks. Wingham drew ahead slightly, dominating in the circle with a tall and accurate goal shooter. There was only a few goals between the two teams throughout the whole game, with all the girls playing well. Despite a determined effort, the girls were unable to claw their way back, losing 17-21. A big thank you to Mrs Maslen for umpiring and Mrs Kearney for scoring the match. Team members; Lilli Zycki, Mia Hardy, Isabella Gunn, Bianca Jackson, Ruby Tonks, Kaitlyn Beggs, Emily Beggs, Emma Bignell and Olivia Kearney. Loryn Bratfield and Felicity Willis PSSA Netball Co-ordinators

Primary Sport in Week 8 Due to many of our primary students heading up to Gloucester High School to watch their performance of The Wizard of Oz on Friday 28 June, normal winter sport rotations will be cancelled on this day. Sport will resume as normal the following week. Rod Maggs Assistant Principal – Stage 3 PSSA HOCKEY KNOCKOUT!

What a win! Today the boys’ hockey team travelled to

Taree to play Barrington in the PSSA Hockey Knockout Competition. They

played a fabulous game and won 3-0. Well done boys! Full story next week. Team: Liam Wamsley, Matthew Woods, Rhys Summerville, Jonas De Angelis, Jackson Moore, Drew Gorton, Tiko Samson, Jacob Edwards, Bailey Murison, Lachlan Sansom, Christopher Bolton, Cody Sparke, Asher Baker and Brodie Baker.

Girls’ Team Update On Friday 21 June (this Friday) the girls’ hockey team will head to Cook Park to play their Round 3 game against Raymond Terrace Public School. The girls will leave school at approximately 10.00am to walk to Cook Park and the game will be played 11.00am. After the game they will return to school for a normal school day. Parents and carers are most welcome to come along and watch. Good Luck Girls! Mel Seale and Kim Macdonald (Hockey Coordinators)

Beyblade Tournament We will be holding our Beyblade Tournaments during the next 2 weeks (Weeks 9 and 10). The rules of the competition and sign up sheet are in the library but

there are limited spaces so please be quick. Students who wish to compete in the tournament will need to supply their own beyblade. This is for primary students only. Students are reminded to clearly label all items that they bring to school. Mel Seale

GLOUCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING HELD 27th May 2019

Meeting opened 7.06 pm Attendance: As per attendance book Minutes: Minutes from previous meeting read. Amendment to the school banking thank you letters. Moved: Ruth Seconded: Nicole Business arising: • NAIDOC Day 26/6/19- AECG meeting was cancelled. Sally will follow up Juanita in regards to updating school

aboriginal artwork.

• Vegie garden greenhouse- Sally to follow up

• Firewood raffle will be scheduled for 19th August (Grandparents Day).

• Pie Drive orders are out.

Moved: Katherine Seconded: Erin Correspondence: see correspondence book. Moved: Robyn Seconded: Sally Uniform Shop: • Stock on hand to be counted soon. Moved: Leanne K Seconded: Nicole Fundraising: • Mother’s Day stall 9/5/19- went well. • Pie Drive 20/6/19- underway Moved: Nicole Seconded: Ruth Treasurer’s Report: see attached report Moved: Robyn Seconded: Nicole Canteen Report: see attached report • Idea to put recipes into newsletter with a photo. Moved: Ruth Seconded: Sally Principals Report: see attached report General Business: • My Community Project- grant submitted for infants’ playground equipment. • Discussion around parents receiving notification if child is to receive an award. Parents don’t know and then miss

the assembly. • Skoolbag App- can Leanne W use the calendar to store important dates? Possibly • Infants Sports Carnival- no reminder on App. Apology from Leanne W

- Parents being unable to sign out children direct from the Sports Carnival worked well. Good to have carnivals close together (infants and primary)

• Discussion around Year 2 excursion – when will it be held and what will the excursion be. • Some of the GPS artwork from Gloucester Show will be displayed in the Gloucester Art Gallery over the next few

weeks. Moved: Sally Seconded: Nicole

Meeting closed at 8.15 pm Next General Meeting to be held 24th June 2019.