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FRANKLIN NEWSLETTER

TERM 4 | Monday 11th November 2019 | ISSUE 5

Week 5

Monday 11th Nov

Remembrance Day 11am

Proud & Deadly Awards

Bila Park 4:30pm

Tuesday 12th Nov

K-2 Tennis

Friday 15th November

Oxley Assembly 2:15pm

Band—Wagga

Community Sport

Week 6

Friday 22nd November

Sturt Assembly 2:15pm

Year 6 Full Transition Day

at Tumut High

Community Sport

Mr Ken Green

It is with sadness that

our Franklin family have

lost a much respected

former friend, mentor

and teacher. Mr Green,

who was Principal at

Franklin from 1985 to

1992, passed away last

week. Our sincere

condolences to the

Green family. Vale

TOGETHER WE LEARN

Student Voice

Kian Knight & Blaze Symons are our budding journalists for

Student Voice this week. They are discussing the Mogo Excursion,

and upcoming events at Franklin.

Blaze:

Kian:

Hi, my name is Kian and I am in Year 6 Lawson. I

like Science at school and my favourite sport is

swimming, especially breaststroke. I have a cat

named Drago and we live with my Mum, Dad,

brother and Nan and Pop.

Last week’s

big news

was the

Stage 2

Mogo

excursion. I

spoke with

Lincoln

Jaques about his experience. Lincoln said

“The whole excursion was great. My favourite

parts were the gold panning and the bush

dance which was the best fun. At the zoo I really

liked watching

the giraffes. I

think even the

teachers had

heaps of fun.”

Today at

Franklin we held

a service for

Remembrance

Day with a

minutes silence

at 11am. This

day marks the

end of WW1

and I think it’s

important to stop and remember all those

Anzac soldiers who defended our country in the

wars.

A reminder to Year 6 students that we have a

full transition day at Tumut High School on

Friday 22nd November. We will get a timetable

and attend classes like we will in Year 7.

Students are to wear their school uniform on

this day. Thank you for reading Student Voice.

Hi, my name is Blaze and I am in Macarthur. Maths is my favourite subject at school and I love to ride my BMX bike. At home I have 2 cats and a dog named Rusty.

The Proud and Deadly Awards are on today at 4.30pm at Bila Park. All students are reminded to wear their school uniform.

We have a busy end of year coming up at Franklin with Community Sport, Assemblies, Farewells and Class parties.

The Year 6 Farewell Dinner is being held on Tuesday 10th December at Club Tumut. All Year 6 students and their parents are invited to attend. Notes for this event will go home shortly.

A Message from the Principal:

WEAR our UNIFORM WITH PRIDE We are drawing close to the end of the school year. 2019 has proven to be successful and we have achieved outstanding results, improved learning outcomes and achieved great successes. School uniform is something which we require our students to take great pride in wearing. The school uniform for both boys and girls is: green basketball shorts and our school shirt, tunics and skorts for girls, green track pants and school jumpers on cooler days.

SOCKS are to be black or white ONLY. SHOES are to be black.

We have some important celebrations coming up in the next couple of weeks and would like all students to be proud of wearing their school uniform every day.

CELEBRATING FRANKLIN!

TOGETHER WE LEARN

Celebrating Reading!

Last week Franklin students took part in The Great Book

Swap which celebrated reading locally while raising mon-

ey. Miss Page and the SRC would like to thank all the

students and families that supported this great cause! In

combination with our raffle we raised an incredible $780

which will go towards much-needed books for Indige-

nous kids in remote communities.

Special thanks goes to Rebecca Connolly who was an in-

tegral part of this fundraiser!

Stage 2 Mogo Excursion

Parents and family waved farewell to 65 Stage 2 students last Wednesday as they headed off for another exciting 2 night

excursion to Mogo. Franklin Public School holds educational excursions for all students and they are greatly anticipated

and always enjoyed.

The bus departed at 7:30 am and the first stop was Murrumbateman for recess

and then Braidwood for lunch. Next stop was Malua Bay Beach, where students

splashed about and had boogie board and sand castle competitions. As a treat,

Mr Reddy bought what he described as the largest supply of fish and chips he

had ever seen.

Students and teachers dusted off

the sand, boarded the bus, drove to

their accommodation, unpacked

and enjoyed a bit of free time (well

the students did). After a hearty

meal at the Gold Digger’s Tavern, students heard some fascinating stories

about Aboriginal culture from a local Yuin man around the campfire. Every-

one enjoyed marshmallows before hitting the hay for a good night’s rest.

Day 2 was even more action packed as students headed off to the mag-

nificent Mogo Zoo. They also visited Gold Rush Village where they

panned for gold, saw a real life blacksmith ply his trade and attended a

school from the 1800s. The difference between education now and then

really hit home for many students who were happy they are students of

2019. The souvenir and lolly shop did good business with the Franklin

students keen to buy treats for themselves and

their families. Following this the team headed

back to the Gold Rush Inn for a dip in the pool,

dinner and some more fun and learning tradi-

tional bush dances with the ClydesDales Folk band. Students slept well after such a big day as

did teachers and the brave parents who joined the trip.

The final day saw students pack the bus for their return to Tumut. On the drive back they visited Broulee Island walk and Bungendore. Students arrived back home to the welcoming arms of family, tired but excited to share the tales of another terrific ex-cursion. Thanks to all staff and parents who attended and to Goodes Coaches for the safe delivery of the precious cargo.

Winners of the SRC Book Swap Raffle:

Sophie Wentworth, Kierra Jeffery and Denise Beavan.

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported our SRC.

TOGETHER WE LEARN

At the SaCC

Tuesday - Baby Ccino 9.30 to 11.30am Wednesday - Let’s Play 9.30 to 11.30 am Wednesday - Gurinya Playgroup 12.30 to 2pm Thursday - Paint and Play 9.30 to 11.30am

Contact Laura at the SACC Building for more information 6947 6961

We do ask if you can bring along a piece of fruit to

share.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING AWARDS

ACHIEVEMENT Braiden Turner Billie Crampton

RESPECT Brayland Crampton-Cullen Kenzie Smith

SAFETY Ruby Murdoch Pippa Anderson

School Band is every Wednesday.

Please make sure your child has their musical instrument at school on Wednesdays.

HONOURS

Cook

Banks

Sturt

Flinders

Hume

Bass

Cook Jesse-James Post Jacob Moy Banks Maddison Duncombe Isla Murray

Sturt Isabella McGrath Jaxxon Hodges

Flinders Kiesha Moorhead Patrick Stuart

Hume Lacey Thatcher Lucas Monk

Bass Adeena Duncan Leila Nelson

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Peppa-Jane Burkill, KJ Freeman, Isobel Whitbread, Jesse Markopoulos

Bryce Jeffery, Sophia Lucas, Jace Freeman, Oliver Ridley Blake Pleming, Kezie Smith, McKenna Blewitt

Ryan Curtis, Ted Turner, Will Salmon, Chloe Loneragan

Jorja Mackinnon-Annetts, William Matthews, Hixen Duck, Kierra Jeffery

Reece Gilchrist, Mitchell Duncombe, Billie Crampton, Cooper Hollis

Count Us In

Along with nearly 1 million students across Australia—

Franklin Public were in fine voice last Thursday singing

“We Are”. Music Count Us In is a celebration of music

in schools.

Positive News from our Mogo Excursion

Franklin Public is a PBL school and we really encourage our students to follow the PBL values at all times. It

is always wonderful to hear positive feedback from people in the community about the excellent behaviour

of our students. Last week Mrs Stuckey received a letter from the proprietors of the Mogo Lolly Shop,

which our Stage 2 students visited on their recent excursion. The letter said “I wanted to write to you to

commend the students on their exemplary behaviour today in our shop. They were well behaved and ex-

tremely polite, a credit to your school and their parents.”

Well done Stage 2 students for following our PBL values.

FRANKLIN STARS — Week 5 Students who follow our PBL school values of:

RESPECT ~ ACHIEVEMENT ~ SAFETY

Emmitt

Banks

Lilly-Mae

Hume

Elysia

Macarthur

CELEBRATING FRANKLIN!

TOGETHER WE LEARN

P&C NEWS

The P&C are holding a Xmas Hamper Raffle to be drawn at their street stall on Thursday 21st November. Could students please bring their donated goods to the office by Wednesday 20th.

P & C Franklin’s Christmas Hamper

We are going to collect donations this year towards our

Christmas Raffle and would like our Franklin Families to

support. Each stage will bring in different items.

STAGE 1

Please bring in Decorations E.g. tinsel, bon bons, fairy

lights, candy canes.

STAGE 2

Please bring in Christmas Treats E.g. shortbread,

chocolates, pudding, drinks.

STAGE 3

Christmas Feast E.g. long life products, custard, cake mix,

jelly, tin fruit.

Please take all donated items to your class teacher.

P & C will make sure that every class that contributes will

get a special reward at the end of the year.

Cook in Action

CANTEEN ROSTER

Mon - 11.11 L. Oxley

Tue - 12.11 B. Baker

Thur - 14.11 K. Whittaker

Mon - 18.11 K. Oxenbridge, K. Whittaker

Tue - 19.11 J. Hodges

Thur - 21.11 M. Hartwick

Mon - 25.11 K. Cobden, P. Martin

Tue - 26.11 D. Emonson, J. Kitchener

Thur - 28.11 L. Quinnell

Mon - 02.12 J. Hodges

For the last 2

terms Cook has

been lucky

enough to be

involved in the

Rainbow yoga

program that is

ran by Laura

Martin from the

SaCC. The

students have

learnt a variety

of yoga poses

and have been able to go on mindfulness journeys.

Here Cook are using

their Area skills to

measure their hand.

Student had to trace

their hand and then

glue fruit loops in-

side the area their

hand had taken up.

Students are

again working

on their

measurement

skills. Here

they are

measuring the

length of

objects in the

classroom

using counters.