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Term 1 Week 9
Date Claimers
March
Friday 26th
Easter Raffle Tickets Due
APRIL
Thursday 1
Last day of School
Jump Rope for Heart Jump
Off
Easter Raffle Drawn
Monday 19th
First day of Term 2
Sunday 25th
ANZC day
Monday 26th
Public Holiday
May
25th—28th
Drama Camp at Columboola
Contact Information
Address: 12051 Coomrith rd, The Gums Qld 4406
Telephone: (07) 4665 9170
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: The Gums State School
Website: https://thegumsss.eq.edu.au/
Absentee Line (07) 4665 9236
Dear Parents,
Thank you:
• to Mrs Dempsey and the yr 5/6s for attending the WDRC
leadership session at Tara last week
• to the school sports leaders for organizing optional morning
fitness run—when the weather permits
Good luck: to all who have purchased a ticket in the P. and C.
easter raffle baskets
Staffing:
• Miss Maddi (teacher aide) has started working with us this
week, she will mainly work with speech therapy
• Mrs Woollard (TRS) will be moving to NSW
• Miss Fleming on leave week 10, Mrs Lambert is replacing
FOCUS 40: your name could be drawn out of the jar on parade on
Friday if you are caught being ’tidy’ this week.
Remember:
• Bullying No Way Day was last Friday—we use our Hi 5 strat-
egy to help us solve issues
• jump rope for heart jump off is Wed 31 March at school—
fundraising can be done online—prizes available
• student council is organizing an end of term Easter fun activi-
ty—there is a flyer in student pigeon holes
• please sign homereading section in homework booklet so we
know that your child is reading every night
School assessment: assessment will be taking place until the end
of the term, please make sure that your child attends school
Congratulations: to all Tara show winners—see results in news-
letter—the school received many prizes
P. and C. Meeting: congratulations to the 2021 committee
ROS BOUGOURE
Principal
Parents: Please use SchoolStream app for
absentee by 11am if your child is absent
from school.
The Gums Newsletter ‘Work Conquers All’
Students of the week
Congratulations to the following students for getting student of the week and book work of the week.
Week 7 Student of the week
Prep - Shanae for improvement in all areas especially maths—graphing
Year 4—Skyla for getting 20/20 for spelling
Week 6 Book work of the week
Year 1- Lachlan for great work in maths—graphing
Year 6—Bryce excellent hand writing in the show
Can we please ask families to bring in empty cereal boxes after the holi-
days? We are looking at advertising in English next term and will closely be ex-
amining cereal boxes.
Back to school Vouchers
The Tara Neighbourhood Centre has a limited supply of back to school vouch-
ers.
If you would like one of these vouchers please call into the Tara Neighbourhood
Centre and ask for Ann Graham ( Family Support Worker).
Prep – 2
Tara Show Work Results
Handwriting
Prep: 1st Shanae
Year 1: 1st Layla
3rd Blaze
Year 2: 2nd Oliver
3rd Willow
Year 3: 1st Jazmine
2nd Mikayla
Year 4: 1st Sophia
3rd Abbey
Year 5: 1st Lane
Year 6: 1st Bryce
Art
Prep: 2nd Shanae
Highly Commended Lexci
Year 1: 1st Layla
Year 2: Highly Commended Olivia
Year 3: 2nd Carl
Highly Commended Harry
Year 4: 3rd Sasha
Highly Commended Abbey
Year 5: 1st Tom
2nd Lalita
Highly Commended Lane
Year 6: 2nd Bryce
Project
Year 4: 1st Abbey
2nd Sophia
Year 5: 1st Lalita
2nd Holly
3rd Tom
Year 6: 1st Bryce
Congratulations to all the following students on your show work.
Best Individual Article P-3: Jazmine year 3 Art
Best Individual Arti-
cle 4-6: Bryce
Craft
Prep: 1st Shanae
3rd Lexci
Year 1: 1st Blaze
2nd Layla
Highly Commended Pepper
Year 2: 1st Olivia
2nd Willow
Highly Commended Jessica
Highly Commended Labella
Year 3: 2nd Carl
3rd Nathan
Year 4: 2nd Dustin
Highly Commended Sophia
Year 5: 1st Tom
Year 6: Highly Commended Bryce
Poetry
Year 4: 1st Abbey
2nd Sasha
3rd Sophia
Year 5: 1st Tom
2nd Jorja
3rd Joseph
Year 6: 1st Bryce
Golf
Thank you to our Golf coach Steve for teaching us
the fundamentals of the game of golf.
Leadership day in Tara
On Friday 19th March the Leaders from our school attended a morning in Tara with other leaders form other schools in our
cluster. They listened to guest speakers, helping them to become great leaders for to school.
Well done to Sophia for getting the most
improved .
Benjamin’s Adventures The prep to 2 class have a very special friend called Benjamin. At the end of each
week Benjamin gets to go home with a student for the weekend. He goes with a
book and the student can write about their adventures over the weekend with
Benjamin and put in photos or drawings of these adventures.
Week 8
Benjamin got to go home with Shanae this week. He had a great weekend at the Apelt house. He en-joyed having afternoon tea with Shanae. Shanae’s little brother helped feed Benjamin. After a busy few weeks Benjamin was in need of a bath. So Shanae and her mum gave him a bath in the washing machine and now he is all clean. Benjamin then played trains and even dad a ride.
Brain Teaser Answers
1. Round of applause 4 Forever
2. Are you in trouble? 5 Thunderstorm
3. Address 6 Spaceship
The Gums State School P&C Association
General Meeting
When: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Where: The Gums State School
Time: 2pm
Everyone Welcome
Please email Agenda Items to Jodie
by Tuesday 13th April 2021
Announcements
The Sea Lorry will be arriving at The
Gums State School at 3pm every last
Wednesday of the month
Private Music Lessons
Lesson fees are $32 per half hour.
Instruments—Piano, drums, guitar, clarinet
Contact Noeleen Johnston on 0427222066 or
(07) 4662 1895
Email: [email protected]
Please email
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Position Member Contact
President Kate McGrorey [email protected]
Vice President Johanna Kirkland [email protected]
Secretary Jodie Abra [email protected]
Treasurer Lyndell Rajkovic [email protected]
Tuckshop Coordinator
Grants Coordinator
Jen Austin
Uniform Coordinator Jodie Abra [email protected]
Catering Coordinator Tiffany Apelt
Fundraising Coordinator Jo Kirkland [email protected]
Ladies Day Coordinator Kate McGrorey [email protected]
The Gums State School Leaders
Position Member
School Captains Bryce Hughes
Student Council President Bryce Hughes
Student Council Secretary Joseph Frauenfelder
Student Council Treasurer Lane Fleming
Brigalow Sports Captain Tom Graham
Brigalow Sports Vice Captain Jorja Kirkland
Belah Sports Captain Holly Von Pein
Belah Sports Vice Captain Lalita Rajkovic
A subsidised bus will be running from TARA to
Dalby for HFT 2021.
For enquires about the bus service or to book your
seat, please contact:
Kylie by 30th March
