Newsletter Griffith Public School

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

NEWSLETTER TERM 4 WEEK 4 2016 Principal: Miss Jude Hayman Coolah Street, Griffith NSW 2680 T 6962 3199 F 6962 3451 E griffith-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

*Please note dates from week to week as there are occasionally some changes.

Sista Speak Our Year 6 'Sista Speak' group (an Aboriginal girls mentoring group) enjoyed a visit to Griffith TAFE yesterday where they learnt about some post school possibilities. They were also lucky enough to be treated to a facial and a make-up lesson too! Thank you to all involved at TAFE and to Maxine & Mrs Kitchingman for making it possible!

TERM 4

4 BOOK FAIR

31/10 1/11 Kinder 2017 Orientation

2/11 Kinder 2017 Orientation

3/11 P&C Meeting 5.30pm

4/11 Book Fair Dress Up Day K-6 Assembly

5 7/11 8/11 Kinder 2017 Orientation Stage 3 Excursion

9/11 Kinder 2017 Orientation Stage 3 Excursion

10/11 Stage 3 Excursion

11/11 Stage 3 Excursion

6 14/11 15/11 16/11 17/11 18/11 School Fete

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21/11 22/11 23/11 24/11 Stage 2 Excursion

25/11 White Ribbon Day Stage 2 Excursion

8 28/11 29/11 30/11 Year 6 High School Orientation Day

1/12 K-2 Frolic

2/12

9 5/12

6/12 Volunteers’ Morning Tea

7/12 8/12 Year 6 Graduation

9/12 Year 2 Graduation

10 12/12 10.30am Presentation Day

13/12 Student Reports Home

14/12 15/12 16/12 Last day for students and staff

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016 Term 4 Week 4

Light the Night Join a family friendly event at Collina oval. The Leukaemia Foundation's Light the Night walk will be held at Collina oval from 6pm on Friday November 4th. This is a family friendly event with bbq, stalls, music by the band Cactus, zumba, facepainting and the lantern walk. Lanterns to show support for people on a blood cancer journey or for those currently on their journey can be purchased on the night or ordered in advance by going online to the Leukemia Foundation site https://lighthenight.org.au/event/griffith Every $100 raised equals an hour of blood cancer research which affects 60,000 Australians and provides patient and family support. Contact Margaret on 0427 798398 if you would like further information.

NRL NAIDOC Day On Wednesday, stage 3 students will be walking to the West End Oval to take part in a variety of Koori activities. The day has been organised by local NRL development officers and will involve a variety of activities run by local indigenous people.

Students are asked to wear their sports uniform, including a school hat. A BBQ sausage sizzle, drinks and fruit will be provided free of charge throughout the day. With thanks, Stage 3 teachers. Stage Awards Congratulations to the following students: KSI Lahrell Togagae Paul Tafili Dakota Murray

KL Fiana Pilisi Darlene Sogi Tasila Aiga Lilo Iosefu

KR Jermaine Payne Young Aloniu Jada-Lee Dickens

1M Jordan Von Einem Fei Ataela Christian Gadsden

1/2S Kaelan Little Nancy Tietie Bobby Moore

1L Kallira Milson Miritina Ioane Zac Falemaka

2B Orlando Guidolin Kalais Buerckner Shamella Legara Israel Tamala

2L Lusiana Isaia AnneMarie Perre Daniel Lasike

3/4D Emily Power Aaron Browne Sione Taituave

3/4P Naa Manu Kathleen Asomua Spencer Henderson-Clark Aza-Akon Titio

3/4SC Xavier Anania Keelhan Lovett Jay Lesoa Koko

3/4R Katelin Maru Alexander Ross Nauman Bacha

3/4W Jason Matthews Mohi Gonthier Rebecca Tupa

Mystery Jar Stall Mystery jars containing lollies, marbles, hair bands, trinkets etc. are required for the Mystery Jar stall for our school fete. Donations of bags of lollies would also be appreciated. Thank you for your assistance in making this stall a great success.

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Book Fair Get ready to dress up as your favourite Australian character!! WEEK 4 IS THE BOOK FAIR WEEK, STARTING OCTOBER 31ST. The theme is Australian story. Students will read Australian books and view posters and short plays in the library during this week. Books will be available for purchase. Friday November 4th will be dress up as your favourite Australian person or book character. Talk to Mr Maharaj if you would like to find out more! Child Protection Lessons As part of the Personal Development /Health /Physical Education curriculum, all children participate in Child Protection lessons with their class at some time in Term 4. These lessons help children identify dangerous or uncomfortable situations and ways to seek help from trustworthy adults. Some lessons may involve the naming of parts of the body. The Child Protection lessons have been developed by the NSW Department of Education and Training and they are an important priority for schools. On the yellow information card all parents fill in at the start of each school year, permission was sought for your child to participate in these lessons. If you wish to discuss the nature of child protection lessons please contact your child's teacher. Excursions All students participating in the Years 3 & 4 excursion to Echuca received detailed information yesterday. The notes include what to pack and what not to pack, a timetable of events, travel times, how to pack medication and most importantly medical and horse riding notes that must be filled in and returned to the school by this Friday. Students were also reminded that full payment must be made by November 11th. Many students have already paid the full $150. If you are unsure how much you still owe, your child's teacher can let you know. The teachers accompanying the students on the excursion are Mrs Campbell, Mr Date, Mrs Sarkis and Mrs Kirkman. The dates are November 24th and 25th.

Canteen News Now that the weather is warming up, we have lots of fresh yummy things for lunches. Sweet Chilli Chicken and Salad Wrap $4.50 Chicken Lettuce and Mayo Wrap $3.50 *Fruit Salad $2.50 *Fruit Salad and Yoghurt $3.00 *these can be ordered at lunch and fruit break. We also have fruit cups, fruit muffins, orange juice and cups of cold milo in the mornings for 60cents. Thank you, Bec, Canteen Manager P&C News GPS FETE – Friday, 18th November, 1pm-3pm The GPS mini fete is only two weeks away!! Hopefully everyone has been saving their pocket money! Remember that children don’t need to bring any more than about $15-20 on the day to be able to enjoy EVERYTHING! So... Come to the fete, it will be great! UNIFORM SHOP – Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, the uniform shop is open in the school hall every Thursday morning from 9:00 to 10:00. Now fully stocked with summer uniforms, so come in and get ready for term 4! Please bring small notes as there is no EFTPOS machine. MEETING THIS WEEK – The next P&C meeting is this Thursday: November 3rd at 5:30pm in the staff room. Hope to see you there! Best regards, Vanessa Clark, P&C President .

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016 Term 4 Week 4

School Hats A reminder that students must wear a school hat in Term 4. Hats are available for sale at the canteen and uniform shop. Only GPS hats are to be worn.

Win a Canteen Voucher! Family Maths Problem! Complete these problems and have the answers and working out in the box in the front office by 9.10am Friday 4th November. Please make sure you have your name and class on the answers to be in the draw to win a $5.00 canteen voucher. Problem 1 were 35 children in 3/4P. If there were 3 groups in the class, what is the average number of children in each group and how many left over? Problem 2 Justin drew 8 octagons on a piece of paper. How many sides were there altogether? Problem 3 Paul had 2 dozen eggs and 3 hatched. How many eggs did he have left? Student Name____________________________ Class_____________ Answers: Problem 1________________________ Problem 2________________________ Problem 3________________________

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