Sutton Public School

Our Primary Athletics Carnival (Thursday 20th June at Wright Park Queanbeyan ) and our Infants Athletics Carnival (Wednesday 26th at school ) are nearly upon us . These events provide a chance for children who have a passion for outdoor sports and team games to shine. As well as helping children experience competition, school sports day is also a chance to enjoy a day in the sunshine - the weather allowing of course!

At Sutton Public School we divide children into different houses to add a competitive team element to our swimming, cross country and athletic carnivals, giving students the chance to score points for their house as well as celebrating personal achievements.

GUISE  (red)

William Guise was a local landowner until his death in 1850. His family was among the largest in the area, and his property ‘Bywong' was situated 6km north of Sutton.

MOORE (blue)

James Moore was another local landowner, living on the property ‘Jerrabiggery'. He had tried unsuccessfully to establish a school on his land.

BYWONG (yellow)

Following the discovery of gold at Bywong, a small school existed there from October 1895 – April 1906 to cater for the children of the hopeful miners. As the township faded, the school closed but the locality retains its name.

A permission note to attend the Primary Athletics Carnival is required as the carnival is being held at Wright Park in Queanbeyan.  Notes must be returned by Tuesday 18th June to allow staff time to finalise event organisation, transport, and supervision, health and safety measures for a successful day.

I hope many parents will be able to join us on the day to cheer on their children and teams.      

Clare Pritchard

• Student of the Month
• Christine Anu - In Conversation and Song
• Upcoming Events
• ILF Book Swap
• Choral Festival
• Primary Athletics Carnival
• Athletics Carnival Cake Stall 
• Footsteps Dance
• Peer Support
• Winter Disco
• P&C Meeting Information
• Assembly Awards
• Class of the Week
• Other Notices 

June

18th & 19th - Choral Festival

20th - School Athletics Carnival

21st - Make Music Day

24th - Christine Anu performance -1:30pm

26th - Winter Disco

26th - Infants Athletics Carnival

28th - Pyjama Day 

July

2nd - School Spelling Bee

3rd-5th - ILF Book Swap 

Good luck to our choir at Choral Fest! 

On Tuesday 18th June we will attend a half day rehearsal, participate in a matinee performance from 2.00pm to 4.20pm and an evening performance from 6.00pm to 8.20pm. On Wednesday we will gain in an evening performance from 6.00pm – 8.20pm. Details of both the rehearsal and performance can be found here. 

The Athletics Carnival will be held next Thursday 20th June at Wright Park in Queanbeyan. Below is the order of events and a guide to timing for the day. Please note that as students will nominate to participate in events on the day, timing is dependent on the number of heats we need to run and the time each heat takes. We will begin our carnival as soon as possible after the children arrive at Wright Park – approximately (around 10am) and the children will be back on the buses by 2.15pm.

800m Straight Finals

Jr Boys, Jr Girls (Jrs are 8, 9 and 10 this year), 11 Girls and Boys, 12/13 Girls and 12/13 Boys. Some heats of the event may be run together depending on numbers entering.

200m Straight Finals

Jr Boys, Jr Girls (Jrs are 8, 9 and 10 this year), 11 Girls and Boys, 12/13 Girls and 12/13 Boys. Some heats of the event may be run together depending on numbers entering.

100m  Timed Heats

8 yr boys, 8 yr boys, 9 yr boys, 9 yr girls, 10 yr boys, 10 yr girls, 11 yr boys, 11 yr girls, 12 yr boys, 12 yr girls, 13 yr boys, 13 yr girls

Ball Games

Captainball/Tunnelball

100m Finals

Top 8 across all heats (if needed)

Championship events

Top 9 fastest in 8,9 and 10yr olds and Srs 11 & 12 yr olds

House relays

Jr boys, Jr Girls, Sr Boys, Sr Girls

Year 5 will be hosting a cake stall at the Primary Athletics Carnival next Thursday 20th June. Thank you for the overwhelming offers of support in providing for the stall and I look forward to it all arriving in my classroom next Thursday morning.

Unfortunately this year we won't be running a BBQ so children will need to pack a healthy lunch and lots of water. But please send them with some loose change to buy a snack from our cake stall. All money raised will go towards hosting a  fantastic Year 6 Farewell in Term 4.

Thank you again,

Mrs Deacon. 

In order to support a well-balanced Physical Education and Music program for Sutton Public School students, the Footsteps Dance Company will provide a dance program for our Kindergarten to Year 6 students in Term 3. Lessons will be held on Friday afternoons starting 26th July. 

Paper notes should be signed and returned to school, or a Skoolbag eform should be submitted by Friday 28th June 2019.  

This week we further develop the range of strategies we can use in challenging situations. This session focuses on step 3 of the model, Proceed. In order to learn from situations and move forward, children need to go beyond thinking of strategies and action them. Children recognise despite the use of a range of strategies, sometimes they cannot change the situation. at these times, it is important to accept the situation and move forward with a positive outlook.

Encourage your child to follow through with strategies they have discussed and planned to use. It is important to then help them evaluate if this has worked or if they need to try a different strategy. 

The annual Winter Disco is on again, and DJ Matt Brown will return! All students are invited to attend their grade level event on Wednesday 26th June.

Infants disco (K, 1 and 2)

6pm - 7.15pm

Primary disco (3, 4, 5 and 6)

7.30pm - 9pm

A general meeting of the Sutton P&C Association will be held on Wednesday 26th June from 6pm to 7.15pm in Mrs Deacons room. The meeting will run at the same time as the infants disco. We hope parents will drop in and help us plan this years budget, spending and fundraising events. Primary students can enjoy a movie in the adjoining classroom while the meeting and infants disco take place. The primary disco will start at 7.30.

KG

Clara J - For listening really well in class by doing her 5 star listening at all times.

KS

Heath B - For having a hard-working attitude and always being a 5 star listener.

Zara M - For putting an outstanding amount of effort into her work and producing beautiful colouring in.

Benjamin T - For always being extremely polite and using the most beautiful manners.

1/2C

Jackie M - Making a great commitment to improving reading.

1/2L

Nate D - For excellent effort and behaviour. Keep up the fabulous work!

Jack M - For continued effort, enthusiasm  and application to mathematics.

1/2R

Violet M - For excellent contributions to class discussions.

3/4F

Umaiza M - For displaying the SPS value of responsibility.

3/4R

Kathy M - For a great effort with our name reflections in mathematics.

3/4D

Samuel B - For sharing his excellent knowledge at Geoscience.

Sean B - For his enthusiastic participation and Geoscience.

5/6D

Annabelle S - For helping with high jump and showing leadership

Tayla P - For helping with high jump and showing leadership.

5/6M

Hayden T - for great insights into the techniques used in advertising.

Heidi E - For maintaining focus and being and independent worker during Aurora.

This week 3/4D visited Geoscience Australia to learn more about the Earth 's geology for our science unit 'Beneath our Feet'. We followed a timeline that went back 4.6 billion years and learnt about how our planet has changed. We had a great time exploring the Education Centre and got to use microscopes to take a closer look and rocks and sand. 

Mrs Cassie Darnley

The YMCA will be running Vacation Care at Sutton these holidays. Families are asked to contact the association and make a booking. Please follow the link below for the Sutton weekly/daily plans.  Looks like an exciting program to be involved with.

https://canberra.ymca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/YMCA_Vacation-Care_Winter-2019_A4-Schedule-Sutton.pdf