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Guthrie Street PS “Gazette”

Volume 17Volume 17Volume 17Volume 17————Issue 1Issue 1Issue 1Issue 1————2nd February 20162nd February 20162nd February 20162nd February 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: [email protected] Web Page: www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

Welcome Back! Welcome back to the school year to our staff, parents and our students. I trust that you all had a very enjoyable and relaxing holi-day. The first few days of the school year have been very busy, but the children are settling well and enjoying being back at school. I would like to recognise the hard work that has been put in by many over the holidays to ensure that our start was smooth. It really is a team effort that shows the pride we all have in our school. Bruce has been a champion at getting all our classrooms sparkling and our teachers have all put in many hours getting their classroom set up. New Staff -We are delighted to welcome the following new staff: Teachers: Education Support: Laura Ferguson 2LF Rebecca Joyce Glenn McMillan 4GM Nick Sullivan Naomi Wright 1NW Mitchell Hutchings Shellee Kenna Students – We have welcomed 70 new Preps this year and there are 9 other new students in the school. Getting Help When Starting School As children transition to school, a change in behaviour is quite common. Children are adjusting to a new setting and forming new relationships with staff and other children. Why seeking help early is important All children adjust to new settings differently and some children may need extra support and assistance in settling into school. You may have some concerns about how your child is coping when starting school and despite the planning and preparation you’ve done in helping to get your child ready for school, they may be having difficulties adjusting to their new school setting. If you’re worried about how your child is settling into school these are some steps you can take that will help: Talk to your child’s teacher You know your child best and if you are, at any time, concerned about your child, a good place to start is sharing your concerns with your child’s teacher. We have a lot of knowledge about child development and learning, and have observed your child during the day with children of the same age. You can share any strate-gies that you have found useful in responding to your child’s needs

and your child’s teacher will have suggestions about what strate-gies they have found helpful to support your child. Other things to do to help your child adjust

• Make sure they start the day with a healthy breakfast • Set up a morning routine that will help all to be calm and

relaxed- try giving your child some simple tasks like collect-ing their hat, reader, lunch and water bottle in their bag. Don’t worry if they are slow or make mistakes with these tasks at first. They will get the hang of it.

• Make time to chat to your child about their day at school. Remember that their emotional reaction to going to school will vary a lot during the first few weeks.

• Develop a bedtime routine so your child can wind down at the end of the day. A five year old needs 10 – 11 hours of sleep per night.

• Be kind to yourself and don’t put too many expectations on yourself or your child. The aim is for them to be happy and enjoying school in these early days.

Grade 6 Leadership Day 2015 Next Wednesday 10th February, we will be taking the Grade 6 students to Deakin Reserve for a day of leadership training. This is a precursor to students nominating for School Captain and House Captain leadership positions. We really value the contribu-tion that all of our Grade 6 students can make to promoting the positive culture within our school. The program will be based around activities to help the students develop skills in leadership and to understand its importance within our school environment. I believe that last year’s program was well received and we look forward to offering this opportunity to our Grade 6 students again this year. School Fees 2016 School Fees for 2016 are $330, this cost is discounted to $260 if it is paid by Friday 29th February 2016 and if paying by instalments fees are also discounted to $270 if paid by 11th March 2016. A reminder that the 2nd instalment of $100 is due Friday 12th Febru-ary 2016.

Angela BuxtonAngela BuxtonAngela BuxtonAngela Buxton

Acting PrincipalActing PrincipalActing PrincipalActing Principal

“Cool the Stadium” If you were at assembly on Monday, you would have heard that our School Council Fundraising Commi:ee have decided to sta? a fundraising drive to pay for air-conditioning for our stadium. They are Jf and running with their first fundraising event.

Cool The Stadium Coin Collection February 15th – 26th .

Details this event and those planned for later in the year are in today’s newsle)er.


INFORMATION BOARDINFORMATION BOARDINFORMATION BOARDINFORMATION 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 281833please ring Ronika on 0458 281833please ring Ronika on 0458 281833please 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, educa�on-

al / welfare courses. More infor-

ma�on on the following are now

available to view on the Communi-

ty Billboard.

• EXCELL DANCE CENTRE

TERM 1 KIDS DANCE CLASS (5+)

TRY FIRST CLASS FOR FREE

LEARN CHA CHA, WALTZ, EVEN-

ING 3 STEP

PARTY DANCES + MORE

WEDNESDAYS 5PM TO 6PM

EXCELL DANCE CENTRE

3 WILLIAMS RD

SHEPPARTON

FOR MORE DETAILS

PHONE BARBARA AFTER 3 PM

WEEKDAYS

58311777

• Come ‘N’ try Cub Scouts

1st Kialla Cub Scouts

Thursday 18th February

5:30—7pm Recrea�on Dve

(off RaCery Rd)

Cubs is for boys and girls aged

between 7-10 years. We meet

once a week as well as a pack

and as a district. Some of the

cool ac�vi�es that our Cubs will

get up to this year include:

Camping, Picnic with King of

Sweden at the Melbourne Zoo,

Sail on the Enterprise tall Ship,

Campfire cooking, scavenger

hunt, bun run hike and plenty

more….

www.facebook.com1stKialla

Scouts

Can’t make it? You are wel-

come Thursdays 5:30—7pm

during school terms.

25-29 Watson Street

Shepparton Vic 3630

Ph: 5821 3914

Fax: 5821 3507

Jeff Woollard: 0418 179 199

Luke Burgmann: 0438 502 659


Golden Rule:

Treat others the way you would like

to be treated.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

3, 10, 17 & 24 February—Preps No school

10 Feb—Guthrie St Young Leaders Program—Grade 6’s

29 Feb—VSSS Rehearsal

14 March—Labor Day—NO SCHOOL

17 March—FETE

24 March—Last day of Term 1

25 March—Good Friday

11 April—1st day of Term 2

18 April—VSSS Rehearsal

20 April—House Sports

25 April—Anzac Day—NO SCHOOL

29 April—GSPS Shuffle Party

Parent Downloads

Available on our website in PDF Format

www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

2016 Calendar

Absence Verifica�on Form

2016 Medica�on Request Form

Student Informa�on update

2016 Lunch Order List

Parent Informa!on Booklet updated 7th May 2015

OSHC Brochure

2016 OSHC Enrolment Form

2014 Annual Report

WWC Check — Parents / Volun-

teers

Social & Emo�onal Wellbeing Man-

ual

Guthrie St PS Uniform Policy

Homework Policy

2016 School Fees Informa�on

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

Technology Tuesday The window for dropping off

technical devices for Technology

Tuesday is 8:45—8:50am ONLY.

Late devices will not be accepted.

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”


Permission Forms & ICT Acceptable Use Agreement forms Permission Forms and ICT forms have been distributed to all students please return to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible.

Bank Books Welcome to student banking for 2016. Our student banking day is Monday and chil-dren can hand in their bank books to their teacher on that day. All Prep students will receive a student banking enrolment/information pack this

week. Any other student who would like to join the school banking program can pick

up a pack from the carousel in the front office.

Student update form

If you have moved to a new address, have a new phone number, emergency con-tacts, change of employment, marital status etc. please complete the Student Up-date form. (attached). Do not complete if details remain unchanged.

School Lunch Order List A School Lunch Order List is included in this Gazette. School lunches are available on Wednesdays & Fridays.

Absence Verification Form Please keep aside this sheet of Absence Verification forms for when your child is absent from school. (attached) When your child is absent from school please complete the form and send to the

child’s teacher for verification or alternatively send a text on 0417 994620

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 reporting student absences can still be used.

2016 Calendar A 2016 Calendar is attached for your information.

School FeesSchool FeesSchool FeesSchool Fees School Fees are $270 if paid by 29th of February. Otherwise $300 paid after that date. Form attached. INSTALMENTS—Reminder—if you are paying School fees by instalment that the 2nd in-stalment of $100 per child is due Friday 12th February 2016. Also, paying fees by instalment are also discounted if paid by Friday 11th March with a third/final instalment of $70.


Our first meeting for 2016 will be held this Thursday 4th Febru-ary in the MPC Meeting room at 2.30pm.

All welcome

“Kiss and Go” Drop off Zone

Many parents are using the “Kiss and Go” Drop off Zone

in Abernathy Street well. The allocated times are from

8am-9:30am and 2:30pm-4:00pm. By using this well,

the traffic bottleneck around the school can be alleviated.

As the sign below shows, please only stop in the park for 2 minutes and

not leave your car. At the end of the day, if your child is not there to be

picked up, you will have to drive around the school and return to the

“Kiss and Go” drop off zone to pick up your child.

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

School BankingSchool BankingSchool BankingSchool Banking

Monday is school banking day. Any bank books received later than Monday

will be held over un!l 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.


The Guthrie St Primary School Fundrais-

ing Committee Presents

‘COOL THE STADIUM’COIN COLLECTION‘COOL THE STADIUM’COIN COLLECTION‘COOL THE STADIUM’COIN COLLECTION‘COOL THE STADIUM’COIN COLLECTION

February 15th – 26

th 2016

We need your spare change! Silver, Gold & even 5c coins.

Any coins you are willing to part with can be placed in the jar

located in each child’s classroom. The coin collection will be

held over a two week period.

All money raised goes towards the Stadium air Conditioning.

Thank you for your support

Help the Guthrie Street

Primary School community

become eSmart.

eSmart helps us all learn more about being smart, safe and responsible online.

Common Sense Media provides

resources for schools, parents, children

and the community based around cyber

safety and being a good digital citizen.

There latest resource is a package of

worksheets for families to complete

together and start the

conversation about cyber safety.

The worksheets are divided into

sections, P-2 students, Grade 3-5, Years

6-9 and 10-12 students. If you would

like a copy of these worksheets please

email Guthrie Street E Learning and

ICT Co-ordinator Michael Donovan

[email protected]


ABSENCES VERIFICATION

Childs name_________________________________

Grade ______ Teacher _______________________

Date/s of absences____________________________

___________________________________________

Reason for the absence

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Parent/Guardian

(print name)

(signature)


Childs name_________________________________

Grade ______ Teacher _______________________


___________________________________________


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___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Parent/Guardian

(print name)

(signature)


Childs name_________________________________

Grade ______ Teacher _______________________


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___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Parent/Guardian

(print name)

(signature)


Childs name_________________________________

Grade ______ Teacher _______________________


___________________________________________


___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Parent/Guardian

(print name)

(signature)

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 reporting student absences can still be used.


GSPS Fundraising GSPS Fundraising GSPS Fundraising GSPS Fundraising

CommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommittee

The Guthrie St. Primary School Fundraising Committee would like to

welcome everyone to the 2016 school year.

As a committee we are all keen, eager and committed to continue to

build upon our already great school not only for the students here to-

day but for those to come in the years ahead.

This year we have set ourselves a big target. We want to raise $35,000.

Yes it’s a big figure, but one that we believe is achievable with

your support!

We have chosen to raise funds for Air Conditioning in the Stadium and

the rooms within this facility.

It gets very hot in the stadium, and we believe the comfort of our stu-

dents and staff is paramount and that learning is enhanced & more en-

joyable when you are in a controlled climate. Hence the decision for the

Stadium air conditioning.

We are very excited with the fundraising events we have organised for

the year. We have three major fundraisers; A shuffle Party term 2, a Din-

ner term 4 and a sponsorship board where we will be out in the wider

community trying to source sponsorships for our stadium AC.

We will also be holding First Aid information sessions. All dates and fur-

ther details on our events will be in upcoming newsletters.

We are commencing our first fundraiser in a couple of weeks;

Cool The Stadium Coin Collection February 15th – 26th

Please see information sheet attached for further details.

You will be able to keep up to date with our fundraising progress

throughout the year through newsletter updates and we will also have

our fundraising total continually updated in the stadium

throughout the year.

We look forward to working with the Guthrie St Primary School com-

munity throughout the year so together we can achieve our target.


Guthrie St Primary School Shuffle Party

Friday 29Friday 29Friday 29Friday 29thththth

April 2016 at Kialla Reserve Community CentreApril 2016 at Kialla Reserve Community CentreApril 2016 at Kialla Reserve Community CentreApril 2016 at Kialla Reserve Community Centre

$50 per ticket, Admits two

Includes one song of your choice, along with pizza and an hour of free beer

& wine 7-8pm (followed by drinks at bar prices)

Last song played on the night wins $500

All welcome, please ask family, friends, neighbours & work colleagues to buy a ticket!

Tickets will be allocated upon payment

Payment Either pay in cash to the office or transfer funds directly to

BSB 063527 Account Number 1016 2732 Commonwealth Bank Account Name Guthrie St Primary School Be sure to put your name in the reference along with code SHUFFLE Make sure upon payment you give your song choice to the office!

Rules of Shuffle

Songs will start at 7pm SHARP. All songs will be compiled onto a playlist by DJ BOON who will play the playlist on shuffle on the night. Not all songs will be played to their full time due to time. 100 tickets to be sold! Last song played wins $500. No tickets will be sold on the

night all tickets to be purchased by Friday 22nd April. If you have chosen a song that has al-ready been selected by another person, you will be asked to choose another.

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GSPS SHUFFLE PARTY GSPS SHUFFLE PARTY GSPS SHUFFLE PARTY GSPS SHUFFLE PARTY –––– FRIDAY 29FRIDAY 29FRIDAY 29FRIDAY 29THTHTHTH APRIL 2016APRIL 2016APRIL 2016APRIL 2016

Names: ____________________________________ Two people per ticket

Phone: ____________________ One song per ticket

Name of Song: ________________________________________________

$50 enclosed Yes or No have paid by Direct Debit


You’re invited to join the Junior Swans pre-season training

for U/14’s & 16’s with the opportunity of becoming a

2016 player.

Under 14 Coaches: Brett Warburton 0438 412 326 &

Jarrod Sutherland 0408 272 627

Under 16’s Coach: Jika Ford 0427 506 753

Starting off: Wednesday, 3rd

February 2016

Tryouts each Wednesday and each Friday in February 2016

Princess Park Oval - 5pm to 6pm

Wayne Steward President SSJFC - Phone: 0458 222 906


Grades Three and Four Grades Three and Four Grades Three and Four Grades Three and Four Welcome Back It was great to see our students arrive rested and ready to go for the start of our 2016 school year. Listed below are a few class routines we would like to remind you of. Drink Bottles On Tables. Students are encouraged to bring a drink bottle of water to have on their classroom table. This allows them to re-main hydrated during their work sessions. Fruit Break. We encourage our students to bring some fruit to eat during the fruit break organised for each classroom. School Hats. All students are required to wear a school hat for outside activities. Naming Clothing and Stationary. It is important that jackets, wind-cheaters and stationary items your child uses are clearly named. This helps avoid confusion when any of these things are misplaced. 3/4 Sport. Our classes will combine for a sports session on Tuesdays from 10:00 am until 10:45 am. Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable shoes for sport activities. Art Smocks and Library Bags. All students need an art smock to pro-tect their school uniforms during art / craft activities. Library books form a part of the valuable resources at our school. In order to help protect them and extend their ‘borrowing life’ we ask that students bring a bag to carry these books to and from the library in.. ICT and Excursion forms need to be returned before Friday Feb-ruary 5th.

All classes have begun to settle into their routines. This has been sup-ported by our fantastic students arriving on time and eager to be involved.

Grades Five and SixGrades Five and SixGrades Five and SixGrades Five and Six Welcome back to all 5/6 students, hope

you all had a safe and enjoyable break.

Students are required to bring back three

notes that relate to, the school's ICT poli-cy, PG movie permission/photo permission

and local excursion form. All forms need to be back as soon as possible.

Students are required to bring a drink bot-

tle into class as this is required during the

warmer weather.

Leaders Day is on the 10th of February. All Grade 6 students will require a hat and

their lunch. Grade 5 students will remain

at school.

Area NewsArea NewsArea NewsArea News

Grade PrepGrade PrepGrade PrepGrade Prep Letter/Sound: Ss Word: see Numeracy Focus: Numbers from 0 to 5. Reminders: For the month of February each Wednesday is a day for Prep Test-ing. Each child has been given an interview time for one of the Wednesdays in February. Specialist classes have started this week. Please remember to send your child’s library bag and art smock to school if you haven’t done so already. Children need a school hat to play outside at recess and lunchtime. It is a good idea to apply sunscreen to your child before you leave home in the morning. Please send a drink bottle with water in it each day to school with your child. We have a fruit break at school every day at 10am. Fresh fruit, carrot sticks, celery sticks etc would be appreciated at this time.

Grade OneGrade OneGrade OneGrade One A big welcome to Grade 1 students and parents/carers. We have had a great start to the year and our students have shown some impressive skills already. Reminders:

• Students need a broad brimmed hat each day.

• Please make sure that your child has a water bottle to keep

hydrated.

• Your child also must have a library bag in order to borrow from

the Library and an art smock for Art.

• Please return the purple Excursions and Photo Image Permis-

sion note and the yellow ICT Acceptable Use Agreement

ASAP.

Reading: If you are available to listen to your child and their peers

read from 8:45-9:00 we would really appreciate your help. Reading at home should have already started. Please log your child’s reading in the Reading Log provided. Big Write: This week’s Big Write is a Cold Write and therefore no Talk Homework will go home. Emily Meagher (Room 5), Naomi Wright (Room 6) and Jenny

Johnston (Room 7)

Grade TwoGrade TwoGrade TwoGrade Two Welcome back! 2016 should be a happy, successful, rewarding year for us all. This year the Grade 2 teachers include Leanna Kremor (Room 10), Laura Ferguson (Room 8), Carol Wallis & Katherine Curtis (Room 9). Reminders:

• Homework is sent home each Monday and needs to be returned to school by Friday of each week.

• We have ‘ee’ as our focus this week for spelling.

• Look out for ‘Talk Homework’ each Wednesday beginning week 3.

• Students need a named, broad brimmed hat each day.

• Please make sure that your child has a water bottle to keep hydrated. If the bottle has been frozen please wrap it in a towel.

• ICT and Excursion forms need to be returned be-fore Friday February 5th.

• Your child needs a Library bag in order to borrow from the Library and an art smock for Art. Please organise these a.s.a.p.

• We have Fruit Break at 10:00 each morning. Stu-

dents are encouraged to bring a piece of fresh fruit/

vegetable each day to enjoy at this time. Processed

fruit cups can be eaten as a snack before recess.


Gazette/Newsletter—Read on-line www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au —now available in PDF format

Forms and notices also available. Please complete the slip below if you are able to read on-line and no longer require a hard copy of the Gazette/Newsletter. If you supply your email address we will email you a reminder to read on-line.

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Gazette/Newsletter I/We , _____________________________ have access to a computer and are able to

read the Gazette/Newsletter on-line. Please do not send a hard copy of the weekly

Gazette/Newsletter with my/our eldest child ________________________in grade

___________

To receive a weekly reminder of when the Gazette is ready to be read on-line, my email

address is: ___________________________________________________

Signed: ______________________________________ Date: ____/____/2015

You’re invited to join the Junior Swans pre-season training for U/14’s & 16’s with the opportunity of becoming a 2016 player.

Under 14 Coaches: Brett Warburton 0438 412 326 &

Jarrod Sutherland 0408 272 627

Under 16’s Coach: Jika Ford 0427 506 753

Starting off: Wednesday, 3rd February 2016 Tryouts each Wednesday and each Friday in February 2016

Princess Park Oval - 5pm to 6pm Wayne Steward President SSJFC - Phone: 0458 222 906

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