SUTTON PUBLIC SCHOOL

It is hard to believe we are already at the end of Week 4, Term 4. Students and staff have appreciated the opportunity to sink back into routines following the busyness of our 150th celebrations. Clare has been away most of this week working and learning alongside colleagues at the NSW Principals’ conference in Sydney. Denise, David and I have enjoyed keeping Clare’s seat warm and look forward to her return next week.  

Next week, we look forward to our SRC fundraiser where students will be dressing up as something they would like to be when they grow up. We can’t wait to see all of the crafty, creative and aspirational outfits that arrive on Tuesday, hopefully there’ll be some future teachers in the mix. On Tuesday, we will also be acknowledging students who have gone above and beyond earning a Sutton Sovereign. This celebration means that assembly will commence at 2:30pm to ensure we are out on time for buses. Students from Stage 3 will be meeting with their peers from Bungendore and Gundaroo on Thursday to learn about the must have skills for high school. We are so appreciative of Bungendore High School for hosting this event. 

Gemma Hawkins || Assistant Principal 

November

8th - SRC dress-up fundraiser

17th - Stage 2 Camp

21st November - 2nd December - K - 2 Swimming Program

27th - 30th - Stage 3 Camp 

December 

9th - Presentation Day 

12th - Year 6 Farewell

13th - Infants Disco (School hours)

16th - Last day of Term 4

We are really excited to welcome Matthew Fullerton, Aboriginal and Wellbeing Officer, back to our school in Week 6 of this term. He will be working with our Aboriginal students and a peer of their choice to write an Acknowledgement of Country to be used by the school. We are looking forward to championing student voice through this process and ensuring our acknowledgements represent our school context. We love being part of the Sutton community and feel lucky to live, learn and work on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country.

Congratulations to Miss Gemma Hawkins on her permanent appointment to Queanbeyan West Public School commencing Term 1, 2023.  Miss Hawkins has made a wonderful contribution to Sutton Public School in her role as relieving Assistant Principal and Stage 3 class teacher.  She will be greatly missed but we congratulate her on her promotion and wish her all the best at her new school.

Next year we will welcome Ms Erin Casey to the executive team at Sutton Public School in a new, non-teaching executive role,  Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction. Ms Casey will join us from Term 1 2023.  We will keep you informed of any further changes in staffing towards the end of the year as we finalise student numbers and class structure for 2023.

We ask that any family moving on to new locations or educational settings notify us as soon as possible.

Our next whole school assembly will be held next Tuesday, 8th November in the school hall from 2:30pm. Guests are reminded to check in using the NSW Services App on arrival.  Masks and hand sanitiser are available at the entrance to our hall.

As we near the end of the year, I want to thank you for your ongoing support and notify you of a date change for the last day of Term 4 classes.

Students will now finish school on Friday 16 December 2022.

This is due to an additional School Development Day announced for staff across NSW public schools.

School Development Days allow our staff to participate in professional learning that was put on hold due to COVID-19 staffing pressures and plan ahead for 2023 to ensure we meet the needs of our students.

With this change, we ask that you arrange alternative care for your child on Monday 19 December.

While there will be no classes on Monday 19 December, if you cannot arrange alternative care for your child, we will provide minimal supervision at school.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school.

The ACT State Equestrian Interschool Championships 2022 were held at Bungendore Showground over the 28-30th October 2022. Sutton Primary was represented by Ryan B riding Snowball, Sarah C riding Monkey and Evie B riding Toby. All three students competed across the three days of competition in some very horrible weather, competing against schools from ACT and NSW.

Ryan competed in numerous Show jumping events on the Friday and Saturday and numerous Sporting events including Western Bending, Flags, Keyhole and Barrels. Ryan placed in all sporting events, winning some beautiful broad sashes.

Sarah competed in show jumping on Friday, placing 6th in her age group. Sarah also competed in sporting on Saturday, placing in all events. On Sunday, Sarah and Monkey competed in Show Riding winning the following:

1st Pleasure Hack

1st Primary Hack 14-14.2hh

2nd Led Hack Open

2nd Ridden Hack Open

Reserve Champion Led Hack 14-14.2hh

Reserve Champion Ridden Hack 14-14.2hh

Sarah was awarded the Sportsmanship Award, a beautiful rosette awarded to a very select handful of riders across the event. These riders demonstrated excellent sportsmanship, an amazing attitude and overall great horsemanship.

Evie competed across all three days and was the youngest competitor entered. Evie was also awarded the Sportsmanship Award twice for her commitment and amazing attitude across the event. Evie was also awarded:

Champion State Title winner for Show Riding

Champion Small Horse Led

Reserve Champion Small Horse Ridden

Champion Small Horse Interschool Ridden

State Title Winner – Overall Grade Champion (winning numerous trophies and a beautiful embroidered woollen rug for Toby).

Despite the dreadful weather conditions, all three students represented Sutton Primary School with pride and should be very proud of their efforts!

KS

Beau W - for pushing himself in his writing and attempting to spell unfamiliar words!

Emilia B - for her active participation in PE lesson and for working well with others!

K/1L

Skye B - for always showing SPS values and being responsible and respectful and her impressive reading and great expression!

1/2C

Xander W - for his understanding of renaming hundreds, tens and ones!

Huckson W - for his understanding of bridging to 10 in maths!

2S

Ryan M - for great work in mathematics this term!

Isabel V - for amazing work in Geography this term!

3/4E

Liam P in KS - for great problem solving skills in coding lessons!

Samuel C - for contributing insightful and thoughtful comments to class discussions!

Ava C - for excellent problem solving skills during coding lessons!

Ben B - for demonstrating the SPS value of Responsibility! 

3/4T

Sidney G - for application to his learning about calculating change!

Cooper H - for demonstrating the SPS value of friendship!

Kai M - for demonstrating problem solving skills in coding lessons!

5/6H

Travis W - for increased speed and accuracy when converting mixed numerals to improper fractions!

Will G - for fantastic work partitioning numbers in the billions using non-standard forms!

Tracy F - for contributing and publishing fantastic haiku poems in writing! 

Duncan M - for displaying the weekly value of responsibility consistently in the classroom and playground!

5/6M

Lachlan C - for asking questions and working hard to improve in maths!

Mia S - for an excellent result in her South Australian spelling assessment! 

Don't forget to place your orders via the Spriggy app by Wednesday 10am!

Canteen will run for week 5 (Chicken burgers) and week 6 (Subway) before closing for the year. Thank you to everyone who has used this service during the year.

P & C would like your input in to how the canteen can run in 2023. Please take the time to complete this survey for us: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHjwaZnOqz-Vpd2ctu9XseTr1Qva5OLUKgZmQjzS0lufbDAQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

We are planning a zoom meeting to discuss ideas and would love you to attend and give feedback and volunteer for canteen. Details will be sent out on SkoolBag once final time and day is decided.

Prepaid canteen: If you had a pre-paid canteen account before we moved to Spriggy Schools you may still have credit. Emails were sent out to all these families in term 2 to organise a refund. There are still families who haven't replied. If you believe you are intitled to a refund, please email Georgie at suttonpublicschool-can@pandcaffiliate.org.au.

Any un-claimed money by the end of term will be considered a donation to the P & C.

Thank you,

P & C executive team

Junior Cricket is back this Summer!

This summer the Gundaroo Goats Cricket Club will again be running the Blasters Cricket Program. The Blasters program is a social and safe cricket program for boys and girls aged 5 to 10. The sessions focus on developing fundamental skills with an emphasis on having fun. For the older kids the sessions will also incorporate a modified game of cricket.  

What: Junior Blasters (5-7yrs) / Master Blaster (7-10yrs)   

When : Friday’s @ 5:30pm  

Junior Blaster 5:30-6:30pm / Master Blasters 5:30-7:00pm 

4 November 2022 – 24 February 2023 (with break for school holidays) 

Where: The Gundaroo Oval – Cork St Gundaroo 

Register: www.playcricket.com.au search for Gundaroo 

Cost: $100 covered by the NSW Active Kids Voucher available at www.services.new.gov.au  

Questions: Contact Sean/Chris @ gundaroo.junior.cricket@gmail.com