The Eastern Endeavour 27 July, 2018 - Gympie East State School
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The Eastern Endeavour
27 July, 2018
Edition 12/18
PO BOX 3090
GYMPIE DC QLD 4570
07-54877111
07-54877100 (F)
took me three hours to pick it back up and the pile
For all of the latest and ended up being bigger than myself! Could I please urge
greatest news of what’s you to come in and inspect the pile of jumpers, hats,
happening in our wonderful lunch boxes and school shirts we have. If you find one
school, like us on Facebook. that looks like your child’s but you are just not sure,
Look for this profile picture: please just take it. Be warned if you spot a jumper near
the top of the pile you may need an oxygen bottle to
reach it!
FROM THE PRINCIPAL …
Car Park
Hello Gympie East Community, Our car park has been running fantastically so far and I
What a great start to the term we have had. Welcome would like to thank everyone for being so considerate
Seth, Slater, Maxime, Leeroy and Lincoln to our East and patient. (Hopefully the bridge is finished sooner
family. I hope you love our little school. rather than later) With a number of new families in the
school could I just remind you that if you are getting out
A huge thankyou goes out to all who helped make our of your car and planning on coming up to the school for
Cooloola Small Schools Athletics carnival a huge a meeting/catch up please do not park on the bus zone
success. A special mention to Shannen Hewitt and her side as the buses need to travel through the parks to
tuckshop crew for preparing and serving such great food make a wide turning circle to get back onto the road.
in a timely manner. A pat on the back for our great East The buses arrive from 3:30 so the car parks on the bus
staff who worked tirelessly on the day and in the lead up zone side need to be empty by then.
to the carnival. Lastly a huge cheer for our East students
who performed brilliantly on the day. East won the WN SOS
Buchanan Shield (Champion School), The Association School Opinion Survey: Parents please take the time to
Shield (Champion School Average), AM Hodges Cup go online and fill in the parent opinion survey for our
(Champion Boys Average) and the Councillors Ellis great little school. In this newsletter you will find a blue
Brown & Friske Shield (Champion Girls Average). East sheet giving you instructions on how to make a
would like to thank Rainbow, Wolvi and Kai Ora for difference for our school and have your say. Follow the
making the day so special. It was magic to watch all instructions to the web address type in the unique code
students competing, laughing and having fun. Today our and fill in the questionnaire honestly. We very much
year 4/5 and 6/7 classes are off planting trees on the value your feedback as it helps us to make our school a
Mary River for National Tree Day. We love the better place for our students to learn, have fun and
relationship we share with Landcare, and the chance to grow.
make a difference to our local environment.
Student Success
Curriculum Our students are flying here at East, Congratulations to
Our teachers are currently holding parent-teacher Daisy Daniel for making the Girls Gympie Rugby
interviews so if you have not had yours yet please feel League Team who will compete at the upcoming Wide
free to contact the school to organise a time. Our Bay Trials.
teachers would love to give you feedback on your child’s
progress, areas to work on and answer any questions Congratulations to Tyson Buchanan, Jack Richardson,
you may have. Richelle Bath, Jorja Campbell and Will Strong who were
our Cooloola Small School Athletics Age Champions.
After our latest data review of our reading I am pleased to We have had some outstanding reading progress due
be able to say that our students really are making some to lots of hard work, so hats off to Aaron Ross-Gilder,
excellent progress. The fact that students are now being Audrey Vaughan, Will Gladstone, Shayla Conaghan
recognised on parade for 150 and 175 nights reading is a and Lainey Buchanan. Keep up the great work!
fabulous achievement. As a parent you can make the
world of difference to your child’s reading just by taking
10 min a night reading to, listening to or reading with your Students of the fortnight
son/daughter. We value your support and all your hard This week our highflying students of the fortnight are:
work. We are very much a team and together want the Seth Dimmack: for big efforts in showing how he can
best for each of our East students. work independently, and trying really hard to remember
his letter and sounds.
Lost Property
We now have a new mountain at the school we call it Rebekah Schmierer: for always having a positive attitude
Mount School Jumper!!! Seriously I walked past lost to learning, for always trying to do her best and for being a
caring and generous person in our classroom
property this morning and the baskets were tipped over, it
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Mia Noon: for always bringing her positive attitude into
the classroom and her excellent behaviour on Sports
Day.
P&C NEWS!!!
Archer Bodycote: For doing his very best and working
hard in maths. TUCKSHOP NEWS
Reminder we do have a regular menu that you
Will Strong : setting a great example by demonstrating can order from.
wonderful sportsmanship, congratulating students from
other schools and cheering on fellow athletes, on Small
Specials
School Sports Day.
3/8 - Fish and chips. $3.50
Sophie Blyton : for working hard to improve her reading
10/8 - Shepard's Pie, savoury mince with mashed
skills and applying effort in all her schoolwork.
potato on top. $3.50
Cheers, have a brilliant weekend Please be aware of the change in prices.
Scott Thompson Attached is the menu for this term.
Dates to A big thank you to everyone who helped out
Remember for our small schools sports day.
Please have orders in the morning BEFORE
Wednesday SCHOOL BANKING Tuckshop.
Aug 2 Nexus Arts – Aboriginal Survival
Technology Also, when sending orders in can you not staple
Aug 9 & 10 Albert Park Sports Trials
the bag as the bag is reused and it’s difficult to
Aug 13 Shell Questacon Science Visit open with a staple in it. Thanks.
Aug 14 P&C Meeting @ 5.30 pm
Please let us know if your child has any
Aug 20-24 Year 6 Camp to Tallebudgerra
intolerances or allergies to food when ordering
Aug 29 School Council Meeting @ 3.15 pm tuckshop. We are happy to take these issues into
consideration and the safety of your child is our
priority.
Uniform News...
Do you have any pre-loved Gympie East Polo
Any suggestions for next
Shirts at home in the bottom of the
terms menu please see
cupboard? Shannen in the tuckshop or
just slip a note in the hole of
We’d love them if they are no longer of the tuckshop door.
use to you! If they are still in good
condition? We may be able to get a few Orders must be in by Thursday please.
dollars for you?
SHOP OPEN Garden Gossip
1st & 3rd Welcome back Gympie East green thumbs and
WEDNESDAY of the month. what a great term we have planned in the garden.
2:30-3:00pm.
*CASH or CHEQUE only* First things first, Congratulations to the Garden
Girls of class 2/3. These Students came first at the
QLD Garden Expo “Garden in a Basket”
Cedar Pocket Hall Mini Market competition. What a fantastic team effort the girls
Saturday the 4 August made, coming together to construct their entry.
8am – 12pm Well done girls two green thumbs up! Also a big
CWA congratulations must go to our “Three musketeers,
Karl, Rebecca and Madison from the year 1 class,
Plants, Bric and brac, Sausage sizzle
for their collective entry of a herb and flower
Uniquely handmade (jewellery + more) basket.
Tupperware, Doterra Essential oils
White elephant stalls These garden guys came third in their category.
Indoor and outdoor sites available Well done!!! We are so proud of all our garden
Stalls $10 each expo entries and especially our garden friends.
All enquiries call Les on 54866037
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Today marks our first celebration of “National Tree Philip has visited or lived with indigenous communities
Day for Schools”. With the 4/5 and 5/6 classes in North and Central America, New Zealand and
working with Landcare down at the Mary Riverbank Australia. In his eco-safaris across Australia, Philip has
and also our East Garden members participating in visited with localAborigines living in Kakdu wetlands,
outback deserts, inland river systems and mountain
our very own “Tree planting” event here at Gympie
forests. He has collected artefacts and inspected
East. Thank you to everyone, Students, Parents, Aboriginal sites in every Australian state. These
Staff and Landcare Community Members that experiences have inspired him to produce a cultural
participated in today’s activities and making a show that gives students the opportunity to connect
difference, one tree at a time. Celebrating Trees this hands-on with the survival technologies of Australia’s
week has been awesome. We here at Gympie East First People. Philip has visited over 1200 schools
appreciate that you got your hands dirty today, for a across Australia presenting his range highly-acclaimed
better environment tomorrow. It’s not too late to of eco-science shows.”
plant a tree, as this Sunday is National Tree Day.
Head down to your local tree planting site or better This show will be totally funded through school funds.
still plant a tree in your own backyard. The planet
thanks you in advance. STUDENT OF THE FORTNIGHT PHOTO
Grandparents and Special Persons Day is on its
way and we would love your input. If you have ideas
and or would like to be involved, please contact
Shona in the Garden.
The garden this week, would like to thank Jack from
3/4 for sharing his Grandma’s delicious lemons with
the class and making yummy lemonade for
everyone. Those lemons were like no other we had
tasted before, and your kindness was outstanding.
Thank you Jack you are an amazing Garden
Member.
Charlie-Jane also from 3/4 beautifully read “Strings
and Things” by Olga Miller during our NADOC
garden celebrations to all of our Garden Members
last week. Charlie you read so well and helped us to
understand the story we were reading so clearly.
Thank you for connecting with the story and
patiently allowing time for others to speak. Well
done Charlie you are an amazing Garden Member
at our school.
Nexus Arts Performance - On Thursday, August 2 our
students will be treated to a show from Nexus Arts. The
presenter will be Philip Green on Aboriginal Survival
Technology. Below is a brief description on what his
performance will involve:-
“This dynamic presentation will give students a visual and
tactile experience of traditional technologies used by
indigenous peoples across the varied environments of
Australia’s deserts, mountains, rivers and sea shores. Here is a photo of the children from the
school in Yiben using the skipping
Philip Green has a large collection of museum-quality
artefacts which are given out in multiple touch-boxes for
ropes that Gympie East fundraised to
students to examine and handle. A National Georgraphic buy. It also shows a little boy still
photographer, Philip will use his stunning photos in an carrying his calico bag, donated and
audio-visual presentaiton of the native plants and wildlife
used for food, clothing, medicine, shelter, weapons and decorated by GESS kids, around with
art. him wherever he goes.
I love the joy on their faces as they
experience something so basic.
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Tuckshop Menu Drinks
Term 3, 2018 Specials Poppers – $1 each
Choc Milk
Strawberry Milk
Shannen’s Friday Picks- Apple Juice
Tropical Juice
3/8 – Fish and chips $3.50
Snacks
10/8 – Shepard’s Pie Homemade Fruit Muffins $1
Savoury mince with Homemade Choc Chip Biscuits 50c
Mashed potato on top $3.50 Popcorn 50c
Jelly Cup 50c
17/8 – Hot Dogs Paddle pop $1
with cheese and sauce $3.50 Frozen Yoghurt $2
(Mango, Strawberry or Raspberry)
24/8 – Baked Potatoes
with sour cream, All orders with money to be in to the
bacon and cheese $3.50 Tuckshop by Thursday
31/8 – Chicken Nuggets Any helpers please see Shannen in the
and chips $3.50 Tuckshop for roster
7/9 – Hamburgers
with lettuce, tomato,
cheese and sauce $3.50 HOT SHOTS TENNIS COACHING
Gympie and District Tennis Association Coach Matt Watkins will
commence the Hot Shots Coaching program on Wednesday 1
August at Gympie East State School. Lessons will be held
14/9 – Pizza Slice Wednesday lunchtimes from 11.15am to 11.45am. The program is
for a minimum block of 7 weeks. Costs will be $80.00/pupil or
Ham and cheese or $150.00 for 2 children in the same family. Loan racquets are
available each week.
Ham and Pineapple $3.50 Please return this form to the office or register with Matt by
Wednesday 25th July Name………………………….Age…. Grade….
Phone/s…………………………………………………
Parent or Guardian
21/9 – Sausage Rolls $3.50 Signature……………………………….Email……………………………
…….
We accept the Get Started Sporting Vouchers.
Cash payment or Cheques payable to Brett Cottrill please.
Regular Menu (available every Friday) Direct Deposit : B A COTTRILL BSB 014585 ACCT 583359786
students name as reference.
Chicken, cheese and mayo pocket $3
Ham, cheese and sauce pocket $2.50
(bbq or tomato sauce)
Ham and salad wrap $3.50
Chicken and salad wrap $3.50
Egg and Lettuce Sanga $2.50
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