Phone 6374 1622 Email gulgong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web gulgong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Calendar 2020FebruaryTuesday 11 Swimming Carnival- Years K- 6Friday 14 Welcome Back BBQ 8.00am - 9.20am Whole school community invited

Tuesday 18 Prefects Leaders Day RedhillFriday 21 Eco Committe to RedhillTuesday 24 Parent Teacher Interviews (All Week)

Wednesday 26 Zone Swimming CarnivalThursday 27 St George Dragons (Charity

Shield) Football Team Members Visit

Friday 28 Forensic Science Stage 3

MarchWednesday 4 P & C Meeting 5.00pm in the

StaffroomTuesday 17 Senior Citizens ConcertWednesday18 Author Visit Years K-2Thursday 19 Movie Night Fundraiser Years K-6Friday 20 Bullying - No Way (National Day of Action)Monday 30 Happy Smiles Dentist Visit (All Week)

AprilThursday 9 African Drumbeats Concert

(Years 3-6)

10 February, 2020Term 1, Week 3

Friday14th FebruaryNo orders will be taken after this date.

TERM 1 PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Parent Teacher Interviews for Kindergarten to Year 6 will take place on Tuesday 25th February (Week 5) except for 1K, which will take place Tuesday 18th February Week 4.

Both MC classes (K-2D) & (3-6MC) will have their parent interviews later Term1.

Notes will be sent home this week to book in for Parent Interviews.

“FROZEN” THE MUSICAL

This year Stage 2 will have the opportunity to attend Disney’s Frozen Musical in Term 3 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.

Notes will be sent home later this week.

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

We have a big week coming up with the Swimming Carnival on Tuesday. Parents are most welcome to come and support and cheer on their child and other students from GPS.

We hope to have a great community atmosphere at the carnival. Students are allowed and encouraged to wear their house colours on Tuesday to support their house.

Swimmers who are successful at our school carnival will then go on to compete at the Cudgegong Zone Swimming Carnival on the 26th February.

Best of luck to all of our swimmers.

On assembly this morning I talked about being thankful for the opportunities we have at school.

This was after watching a documentary on the ABC on Sunday night in which a young African family had to walk 7km each day to and from school just to access education.

The oldest of the family at 9years old, lead his younger brother and sister to and from school each day.

The value they placed on their schooling was amazing. Sometimes we can forget how lucky we are to live in a great town like Gulgong with all that it offers.

This week I have asked all students at some point to say Thanks to their teachers for helping them and preparing fun and engaging lessons for them to complete each day. I have already had staff come to me and say that some of their students have said thanks and it made their day.

In the playground today we started Circus again. This great initiative has run for years at GPS and allows students another outlet at school for their creativity.

We are very lucky to have some amazingly talented stilt walkers and Hula Hooper’s as shown in the photos below.

Finally I would like to personally invite all parents and family members to our Welcome Back BBQ this Friday morning.

Staff will be around the back Quad to have a chat to parents and provide bacon and egg rolls and juice for breakfast.

We would love to see as many parents as possible.

David Lewis

Principal

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UNIFORM WINNER

WEEK 3

William Mattick

SPORTING HOUSESFarrer- Green

Saunders- YellowMacarthur- RedLawson- Blue

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MUDGEE BASKETBALL

A registration day for the junior girls & junior boys basketball competitions from Year 5 to Year 10 will be

held on Monday the 10th February at the Mudgee PCYC from 3-30 to 6pm.

Geoff Robinson

President

Mudgee Basketball Association

MUDGEE DISTRICT HOCKEY ASSOCIATION

Junior hockey will start in Term 2.

Sessions will be held for Minis (4-7 year olds), Primary and High School age groups on Friday afternoons/early evenings at Victoria Park.

For further information please see

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mudgeedha/home/

Facebook - Mudgee District Hockey Association

or email

Nico and Jo Ioane (Junior Coordinators)