Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Congratulations on a fantastic term at our wonderful school. We have celebrated a number of outstanding achievements across many areas by our students, staff and community. Congratulations to all our students who participated in last Friday’s outstanding Athletics Carnival held at Junction Hill. The carnival was a great success in tough conditions and our students participated with excellent sportsmanship and tried their very best. Congratulations to Lipman House for winning the March Past and Watman House for winning the House Spirit and the Overall Carnival points.

Congratulations to the following Age Champions: Senior Boys: Ryan Vickers and Simon Gordon 11 Years Boys: Isaac Barker Junior Boys: Callum Dalton and Joshua Vassallo Senior Girls: Emma Rogers 11 Years Girls: Maddison Giggins and Hannah Blundell Junior Girls: Amelia De Bono A big thank you to Mr Zacek for his organisation and to all our staff for their support.

On Tuesday our Year 5 students attended Alumny Creek as part of our NAIDOC week celebrations. Our student’s behaviour was outstanding and our staff were very complimentary of all our students’ participation and willingness to enjoy all the activities they were involved in. Miss Cotten commented earlier this week at our Primary assembly that this group of students represented our school in an excellent manner and was the most outstanding group she has been associated with when attending an excursion. Our thanks to Miss Cotten, Miss Carter, Mr Banks, Miss Taylor and Mr Skinner for their supervision. We would also like to thank South Grafton and Grafton High Schools for their organisation of the day’s activities. Yesterday our school held our formal NAIDOC week activities on both campuses. At our Infants campus the morning started with a Welcome to Country by Aunty Nita and then our students and staff participated in a range of Aboriginal games and activities in the morning session. After recess our Aboriginal Dance Group performed. Kindergarten had a special guest, Bec Burgess who taught the students many islander songs and dances, dot painting, indigenous games outside, dances from move it mob style and they listened to Dreamtime stories and sang Aboriginal songs. In the Primary Campus we held a formal assembly where our NAIDOC Stage 3 Public Speaking representatives presented their speeches. Our Aboriginal Dance Group performed again and then our special guest Brett Tibbett spoke about the importance of NAIDOC week. A big thankyou to Brett, Nita and Bec. Today our Aboriginal Dance Group also performed at South Grafton High School as part of their NAIDOC celebrations. On Wednesday the following students represented our school in the NAIDOC Public Speaking competition which was held at Westlawn Public School - Stage 3 was represented by Bessie Dungey - Individual Category and Tara Cook, Ella Lawrence, Tia Burchell and Taurey Carney - Team Section and Stage 2 was represented by Esther Barker, Chelsea Berry, Maeve Giggins and Amelia De Bono. Congratulations to these children. Our thanks to Mrs Gillet for organising this activity.

South Grafton Public School Newsletter

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work and we pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.

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Term 2 Week 10 Thursday 30th June 2016

Principal’s Report

Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Today Mrs Carmon McFawn is officially retiring after an outstanding teaching career. Carmon has worked at our school for over 15 years in her specific role as a Learning Support Teacher. Carmon has also taught Kindergarten and Reading Recovery. Carmon has been a highly dedicated and caring member of our staff who has always offered her support to all our staff and assisted many students in many ways. Carmon recently also initiated and established our Primary Breakfast Program which has been an outstanding success. We wish Carmon all the very best in her retirement and on behalf of the school community we thank her for her outstanding efforts throughout her very successful career.

Goodluck to our girls and boys PSSA Soccer teams who are playing tomorrow against Gillwinga PS in the 2nd round of the state knockout. If either team wins they will play Westlawn PS following these games. Thanks to Mr Jones and Mr Newman for coaching these teams.

Last week Max Rayward, Ben Simpson, Chelsea Hughes and Molly Dungey competed in the Grafton finals of the Multicultural Speaking competition held at Westlawn Public School. We

are very proud of these students who represented our school at an excellent level delivering outstanding speeches.

At last week’s P&C meeting our P&C donated $12,500 towards the purchase of an additional 25 iPads and a new set of modern class furniture for KNC. Our thanks to our P&C for all their hard work and fundraising which makes a real positive difference in our school. Congratulations to all the students who are attending their Rewards Day today and tomorrow. Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 Rewards Days were held today and Early Stage 1 is tomorrow, Friday. We are very proud of these students and a large number of these students will also receive their AAA certificates this week. Students who receive their AAA certificate are considered to be outstanding students at our school. A number of our students have also received blue ribbons at recent assemblies. Congratulations to all of these students. Today all students will receive their school reports. Please read these reports carefully and contact your child’s teacher if you need additional feedback on any of the grades and comments. Have a great holiday Peter Hickey Principal

South Grafton Public School has an excellent website for our parents and visitors to access http://www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/. We are continually updating and improving this valuable resource and have now just activated the ‘Make a Payment’ tab for our parents. This allows our parents to make payments for school expenses, general school contributions (school fees), excursions, uniforms etc. online through our website. Payments can be made online using Visa or Mastercard credit or debit. A separate note with instructions on how to access the online payment has been sent home with the youngest child in each family and is also on our website. Our weekly Craft group has resumed. The ladies are starting to create items for our Father’s Day Stall. The group meets on a Wednesday morning from 9.00am at the Infants campus. Any donations of 560g Vegemite jars or any size Moccona jars can be left at the Infants office. If you would like more information please contact Kelly Vickers on 0419 162 075. Everyone is welcome

Parent Online Payment (POP)

Craft Group

Principal: Mr Peter Hickey Vere Street South Grafton NSW 2460

T: 02 6642 3388 F: 02 6643 2065

sthgrafton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inspiring Excellence through PRIDE www.sthgrafton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

KDR Ashley Higgins KTA Toby Tibbett KNC Rhianan McGrady KMS Brilynn Jones 1BK Aidan Menzies 1MB Blake Gavin

1AS Addison Brown 1CC Nate Tattis

2BT Aila Giggins 2JT Nate Tattis 2KT Eva Heywood-Dunne 5IW Izac Gaddes 5TC Bree Duckworth 5WC Noah McCann 5/6AP Jade Brierley 6JR Ryan Vickers 6DZ Kaden McCarthy Principal Awards Gemma Nicholson, Mary-Grace Ballis, Jemma Leslie, Ayden Nacinovic, Zoe Rayward, Charni Adamson Blue Ribbons Jaden Norman, Keira Lafferty, Felicity Higgins, Eva Heywood-Dunne, Lily Vercoe, Taylor Ball, Kirra Nicholson, Izaac Murray-Stiff, Emily Loy, Olliver Van Meurs, Emily Robertson, Dallas Vidler, Nate Tattis, Zac Bongiorno, Naysha Hynard, Emilie Patterson, Archie McDonald, Lexi Bryant, Dylan Woods, Melinda Pearson-Rolls, Lachlan MacLean, Noah Ward, Jackson Smith, Sophie Bell, Jade Brierley, Lillian Cropper, Sharys Eggins, Leah Henderson, Saskia McGrath, Ella Nicholson, Keely Wear, Jessica Vassallo, Nathan Banks, Blake Gaddes, Isaac Barker, Erin Blundell, Hannah Blundell, Bessie Dungey, Molly Dungey, Caitlin Eggins, Liam Johnson, Kaydence Kilduff, Cooper McPhee, Lucy Rouse, Riley Sinclair, Tim Simpson, Tim Parsons, Sonny Huriwai, Brodie Keynes, Natasha Hogbin, Tayarna Webb-Donovan, James Thornton, James Chapman, Wyatt Brett, Ryan Gorton, Jayden Rhodes, Chloe Winmill, Jamie Chown, Tyrone Cook, Kaiden Grimes, Ben Woolfe, Jai Casey, Shelly Witchard, Tylar Donohoe, Jarrah Russ, Bree Duckworth, Jacob Jones. PRIMARY Monday STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY Tuesday Chris Fuller, Jo Morgan, Wednesday Chris M, HELP NEEDED Thursday Danni McPherson, Mindy Keyte Friday S. Rogers, Norma Purnell INFANTS Monday STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY Tuesday Barbara Tibbett, Rhonda King Wednesday Jess McCord, HELP NEEDED Thursday Jess McCord, HELP NEEDED Friday Bronwen Brown, Nicole Robb

Thursday 30th June Rewards Day Reports sent home Friday 1st July Kindergarten Rewards Day PSSA Soccer Knockout Last day of Term Monday 18th July Pupil Free Day Tuesday 19th July First day back to Term 3 for

students PPP starts Week 1 Term 3

Thursday 21st July Canteen Meeting Monday 25th July SGHS Principal meeting with Year 6 students and parents 1.40pm-2.40pm. Primary Hall Tuesday 26th July P&C Meeting Thursday 11th August Book Fair starts Tuesday 16th August Book Character Parade Wednesday 17th August Book Fair Ends Wednesday 31st August Primary Father’s Day Stall Thursday 1st September Infants Father’s Day Stall Friday 9th September Infants Athletics carnival Sunday 11th Sept ember Pink Stumps ‘Parents v Staff’ Cricket Game

Upcoming Events Awards

Canteen Roster

Please support these businesses who support South Grafton Public School

GRAFTON MOWING & GARDENS

Warren Henderson

0438 731 849 No job too big or too small

Mark Hunting Branch Manager

62 Skinner Street South Grafton NSW 2460 P 02 6643 3044 F 02 6643 5554 M 0428 433 044 E mark.hunting@bendigoadelaide.com.au

Bendigo Bank

South Grafton

Community Bank Branch

CAPTAIN COOK TAKEAWAY Takeaway Food, Sandwiches, Hot BBQ Chickens, Drinks,

Cappuccino and Flat White Coffee & Grocery Lines EFTPOS available

Open 7 Days Mon-Fri 5.30am-6.30pm Sat 6am-6.30pm Sun 7.30am-4pm

303 Ryan Street, South Grafton Phone 6642 3402

6642 3411

POLLACK GREENING & HAMPSHIRE

Solicitors & Registered Tax Agents

SERVING GRAFTON & THE CLARENCE VALLEY

6642 3411

82 VICTORIA STREET, GRAFTON

John Kelly

David Miller

Joshua Hoole

Peter Brennan Solicitors

Simon Trivett

Patsy Sawyer Tax Agent/Accountant

CLARENCE VALLEY CONSERVATORIUM Music & Drama Tuition

Individual Lessons in Piano, Singing, Guitar, Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Drums, Speech & Drama

Group Classes for Ensembles, Choirs, Bands & Drama Groups

8 Villiers St (PO Box 350) Grafton Phone: 6643 3555

Email: cvcon@cvcon.com.au Web: www.cvcon.com.au

JUNGLE GYM CAFÉ…. 1/160 North st Grafton.

Holiday Program.

Monday 4th July: Giant slide

Wednesday 6th July: Jungle Gym cup…10am -2pm

Thursday 7th July: Minion Day featuring Andrew Smiley

10.30- 12.30.

Friday 8th July: Disco Day +$5 burgers

Tuesday 12th July: Laser Tag 10 am -2pm…..Normal entry

price plus $2 for laser tag… + $5 Burgers

Wednesday 13th July: Jungle Gym cup 10am -2pm

Thursday 14th July: crazy hair day 10am -2pm: free

hairspraying

Friday 15th July: Disney Dance party Disco

Monday 18th July: back by popular demand….the most

popular holiday activity will return 10am -2pm.

Every paying child will receive an entry into the draw to win

a free birthday party package ($170 value) each time they

visit the Jungle Gym during the holidays.

Phone 6642 2129