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NEWSLETTER Term 4, Week 4

BIG BAD WOLF-Norpa production

The fun started with a trip to Heritage

Park and continued with lots of laughs

and giggles as our school watched the

performance of ‘The Big Bad Wolf’ last

week. The joys of the production gave us

some great discussion starters regarding

accepting differences.

Monday, 5 November, 2018

Music Count Us In

We have been participating in the Music Count Us In Program for many

years and this year was no different.

Last Thursday we were among a choir of 700,000 students spread across

Australia. It is the biggest simultaneous sing-along in the world

run by Music Australia and funded by the federal government’s Department

of Education and Training. In 2018, 3500 public and private schools took

part in MCUI “at the same time, on the same day all around Australia”. It

always is such a thrill to count down and have a sense of so many beautiful

voices coming together to celebrate the importance of music.

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Goonengerry Public School Newsletter Term 4, Week 4, 5 November 2018

৩ Important Dates

Mon 12 Stewart House Wed 14 Life Ed Van

Mon 26Nov Interviews start Wed 5th Dec End of Year Concert

NO CANTEEN THIS WEEK Plates and property If you are missing plates, storage and catering

goods, a fridge drawer or a folding table from our

last fundraisers (zone carnival, Federal Park Party)

please pick them up ASAP. They are with P&C’s

items in the storage shed.

Writing. Great descriptive paragraph writing from stage two

and three. Here are some samples:

Delicately, the monstrous machine grabs the old rough

camphor logs and hauls them up over the huge truck. It

carefully opens its massive jaws to release the dead

weed. Crash. Next, it walks over to the forest and

wrenches some more trees out of the ground. One by

one, the toxic yellow machine puts them in a pile,

leaving a fine mess. The remaining smaller logs and

branches huddle together seemingly frightened by the

predator. A strong smell of camphor laurel poisons

the air as the birds fly far away from the echoing

noises. Sam

Slowly the delicate monster, places the rough logs

onto the truck. The smell of this scene brings me to a

stop, to reflect on the loveliness of the flora and fauna

in the forest. I hear birds and the cracks of the once

upright standing trees. I hear as they hit the forest

floor. CRUNCH! Giant camphor laurels

are now no more. They are huge logs devoid of life.

The log skidder is dragging them up to be loaded onto

the enormous truck and exported, taken to some people

who will cut and sell them. London

Majestically, the gigantic tree fell to the ground with a

bang, crash and thud. After it fell, screaming silence

filled the air. Inside the core of the log it had a rough

shape of an avocado with the most exquisite smell and

highly detailed swirls. The yellow machine finally tore

the tree away from me, a smile crept onto my face I was

so happy another camphor laurel from my paddock was

gone. Ker plunk another one gone, gone, gone, gone. By

the end of the week the whole paddock was clear. Slowly

I could hear the truck backing away, smell the camphor,

feel the dust and taste the saliva in my mouth. Neisha

Concert practise is underway. Please be

mindful of the date and let us know ASAP if your

child is unavailable for the date. Wednesday, 5th

December.





Library. Last week the primary students gave reviews of the current books they are reading. It is always so satisfying to have these discussions. We have such a wide variety of interests.

Sam has finished the sixth book of ‘The Land of Stories’ by Chris Colfer

Mahika is loving ‘The Bad Guys’ by Aaron Blabey

Marley is reading ‘The House with the Clock in its Walls’ by John Bellaires.

Niesha has just finished number 10 of The Alice Miranda series by Jacquline Harvey. She loves the series so much she decided to write to the author and even enclosed a picture. I have enclosed the letter she received in reply.

STEWART HOUSE

Mahika and Ratu will be going to

Stewart House next week for 10

days. We know they will have a

wonderful time.


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৩ K-2 Corner

K-2 Corner In class K-2 children continue to explore the Learner Dispositions and what it means to be resilient, resourceful, reciprocal and reflective learners. Our current focus has been working out how we are resourceful in terms of our learning. Students are engaging in group discussions, peer to peer sharing and writing activities as they unpack their understanding of this key disposition. It is also great to hear the students using the positive language of growth mindsets during discussions as we grow their developing knowledge of what it means to use resources appropriately, ask questions to clarify tasks, seek help when required, use time wisely draw on our imaginations to solve problems and work methodically to complete tasks. All students write about each learner disposition on a personalised bookmark to record their current understanding of what they believe they are doing to demonstrate how they are using the dispositions in their learning.

A great deal of fun was had during our excursion to Lismore to see "The Big Bad Wolf" at NORPA (City Hall). Children and staff all enjoyed a relaxing lunch and a fantastic time playing in the park prior to the show. We all enjoyed the show which portrayed the BBW as a friendly character in need of a friend. Themes of difference and diversity were embraced throughout the performance.





৩ Happy Birthday

November 10th

Mavi and Kaila

৩ P&C News

1. Park Party: Thank you to all those parents who contributed cakes and their time to make our cake stall a huge success, yet again! The response from the community was awesome and we raised close to $1000. Go team!

2. Ticks: Last term the P&C approved the new recommended guidelines on tick treatment. Ticks will be removed with liquid nitrogen which instantly kills the tick on application allowing for safe removal.

3. Term 4 Canteen: As our students are very busy during this final term the P&C would like to ask if there are any parent volunteers to run the canteen once a month in Week 6 and (possibly) Week 10?

4. Final P&C Meeting Wk 6, 21 November: Due to end of year events and activities, our final meeting will be held in Week 6. We will use this meeting to discuss the Christmas lunch amongst other things. If you would like to add anything to the agenda for our next meeting, email either Zoe ([email protected]) or Kate ([email protected]) and they’ll be

added. Hope to see you there!

৩ Quick Check

Ski Trip Deposit Paid.

Wear it on Wednesdays.

Goonengerry Public school is a big supporter of

Federal Loves Refugees. We are happy to help

support their latest fundraiser. It will cost $2 for a

guess at how many lollies in the jar. The lolly

jar will be here at school this week. I will

organise for our leaders to supervise the guessing

at lunch time each day. The winning guess will be

announced at Federal Film Night on the 10th

November and receive the jar of lollies and a

double pass to Mullumbimby Music Festival.

All proceeds go to the Romero Multicultural Hub

in Brisbane, supporting refugees and asylum

seekers.

KINDERGARTEN 2019

ORIENTATION DAY 2 ON

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