Goulburn North Public School Newsletter

A busy semester of learning and more to come in Semester 2. Next week, we have our Semester 1 Reports coming home. You will be able to book a time in early Term 3 to discuss your child's progress.

Our students enjoy one of the larger playground areas in Goulburn. However, our students do not know how to play during the breaks. We have a number of students that just wander and do not know how to fill their time in the large playground learning space.

We would like to invite members of the community to come to school and be a part of the breaks and share their time with our students. This could be playing a simple game of handball, refereeing soccer, shooting hoops with students or even playing a small game like chess. 

Members of the community only need a Working with Children's Check and these are obtained from Service NSW for free.

Our breaks are as follows:

Break 1: 11.15-11.50am - Break 2: 1.30-2.05pm

If you would like to join our students in the playground and share your time, please contact the school office. This could be on a regular or irregular basis. Our students would benefit from your time.

Our focus for this newsletter is our second rule 'Respectful'. We strive towards making our school a 'Happy and Safe' place for all students.

Respectful in this sense will be focused on 'Inappropriate Language' and how we speak respectfully to one another. The school has been wording hard on turning language around over the past twelve months, yet despite this constant focus, the language students use in our context has only improved marginally. The previous 'Language Replacement Strategy' that many students worked through has had limited success. We are therefore revising our approach to language moving forward.

Students will immediately be placed on a monitoring card for 'Inappropriate Language' commencing the first week of term 3. This process will mirror the existing Monitoring Card system, but will focus exclusively on language of students. Student will then have a period of five days to improve the way they are speaking to other people. Successful students will move off the card. However, students that are not successful with the card will then move to a 'Formal Caution'. Students that also have their cards signed off in the playground by a member of staff, and were witnessed by another member of staff, using poor language will also be considered an instant fail.

Students that fail the monitoring card will also then complete the existing 'Language Replacement Strategy' with a member of the executive. This will be sent home, so you can see the sorts of language your child is using in our setting.

You can support the school, but talking with your children about 'Time and Place' the context of where you use language can be different depending on where you are. We are keen to see our school develop a respectful culture of friendly talk. Please share and discuss speaking respectfully with your children.

School resumes for Term 3 on Tuesday 23 July 2024.

We want you to get your maths brains working and try to solve the following question:

What fraction of the image is blue?

Write your answer and your name on a piece of paper and leave it in the box outside Mrs Cameron's and Ms Caffery's office by Wednesday of Week 10. The correct answers will go into a raffle to win a handball. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday of Week 10. Good Luck!

Have an amazing birthday!!!

Term 3 assemblies for 2024.

We would love to share our Whole School Assemblies with our community. Save the dates below and come along and share in these treasured occasions.

Assemblies in Term 2 will be held on the following date:

• Friday 23 August, commencing at 12.45pm
  
• Friday 27 September, commencing at 12.45pm

Class Amber opened their classroom this term and students have engaged in a range of engaging activities such as creating a bush tucker garden and developing games on Scratch. We have been cooking and trying different foods such as pancakes, french toast, and scones. Students have engaged in a range of differentiated literacy and numeracy activities and are building routine and structure in our school's newest learning environment.

We are excited to welcome new students into our room next term and continue on our journey of successful learning experiences.

 We would love to see new faces at our meetings. Our community is invited to be involved for as little or as much as they would like.

The canteen is open weekly this year on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, and if anyone is interested in helping out in the canteen to please contact Sharon, our canteen manager on 0428 259 791. 

Kind Regards

Sharon

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