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Term 2 Week 10 Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Dates to Remember 4/7 Semester 1 Reports go

home 4/7 PJ Day – SRC Fundraiser 5/7 Last day of Term 2 Term 3 22/7 Staff Development Day 23/7 Day 1 of Term 3 for

students 31/7 School Spelling Bee

(primary) 1/8 Beanie for Brain Cancer Day (change of date) 2/8 Zone Athletics at

Tuncurry Oval 19/8 Book Fair & Grandparents’ Day 19-23/8 Book Week at GPS 20-22/8 Stage 3 Bathurst Excursion Term 4 10/12 Presentation Night 11/11 Kindergarten Orientation 17/12 Year 6 Farewell 18/11 Smooth Start 25/11 Smooth Start 2/12 Smooth Start Term 2 Assemblies 05/07 Expectation Assemblies

Uniform Shop is open every

Friday morning 8.30am – 10.00am

Mandatory Child Protection Lessons – Term 3 Dear Parents/Carers, The aim of child protection education in primary schools is to assist students in developing skills in recognising and responding to unsafe situations, seeking assistance effectively, establishing and maintaining relationships and strengthening attitudes and values related to equality, respect and responsibility. Child protection is a sensitive, challenging area for school communities. Because children and young people are relatively powerless in abusive relationships, they rely on responsible adults to intervene and assist them. The New South Wales Department of Education, as an agency responsible for the care and welfare of students in schools, has a charter to protect the young people in its care from sexual, physical and emotional abuse and neglect, and from improper conduct. It is the role of the Department of Education to provide educational programs in schools in child protection and protect students in schools from abuse and neglect. We are required to assist in the recognition of suspected child abuse and neglect cases and provide on-going support to students within the normal duties. We will be teaching Child Protection lessons in Term 3, in all classrooms at Gloucester Public School. If you have any concerns or questions regarding child protection lessons, please see your child’s teacher this week or in week 1, Term 3. Yours in Education - Leanne Wakefield, Principal

Reading with your young child You can support your child in learning to read by reading to your child for up to half an hour every day using a story book. Here are some helpful hints.

1. Set the scene Before you read the story, tell your child the title of the book and a bit about it. Try to relate it to your child’s own experience, if you can. If it is about dogs, talk about a dog they know. You can also discuss what might happen in the story.

2. Read the book Read the story in a lively way with lots of expression. If you come across unfamiliar words, stop and tell your child what they mean. This improves your child’s vocabulary and helps them to understand the whole story. During the week, you might also like to remind your child of some of the new words from the story book and relate them to your everyday life.

3. Recalling the story After reading the book, ask your child questions about the story. For example, “What happened at the beginning of the story?” or “What happened at the end of the story?”. If they cannot remember, tell them. You might also want to try asking different types of questions that require more than a yes or no answer. For example, “Why do you think the little green dragon was so sad?” These sorts of questions help to develop your child’s language skills.

School Photographs There are a number of group photographs on display in the office foyer, which are available to order. The groups include the following:

• Captains • SRC • Library Monitors • House Captains • Whole School • Cricket Team • Windstars • Choir

Photos can be ordered online at: www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and use the access code 19S1275EL40G

FOR SALE

Lettuce from our school garden

$1.00 – see Mrs Groves

SRC Pyjama Day

This week (Week 10) on Thursday, 4th July, the SRC is holding a Pyjama Day to raise money for the SRC end-of-year gift to the school. Please wear sensible winter pyjamas with school shoes (or joggers), a school hat and school jumper. A collar on pyjamas would be preferred. If you do not have a collar, please make sure that the top is appropriate. No ugg boots or slippers are to be worn.

Please bring in a gold coin donation on the day if you decide to wear pyjamas. If wearing onsie’s, please wear shorts and a t-shirt underneath. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please see the SRC Executive or your class SRC representative. We look forward to a great day. SRC Executive

Expectation Awards Assemblies

Friday 5th July

In the hall

K/1/2 : 11.30am

3-6 : 2.15pm

Everyone is invited to attend!

Premier’s Reading Challenge There is still plenty of time to get reading for the Premier’s Reading Challenge, which does not close until Friday 30th August. The holidays are a great time to relax and read after a busy term and also a great time to catch up on logging the books you’ve read on the PRC site. This is done by going to https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/ or searching for ‘PRC student site’ and then logging in using the student’s school computer log-in details (which they should all know). Students in years K-2 will participate in their classes at school and I will log their books as a class at the end of the challenge. Book Fair/Grandparent’s Day Book Fair and Grandparent’s Day will be here before we know it in Week 5 of next term (Monday 19th August). This is not a dress-up year which is only held every second year. Further details will go home next term but make sure you let the special people in your lives know so they can save the date. Kim Macdonald Teacher Librarian 2019 Premier’s Spelling Bee

Each Stage 2 and Stage 3 class is currently deciding on their two best spellers to represent their class at our school spelling bee on Wednesday 31st July 2019. From that battle, two students will be selected from each

stage to represent our school at the regional final toward the end of next term. We will let you know further details early next term. Kim Macdonald and Emily Bosworth Spelling Bee Coordinators Beyblade Tournament The Beyblade Tournament will continue this week.

Please be in the library at 1.00pm so we can get started. Don’t forget to check the draw outside the library to see who you are

battling. This tournament is for primary students only. Students are reminded to clearly label all items that they bring to school. Mel Seale

Gloucester Little Athletics Gloucester Little Athletics will be holding a registration day on Tuesday 30th July at the Kay Green Memorial Oval at 4.00pm. The season commences early August and finishes mid-December. Children love to run, jump and throw so if your child would like to come along and try Little A’s, we offer a two-week trial period for new athletes prior to full payment of registration fees. Our competition afternoons are held on Tuesdays at 3.45pm with our first events to be held on Tuesday 6th August. Parents are encouraged to use their second active kids voucher available 1st July 2019 during the online registration process. If you would like more information, please contact Lyndell on 65581738 or email Robyn at gloucesterlittleathletics@gmail.com

From the Library

PSSA HOCKEY KNOCKOUT COMPETITION Girls – Round 3 Game

On Friday 21st June the Girls’ Hockey Team headed down to Cook Park to play their game against Raymond Terrace Public School. It was the first game of the competition for both teams and, whilst nervous, everyone was very excited to be finally playing a game. The Gloucester girls took control right from the beginning. A short corner in the first 10 minutes saw Emily score her first goal. Play continued and with some mega hits from Charlotte and some great passing from all of the girls, she was able to score again. The next goal came from Amy in the first couple of minutes of the second half. Gloucester was on a roll and it didn’t take long before they had another one in the net. This time it was Reannah. Raymond Terrace did not give up and were able to make a few breaks during the second half, but Gloucester was too strong in their defence and kept up the attack. The final goal came from Emily after a short corner. It was a fantastic result for Gloucester with a 5–0 score. Thank you to all the parents who came down to support the girls and to Ollie for coaching them. Thanks also to the umpires Phil Moore and Trevor Bolton. The girls will take on Soldiers Point Public School in Round 4. Good Luck Girls! Team (in no particular order): Emma Bignell, Kayla Blanch, Kaitlyn Beggs, Charlotte Todd, Emily Beggs (Captain), Alicia Edwards, Makaylee Gooch, Reannah Yates, Amy Fry, Lara Taylor, Neveah Martin-Connor, Melody Maslen, Georgia Ellis and Ruby Tonks.

PSSA STATE HOCKEY CARNIVAL

Two GPS students, Jackson Moore and Lachlan Sansom, competed in the PSSA State Hockey Carnival in Lismore from Tuesday 4th June – Thursday 6th June. The boys were selected to play in the Hunter Region PSSA Boys’ Hockey Team after attending the Hunter Trials in Newcastle earlier in the year. They had a great experience in Lismore playing on some fantastic water-based turf fields with some great team mates. There were 14 teams entered in the competition. Unfortunately, half way through day 2, Lachlan got hit in the mouth with the ball, which meant that he couldn’t play on the final day. However, Jackson was able to return injury free and with a state hockey shirt. He received the coach’s award for most outstanding player in his team. The boys represented themselves with pride and considerable talent. Fantastic effort boys! Mel Seale and Kim Macdonald (Hockey Coordinators)

Last day of Term 2 - Friday 5th July Staff Development Day – Monday 22nd July First day of Term 3 for students – Tuesday 23rd July Farewell Mrs Groves