IN THIS WEEK’S NEWSLETTER

*Parent Survey

*MND Ice Bucket Challenge

*Year 7 Select Class 2021

IMPORTANT DATES

This Friday 27th September is the last day of Term 3.

School resumes for students and staff on

Monday 14th October

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Grafton Public School A Tradition of Excellence

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Term 3 Week 10: Wednesday 25 Sept 2019

Please find below a link for the 2019 Tell Them From Me Parent survey. Hearing from parents is an important part of the school improvement journey. It is important to our school that our community has a voice. The information gathered will be used to assist in planning for the next few years. It would be marvellous if you could complete the online survey which only takes 5 minutes to complete. http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/gps19 Thankyou in anticipation of your assistance.

We need your help please!

Attention Year 5 Parents: Selective high schools cater for high achieving academically gifted students who may otherwise be without

sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level. These schools help gifted and talented students to

learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing

educational materials at the appropriate level. Grafton High School is a selective high school.

Applications for selective high school placement are considered mainly on the basis of the Selective High School Placement Test results and school assessment scores.

Applications for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2021 must be made online between 8 October 2019 and 11

November 2019. Late applications will not be accepted. Parents must apply online at <https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-

classes/year-7> All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test to be held on Thursday 12 March 2020. Detailed instructions on how to apply online are available in the booklet 'Applying for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2021' at this link <https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7> The application website closes on 11 November 2019. You must apply before the closing date. Absolutely no late

applications will be accepted under any circumstances.

There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library.

Year 7 Select Class 2021

Our Year 2 students enjoyed their history excursion to Alumny Creek School last week. Many of them were dressed in period costume and enjoyed exploring the old school house and grounds. They sat in the old desks and wrote with quill pens and ink. The students loved the chance to ring the old school bell which parents and grandparents will remember as a very privileged job when they were in school.

Year 2 at Alumny Creek

Our Kinder Kritters transition program for littlies starting in 2020 has begun and continues every Friday for the next 11 weeks. This week’s session will run from 12 noon till 2.30pm. If you have a little one ready to start Kinder next year, and haven't already done so, please collect an enrolment pack. If you have neighbours, relatives or friends who you know have a pre-schooler ready for Kinder, please let them know that the enrolment packs are now available and encourage them to call in and collect one. Please note that you are only guaranteed enrolment at Grafton Public School if you reside within our catchment “zone”. Out of zone applications are taken but we cannot confirm enrolment until late in the year, so encourage families to enrol their child at their local school as well and also participate in their orientation days.

Kinder Kritters

A bit of fun for a great cause on the last day of

term.

Each week we will try to acknowledge the children who received awards at their grade assemblies in the previous week. Congratulations to the following students who received awards last week: Kindergarten: Reece Richardson, Elliana Summers, Alina Maleschka-Dawe, James Louloudias, Fred Holloway, Vivienne Kelemec, Natasha Sentas, Oscar Kitching, Peter Davies, Carson Gallagher, Chloe Nelson, Madison Rankin, Elizabeth Kerr, Harper Dendle-Palmer, Kenzie Sandoz, Ava Harris, Rylee Beckhouse, Rocco Palin, Payton McPhillips, Logan Kennedy Year 1: Faith Chamberlain, Dominik Lasker, Hamzah Alam, Andee Spencer, Sophie Stubbs, Cooper Biggs, Vince Ryan, Oliver Moss, Jade Child, Ariel Clark, Benj Lloyd, Lily Bartrim, Kiara Chellew, Aaleaha-Mai Ferguson, Faith Woods, Jacob Carroll, Emma Watkins, Isabella Harris, Theo Dickson, Lucas Milne, Vienna Thurtel, Archer Riepon

Year 2: Gabrielle Fergusson, Tatum Clark, Elissa Collins, Katelyn Baker, Tiara Mills, Walker Jimmink, Bailey Hagenson, Elly Huntley, Terralee Rainbow-Davis, Zahlia Third, Mia Ottosson, Khloe Browning-Hodges, Maria Gumbleton, Myles Knott, Nathan Connor, Mia Rababi, Eli Brown, Connor Westbury-Chisolm, Joshua Kenny, Hugh Fletcher, Zane Smith, Claire Spencer, Byron Taylor Harris, Connor Macbeth, Jacqulin Linsket, Mason Farquhar, Jade Tierney

Year 3: Oscar Woods, Lilly Childs, Charlotte Windon-Borg, Ruby-Lee Johnson, Hannah Plunkett, Rhani Abrahams, Riley Campbell, Nafis Alam, Elsie Childs, Scarlet McGuren, Matilda Collins, Harrison McGee, Matilda English, Polly Robertson, Cameron Abrahams, Keoni James, Qwayde Collins, Trent Tomlinson, Ali Drummond, Ryan Woolfe, Jay Lee, Zayne Esterhuizen, Rylan Lawrence, Nathanual White, Vinh Coorey, Benson Landrigan, Saxon Green, Alva Eastwood, Isabella Moran, Andrew Bultitude, Romey Castle, Ryan Stapleton, Laura Rowleson

Year 4: Nyoka Duroux, Matthew Hoade, Charlie Rainbow, Izac Shelton, Abby Blanch, Tiffany Mills, Oliver Spice, Talia Causley, Chad Pateman, Chayse Biggs, Nikita Vitnell, Ashton Baker, Bella Leaegailesolo, Cloe Highley Peacock, Nathan Shiels, Toby Woods, Jett-Anthony Chapman, Chelsea Farquhar, Khoby Tonkin, Georgia Carlton, William Rhodes, Jasper Tobin, Chaz Tomlinson, Nikita Vitnell, Alecsis Spencer, Anabel Bridges-Hanson, Addison Menzies, Toby Woods, Maddy Elliott, Matari Holten, Kai Jackson, Izac Shelton

Year 5: Daisy Ada, Tylissah Third, Chloe Wills, Tyron Hickling-McGrady, Ruby Martin, Lincoln Riepon, Owen Appo-Green, Tiana Ryan Thornton, Brock Eveleigh, Kiera Banfield, Sophie Larkin, Aaliyah Roach, Avnee Singh, Rion Crouch, Lachlan Passmore, Cooper Rumpf, Toby Smidt, Braiden Stewart, Alexis Pace, Cruz Boyd, Luca Michael, Cooper Gilkinson, Chelsea Willard, Rebel Morgan, Holly Swadling, Kai Abrahams, Abbey Maginnity, Chloe Welch, Nash Boyd, Joel Warburton, Lei-Kiesha Armstrong, Poppy Ross, Jesse Brown, Shalisse Chard, Teven West

Year 6: Alexandra Harrigan, Ameera Alam, Lotte Pereira, Mae Carroll, Cara Cookson, Isabella McLennan, Brea Beckhouse, Charlie Schlenert, Jaxon Sullivan, Sebastian Pousima, Izak Richardson, Kobey Jackson, Chad Carlsson, Kade Goodwin, Caitlin Kingsley, Jayde Penfold, Lilly Fletcher, Callum Parkes, Telisha Stubbs, Leni Rush, Shaniqua Williams, Kayla Ellis, Jade Middlebosch, Brock Holten, Shelera Williams, Sienna Tomlinson, Miller Boulton, Ruby Deefholts, Maritsa Hartono, Riley Smidt, Mia Nagle, Tyler Gooley, Abigail Goodall, Taylor Robertson, Brodie Millard, Leeanna Richardson, Allyssa Berar, Charlie Feeney, Tayla Willis, Ryan Stout

ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS

There will be some yummy new additions to the canteen menu for Term 4 so keep an eye on future newsletters and on Facebook. We had hoped to get the online ordering system up and running by Day 1 next term but have encountered a couple of hitches this week. We are hoping to sort out the problems quickly and have the online ordering working as soon as possible. Stay tuned!!

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