Northern Round Up

As Term 3 draws to a close we want to thank each and every student, staff member and member of the community for their hard work and dedication this term. The term has been busy, and we have seen our students achieve some wonderful things.

For those members of the school community that are travelling these holidays we wish you a safe and successful break. We look forward to another amazing term of learning for our final term of 2024.

Students will all return to North on Monday 14 October 2024.  

As the term draws to a close, the school begins to move towards our 2025 new student intake. Our new 2025 Kindergarten will commence their orientation program on Wednesday 30 October, the third week of term 4.

Additional dates for orientation will be held on:

• Wednesday 6 November (Term 4 Week 4)
• Thursday 14 November (Term 4 Week 5)
• Thursday 21 November (Term 4 Week 6)

We anticipate a much larger Kindergarten in 2025 than this year. We look forward to working with the new students and seeing the progress they make throughout 2025.

Please pass on details to any families that you know who are looking at starting school in 2025. Orientation is an exciting opportunity to begin to learn about 'Big School', so we do not want anyone to miss out on the fun. 

Our Student Leadership Program is currently being revised for 2025. The initial outline was shared int he previous edition of the Northern Round Up. The new program will include the following:

• The formation of a School Parliament, which will increase student voice in school programs and initiatives.
• Our Ministers will be paired with a staff mentor. The two will be involved with developing the portfolio which will increase opportunities for our students to show leadership qualities and be guided by staff in the various portfolios. The portfolios will be related to staff programs and interested eg. Minister for Sport and Recreation working with Miss Franchi.
• Students in middle classes will elect Members of Parliament. These members will attend parliament and represent the views of their class. As they did in the former SRC program.
• Ministers will be provided the opportunity to attend the GRIP Leadership conference in the ACT as a special excursion to broaden their knowledge in student leadership.
• Ministers will also attend a personal excursion to Parliament House in Canberra to experience what parliaments are like. This has not been done in the past.
• School Ministers will be inducted at Presentation Day towards the end of Term 4.

Our 2025 draft Ministers are as follows:

As we move into Term 4, we are changing our current stance on stationery needs of our students. All students will be asked to supply their own basic stationery needs at school. The need for students to take some ownership and responsibility in this area has increased over the years. We are hoping that this sense of ownership over the supply will lead to our students taking great care with their supplies. Part of this plan will be that equipment will be sent home each Friday. This will allow our community to review your children's current equipment levels and resupply as needed.

The school has created this list based on basic Kmart resources. This ensures it is accessible and fairly low in cost. You do have the flexibility of adjusting the brands and exact purchases based on what is available and meets the needs of the list. 

The cost of a K-3 stationery supply is roughly $13, whilst a 4-6 stationery supply is slightly higher at around $17.

The school will continue to have a small supply to help with meeting the needs of those student who forget their pencil case or who are unable to purchase the required equipment.

If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your child's classroom teacher or team leader.

Get your Colour on, Goulburn North PS is hosting a Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun!

Our Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun will be held on December 4th, 2024.

Not only are we hosting an awesome Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun, students can also order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match! Don’t want the prizes, donate your donations to one of the five causes – Carbon Neutral (tree planting), Great Barrier Reef Foundation (coral planting or turtle protection), The Smith Family (reading support) or OzHarvest (providing meals).

Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes. The cut off date for fundraising has been moved to the end of Week 3, Term 4.

«  Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.

«  Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.

«  $10,000 Budget Booster Bonanza Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student

«  Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2024.

«  A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!

For more information, please contact Miss Martin or Ms Caffery on 4821 3838.

Term 4 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 4 will be held on the following date:

• Friday 8 November, commencing at 12.45pm
• Presentation Day - Wednesday 11 December, GCOPS commencing at 4.30pm 

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