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Term 2, Week 2 6th MAY, 2019

CalendarMay Tuesday 7th P&C Mothers Day Stall - $2 - 6.00Wednesday 8th School Photos - Full School Winter

Uniform Friday 10th Athletics Carnival - Victoria Park, GulgongTuesday 14th NAPLANFriday 17th Cross Country - Billy Dunn OvalTuesday 21st School Perfromance “ My Friends & I “Tuesday 28th Questacon Visit - Year 6Wednesday 29th Eisteddfod ChoirJuneWednesday 5th P&C Meeting - 5.00pm StaffroomFriday 28th Jump Rope for Heart - Jump Off Day

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Photos are being held at school this

WEDNESDAY 8th May, 2019.

Full Winter Uniform is required for the day.

Please return completed envelopes back to school by TOMORROW to help with organisation.

Uniform Shop is open tomorrow

(Tuesday) - 9.30 -11.00

NO UNIFORMS WILL BE SOLD OR BORROWED ON PHOTO DAY.

TOMORROWTuesday 7th May 2019Gifts between $2 - $6

ATHLETIC’S CARNIVAL THIS FRIDAY

10TH MAY Please have lunch orders in ASAP.

MOTHERS DAY RAFFLE

Mothers Day Raffle Tickets were sent home last week. Tickets are $1.00 each. Please return tickets to the school office ASAP.

The raffle will be drawn Friday 10th May,2019. THANK YOU

Gulgong Public School would like to Thank the following Busines’s for the kind donations.

Cobb’s Bakery, Main Street Cafe, IGA, Butcher Shop Cafe,McGregor Real Estate, Bizee Bod’s Mudgee, Shiralee Archer Florist.

CUP CAKE DAY

A big thank you to families and friends of Gulgong Public School who supported our very first Austism Awarness Day last Friday.

We raised $772.45 which will go a long way to purchasing Sensory & Technological equipment for the Support Class.

MOTHERS DAY RAFFLE PRIZES

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

Last week, I attended a conference for Principals in Sydney based on Student Centred Leadership.

This conference detailed ways in which students could have a voice in the school and ways in which Principals could ensure that students are at the centre of every decision we make.

I thought this was very timely as Gulgong is starting an SRC (Student Representative Council) this week.

This will involve 2 students from each class being represented to voice the opinions of their class to the Captains and Prefects. These students will then be able to bring their ideas to the executive meetings and P&C meetings so that we ensure students are heard and valued in our school.

We are also encouraging students to be Resilient in the playground and this week in the classroom.

Last week we saw examples of this with senior students organising games of Touch football for younger students and teaching them the rules as they went. Today I asked Lilli Waters and Lucas Dowd what they thought Resilience in the classroom looked like and they replied, not giving up, trying our best and learning from our mistakes.

This is what good learners do. I was also very encouraged when walking past classrooms to see teachers and students speaking about being resilient and what a good learner looked like in the class. It is great to hear students from our great school speaking about these things.

David Lewis

Principal

Henry Drury teaching some infant's students how to play touch footy at recess. Henry came to the infants' assembly to make an announcement and had this little group running today.

Combined ANZAC Ceremony with the Gulgong High School

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2H have been learning about the ANZACsoldiers and the difficulties they faced at the battleof Gallipoli. Along with the other Stage 1 classes, we visited ANZAC Park in Gulgong. We’ve read lots of books, including ANZAC Ted, and imagined we were ANZAC soldiers writing letters home to our families explaining what it is like living in the trenches at Gallipoli.

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PYGLETSPyglets will resume this THURSDAY - 9th MAY

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER

Year 6 will be holding a fundraiser to raise money for their excursion to Canberra.

We will be raffling off a trailer 10 x 6 of yellow box and ironbark firewood.

Please purchase raffle tickets if you wish to be in the draw. They will come home with students in the next week or so.

Thank you to Ron Barrass for the trailer load of wood.

WEEK 2UNIFORM WINNER

This week’s winner isFiona Wang

Congratulations to all students who represented our school at the Cudgegong Zone touch trials last Thursday. All students gave the trials their all and represented our school with pride and respect.

Well done to Lily Haney, Shayla Barrass, Jazmin McAuliffe, Amalie Maunder and Daine Patrick who were selected in the Zone teams that will compete at the Western trials on Monday 13th May. Goodluck!

NAPLAN

Students in Years 3 and 5 will be doing their Naplan Tests during Week 3.

Tuesday to Thursday with a follow up day on Friday.