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Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Term 2 Week 8

PBL “Reach for the Stars” Badges and Awards Congratulations to the following students who have received our Reach for the Stars Gold Star Award and badge: K-2 Grace (KD) for consistently displaying her kind and considerate nature to peers and staff at GNPS. 3-6 Beau (5W) for being a caring and responsible student who shows respect for staff and students.

Riverina Cross Country Congratulations to Ellie who has made the Riverina Cross Country team. She will now compete at the State Cross Country at Eastern Creek on Friday 27th July. This is a wonderful achievement!

Multicultural Public Speaking School Final Well done to the Stage 2 and 3 class finalists who presented their Multicultural Speeches to the 3-6 classes at today’s assembly. The class finalists were:

3M – Abdurrehman

3A – Daniel

4E – Lane

4P – Emma

5A – Caleb

5W – Kayla

6M – Chelsea

6D – Aotearoa

Dates To Remember Thur 21st June Athletics Carnival Tues 26th June K-2 Behaviour Awards Assembly

3-6 Behaviour Awards Assembly Wed 27th June AECG Meeting 2pm GPS Thur 28th June P&C Meeting Tues 3rd July K-6 NAIDOC Assembly 11.35 Wed 4th July NAIDOC Week Rotation Activities

Student Reports Go Home Thurs 5th July SRC Disco K-2 5.30-6.30pm

3-6 6.30-7.45pm Year 2 Fundraising committee meeting 5.30pm in 2U classroom

Fri 6th July Indigenous Games Last day of Term 2

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Term 2 Week 8

Congratulations to our school finalist, Caleb De Marco (5A), Aotearoa Filipo (6D), Emma King (4P) and Lane Stewart (4E) who will now go on to represent GNPS at the Griffith Zone Multicultural Public Speaking Final at Griffith East Public School tomorrow. We would like to wish them all the best at the next level!

NAIDOC Public Speaking Challenge

This Thursday Ellie Bradshaw and Kaeli Chapman will represent GNPS at the Griffith Zone NAIDOC Public Speaking Challenge. The girls have written and will deliver a speech on this year’s NAIDOC Week theme “Because of Her, We Can.” We would like to wish Ellie and Kaeli all the best for the day.

GNPS Athletics Carnival This Thursday is our Athletics Carnival. Years 3-6 will be catching buses to West End Oval at 9.25am and returning to school at approximately 3.00pm. The 3-6 Carnival will start at 9.45am. The K-2 students will catch buses at 10am and return to school at 1.15pm. The K-2 carnival will start at 10.30am. I would like to wish all our students all the best for this carnival and thank Mr Angel, Mr Arnold and Mrs Pandolfo for organising the 3-6 Athletics Carnival and Mrs De Paoli for organising the K-2 Carnival.

Assembly Awards - Term 2 Week 8

KP: Beau, Greta, Jasmine KD: Rocca, Nico, Claire KH: Harmony, Winston, Hugh KA: Brock, Alirah, Chase 1C: Tempi, Leron, Andrea 1A: Leon, Lilly, Millah 2M: Joel, Ryan, Sanuli 2H: Kyla, Chanelle, Isabella 2U: Moape, Allanna, Nicole 3A: Qistina, Daniel 3M: Cliodna, Bruce 4P: Tyrone, Kaiden 4E: Mia, Saritia 5W: Michelle, Jessica 5A: Gabriella, Nana 6M: Michael, Cameron 6D: Aotearoa, Abraam Italian: Brooklyn, Isabella, Josephine, Ellie

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2019 Come and enrol now! Enrolments for students who are eligible to attend school in 2019 are now being taken. Eligible students are those who live in zone and turn 5 before July 31st 2019. If you have a child or you know of anyone who has a child who is able to attend school in 2019, please ask them to come and enrol. Applications for enrolments are now being taken at the school office. Please present your child’s Immunisation record, Birth Certificate and evidence of residential address at the time of application.

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Term 2 Week 8

PBL –Expectation Focus for the Week This week’s focus for PBL is:

“Hands and Feet to Yourself”

Our PBL focus for the week is “Hands and feet to yourself”. When in class and in the playground it is very important to keep your hands and feet to yourself. When you do this, everyone is happy and safe.

NAIDOC Week Celebrations “Because of Her, We can” NAIDOC Week is from 8th July to the 15th July, which is during the school holidays. GNPS will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in the last week of Term 2. We have planned the following activities for the week: Tues: K-6 NAIDOC Week Assembly 11.35am Wed: Class Rotations Fri: Traditional Indigenous Games during the day. I would like to thank Ms Maloni, Mrs Allen, Ms Ellis and Mrs Hipkiss for organising these activities for our students. Parents and caregivers are invited along to help celebrate NAIDOC Week on these days.

Canteen News Week 8

Thank you to the parents and caregivers who have given their time to help in the canteen. We really appreciate your support. If you are able to help in the canteen at the Athletics Carnival please either let your child’s classroom teacher know or let us know. Thanking you Kelli and Paulina Canteen Supervisors

Wednesday 20.06.18 Help Needed Thursday 21.06.18 Athletics Carnival Friday Monday Tuesday

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Helen Schmetzer Help Needed Kristen McMahon

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Term 2 Week 8

H2L – Statements for Developing a Growth Mindset As part of H2L we are wanting to help students develop a Growth Mindset, so they have a positive attitude to learning that is challenging and difficult. The statements below are statements which may help them.

I know I can master things if I try;

I am up for something new;

I know what to do when I get stuck;

I like working on what I’ve done to

improve it;

I get lots of creative ideas when I am

learning;

I like working with others to figure

things out;

I don’t mind if I make mistakes;

I can tell you lots about how I help

myself learn; and

I’m ready to take feedback and advice.

Parent Helpers wanted…… We have purchased more K-2 readers for the classrooms. We are in the process of covering these readers, so the student can start reading them. If you are able to help with covering the books, please come and see Cheryl in the office.

Amazing Choral Opportunity for GNPS Singers Please find below information regarding a high quality choral activity which may be of interest to some of our vocalists. This is not a GNPS event and parents would be responsible for transport, supervision and accommodation:

Songfest - Gondwana Choirs 22-24 June 2018 at Albury Public School

Gondwana Choirs will be visiting Albury to provide a weekend of free workshops and a concert for local school students combining with the Sydney Children's Choir. Registrations are open to all school students in year 3 to year 12.

Enrol online at: Songfest 2018 Workshops: Friday 22 June from 4:30pm to 6:30pm Saturday 23 June from 9:30am to 3:00pm Sunday 24 June from 9:30am to 2:00pm Concert: Sunday 24 June from 2:00pm Have a question? Contact admin@murraycon.com.au *Please note that by registering for this event you are required to attend all workshop sessions and perform in the concert.

SRC K-6 Disco – Thursday 5th July

K-2 - 5.30pm – 6.30pm Theme; A famous person

3-6 - 6.30pm – 7.45pm

Theme; A famous person Entry fee is $2.00;

Food and drinks will be on sale. The cost will

range from $1 to $2 per item; and

Glow Sticks will also be sold on the night.

We hope that everyone can come along and enjoy the end of term SRC Disco. The proceeds raised from the disco will go towards the Tathra Bushfire Appeal. Thanking You GNPS SRC

Lost Property Room 2 ½ is overflowing with lost property! If your child has lost an item of clothing, please go and have a look and hopefully you will find the missing item.