Phone: (02) 6944 1811 Gundagai Public School Email: gundagai-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au William Street

Website: www.gundagai-p.schools.nsw.edu.au GUNDAGAI NSW 2722

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Gundagai Public School is supporting Fruit and Vegetable Month

Thank you to Foodworks Gundagai for supplying us with beautiful fresh fruit and vegetables to support

our promotion of Fruit and Vegetable Month. This week students have been given the opportunity to

sample a number of tasty fruit and vegetables at recess.A fruit and vegetable pop up table at recess

will continue to allow students to sample fresh fruit and vegetables over the coming weeks.

During Fruit and Vegetable Month students needing fruit for Fruit Break can

purchase a piece at the office before school for 20 cents

It has been a wonderful week at school with visits from Gundagai Pre School on Tuesday and Thursday. We are so lucky to have such a strong partnership with the Preschool and were delighted to be partners in offering a supportive transition program for students starting school in 2019

Gundagai Public School is now taking enrolments for 2019 with the school Kindergarten Orientation Program beginning early next term.

Enrolments for 2019 are

now being taken

An information evening and BBQ is being held in the School Grounds on Thursday 25th October 2018 from 5.00 to 6.30 pm This evening is for families:

Enrolling a child at Gundagai Public School in 2019

Deciding where to enrol their child in 2019

Deciding if their child is ready to begin school in 2019

The school Kindergarten Orientation Program will be held from 9.30 am to 12 midday on:

Friday 9th November 2018

Friday 16th November 2018 For further information please contact Gundagai Public School on 6944 1811 http://www.gundagai-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER GUNDAGAI NSW 2722

Monday 10th September 2018

Newsletter No. 29

Week 8 Term 3

Principal: Mrs Vicki Somerville

Gundagai Public School

L e a rn i ng R e s p on s ib i l i ty S a fe ty

TRENT BARRETT SHIELD Last Tuesday, our victorious Stage 2 tag and tackle teams took to

Wagga Wagga for the finals of the Trent Barrett Shield. Conditions

were spectacular for a day of league tag and footy. Our girls’ team,

consisting of: Jazmyn Deckers, Elena Loukissas, Dana Rolfe-

Lanyon, Deanna Smith, Evie Jones, Eadyn Lindley, Zoe Smart and

Olivia Calvert had a fantastic day, winning two games and only

narrowly losing to eventual finalists South Wagga. The girls displayed

skills beyond their years throughout all their games and were a

pleasure on and off the field. Deanna Smith was unstoppable all day

and was named Player of the Day.

With deafening support from our girls and a large group of parents

and family members, our Stage 2 boys rose to another level at this

year’s finals series. The team consisting of: Cain Turner, Logan

Smith, Logan Jones, Jimmy Smith, Archie Wheaton, Nicholas

McMurray, Cooper Bartlett, Nicholas Tait, Michael French and

Nicholas Brown won their two pool games 16-4. This placed them on

top of their pool and faced with a cross over final against Tumbarumba. In dominate fashion they defeated

Tumbarumba 28-12, scoring some fantastic team and individual tries.

Next was St Mary’s Young in the Semi-final. In a match

where our boys saw little ball they had to be extremely

resilient in defence, and it was here they setup the match,

eventually progressing after scoring first in an 8 all draw.

This meant that we had qualified for the Grand Final

against defending champions Leeton Public School. In an

open and attacking game, Leeton was just too strong

winning 24-20, but the strength, skill, and resilience

showed by all 10 players was appreciated by everyone

who witnessed one of the most entertaining Grand Final’s

in years. Archie Wheaton showed speed, skill and

leadership throughout the day, culminating in the player of

the day award and a hat trick of tries in the Grand Final.

While Nick McMurray was also recognised with a player of

the day award, after his tireless efforts in defence, and his

unbelievable skills in attack. Congratulations to everyone

involved, it was an amazing day.

P & C O U T O F U N I F O R M D A Y Tuesday 11th September

Students are asked to wear casual clothes and bring in a $2:00 donation to assist with purchasing

raffle prizes for the Street Stall.

It is difficult for a very small but extremely hard working committee to finalise the Street Stall when

only limited support has been shown by our families. We really need you:

To sell and send back your tickets by Friday 21st September

To give an hour of your time to sit on our Street Stall- currently only half the timeslots are

filled

To supply a cake, slice or produce for our Street Stall

Please remember the P&C can only support your children at school if you support them. The P&C

have recently paid for the bus to Narrabeen at a cost of almost $4000.00. This significantly reduces

the cost of this excursion for families and it will only be subsidised next year if the funds are available.

If you believe the P&C is supporting your children please support the P&C

PSSA FOOTBALL KNOCKOUT Gundagai Public’s journey in the NSWPSSA Boys Football (Soccer) has come to an end with the defeat against arch sporting rivals South Wagga. The boys showed plenty of determination and made sure that South Wagga had to earn every goal. This concludes what has been a new frontier for Gundagai Public in soccer but it shows the athletic talents of such a small school.

Standouts for Gundagai included Cayden Wescombe who made no less than 14 saves and stopped the game from being a blow out. Archie Wheaton was consistant as ever in defence. Nicholas Tait put in a man of the match performance taking on his South Wagga opponents head on and showing them that size of the heart, not size of the man mattered in football.

At the conclusion of the game Mr Mastellotto mentioned how proud he was of the boys for coming so far in the knockout competition and how they defined expectations. Top 4 in Riverina, a title to be proud of.

PSSA CRICKET KNOCKOUT On Friday Gundagai Public met Junee North for a third time in sporting knockout competitions this year but were unable to seal the trifecta of victories. What started as a cloudy day turned out to be a beautiful day for cricket. Gundagai won the toss and elected to bowl first hoping that the wet wicket and outfield would work in their favour. After a strong start at restricting Junee’s run rate, it was the cursed sundries that gave Junee North a competition total finishing their innings with 124 runs. An excellent fielding performance by Joe Polsen (taking 3 catches) helped to eliminate quality batsmen. A short lunch break and Gundagai were met with some very tight bowling of Junee North. Best performers with the bat included Bailey Piper (12) and Shaun Smith (retired 43). It should be noted the impressive performance by Shaun Smith who had retired each cricket game this year. Ultimately Gundagai fell short by 32 runs and thus ended their journey. Mr Mastellotto was proud of all the boys in the way they performed on the day and how they handled themselves with the defeat. PSSA TOUCH FOOTBALL KNOCKOUT Goodluck to our Touch Football teams who have advanced to the Final 8 to be played in Wagga this Friday. Students are to arrive at Jubilee Park no later than 9.00 am. The teams are: Boys’ – Joseph Polsen, Shaun Smith, William Murphy, Jaylen Bell, Sebastian Smith, Cooper Ballard, Bailey Piper, Gus Pollack and Sam Sharman. Girls’ – Deanna Smith, Holly Deckers, Halle Smart, Madison Smith, Mia Doughty, Jayelle Britt, Bindi Crane and Charlise Longhurst.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE This Wednesday Gundagai Public School will be hosting the Regional Finals. This day will see contestants from schools across the district participate in a very intense and highly competitive spelling quiz. There is a junior and senior division with the junior competition beginning at 9:30am and the senior competition beginning at 12:30 pm. The competition will take place in the school hall and members of the public are very welcome to attend the finals. Gundagai Public School extends best wishes to Nick Tait, Olivia Calvert, Matilda Marshall and James Bartlett who will be representing our school on the day.

Kinder Lakyn Calvert

Year 1 Oliver Amos

Year 2 Sophie Jones

Year 3 Evie Jones

Year 4 Deanna Smith

Year 5 Abe Cotterill

Year 6

CANTEEN ROSTER ~ TERM 3

Week

8

Monday 10th September

Friday 14th September

Angela Doughty Yolande Bowditch

Kristy Walsh Marilyn Ballard

Erin Smart

Week

9

Monday 17th September

Friday 21st September

CLOSED CLOSED

The Term 4 Canteen Roster will be organised next week. There are still a number of roster vacancies and if volunteers cannot be found, the canteen will close on these days.

If your children use the canteen, please consider volunteering. If every family helps once, the canteen can easily operate throughout Term 4. Currently this does not seem possible.

Please note the canteen is not able to operate in the last 2 weeks of Term 3 due to lack of volunteers.

MEDICATION There are guidelines we must follow around administering medication at school. Please be aware of the following:

If students need to take medication while at school parents must complete a written request. Students must not keep these medications with them. They need to be handed it in to the office when they arrive at school.

Prescribed medication is usually sent on a daily basis and in a pharmacy labelled container detailing the student’s name and the prescribed dosage.

PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE The Premiers’ Reading Challenge has now concluded for 2018. Congratulations to Cooper Bartlett who completed the challenge. Well done to all our students that participated in the Reading Challenge for 2018.

WHAT’S HAPPENING…

EVENT WHO ACTIVITY DATE COST NOTES /

MONEY DUE

P&C raffle fundraiser Out of Uniform Day

Whole School Tuesday 11th September

Gold Coin

Tuesday 11th September

Premiers Spelling Bee Regional Final

District Finalists

Wednesday 12th September

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PSSA Touch Football Knockout

GPS Boys & Girls Teams

Friday 14th September $10 if

transport required

Wednesday 12th September

Narrabeen Sport & Recreation Camp

Stage 3 Sunday 16thSeptember

- Friday 21st September

OVERDUE

Borambola Sport & Recreation Camp

Stage 2 Wednesday 26th

September OVERDUE

2018 Canteen Roster Term 4 Week 1 Monday 15th Ocotber Friday 19th October

Skye Shannon

Elicia Bond

Loren Rose Volunteer needed

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 2 Monday 22nd October Friday 26th October

Hayley Monte Meredith Tait

Jess Casnave Volunteer needed

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 3 Monday 29th October Friday 2nd November

Erin Smart

Angela Doughty

Tina Casey Kim Pollack

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 4 Monday 5th November Friday 9th November

Viv Lindley Dan Lindley

Amy Turner Kim Pollack

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 5 Monday 12th November Friday 16th November

Volunteers needed Jess Casnave

Volunteer needed Volunteer needed(12-1)

Week 6 Monday 19th November Friday 23rd November

Angela Doughty Skye Shannon

Tina Casey Volunteer needed

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 7 Monday 26th November Friday 30th November

Erin Smart

Volunteer needed

Meredith Tait Amy Turner

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 8 Monday 3rd December Friday 7th December

Viv Lindley Elicia Bond

Jess Casnave Volunteer needed

Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 9 Monday 10th December Friday 14th December

Volunteers needed Loren Rose

Volunteer needed Volunteer needed (12-1)

Week 10 Monday 17th December Friday 21st December

CLOSED CLOSED

As you can see we have many unfilled spots. If you can fill one of these

places please return the below slip to school as soon as possible.

Name: Phone: I can work on the following days :

STREET STALL ROSTER

We are in need of more volunteers to fill our roster. If you can fill a vacancy please fill in your availability in the time slot and return

to school as soon as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thursday 27th September 2018

Friday 28th September 2018

9.00 ~ 10.00 am

Michael Murphy

9.00 ~ 10.00 am

Loren Rose Tina Casey

10.00 ~ 11.00 am

10.00 ~ 11.00 am

Glennis Elliott Kim Pollack

11.00 ~ 12.00 md

11.00 ~ 12.00 md

Glennis Elliott – to 11.30 Tina Casey

12.00 ~ 1.00 pm

12.00 ~ 1.00 pm

1.00 ~ 2.00 pm

1.00 ~ 2.00 pm

2.00 ~ 3.00 pm

Skye Shannon Angela Doughty

2.00 ~ 3.00 pm

Hayley Monte

3.00 ~ 4.00 pm

3.00 ~ 4.00 pm

4.00 ~ 5.00 pm

Anna Steckfuss Lauren Smart

4.00 ~ 5.00 pm

Melinda Elliott