Early Stage 1 Rainbow

Zachery Fereday - Working hard to identify letters and sounds

Jacob Jones - Independently writing some letters of the alphabet

Tahj Morgan - Independently writing a sentence

Stage 1 Green

Brax Hutton - For his improved focus in reading and writing

Kiarnie Shersby - For her wonderful expression during reading

Sierra Lansley - Irving - For always trying her best and helping others

Tommy-Ray Jones - For his consistent effort in reading

Stage 1 Yellow

Zac Raper - For improved writing responses and peer support

Izabella McLeod - For showing Pride, respect and Responsibility

Joshua Tighe - For making great patterns with two-dimensional shapes

Infant Assistant Principal Award

Jack Watters - Consistently demostrating Pride, Respect and Responsibility

Stage 2 Scarlett

Tommy Mitchell - Great recall of multiplication facts

Rose Kliendienst - Commitment to her learning

Emily-Jane Graham - Improvement in spelling strategies

Mateo Brazier - Improvement in his persuasive writing

Stage 2 Navy

Malikah Tighe - Being a conscientious learner

Eli McGinty - Excellent construction of persuasive writing

Anja McIlwain - Excellent construction of persuasive writing

Karleah Alefosio - Significant improvement in Mathematics

Stage 3 Indigo

Ryan Williams - Excellent time and care with his art work on discovering gold

Aukustino Alefosio - Improving his persuasive writing by using effective emotive language choices

Lucy Ward - Demonstrating a wide range of strategies for adding and subtracting large numbers

Darcey Heagney - A great effort with persuasive writing in class

Stage 3 Purple

Harlow Morgan - For settling into Stage 3 Purple so well

Kate Ward - For always working hard to present beautiful work to a high standard

Riley McLeod - For working extremely hard in class and persisting with difficult tasks

Primary Assistant Principal Award

Kiearnna Wadley - Consistently demonstrating Pride, Respect and Responsibility

DRUMBEAT PROGRAM

Stage 2 and Stage 3 students are participating in the "Drumbeat Program", beating rhythms together on African style djembe drums.

The Drumbeat program encourages listening skills, stimulates physical and neurological co-ordination and promotes concentration. Students begin with simple drumming techniques and will progress into stable rhythms within their groups creating relationships, harmony and trust with the use of teamwork.

Students will also have the opportunity to perform as an individual or as a group dependent on their comfort level. All participating students are having a great time whilst enhancing their learning during our Drumbeat program.

Stage 1: Push and Pull Excursion

On Wednesday 6th March 2019, Stage 1 Green and Stage 1 Yellow went to the Highway Park as part of their science unit, Push and Pull. The students walked from the school to the park and enjoyed some time at the park including their recess before walking back to school. They were able to identify the different equipment that they could push or pull, describing it as using a hard or soft force to move the equipment.

Some examples are:

"I push my friend down the slide."
"I pull the flying fox towards the pole."
"I push and pull the rope bridge from side to side."
"I can push myself on the swing, going faster and faster!"

Trisha McCilwain

Classroom Teacher

PSSA State Knockout Cricket

On the 7th March 2019, the Primary Boys Cricket Team travelled to Armidale to play Ben Venue Public School in the PSSA Knockout competition. Guyra Central won the coin toss and captain, Lincoln Brown chose to bat. Brendan Landsborough and Rave Brazier were our first batters and within a matter of minutes Rave was bowled out by the Ben Venue bowler, we went on to score 58 run with Tynan Bull achieving 10 of these runs and Darcey Heagney finishing not out.

It was Ben Venues turn to bat and Guyra Central School started off with strong bowling. Brendan bowled so fiercely that he got two wickets and snapped the bail. Angus Dullaway, Aidan Brown, Tommy Ryan, Max Blyton, Jack Soraghan, Jason Mowbray and Toby Handebo were outstanding while fielding and were able to stop many Ben Venue balls from reaching the boundary. In the end, Ben Venue were too strong and came away with the win. Congratulations to Tommy Ryan who was identified as the players player from both teams and received a white kookaburra game shirt.

The Guyra Central School Cricket Team would like to thank our parents for driving us to the game and supporting us, Miss Fletcher, the Umpires and the scorers in particular Steph Cameron. We wish Ben Venue good luck in the next round.

Early Stage 1/Stage 1 Choir visit Kolora Homes

Our Early Stage 1/Stage 1 students visited Kolora Homes on Thursday, 7th March 2019 to sing and interact with the residents as a belated celebration for Senior Citizens Week.

Early Stage 1/Stage 1 students entertained the Kolora residents with their beautiful singing before enjoying lunch and engaging with the residents.

Repectively, Guyra Central School would like to thank Mrs Sjaan Mitchell for organising for our students to visit Kolora Homes and thank all the residents and staff at Kolora for their Hospitality during our time there.

Friday, 12th April 2019