Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

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South Grafton Public School Newsletter

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work and we pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.

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Term 3 Week 7 Thursday 31st August 2017

Principal’s Report Last Friday we held our Infants Sports carnival which was an outstanding success. Our students participated in an excellent manner and displayed fantastic sportsmanship. Our thanks to Mrs Walters for her outstanding organisation and all our staff for their support. Thankyou to all our parents who attended and supported our carnival.

Congratulations to our Emus who were the winning house!!

On Tuesday our PPP students participated in their sports carnival which was held at our school grounds. All of our PPP students had a fantastic time participating in a range of activities.

Congratulations to our netball team who played Hastings Public School last Friday in the 6th Round of the PSSA State Knockout competition at Coffs Harbour. Unfortunately we were defeated 24-6 by a very good team. Our team displayed great sportsmanship throughout this

match. Our thanks to Mrs Pope for her excellent coaching and our parents who assisted our team with transport.

Thank you to our parents who attended yesterday’s parent workshop held in our Library. The topic was ‘Mathematical Mind Set”- having fun with Maths and was presented by Mrs Ada and Mrs Hullman. The workshop was a great success and our feedback was very positive. Our final parent workshop for this term will be held on Wednesday 13th September and the topic is Homework which will be presented by each Stage’s Assistant Principal. This workshop will take place in our Library beginning at 6.00pm. This week we are supporting Legacy. Legacy is a charity providing services to Australian defence force families. This week the SRC leaders in our school will be selling badges and pens for Legacy Week. If you would like to purchase a badge or pen they will be for sale at the Primary on Thursday at Recess and Lunch and Infants Campus on Friday at Recess. The cost of each are $2 and $5. Thank you for your support.

Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

This week our P&C held Father’s Day stalls on both campuses. Our thanks to our P&C for organising this fundraiser for our school which was a great success. I would like to wish all our dads a fantastic Father’s Day this Sunday and I hope you are all spoilt by your families. We held a raffle on each campus and the winners are: Primary - Kaleb Williams, Ella McNee, Riley Stanton, Ryan Gorton, James Fisher, Isaac Hall, Matthew Winmill and Alyssa Graham. Infants - Nicola Longstaff, Aurora Menzies, Liam Stanton, Mrs Creighton, Henry Ricketts, Jalani Bannerman, Ava Thurgood-Randall and Isaac Hayes. MARKET DAY NEXT THURSDAY

Our P&C is currently working very closely with Mrs Buckley organising our Market Day. A reminder to our families that students should be saving their coins to have the opportunity to be involved in the excellent range of activities provided on Market Day. This initiative is always very well supported by our school community and we are looking forward to another excellent day. Plant Stall: Mrs Lavery and Mr Tapp will be holding the plant and book stall. We would greatly appreciate donations of any plants, books or fruit. Cake Stall: We are asking for donations for the cake stall, they can be left on the Wednesday or Thursday morning at the Primary Canteen. Please label all items with ingredients. We appreciate your help. Tombola: Miss Carter and Mrs Hullman are asking for empty jars or jars filled with goodies for this stall. Any donations can be left at the office. Craft Stall: Any donations for this stall would be greatly appreciated. Raffle tickets need to be returned sold or unsold to school by next Thursday 7th September.

Currently we have Year 4 students attending Lake Ainsworth. It looks like they are having a great time on this wonderful excursion.

Congratulations to Isaac Barker who last week attended the state PSSA carnival for Rugby Union. Isaac performed extremely well at this carnival and has been chosen for the NSW State PSSA team which is a magnificent achievement. Isaac will be representing his state at the National Carnival to be held in Darwin later this year. Goodluck to the following students Esther Barker, Zoe Rayward, Tom Lehman and Ben Woolfe who are representing our school at the Premier’s Spelling Bee. This will be held at Maclean Public School next Wednesday 6th September. Congratulations to our primary students who have achieved silver badge status and will be attending next Tuesday’s Silver Badge assembly to be held in our Primary Hall at 11.00am. A note has been sent home with these students. This is a fantastic achievement by these students and we are all looking forward to a lovely morning tea which will follow this assembly. Parents are invited to attend this special assembly. Next week our school is celebrating SASS Week which recognizes the outstanding contributions our non-teaching staff (SASS) make to our school each day. Our school is very lucky to have such outstanding SASS personnel and our students and staff greatly appreciate all the amazing things each of our SASS staff contribute on a daily basis.

Have a great week. Mr Peter Hickey - Principal

MARTIN CHATTERTON We would like to offer Martin Chatterton’s caricatures of the children to their parents first in exchange for a donation to the school. Any remaining caricatures will be raffled on Market Day.

OVERDUE BOOKS We have an unusual amount of overdue books at the moment. Please remind your children to return their books ASAP as there are often other children waiting for these books.

LIBRARY CAFE As an extra service to parents and students, our Library is open until 4pm Wednesdays for borrowing, returning and use of computers and printers.

Library News

Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460 T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

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Upcoming Events

Wed 30th Aug-Fri 1st Sep Year 4 Lake Ainsworth Tuesday 5th Sept Silver Badge Morning tea Primary Wednesday 6th Sept Premier’s Spelling Bee Final Maclean PS Thursday 7th September Market Day Wednesday 13th Sept Parent Workshop - Homework Thursday 14th Sept Silver Badge Morning Tea Infants Tuesday 19th Sept Woolworths Earn/Learn ends Thursday 21st Sept Stage 2 and Stage 3 Rewards Day Friday 22nd Sept Stage 1 and Kindergarten Rewards Day Saturday 21st October Sesquicentenary Ceremony Thursday 2nd November Jacaranda Thursday Mon 6th - Thurs 9th Nov Year 6 Sydney Excursion Tuesday 14th Nov Kindergarten 2017 Parent Information session Tuesday 21st Nov Kindergarten 2018 Orientation Thursday 7th Dec Presentation Day SGHS hall Monday 11th Dec Year 6 Farewell

GHA Junior Girls Draw Saturday 2nd September Legends 9.30am 1 McAuley Westlawn v SGPS Simbas (McAuley) 2 Sailors Mermaids v SGPS Nalas (Mermaids) Reminder end of season presentation next Wednesday 6th Sept 3.15pm to 4pm in the Infants.

Students of the Week Award KNC Zyrah Pinote KTJ Tiahni J KAO Kiara Perry KTD Kai McGregor 1BK Naysha Hynard 1CC Ari Towers 1/2KW Lance Gilmore-Skinner 2MA Oliver Van Meurs 2ES Jermaine Woods Sykes 2DR Jordan Pritchard 3JD Bailee M 3DM Kaiden Grainger 3TM Kiana Logan 4TH Esther Barker 4TA Neva Stevens 4DM Ruby Bowling 3/4LG Grace McIntyre 5/6AP Kaydence Kilduff 5LH Hallie Watson 5/6TC Luke Nacinovic 5WC Phoenix Lee 6JR Jaiden West 6DZ Kaitlin Fensom

Principal Awards Samuel Finlay, Mylie Wall, Grace Shorrock, Chloe Brown. AEO Award Callum Dalton, Shyanne Martin, Jakoby Quinlan-Gordon, Hobie Gaddes.

Blue Ribbons Lance Gilmore-Skinner, Mia Muller, Chiara-Lee Harding, BonnieTowers, Alan Haynes, Melinda Pearson-Rolls, Saphira Sinclair, Jacob Jones.

Pride Awards Ashley Higgins, Lucas McCord, Sierra Menzies, Isabella Roughley, Kazrianna Duroux, Taj Giggins, Lilly Wheeler, Jake Roberts, Alex Dunn, Isaac Hayes, Rhianna Blair, Isla Vercoe, Sophie Wynn, Jessica Kelly, Dylan Edwards, Leah Hastings, Elise Grimes, Mia Muller, Riley Lolic, Isabella Bailey, Tiffany Leman, Jacob Maher, Lucy Warwick, Emily Robertson, Mary-Grace Ballis, Aidan Menzies, Nate Tattis, Kiedis Laurie-Daley, Nicola Longstaff Braiden Licen, Andrew Hughes, Keighan Henderson-Wales, Charlie Feeney, Zoe Bailey, Rosa Cook, Maeve Giggins, Evelyn McConnell, Ava Tattis, Tabetha Franicevich, Caitlin Amos, Evie Jenkins, Hayley Robertson, Chloe Taylor, Kirby Bryant, Nayte Meyer, Jake W, Jessica Leslie, Sonny Watts, Rhys Torrens, Jami Reid, Kaleb Mahy, Jake Hogden, Aila Giggins, Zahlee Kilduff, Jayden Fielden, Ayden Nacinovic, Logan McGrath, Charlie Froesch, Azari Higgins, Abigail Woods, Bonnie Towers, Peter Fields, Riley Dawson, Tallara Taylor, Cassidi Hallam, Benjamin Egan, Hobie Gaddes, Summer McCarthy, Callum Dalton, Raymond Casbolt, Isabella Whitton, Nick Shorrock, Kayleb Williams, Brent Corbett, Molly Dungey, Brodie O’Hara, Nadia Smith, Erin Blundell, Ben Simpson, Taury Carney, Luke Marsh, Madison McPherson, Natasha Hogbin, Harry Chard, Jacob Jones, James Thornton, Chelsea Hughes.

PRIMARY Monday Belinda Wormald, HELP NEEDED Tuesday Jo O’Meally, Julianne Parente Wednesday Julie-Ann Brett, Carmel McLachlan Thursday Danni McPherson, HELP NEEDED Friday Rhonda Adamson, Maree Conroy INFANTS Monday Rhonda King, Trish Kells Tuesday Kerri Martin, HELP NEEDED Wednesday Kasey Small, Gail Brotherson Thursday Rhonda King, Kerri Martin Friday Amie Fallon, Amanda Atherton

South Services Cricket Club Sign-on for juniors and seniors is Wednesday 13th September 4pm-5pm. JJ Lawrence Nets (Ryan Street) Everyone is welcome or contact Tom Kroehnert on 0488096707 or contact our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/southservicescricketclub

This year SGPS are celebrating our Sesquicentenary 1867-2017. This celebration will happen on Saturday 21st October 2017. - more details will be sent home

as it gets and closer to the day.

Canteen Roster

Awards

Hockey Draw - Saturday 2nd September

Sesquicentenary Celebrations

Community Notices

CRANES Jacaranda Preschool has been a part of the local community for over forty years. We pride ourselves on providing high quality education and care for children in the Grafton area. Jacaranda Preschool is open from 8.30am to 3.30pm. Fees start

from $15 per day. Please contact the preschool for more information – 6642 4082 or jaca@cranes.org.au

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