achievement for all in a happy, safe and caring environment
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Date: 14th December 2015
Volume 15, Issue 41
Achievement for All in a Happy, Safe and Caring Environment Phone: 6343 2122 Fax: 6343 1480
Email: [email protected]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you all enjoy time with
family and friends. I want to thank everyone who has helped out over the year at Grenfell Public
School and I hope all the students enjoy Christmas and the break. Thank you to all the staff for
their support over the year and I look forward to an even better 2016.
Class Parties Class parties will be held on Wednesday 16th December, which is the last day of school. All classes will be going to the pool on
that day. Students will receive a note this week which must be completed and returned to school.
Classes for 2016 Next year we will have 9 classes with student numbers in each around the early 20s. We will have
a Kindergarten, two 1/2 classes, three 3/4 classes and three 5/6 classes. I thank all the parents
who have come and talked to me about requests and we will do our best to accommodate these.
A lot of planning and preparation goes into setting up classes. Classes and teachers will be
announced on the first day back next year but I am very excited about how they have come
together, and hopefully we won’t have the disruptions that we have had this year.
Presentation Day and Christmas Concert Thank you to everyone who came and supported our Presentation Day and Christmas Concert.
Congratulations to all the students who received awards and thank you to our presenters and to all the
businesses and families that donated money towards trophies.
Carols In The Park Thank you to all the students who sang at the Carols in the Park on Saturday night and to Mrs Day and
Mr Cartwright for organising our students.
Kindergarten 2016 Students starting Kindergarten in 2016 will start a few days later than the rest of the school, due to Best
Start testing. They will start on Monday 1st February. All Kindergarten students will receive a letter with
this information, and a time for their Best Start testing. For more information please contact either
Andrew Hooper or Steve Kilby at the school. Information booklets and enrolment forms for students
starting Kindergarten in 2016 are available from the office and need to be returned as soon as possible.
End of School Year School finishes for students this Wednesday 16th December.
2016 Start of School Teachers will be returning to school on Wednesday 27th January, student’s in Years 1 - 6 on Thursday 28th, and Kinder students on Monday 1st February.
Congratulations to the following students who received
awards at the Whole School Assembly last Friday:
Principals Award
Grace Heatley, James Wright, Chloe Amery,
Charli O’Byrne and Arabella Wood
Grenfell Blue
Zack Brenner and Grace Heatley
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Andrew Hooper - Principal
School Banking
Tomorrow, Tuesday 15th December, will be the last school banking day for this year.
Good luck to all those students who made 25 or more deposits this year, you are
now in the draw to win a family trip to Disneyland.
Prizes have been handed out to the following students who were the
most consistent savers this year: Harrison Keppie, Taylor Keppie, Peter
Armstrong and Chloe Amery. These four students made the same
amount of deposits each for 2015. Congratulations on maintaining your
great savings habits.
A class award was also handed out to 1/2KF who made the most
deposits this year. This was closely contested between several classes
- well done 1/2KF!
School Banking will commence for 2016 on Tuesday 2nd February.
Holiday Construction Work The entire roof in the primary classrooms, administration building and canteen will be replaced with colour bond roofing over the holidays. Rod Walsh will be completing the work. This is major work that we have been fortunate enough to get at our school and will make a huge difference. The air conditioners will also be replaced and will be stand-alone machines on the ground. The guttering and facia will also be replaced on the infants block.
A PAIR OF
BLACK LACE
UP SHOES -
IF FOUND,
PLEASE
RETURN TO
SCHOOL.
BOOK CLUB Orders from Issue 8 have arrived and are being distributed this week. If you
have an order that was requested not to be given to your child, it can be
collected from the office.
Don’t forget we still have some supplies of the jersey knit shorts for sale at $9.00 a
pair. We have Size 6 and Size 10 available.
The shorts are can be purchased from the front office.
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School Requirements 2015 Stage 1 - Years 1/2 Quantity
Coloured pencils 1 packet Cardboard-any colour 1 Glue stick 2 White Soft pencil rubber 2 Wooden ruler 1 Water based thin Textas 1 set Tissues 1 large box Painting smock 1 Library bag 1 Small water bottle 1 Lunch box with name 1 Whiteboard Markers 1 packet Plastic Envelope/Wallet 2 A4 Display Folder 1 Paper Towels 1 roll Small pencil case
Stage 2 - Years 3/4 Quantity
HB pencils 10 Ball Point Blue pens – Yr 4 3 Ball Point Red pens – Yr 4 2 Coloured pencils 1 pack Glue sticks 2 Scissors (medium) 1 White soft Eraser 1 Pencil Sharpener 1 30cm wooden ruler (showing cms & mms) 1 A4 display folder 1 A4 Sketch book 1 Paint Shirt 1 Textas 1 set Tissues 1 box Whiteboard Markers 1 packet Pencil case (able to hold all equip) 1
Stage 3 - Years 5/6 Quantity
Blue Ball Point Pens 6 Red Ball Point Pens 2 Lead pencils 6 Sharpener 1 White soft Eraser 2 Scissors 1 Glue Sticks 2 Ruler – solid with mms 1 Coloured Pencils 1 pack Textas 1 pack Highlighters 1 pack A4 display folders 2 A4 Sketch Book 1 Tissues 1 box White Board markers 1 packet
All equipment to
be labelled with
name and class.
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Grenfell Swimming Club News - Week Commencing 14 December 2015 Grenfell Pool Enquiries – Leann Logan - 6343 1756
Last Friday evening was a little cold and windy but our racers powered on. Thank you to honorary guest starter, Frank Freudenstein, who, after a long history with the club kindy lends a hand when required. Several swimmers travelled to Bathurst carnival on 6 December - Well done Angus Brown who placed 2nd in 50m freestyle and Lily Holmes and Caprhyse Lawler who swam well in their races. Important Dates 18 December – Swimming Club runs as normal but once your swims are over drop in to the Christmas Carnival 25 December and 1 January – No Swimming Club 8 January - Swimming Club resumes Dates for the diary
26 (Tuesday) January – Australia Day pool party 14 (Sunday) February – Business House Relay
Weekly news Raffle winner – congratulations to Ross Greenaway who won a mini party hamper kindly donated by the Robinson
family. Donated raffle prizes are very welcome and greatly appreciated – the funds go straight back to the kids. They may be left with Leann Logan at the Grenfell Pool.
Official news Next club meeting – tonight - 8pm - Swimming Club room - everyone welcome Absentees - If you are going to be away during the holiday period or want to change any events please advise
before you go and before 5pm on a Friday. This last hour allows time to check nominations for accuracy and then seed and print event sheets which help the night run smoothly. If you need to pull out of an event on the night, due to sickness or injury, please let someone at the desk know. If a swimmer does not present for a nominated event, this is recorded as a Non Swim and points are deducted from the swimmer’s score.
Timekeeping/raffle roster – our timekeeping/raffle roster is running well. Please note: If you are unable to perform your rostered duty or will be away during the holiday period please arrange a swap.
Carnivals – http://mountainsandplainsnsw.swimming.org.au/ - any questions contact Leann Logan Canowindra – 31/01/16 – e-entries are submitted through our registrar. If interested please let Leann know by
20/01/16 Timekeeper/raffle roster for this week: Anderson, McLelland, Brenner, Day, Hucker, Keppie, Heathcote
MITCHELL CONSERVATORIUM MUSIC LESSONS
Mitchell Conservatorium Lachlan Division are currently receiving/taking enquiries for 2016 for students wishing to com-mence tuition at either of our Studios in Forbes/Parkes
We will also have a new singing, keyboard, ukele & piano teacher in Grenfell on a Tuesday Singing, Piano, Guitar, Woodwind, Violin and Music Introduction
Small group lessons may be available or individual lessons Further enquiries contact Forbes Studio 6852-3766