Principal’s Desk Week 3 Term 3 EDUCATION WEEK This week we celebrate Education Week with the school holding its Open Day on Wednesday. An invitation is attached to this newsletter. We would love to see all of our wonderful parents and community members come to share, with the students and staff, all the great achievements and programs that make Glenhaven the fantastic place it is. IAN WALLACE INFORMATION NIGHT There has been an impressive response to our upcoming talk from Ian Wallace on 14th August. The reviews have been fantastic and I would recommend people make arrangements so at least one member of the family may attend. I would like to thank Mr Reid for his initiative in organising this session. TRIVIA NIGHT Only five weeks left to the event of the year! Don’t forget to get your table organised and booked through the office. The staff have managed to get some wonderful prizes and opportunities. For those that have never come before, it is an extraordinary night that you will never forget. DANCE SUCCESS Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching both our Junior (years 1-2) and Senior (years 3-6) Dance troupes compete and perform at the prestigious McDonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod at the Opera House. Our Junior group performed in the morning and they had never danced publicly before. I have never been so proud watching them. Their smiling faces, outstanding dancing and beautiful costumes were so impressive. They were up against some great competition but were awarded Third Place! This was a wonderful achievement for their first performance on such an impressive stage. Our Senior troupe performed last night at 7.30pm again against a large contingent of very well known and impressive troupes from a variety of state and private schools. Their performance was simply incredible and brought thunderous applause from the audience. Finally, the end of the night culminated in Glenaven being awarded First Place! A truly magnifcant day where Glenhaven was well and truly showcased for its expertise. A huge thank you to Mrs De Belle and Miss Pejar for our Junior troupe and to Mrs Wilson and Mrs Denning for our Senior troupe. A extra huge thanks and congratulations for our dance teacher extraordinaire Miss Laura. NETBALL NEWS A big congratulations to Angelina Ballas who has been selected to represent New South Wales in the State Netball team. She will be travelling to Darwin next month and I am sure we are sending her the best wishes for success. Angelina will be selling the mandatory State Netball raffle tickets on Open Day. Please support Angelina by visiting her and purchasing a ticket. INTERVIEW ROUTINES There may be times, when as a parent, you may wish to discuss concerns with the class teacher. After this, it may be necessary for parents to then contact the Stage Assistant Principal who will be able to organise a meeting to discuss these concerns. These Stage supervisors are aware of routines and happenings within the grade and can address the concerns or issues quickly or organise for a follow up meeting. At all times it is important that these meetings are scheduled so relevant information can be on hand. Have a great week and celebrate the short amount of rain we are presently enjoying. Kerry Maxwell | Principal

GLENHAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL Phone: 9634-3675 Fax: 9899-5911 74A Glenhaven Road, Glenhaven, NSW, 2156 E-mail: glenhaven-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.glenhaven-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

OPEN DAY BOOK FAIR A call out to all parents about the upcoming Book Fair on Open Day! At the Book Fair, you child will be able to purchase books to bring home and keep, and also purchase books to donate them to the school library. Your child will then have a donation sticker with their name on it placed inside the book and will be the first person in the school to borrow the book! There will be a range of books suitable for all years that will be on sale. The Book Fair will run differently to previous years. We have two Book Fairs in the year – our Open Day Book Fair will be hosted by The Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft and allows you to purchase books to KEEP and also gives you the opportunity to donate books to the Library. Our Grandparent’s Day Book Fair was very successful in this format. The reason for the change from previous years is we are encouraging all students to buy a book that they love and want to keep and become a regular reader. Payment on the day can be credit card, EFTPOS, cash and cheque. If you are paying by cheque, your cheque will need to be made out to The Children’s Bookshop At the Book Fair, we will have a range of books that we are hoping to have parents donate to our Reading Room. These books are sets of novels and chapter books for all students across the school to use in their Literacy Groups. We look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair. The Book Fair will begin at 8.30am and will remain open until 11.00am. Library staff will be available to assist you on the day, so please come and purchase or donate a book! Jane Egginton - Teacher Librarian

BOOK WEEK Book Week is a week where schools and libraries all around Australia celebrate books and Australian authors and illustrators. Book Week is in Week 5 of this term, from Monday 20th August through to Friday 24th August. We have a few activities planned for the week to celebrate!

BOOK PARADE - THURSDAY 23RD AUGUST

Come dressed up as your favourite book character! The Parade will start at 9.45 on the oval and parents are welcome to attend. After the parade, the students will read and share their favourite books with their Peer Support groups in the classroom. Each student will need to bring to school a favourite book to share. AUTHOR VISITS

Tim Harris will be here on Wednesday 22nd August to work with 3-6 students. Lesley Gibbes will be here on Friday 24th August to work with K-2 students. You may bring in your own copies of the author books if you would like them signed by either Tim or Lesley. There will be no books available to purchase on the day.

NB: If you have not paid for the author visit, unfortunately your child will be unable to attend.

Tim Harris

Lesley Gibbes

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE 2018 (PRC) We are progressing well in our school mission to complete the PRC at Glenhaven – 401 students have already logged online and 255 students have finished their reading record! Our aim is to have EVERYONE complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge by the end of August. The closing date is August 31st Logon is simple – Search for the Premier’s Reading Challenge NSW online, go to that website. On the website click on ‘logon’ and enter your child’s username and password, which is the same username and password that the students use at school to use the school computers and iPads. Once logged in, go to ‘Student Reading Records’. Start typing in the books the child has read. Complete the record by the end of August – 30 books for K-2 and 20 books for 3-6. Students receive a certificate at the end of the year as a record of completion. Congratulations to the following students who have FINISHED the reading challenge just in the last couple of weeks! WOW! Kindergarten: Leo McConkey, William Thoms Year 1: Ethan Hay, Lexi Ignatiou, Lily Meeth, Addison Wood, Harrison Page Year 2: O’Lena Fratto Year 3: Zoe Frank, Jett Gremmo, Kate Napoli, Oliver Nasr, Felix Newell, William Page Year 4: Carter Gardner, Hunter Marshall, Year 5: Sienna Turner Year 6: JD Hugo, Ava Kyan, Alicia McDonald, Chloe Zacher J Egginton - Teacher Librarian

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING (PBL) UPDATE

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY PERSONAL BEST Our fortnightly focus for weeks 3 and 4 is Playground – playing safely around the school. In particular, we are focusing on always playing cooperatively and respectfully with each other. If you are able to discuss these matters as well with your children at home, this will help reinforce our school expectations.

PBL team

READING EGGS

As part of our subscription to Reading Eggs our school has been registered to participate in the 2018 ABC Reading Eggs Read-To-Cure Challenge – a nationwide, annual event to inspire children to read and raise vital funds for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. From 7 August to 4 September, our students are encouraged to complete as many online lessons in ABC Reading Eggs or ABC Reading Eggspress as they can. For every lesson your child completes, $1 will be donated to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. Personal donations can also be made. The top 10 students nationwide who complete the most lessons will WIN exciting prizes including Apple ipads, iTunes gift cards, family movie passes and vouchers for Smiggle and JB Hi-Fi. Plus, the top three schools who raise the most funds and complete the most lessons will WIN a $1000 voucher to use in the Blake Education Shop. All you need to do is visit http://app.readingeggs.com/studentchallenge before 7 August. Enter your child’s login details and follow the prompts. Thank you for supporting this program. Kate Zucconi - ABC Reading Eggs Coordinator MUSICA VIVA

Music is all around us and continues to be an integral part of our life and learning. At Glenhaven PS we appreciate how much music matters and are working towards enhancing opportunities to connect music to student learning. During Term 2, all students participated in the Musica Viva In Schools Program where we were able to connect to the people and culture of the Torres Strait through music, dance and children’s games. Through our lessons we were able to gain an insight into growing up on Mua Island and develop an understanding of ways to pass on knowledge, stories and traditions through play, dance and song. The performance by Wyniss in Week 9 was a wonderful addition to our NAIDOC week celebrations. The staff and students were mesmerised by the performers and the interactive elements of the performance. The students particularly enjoyed recreating stories out of strings and were very keen to demonstrate this to the performers. A heartfelt thank you goes to all the teachers who ensured that the students were prepared for the concert and had a deep knowledge and understanding of the music.

As part of our NAIDOC Week Celebrations we also held a K-2 Poster Competition and a 3-6 Poetry Competition to celebrate diversity. We had a lot of entries and a huge thank you goes to the performers from Wyniss for their time looking at all our posters and to Aunty Norah who tirelessly read through the poems. Congratulations to our poster and poem winners:

1st place – Lilly Martin

2nd place – Nina Pretorius

3rd Place – Ethan Hay

My friend – Diversity Poem by Carter Gardner 1st Place

I may look different to you but you are my friend through and through, Friends with a different background yet we love spending time in the playground.

You teach me about your traditions and I tell you about our family expeditions. I am glad we are not all the same and that we don’t ever hurt or blame.

We help and care for each other although we are different you are like a brother. I sometimes think about what life will bring, the future is bright so let’s sing.

We sing about rejoice, young and free. We are proud of who we are, let’s celebrate them, you and me.

I wonder what we will be, when we are older, wiser and free. What makes us different might be the key, the key that is diversity.

2nd Place – Charlotte Sinclair

3rd Place – Lucas Negro We are looking forward to learning about the sounds of the Australian Backyard and the next performance by the quartet Entourage.

Kate Zucconi - Musica Viva In Schools and NAIDOC Week Coordinator

Julia Shultz - NAIDOC Week Coordinator

PSSA REPORTS FOOTBALL Friday 6 July, 2018 Round 10 Junior Boys The junior boys team played against Sherwood Ridge and had a tough game. Both sides had opportunities and played well. Unfortunately, we lost 2-0 in the end. We were unlucky to loose but didn't make the most of our opportunities. Player of the match was Will. Written by William P Senior Boys We lost against Sherwood Ridge 2-0. We played at Glenhaven Oval and gave it our all in a competitive game. We are looking forward to our next game. Player of the Match was Mitchell. Written by Emmett F Open Girls On July 6, 2018, the Open Girls played against Sherwood Ridge PS. We unfortunately lost 3-0 in a relatively close game with both sides having chances to score. We all played really well and passed the ball more often this week. Altogether we played well as a team and had lots of fun. Player of the match was Emilie. Written by Alicia M Friday 27 July, 2018 Open Girls On the 27 July, the open girls team played against Castle Hill and unfortunately lost. The score was 4-0 but we played well with some good passing. The player of the match was Kristiana as she did her very best and made some great forward surges with the ball. Written by Iliana H

Junior Boys The Junior boys had a great game against Castle Hill PS and played some great football using the full width of the pitch. We won 3-0 and played a very attacking game. Judah scored two great goals in the first half and Lachlan scored our third goal in the second half. We had lots of opportunities and were just missing the last pass on many occasions. Player of the match was Lachlan. Written by Luke W

Senior Boys The senior boys played an excellent game agasint Castle Hill PS. We had some good chances and put loads of pressure on castle Hill's midfield. With the opposition holding most of the ball, it was difficult to get many shots on goal ourselves. The pressure from our midfield and back line kept Castle Hill scoreless for most of the game. Unfortunately, we let one goal in late in the second half to go down 1-0. Player of the match was Christian. Written by Harry B

Friday 3 August, 2018 Open Girls On August 3, Glenhaven Public School played against Kellyville Public School. Sadly we lost 6-0 but our first half was very competitive with the score be 1-0 at half time. The player of the match was Samantha. We have improved a lot as a team this year! Written by Sienna

Junior Boys The Junior boys played against Kellyville Public School. We sadly lost 3-2 but it was a great game with end to end play. Judah and Valentino scored our 2 goals. The player of the match was Carter. Written by Campbell.

Senior Boys We played a good game against Kellyville Public School and were able to absorb a lot of pressure in the first half. Unfortunately, we went down 4-0 but played to our strengths with much better passing and ball movement during the second half. The player of the match was Koby. Written by Alex

NETBALL Juniors Team 1 This week we had an awesome game against North Rocks. We won 12 to 3 and it felt really good. Over all it was an incredible game. Written by Madison Graham

Team 2 The junior girls netball team 2 won against Sherwood Ridge. The score was 4 - nil and it was a great game. Looking forward to next week.

Team 1 – Friday 3 August, 2018 Today we played Jasper Road Public School. Sadly we lost 7-1. We all played our best and had a great game. - Danielle Balzan Team 2 – Friday 3 August, 2018 Today we won by 5-4 against Excelsior Public School. We were so excited to win. It was such a close and great game. -Madeleine Smith

Seniors A1: Glenhaven vs. Baulkham Hills North

The A1 Senior netball played Baulkham Hill North this week. We won 17-2. It was a great game and we all played very well. This week the coaches player was Whitney Matalavea and the Captains player was Angelina Ballas. Written by round 6 captain Grace Moog.

A3: Glenhaven vs. Beaumont Hills

The Senior netball A3 played Beaumont Hills this week. Unfortunately we lost 3-18. Our passes could have been better, as well as staying with our player. The coaches player was George Abbott and Harrison Lowe and the captains player was Elyssa Tedesco. Written by round 6 captain Harrison Lowe.

Round 7: Friday 27 July, 2018 A1: Glenhaven v. Northmead.

In round 7 the Senior A1's won against Northmead Public School. The score was 7-3. It was an amazing game. After the first half we were 3 all and we fought hard in the second half to extend our lead. The captains player was Josephine Ballas and the coaches player was Maddison Peers. Written by round 7 captain Olivia Murray Trevitt.

A3: Glenhaven vs. Samuel Gilbert This week the A3's played Samuel Gilbert, winning 9-5. We played really well this week showing improvement in our passing and staying with our players. The coaches player this week was Samuel Mules and the captains player was Rhian Roberts. Written by round 7 captain Lucy Chamberlian.