Term 2 

Week 3  

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   Parents and carers are encouraged to raise any issues or concerns about our school with 

their child's teacher,  the Principal or any staff member. If you would like further assistance you 

may also contact the Educa on and Training Directorate’s Liaison Unit by phone on 6205 5429 

Enrolments for 2016 Enrolments oare pen online on from Tuesday 28 April 2015 to Friday 5 June 2015. If you do not have access to a computer please speak with Hilary Pitt at reception on the Junior Site, and Leona Anton in the front office on the Senior Site. They will assist to set you up on a computer to complete the application process at school. Offers of placement will be made from Friday 19 June 2015. The online applica on can be found at: h p://www.det.act.gov.au/

school_educa on/enrolling_in_an_act_public_school  

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL— During our classroom visits this week we have observed crea vity in ac on.  Our 

Kindergarten students used the design make and appraise cycle to plan and construct a home fit for basic 

human needs.  Year 2 students have been exploring the engineering behind materials and how materials 

may serve several purposes; the students referenced their plans in order to construct their own machines 

for a range of purposes. Crea vity can also be expressed in speech. Our year 4‐6 students have been show‐

ing their crea ve use of the English language by preparing and delivering speeches intended to entertain or 

persuade an audience.  

It is important for people of the world today to use innova ve thinking to solve problems or to create new 

ways of doing things. As part of being an IB school; we support students in developing their crea vity in all 

of the Units of Inquiry across the school. 

Open Night—On Thursday evening we welcomed over 150 parents and carers to Preschool and  Kindergar‐

ten for our Open Night. During this  me we shared our IB PYP journey and our commitment to the devel‐

opment of the whole child. If you missed the evening, informa on is also available on our website. Enrol‐

ments for 2016 are open and we encourage families to complete the online enrolments in prepara on for 

2016.  

For those who a ended the evening, we ask that you take a few moments to provide us with some feed‐

back on the Preschool Open Night and Kindergarten Open Night. Please follow the link below to complete 

the survey. 

h ps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YQJK3F3 

Car Park—We are again facing significant conges on in the Preschool Carpark each morning and a ernoon. 

The cause of this conges on is people not following the signage. It is causing large delays as people are 

wai ng to turn right onto Kelleway Ave. This T intersec on is a NO RIGHT TURN as the sign indicates. 

Please turn le when exi ng the Preschool carpark. We will be closely monitoring this area before and 

a er school and ask for your support to follow the signage to allow the traffic to flow safely.  

Shannon Birch & Angela Spence

Dates to Remember:

19 May - Kindergarten Questacon Excursion

19 May - PSSA Cross Country

22 May - Reconciliation Sorry Day Bridge Walk

 

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Gold Creek School            Kelleway Ave, Nicholls, ACT, 2913 

Year 4 News 

Year 4 have completed their first Unit of Inquiry for 2015. They focussed on the Central Idea: Explora on leads to discovery and

develops new understandings. Year 4 have travelled back in  me and looked at what life was like in the 18th century, they took a 

virtual tour on board of Captain Arthur Phillips’ ship during the First Fleet. They also travelled to Cooma Co age in Yass to explore 

the home of Hamilton Hume and discovered what life was like in Australia during the 19th century. Students also researched fa‐

mous explorers and inves gated how ex‐

plora on has changed over  me. They re‐

searched such explorers as: Captain James 

Cook, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, 

Nellie Bly, Burke and Wills and Jessica Wat‐

son. To show their understanding the stu‐

dents  chose an explorer and wrote a jour‐

nal in the life of that explorer as they were 

making new discoveries. 

 

Mrs Barne , Mrs Brown and Mr Carswell  

TERM 2 ASSEMBLY

Wk 4 Year 4

Wk 5 Year 2

Wk 6 Year 5

Wk 7 Year 1

Wk 8 Year 3

Wk 9 Specialist

Wk 10 Whole School Thursday

( NAIDOC Week Celebra on)

Notes Home

Year 5 Cooba Camp

Year 6 Borambola Camp

Merit Awards 3‐6 

3A Peter V 

Claire M 

 

3B Lindsay H 

Jadzia B 

  

3C Lachlan P 

Tomas G 

 

4A  Emma C 

Aimie T 

4B Mitchell P 

Kobe R 

4C Je  M 

Madison H 

        

5A Darshan R 

Kaelin S 

Phoebe P  

5B Remi L 

Lara R 

5/6 Solon H 

Gaby J 

6A Thiet N 

Arjun G 

6B Logan K 

Ashley G        

 

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Gold Creek School            Kelleway Ave, Nicholls, ACT, 2913 

                  www.goldcreek.act.edu.au 

Friendly Thursdays

Every Thursday our “Friendly Thursday” parent helpers group meets in the Junior Site staffroom from 8.45am for a coffee and a 

chat. It is to and to undertake tasks supplied by teaching staff to support the smooth delivery of teaching and learning programs. 

These tasks may include cu ng things out, lamina ng pages, colla ng booklets, etc.   You do not need to be skilled, or have prior 

knowledge on how to complete these tasks as full instruc on will be given.   

This is a great opportunity to get involved in the school and also to establish friendships with other parents and carers within the 

school.   While we meet on the Junior Site, parents and carers with students on the Senior Site are most welcome to join us.  Just 

come to the front office and sign in and you will be shown where to come. 

This is an informal group so coming along does not commit you to coming every week.  Friendly Thursdays runs from 8.45 ‐

10.15am but you are welcome to come and leave whenever you like within this  meframe. 

A light morning tea is provided.  For more informa on please contact Shannon Birch or Hilary Kinraid, Hila‐

ry.Kinraid@ed.act.edu.au  

 

 

Defence News 

There are a number of new Defence students at our school this year.  Therefore, as an opportunity for Defence students to get to know other Defence students in the school I will host a couple of pizza lunches as follows: 

Friday, 22 May lunch me (2nd break) in the mul ‐purpose room – Defence students from Kindy – Year 3 

Friday 29 May lunch me (2nd break) in the mul ‐purpose room – Defence students from years 4‐6  

A note about this will be sent home with your child with a tear off return slip to confirm a endance.  If you need more informa on, or if your child has special dietary requirements, please contact me by email.  

Hilary Kinraid DTM/DSTA  Reconcilia on Week and Na onal Sorry Day walk

Next week is reconcilia on week. It is a  me to remember the Stolen Genera ons – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were forcibly removed from their families. It is also a  me to come together as a community to build rela onships across cul‐tures, and celebrate culture. 

Both the Senior and the Junior sites will be recognising Reconcilia on Week during Assemblies. Some students will be represen ng our school during the Na onal Sorry Day Walk.   

PROGRAMMING CLUB This year we are offering ac vi es during the break  mes and the Programming Club has been a huge success. We have students who have excep onal exper se in this area and it is giving them an opportunity to share their knowledge with others. It is so popular we are una‐ble to cater for the demand. Scratch is the programming language we are using. This language makes it easy to create interac ve art,    stories, simula ons, anima ons and games and the students share these crea ons online.                              This programme provides a stepping stone to the more advanced world of COMPUTER PROGRAMMING and can even be used for a range of educa onal and purposes.  If you would like more informa on please contact Catherine Geraghty‐Slavica via email:  c.geraghty‐slavica@ed.act.edu .au 

School Banking Raffle Our school banking volunteers will be running a raffle during term 2.Every  me your child makes a deposit through school banking, in term 2, they will automa cally receive an entry into the draw.  

The prizes include our most popular school banking rewards from the last few years.The raffle will be drawn in week 9 of term 2. Prizes will be given out in week 10 of term 2. 

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Stranger Danger – Educate your children

ACT Policing is reminding parents to enforce the importance of stranger danger messages to their children following an incident in Conder last month (April), but also wants to assure the community that these events are rare and ‘not every white van is a concern’. 

A student was walking home from Lanyon High School when she was approached by an unknown man on Box Hill Avenue in Conder. 

The man approached the student and tried to engage her in conversa-tion. The student became frightened and ran to a nearby oval adjacent to Charles Conder Primary School.  

The man followed the student for a short distance before leaving the scene. The student was unharmed.  

The man is described as Caucasian, about 5’7” (170cm) tall, around 30 years old with short dark hair. At the time he was wearing a grey and black flannelette shirt with dark track pants.  

ACT Policing encourages parents to continue to educate their children in good personal safety practices including 'stranger danger' awareness and where possible, travelling in groups. 

"This incident is a timely reminder to people to be mindful of their surroundings and to keep their level of awareness active regardless of what activities they are undertaking," Acting Superintendent Jo Camer-on said. 

Police however also want the community to be assured that these events are rare.  

Over the past two years police have received some reports of children being approached by a man in a white van.  

This has led to heightened public concern in regard to white vans around schools. Police encourage parents to talk to their children about this, but to keep things in perspective for their children, who should not become overly anxious when a white vehicle is seen near them or their school grounds. 

“It’s important that just because a white van is seen around a school that the public does not immediately associate this with a possible abduction,” Acting Superintendent Cameron said.  

“There are thousands of white vans that are driven around Canberra, many of which are owned by parents or tradespeople who are simply dropping their kids off to school.”  

For more information on child safety and security, please visit the Con-stable Kenny Koala website at http://www.constablekenny.org.au/