Guthrie Street PS “Gazette”

Volume 17—Issue 16—31st May 2016

Guthrie Street PS “Gazette” Acting Principal—Mrs Angela Buxton

Assistant Principal—Mrs Maureen Munro Assistant Principal—Mr Brendan Bicknell PO Box 1310 Shepparton Vic 3632 Ph 582 11944 Fax 5821 3202

Our Vision: To develop in our children a zest to become life-long learners and caring, valuable members of society.

Mission: To make a positive difference in children’s lives.

Email: guthrie.street.ps.shepparton@edumail.vic.gov.au Web Page: www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

Victorian Primary School Nursing Program – Preps

The primary school nurse from the Primary School Nursing

Program will be visiting our school in Term 3 to assess all

prep children who have signed consent, via their School

Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ). (The question-

naire provides parents and/or guardians with the opportunity

to raise any concerns they may have about their child’s

health and development with the school nurse). These

questionnaires were distributed to all Prep parents last

week to be returned at the latest by 8th June 2016.

EQ in Action

Each week I try to share an example of our EQ in action. I

regularly ask students to live by the Golden Rule – Treat

Others The Way You Would Like To Be Treated! There

are many examples of this everyday at school. I saw at the

division athletics a great example of this with 2 Grade 4

boys, Oliver Warburton and Mitchell Grumley competing in

the 800m event. The boys came first and second respective-

ly in a great race! This is not what impressed me. What im-

pressed me the most was the sportsmanship and the empathy

shown by both boys. They were genuinely excited for each

other, patting each other on the back in congratulations.

Great to see boys!

Alpha Show to visit Guthrie Street

The ALPHA SHOW performance of ‘ALADDIN’ is com-

ing to our school on Monday, 6 June 2016. Aladdin is a full

theatrical musical especially for children, and will be a

memorable event that children will thoroughly enjoy! It has

a powerful social & emotional learning focus concentrating

on the values of Honesty, Hard Work and Goal Setting. Al-

pha has been visiting our school annually for over 10 years

and each year they have captured the children’s attention

with their amazing costuming, music and humour! To view

details and images for Aladdin, you can go to:

http://www.alphashows.com.au/shows/aladdin/

The cost for ALADDIN is covered by school fees. For fami-

lies who have not finalised this payment the cost will be

$10.

Division Athletics Success

Last Friday, 22 students participated in the Division Athlet-

ics in Shepparton, which is a stepping stone to the Regional

Athletics in Albury and the State Primary School Athletics

Championships in Melbourne. From this day, 14 students

have progressed after a very successful day. The following

students will now compete at the Regional Athletics in Al-

bury on October 14th in attempt to qualify for the State Ath-

letics:

13yrs Girls- Holly Kirby (1st) 100m & (2nd) Triple Jump,

Elly Jeffery (4th) 1500m, Daisy Warburton (3rd) 800m &

(2nd) 1500m, Mika Martin (2nd) Shot Put

11yrs Girls- Eliza Bicknell (1st) 800m, McKenzie Sinclair

(1st in both) 100m & 200m Sprint

11yrs Boys- Boston Dowling (2nd) Triple Jump

9/10yrs Boys- Oliver Warburton (1st) 800m Mitchell Grum-

ley (2nd) 800m & (2nd) Triple Jump

13yrs Girls Relay Team (1st) – Holly Kirby, Taylin Wells,

Chelsea Crawford, Gucci Aktas

11yrs Girls Relay Team (1st)– Sarah Singline, Eliza Bick-

nell, Bayley Sinclair, McKenzie Sinclair

Congratulations to all students for their participation in this

years Athletics and we now have a long wait to see if any of

these students will qualify for the State Athletics. Happy

training everyone!!

Excursions

This week our Grade 3/4 and Grade 5/6 students head off on

their major excursion to Echuca and Bendigo respectively.

Parents need to be reminded that if the excursion package

hasn’t been paid then a payment ($25 for the Echuca excur-

sion and $45 for the Bendigo excursion) will need to be

made prior to these excursions unless prior arrangements

have been made.

Reminders:

School Photos Wednesday 8th June

Grade Prep/1/2 Incursion- “It’s a Mad World”

Thursday 9th June

Report Writing Day (No School) Friday 10th June

Queen’s Birthday Holiday (No School) Monday 13th

June

Brendan Bicknell Acting Principal

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INFORMATION BOARD

IRON ON TRANSFERS are now available from the School Office. Red for Polo Shirts and Blue for windcheaters - $2 each.

If you would like any pre-loved Guthrie St uniforms please ring Ronika on 0458 281833 to arrange a time to view any garments.

We are always in need of more stock.

Please deliver any donated items to the office.

Community

Billboard Our Community Billboard is located in the main passage near the school office. Please feel free to view upcoming events, education-al / welfare courses. More infor-mation on the following are now available to view on the Communi-ty Billboard.

25-29 Watson Street Shepparton Vic 3630

Ph: 5821 3914 Fax: 5821 3507

Jeff Woollard: 0418 179 199 Luke Burgmann: 0438 502 659

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Emotional Intelligence

Students of the Week

The following Students received their Emotional Intelligence

Certificates at Assembly.

A safe classroom is one where no one feels defensive.

Calendar of Upcoming Events 2 June—Responsible Pet Program—Preps

2 June—Gr 3/4—Echuca

3 June—Gr 5/6 Bendigo

6 June—Alpha Show production of Aladdin

8 June—School Photos

9 June—”It’s a Mad World’ P/1/2

10 June—Report Writing Day—NO SCHOOL

13 June—Queens Birthday—NO SCHOOL

16 June—Yr 1—Melbourne Museum/IMAX

20 –24 June—NAIDOC WEEK

20th June—Reports sent home

21 June—Gr 3/4 Dance Festival

24 June—Last day Term 2—early dismissal 2:15pm.

Parent Downloads Available on our website in PDF Format

www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

2016 Calendar as at 24th May

Absence Verification Form

2016 Medication Request Form

Student Information update

2016 Lunch Order List

Parent Information Booklet updated 12th May 2016

OSHC Brochure

2016 OSHC Enrolment Form

2014 Annual Report

WWC Check — Parents / Volun-

teers

Social & Emotional Wellbeing Man-ual

Guthrie St PS Uniform Policy

Homework Policy

2016 School Fees Information

2016 School Fees payment

2016 ICT Grades P-2 form

2016 ICT Grades 3-6 form

2016 Permission Form

2016 Instrument Music/Singing

Tutoring Enrolment form

Parents’ guide to online safety

SafeKids.Com—Family Contract for online safety

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) Application & Allocation form Bus Travellers Permission form and School Bus Code of Conduct Vacation Care Booking Form and Vacation Care Planner

Technology Tuesday

The window for dropping off

technical devices for Technology

Tuesday is 8:45—8:50am ONLY.

Late devices will not be accepted.

PST Brayden Kitto

PAG Tiarna Hewlett

PPH Amelia Smart

PLV Raegan Argentino

1EM Isla Bamford

1NW Andie Clarke

1JJ Luke Wills

2LF Gianluca Moretto

2CW Alex Johnstone

2LK Dylan Cavill

3CJ Bronte McMahon

3CB Dion DeCicco

3NC Matilda Kelly

4KB Jerimie Garnsworthy

4MP Gemma Eade

4GM

4MG Mia Davis

56R Azez Alfawazi

56B Olivia Gibson

56G Boston Dowling

56M Daisy Warburton

56D Hannah Martin-Varty

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SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS Photo orders were distributed last Tuesday Arthur Reed Photos will be taking school photographs

at the school on Wednesday 8th June 2016

If you are not ordering on-line

photo orders and money need to be returned to student’s classroom by Friday 3rd June 2016 – no late orders

Students to be well groomed wearing correct school uniform—

No badges No broaches No flowers/bows/headbands No black tights No long sleeved tops under dresses

All students to wear a red windcheater or bomber jacket.

Absences— Text 0417 994620 You can now text the school to advise of your child’s absence. Student’s name, grade, reason for absence. eg. Warren Gore 56G sick today Paul Smith 4LG will be late, dentist (Late students still need to come through the front office on arrival).

This number is for Absences Only, there will be no reply from this text, and previous forms of re-porting student absences can still be used.

LOST PROPERTY

There was a knitted

scarf left at the Shuf-

fle Party.

If you think this could

be yours, please

contact the office.

We have received a direct debit payment of

$150.00 via the Goulburn Murray Credit

Union and are unable to determine who it is

from and what it is for.

If you think this relates to a payment you

made, please contact the office.

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Parent’s Association If you would like any pre-loved Guthrie St uniforms please ring Ronika on 0458 281833 to arrange a time to view any garments.

School Banking

Monday is school banking day. Any bank books received later than Monday will be held over until next week.

Guthrie St Primary School

‘Tweets’

Follow Us On Twitter @guthriestps for Important

Announcements. A twitter feed with updates is

available on the Guthrie St app and website.

Outside School Hours Care On Friday 10

th of June 2016 Outside School Hours Care is running all day due to report

writing day.

We encourage all children to Come dressed as your favourite Celebrity or singer, sports person, movie star, and join us with are Outside School Hours Care Talent Show.

After lunch we are running a Sports Challenge which will consist of all different

events. Times and costs are: 8:00am-6:00pm $45.00 Full day care 8:00am-1:00pm 1:00pm-6:00pm $30.00 half day care Children are required to bring their Morning Tea and Lunch. Afternoon Tea is provid-ed. Bookings are essential on the day and can be made with the office or myself. Late book-ings will not be accepted.

Thank you Jo Wilson

OSHC Co-Ordinator

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SOCCER— 28th May 2016

SPORT RESULTS—Please place Sports Results for Netball, Soccer & Football in the box placed on the shelf above the lunch bags in the main building

Prep U/6 Guthrie Street Hawks

Played Grahamvale Strikers Goal Scorers: Cooper

Encouragement Award: Lucas & Nate Notes: Great game boys, you’re improving

every week.

Prep U/6 Guthrie Street Lions

Played Grahamvale Rockets Goal Scorers: Ashar, Izzy & Harley

Encouragement Award: Liam & Izzy Notes: Good performance in a closely fought

game.

Prep U/6 Guthrie Street Cats

Played Congupna Cruzers Goal Scorers: Naite & Marly

Encouragement Award: The Whole Team!

Notes: A big thankyou to our teachers who came to watch today. We had six very excit-

ed players. Another big thankyou to the par-ents, friends and carers who cooked a deli-

cious BBQ.

Grade 1 U/7 Guthrie Street Jaguars

Played Grahamvale Ninjas Goal Scorers: Ben, Andy, Seamus, Lachie S,

Lochie F, Lachie C Encouragement Award: Seamus Coward

Notes: Great teamwork boys!

Grade 1 U/7 Guthrie Street Pythons

Played Grahamvale Knights Goal Scorers: Lachlan Logan, Will Jarvis, Ty-

lan Hunt, Mitch Bauer & Kynan Langley

Encouragement Award: Taj & Kynan Notes: Another good team effort.

Grade 1 U/7 Guthrie Street Sharks

Played Grahamvale Galaxy Goal Scorers: Charlie Kalms & Fraser Cox

Encouragement Award: Charlie Kalms Notes: Sharks are getting excellent ball

skills—stopping, dribbling & passing. Great

work!

Grade 1 U/8 Guthrie Street Tigers Played Grahamvale Sonics

Goal Scorers: Lachlan Jobling, Tyler Lago, Ben Jeffery & Cruz Bray

Encouragement Award: Sam Garraway, Char-

lies Higgins & Josh Muir Notes:

Grade 2 U/10 Guthrie Street Eagles

Played Guthrie Street Vultures

Goal Scorers: Theo Kop & Emily Butcher Encouragement Award: Justin Selaj

Notes: Great game by both teams. Good use of the ball. Well done all.

U/12 Guthrie Street Cobras

Lost to: Orrvale Victory

Notes: Best game so far, excellent passing & communication everyone, keep up the great

work boys!

Football— 28th May 2016

U10 Southern Blue 14-15-99 defeated Mooroopna Red 0-0-0 Goal Kickers: Mitch 4, Ollie 3, Jack 2, Trent 2, Jensen 1, Zane 1 & Reece 1 Encouragement Awards: Zane, Harry, Bailey & Daniel Notes: Great effort in wet conditions.

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Koori Action Team:

We had another great term meeting week 7 in the library on Wednes-

day.

Aboriginal students presented to the community their speeches on

why they wanted to be a Koori leader in the school.

Successful candidates were Shayla and Marlene. Congratulations-

the First Koori Leaders at Guthrie Street.

They will work alongside the other student leaders at Guthrie

Street.

We discussed and planned NAIDOC week. Beginning week 11 at

Monday assembly.

Future planning was also dis-

cussed.

Next meeting Term 3, week 2,

Wednesday in the library.

All WELCOME :)

Guthrie St Netball — 28th May 2016 9&U Go Pink Played Orrvale Awards: Claire Thomas Notes: The girls played a fantastic game 11 & Under White Played Gowrie St 2 Awards: Matilda Kelly Notes: Great game by all, improving every week 11 & Under Purple Played Gowrie Street Awards: Sophie O’Connor Notes: A really tough game, the girls EQ skills showed. We are very proud of them. 11 & Under Green Played

Awards: Notes: 11 & Under Yellow Played Awards: Notes: 13 & Under Blue 14 Defeated Orrvale 12 Awards: Tonysia Notes: Great to see you all working to-gether. Well done girls. 13 & Under Red Played Mooroopna Cats Awards: Eliza Bicknell Notes: Thanks to Immi, Sienna & Zari for filling in. Great win girls

SPORT RESULTS—Please place Sports Results for Netball, Soccer & Football in the box placed on the shelf above the lunch bags n the main building

by Monday 4pm to be included in the school’s Gazette each Tuesday.

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BOOKINGS OR CANCELLATIONS MUST BE MADE BY WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE 2016

VACATION CARE

BOOKINGS FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Vacation Care will be offered on each day of the school holidays. A comprehensive program involving a variety of activities and excursions. TIME OF OPERATION COST: 8.00 AM – 6.00 PM FULL DAY $45 – FULL DAY 8.00 AM – 1.00 PM MORNING $30 – HALF DAY AM or PM Session 1.00 PM – 6.00 PM AFTERNOON

CHILDREN TO BRING OWN LUNCH AND PLAY LUNCH - NO NUT PRODUCTS

PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY

As a waiting list is operating for the program, and to organise staffing, any cancellations must be made before Friday, 22nd June 2016.

If no cancellation is made a full fee will be charged.

Payment as per the Outside School Care Program. You will be invoiced.

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Please write your child’s/children’s name/s on the form below indicating the days and session your child/children will require Vacation Care. Family Name: _________________________ Phone: Home ______________ Work ______________ Mobile ____________________

Day & Date Morning Session 8 am – 1pm

Afternoon Session

1 pm – 6 pm

Full Day Session

8 am – 6 pm

Monday 27th June

Tuesday 28th June

Wednesday 29th June

Thursday 30th June

Friday 1st July

Monday 4th July

Tuesday 5th July

Wednesday 6th July

Thursday 7th July

Friday 8th July

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Library News During the last couple of weeks a friendly reminder went home for P-2 students who have an overdue book. Please help your child find their overdue book and return it to the Library as soon as you can that way the books are ready to be borrowed again! If an-yone is having difficulty locating an overdue book at home please contact me. There are some changes to the Library and Media Centre opening times. It will now only be open on Thursday and Friday mornings from 8:30-8:45am. It has been really great to see students and parents visiting and using our Library at these times. You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book! – Dr Seuss Mrs Hayley Pepperell

Guthrie Street PS Free App - iOS and NOW Android

In our continuous pursuit to improve communication with our school community we now have available our very own Android Guthrie Street App in addition to our existing iOS Guthrie Street App. This app contains our school newsletter, various documents (forms, policies etc), a current school calendar, contact infor-mation and our Twitter Feed used for reminders and news etc. To download this free app please follow the steps below: On your phone; go to our website: http://www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au Scroll to the section as below and click on the app that you wish to download (either iPhone or Android): (You can also search directly for ”Guthrie Street” in your phones App Store)

The Guthrie Street App will appear in either the “App Store” or “Play Store” Select “Install” -> Then enter either your “iTunes” or “Google” account password. Wait for the app to download and install -> Select “Open”

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Grade One cont… Excursion Fund (CSEF) allocation) are due

Thursday 9th June.

Melbourne Museum and IMAX Theatre Excur-

sion Parent Helpers - Thank you to all the

parents who volunteered to assist with the

upcoming excursion

We had an overwhelming amount of support, and

are able to take all of those who have already

volunteered. Due to time restraints, unfortu-

nately we are unable to accept any more vol-

unteers. The Parent Helper cost of $15 is due

on Thursday 9th June.

ALPHA – Aladdin Performance – On Monday 6th

June we have the pleasure of watching the

amazing ALPHA performers present the story

of Aladdin. The cost for those that haven’t

paid the School Fees is $10.

It’s a Mad World – On Thursday the 9th June we

have another performer coming to perform for

us, this performance encourages students to

‘participate to progress.’ The cost for those

that haven’t paid the School Fees is $5.

School Photos - Wednesday 8th June

Report Writing Day – Pupil Free Day on Friday

10th June

Emily Meagher (Room 5), Naomi Wright (Room 6)

and Amy Harrap (Room 7)

Grade Two Aladdin Monday June 6th Students will be watching a performance by Alpha titled ‘Aladdin’. The cost for students who haven’t paid the excursion package will be $10. This needs to be paid before the per-formance. It’s a Mad World Thursday June 9th Ms Davis has organised a performance titled ‘It’s a Mad World’ to be presented to P/1/Year 2 students. The cost for students who haven’t paid the excursion package is $5. This needs to be paid before the performance. School Photos School Photos will be taken on Wednesday June 8th. Please make sure your child is in school uniform with no headbands, flowers or brooches to be worn as per newsletter. Big Write Topic Lost (narrative) Sound of the week The sound for this week in ‘u-e’ as in ‘cute’. Ms Ferguson Room 8, Mrs Wallis/Mrs Curtis

Room 9, Mrs Kremor Room 10

Area News

Grade Prep Letter/Sound: ‘Oo’

Words : ‘of’ and ‘off’

Numeracy Focus: Time – compare and order duration

of events. Number names, numerals and quantity.

We have our incursion to the ‘Responsible Pet Pro-

gram’ this Thursday 2nd of June. The children will be

writing a recount about what they learnt for their Big

Write.

Alpha Show ‘Aladdin’ Monday 6th June and ‘It’s a

Mad World’ Thursday 9th of June.

Please remember to pay the fees for Aladdin and ‘It’s a

Mad World’ if you have not paid the excursion pack-

age. Envelopes went home last week and payment is

due at the office.

Prep area is a NUT FREE ZONE (No Nutella

sandwiches) PLV is an EGG FREE ZONE.

Drink bottles WATER ONLY.

Name jumpers, jackets, beanies and gloves

Grade One Big Write: The Big Write this week is an Information

Report on ‘Sheep ‘. Students will choose either a

Sheep to write facts about under the headings

‘Description’,’sound’, ‘Babies’, ‘Diet’, ‘Group’ and

‘What they do?’. Look out for Talk Homework on

Wednesday night.

Spelling: Words beginning with pl- and pr-

Maths: Place Value: We are working on reading, rec-

ognising and ordering numbers from 0-200.

Time: We are practising and revising telling

time for half past and o’clock.

Reminders:

Melbourne Museum and IMAX Theatre Excur-

sion – On Thursday the 16th of June we will

be going to the Melbourne Museum and IMAX

Theatre. If you need a new note please see

your child’s classroom teacher.

- Permission Forms and payment of $45 (for

those that haven’t paid School Fees or who

are not covered by the Camps, Sports & Ex-

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Area News

Grades Three and Four

Echuca Excursion

The Grade 3/4’s will be heading to Echuca on Thursday the 2nd June. Children need to arrive at school at

8:15am. We will meet your class teacher on the Tiger Turf. Buses will leave Guthrie Street at 8:30am.

Children need to bring lunch, snacks and a drink bottle of water in their bag. Buses will return from

Echuca at 3:45pm.

Excursion fees

There are still some families who need to pay for these upcoming events:

· Echuca Excursion $25

Alpha Show $10

Please arrange this payment to the school office A.S.A.P.

Grade 3 Echuca Camp

Expression of interest forms for Grade 3 camp went home late last week. These need to be

returned with a $50 deposit by 31st July. Please see your child’s class teacher if you have any

questions regarding camp.

Start of the day

We would like to remind to all students and families that our school day starts at 8:45am.

This is the time when students can read, get themselves organised for their school day and it

is also an opportunity for parents to speak to the teachers. It is an important part of our

school day and also a vital learning opportunity for the students.

Grade 3/4 team.

Grades Five and Six This week the 5/6 student's will be travelling to Bendigo as part of the Gold Rush unit. This will be an exciting way for students to draw together all the learning from this term about gold and to experience themselves what life for a gold miner was like. Buses will be leaving at 7:20am sharp. children will require lunch and a drink bottle. A jumper and warm clothes is also recommended. For those who are yet to pay for the excursion it is $45 to be paid before Thursday. Students who have not paid this will be staying at school.

Next Monday Alpha Shows will be presenting Aladdin at Guthrie Street. The cost for this show for those who haven't paid the excursion levy is $8.