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Upcoming events

Fri 23 Sept – Last day for students Term 3

Mon 10 Oct – Students return for first day of Term 4 Tue 11 Oct – Ready, Set, Go third session

Tue 18 Oct – Ready, Set, Go fourth session

End of Year Calendar Dates

Wed 7 Dec – Year 6 Surf Fun Day

Mon 12 Dec – Presentation Day

Tue 13 Dec – Year 6 Farewell

Wed 14 Dec – G Factor talent quest

Thu 15 Dec – Class parties

Fri 16 Dec – Snake farewell on last school day 2016

First Lorikeet Legend in 2016

I was very pleased to present to Elycia of class 5C this year’s first Lorikeet Legend badge at last Friday’s school assembly.

Students are working hard to display the five Foundation Values of the You Can Do It (YCDI) program. This has been clearly demonstrated by the large number of Silver and Gold awards presented recently.

Well done to Elycia and all students who have achieved YCDI awards recently!

NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee

This week Jude - 3G, Amelia – 4H, Joowon – 5C and Bastian – 5C travelled to Ettalong Beach Public School to compete in the regional final for the NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee.

It is a fine achievement for students to represent our school in this competition. It is a very popular annual event with many students from other Central Coast schools participating.

Success at this level qualifies students for the State final to be held at the ABC studios in Ultimo. Good luck to our student representatives and I have no doubt that they will be great ambassadors for our school.

Once again, I appreciate the efforts of Miss Casamento for her efforts in coordinating our school’s participation in the NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee competition.

Gosford Public School

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50-64 Faunce Street West

West Gosford NSW 2250 Tel (02) 4349 3600 Fax (02) 4349 3699 Email: gosford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 – Week 10 Wednesday 21 September 2016

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Students leaving in 2017

The school executive is in the process of organising staffing models for 2017. It is important for parents and carers to inform our school office in writing or by phone (43 493600) should their child/ren not be continuing at Gosford Public School in 2017.

It is equally important for the school to be informed of new enrolments if it is known that new families with primary-aged students are moving into our school zone.

Kindergarten 2017

Our office is currently taking enrolments from parents and carers who have a child who is due to commence at Gosford Public School in kindergarten from the beginning of 2017.

I would be grateful if current parents could encourage other parents who reside within our school boundaries to contact our office (ph. 43 493600) if they have children who are due to commence school in 2017.

Puzzle Master

I enjoyed helping to present this term’s Puzzle Master Awards on Monday to Stage 2 and Stage 3 students.

Congratulations to all winners and well done to the many participants who have enjoyed the mathematical challenges that the Puzzle Master has presented on a weekly basis throughout this past term. In fact, after next term the Puzzle Master (AKA Mrs Hodgson) will retire from both her Puzzle Master and classroom duties. This will be sad for our school as Mrs Hodgson’s outstanding contributions at Gosford Public School extend to over 20 years with both of her own children having been students during that time. Puzzle Master is a unique and terrific initiative which originated over 8 years ago. It has provided fun and stimulating problem-solving activities for our students on a regular basis throughout that time.

Well done and thank you Mrs Hodgson!

Use of the REMIND App

The use of the REMIND App has been very successful in enabling teachers and parents to facilitate greater

communication. However, I do request that parents and carers refrain from contacting teachers late in the evening, early morning, weekends and vacation times. Many teachers use their phones to receive their REMIND messages and it is important

that they have uninterrupted family time when they are away from school. It is also important that any Urgent Messages NOT be sent via REMIND, they need to be communicated to the school

as soon as possible. Your cooperation with this will be greatly appreciated by our teaching staff.

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As this is the final newsletter for Term 3, I would like to thank our school community (teachers, students and parents/carers) for their combined efforts. As a result, our staff were able to effectively deliver a variety of learning and cross curricula opportunities.

I wish all staff and students a safe and happy spring break and look forward to a successful Term 4. A reminder that there is NOT a designated Staff Development Day to commence the term and as such classes will resume on Monday

10th October.

John Anderson

TELL THEM FROM ME PARENT SURVEY Our target is 350 responses We have received 87 so far, thank you; a great start but we have a long way to go!

Many thanks to the parents/carers who have taken the time to complete the online survey. Our goal is to receive a response from all our families. If we hit this goal, we would be thrilled!

Please take 10-15mins to provide us with your valuable feedback at: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/survey/splash/faunce

Puzzle Master

We have come to the end of our problem solving competition for Stage 2 and 3. All students (and teachers) who participated did a great job of solving the weekly puzzles. The class winners are:

Ethan and Ananya from 3/4W

Lexi from 3G

Harvey from 3L

Jeffery from 4G

Charlotte and Jonathan from 4H

Isabella from 5C

Grace from 5B

Henry from 5N

Lachlan and Sarah from 5/6S

Max from 6B

Jackson from 6L

Li Ting from 6Y

The ultimate winners and the Puzzle Master's Apprentices are Isabella from Stage 3 and Jeffery from Stage 2.

Congratulations and well done everyone. The Stage 1 competition starts in Term 4.

Mrs Hodgson

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Canteen Roster

Mon 10 Oct Help Needed

Tue 11 Oct Help Needed

Wed 12 Oct Angela

Thu 13 Oct Help Needed

Fri 14 Oct Danielle

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