Phone 6374 1622 Email gulgong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web gulgong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2, Week 2 7 May 2018

Calendar

MayTuesday 8th May Mother’s Day Stall Wednesday 9th May SCHOOL PHOTOS - FULL WINTER SCHOOL

UNIFORM

Wednesday 9th May BOOK CLUB DUEFriday 11th May School Cross Country Tuesday 15th May NAPLAN - Yrs 3 & 5Wednesday 16th May NAPLAN - Yrs 3 & 5 Redhill Excursion Year 2Thursday 17th May NAPLAN - Yrs 3 & 5 Redhill Excursion Year 1Friday 18th May EISTEDDFOD - Infants Choral Redhill Excursion KinderMonday 21st May EISTEDDFOD - Primary Verse SpeakingWednesday 23rd May National Stiory DayThursday 24th Zone Cross CountryFriday 25th May Eisteddfod Music

JuneMonday 7th June Queen’s Birthday holiday

July

Friday 6th July End of Term 2

Uniform Shop Open

Friday mornings from 9.20-11.30

and Tuesday afternoons 3.00-3.30.

SCHOOL PHOTOSWednesday 9th May

Please return your child/children’s photo envelope to the school as soon as posible,(prior to the day please) with the correct money.

THE SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO CHANGE ANY MONEY FOR THE ENVELOPES SO PLEASE DO NOT ASK.

Students are to wear Full Winter Uniform.

BOYS: Grey pants, Blue long sleeve shirt & blackshoesGIRLS: Winter pinafore, Blue long sleeve shirt & black shoes or Navy pants, blue long sleeve shirt, black shoes.If you require a Family Photo envelope please contact the office.

REDHILL EXCURSIONREDHILL EXCURSION will take place next week.

Year 2 - Wednesday 16th May

Year 1 - Thursday 17th May

Kindergarten - Friday 18th May

Children will need to wear their school uniform and bring lunch/morning tea/hat/ jumper and a drink.

SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

Our School Cross Country will take place this FRIDAY 11TH MAY. The race will be held down at the back of the school on the soccer fields. Primary races will start at approximately 10.00am, with the oldest age groups running first.

Infant 8 year old students will be attending with Primary.

Infants will come down at approximately 10.44am for their races. Students will need to wear house colours and a hat. Please bring plenty to drink.

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

What is Visible Learning?Visible Learning originated from Professor John Hattie’s research, based on millions of students and represented the largest meta-analysis and synthesis of what improves student learning outcomes. The areas covered in his research looked at factors such as: home, school, teacher, student, curriculum and teaching strategies. From these areas, he ranked 138 influences on student learning outcomes from very positive effects to very negative effects.

Hattie found that the average effect was 0.4 and used this as a way of judging what factors works best. From the 138 influences, it was found that the quality of teaching and the specific teaching strategies used, made a significant difference to the student learning outcomes compared to all other factors. Hattie stressed the importance of teachers being evaluators of their own practice, and knowing their impact upon student learning.

Some of the major contributing factors to improve students performance include, High expectations, Student/Teacher relations, clarifying the learning (Learning Goals), home environment and Direct instruction. At Gulgong we will be focusing on high expectations and learning goals to help improve student learning and results.

GULGONG PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C

Congratulations to the newly elected P & C Committee for 2018.

President: Donna Germon

Snr Vice President Sonya Hamson

Jnr Vice President Dianne Hilton

Treasurer Kathleen Holt

Secretary Amme Bailey

Fundraising Co - Ordinator/Publicity Officer

Naomi Jackson

Public Officer Amee Bailey

Auditor Tracey Simmonds

The 2018 Committee would like to thank the 2017 outgoing committee for all their hard work throughout the year.

Breakfast club a roaring success. Today was the first day of our breakfast club and it was a big hit with the students. We had more than 120 students make use of the club and a big thanks to Lorraine Richards and Lucinda Stephenson who looked after the breakfast club this morning.Our ANZAC celebration with the high school last week was a sombre occasion and a way for our students to remember the sacrifices of our armed service men and women. The ceremony was organised by the high school and our captains Max Hamson and Sigrid Germon spoke extremely well. The year 6 leaders looked smart in their formal uniforms with blazers.

School Photo Day. Please remember that Wednesday is photo day for our students and we would like to see them wearing full winter school uniform.

David Lewis

Principal

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Wow! Term 2 already!

Term one saw many highlights, Senior Citizen’s “Jailhouse Rock” performance, Easter fun day,swimming carnival, snake show and swimming for sport.

We have another busy term ahead with gymnastics, Red Hill excursion, cross country and our Henry Lawson celebrations all to look forward to.

This term in Literacy we are focusing on fact or fiction and in Mathematics in the next few weeks we are focusing on skip counting forwards and backwards by 2’s, 3’s and 5’s and 10’s on and off the decade.

Library will be on Thursdays with Ms Hawkins this term.

This term Stage 1 have been given the opportunity to participate in gymnastic lessons for Sport.

Last Wednesday 2 Blue had their first lesson and had a great time balancing on the beam, jumping on the mini trampoline and rolling on the mats.

Sasha from Mudgee Gymnastics will be back most Wednesdays this term and plans to bring some new equipment for us to try.

What has 2 Blue been up

Last week 2 Blue were lucky to have a visit from Jake’s Mum and his new baby rabbits.

Jake introduced his bunnies to class and allowed the class a chance hold and pat the bunnies.

We then decided we would all write

ourown letter home to try and

convince our parents/guardians to buy

us our own rabbit.

This is a letter Haylee

wrote to her dad.

Term 2, has seen the introduction of

STEM (Science, technology, engineering and Mathematics) into 2 blue’s timetable. STEM learning requires critical thinking. This week the task was to make the longest paper chain with only one piece of coloured A4 paper, one pair of scissors and one glue stick.

Students were split into groups and given 30 minutes to complete the task. The students thoroughly enjoyed this experience and as seen in the picture to the left the results varied.

CLASS IN FOCUS

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BOOK CLUB

Book Club is DUE this WEDNESDAY - 9th May.

Orders will not be processed after this date.

Please let the office know if you do not wish your child to bring home the order.

STEWART HOUSEPlease place a gold coin in the Stewart House envelope and return it to school by Friday 18th May, 2018 to be eligible for the draw. This year’s prize is a $4,000 holiday for your family.Stewart House helps support school children across all NSW public schools to give them a healthy and much needed break at Stewart House each year.

Your donation is greatly appreciated.

GYMNASTICSGymnastics WILL NOT BE ON THIS WEDNESDAY DUE TO SCHOOL PHOTOS. Can Girls please wear trousers/sports pants under their dress on Gymnastics day.

SCHOOL BANKINGSchool Banking is held every Wednesday.

If your child would like to open an account for school banking, please phone the school office for more information, 6374 1622.

CHANGE TO ROUTINEIf you have changed your childs routine for the afternoon, please phone the school office before 3.00pm. As some classes are out in the playground and it is very hard to find the child before the bell rings.