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(l-r) junior boy – Joseph Menzies; junior girl – Tashiah Woodley-Walker; 11yr boy – Riley Scriberras; 11yr girl – Mikaela Palo; senior boy (joint winners) – Aidan Menzies and Nicholas Walker; senior girl – Meg Amos. Image: Contributed.

South Grafton PS athletic carnival

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope all of our families had a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday.

Last Wednesday we held a successful athletics carnival at Junction Hill. Congratulations to all of our students who participated with excellent sportsmanship, and they supported each other in a positive manner. Congratulations to our age champions

Junior boys – Joseph Menzies; Junior girls – Tashiah Woodley-Walker; 11yr boys – Riley Scriberras; 11yr girls – Mikaela Palo; Snr boy (joint winners) – Aidan Menzies and Nicholas Walker; Snr girl – Meg Amos.

House winners: war cries – Watman, overall house points and team spirit – Lipman.

Our thanks to Emily Ryan for organising this carnival and our staff for their excellent support. The Clarence District Carnival will be held on Friday July 23.

Congratulations to Eli Whitney who has been selected in the North Coast PSSA Rugby Union team. Eli attended the trials at the end of last term, and he will now be attending the state carnival.

Our after-school recorder group will begin week 3, Wednesday July 28 this term.

We are now taking enrolments for kindergarten 2022.

If you have a child ready to start school or know of another family with a child who will be in kindergarten next year, it’s time to enrol at SGPS. You can pick up an enrolment form from either of our offices or complete an online enrolment through this link below:

https://enrol.education.nsw.gov.au/#/?schoolCode=2061

House Captains for Lipman, Emily and Nicholas with the overall house points and team spirit shields. Image: Contibuted