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Gunnedah South Public School Newsletter
Friday June 14, 2019
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Gunnedah South Public School Winder Place Gunnedah NSW 2380 Telephone: 02 6742 1899 App:
Term 2– Week 8, 2019
Tuesday 18th June
PSSA Girls Basketball at Albury PSSA 11yrs Rugby League at Soldiers Point Boys Soccer
Tuesday—Thursday Tuesday—Thursday
Wednesday 19th June
PSSA Tennis in Gunnedah High School Transition Day
Friday 21st June
PSSA Netball Knockout
Term 2– Week 9, 2019
Monday 24th June
Year 5 Canberra Excursion
Sunday 23rd—Friday 28th
Friday 28th June
Whole School Assembly
Term 2– Week 10, 2019
Monday 1st July
Semester 1 Reports sent home
Tuesday 2nd July
Parents Interviews
Wednesday 3rd July
PSSA Boys’ Hockey
Thursday 4th July
PSSA Girls’Hockey
Friday 5th July
LAST DAY OF TERM 2 PBL Reward Day
The GSPS Stage 3 choir made our school very proud
on Tuesday, competing in the
Tamworth Eisteddfod.
The adjudicator was impressed with the strong performance, particularly their first song
“Whisper”.
Overall they were placed third and had a lovely day.
Dear Parents and Carers,
North West Cross Country
We have over 30 GSPS students in the Gunnedah Zone Cross Country team competing in the North West Area carnival at Mullaley today. Good luck to all our students!
Stage 3 Choir
Congratulations and well done to our stage 3 choir who competed in the Tamworth Eisteddfod on Tuesday.
The choir were up against some very tough competition and came away with a third place.
Another highlight of the day was seeing Mrs Passfield and Danyella Young on Tuesday night’s local news explaining how beneficial it is for the students to compete against such a high standard of school choirs.
Thank you also to Jamie Brown for his guidance and his amazing ability to engage the students and bring out their best.
Parent/teacher interviews
Student reports will be sent home on Monday of week 10 and parent/teacher meetings will be held on the following day, Tuesday 2nd July. Teachers have time slots scheduled from 3:40 until 6:30pm on that afternoon and evening and if you would like to book a time to speak with your child’s teacher we ask that you please phone the school office on 67421899 to make a booking. If there are no times left that are convenient for you, please leave a message and your child’s teacher will get back to you regarding an alternative time and day that suits you both.
Yr 5 Excursion
Thank you to the large number of Yr 5 parents and students who came along to last night’s Excursion Information evening in the library. Thanks also to the members of staff who will attend for giving up their time and coming along.
I think all Yr 5 students, parents and teachers are extremely excited to be having two nights in the snowfields during their excursion!
Road Safety
Yesterday I met with representatives from the P and C as well as Gunnedah Council and Roads and Maritime Services.
The aim of our meeting was to look at how safe the roads are around the school and to look at ways we can ensure that all out students get to school and then arrive home safely each and every day.
Please make sure that you are slowing down when driving around the school and stop at the flagged crossings.
Over the next few weeks we will be collecting evidence to show there have, unfortunately, been times when students’ welfare and safety has been a major concern. I ask that any parents who have experienced or witnessed an issue concerning the traffic conditions, that you please call the school so we can record your experience or put it in writing and send it to school addressed to the P and C.
Riding to School
Please remember that all students who ride a bike or scooter to school are to wear a helmet.
I hope everyone has a lovely weekend, enjoyed with friends and family.
With kind regards,
Nicki Walsh
Relieving Principal
Yarn Up
With 5B
Mabo Day June 3 5B have been learning about influential people that impacted Australian history
– Eddie Mabo was one of those amazing people.
Eddie Mabo was an Indigenous man from Torres Strait Island known for his role in campaigning for
Indigenous land rights. The Mabo decision was named after Eddie Mabo.
– Ruby Williams
Eddie Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander. He was born in 1936 on Murry Island. For 40,000 to 60,000 years before the British arrived in 1788, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples owned the land. The British came and declared the land terra nullius which means unoccupied.
Eddie Mabo fought against the Australian legal system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land
rights. Sadly Eddie Mabo didn’t get to see the victory and died 5 months before the Mabo decision in
1993.
– Siri Sparkes
Eddie Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander man born on the island of Mer or known as Murry Island in
1936. He worked as a gardener at James Cook university. Eddie Mabo spoke at a conference about land
rights and a lawyer decided to help him prove that he was right. Eddie Mabo helped prove that terra
nullius was wrong and that Aboriginal and Torres Strait people owned the land.
– Milla Petersen
It was a very cultural day on Thursday 6th June, at Gunnedah South
Public School. Not only did we have a poetry workshop in the
morning, we also had the pleasure of the company of
Miss Annelise McCarthy after lunch.
She was the very knowledgeable and popular adjudicator for Speech
& Drama at the Gunnedah Eisteddfod this year.
Miss McCarthy from Sydney, delivered a very engaging workshop for
students who had written and delivered their own speeches and
participated in impromptu speaking at the eisteddfod this year.
Many other students were also invited, and experienced an
afternoon of learning how to be a confident, successful
public speaker. They also had lots of fun interacting in group
activities and listening to a very lovely Miss McCarthy
give them tips and tricks of the trade. Thank you to
Miss McCarthy and Mrs Jenny Darley for
giving us this opportunity.
On Thursday students in years 3-6 from Gunnedah South were very lucky to have been given the opportunity to participate in a fabulous
poetry workshop. Project Officer for the Dorothea
Mackellar Poetry Awards, Miss Brittany Riley, came and
engaged two separate groups … Stage 2 & Stage 3 in a poetry writing session. Each group created a fabulous poem.
The students learned to use imagery and also the fact that poems don’t need to rhyme to sound fantastic.
Stage 3
Stage 2
Kitchen Cook Off
#2
Last Thursday night, we held our second Cook Off for the year. The secret recipes the
teams cooked were pumpkin soup with home made bread/rolls. Each dish proved to be
amazing which made judging very difficult.
For the first time, Mr McGuirk and Mr Melick were our judges and I am not so sure they
will be keen to do it again. The standard of pumpkin soup was extremely high from all teams,
and choosing a winner was not an easy task. However, after much discussion and numerous
tastes, Mr McGuirk and Mr Melick gave the winner’s title to the yellow group– Bronte Snow
and her Mum, Danneil. Congratulations ladies!
Bacon and Pea Rice
Equipment
Knives
Chopping board
Large Saucepan
Cup and spoon measures
Wooden spoon
Method (What to do)
1. Prepare the onion, garlic and ba-con.
2. Heat oil and butter in saucepan on heat 7 for 1 min.
3. Cook the onion and garlic for 7 minutes.
4. Add the bacon and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add the rice and chicken stock and turn the hotplate to heat 9.
6. Stir until boiling and then let sim-mer (turn to heat 7) with the lid on until the rice is almost tender (Time how long it takes).
7. Add the peas, pepper and cheese.
8. Cook for a further 3 minutes.
If there is still a lot of liquid in the rice, turn the hotplate back up to 9 and take the lid off until the liquid has evaporated.
Ingredients
½ tablespoon oil
20g butter
½ onion
1 garlic clove
1 bacon rasher
100g rice
2 cups chicken stock (2 tea-spoons chicken stock pow-der and 2 cups water)
30g peas
½ cup grated cheese
Pepper to taste
WED 19 June