Issue Eight - 27^th March 2009

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Welcome to the 8^th issue of Goroka Grammar Schools weekly Newsletter for 2009. Find inside this issue news of academic activities in the school , debate, quiz and club activities, important upcoming events as well as sporting  news of the week and the weekend. Enjoy your reading !!

Academic Matters

This is the end of week 8 for classes at Goroka Grammar School. Assessments for this term are winding down and we are looking forward to the end of term examination and the completion of the second major assignment for the term. The final draft of the second major assignment is due in next week Friday and all students are frequenting the computer lab to work on their assignments. Those parents who have access to computers at home are encouraged to allow your child to spend some time over the weekend on the computers to get their assignment completed. During class times in school , it is hard for students to spend good time to work on their assignments. As such they  should be given time off over the weekend to complete their assignments. In week 10 all students from the Junior School  up to the Grade 12 will be doing their End of term examinations. The marks obtained from these examinations will be carried forward to their assessments in term 2. It is important that students are prepared well to sit for these examinations.

The ELC’s will also be given mini tests to see how they have come through in terms of their learning this term. Generally, week 9 will be short in terms of formal classes as we will have the school cross country on Friday . A dead line has also been set for all teachers to get all the examinations ready by next week Friday 3rd/ 04/09. At the same time teachers are also compiling the final reports for students for term 1 and all these should be  bound and ready for distribution to the parents during the End of Term 1 closing assembly. The End of term examination schedule should come out early next week for the students to observe and do their studies accordingly

 Early Learning Center (ELC) & Junior School News

ELC

Student numbers in the ELC section has increased to 60 through out this term. This has prompted us to take in a new teacher, Mrs. Kiri  to help Mrs. Kelaga and Miss Barnabas. Mrs. Kiri has been a long serving teacher with the state schools. She brings  with her more then 10 years of teaching experience which should be a bonus for our children’s learning. With the aid of Miss Turi there are now 4 personal looking after the ELC section.

Junior School

The Junior school children have been busy this week. The Grades 4 and  5 have been working on a project  on International relations and are researching on some of our neighboring countries. Parents are asked to help them in their research work  so that they can be able complete it on time.

The Grades 2 and 3 have been learning about  time  and clock faces when the  writer caught up with them.  We therefore encourage parents to help them at home.

OTHER NEWS 

 Quiz

This week Wednesday  we had a quiz between the Grade 9 students. The presenters of the quiz were Iamo Nou and Melinda Kurupo from Grade 11. Generally, the organization and the presentation was good and we expect future presenters to follow the same. Students competed in their house colors in answering 4 questions each from different academic subjects.. The overall winner of this week’s quiz was the Flemming  with 27 points, Moore with 18 points, Nightingale with 13 points and Moore with 8 points. The next quiz will be competed between the Grade 12 Humanities students and will be held in term 2. Next week , we will have a debate between the Grade 10 students on the topic “ There should be a curfew for people under 18 years to reduce crime in  PNG”. It is a good topic and we  are looking forward to a heated debate between the Grade 10 students as there are some good debaters in that Grade.

IT News

Our internet access this week was slightly slow when students logged on to the internet. This is due to technical problems associated with Telikom PNG . In the mean time students are continuing to use the Encarta programs to search for information to work on their assignments. 

 SPORTS

Friday Sports

Our sports program last week Friday was held at NSI.. The High School section has two divisions, Grades 9/11 Division A and Grades 10/12 Division B. The Middle school section has only one division . Usually we have mixed gender  for games between the Middle school in their house colors. All students in in the school have been put into their house colors. All students are encouraged to wear appropriate color T-shirts and take part in the games. Students who are not properly dressed  will not be allowed to take part .

School Soccer Competition

The schools soccer competition continued last weekend despite wet  conditions. Students in all the schools turned up to participate . This weekend is the second of the proper rounds and we expect good competition from all schools. games have been going on well except for the weather. 

 Upcoming Event - Cross Country—3rd May 2009

The school’s cross country is scheduled for the 3rd of May 2009. This year we have made it a compulsory event for all students to take part  For those students who will be unable to physically run the course, they will be  placed as marshals at designated points to make sure that the runners complete the route and to make sure of the safety of the runners. We have also included a fancy dress category for those who want to have a bit of fun during the day. Prizes will also be allocated to the most outstanding fancy dressed competitor who completes the route. The ELC children will run their race in the school court in the following distances; 35m, 60m and 70m. As well, all students are advised to wear the following T– shirt colors in their sections. H/School- Yellow,  Mid School– Blue, Jun School Green, ELC– Red  and Teachers/ Parents– White.

                    Have an enjoyable weekend Mr. Huanaromo (Principal)

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