GOWRIE GAZETTE
Term 2, Week 4
17th May 2017
What’s on at Gowrie in Term 2!
MAY
Week 4
Thursday
Friday
Week 5
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 6
Monday
Tuesday
JUNE
Thursday
18th
19th
Gowrie School Rostrum Final
Walk Safely to School Day
Assembly 12.40pm – Tennent
23rd
25th
26th
12U Regional Cross Country @ Stromlo Park
AFL Year 5/6 Boys Gala Day
Public Education Day
29th
30th
Hats off Day
Science – ICAS Competition Years 3-6
1st
2H & 2O NMA Excursion
Year 5 Combined Band @Fadden
1S & 1W Grandfriends Day
Assembly 12.40pm – KCL
Friday
Week 8
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2nd
Friday
16th
12th
13th
14th
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Writing – ICAS Competition Years 3-6
Spelling – ICAS Competition Years 3-6
Preschool – Kenny Koala – Road Safety
Preschool Subcommittee Meeting – 5.00pm-6.00pm
Assembly 12.40pm – 5/6W
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
2017 TERM DATES
26th April to 30th June
17th July to 22nd September
9th October to 15th December
UNIFORM SHOP
OPENING HOURS
FRIDAY 8.45AM – 9.15AM
CONTACT: TINA 0468 472 311
[email protected]
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
YMCA Program
Before School Care 7:30am – 9:00am daily
After School Care 3.00pm – 6.00pm daily
Contact Numbers
YMCA Office: 6242 4040
Mobile (Contact after 2.30pm): 0404 635 730
We are an Approved Service for Child Care Benefits
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Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to Week 4 of Term 2! With NAPLAN behind us for another year we look forward to
seeing some results and school data coming back in the coming months. Well done to all our
Year 5 and Year 3 students sitting the National Assessment in 2017. When supporting
students during the tests I could see their best efforts were being made throughout the week.
Thank you to the P&C for providing a Mothers’ Day stall last week. I’m sure our Gowrie mums
were well looked after last Sunday!
School Reports and Parent/Teacher Interviews
In Week 9 families will receive the new Gowrie student reports highlighting academic and
social growth across Semester 1. The reports will reflect progress against the Australian
Curriculum outcomes and aim to provide a comprehensive analysis of your child’s
development. In order to get the most out of this new document we will also be offering
parent/teacher interviews in Week 10 to discuss any questions or concerns you might have.
Please look out for additional information coming home soon with instructions to book
interviews through a new online process.
Tennent Assembly Week 4
On Friday this week Tennent will be hosting our school assembly. There will be ribbons
handed out from the Athletics carnival and the Term 2 Gowrie Cup will be awarded. I look
forward to seeing family and friends on the day from 12:40pm.
The Future of Education – Community Consultation
Recently the ACT Education Directorate launched The Future of Education, a consultation
process looking to capture stakeholders perceptions and wishes for our education system.
Soon we will be calling for parent and community members to meet with facilitators here at
school to capture your thoughts. This conversation will address your wishes and ideas for the
future of government schools in the ACT, looking at the big picture beyond Gowrie. All
comments and thoughts are welcome as our facilitators aim to capture and feed forward your
information to the Education Directorate.
Students and education leadership staff have already contributed to the conversation with a
wider view now being sought with classroom teachers, administrative staff, support staff,
parents, carers and community partners being offered a chance to engage with the
conversation. A date for the parent and community consultation evening will be published
soon with the meeting to take place at Gowrie Primary School. I look forward to hearing your
thoughts as we shape future decisions for our education system together.
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Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
Don’t forget additional feedback is most welcome at any time via the school website
[email protected].
Kind regards,
Gareth Richards
Principal
Message from the Deputy Principal
Early Years Enrichment Program
Gowrie hosted the Early Years Enrichment Program for preschool students this week. The
focus for the day was numeracy in the early years with a safari theme. We had preschool
students from a variety of Tuggeranong schools attending the day. I would like to sincerely
thank Shannon Staszak for coordinating this special event. I would also like to especially thank
Amanda Horne, Lyn Cleaver and Wendy Marlowe for organising and teaching the three
numeracy enrichment workshops. A fun day was had by all!!
2017 ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards (ASG NEiTA) - Reminder
Gowrie has so many fabulous teachers who work in our school and now you can nominate an
outstanding teacher for the 2017 ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards (ASG NEiTA).
They deserve to be recognised and awarded for their tremendous contribution, but we need
your help. Nominations for the awards close on 3 July 2017. To nominate go to:
www.asg.com.au/nominate.
Angela Georgopoulos
Deputy Principal
MISSING FROM GOWRIE!
Have you seen our
Karcher Pressure Washer
If you have seen it could you please
let the Gowrie Office know.
Under 12 Rugby League Gala Day
FAMILY PHOTOS AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Family photos are available for viewing and purchase at the Gowrie Office. Each set is $10.
Additional photos – SRC Semester 1, House Captains, Year 5 Band and Year 6 Band are at the
Gowrie Office to view and order. These are for sale at a cost of $16 each.
All orders for these need to be in by Friday week 5, 26th May 2017.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
KCL
KCO
1S
1W
2/4B
2H
2O
3/4AH
3/4SH
4/6B
5/6H
5/6W
TENNENT
JAPANESE
VISUAL ARTS
BAND
MERIT AWARDS
Amelia W-W
Lily R
Olivia K
Hamish S
Nicholas K
Amber W
Annabelle I
Lilly C
Sam K
Aaron E
Max S
Alex F-S
Charbela M
Neave G
Ebony F
Jacob T
Cara J
Neave G
Ryan V
Brooke G
Bonnie C
Keeley I
Decklan H
Brooke M
Ella E
Jake T
Toby B
Connor C
The Big Heart Project
Thank you to everyone at Gowrie who supported this charity We raised $350.00+.
You can see by the size of the 30cm ruler how BIG a heart we have!
Thank you Shazza for taking the Gowrie donation out to Lyneham Netball
Centre last Wednesday evening. Below are photos she took while there.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
NEWS FROM PRESCHOOL - GECKOS
OUR NEW TURF! With a very big thank you to everyone who was involved in the first phase of
our yard upgrade! Keira, Shane, Tanya and their companies, Mrs Garland and all our other
helpers have done a fantastic job in laying the new turf. It’s such a great space now and the
children are very much enjoying the use of the new turf for a variety of activities.
BACK TO WORK! We are very much into the full swing of our term 2 program and we are
focusing on our name writing, pencil grip, alphabet letters and pre handwriting activities –
including fine motor learning experiences.
PRESCHOOL BUS WASH TOUR! Last week we had a fabulous time with the Rosellas on our
local area bus ride around Tuggeranong and to the bus depot. The bus wash was very exciting
and we enjoyed assisting Jo (our guide) in helping our bus driver, Dean, get around the
suburbs while we played Spotto! Jo said we were the BEST preschoolers she’s ever had!
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
READY! SET! GO! We had a lot of fun learning to run in races so we could participate in the
school Cross Country event! We were super-fast!
3/4SH Buddies: One of our favourite fortnightly events is when we spend time with Mrs
Harding and 3/4SH. This term the children have been working on a Buddy Poster together!
You will see these up around Play Room 1 and Lambrigg soon!
PRESCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE: It was a lovely day at our Preschool’s Harvey Norman BBQ to
raise money for this year’s preschool groups. Thanks to The Lake Tuggeranong Lions Club for
supporting and assisting our 2017 Preschool Subcommittee. The team raised over $600.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED AND TO EVERYONE WHO WENT AND BRUOGHT A
SAUSAGE!
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Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
NEWS FROM KINDERGARTEN
Kindergarten have had a busy few weeks since the holidays!
KCL have been
working hard with Ms.
Pasfield. Ms. Pasfield
will return during
term three for a 6
week teaching block.
We have begun our new unit in History, called “In our
Shoes”. In Our Shoes focuses on exploring students’
own family histories.
Kindergarten have been exploring STEM principles.
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering
and Maths. The classes have been using different
materials to explore balance and stability.
During our Gross Motor program
both classes have been focusing on
fundamental movement skills that
can be used in different contexts. We
have worked on our balance, core
muscle strength and ball skills
(throwing, kicking and catching).
Thanks for reading and we look forward to the rest of the semester!
Lyn Cleaver and Kimberley Connell
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Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY
BOOK FAIR
First Prize $30 worth of books
Mahalia M
Second Prize $15 worth of books
Cameron T
Third Prize $15 worth of books
Suraya B
We sold $3168 worth of books! Another amazing effort. We will now be able to choose $950
worth of books from Scholastic and the winning Book Week books in each category.
Thank you all for the amazing support. It's great to be able to get more books but the real
prize continues to be watching the excitement, joy and love of books and reading
demonstrated by the children.
Our busy Library:
Relaxing reading in the Library
Craft in the Library
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gowrie Primary School
Jeffries Street Gowrie ACT 2904
T: (02) 6205 7822 F: (02) 6205 7825
Principal: Gareth Richards
Board Chair: Kristen Watts
P&C President: Karen Williams
[email protected]