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Calendar

September Tuesday 17th 1B Parent Teacher InterviewsTuesday 17th Spelling BeeThursday 19th Boys Rock & Girls Shine Years 5 & 6Friday 20th 5/6 years T20 Gala Day MudgeeTuesday 24th Touch Gala Day in Mudgee Thursday 26th Out of Uniform Day - High School Fete

November 19th/20th Year 5 Overnight Excursion

9 September 2019Term 3, Week 8

Hopefully all students have been busy finding sponsors and learning their spelling words for the SPELLATHON that will take place this week in class (Week 8). Students will receive a certificate of participation indicating how many words they were able to spell correctly for their sponsors. We ask that all sponsorship money be sent back to the school during Week 8 (9th-13th September). All proceeds of this SRC fundraiser will go to Mia O’Dwyer and her family.

11.20 - 12.00pm: K - 212.00 - 12.30pm: 3 - 412.30 - 1.00pm: 5 -6Prices and activities below:Activity Cost Sponge throwing 50c per throw or 3 for $1 BBQ Sausage sandwiches $2.50, Drinks $2.50 Walk through haunted house $1 Face painting and photo booth Face painting: $1 Photo booth: $1Slushies, popcorn, fairy floss $2.50Cakes/ slices 50c or $1Chocolate coin toss, lucky dip Coin toss 50c Lucky dips $1

Chalk drawing, request a song 50c-$1

Sock wrestling $1

Beam bash $1 (best of 3)

Petting zoo (chickens, lambs) $1

Gulgong Public School has been invited by the High School to participate in their Annual School Fete. This will be on Thursday 26th September and our classes will go over at the following times. This will be an out of uniform day for our students.

The out of uniform will be a gold coin donation with proceeds going to Mia O'Dwyer. Congratulations to Baden Lewis who was selected for the

Western Cricket team to play at the State Championships in Wollongong in early Term 4. Best of luck Baden.

Congratulations to all of our Dancers who competed in Bathurst last week. The girls came away with two 1st places and a number of placings and Highly Commended's. It is great to see so much talent across both sporting and cultural pursuits at Gulgong Public School.

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

SASS Recognition Week:

2 weeks ago was School Administrative and Support Staff (SASS) Recognition Week within the NSW Department of Education.

Our SAS staff are the first people you usually see when you come into our school and offer a wealth of knowledge about our school, the Department and our community. Additionally, a lot of the work that they do behind the operation of the school is invaluable to supporting the quality of teaching and learning opportunities students are offered on a day to day basis.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank our amazing SAS staff who work tirelessly to support our students, their families and our teachers.

Our SAS staff consists of Gail Arkell- School Administration Manager (SAM) Sonya Hamson and Alison Morrissey– School Administration Officer (SAO) Ashlie Coupe, Elsie Smith, Beth Chillcott, Peter Regan, Bel Davies, Lisa McPhail, Sue Sewell, Rhonda Smith, Fern Cooper and Kylie Cuthel– School Learning Support Officer (SLSO), Balaji Karuppiah, Technical Support Officer (TSO), Paul Meek and Sam Loveday– Grounds Assistant (GA) Fiona Goodman and Lori Bourke– School Cleaners.

Enrolment Policy

Recently the NSW government made key changes to the enrolment policy that all schools across the state must adhere to.

For Gulgong Public School this will mean that we will only be able to accept enrolments from students within our zone. In coming weeks the zones will be fully published and one will be on display in our front administration area.

This will allow parents to see if they are within our zones when enrolling new students to our school.

If your children are currently enrolled in Gulgong then you will be able to continue here and any siblings will also be accepted into Gulgong Public School.

These changes will only affect new families to the area or families enrolling students into Kindergarten for the first time and only if those students are outside our zones. If you would like any further information please contact the school.

Last Thursday and Friday we had excursions to Green Day for Years 5/6 and the Zoo for Kindergarten.

Year 5 and 6 students had the opportunity to talk about birds and the natural environment whilst also completing some hands on activities.

Then on Friday our Kinder students left early in the morning for their visit to the Zoo. I have spoken to the kids this morning and favourite animals ranged from the Meerkats to Giraffes and Cheetahs.

The kids loved the day seeing all the animals, but were very tired from all the walking when they got home.

A massive thanks to all the teachers who organised and supervised during these excursions.

GREEN DAY

Stage 3 attended Green Day in Mudgee on Thursday. We got to explore the theme of ‘Birds, Bats and Biodiversity’ by listening to ecologists, environmentalists, bird watchers and create sculptures of birds and

bats.

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CLASS IN FOCUS

MC 2-6Last Friday MC 2-6 joined forces with 4/5Q to make Cheese burgers for lunch. Once we finished our Cheese burgers Deak made us icecream in cones for dessert.

MC 2-6 have been spending time in their new playground and love it. Wendy, Ayeisha and Elizabeth love the sandpit and swing. Cooper loves playing with the toy cars on the new deck. Jack and Hunter have fun kicking a football.

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This Week’s Winner

Kobey Jones

Uniform Winner

PLEASE REPORT TO THE OFFICE IF YOU ARE

PICKING YOUR CHILDREN UP EARLY OR

ARRIVING LATE

Third Instalment for the Year 4 Excursion is

NOW OVERDUE

Tea Gardens Excursion to The Great Aussie

Bush Camp

School Banking is Wednesdays

Zoo Adventures is an exciting school holiday program of cool animal themed activities for school kids aged 5-12 years.

DETAILSAvailable NSW School Holidays only

Age 5-12 years (must be attending school)

Time 8.30am - 3.30pm. Extended care available from 3.30pm - 5.00pm

Cost $35 child per day. $30 Zoo Friends child per day. Morning tea provided

Location Drop off and collection point is located at the Education Centre.

What to bring• Clothing to suit all weather• Hat• Enclosed shoes• Lunch/snacks• Drink bottle• Painting apron/old shirt for craft activities

Conditions No refunds or cancellations accepted within 48hrs prior to booking. Payment must be made at time of booking. Zoo Friends to provide a copy of current membership in child’s name when booking to obtain discount. Program subject to change without notification.

Bookingsp: 02 6881 1433e: wpzedcentre@zoo.nsw.gov.auw: taronga.org.au/taronga-western-plains-zoo/whats/zoo-adventures-dubbo

WEEK 1Monday 30th September Tuesday 1st October Wednesday 2nd OctoberThursday 3rd OctoberFriday 4th October

WEEK 2Tuesday 8th OctoberWednesday 9th OctoberThursday 10th OctoberFriday 11th October

ACTIVITYAmazing Athletes of the Animal KingdomNewborn NurseryWonderful WildlifeDeletable DietsFesty Fauna Features

ACTIVITYDelectable DietsAmazing Athletes of the Animal KingdomFesty Fauna FeaturesNewborn Nursery

Newborn Nursery: Spring has arrived bringing the warmer weather, which means

new life! Come meet the new babies who are arriving at the zoo, learn about their

families, and meet the keepers who look after them.

Wonderful Wildlife: Earth is home to an amazing variety of plants and animals.

Some are big, some are small, and some have feathers, fur and crawl. Some are bizarre

and some scare, but all are wonderful, precious and rare! Join us in meeting some

curious creatures and the peculiar adaptations that make them wonderfully unique.

Delectable Diets: Food! We all love to eat it and we all need it to survive. Learn about

animal diets, from ‘generalists’ to super fussy ‘specialist’ eaters. Test your culinary

skills through hands-on investigations, taste testing and cooking demonstrations.

Festy Fauna Features: A giraffe’s tongue is long enough so they can use it to pick

their nose, flies vomit on their food before sucking it up through their straw-shaped

tongues and turkey vultures bathe in their own urine. Join us on a mission to discover

more gross animal facts, and learn about why they have evolved these horrendous

habits!

Amazing Athletes of the Animal Kingdom: Come meet a range of creatures with

amazing athletic talent. Everybody needs to thrive in their natural environment

and sometimes they also need to compete! It can be a tough battle where only the

fittest will survive! Join us at the zoo to learn about Amazing Athletes of the Animal

Kingdom!

ZOO ADVENTURESHAVE A WILD TIME AT THE ZOO!

SPRING 2019

Term 3 Parent Teacher Interviews are starting this week. They are a fantastic opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, strengths and areas to work on with their teacher. Notes have been sent home. Interviews will take

place after school on this day.

Week 8 - Tuesday 10th September

1B Parent Teacher Interviews

Week 9 - Tuesday 17th September

For all other classes except MC2-6, 4/5Q & 5D.

Parent Teacher Interviews for 4/5Q & 5D

will take place early Term 4.