Goulburn West Public School

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Email: goulburnw-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Issue 6 Term 3 Monday 3 September 2018

This week we say thank you to the people who keep our school humming

along. To our office staff Ms Collins, Mrs McAlister, Mrs Alessi and Mrs

Hockey, we say thank you for those very busy days! To our school learning

support officers, Miss Nye and Miss Nye and Duncan, thank you for all you

do. To Mr Hazelgrove, thank you for looking after our school maintenance

so well.

BUY A BALE DAY

Thank you everyone for the wonderful response to our Buy A Bale – support a farmer day last Friday.

To date the SRC have raised just over $800, which is a fabulous result. We are proud to say our West

community has supported such a worthy cause.

THINK U KNOW INFORMATION AFTERNOON

We will be conducting a ThinkUKnow information session on cyber safety on Thursday 13 September at

5:30pm. This will be held in O Block. Please see the next page for more information.

NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER’S SPELLING BEE REGIONAL FINALS

Wishing all the best of luck to our representatives in the finals of the Spelling Bee. Nathan, Jazmyn, Olivia and Emily will be travelling to Bowral on Thursday.

Annette Broadbent

Principal

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

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W E E K 7

3/9 4/9 5/9 6/9 7/9 Regional Art Gallery Excursion—KB

W E E K 8

10/9 11/9 12/9 13/9 14/9 Regional Art Gallery Excursion—KM Regional Athletics

Open Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Lunches will be ready for 11:30am. Without the amazing support of the school

community we would be unable to

offer this service to the students.

Thank you to all of our volunteers.

Canteen

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

PLEASE CONTACT KIM SHIRLEY

0437 033 765

Tuesday 4 Sept 9am-12.15pm Michelle Mackey

Sarah Baines Recess Merridy Shirley

Thursday 6 Sept 9am-12.15pm Melissa Bell Monika Rodger Jess Webster Recess Melissa Bell

If anyone would like

assistance with

CareMonkey,

please contact the

office on 4821 1781

ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE

NOT ON AN EARLY BUS MUST

NOT BE AT SCHOOL BEFORE

8:50AM.

OOSH IS AVAILABLE FOR BEFORE

SCHOOL CARE 0498 963 192

PBL News encouraging and strengthening

student awareness

of school-wide expectations

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Our focus this week is

‘Be kind to others’

Good luck everyone!

GWPS LEARNING CLUB

TUESDAYS 3:20 – 4:15PM

Applications open for 2018

Free homework assistance and support provided

along with afternoon tea for students at the

School Library.

For registration information for 2018 please

contact Jeremy from The Smith Family on

0438491964 or

jeremy.sharpe@thesmithfamily.com.au

Learning Club runs week 2–9 every school term.

Congratulations to our students named below who

have each won canteen vouchers.

Well done everyone!

Sophie, Logan, Isaac, Joel

READING CLUB

On Thursday 20 September, Goulburn West will celebrate Australian Reading Hour. We have lots of ex-

citing activities planned for the day, including the opportunity to win some fantastic, signed books by cel-

ebrated Australian authors Jackie French, Anh Do, Graeme Base and Paul Jennings, just to name a few!

More information will come as the date draws closer.

Reading Club is working hard to organise this wonderful event. It’s not too late to join us and lend a

hand with the preparations for Australian Reading Hour. Reading club meets every Tuesday at recess in

the Library. Open to all students K-6. Come along and see where reading can take you!

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Library News

Book Club catalogues will not be going home

with students this term. However, if you would

like one, they can be collected from the library.

Orders will need to be placed by Wednesday,

September 12 (Week 8).

Two catalogues will be distributed in Term 4, as

per usual.

News from the Garden

The Goulburn West Environmental Executive is excited to announce that the Goulburn

Garden Club will be working with them in our school garden. Ms Julie Elliott, a former

member of the Goulburn West staff and some other volunteers will be working with the

executive in the garden on a Friday. We started last Friday and had a great time getting

wet and dirty. It has been a while since we have been able to get into the garden and

now that we are starting from the beginning with soil improvement, seed and mulching

jobs, we are hoping that our wonderful school community will be able to help us with a

few things.

If possible, we would like:

Sheep or cow manure

Any in-season seedlings that you may be able to spare

Packets of seeds

Egg Cartons

Thank you in advance and look for our regular updates in the newsletter.

Happy Gardening.

Environmental Executive.

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WASTE AUDIT

The environmental committee conducted a waste audit of the playground bins

today. We are investigating ways to reduce the amount of waste our school

produces.

In one area alone, we counted over 110 pieces of food waste and 280 food

wrappers.

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PARENT SURVEY ONLINE

Each year, we ask parents for feedback on the school. You are most wel-

come to assist us to meet your needs as best we can by completing the sur-

vey at the link below. It closes on 27/10/2018.

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/gwps2018

Thank you in advance!

Mrs Broadbent

CAMP FUNDRAISER—Pie Drive

If you would like to purchase pies to help raise funds for the Year 5/6

camp, please see attached order form. All orders to be returned to

the school office by Monday 17 September.

Orders to be collected at the canteen Monday 24 September.

Thank you for your support.

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Kindergarten and Year 1 Violin Programme

Violin group tuition will be starting shortly for interested Kindergarten

and Year 1 students at Goulburn West Public School. (Individual lessons

will continue to be available for students of all ages)

Why learn the violin?

The violin is one of the most loved musical instruments and is a fundamental part of

classical, folk, jazz, country and many world music traditions. The violin is also a social

instrument - there are always opportunities for violinists to join with others in music-

making! In particular, Goulburn West violinists have, for several years, had the

opportunity to play in the Schools Orchestra and perform at the Opera House as well as

in school ensembles.

When are violin lessons held?

Violin lessons will initially be held twice a week, to get students and groups started

and then on a weekly basis, usually during afternoon recess. (Students will have the

opportunity to eat and have a short break as well during classes).

How much do violin lessons cost?

The cost will depend upon the size of the group, but will be between $9 and $13 per

lesson. Lessons will run for approximately 45 minutes.

Acquiring a violin

Violins will be provided for hire at a cost of about $30/month.

Getting started

Getting started on the violin is easy. Please feel free to get in touch with any questions

at all or to register your interest:

geoff@s-r.id.au or 0432 314 376

Regards,

Geoff Stewart-Richardson

The Smith Family Scholarship

If you

Have a Health Care Card or Parent Pension Card

Value your child’s education and they are in Years K - 6

Have a child with good attendance (90% or more)

Then your child may be eligible.

Benefits include;

Money for School Things.

Uniforms and shoes, text books, course materials, excursions.

Education Support for children and their families.

Programs to help with children’s reading and numeracy.

Speak to: Robyn at The Smith Family or call 48212833

or contact the Principal

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Goulburn West will be running a Pokemon club for students.

The club is for students interested in playing the Pokemon card game. There will be mentors for those new to the game.

They will meet during recess time, once or twice a week.

NO cards are to be brought in from home.

Due to some very generous donations from , and some of our Goulburn West families, the school has several decks of cards that the

club will play with.

If you have any questions about the club please contact Mrs Gooch.

www.thesmithfamily.com.au

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School Banking Banking day is every Tuesday.

Students are to place their completed yellow Dollarmites wallet into

the grey banking bags located in each class room every

Tuesday morning.

Deposits will be processed at school and all books returned to

students via their class each Wednesday afternoon.

Over the next few weeks we will be updating banking books and

tokens, so please put any tokens you have at home in your bank

book. If you have earned 10 or more tokens we will send home a

redemption card for you to complete and return to us the following

week for ordering.

If you have any queries or questions regarding Banking please

contact Jo from the Commonwealth Bank on 0475821274 or

email Joanna.whatman@cba.com.au

or

Mrs Hockey in the Front Office

or

write us a note and pop it in your bank book.

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The Music Bus is Now Taking new student enrolments for Term 3. The program is open for all students from Kindy/Prep to 6. Running weekdays at school. The Music Bus have limited availability in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar, Drum and Ukulele and so it is advised to enrol asap. The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of our students are already enjoying – a bril-liant and cost-effective way for students to get fun and specialist music lessons without parents having to travel all over the area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week (Drums $18). If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus, check out their website

at www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742

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Kids on Keyboards

Music Keyboard lessons for children Year 2 to 10.

$13 per week. 45 minute group lesson.

Price includes music book and CD.

Contact Keith Binns on 4821 9248 or go to