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GALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL 

Cnr Arcadia & School Roads, Galston NSW 2159 

Ph: 9653 2062 Fax: 9653 1980 

Email: galston-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 

Website:http://www.galston-p.schools.nsw.edu.au 

ABN: 50 773 792 062 

5 September 2012 NEWSLETTER 28 Week 8 Term 3 

Important reminders for this week 

Thursday 6 September Fitness Program 

Friday 7 September PSSA Sport – Last day 

K – 6 Assembly - 2.00pm 

School levies due 

Tuesday 11 September P & C Annual General Meeting – 7.30pm in hall 

Wednesday 12 September Authors’ Visit 

Year 6 Mini Fete and Raffle 

The Mini Fete organisation is well underway. Year 6 students have planned 

their stalls and are bringing in their resources to make this a fantastic day. The 

Lolly Guessing Competition is happening each morning before class begins at 

20c a guess. Have a go and you could win the jar full of lollies. 

The Self-Portrait Drawing Competition paper has gone home with each student who wishes to 

participate. There are more if you need, come and see 5/6P. Students can draw a portrait of 

themselves, then return the drawing to school with the 50c entry fee. 5/6P students will come 

around each morning to collect the entries. 

Keep sending in your raffle tickets. We now have booklets of 20 tickets for $10. Try your luck as the 

prize list is growing daily. 

1st Prize: 

2nd Prize: 

3rd Prize: 

Apple iPhone 4s (black) 

X-Box with Kinnect 

Apple iPod Touch (white) 

Plus many more prizes: Black and Decker Speed Hammer Drill, Logitech iPod Dock, wine packs, oral 

care pack, hair care pack and vouchers from different retailers. Remember to return your Jumping 

Castle permission note and your nachos or pizza food order. On the day there will be cups of 

cordial on sale for 50c. 

P & C News 

The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 11 September, in the 

school hall. At the meeting all positions will be declared vacant. It is extremely 

important that community members are willing to be nominated for these important 

positions, including president, as the P&C is instrumental in promoting the school and 

ensuring our school is provided with excellent resources. 

Next P & C Meeting – Tuesday 11 September at 7.30pm in school hall

Bronze and Silver Awards 

Congratulations to the following students who have earned a bronze award, as part of our Positive 

Behaviour Engaging Learners (PBEL) program. 

Monique Rubino KP 

Jade Colley KE 

William Perry KE 

Jordan Russo KE 

Oliver Hutchinson 1K 

Isabell Joseph 1C 

Oliver Woods 1C 

Isaac Reeves 1C 

Ryan Jones 3S 

Alissa Giblin 3S 

Lachlan West 4P 

Isabel Simpson 4P 

Lauren Mifsud 5/6P 

Ella Baker 5/6P 

Congratulations to Tomas Simmons, Theodore Marlow and Youp van 

Deurzen who received silver awards. 

Citizenship Award 

Congratulations to Belinda Philp who was presented with the citizenship 

award for an outstanding job in assisting with the P&C barbeque, held 

recently at Dural Bunnings. Well done, Belinda! 

Author Visit by Frances Watts 

It was very encouraging to see how excited and inspired the students were about Frances Watts’ 

presentation and books during Book Week. 

Mudung Veggie Patch 

The veggie patch is missing a veggie stall. If any parent would like to help with the construction of a 

veggie stall, please fill out the form below and return it to Miss Clements. 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

I would like to help with the construction of the veggie stall: 

Name ____________________________________ Phone Number ______________________________ 


Zone Field Events, 800m Heats and Track Events 

On Wednesday 22 August, 15 Galston students attended the Beecroft Zone Field Events and 800m 

Heats Carnival at Cherrybrook. On the day we had a number of students who were successful in 

their events. We have two students who will represent Beecroft Zone at the Sydney North Athletics 

Carnival on the 10 September. 

Nicholas Thomson had a fantastic day coming first in the Junior Long Jump and Junior Shot Put. 

Nicholas also attended the Discus competition the previous day where he came second. Zachary 

Jamieson came second in the 11 years Long Jump. Zachary also attended the Discus competition, 

where came first in the 11 years Discus. We wish Nicholas and Zachary good luck for the Area 

Carnival and we’re sure they will represent our zone and school with pride. 

We had a number of other students who had excellent results on the day. Brennan Smith competed 

in the Senior High Jump where he finished third. Callum Trethowan qualified in the 800m Heats to 

run in the final at the Track Carnival. 

A large group of Galston students attended the Zone Track competition on Wednesday 29 August at 

Greenway Park. It was a great day and all students participated enthusiastically and did their personal 

best. A big congratulations to all the students who attended their first Zone Competition, you did a 

great job. It was a pleasure to take this group of students to the carnival. They participated keenly 

and behaved beautifully. Well done! 

Parent Helpers 

It has been wonderful to witness the number of parent helpers in the school, especially in classrooms. 

This assistance is greatly appreciated by teachers and certainly assists students with their learning. It is 

also extremely beneficial for students to see mum or dad helping in the classroom, as it demonstrates 

that education is valued. Thank you to all parents who assist in the school, whether it is in the 

classroom, canteen, uniform shop or P&C. We greatly appreciate that you give up your time to help. 

Please remember, prior to assisting with a school activity, all parent helpers need to complete the 

sign-on book in the office. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. 

SRC 

As part of our fundraising commitments, the SRC is supporting the Jeans for Genes Foundation. On 

Friday 21 September (last day of term) the students will be able to wear jeans and a football shirt 

(any code). The students have been asked to contribute a gold coin donation. Thank you in 

anticipation of your support. 


1C News 

1C students have been learning some tongue twisters and talking about adjectives. They have been 

getting their tongues tied and have written adjective poems in class. 

Luke reciting ‘Peter Piper’ 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers 

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked 

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers 

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked 

Brooke reciting ‘Luke Luck likes lakes’ 

Luke Luck likes lakes 

Luke's duck likes lakes 

Luke Luck licks lakes 

Luck's duck licks lakes 

Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes 

Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes 

Clowns, Clowns, Clowns 

tall clowns 

fat, skinny, angry clowns 

sniffy, funny, teary clowns. 

Those are just a few 

colourful clowns 

silly clowns 

smart, quick, slow clowns. 

Adjective Poems 

Clowns 

Beautiful, clumsy, 

friendly clowns 

playful clowns too! 

Last of all, 

best of all 

I like scary clowns. 

By Oliver 

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles 

gold bubbles 

red, silver, blue bubbles 

yellow, brown pink bubbles 

Those are just a few. 

Beautiful bubbles 

special bubbles 

Bubbles 

Sparkly, graceful, light bubbles 

lovely, colourful smelly bubbles 

aqua bubbles too! 

Last of all, 

best of all 

I like lots of bubbles. 

By Madison 


Fathers Day Stall 

Last week our annual Fathers Day stall was held. The stall proved to be extremely 

successful and we hope that all of the Galston dads enjoyed opening their gifts on 

Fathers Day. Thank you to Michelle Vumbaca for coordinating this event and to the 

volunteers who assisted. 

Cybersmart Workshops 

All permission notes to participate in the Cybersmart workshops were due on Monday 3 

September. Unfortunately, any child in Years 3-6 who has not returned his/her 

permission note, will not be able to attend the workshops. The parent information 

sessions will be held in the school library, commencing at 6.00pm. 

Galston Public School Business Directory – 3 rd Edition 

It is very exciting that the Business Directory for 2013 will be our school’s third edition. For new 

parents and families to our school, this is a wonderful ready reference of businesses directly 

associated with our school. 

If you, or a relative, are involved in a business or money making hobby please consider taking out an 

advertisement in our booklet. This will let others know of the vast array of skills and talents that we 

have right here and also promote your activity to the wider community. Our school is growing all 

the time and we are sure there are many new connections that we could make through this 

document. We have deliberately kept the prices the same as the first Directory in the hope of 

making it as affordable as possible and encouraging new listings. A half page ad is very reasonably 

priced at $50.00. Further details are included later in this newsletter. 

Bendigo Bank 10th Birthday Celebration 

On Sunday 7 October Bendigo Bank will be hosting a 10 th birthday 

celebration at Galston High School. Part of the celebration will be a Children 

of Galston District display. Bendigo Bank has invited all Year 3 to Year 6 

children to complete a project on the theme: ‘Why Bendigo Bank is 

important to the Galston & District Community’. 

A note was sent home earlier this term containing the instructions to complete the project. All 

completed projects need to be returned to your child’s teacher by Monday 17 September 2012. 

Please ensure that you support this event, as Bendigo Bank regularly donates money to the Galston 

Community, especially Galston Public School. These funds ensure that students are provided with the 

many additional facilities and equipment that are necessary in modern education. 

DIARY DATES 2012 

Thursday 6 September Fitness Program 

Friday 7 September PSSA Sport 

Term 3 accounts due 

Tuesday 11 September P & C AGM – 7.30pm 

Thursday 13 September Cybersmart Workshops 

Friday 14 September Final date for Business Directory advertising 

Honour Assembly – 11.15am 

Wednesday 19 September Mini Fete 



Year 6 Mini Fete - Show Bags 

This year’s Mini Fete show bags are Super Magic bag, Stinky and Gross bag, 

Wise Guy bag, Princess Rock bag and Miss Behaving bag. Each bag costs $6.50. 

Money for show bags can be brought to school in an envelope on the Mini Fete 

Day. The show bags will be sold before the Mini Fete begins. Please do not send 

show bag money in to school before the Mini Fete. 

Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Number 4 Number 5 

Uniform Shop 

Orders are now being taken for summer uniforms. Don’t leave it to the last minute – call in to the 

uniform shop and place your order early to make sure your child’s size is in stock. Remember that 

you can place Uniform shop orders online at www.galstonpandc.org.au All orders are packed and 

delivered the following Monday morning. 

P & C 

Election Day BBQ 

On Saturday 8th September we are holding an Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall. The BBQ will run 

from approximately 8.30am and finish at approximately 2pm. We are seeking helpers to man the 

BBQ and Cake Stall. If you are able to help please email admirebuildptyltd@bigpond.com or phone 

Michelle on 0409 686 611. If you are able to supply some goodies for the cake stall, please let 

Michelle know so that we can make sure we have enough for the stall. All funds raised from the BBQ 

and stall go back into the school. Without P & C fundraising the school would not have many of the 

items that it does, so please help support the school by helping out or providing something for the 

cake stall. Every little bit counts. 

P & C Message to All Parents 

Every September the P & C holds its AGM. All positions will be open for nomination. As some of the 

current committee members have been in their positions for 2 or 3 years, we would like some new 

parents to start thinking about the contribution they could make to our school. At the moment, the 

students have the benefit of a P & C that is willing to provide all those extra events and resources but 

the tables can turn very quickly without ongoing parental support. 

A list of positions appears below. No experience is necessary for any position and you would have 

the full support of the current members while you find your feet. Don’t think you aren’t up to the 

job! It unleashes your hidden talents! There are many, many reasons to take on a committee position 

including friendships, teamwork, satisfaction and most importantly, being a great role model for your 

kids. You’d be surprised how proud the children are when their parents are helping out! 

If you can’t take on a committee position, offer to help wherever you can. If we call for disco or 

athletics carnival helpers, please be generous with a couple of hours of your time. Those same old 

helpers will not be around forever so we need enthusiastic volunteers to continue the P & C’s great 

work. 


President 

Vice President 

Canteen manager 

Canteen rosters 

Fundraising Coordinator 

Maintenance Officer 

Treasurer 

Secretary 

Canteen Stock controller 

Uniform Shop Coordinator 

OOSH representative 

General Committee members. 

Positions that currently do not have any nominees are President, Vice President, Secretary, Canteen 

Rosterer, Band, Maintenance, and General Committee Members. If you wish to nominate someone 

for a position please make sure he/she is aware you are going to nominate them. If you are 

interested in any of these positions, or have any questions, please call Michelle on 0409 686 611. 

Canteen Roster 

FRIDAY 7 September Supervisor Assistants Helpers 

9am ‐ 12pm Michelle Vumbaca Susie Barker 

11am ‐ 2pm Michelle Vumbaca Greg Burton 

9am ‐ 10:30am 

10:30am ‐ 12pm 

12pm ‐ 1:30pm 

WEDNESDAY 12 September 

1pm ‐ 1:45pm Rachael Johnston Maria Rubino 

Louise Wadey 

Carolyn Sommer 

Radka Simpson 

*VOLUNTEER 

REQUIRED* 


GALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSINESS DIRECTORY 

Dear Parents and Caregivers of Galston Public School children 

SNS EVENTS, in conjunction with the Principal and the School is looking to compile and produce the 

THIRD Galston Public School Business Directory! 

This will be another quality document containing only the businesses directly associated with the 

students currently enrolled in our school. 

Our community really supports one another in many and varied ways, and it is my hope that this 

publication will further assist the families of the school to support each other’s businesses, promote 

and market the school. 

The Galston Public School Business Directory will be… 

a free A5 booklet, colour cover, black and white gloss or colour options inside, professionally 

printed by Adelphi Offset. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

700 will be printed. 

Distributed free to every family at Galston Public School, to all families at both KU Galston 

Preschool and the Galston Long Day Care Centre as well as DPW Realty. I’m also hoping to 

have copies for families at Annangrove, Hillside and Middle Dural Schools. 

Only businesses directly associated with the school may advertise within. 

An annual document, ready for the following calendar year. 

AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE! 

Any surplus documents will be available - for all prospective parents, included in the ‘Kindy 

Pack’ and available at all Galston Community of Schools events. 

If you would like to be included in this quality publication, please email Janet at your earliest 

convenience. (songsnsmiles@hotmail.com). 

The deadline for inclusion, printing & uploading is Friday 14 September 2012. 

I’m hoping that this document would become our ‘first point of call’ when we need a tradesperson 

or other business information! I also presume that the businesses that choose to list in this document 

will do so honourably to maintain their good name in the business community and to maintain and 

promote the good name of Galston Public School by association. 

Looking forward to a fabulous and really helpful document! 

Songs ‘n smiles, 

Janet Fuller 

This venture has the approval of the Acting Principal, Mr Sean Montgomery and a percentage of 

advertisers contributions will be donated back to the school. 


Options 

GPS BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2013 

ADVERTISING RATES & DETAILS 

1. Half A5 page, black and white, gloss advertisement 

$50 

2. Full A5 page, black and white, gloss advertisement 

$100 

3. Half A5 page, colour gloss advertisement $80 

4. Full A5 page, colour gloss advertisement $160 

5. Full A5 Inside Back Cover, colour gloss advertisement (1 only) 

$250 

6. Full A5 Back Cover, colour, gloss advertisement (1 only) 

$400 

7. ‘Hot Spots’ Front Cover, colour (3 only) $200 

Considerations 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People will have this booklet handy by the phone for the entire 12 months, or until the new 

year’s replacement one comes out! 

700 printed 

You are welcome to buy more than one option 

Options 5,6 & 7 will be allocated ‘first come, first paid’ basis 

Advertisements will need to be provided electronically only, print ready, pdf. 

Consider the impact of a colour advertisement on the school’s website for 12months! 

Disclosure and Details 

Please email Janet (songsnsmiles@hotmail.com) with the following details 

1. Your name 

2. Your business name 

3. Your preferred contact details 

4. Your child’s name and class 

5. Your relationship to the child 

6. Which option/s you wish to purchase 

7. Attach your advertisement (please check sizes below) to secure your spot 

Please transfer funds to SNS EVENTS, BSB 633 108, Account Number 1404 68968 to secure your 

advertisement. 

SIZES 

Half Page is 134mm across, 94mm down. 

Full page is 134mm across, 192mm down. 

Front page dimensions (Option 7, 3 only) to be confirmed depending on final design. 

Advertisements must be PRINT READY in pdf format. 


Year 6 Mini Fete Jumping Castle - Important 

In order for the Jumping Castle to go ahead for the Mini Fete, we must have signed permission slips 

for all children. This is for insurance purposes for the Jumping Castle providers. If we do not have a 

signed permission slip for your child, he/she will not be able to go on the castle. The jumping castle 

will be fully supervised by the provider. The permission slip is below. Please send in all forms by 

Wednesday 12 September. 


Position Vacant 

Langlands Landscape Supplies are seeking a part 

time/casual truck driver. 

Required for approximately 4 days per week. Hours 

can vary. 

Must have MR or HR licence. 

Generally local deliveries of landscape materials. 

Please phone Katrina 9651 2102 for further details.

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