Term 1, Week 11 ~12 April 2018

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1 Girraween Public School phone : fax: Bando Road, Girraween, NSW Website: girraween-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Term 1, Week 11 ~12 April 2018 Diary Dates DATE DAY EVENT/ACTIVITY Term 1 13/4/18 Friday Last day of school - Term 1 16/4/18 Monday First day of school holidays Notes to Parents 1/5/18 Tuesday Students return to school 2/5/18 Wednesday School Cross Country Carnival ( Kelly Park) 10am -1pm parents welcome. 3/5/18 Thursday Mother s Day Mufti 8/5/18 Tuesday Mother s Day stall 13/6/18 Wednesday ICAS Spelling 14/6/18 Thursday ICAS Writing 31/7/18 Tuesday ICAS - English 14/8/18 Tuesday ICAS Mathematics Note Grade Due Date Comments School Package Whole School ASAP Please pay at the Office via cash, cheque or EFTPOS Notes sent home will have a deadline for payments and for notes to be returned to the school. No payments or notes can be accepted after the deadline has passed. Please ensure that you meet the deadline so as your child does not miss out. Unfortunately we cannot offer refunds for payments made for excursions. All excursions are paid for by the school based on the number of students enrolled. Please make sure your child is able to attend excursions before making a payment as there will be no refunds given. Thank you.

2 Principal Message Dear parents Our final newsletter for first term sees our school well organised for the rest of the school year. Our students have been very productive in their classrooms and focused on learning to achieve their best. Due to increased enrolments we will be forming a new Year 3 class early in term 2. Parents will be informed of any changes made to their child s class when finalised. This new class will ensure reduced student numbers across all Year 3 classes and more teacher time for our students. Students will remain in the these classes for the rest of this year. You will have seen two new demountable classrooms installed in our playground this week. Classes will be reorganised during the first week of next term in the new accommodation. Parents will be informed of room changes in those classes affected. We are waiting for an official announcement of our school building program. This program will replace demountable classrooms in our school with permanent modular classrooms. The current large number of demountable classrooms in our school will be a temporary arrangement. Plans and building to replace demountable classrooms will begin this year. Dates and designs will be published as soon as we receive them. Show Day was last Thursday. It is a major fundraising event for our school. Students had a wonderful day, full of excitement. We raised $16,300 on the day. Thank you to all our parents who supported the day and made Show Day so successful. Anzac Day falls in the last week of our school holidays. We will hold our Anzac Day assembly this Friday, the last day of our school term. Anzac Day is an important day for all Australians and will be commemorated by all students in our school. I would like to thank teachers for their efforts this term. Thanks also to our P&C, school staff and all parents who have supported the school and helped us make such a positive start to the year. Have a great weekend and school holiday everyone. I will be on leave for the first three weeks of next term. Mrs Needham will be relieving principal during that time. Regards G. Walker

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7 Dear parents Girraween Public School Bando Road, Girraween, NSW, (Ph) (Fax) ( ) Intention to apply: Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in April 2018 Opportunity classes cater for highly achieving academically gifted students. These classes help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level. Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined results of the Opportunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 1 August If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2019, you need to apply soon. You will need to apply on the internet using a valid address (not the student s address). Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from 1 May 2018 in a printed application information booklet and at The application website opens on Tuesday 1 May 2018 and closes on Friday 18 May No late applications will be accepted. There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Unit for assistance after 1 May You must submit only ONE application for each student. Yours sincerely Jason Ward Assistant Principal Cut along the dotted line and return the completed slip below to Mr Ward by Friday, 13/4/18. Note: THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY TO AN OPPORTUNITY CLASS. This is a notice to your primary school only that you intend to apply. TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AND THEN APPLY THROUGH THE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS APPLICATION WEBSITE. Intention to apply: Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in 2019 Student s name: Class: I am interested in applying for opportunity class placement in 2019 Yes No I have internet access and will be applying online OR I do not have internet access and will use a public library to complete the application Signature of parent/carer: Date: Note: THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY TO AN OPPORTUNITY CLASS. This is a notice to your primary school only that you intend to apply. TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AND THEN APPLY THROUGH THE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS APPLICATION WEBSITE.

8 Friday 13th April 2018 Tuesday 8 May 2018 RAFFLE DOANTIONS NEEDED See the school office Tuesday 1 May 2018 ICAS notes will be handed out to all Year 3-6 students at the beginning of term 2. Payment must be made at the school office by 11/5/2018. No late payments will be accepted. School Cross Country Carnival Wednesday 2/5/2018!0am 1pm

9 New Demountables Girraween Show Day

10 What is your favourite What was exciting to sell slime at slime? Girraween show day? I Like fluffy slime because its so Definitely it was awesome thank you so much. satisfying and feels so nice. Can you tell everyone your ingredients/recipe for slime or is it your favourite secret? I could tell everyone the ingredients so lets start with PVA glue detergent and food colouring which is just optional then they re you have it a perfect slime. Who is you favourite slimmer? Karina Garcia cause she is one of my favourite How did you find about slime? I look on videos and got the ingredients of how to make it.

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