Goulburn West Public School

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106 Combermere St, Goulburn NSW 2580 Tel: 4821 1781 Mb: 0417 404 882 Fax: 4822 1460

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

Issue 3 Term 2 Monday 15 June 2020

PrinciPal’s rePort

Dear parents/carers,

I would like to thank everyone for your cooperation during drop off, pick up and school hours by

staying off the school site. Whilst I understand that this can be inconvenient, it has meant that we have

been able to keep our community safe. You would have noticed we sent out updated guidelines for

families from the Department of Education using our various communication methods. Hopefully, we

will be able to resume many of our extra-curricular activities after the school holidays. We are in

communication with some external providers to try and have them back working with the school to

assist our students. It is a credit to you and our teachers that our students are so settled and producing

high quality work despite having weeks of remote learning and a different routine to what they are

normally accustomed to.

At this stage school camps, excursions, parent volunteers and parent attendance is still cancelled.

At Goulburn West in line with the rest of the schools in NSW, we are closely monitoring student

absence. If a student is absent more than 3 days without a medical certificate, this will be recorded as

an unauthorised absence and followed up by the school. Also if there is a history of poor school

attendance, the school will follow the usual protocols in regards to the Home School Liaison Program.

NSW Health advice indicates students are unlikely to infect any vulnerable family members. Students

are encouraged to return to school.

We have started to have small assemblies in stage groups to celebrate student achievement, discuss

our PBL message and also for myself to address the students. It has been great to hear why students

are being recognised.

I would like to thank Mrs Collins and Mrs McKillop as they have come in some weekends to work in the

school gardens. We really appreciate the efforts they have gone to, to keep our school looking nice.

Also a thank you to Mr Hazelgrove for his tireless efforts in maintaining our school grounds.

Regards

S Osborne

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A week

in 3/4M

We have created

Indonesian masks

in CAPA as we

have been

learning about

Indonesian culture

in Geography.

Congratulations to Max, Nikita,

Emily and Ebony on receiving

your Pen License!

Getting a new cast I got a new cast on Friday. I got a red cast it is tighter

than my other cast. I went to see my GP to tell me what

cast I need. Mum paid $13 for a fibreglass cast. The cast

is splash proof. I got to have a choice of the colour the

choices were blue, red, green, pink and purple.

I chose red. By Tori Douglass

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Kinder and Stage 1 PBL winners

Wyatt Poley and Scarlett Corcoran

Assembly certificates year 2

PBL News encouraging and strengthening

student awareness of school-wide expectations

Our focus this week is

“Keep your hands and feet to yourself”

Congratulations to our students named below who have each won canteenvouchers.

“ Great job everyone”!

Assembly certificates year 1

Stage 2 PBL Winner

Caleb Taylor

Stage 3 PBL Winner

Bryson McLean

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Library News

All orders for Book Club

Issue 4 are to be placed

via LOOP before

Thursday 18 June.

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Waste Free Wednesday Challenge

Goulburn West Public School will be implementing a WASTE FREE WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE starting

this Wednesday 3 June 2020 to reduce the amount of waste that the school contributes to landfill.

Families and students are encouraged to support this initiative by being creative and sending food in

reusable containers.

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 meet during recess time on Wednesday in the library.

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.

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Pokemon Club has started up again this term at recess in the library.

Children are asked to wash hands before and after Pokemon Club.

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Family Contact Details

Have you moved or changed your phone number recently?

Please contact the school office or send in a note with your child/ren if any

of your contact details and emergency contact details need to be updated.

Violin lessons at Goulburn West Public School

In 2020, Geoff Stewart-Richardson will be continuing the strings pro-

gramme at Goulburn West Public School. Geoff is an experienced

string teacher.

Lessons can be provided in violin, viola or cello.

Not only will students be able to learn the violin or cello (or viola), they

will be able to learn music in a wide variety of styles - including

contemporary music, classical, folk jazz and even rock!

Student Banking Due to government restrictions the student

banking scheme is on pause at the moment.

Hopefully we will recommence in term 3 once

we have permission from the Commonwealth

Bank

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