Gresford Public School Newsletter Term 4

Week 6

November 22nd 2018

4938 9304 www.gresford-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s message

School Planning Snippets

Thanks to those families who

attended the Remembrance Day

service at the cenotaph on 11th

November. It was an excellent

service with Kaitlin Horn receiving

many accolades from the community

for her address. Well done Kaitlin.

Both primary classes attended the

Sydney cenotaph last week and

participated in outstanding

workshops presented by cenotaph

staff.

We received this feedback from the

staff on our children’s participation:

“Thank you for bringing your

students to visit the Anzac Memorial

yesterday. We appreciate the amount

of work required to undertake such

an excursion and we hope that you

and your students found the

experience both meaningful and

memorable. It was a pleasure to

work with your students. They were

incredibly respectful and well

prepared. You have set a very high

bench mark as one of our first school

groups through the doors – we hope

that all students will be like those

from Gresford Public!” Well done

Gresford!

Our cricketers had a close game with

Paterson last week and were nearly

the victors. These games are always

played in friendly spirit which we

don’t always see in sporting role

models at state and national levels.

Our kids could show some elite

athletes a thing or two. Well done

cricketers.

Our Kinder Class of 2019

attended Orientation again this

week and were wonderful. We will

have another lovely settled group of

students on Day 1 next year.

Thanks to the Year 5 buddies who

helped them in the classroom. I’m

sure they will continue to support

them in their first days at school.

Interestingly, the Year 5 buddies

were Miss Mac’s first Kinder

students all those years ago.

To ensure the safety of all children

please drop off and pick up

children on Glendonbrook Road.

The bus stop area is busy and

congested especially in the

afternoon so it is safest to drop and

collect children on Glendonbrook

Road.

We hold regular emergency drills at school to prepare the children and staff for any unexpected events. Our drill this term was to call children off the playground during a lunch break into a safe classroom. They did this without warning, in a calm and orderly fashion in just over 3 minutes. Well done again Gresford! Kind regards,

Pauline

“Nothing in life

is to be feared.

It is only to be

understood.” Marie Curie

Miss Mac and I attended a two-day course this week to assist the staff in organising the heavy professional

learning load they carry each year in order to keep abreast of current educational research. We will now be better

able to manage that most precious of resources-time. This program will support us to focus our energies in

executing the school plan for 2019.

PBL

Student Of The Month

Lilly Bradley

Lilly is one of

Gresford Public School’s

most reliable students.

She completes multiple

jobs around the school.

She is always happy and

enthusiastic about

everything.

Lilly is resilient, respectful

and responsible.

Thank you Lilly

NOVEMBER

Wed 28th Kinder Orientation

9.30-11.35am

DECEMBER Wed 5th Year 6 Farewell

Fri 7th SRE Christmas Play

Tue 11th Presentation Night

Fri 14th PBL Assembly

Tue 18th Parent Helper

Morning Tea

GAA Awards Day

Wed 19th Last day for students

JANUARY Mon 28th Public Holiday

Tue 29th Staff Development Day

Wed 30th Year 1 to Year 6 return

Thu 31st Kindergarten start

Tucker Box & P&C News

Don’t forget our

Christmas Party for all our wonderful volunteers on

Tuesday 27th November at

The Flying Duck, Vacy

6.00pm

PBL AWARDS

Isaac Houston, Chelsea Crow, Lilly Bradley, Rose Kelehear, Pearl Farley,

Ryan Thiecke, Charlee Swindle,

SCHOOL MERITS

Maggie Maroulis, Sam Field, Lacey Hoffman, Toby Mead, Pippa Merchant,

Charli Barnett, Tillie Parish, Amber Smith

SPORTS AWARDS

Nina Maroulis, Bridie Booth, Monica Lawrence, Sophie Davis,

Toby Addison, Tom Field, Ethan Crouch, Elizabeth Venter

LIBRARY AWARDS

Pippa Merchant, Chilli Bynon

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Pippa Merchant, Kurtis Joliffe, Mia Wilton, Toby Mead,

Zaiden Apthorpe, Jackson Davis, Lara Silver, Dylan Gardiner

GOOD LISTENER AWARD Amilia Gillies, Tillie Parish

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 23rd November Jessica Field & Natalie Barnett Wed 28th November Mary Horn & Sylvia Lawrence Fri 30th November Katherine Hodges & Rebecca Marsh Wed 5th December Betty Richardson & Sherree Graham Friday 7th December Ang Kelehear & Elise Chesworth Wed 12th December Sharon Hill & Helen Farley

Reminders We have suggestions for your Christmas gift list. Why not buy a bottle or two of Boydell’s special

150th Sesquicentenary wine or a pair of 150th commemorative mugs – all available at the office. Kindergarten last Orientation morning is 28th November 9.30-11.35am. It has come to our attention that some children are bringing unsuitable food for their lunches. High

sugar and highly processed foods alone do not provide adequate nutrition for children to meet their energy requirements for a busy school day.

School Fees & Contributions It would be appreciated if families with outstanding accounts could finalise these payments as soon possible. Failure to settle these accounts will impact upon our ability to provide extra activities in 2019.

All bus board changes

must be

received by

2.45 pm to ensure

children receive message in time

Excursion to Sydney for Remembrance Day 100 Years

HATS HATS HATS It has come to our attention that children are coming to school without their hats. All children need to have a sun safe hat at school each day, especially as groups do outdoor fitness each morning. If your chld does not have a hat please consider buying one from the Uniform Shop for $10 to ensure they can participate fully in outdoor activities.

Gresford Scripture

Christmas Assembly and Play

Friday 7 December 2018, 9am In the school library

Children from all classes will be involved - speaking, acting, singing

and creating props. We hope that you can join us!

Parent Helper

Morning Tea

Invitation

To all our wonderful volunteers we would like to invite you to a special morning tea to thank

you for all the support that you have given to our children over the past year.

The morning tea will be on

Tuesday 18th December, 2018

11.00am

in the library.

This is a small way for us to thank you for the extra things you do to make learning easier

and more interesting for both students and staff alike.

We hope that you make it.

RSVP by 14.12.2018

Kind regards,

The Staff of Gresford Public School

Gresford Public School

Invites you to our

Presentation Evening

To be held at

Gresford Public School

on

Tuesday 11th December, 2018

Commencing at 6.30pm