Gloucester Public School Newsletter Opportunity - Innovation - Excellence

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Term 3 Week 6 This week’s expectation: Care for our school and everything in it Tuesday 17 August 2021

Dates to Remember 26/08 Return raffle tickets By 10am today (extended by one week) 14/09 Hunter Athletics - TBA Sadly, all excursions have been cancelled at this stage. Canteen: Not open this week or while on Level 4 restrictions.

Uniform Shop: Not open this week or while on Level 4 restrictions.

Please make sure we have your up-to-date details in case we need to contact you. Uniform Shop – Not open until further notice. If you require uniforms, please send an order form to the office (with money or pay by direct deposit) and uniforms will be delivered to your child. Please check our SkoolBag App for updates daily. This is the easiest way to stay up-to-date with school events, last minute notices, and all school communications.

1. Download the app 2. Create an account 3. Add our school

Learning from Home – Week 1

Today, students are to complete the work in their Learning from Home Package for Week 1, Tuesday. We miss everyone not being at school!

Students can communicate with their class teacher via the phone, Google Classroom

or Class Dojo. Your child’s class teacher will be calling this week to check in.

We hope you stay well. Please take care. Hopefully, we will see everyone back at school next week.

If we cannot return to school, your pack contains a second week of work. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Class & Expectation Awards Term 3 Week 5

KB: Fletcher Jennings, Jacob Grant, Indie Johnson

KC: Ashlyn Martin, Bodhi Freeman, Elora Parker

1B: Aliyah Matri, Dakota Clark, Maddie Boorer, Christian Collins

1K: Ryan Stanton, Charlie Wamsley

2A: Leeland Rawbone, Harrison Fisher

2S: Levi Collins, Archer Ranieri, Rosemary Knudsen

3/4K: Justin Boorer, Isabella Fisher, Lily Sansom, Eiva Swilks

3/4L: Amos Tukuafu, Tiffany Harris, Hunter Williams, Eli Soupidis

Morning building activities in the Infants playground

3/4S: Reanna Gorton, Jasmyne Warner, Jarred Rolvink, Urban Holden

3/4W: Marnie Renwick, Bodhi Murphy, Ruby Baker, Hamish Haschek

5/6E: Evie Bradney, Nylah Wisely, Tiko Samson, Janella Brooks

5/6G: Jai Thompson, Charlie Bignell, Lilly-Grace King, Amy Fry

5/6M: Hayden Dark, Brodie Baker, Sienna Macdonald, Amelia Wooster

5/6S: Ellie Berry, Dakota Oxenbridge, Bodhi Ashby

P&C Winter Raffle

Raffle tickets went home last week. Tickets must be returned to the school by 10am on Thursday 26 August (sold or unsold). – extended by one week 1st prize – 6 x 4 trailer load of firewood 2nd prize - $50 Shop Midcoast Gift Card 3rd prize - $25 Shop Midcoast Gift Card

GLOUCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C ASSOCIATION - Meeting 27/07/2021

Meeting opened at 7:04pm Attendance: As per attendance book Minutes: Previous meeting minutes read and moved to be correct Moved: Ruth Seconded: Katharine Business arising:

• Plaques are done and on the seating. • Wonder White bread bag promotion finished, and the bread bags have been sent off. • NAIDOC cancelled due to covid – hot dogs from NAIDOC day to be sold on various sale days. • Letter for the auditor still to be done for the Canteen volunteers.

Moved: Erin Seconded: Hannah Correspondence: see correspondence book. Moved: Ruth Seconded: Jodie Uniform: See report

• Thank you, Erin and Jamie, for the rack in the uniform shop to display stock. • Erin asked about what to do with the invoices now – all invoices are to be paid by the signatories of the

banking only. • All in favour that Erin changes the password to the LW Reid account. All in favour. Carried. • New cupboards – school to buy and Trevor to attach 4 points of cupboard to existing cupboard. • Ruth moved a motion to keep all uniforms at the same price, all in favour – carried.

Moved: Erin Seconded: Nicole Fundraising: see report

• Sock fundraiser – discussed options around how we would make this work for our school – decided that if we were to do a sock fundraiser then we would do it similar to the pie drive and each family would be given an order form with all of the colour and size options.

• Winter raffle tickets to go out asap, with trailer load of wood as first prize, Sally to donate wood and Hannah to donate use of trailer. Second prize and third prize to be $50 and $25 Mid Coast shop cards. All tickets to be in by 19th August.

Moved: Nicole Seconded: Erin Treasurer’s Report: Bookkeepers Report see report Moved: Aleena Seconded: Scott Canteen Report: see report

• Red Nose Day meal deal – Friday 13th August, the meal deal will be a hot dog, popper and juice cup for $5. Extra hot dog $2. Orders to be taken back to the canteen and last day for orders will be Wednesday 11th August.

Moved: Ruth Seconded: Nicole Principals Report: see report General Business:

• Ruth to collect the invoices from P&C mail and uniform pigeon holes. • Bookkeeper’s position filled by Robyn. • The anthem in the hall to change the wording from “young and free” to “one and free”, Leanne to explore

options. • P&C shed needs organising and shelving to be purchased.

Moved: Sally Seconded: Nicole Meeting closed at 9.14pm