Dear Parents and Care Givers

Students at Gosnells Primary School have been celebrating Science Week this week. Mrs Anthony has worked alongside classroom teachers to provide some fantastic learning experiences around the Science Week Theme, ‘Destination Moon: more missions, more science’. Children from Year 1 – 6 had the opportunity to visit Scitech’s Space Dome and the week concluded with a performance from our newly established junior choir, accompanying an exhibition of work created by students and teachers from across the school.

Our Interschool Cricket Team will travel to Sutherlands Park today to represent our school at the annual SRSA T20 Blast School Cup. A boys’ and girls’ team, supervised by Miss Paskos, Mr Price, Miss Williams and Mrs Edgelow, has been selected, with an opportunity to progress to regional and then state finals if successful at this carnival. We wish them all the very best of luck.

All parents and carers of children with a language background other than English are invited to our annual Multicultural Morning Tea on Thursday, 28 March. This event recognises and celebrates the cultural diversity of our school, with a major focus on how to support the speech and language development of children as well as finding out how to get involved around our school. We look forward to meeting the many families in our school who come from a culture other than our own.

Harmony Day will be celebrated at Gosnells Primary School on Friday, 29 March. This is an opportunity for our school to acknowledge and celebrate the cultural diversity of our community. Students, staff and parents are encouraged to dress in their traditional costume of their home country. Any students not able to dress in traditional costume are encouraged to wear Orange – the colour associated with Harmony Day.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the fantastic staff who work with your children day in and day out for the manner in which they have ensured such a smooth start to 2019 for all our families. This year’s Parent Interviews will be held in the final week of Term One on Tuesday, 9 April, providing parents the opportunity to find out exactly how their child has settled into the new year and the progress they are making in English and Mathematics as well as Attitude, Behaviour and Effort. All parents will have a 10 minute session allocated with their child’s classroom teacher during which time teachers will focus their discussions on Literacy and Numeracy development, as well as general work habits. Additional “interviews” can be scheduled with teachers if parents require a more in-depth discussion. A form for parents to request times will go home with students later next week with confirmation of interview times being sent home on Friday, 5 April. Please make advanced plans for Tuesday, 9 April as school will close at 11:00am to cater for these sessions.

Chris Tallentire MLA, our local state MP, has once again donated a $250 bike voucher to be awarded to one lucky student who has paid their Voluntary Contributions in full by Friday, 28 June. Voluntary Contributions can be paid in cash at the front office or online using our new QKR App. This prize, along with a second $250 voucher for a lucky student who has maintained 90% attendance throughout first semester, will be presented at our school assembly on Friday, 5 July.

Every year the school produces an Annual Report to the community. The 2018 Annual Report is now available electronically through Schools Online or in hard copy by request from the Front Office.

Regards

Craig

Thursday, 21 March Summer Sports Carnival

Interschool Cricket - SRSA T20 Blast School Cup (Sutherlands Park)

Friday, 22 March

Science Week Dress Up Day Dress in anything ‘science related’

for a gold coin donation

Monday, 25 March Young Leaders Excursion

Tuesday, 26 March Uniform Shop Open 8:15am to 9:00am

Thursday, 28 March Uniform Shop Open 8:15am to 9:00am

Multicultural Morning Tea

Library - 9:30am to 11:00am

Friday, 29 March Assembly - Room 2

Harmony Day Celebrations

Dress in traditional costume or wear the colour orange

Saturday, 6 April

The Fathering Project Busy Bee School grounds (9:00am to 11:00am)

(For families who registered to attend only)

Friday, 12 April ANZAC Recognition Ceremony

Final day of Term One

Principal: MR CRAIG ANDERSON

Deputy Principals: MS LAUREN HOOK AND

MRS SUZANNE PEARSON

Program Coordinator (Autism):

MRS ALISON WADE

21 March 2019 4

School Banking will be recommencing

on Monday, 25 March

8:15am in the Muster Area

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Bronze Pride Award Certificate on 15 March 2019:

Matthew and Roman.

BRONZE AWARDS

Yeabsera, Theophilus, John, Skylah, Katie-Laine, Maria, Louis, Sahil, Jackson, Aaliyah, Balteg, Ekam, Logan, Seth, Haniya, Ryan, Myla, Arvind, Murthaza, Jaxon, Aher, Chanel, Alexander and Elisha.

HONOUR CERTIFICATES - 15 MARCH 2019

AWARDS - CONGRATULATIONS

P&C NEWS Our AGM was held last week and it was a huge success! We had close to 30 people in attendance and over 40 people have joined the P&C! It was so exciting to walk into an overflowing room of people. The new office bearers are:

President: Karen Schokker Vice President: Calvary Din Secretary: Natasha Coombes Treasurer: Sean Carthew

It's wonderful to have new members join the Canteen, Fundraising and Uniform Committees. I would like to thank Candice Arends for her service as last year's President and all parents and P&C members who helped throughout last year. Keep an eye on this space for new and exciting events coming up! Thanks Karen Schokker (P&C President)

SCHOOL BANKING

At the P&C Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 13 March, a new School Banking Co-ordinator was appointed. We would like to welcome Kim Paki to the role and thank her for volunteering. School Banking will recommence on Monday, 25 March at 8:15am in the Muster Area. We would like to farewell Tim Lesko who has volunteered as our School Banking Co-ordinator since Term Two 2018. Unfortunately, Tim is no longer able to volunteer his time in this role and we thank him for the fantastic service he has provided to our School community. Our School Banking volunteers are vital in helping teach students the importance of saving regularly. For your information there are 8 new reward items for 2019 from the Polar Savers range:

Scented Stackable Highlighters Snowy Origami Set Icicle Slapband Ruler Yeti Fluffy Notepad Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring Scratch Art Cards Water Skimming Bounce Ball Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

Term One rewards available while stocks last are the Scented Stackable Highlighter and the Snowy Origami Set. Rewards can be redeemed when you collect 10 Dollarmite tokens. One token is issued for each deposit made. If you would like to join the School Banking program please visit the School office for an information brochure which explains how to set up your child’s account.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION