Calendonia Drive, Eltham North 3095 Ph: 9431 1599 Fax:9431 0686 OSHC Ph: 9431 2503 www.glenkps.vic.edu.au/ Office Hours: 8.00am– 4.00pm Email: [email protected]LINKLETTER Issue 30 8th October 2015 DIARY Children, Teachers, Parents: A partnership for the future 2015 TERM 3 Tue 13th Oct Grade 5/6 Camp Parent Helpers Meeting Grade 3/4 Information Evening 6.00pm Staffroom Wed 14th Oct Prep Transition Thu 15th Oct Grade 6 Parliament Incursion Grade 6 Graduation photo’s PAYMENT REMINDER CAMP 2015 Payment for Camp must be received by Mon 12th Oct to ensure your child’s attendance at this years camp. Our Values: Acceptance, Respect, Resilience, Responsibility, Excellence. DIARY WELCOME TO TERM 4 Welcome back to Term 4! Hopefully you all had a restful and enjoyable break. Term 4 promises to be another busy Term at GK with several exciting events in store for the students including camp, swimming, a range of incursions / excursions, the commencement of our transition pro- gram and of course, the Christmas concert. It will be Christmas before we know it! Staffing update as follows: A warm welcome to our new Acting Principal, Phillip Banks. Phillip leaves behind his current school, Hurstbridge Primary to join us for two and a half weeks where he will replacing Leanne whilst she is holidaying with her family. Other staff on leave this Term (for the next two weeks) are Luisa Rinaldi, Shannon Whelan and Sally Armstrong. Welcome also to the new students and families who have joined the Glen Katherine Primary School community. Have a terrific term everyone! CURRICULUM DAY ON MONDAY 2 nd NOVEMBER All parents and carers are reminded that Monday Nov 2 nd (the day before Cup Day) is a Curric- ulum Day. Whilst staff will be at school working on the day, it is a student-free day. Staff will be working on assessment and reporting. HATS ARE BACK FOR TERM 4 Dust them off! Hats are back to start Term 4. If students do not have a hat to wear during lunch, recess and outside activities, they will not be able to play / participate. It is always a good idea to have those hats clearly labelled with your child’s name as we do end up with many un- named items in Lost Property. EARLY DROP-OFF OF CHILDREN BEFORE SCHOOL Just a reminder to parents that students are not supposed to be dropped off very early before school. It is possible that staff members have not yet arrived at school by 8am so the safety of your child is at risk. Staff members are required to supervise students in the yard from 8.25am. If you need to drop your child off very early to school, you can access our Year Round Care pro- gram. PREP ENROLMENTS We are currently trying to finalise prep numbers for 2016. If you or a family you know have a child intending to attend Glen Katherine P.S next year and have not yet enrolled, we would ap- preciate it if you could drop in at the GK office and talk to the office staff. Jenny or Louise would be happy to help you out by either collecting your enrolment paper work or providing you with the necessary forms. This would help us facilitate planning for next year. Feel free to give the school a ring on 9431 1599 if you have any queries. Shirley O’Neill Shirley O’Neill Shirley O’Neill Shirley O’Neill Stdent Engagement and Wellbeing Stdent Engagement and Wellbeing Stdent Engagement and Wellbeing Stdent Engagement and Wellbeing Principal’s Message
Welcome back to Term 4! Hopefully you all had a restful and enjoyable break. Term 4 promises to be another busy Term at GK with several exciting events in store for the students including camp, swimming, a range of incursions / excursions, the commencement of our transition pro-gram and of course, the Christmas concert. It will be Christmas before we know it!
Staffing update as follows:
A warm welcome to our new Acting Principal, Phillip Banks. Phillip leaves behind his current school, Hurstbridge Primary to join us for two and a half weeks where he will replacing Leanne whilst she is holidaying with her family. Other staff on leave this Term (for the next two weeks) are Luisa Rinaldi, Shannon Whelan and Sally Armstrong.
Welcome also to the new students and families who have joined the Glen Katherine Primary School community.
Have a terrific term everyone!
CURRICULUM DAY ON MONDAY 2nd NOVEMBER
All parents and carers are reminded that Monday Nov 2nd (the day before Cup Day) is a Curric-ulum Day. Whilst staff will be at school working on the day, it is a student-free day. Staff will be working on assessment and reporting.
HATS ARE BACK FOR TERM 4
Dust them off! Hats are back to start Term 4. If students do not have a hat to wear during lunch, recess and outside activities, they will not be able to play / participate. It is always a good idea to have those hats clearly labelled with your child’s name as we do end up with many un-named items in Lost Property.
EARLY DROP-OFF OF CHILDREN BEFORE SCHOOL
Just a reminder to parents that students are not supposed to be dropped off very early before school. It is possible that staff members have not yet arrived at school by 8am so the safety of your child is at risk. Staff members are required to supervise students in the yard from 8.25am. If you need to drop your child off very early to school, you can access our Year Round Care pro-gram.
PREP ENROLMENTS
We are currently trying to finalise prep numbers for 2016. If you or a family you know have a child intending to attend Glen Katherine P.S next year and have not yet enrolled, we would ap-preciate it if you could drop in at the GK office and talk to the office staff.
Jenny or Louise would be happy to help you out by either collecting your enrolment paper work or providing you with the necessary forms. This would help us facilitate planning for next year. Feel free to give the school a ring on 9431 1599 if you have any queries.
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Principal’s Message
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Value awards to be presented at assembly on Monday 12th October 2015
Prep D Nate T For demonstrating excellence in your reading. I am proud of the won-
derful efforts you put in at school and at home to improve your read-
ing. Congratulations Nate, you are a superstar!
Prep S Karah H Well done Karah for continuing to uphold the Glen Katherine school
values, treating those around her with kindness and respect. Karah
completes all tasks to a high standard showing a great deal of effort
and commitment to the task. Keep up the fabulous work!
Prep T Ned A Congratulations Ned on demonstrating excellence in Numeracy! You
are using taught strategies such as ‘counting on’ to solve equations in
addition and subtraction. Your enthusiasm and persistence for learn-
ing is to be commended. You are a star, Ned!
1B Hannah A Congratulations Hannah, for showing terrific persistence with your
learning tasks and trying to do your best. Fabulous effort!
1L Noah C For showing much more focus with your learning tasks and completing
your work. Keep trying your best, congratulations Noah!
1R Marley P Congratulations for all your hard work with your reading.
1/2A Sam H For striving to achieve his best; focusing on the task and remaining
organised. Well done Sam! Keep it up!
2C Thomas T For always treating everyone with respect and showing kindness to all
his classmates
2P Gracie O For consistently demonstrating your best effort in all areas of your
work. You are always willing to help others and show kindness to your
classmates-keep up the good work Gracie!
2R Jade S Congratulations Jade for the persistence and responsibility you dis-
play in class. It is great to see your progress with reading and maths.
Art
Ashleigh L For always trying your hardest during art classes. You are always ea-
ger to help to clean up, help others and offer ideas in class. Keep up
the fabulous work!
PE 1/2A Bailey E For always trying her best in PE sessions.
Science PD Keith C For always sharing considered and thoughtful observations about our
science topics.
EARN AND LEARN
Thank you to everyone who collected stickers for Earn and Learn, we achieved a total of 46,500
points which will allow us to buy some great resources for our children. These resources
should arrive during Term 1 of 2016.
SPORTS NEWS
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FOOTY DAY
GK hosted its annual footy day on the last day of term 3. Students and staff dressed up in their teams colours and joined in
the parade and fun activities. Thank you to Mrs Green for organising the poster competition. Thank you to Sandra Embling
for organising the prizes for the day. Well done to our school house captains who did a terrific job hosting the day.
After lunch the staff vs students footy game was played on the oval with the whole school out cheering on the teams.
Footy parade
Staff vs students game
SUMMER INTERSCHOOL SPORT
GK DARKS vs HURSTBRIDGE (AWAY)
GK LIGHTS vs PLENTY VALLEY B (HOME)
ROSTER:
Extra Special starting next term:
Olaf Ice-cream for the great price of $1.50 until sold out.
Frozen Pineapple Rings (50c), Frozen Orange 1/4s (30c) & Sunshine Jelly ($1.00) are back for this term J
ARE YOU FREE 2nd Friday of the month? If you can help out on any of the following dates, I would really appreciate your help - 9th Oct, 13th Nov or 11th Dec. I will be starting to get a roster ready for next year once we hit November so would love to hear from anyone who would like to join our crew of volunteers.
