Week 8 Term 1 Friday 20 March 2020

Gillieston Public School

Phone: 02 4932 7542

Email: gillieston‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEBSITE

www.gillieston‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au

SCHOOL HOURS

Supervision from: 8.35am

Classes begin: 9.05am

Classes finish: 3.05am

NOTES SENT HOME

P & C Harmony Day

DATES TO REMMEBER

3/04/2020 ‐ Den st Visit ‐ Cancelled

8/04/2020 ‐ Easter Hat Parade ‐ Cancelled

SPORT /PE ‐ TERM 1

Sport ‐ Friday

PE ‐ SISA Program ‐ Tuesday

WEEKLY ASSEMBLIES

Every Friday 2.15pm

K ‐ 2 ‐ Odd Weeks

3 ‐ 6 ‐ Even Weeks

NEXT P & C MEETING

To be confirmed

CANTEEN OPEN

Wednesday ‐ Friday

UNIFORM SHOP

MONDAY ‐ FRIDAY

In the School Office

EFTPoS facili es available

WELCOME

Dear Families,

We have had some very posi ve events and achievements over the past two

weeks that everyone at Gillieston Public School should be proud to celebrate.

Our School Leader Induc on ceremony conducted on Monday 9 March 2020

was a great celebra on which was well a ended by parents, carers and

extended family. Our special guests made special men on of how calm and

a en ve our collec ve student group was and how smart they looked in their

school uniforms. Congratula ons to our various school leaders on being

recognised during this special event. Each student leader received a badge

that recognises their posi on as well as a cer ficate present by Member for

Maitland, Ms Jenny Aitchison.

A number of our students have recently trialled for various spor ng teams as

a part of the Maitland PSSA. Congratula ons to Zalia and Ceanna who were

successful in being selected in the district squad for Girls’ Football.

Unfortunately, due to current circumstances, there will be no PSSA spor ng

events in the near future.

Our self‐serve home reader program has been launched and is proving a real

hit with our students. Mrs Hunt and Mrs Griffiths are available to help parents

select and exchange readers on a daily basis at the commencement of each

day. The program is proving popular with our younger students, but it would

be fantas c to see more of our primary students becoming more engaged.

I have been in contact with representa ves from the Department of

Educa on Infrastructure group and Maitland City Council in rela on to the

issues with roads around our school. In par cular, I have raised the narrow

nature of Northview Street and the damaged verge, as well as the lack of

footpaths and entrances on Ryan’s Road and Gillieston Road. While we wait

for their collec ve response, I encourage everyone to drive with extra cau on

around our school during morning and a ernoon periods.

Have a good weekend.

David Crowe

(PS: Did you note that the ‘C’ phrase was not men oned once!)

School Development Day – Thursday 9 April – S ll going ahead

Parents and carers are advised that Gillieston Public School will engaged in a

professional learning day on Thursday 9 April. Staff will be developing their

capacity to delivery on‐line educa on programs for students if there is a need

to close our school.

There will be no supervision at Gillieston Public School on this day, which is

the last Thursday before the Easter weekend.

Website Changes

Over the past couple of weeks there have been some minor

changes made to our school website to assist parents,

carers and families to access school informa on with

greater ease. There is a new tab ‘For Parents’ which

contains headings, Notes, Canteen, Forms & Informa on.

Under the informa on heading is where you will find

Reading Program

Reading Bug K-2

Home Reading Heroes 3-6

This week we are ready to go with our new Home Reading

Program for K‐6. Books can be changed from the home

reading book trolley located inside the library door from

8:35 to 9:00am Monday to Friday with the assistance of

Mrs Griffiths.

Classroom teachers will provide a list to Mrs Griffiths as a

guide for levelled readers. Please note that the book should

be easy to read, therefore may be a different level to what

children are reading in class with their teacher.

How to borrow

Return books into the return tray.

Select your new book

Write the name of the book on your log

Hand in your home reading log a er 25 nights of reading

Return the book when you have finished and start again!

general informa on, currently informa on on Covid‐19.

Over the next couple of weeks the website will con nue to

be updated.

Students will be awarded a cer ficate for each 25 nights of

reading when their signed home reading log sheets are

returned to Mrs Griffiths. Younger students may need to

change their reader more frequently to achieve nightly

reading whereas older students may read the same book

over a period of me. It is the signature of reading that

acknowledges that they are reading nightly.

Parents and Carers will receive a reminder if Home Readers

are not returned within 21 days and may be required to

replace the cost of the book if not returned.

Please support your child and encourage the enjoyment of

reading as he/she moves through our home reading

program.

Let’s get busy reading Gillieston PS!

Mrs Hunt Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Ison

Parent‐Teacher mee ngs

These important mee ngs will be conducted in the last

weeks of this term. Parents will be provided the op on of

face to face or telephone mee ngs. Staff will be distribu ng

availability rosters in the near future so that mes can be

arranged to suit as many people as possible.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS is $25 per student. These

fees go directly to providing everyday resources for all

students in the classroom. Payment can be made online

via the school website. Please enter “Resource Fees”

under the payment descrip on. Payment can also be made

via the school office. Please place payment in an envelope

with your child’s name, class & “Resource Fee” wri en

clearly on the front & give to your class teacher or the

school office.

PERMISSION NOTES are sent home with students, sent

via the Schoolzine app, emailed to parents & posted on

our school website. Go to gillieston‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au.

All whole school/class notes are posted but individual/

sport team notes may not be posted online.

NEWSLETTERS are posted on our school website

fortnightly on Friday & are sent via the Schoolzine app &

emailed to parents. Copies of the newsle er are also

available at the school office.

SCHOOLZINE APP Permission notes, newsle ers &

communica on with parents are sent through the

Schoolzine app. Please see details included on the back of

this page on how to download the app. For parents who

already have the app, a reminder to update your groups to

your child’s current scholas c year so you are no fied

correctly.

PARENT ON‐LINE PAYMENTS can be made through our

school website. Go to gillieston‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au and

click on “Make a Payment” in the menu bar. Follow the

prompts to make a payment via Visa or Mastercard. Please

ensure you enter the payment descrip on as men oned in

your child’s permission note. Detailed instruc ons are

included on our website under permission notes.

STUDENT ABSENCES Parents/Carer can advise of

absences via the Schoolzine App, a note to the teacher or

by replying to the SMS that is automa cally sent each day.

Alterna vely, parents may phone the school office to

advise of their child’s absence.

SCHOOL STARTS at 9.05am. Students who arrive at this

me should be accompanied by a parent & are required to

receive a late arrival slip from the front office. Students

who arrive late on a regular basis may be referred to the

Department’s Home School Liaison Officer.

BOOKCLUB order & payments are made online through

Scholas c Australia. Details on how to make an order &

payment are included over the page.

Car & Neighbour Respect

P & C COMMITTEE

Our P & C Commi ee works closely with our school staff to

ensure our students receive quality educa on. We raise

funds to purchase resources that supplement the school as

well as run the school canteen every Wednesday, Thursday

& Friday. All parents and carers are encouraged to become

involved.

1/2BFocusClass1/2B were super excited when our new furniture arrived in week 7. They are loving the spacious tables and

comfortable chairs. We have a classroom of learners who strive to do their very best following PBL classroom and

playground expecta ons. All students have se led well learning daily rou nes and enjoying set‐tasks across all areas

of the curriculum. We would like to thank all of the families that joined us for our first K‐2 assembly item last week.

All students were enthusias c to perform in front of parents and our community.

Well Done 1/2B Mrs Borg is very proud of you all!

Cra Club

Cra Club is held in the Library second lunch. Students

have been making cra that corresponds to themes they

are learning class, including Dr Seuss, Harmony Day, St

Patrick’s Day, look out for our Easter cra soon. Mrs

Griffiths is loving spending me with interested students

and everyone is having lots of fun. Anyone wishing to

donate cra supplies please drop at the front office.

Library News

Everyone is becoming familiar with the fortnightly

metable now where I teach a library/research/history

lesson to each class every two weeks. Students are

welcome and encouraged to borrow weekly with their

class on their library borrowing days from our wonderful

selec on of books.

Tuesday – 1/2K, 1/2B, 3/4B, 5/6M

Wednesday – 1/2c, KC, 3/4W

Thursday KF, 5/6M

Our library leader Stars program is very popular this term

with over thirty 3‐6 students volunteering their me at

least 1 half of lunch per week, helping and organising our

library learning hub while working towards their leadership

achievement in their booklets. Keep an eye out for these

students achieving their protostar, star and superstar

levels. Our library is a fun dynamic learning space that

welcomes everyone with a range of ac vi es that our

library leaders organise, including reading to our younger

students.

Canteen Roster

Gillieston Public School

Canteen Roster 2020

Volunteers (Dads, Mums, Grandparents, Carers, Friends ‐ over 16 yrs of age)

Name: ______________________________________________________________

Phone No: ___________________________________________________________

Email: ______________________________________________________________

Days of the week available: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

(PLEASE CIRCLE)

Availability: Once a week Once a fortnight Once a month One a term

(PLEASE CIRCLE)

Rela onship: Parent Grandparent Carer Friend

Have you completed am Appendix 5? Yes No

Have you completed a volunteer Working with children check Yes No

Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

Canteen

Not Open

Canteen

Not Open

Vanessa

Lauren

Vanessa

Natalie

Vanessa

Kevin

Julie

Term 1 2020 Calendar Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

WEEK 1

JAN

27

Australia Day

Holiday

28

Staff Return

29

Students Yr 1‐6

return

30

Kindergarten

start

31

WEEK 2

Feb

3 4 5 6 7

3‐6 Assembly

WEEK 3

10 11

Yr 3‐6 Swimming

Carnival

12

Canteen

Re Opens

13 14

K‐2 Assembly

WEEK 4

17 18

P & C Mee ng

19

Parent Informa on

A ernoon

20

Zone Swimming

Carnival

21

3‐6 Assembly

WEEK 5

24 25 26 27

K ‐ 2 Pool Fun

Day

28

K‐2 Assembly

WEEK 6

March

2 3 4 5 6

3‐6 Assembly

WEEK 7

9

Induc on

Ceremony

10 11 12 13

K‐2 Assembly

WEEK 8 16

17

AGM ‐ P & C

Mee ng

Cancelled

18 19

Harmony Day

Cancelled

20

3‐6 Assembly

Cancelled

WEEK 9

23 24 25 26 27

K‐2 Assembly

Cancelled

WEEK 10

March/April

30 31 1 2 3

3‐6 Assembly

Cancelled

Week 11 6 7 8

Easter Hat Parade

Picnic Lunch

Cancelled

9

Staff

Development

Day

10

Good Friday