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Newsletter Term 4 Week 7, 18th November 2014 Upcoming events Weeks 6&7 – Swim School Dear Parents/Carers Thank you for supporting our school fete last Friday. It was a lot of fun and we managed to raise a tidy amount of funds to support the school. Thank you to Ms Baker for organising things and to everyone for helping make sure we had an enjoyable evening. Last Thursday, the students and community had the opportunity to farewell Aunty Sue. Sue has been our Aboriginal Education Officer for 20 years. In that time Sue has been an advocate for the education of all children and we all know that she will be missed by everyone. The new electronic school sign will be operating shortly. We are currently waiting for the school electrican to complete the wiring. Schools rely on many methods of communication. The sign is another way that we can get our message about the quality of our students and school to the Gunnedah community. The focus of our school is to be serious about learning. Our research-based professional learning is focussed on using assessment for learning practices. To ensure that our teachers have an idea of the effectiveness of their teaching, we are able to calculate an effect size. Effect size uses pre-test data to give a starting point and the post-test data gives us an end point. The difference in the data is then calculated. Teachers are then able to analyse data to determine the next step in teaching. This means that students at Gunnedah Public School have their learning needs determined through accurate and detailed data collection. The weather continues to be very hot and dry. Students need to have water every day. All students are encouraged to drink plenty of water. Water bottles are the easiest way to ensure that kids can access water whenever they need. Have a great week Kind regards Stephen de Roos

Aunty Sue’s Farewell Last Thursday GPS farewelled a much loved staff member of 20 years. Sue Sutherland, or Aunty Sue, retired this term. The school assembled in the hall and many people spoke of fond memories of Aunty Sue including Wayne Griffiths, Miss West, Mr de Roos and Larna Saddler from 5/6J. She was presented with some gifts and a card signed by the whole school. Many of Aunty Sue’s family and friends attended, including her three sons. We all shared a BBQ sausage sizzle lunch and had a chance to give Aunty Sue a hug and thank her for her time in our school. We will miss your smiling face in our school Aunty Sue.

GPS Fete GPS held its first fete for a few years, last Friday. Every class ran a stall and helped raise money for our school. We had a jumping castle, showbags, white elephant stall, dunk tank, BBQ & cake stall and a very popular Slushie machine. Special thanks go to Henessey Real Estate for the donation of the Jumping Castle and Gunnedah Hire Service for coming to the rescue in the 40 degree heat to kindly donate the Slushie Machine. We raised $1600 for our school and look forward to getting something useful for the school. Thanks go to everyone who came and supported the GPS Fete, which will surely be an annual event.

Gunnedah Public School

Quality Education in a Caring Environment

Merit Award recipients

Canteen Roster 21st November – Lisa, Emily & Sue 28th November – Lizz, Jackie & Jenny 5th December - Lizz & Dianne 12th December – Lizz, Jackie & Shantelle

No Nits November ‘No Nits November’, to be held during the month of November, is an awareness campaign to help both children and parents fully understand head lice, while also giving parents and kids the opportunity to win a $1000 donation to their school library. The PR agency behind the creative concept, Believe Advertising, built the campaign for Australian head lice treatment company NitWits, as a way to create awareness and buzz around the topic of head lice, while working across multiple print and digital platforms to achieve mass coverage for NitWits. “I wanted to creat a campaign for NitWits that would get Australian families talking about Head Lice awareness along with also having an innovative social media element. The $1000 donation to a school’s library gives the campaign a local focus that gets kids and families involved from a grass roots level,” says Believe Advertising’s director, Adrian Falk. Get online and check out No Nits November for

lots of tips and information

GUNNEDAH PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C CHRISTMAS HAMPER

The P&C are looking for donations of non-perishable items, such as

canned food, for a fundraiser raffle Please bring in items by Monday, 17th November 2014

Donations can be left at the front office or with class teachers All donations are greatly appreciated

Tickets for the raffle will go out on Tuesday, 18th November 2014 For further information, please phone Lisa: 0428424032

Merit Awards! KW – Willow Ferguson & Jayden Selway, 1W – Brandon Sheumack, 3/4H –Darcy Bell, 3-6F – Bella Gold, 5/6J – Madi Milgate, Kursty Silver & Sebastian King Teacher of the Week - Miss Jones & Mrs Hewitt

School Calendar Term 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week 7 SWIM SCHOOL

17/11 6pm

P&C meeting

18/11 19/11 20/11 1pm

K-2 parent session

High School Transition

Group 2 aftenoon session

Early Birds

21/11 Canteen Day Chicken Salad

Wrap with popper/water

Week 8

24/11 25/11 26/11 27/11

Early Birds

28/11 Canteen Day

Honey Soy Chicken Leg/Thigh with popper/water

Week 9

1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 1pm

Kinder Orientation and

information

Presentation Day

5/12 Canteen Day

Beef & Gravy rolls with popper/water

Carols in the Park Week 10 8/12 9/12

Year 6 Farewell 10/12 11/12

11.30am Early Birds

graduation and concert

12/12 Canteen Day

Cheesy Macaroni & Garlic Bread with

popper/water

Week 11 15/12 Reward Day

Pool

16/12 17/12 Last day of Term

4 for students

18/12 19/12

Bloomfield Street, GUNNEDAH. 2380 Phone: (02) 6742 2266 Fax: (02) 6742 4309

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

Principal: Mr Stephen de Roos