It was lovely to see so many Gawura mums and children at the Mother’s Day High Tea last Friday afternoon.

It was a great way to show our mums around the school and celebrate all that they do for us. A big thank you to the P&F, Mrs Robson, teachers and musicians for making the afternoon so special.

Well done to all the Gawura and Junior School children for their participation and effort in Week 2’s X Country Trials at Wentworth Park. Congratulations to all those who made the SACS team. All the very best to our representative runners at the upcoming ASISSA X Country Carnival on 31st May.

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS 2012
(Gawura Students highlighted)

GIRLS
8 YEARS
1st Gladys Turner
2nd Jada Thompson
3rd Jade Lee
9 YEARS
1st Christina Sawyer
2nd Lucinda Isenhood
3rd Eleni Newbery
10 YEARS
1st Keziah Bailey
2nd Tanisha Naylor-Moran
3rd Gina Kim
11 YEARS
1st Chloe Foster
2nd Beth Sanderson
3rd Lucia Li
12+ YEARS
1st Kaila Famiglietti
2nd Madeleine Moy
3rd Sandra Munahe
BOYS
8 YEARS
1st Darcy Holmes
2nd Finn Howley
3rd Trangi Speedy Coe
9 YEARS
1st Wesley Seneff
2nd Luca Crothers
3rd Jack Sandford
10 YEARS
1st Biwali Bayles
2nd Sebastian Andrews
3rd Hugo Warne
11 YEARS
1st Brock Seneff
2nd Nathan Tran
3rd James Newbery
12+ YEARS
1st Alexander Higgs
2nd Num Burnett
3rd Mateja Vasic

Year 3 and 5 will be participating in the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing during the week. The children are looking forward to doing their best and I am confident that they will find it a rewarding experience.

• Tuesday 15th May - Language Conventions and Writing
• Wednesday 16th May - Reading
• Thursday 17th May - Numeracy

The GPAC meeting was held in Week 2 and addressed our organisation for National Sorry Day and our NAIDOC Week celebrations. As a reminder, the meetings are held on Wednesdays of Week 2 and 8 of each term and are a fabulous way to discuss educational/school issues impacting the children.

All Gawura parents and guardians are encouraged to attend GPAC meetings.

As 26th May falls on a Saturday this year, Gawura will be recognising National Sorry Day on Friday 25th May.

I am delighted that Pastor Ray will again be dropping in to talk to us. Miss Hamilton will also have a K-6 focus highlighting the importance of National Sorry Day.

As a reminder, Reconciliation Week for 2012 runs from 27th May - 3rd June.

• 15th, 16th and 17th May - NAPLAN (Yr 3 and 5)
• Saturday 26th May  - National Sorry Day
  (Recognised at school on Friday 25th May)
• Wednesday 13th June  - GPAC Meeting (Week 8): 3.30 - 4.30
• 18th June – 22nd June - NAIDOC Week Celebrations
• Tuesday 19th June - NAIDOC Awards and Music Celebration (2:00pm Fairfax Room, Level 8)
• Friday 22nd June - End of Term 2
• Tuesday 17th July - Start of Term 3

WEEK 2
Kane Smith – Kindergarten - for excellent journal writing
Torey Thomas-Martin – Kindergarten - for concentrating hard in HSIE
Riley Moran – Year 2  - for hard work and a great attitude in Mathematics
Jaspa Eatock – Year 3 - for significant progress in reading
Tahira Hewitt – Year 4 - for working hard during Science

WEEK 3
Matthew Speedy-Coe  - for excellent work counting in 2’s
Makayla Strudwick-Gilbert - for excellent work counting in 2’s
Nakyah Mundine-Hickey - for being polite and helpful in PDH
Izak Rigney-Sebastian - for working in a calm quiet manner in Science
Tyreek Naylor-Hireme - for being a helpful and considerate student

• Abominable
• Lethargic
• Bedlam
• Bludgeon
• Asinine
• Whimsical
• Witless

The next parents day time prayer meeting will be Thursday May 17th 1.00 - 2.00 pm as usual.

Ps 17:6
I call on you, O God, for you will answer me, give ear to me and hear my prayer

'HELP ME' APP

CHILD SAFETY EMERGENCY APP FOR MOBILE PHONES

St Andrew's Cathedral School is pleased to support the introduction of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation 'Help Me' App. This is a great way to not only help keep children safe, but to also assist people of all ages, from 7 to 97, covering all kinds of personal emergency situation!

The 'Help Me' button sounds a warning and allows you to send off an SMS text to two (2) nominated 'safety' phone numbers, as part of your nominated Trusted Safety Network. Included in the text are GPS co-ordinates from where the text was sent, so the sender can be located or a last known place of contact is indicated.

Mobile phone numbers for your ‘safety’ numbers are easily obtained from your Contacts with a simple manual check and then upload of the numbers. These numbers form part of your Trusted Safety Network and can be simply changed at any time by going to the Settings menu item and updating your desired numbers.

This is particularly helpful when people are not in your immediate area, there are shared parental responsibilities or someone could be away on holidays for a period of time.

This App also provides a range of helpful resources and assistance that is designed to educate children and parents on how to keep safe.

Deborah Blackwell
School Counsellor