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Education Week - Open Day Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and carers who were able to attend last Wednesdays Open Day. The sun was shining and the students had a wonderful time showing off a few of the wonderful programs running at GPPS to over 400 visitors. The Shutterbugs presentation was followed by the amazing dance groups “The Great Gatsby” & “Warrior”. Both of these dance groups are performing this week at the Penrith Valley Performing Arts Festival. Year 6 did another dance routine led by the Dance2Bfit instructor. This was followed with open classes and a sausage sizzle. A great day had by everyone!

Road Safety Please take care when dropping children off to school in the mornings and afternoons. A concerned parent phoned last week as one of our parents double parked and let their child cross the road in the middle of lots of traffic. Please ensure your son or daughter uses the crossing which is supervised before and after school. The safety of the students here is

Award Winners

Silver Awards

Inside this issue :

From the Principal 1

K-2 Fun Day 2

SRC Update 2

PSSA Rugby League 2

10 Year Celebration

Bush Dance 2

Cake Stall 2

Fathers Day Stall 3

Poems from S3S 3

Term Planner 4

Glenmore Park Public School

Newsletter

From the Principal Dear Parents Last Friday the Aboriginal cultural group came together at lunch time to make some healthy smoothies using traditional bush tucker ingredients. Each student was given a copy of the recipe from the book "Feeding your Mob with Fruit and Veg". The students read through the recipe with Miss Corner before following the steps to make a healthy smoothie. Mrs Dalitz helped prepare the ingredients while the students shared their thoughts on the different fruits. The students enjoyed sharing the delicious drink.

State Rugby League Carnival On Monday 28th July, Rugby League players from Years 3-6 represented our school and the entire Penrith District at the NSW State All Schools Rugby League carnival. The boys represented themselves, the school and the district with pride and showed great skill and sportsmanship. The junior team made the top 20 in the State and were unlucky not to make it deeper in the competition, with the eventual winners in their group. The senior side made it to the top four in the State, once again going down to the eventual winners in a very close encounter. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the boys on an excellent season and thank parents and caregivers for their support of the Rugby League program in 2014.

Issue 11 5 August 2014

SILVER AWARD

WINNERS

Courtney 2S

Inside this issue: From the Principal

LLW@School

Gold Award Winner

profiles

Honour Award

Winner profile

NSW Rural Fire

Service Open Day

Term Planner

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WE’RE ON THE

WEB!

http://

www.glenmorepk-

p.schools.nsw.edu.

au

paramount and it would devastating if one of our students was hurt because someone disregarded the road rules in order to save a little time.

SCHOOL FUNDRAISER 2014

WALKATHON

Our major fundraising event for the year will be held on Wednesday 13 August 2014. All students have been given a Sponsorship Card to collect sponsors. The money raised will go towards purchasing much needed equipment and resources for the school. Please read the Principal’s notes on the front of the sponsor card. Prizes include; Lucky Dip, Hoyts Movie Tickets, Big W/Target Gift Vouchers, Dick Smith Vouchers, iPad mini WiFi 16gb for the person who raises the highest amount in Infants and Primary, Blackman Bicycles Voucher for runners up in Infants and Primary.

Mark Arnold

Mark Arnold RELIEVING PRINCIPAL

LLW@S Live Life Well at School

TURN OFF THE TV OR COMPUTER AND GET ACTIVE

Active tips for busy families:

Make time to be active as a whole family. Go out and play basketball, tag or soccer,

throw a ball or ride a bike with your children. Meet friends or family in a park and take

balls, hoops, frisbees, bats or other outdoor games to play.

Set a limit on television watching, computer time and video games to no more than 2

hours a day.

GOLD AWARD WINNER PROFILES Alana 3H My name is Alana. I have been at Glenmore Park Public School since Kindergarten. I have 5 sisters, 3 older and 2 younger, the youngest are twins. I am in 3H and my teacher is Mrs Hughes, she is the best teacher. My best friend is Amber

in 3W. My favourite subjects are maths, s cience, spelling and sport. I also like reading. Jessica 2S My name is Jessica. My friends are Reigan, Hayley, Alex and Chelsea. I enjoy shooting netball, going to the farm with my dad and seeing all the horses and sheep and kittens. I like my class 2S and my teacher Mrs Herring. Zoe 3O My name is Zoe. My friends are Arabella, Isaac, Jai and I like reading books, playing netball, singing and writing my own songs. I really like my class 3O and my teacher Mrs O’Connor and Miss Keating. We have five in my house. My Mum, me and my 3 sisters Sophie 14, Sarah 12 and Jessica 8.

HONOUR AWARD WINNER PROFILE Maddison 4W Hi my name is Maddison but my friends call me Maddy. I like playing soccer and teeball. My favourite subject is English. In soccer I like to be goaly because you get to stop the ball and you get to use your hands. I am so happy to be getting my Honour Award.

NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE OPEN DAY Regentville Rural Fire Service will again be holding its annual Open Day on Saturday 13th September from 10 am until 2 pm. As part of the open day they will be holding a colouring in competition to be judged on the day. There will be two age groups 5 to 7 years and 8 to 12 years. Entry forms are available from the front office. Completed entries should be returned to the office by no later than Wednesday 3rd September. No late entries can be accepted.

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HOW TO CONTACT

US

Address:

33-41 The Lakes

Drive

GLENMORE PARK

NSW 2745

Phone:

4733 6204

FAX:

4733 6430

TERM 3 CANTEEN COMPETITION

All through Term 3 the Canteen has a

competition running.

When you order a; Fish Burger /Tuna

Salad Sandwich/ Fish Fingers Meal

Deal you go into a draw to win a ELITE 650

Fishing Rod.

Prize winner will be drawn on

the last Friday of term

19 September 2014.

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WEEK 4

4/8

Penrith Valley

Performing Arts

Festival

5/8

PVPAF

6/8

PVPAF

7/8

Yr 6 Canberra

Excursion o’night

Western Sydney

Drama Festival

8/8

Yr 6 Canberra

Excursion

PSSA

WEEK 5

11/8

Spelling Bee

12/8

ICAS Mathematics

13/8

Walkathon K-6

14/8

PULSE

15/8

Last Day winter

PSSA

WEEK 6

18/8

BOOK WEEK

19/8

Royce Simmons 7’s

Rugby League

20/8

District Athletics

21/8

District Athletics

22/8

WEEK 7

25/8

Fruit & Veg month

starts

26/8 27/8

Year 4 Cake Stall

Blue Mountains

Dance Festival

28/8

BMDF

29/8

BMDF

WEEK 8

1/9

Yr 6 Police talk

BMDF

2/9

BMDF

3/9

BMDF

4/9 5/9

Father’s Day Stall

Summer PSSA starts

WEEK 9

8/9

Yr 5 Police talk

9/9

Operation Art Stg 1

10/9

Sydney West

Athletics

11/9

Sports Photos

12/9

Kindy Farm

Excursion

Operation Art Stg 2

Last Day summer

PSSA Term 3

WEEK 10

15/9

Operation Art Stg 3

16/9 17/9

Year 5 Camp

18/9

Year 5 Camp

19/9

TERM 3, 2014

Jamison Little Athletics

Registration JLAC is operated by a committee of

Volunteers. Sportsmanship is a high

priority on Competition nights and our motto is Family, Fun and

Fitness

Online Registration is now open Please check Jamison website

Open days for information and purchase of

Uniforms & Registration

Saturday 9 August: 9.00am to 1.00pm

Glenmore Park Youth & Community

Centre Town Centre, Luttrell Street, Glenmore Park

Saturday 23 August: 9.00am to 1.00pm

Guide Hall South Penrith Trent St, South Penrith

For further information please check our website

www.jamisonlittleathletics.org.au

Registrations are now open for Glenmore Park Cricket Club for the upcoming 2014/15 Season. Junior

teams available for all ages from U5’s to U16’s. Please go to

www.gpcricket.com for all registration details.