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The Galston Gumnut Galston Public School Newsletter

Wednesday 5th September 2018 Phone: 9653 2062 Fax: 9653 1980

Email: galston-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.galston-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Calendar Dates

Week 7, Term 3

Friday 7th September PSSA Assembly, 2:15pm – 1-2C class item

Week 8, Term 3 Tuesday 11th September P&C Annual General Meeting, Galston Club, 7:00pm Wednesday 12th September SRC Mufti Day - Herd2Homes, working dog rescue

Friday 14th September PSSA Assembly, 2:15pm – 5-6M class item

Week 9, Term 3 Monday 17th September Sydney North PSSA Regional Athletics Carnival Thursday 20th September Arts Alive Choral Concert - Sydney Opera House

Friday 21st September PSSA Assembly, 2:15pm - Honour Assembly, Senior Choir performing

Note Due Date

Year 6 Mini Fete show bag orders Thursday 20th September Year 6 Mini Fete lunch orders Monday 24th September (Flexischools)

From the Principal Playground Equipment Official Opening We were recently joined by Mr Gary Mangan, Manager of Bendigo Bank, Galston and Mrs Kim Alsdorf, Galston P&C President, to officially open our new playground equipment and sandpit. This gave us the opportunity to thank Bendigo Bank and our P&C Committee for their generous sponsorship, each providing $50,000 towards this project. Mr Mangan was so impressed that he had a go on the slide! Group Photos The following group photos are on display in the hall: Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Dance Group, Knockout Netball, Knockout Soccer, Whole School, SRC, Library Monitors, House Captains, School Captains and Vice Captains. Envelopes to order group photos are available from the office. Due date for group photo orders is Monday 17th September. Year 6 Mini Fete and Raffle The Year 6 Mini Fete will be held on Wednesday 26th September. Mrs Muscat, Mrs Watson, Mrs Pearce and our student leaders’ parents have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the day. The Year 6 students are busily planning their stalls and activities to provide a day of fun for the Galston students. Don’t forget to purchase

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your raffle tickets for the Mini Fete raffle. If you would like to donate a prize for the raffle, please see Mrs Muscat or Mrs Watson. School Administration and Support Staff (SASS) Recognition Week This week is SASS Recognition Week. Our SAS staff play a vital role in our school. On behalf of our school community, I sincerely thank the staff memebrs below for their contribution to Galston Public School and to the wider NSW public school system. School Administration Manager: Mrs Julie Cordina School Administration Officers: Mrs Delia Morgan, Mrs Natasha Steele & Mrs Debbie Uebel General Assistant: Mr Victor Sen School Learning Support Officers: Mrs Val Rose, Mrs Annette Gage, Mrs Julia Pfeiffer, Mrs Fiona Parkinson, Mrs Kate Scotter, Mrs Kylie McGee, Mrs Peta Trethowan, Mrs Dawn Chadwick & Mrs Fiona Mohr-Hanks. Farmers’ Fundraiser Proceeds from our fundraiser on Tuesday 21st August will be shared between two charities, ‘Water4West’, discussed in a previous newsletter, and ‘Drought Angels’. Drought Angels is a registered not-for-profit charity supporting Aussie farmers and their rural communities with meaningful and personalised assistance. They provide food hampers, care packs, prepaid visas, local store vouchers, stock feed and hay. Thank you once again for your support. Planning Days Our teachers will be undertaking planning days next week to evaluate Term 3 programs and plan for Term 4. These opportunities to undertake professional collaboration have a positive impact on teaching practices and student learning outcomes at our school. Monday 10th September: Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4) Tuesday 11th September: Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) Wednesday 12th September: Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) Thursday 13th September: Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) Student Teachers We welcome the following student teachers to our school and trust that they will enjoy their time learning from their mentor teachers and interacting with our children. I thank Mrs Bolger, Ms Wallace, Mrs Pearce and Mrs Muscat for volunteering to mentor and guide the student teachers. Ms Annie Owusu - KB Mr Sunday Taite – K-1W Mr Craig Joseph – 4-5P Ms Danielle Schacht – 4-5P Mr Samuel Fraser – 5-6M The Partners In Learning Parent Feedback Survey This term, our school is once again participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

The survey contributes to our understanding of parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home, and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour.

The survey is conducted entirely online, will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey is open between 27th August and 26th October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary; your responses are very much appreciated. We had 28 responses to the Partners in Learning Parent Feedback Survey in 2016 and 40 in 2017. We hope to continue to build on the response rate this year. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents

The survey can be accessed at: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/galston2018

Rob Jarvis

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Week 7 PBL Awards

Bronze Awards Galston Gotcha Prize Draw Winners

Giving Working Breed Dogs a Second Chance Herd2Homes Dog Rescue is an Australian not-for-profit registered charity that focuses on rescuing and rehoming working breed dogs. Their mission is: • to save working breed dogs from death row pounds, shelters, private surrenders and farming properties, from

being killed; • to care for them, arrange veterinary treatment, provide training and rehabilitate the dogs, before finding a suitable

and permanent adoptive home for them; • all dogs are vaccinated, microchipped, worm and flea treated and desexed before being adopted out to suitably

matched forever homes; • to provide education on responsible pet ownership practices and responsible rehoming practices. The School Representative Council (SRC) is inviting all students to support this cause and donate a gold coin to the charity on Wednesday 12th September. Students may wear mufti and closed sensible shoes on the day. Geeta Pendharkar – SRC Coordinator Peer Support This week in Peer Support the children will practise developing their strengths. This will help your child to become more resilient and optimistic. Ask your child to share with you the strengths they identified during this week’s session. Gemma Watson and Giulia Muscat – Year 6 teachers K-2 Responsible Pet Ownership Program The K-2 students were scheduled to attend a responsible pet ownership program funded by the NSW government at school on Wednesday 29th August focusing on “Children living safely with dogs”. This program has been postponed to Friday 21st September as the educator due to visit was unwell on the day of the scheduled visit. We look forward to experiencing the program on the revised date. Erin Bolger – Organising teacher News From 3-4S We have been very busy in 3-4S this term and are having so much fun learning and applying new skills. We have also been enjoying showing our parents and loved ones all our work on SeeSaw. In Maths we are fast becoming comfortable with trading in addition and subtraction, and are learning strategies to make it easier. We have made so much progress and have got really good at it!

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In English we have been learning about informative texts and reading books by Jackie French. These books have inspired lots of art and some of our best writing to date! From these books we have seen different ways to share information and tell a story.

In Geography we are researching what makes Australia special, along with unique landforms found in Australia. We have been working in groups to research answers for all of our questions about Australia.

We have been having a great time at PSSA and try our hardest every week to practise sportsmanship, have a go, and support our team. Thank you to all our loved ones who came to visit us on Open Day, we loved seeing you all and showing you our work. Claire Sundin – 3-4S P&C News P&C AGM Please make a note in your diaries for the P&C AGM which will be held on Tuesday 11th September at 7.00pm at the Galston Club. All positions on the P&C are available for anyone that is interested in taking up a volunteer role. If you are keen on knowing more about any roles please feel free to contact me. The current positions are as follows:

Executive • President • Vice President • Treasurer • Secretary

Committee • Canteen Manager • Canteen Stock Controller • Canteen Roster Coordinator • Fundraising Coordinator • Uniform Shop Coordinator • Health & Wellbeing Coordinator

Drought Assistance An update regarding the money raised for drought assistance by GPS. Thank you to all whose who donated, the end result was $1900. This will be used as a donation to Drought Angels, to purchase bulk water and also prepaid VISA cards to drought-affected families in need.

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RFS Our local Galston Rural Fire Service brigade is having a recruitment drive this weekend up at the station. If you are keen to find out what you can do as a volunteer, the station will be open from 12.00pm on Saturday 8th September. Galston Rural Fire Service is located at the corner of Mid Dural Road and Johnson Road. See the brochure further in the newsletter. Kim Alsdorf – P&C President, kim@galstonpandc.org.au Canteen News Friday 7th and Monday 10th September Lunch + Counter Sales Please lodge all orders through Flexischools.com.au by 9.15am. If your child is absent from school on a lunch ordering day you are able to cancel the order online prior to cut off at 9.15am or call Flexischools on 1300 361 769. Louise O'Rourke – Canteen Committee

Friday Roster 7th September

Helpers Assistant Supervisor

9:30-12:00 Edyta Lynch 9:00-3:00 Cholena Izzard 9:00-3:00 Ali Toy

12:00-3:00 Kirsty Newbury

Monday Roster

Morning 10:30 to 1:30 Afternoon 12:30-2:30

10th September Megan Kirkland Carolyn Sommer

Uniform Shop We encourage all parents and carers to order uniforms via Flexischools. Orders will be packed and sent home with students each Monday. The uniform shop is open the first two weeks of term and, when the following term has a change of season/uniform, the last two weeks of term. During the term the uniform shop is open once per month, with the dates being determined at the start of each term. Opening dates for the remainder of Term 3 are as follows:

Monday 17th September 8.30am-9.15am Monday 24th September 2.30pm-3.00pm (last week of Term 3).

Opening dates for Term 4 will be as follows: Monday 15th October 8.30am-9.15am Monday 22nd October 2.30pm-3.15pm Monday 12th November 8.30am-9.15am Monday 3rd December 2.30pm-3.15pm

Kristie Chambers and Lucy Parrin – Uniform Shop Coordinators

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