Volume 18—Issue 13— 9th May 2017
Principal— Mr Rob McCartney
Assistant Principal—Mrs Maureen Munro
Assistant Principal— Mr Brendan Bicknell
Guthrie Street PS
“Gazette”
PO Box 1310
Shepparton Vic 3632
Ph 582 11944 Fax 5821 3202
Our Vision: To develop in our children a zest to become life-long
learners and caring, valuable members of society.
Mission:
To make a positive difference in children’s lives.
Email: [email protected]
Emotional Intelligence
All classes continue to include the formal teaching
of Emotional Intelligence in their weekly program.
Through exposure to an Emotional Intelligence program at school, children at Guthrie Street have the
opportunity to develop five key skills:
 Self-awareness
 Self-control
 Self-motivation
 Empathy
 The ability to get along with others
The common language that accompanies our approach has certainly become part of our school culture and I am sure that phrases such as those listed
below are filtering into the homes of our students:
 Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
 You need to participate to progress.
 We do the right thing because the right thing is
the best thing to do.
 I need to be the boss of my own behaviour.
Emotions have the greatest influence on our behaviour. Knowing about human emotions and understanding why and how they occur allows us to take
charge of, manage and if necessary change our
own behaviour.
School Uniform
I would like to thank Guthrie Street families for the
effort they make to ensure children are in correct
uniform on a daily basis. Our uniform gives our
school a sense of identity both in and out of our
school grounds. Recently we have noticed a few
children wearing clothing that do not meet the
guidelines set out in our uniform policy. In particular
I would ask that families pay close attention to our
uniform requirements for jumpers, trackpants and
jewellery (see the attached policy with today’s
newsletter). Please note we do understand that circumstances arise where children may need to be
out of uniform. On these days we appreciate a note
of explanation from parents/guardians.
While on the topic of uniforms I remind parents to
ensure that their child’s school jumper is clearly labelled with their name. You would be amazed at
how many jumpers end up in the lost property cupboard because they are not labelled!
Web Page: www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au
Notification of who is picking up your child.
Parents can I please ask that if someone other than
yourself is going to pick your child up during the
school day that you make contact with the office or
classroom teacher and notify them of these arrangements. As part of our “duty of care” we cannot
release children into another person’s care unless
this has taken place.
Mother’s Day
A reminder that we have the following events this
week:
 Mother’s Day Stall – Thursday May 11th
 Mother’s Day Breakfast – Friday May 12th
More information regarding both these events can
be found in other sections of the newsletter. I encourage all children to take advantage of these opportunities to spoil their mums. We all know they
deserve it!
Fun Run Sponsorship
A reminder that we will place our order for gift cards
at Rebel and K-Mart this week. Anyone who has
collected sponsorship for our School Fun Run and
is yet to return it to school can you please return it
by tomorrow.
Our Fun Run will take place at Kialla Lakes next
week on Thursday 18th May.
State Trials
Recently I mentioned that a small number of our
students were selected to trial at a regional level for
state sporting teams. Following these trials Eliza
Bicknell (Netball), Mitchell Grumley, Reece Reedy
(Soccer) and Boston Dowling (football) were selected to attend further trials in Melbourne. We congratulate these students on this achievement and wish
them all the best at the next stage of state selection.
Rob McCartney
Principal
Guthrie Street PS “Gazette”
Community
INFORMATION BOARD
IRON ON TRANSFERS are now available from the School Office.
Red for Polo Shirts and Blue for windcheaters - $2 each.
If you would like any pre-loved Guthrie St
uniforms please ring Ronika on 0458 281833
to arrange a time to view any garments.
Billboard
Our Community Billboard is located in the main passage near
the school office. Please feel
free to view upcoming events,
educational / welfare courses.
More information on the following are now available to view on
the Community Billboard.

We are always in need of more stock.
Please deliver any donated items to the office.
25-29 Watson Street
Shepparton Vic 3630
Ph: 5821 3914
Fax: 5821 3507
Jeff Woollard: 0418 179 199
Luke Burgmann: 0438 502 659
0428 125804
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Emotional
Intelligence
Students
of the Week
The following
Students received their
Emotional Intelligence
Certificates at Assembly.
A safe classroom is one where noone feels defensive.
Classroom EQ Awards
PEM
PNW
PAG
PLV
1ST
1AP
1LK
2PH
2MG
2MH
3CJ
3CH
3CW
4KB
4JH
4IW
5SO
5GK
56B
56R
56D
Dion Clarke
Mia Groves
Tayne Oak
Jed Trevaskis
Montana Montgomery
Aiden Osborne
Tyler Knight
Zac Walker
Lochlan Flynn
Tighe Ash
Jorja Ford/Jyren Walker
Ayla Sali/Gianluca Moretto
Ashton Mellington
Hayden Jeffress
Ella Holden/Rylin Pearson
Oaklie Ash
Erica Shaw
Charli Edgar & Breeanna
Lago
Steele Chapman
Jensen Dowling
McKenzie Sinclair
Calendar of Upcoming Events
9th—11th May—NAPLAN
11th May—Mothers Day Stall
12th May—Mothers Day Breakfast
17th May—Petting Zoo—’Farm 2U’ - Preps
18th May—Fun Run
25th May Grades 5/6—Beechworth
22nd– 26th—Education Week
29th May—2nd June—Reconciliation Week
1st June—Curriculum Day—NO SCHOOL
5th June—VSSS Rehearsal
6th June—Responsible Pets—Preps
12th June—Queens Birthday—NO SCHOOL
16th June—5/6 Incursion—’Our Story’
19th June—Alpha Show—’Snow Queen’
26th June—Reports sent home
27th June—Dance Festival—Grades 3 & 4
30th June—Last day of Term 2
Technology Tuesday
The window for dropping off
technical devices for Technology
Tuesday is 8:45—8:50am ONLY.
Late devices will not be accepted.
Parent Downloads
Available on our website in PDF Format
2017 Calendar as at 2nd May
Absence Verification Form
2017 Medication Request Form
Student Information update
2017 Lunch Order List
Parent Information Booklet
updated 12th May 2016
Guthrie St PS Uniform Policy
Homework Policy
Sunsmart Policy
2017 School Fees Information
2017 School Fees payment
2017 ICT Grades P-2 form
2017 ICT Grades 3-6 form
OSHC Brochure
2017 Permission Form
2017 OSHC Enrolment Form
2017 Instrument Music/Singing
Tutoring Enrolment form
2014 Annual Report
Bus Travellers Permission form
and School Bus Code of Conduct
WWC Check — Parents / Volun- Parents’ guide to online safety
teers
SafeKids.Com—Family Contract
for online safety
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
Manual
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ON-LINE PAYMENTS
When entering on-line payments please include:
student name and tag, eg.
Fees, Zoo, Beechworth, OSHC etc.
We have had several payments made without names and
payments still not allocated are:
$180—????? 27th Feb
$180—?????? 24th April
If you think this is you please notify
the office on 58211944.
Fun Run – Parent Helpers
I am available to assist with the running of the Fun Run on Thursday 18th May.
Name of parent_________________________________________
Name of child___________________________________________
____________
Class eg (3CW)
Please return this slip to the grade teacher by Friday 12th May.
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Parent’s Association
If you would like any pre-loved Guthrie St uniforms please
ring Ronika on 0458 281833 to arrange a time to view any
garments.
Thursday 11th May 2017
Gifts range from $5 to $10
and a limit of one gift per child.
Students will have the opportunity to purchase any unsold gifts at lunch
time once all students have been to the stall.
Our Mother’s Day raffle will be back! Tickets 50 cents each or 3 for $1;
so bring along some spare change to enter the raffle.
Please send your child with: Money in a sealed envelope marked with their name,
amount and ‘Mothers Day’
 A plastic bag/s to put your gift in.
Mother’s Day Raffle Donations
The parent’s Association are looking for any donations to go towards the
Mother’s day raffle. Could donations please be handed to the office by
Wednesday 10th May.
FUN RUN HELPERS—
Thursday 18th May—12:30pm to 2:30pm
10 Helpers are required on Fun Run Day to hand out drinks and icy poles between 12:30 and 2:30pm Please call
the school office on 5821 1944 or write your name on the slip below and return to the school office.
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Parent’s Association—FUN RUN Helpers
Handing out drinks and icy poles
Thursday 18th May from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Name: ______________________________
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Phone no. ______________________
Funding—CSEF
CSEF Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund—
If you hold a valid means tested concession
card or are a temporary foster parent you may
be eligible for $125 per child. Eligible families
are encouraged to return the CSEF form as
soon as possible. Forms are also available
from the office.
Included with this form is an allocation form for
you to select where you wish to allocate your
$125. You can select from your child’s camp—
grades 3, 4, 5, 6, Weekend Sport—Netball,
Football, Soccer, Swimming or Major Excursion.
Shepparton Table Tennis Association
Junior Players
8—15 year old
From Beginners to Advanced
Thursday Evenings
6pm—7:30pm
Shepparton Sports Stadium
Competition starts 11th May 2017
Cost: $20 association fee and
$5 court fee per week
For further information, please contact
Roland Haccart (Roly)
On 0428 335 415
School Banking
Monday is school banking day. Any
bank books received later than Monday will be held over until next week.
Guthrie St Primary School
‘Tweets’
Follow Us On Twitter @guthriestps
for Important Announcements. A twitter feed
with updates is available on the Guthrie St app
and website.
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INTERSCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
RESULTS
On Wednesday 3rd of May, all the Grade 5 and 6 students in the Shepparton area participated in the Interschool Cross Country. It was great to see so many students participate to
the best of their ability. The following students are representing Guthrie St at the Goulburn
Murray Division Cross Country this Friday the 12th May at Princess Park.
BOYS
9/10 yrs
11 yrs
Jack Jamieson
Steele Chapman
Mitchell Grumley
Oliver Warburton
Bailey Stevens
Sam Jeffery
GIRLS
9/10 yrs
11 yrs
12/13 yrs
Ruby Diffy
Shelby James
Maddison Cox
Natasha Torney
Madeline Judd
Zari Creighton
Tiah Smith
Juna Crozier
Erica Shaw
Eliza Bicknell
Hannah D’Andrea
McKenzie Sinclair
Katrina Wood
PE Sports Co-ordinator
Guthrie Street PS Free App - iOS and NOW Android
In our continuous pursuit to improve communication with our
school community we now have available our very own Android
Guthrie Street App in addition to our existing iOS Guthrie Street
App. This app contains our school newsletter, various documents
(forms, policies etc), a current school calendar, contact information and our Twitter Feed used for reminders and news etc.
To download this free app please follow the steps below:
On your phone; go to our website:
http://www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au
Scroll to the section as below and click on the app that you wish to
download (either iPhone or Android):
(You can also search directly for ”Guthrie Street” in your phones
App Store)
Absences— Text 0417
994620
You can now text the school to advise
of your child’s absence.
Student’s name, grade, reason for absence.
eg.
Warren Gore 56G sick today
Paul Smith 4LG will be late, dentist
(Late students still need to come through
the front office on arrival).
This number is for Absences Only,
there will be no reply from this text,
and previous forms of reporting student absences can still be used.
The Guthrie Street App will appear in either the “App Store” or
“Play Store”
Select “Install” -> Then enter either your “iTunes” or “Google”
account password.
Wait for the app to download and install -> Select “Open”
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Guthrie St PS Soccer— 6th May 207
Under 6 Guthrie Street Panthers
Played Murchison
Encouragement Award: Bradley Dwyer
Last weeks award went to Jed Trevaskis
Notes:
Under 6 Guthrie Street Leopards
Played Numurkah
Goal Scorers: Harry, Ryan & Dion
Encouragement Award: Dion
Notes: Well done team, great effort for the
entire game.
Under 7 Guthrie Street Cats
Played Shepparton East Rockets
Goal Scorers: Lennix M, Tyson F-D, Declan S
Encouragement Award: Lennix M & Tyson FD
Notes: Our first win for the season. Well
done boys—a great game by all.
Under 8 Guthrie Street Jaguars
Played Kyabram Knights
Goal Scorers: Lochie F, Lachie X, Lachie C,
Toby, & Ben
Encouragement Award: Ayden
Notes:
Under 6 Guthrie Street Cougars
Played Orrvale Glory
Goal Scorers: Jake D, Hunter M, Lachlan M,
Andre R
Encouragement Award: Hunter M & Tristan C Under 8 Guthrie Street Sharks
Notes: Great improvement on last week.
Played Tatura JSC Reds
Keep up the good work.
Goal Scorers: Fraser C & Dustin S
Encouragement Award: Dustin S
Under 7 Guthrie Street Hawks
Notes: Good work and everyone tried their
Played Shepparton East
hardest in a fun close match.
Goal Scorers: Liam & Rhys
Encouragement Award: Carter & Cooper
Notes: Great teamwork Hawks!
Under 10 Guthrie Street Eagles
Played St Brendans/Christian College
Under 7 Guthrie Street Lions
Goal Scorers: Alick J, Theo K,
Played Orrvale Phoenix
Billy K & Baden P
Goal Scorers: Harley, Noah, Brandon, Xavier Encouragement Award: Sam
Encouragement Award: Brandon E Ashar D & G
Xavier E
Notes: Great defensive
Notes: The boys were all very strong in a
game.
tough match. Well done!
Guthrie St PS Netball — 6th May 2017
Under 11 White Section 3
Played St Brendan’s rockets
Awards: Maia L
Notes: Very physical match, girls did a terrific job
around the court making space and direct passing.
Well done girls!
Under 11 Orange Section 1
Played St Brendan’s
Awards: Maddie Cox
Notes: Well done girls on NEVER giving up.
Great attitudes!
Notes: You all played a great game.
Under 13 Red Section 1
Defeated Bourchier St
Awards: Bayley S
Notes: Well done girls on your hard work with
leading to the ball.
Under 13 Blue Section 2
Defeated Orrvale Thunder
Awards: Sara S
Notes: Great first win. Enjoying watching you all
improve as a team.
Under 11 Yellow Section 2
Played Kialla West
Awards: Charlie & Tenille
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Area News
Big Write: Persuasive text: “Our Principal should
be Principal of the year ?”
Letters of the Week: Oo & Ll
Words of the Week: ‘open’, ‘out’, ‘look’ Reminders:
 Home work is required to be returned by Friand ‘like’
day for 1ST AND 1AP and Thursday for 1LK.
Big Write Topic: ‘Leaf Picture’ Talk
 Talk Homework goes home on Wednesday
Homework needs to be signed and returned by tomorrow (Wednesday).
and is required to be returned on Thursday.
Maths: Length & Days of the week
 Please read with your child each night.
Reminders:
Grade Two
 Big Write: Leaves - It would be
great if children could bring in some Zoo Trip
With the sun shining, the Grade Two’s had a fabuleaves tomorrow.
lous trip to the zoo last week. They thoroughly en Farm 2 U Incursion – Permission
joyed viewing all the animals and a lot was learnt
Forms and payment (for those that
by all. The students’ behaviour was commendable,
haven’t paid School Fees) are due
even receiving comments from zoo staff of how
well our students conducted themselves.
NEXT Monday 15th May.
 Mother’s Day Stall –This Thursday
11th May the Parent’s Association will
Mother’s Day Stall
run a Mother’s Day Stall for students
to buy a gift for $5 or $10. Please
This year will see a change in
send money along in a named envelope
how our Mothers and Father’s
and bring a plastic bag for your child’s
Day stalls are run.
gift. The Mother’s Day raffle tickets
will be sold at the stall, tickets are
In previous years we have or50 cents each or 3 for $1; so bring
dered gifts through catalogues,
along some spare change to enter the
this year we have supported
raffle.
local businesses by purchasing
 Mother’s Day Breakfast - Mums
our gifts locally.
are invited to come and enjoy breakfast on Friday 12th May from 8:00am
Gifts will be priced at either $5 or
in the stadium to help celebrate
$10 and a limit of one gift per
Mother’s Day. Remember to bring
child. Students will have the opyour own plates, bowls, cups and
portunity to purchase any unsold
spoons.
gifts at lunch time once all stu Jumpers - With the cooler months
dents have been to the stall.
now upon us, it is important that all
jumpers are labelled.
Our Mother’s Day raffle will be
Grade Prep
Grade One
We all enjoyed our trip to the Kyabram Fauna Park
last week. All the children were extremely well behaved. We were disappointed the Reptile House
was closed but fortunately we were able to pat a
baby python and many other animals and birds in
the Education room. Thank you to the parents who
assisted us on that day.
Spelling focus:-‘bl’ & ‘br’ blends – words such as
‘blocks & bricks”
Maths: Counting from a given number to 50 and
back again. Number stories for addition and subtraction. Time including o’clock and half past.
back! Tickets 50 cents each or 3
for $1; so bring along some
spare change to enter the raffle.
Mother’s Day Raffle Donations
The parent’s Association are
looking for any donations to go
towards the Mother’s day raffle.
Could donations please be handed to the office by Wednesday
10th May.
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Area News
Grade Three
3CH & 3CJ will be presenting next week’s EQ
proverb at Assembly. Students and teachers
would love for parents to show their support by
attending.
Last week we had a visit from author Leeanne
Vernon who writes the Netball Dreamz series.
Students participated in some creative writing
where they wrote about their own imaginative
special land.
Also last week, an artist and representative
from Gallery Kaiela lead the children in a clay
turtle making workshop. Students learnt that
the turtle is the totem of the Yorta Yorta tribe
and learnt some facts about turtles.
Due to Naplan this week, there is no homework for Grade 3 students.
Grade Four
We have noticed lots of tired children in class,
making it hard for them and others to concentrate in class. This has led to some conversations about bedtime :)
Integrated studies
From week 5 onwards students will be engaging in their own tasks for Integrated Studies.
Could we please collect … boxes all shapes
and sizes, material scraps, ribbons and craft
things so children can create and design.
Ipads
Students who have IPADS... could we please
make a habit of bringing them in every day to
use in class, especially, as we have lots of individual research tasks to complete.
Reminder:
Please bring in Blue reader folders everyday
with diary’s, homework , readers and Library
books inside.
Dates:
Mothers day stall -Thursday.
Mothers Day Breakfast - Friday.
Grades Five and Six
 Please remind students to bring their
device fully charged every day.

Many notices have been sent home re
Beechworth, High school notes, incursion
etc. Please respond to these quickly.

Mothers Day Stall is on Thursday. Gifts
are $5 or $10 this year.
Mother’s Day Stall
This year will see a change in
how our Mothers and Father’s
Day stalls are run.
In previous years we have ordered gifts through catalogues,
this year we have supported
local businesses by purchasing
our gifts locally.
Gifts will be priced at either $5 or
$10 and a limit of one gift per
child. Students will have the opportunity to purchase any unsold
gifts at lunch time once all students have been to the stall.
Our Mother’s Day raffle will be
back! Tickets 50 cents each or 3
for $1; so bring along some
spare change to enter the raffle.
Mother’s Day Raffle Donations
The parent’s Association are
looking for any donations to go
towards the Mother’s day raffle.
Could donations please be handed to the office by Wednesday
10th May.
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Gazette/Newsletter—Read on-line www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au
—now available in PDF format
Forms and notices also available.
Please complete the slip below if you are able to read on-line and no longer require a
hard copy of the Gazette/Newsletter. If you supply your email address we will email you
a reminder to read on-line.
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Gazette/Newsletter
I/We , _____________________________ have access to a computer and are able to
read the Gazette/Newsletter on-line. Please do not send a hard copy of the weekly
Gazette/Newsletter with my/our eldest child ________________________in grade
___________
To receive a weekly reminder of when the Gazette is ready to be read on-line, my email
address is: ___________________________________________________
Signed: ______________________________________ Date: ____/____/2017
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Mother’s Day Breakfast
at Guthrie Street
Let’s show our mums just how much they are
appreciated.
Mums are invited to come and enjoy some
scrumptious ham and cheese croissants.
Coffee Beanz Bus will be available for you
to purchase your own coffees.
Cereal and toast will be available for students
and other family members to enjoy.
(Families will need to bring their own plates, bowls, cups and spoons.)
Mothers are invited to read with their
child/children in the
classrooms after breakfast.
When: Friday May 12th
8:00am—breakfast begins
8:45-9:00am—reading in classrooms
Where: Stadium
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