Dear Families

Welcome Back to School!

It was fantastic to see both new and returning students arriving at school, full of energy and excitement for the year ahead!

A sincere thank you to the School Association for providing coffee and pastries—a wonderful way for parents and friends to reconnect, meet new families, and strengthen our school community.

We also extend our gratitude to our incredible staff for their dedication and hard work in preparing the school for day one. The classrooms looked immaculate, creating a welcoming and inspiring space for our students to learn, grow, and thrive.

New Staff

We warmly welcome our new staff to our school community.

Collecting Students During School Hours

To ensure the safety and well-being of all students, all early pickups must go through the front office. Parents are not permitted to go directly to their child’s classroom, in accordance with our Safeguarding Children Management Plan.

If your child has a scheduled appointment, please notify both the office and their teacher in advance so we can have them ready for collection. For unplanned pickups, please check in at the front office, and we will arrange for your child to be brought to you.

Visitors, Volunteers & Parent Helpers

All visitors must sign in at the front office upon arrival. You will be provided with a Visitor Lanyard, which must be worn at all times while on school grounds.

All visitors assisting at our school, including parent helpers and excursion volunteers, must hold a current Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) Card and complete the Safeguarding Training for Volunteers, which must be renewed annually. Links below.

Working with Vulnerable Person Card (WWVP)

Safeguarding Training – Volunteers/Parent Help

A few reminders.

• Hats must be worn at all times outside during Term 1. Hats are available for purchase at the office.
• Year 6 House Captain speeches will be next Thursday. If your child is in year 6, they would have received nomination form.
• Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival – Monday 24^th February (Domain Athletics Centre)
• Welcome BBQ and Class Visits – Wednesday 19^th February – 3:15pm to 4:15pm

Warm Regards

Michael

Information Session and Sausage Sizzle  -  An Information Session for parents and carers will be held on Wednesday 19th February. This is an opportunity for teachers to share information about classroom programs and expectations for the year ahead. Teachers will run a session of approximately 15 minutes at the times below. 

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3.15- 3/4 Brelis, 5/6 Clifford and 5/6 Cook

3.30- Kinder Medcraft and 3/4 Coe/Johnston

3.45- Prep/1 Evans and Prep Budgeon/Ellerton

4.00- 1/2 Shepherd and 2/3 James

NAPLAN 2025

Students in Year 3 and Year 5 will be sitting NAPLAN between 12th and 24th March 2024.

The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning at school. On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students are not expected to do so.

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance; however, students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers.

Further information can be found on the official National Assessment Program (NAP) website, and a parent information brochure has also been attached.

Please speak with your child’s teacher or Mrs Jillian Coe if you have any concerns.

We have Sushi deliveverd to our school weekly on Fridays. Orders need to be delivered to the office no later than recess  on Thursday for the delivery on Friday. Students need to bring along a paper bag with their name, class and order written on it and money preferably wrapped in foil inside the bag (if you have a sibling, money can be put into one bag for both if easier). 

Sushi will be $3.50 a piece

Vegetarian - (inari, red capsicum, cucumber, carrot and daikon)

Teriyaki Chicken - (teriyaki chicken with cucumber and carrot)

Avocado - (fresh avocado with Japanese mayo)

Cooked Tuna - (cooked tuna with sweet corn, carrot and cucumber)

Smoked Salmon - (Tasmanian smoked salmon with carrot and cucumber)

Californian - (crabstick with avocado , Japanese mayo and cucumber)

Launching into Learning will begin on Friday 21^st February. Our session will run from 9-10:30am in the Kindergarten classroom. Mrs Ellerton is looking forward to welcoming returning families, as well as new families.

Goulburn Street Primary will be participating in the Combined Primary Schools Bands and Choir program, which culminates in a concert at the end of the year. Towards the middle of 2^nd Term, as information becomes available, we will form a special choir from Grades 3 – 6. This choir will be open to children who are not part of the Grades 5/6 Combined Band.

The School Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday the 26h of February at 6.00pm followed by a general meeting. The SA provided opportunities for parents to meet other parents as well as joining together to help make our school a great place for everyone.  It would be great to see some new members! If you would like to nominate for the committee, please complete the nomination form below. The ordinary business of the Annual General meeting is: 

(a)       to confirm the minutes of the preceding AGM and any special general meeting held since that meeting;

(b)       to receive and if approved, to ratify the Associations annual report

(c)       to receive and ratify the annual School report;

(d)       to receive and ratify the annual financial statement of the Association;

(e)       to receive other relevant reports;

(f)        to appoint an auditor and determine the auditor’s remuneration;

(g)        to conduct an election of the Parent Members of the Committee, subject to rule 3.4.3 (b);

(h)        to declare an end to the Association Year and the commencement of the next Association year, thus dissolving the Committee and replacing it with the newly elected one.

GOULBURN STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL  ASSOCIATION  INC   -  The DOE requires all schools to have a School Association with an approved constitution.  Our Association’s constitution indicates that we must hold an annual general meeting  before April 1, therefore we will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 18th March. At this meeting a new committee will be elected for 2020. The  Committee consists of  no less than 7 members and no more than 19 members from the following groups-parents (5-10 members), staff (1-3 members),  community members (0-3 members) (all of which are elected for a 2 year term) and students (0-2 members, where appropriate and as guided by the staff). The Principal is required to be a member of the SA and is the only member who is not elected. In accordance with the Constitution, half of the committee positions fall vacant each year. The Principal is the returning officer/chairperson for the election of committee members, who once elected, vote for the Association's officers from amongst themselves.

Vacant positions:   -    parent members; 

The Committee’s role is to:

• manage the business and affairs of the Association for the benefit of the school;
• exercise all the powers and functions as outlined in the Constitution.

 Details regarding the officers' roles are also set out in the Constitution.  

 Note:      Copies of the Constitution are available from the office.

Even though the above may give the impression that our Association is a very formal body, the meetings and activities have always been conducted in a friendly and informal way. Every effort is made to ensure that everyone is made to feel welcome.  Members' participation in a great range of  activities is highly valued and much appreciated, particularly since the SA major focus is always in the best interest of our school.

Please return completed form to the office before 24th of February.  Thank you

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Goulburn Street Primary School Association nomination form:

I.[Name]…………….................................…………........................................of

…….....................................…[Address].

nominate

[Name]…………................................................……………………….......................of

...........................................…[Address]

for the position of :

 □ Parent Member  

 in the GSPS School Association Committee.