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TERM 2 EVENTS

Thursday 20 June Assembly @1.00pm AECG Meeting at Goulburn East PS

Friday 5 July PJ Movie day Last Day of Term 2

Monday 22 July Staff Development Day

Tuesday 23 July Students return for term 3

GOULBURN EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Ph: 02 4821 4007 Email: goulburne-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 13 June 2019 Week 7

GEPS Breakfast Club Starting the day with food and friends!

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:15am – 8:50am in the school library

Our Breakfast Club is run by the school and a gold coin donation is

appreciated.

Next Thursday we are very proud to welcome the local

Aboriginal Education Consultative Group to our school. The

AECG rotate the venues for their meetings around each of the

schools, providing the opportunity for the host school to talk

about Aboriginal Education in their school.

GCOPS Concert preparations continue for the choir and

dance groups. Our performance evening will be Wednesday 7

August with tickets going on sale early next term. Once again

we thank the Goulburn Workers Club for donating the use of

the auditorium and side rooms. Thanks to the support of the

students, staff and families, this will be the 16th year of these

concerts. What an incredible achievement for the public

schools of the Goulburn and Crookwell District.

Formal reports are currently being finalised by class teachers

and will be coming home in the final week of the term.

All public schools in NSW are working towards implementing

the Healthy School Canteen Strategy. All canteens must

ensure that their menus are within the guidelines by the end

of 2019 and I would like to thank Lee’arne Campbell for her

work to make sure that our canteen complies within this

timeframe.

And while I’m talking about the canteen… we really do need

some more volunteers! Parents, grandparents, even for a few

hours once a month! Please let the office know if you are able

to help in any way.

For this term we have been focusing on respect at school. We

are noticing that often children speak unkindly, dismissively

or abruptly to their friends and don’t consider how their

friend might feel when that happens. Being kind to one

another is a way of showing respect and this is the message

we are focusing on at school.

Have a great week Charmian Cribb

Goulburn AECG

(Aboriginal Education Consultative Group)

Goulburn East is proud to be hosting the

next meeting of the Goulburn AECG

(Aboriginal Education Consultative Group)

When: Thursday 20 June 2019

Time: 4.15pm

Venue: Library

PAVER FUNDRAISER

Don’t forget to pick up your

order form for a paver. All

monies raised will be used for

our ongoing playground

improvement. Order forms are

available at the school office.

Orders close Monday 1 July.

TERM 2 WEEK 6 ASSEMBLY AWARD RECIPIENTS

KJ

Lane Picker

1F

Teddy Sargent

2A

Rafe Langham

Hudson Anable Cerise Gabelle Brax George

Sofia Zecevic Riley Woodberry Sharaf Un Nisa

Riley Mooney Lexie Price Noah Canty

2/3S

Sofia Sharpe

3/4G

Indyana Kershaw

4/5M

Sierra Bridge

Owen Edwards Payton Piovesan Hannah Sargent

Hazel-Mae Edmonds Isabel Venables Violet Edmonds

Ruby McIntosh Reegan Shawyer Rhylan Basford

Rovic Vicente

5/6R

Harry Humphries Chelsea Rayner

Ellie Clarke Allie Luck

Zac Vaughan

Respect @ Goulburn East

Will

Canty

4/5M

Ethan

Wilson

KJ

Charlie

Moss

3/4G

Hudson

Anable

KJ

Archer

Miller

2/3S

Sorry Day Flowers

On Thursday 27 June from 1.00pm to

1.45pm students will be working with

members of the local Aboriginal Community

to make Sorry Day flowers which will form part

of a permanent display at school.

PJ Movie Day is coming!

Friday 5 July 2019

More information and

ticket order forms

coming home soon.

Bush Tucker

Bush tucker, also called bush food, is food native to Australia. Aboriginal Australians

have used indigenous plants for food and medicine for millennia.

ENROLMENTS FOR KINDERGARTEN 2020

Kindergarten enrolments are now being taken for children who live in the Goulburn East zone and will

turn 5 years old before 31st July 2020. Enrolment forms are available from the Office.

To finalise your child’s enrolment you will need to bring along:

A completed enrolment form

Your child’s Birth Certificate

Your child’s immunization certificate (available from Medicare)

Proof of address eg electricity bill, rental agreement etc

Please bring along the original documents - these will be photocopied for inclusion in your child’s

record card.

Kindergarten orientation days will be held in Term 4. More information on the orientation days

will be provided at a later date.

News from 5/6R

5/6R have been studying the different cultures that immigrate to Australia. We have learnt that many of them

came to escape wars and for political reasons, some came to find gold and many more came to Australia for a

better life. Through our readings of ‘The Happiest Refugee’, ‘Chinese Cinderella’ and ‘We are born Free’ we

have come to realise that many migrants brought ideas, food, business and other opportunities to make

Australia great. Did you know that the great surgeon Victor Chang, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, business woman Tan

Le, David Pocock, Kostya Tszyu, Julia Gillard, Dr Nouria Salehi, Les Murray and Daria Gavrilova all migrated to

Australia? Each of them has contributed something truly amazing to our country. 5/6R were asked to research

someone famous or a family member who had migrated to Australia and then prepare a presentation for the

class about why they migrated, difficulties they had in settling into Australia and what contributions they made

to society. All presentations were fantastic and enjoyed by everyone, especially me, I loved them all. The

students were also asked to bring in a dish from their person’s country of origin to share with the class.

Needless to say, on Thursday there was a multicultural feast happening in 5/6R’s room at lunch. It was

spectacular to see the amount of food brought in. All the students were very adventurous and tried a bit of

everything. Pizza, fried rice, and pilly milly dumplings were everyone’s favourite. Mrs Robinson

Reconciliation Week in 4/5M

Students in 4/5M learnt about the Stolen Generations and ‘The Apology’ given by the then Prime Minister

Kevin Rudd. The students watched and discussed the Apology, and interviews with Indigenous Australians.

During this time we also explored the events that occurred from 1910-1970 when Indigenous children were

removed from their families. We completed Sorry Day art work which reflected what we had learnt during

this week.

Soccer Knockout Competition

The boys’ soccer team advanced to the 3rd round of the Soccer Knockout Competition. They played and

defeated Goulburn Public and Bungendore Public School. Round 3 is to be held against Goulburn West. This

game will be a tough one and if we win that one we move onto Round 4!

Parliament House and Reconciliation Place

On Tuesday 11 June Stage 3 visited Parliament House. Once Vice Captain Brody got through security we went

to the Senate and the House of Representatives. It was in the Senate the students established that the roles

and responsibilities of the senate are very different to those in the House of Representatives. We enjoyed

walking through the gallery and seeing the portraits of past Prime Ministers - everybody thought Gough

Whitlam’s portrait was very eye catching. We also ventured up to the roof for some photos, and afterwards we

walked to the park alongside Old Parliament House admiring the spectacular garden. After lunch we visited

Reconciliation Place, where the students were given a tour of the many sculptures and statues that reflect on

the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and the sad times of our history. Reconciliation Place

also celebrates the success and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and highlights the role

that we all have in moving forward and making sure history doesn’t repeat itself in Australia. Mrs Robinson

WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY CHILD HAS TO STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOL?

It is important to let the school know when your child will be away and why your child is absent. Parents

have several options of notifying the school of their child’s absence:

by ringing the school on the morning of each day’s absence

by emailing through an explanation of the absence

by sending in a Reason for Absence form on the first day the student returns to school after an

absence.

By sending in a Reason for Absence via the Skoolbag app.

Any note of explanation forwarded to school should contain:

Your child’s name and class

The day(s) and date(s) that your child was absent from school

The reason the child was absent

The signature of the child’s parent or caregiver

An Application for Extended Leave (Travel) must be completed PRIOR to leave being taken for

approval to be considered; otherwise the absences will be marked as unjustified.

If your child is seeing a Doctor due to illness, please request a Medical Certificate covering the date(s)

of the absence(s). Extended absences due to illness are eligible for an Exemption from School if a

Doctor’s Certificate is provided for the entire period of illness.

Second hand books and toys needed!

The 26 students in the Opera House Choir are raising money to assist with their travel

costs to Sydney in September.

All donations of great books and toys which are no longer used and are in good

condition will be greatly appreciated!

Please send in the books or toys by Monday 24 June.

We will be running our stall in the last week of this term.