The Newsletter of Glendale East Public School 8 Margot Street Glendale 2285 Phone: 49549551 Fax: 49566248 Website: http://www.glendalee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.html Glendale East Public School values Respect, Honesty, Care, Love, Tolerance and Responsibility. Our New Chess Club Glendale East has started a Chess Club. The Chess Club is open every Tuesday and Wednesday during lunch times and is held in Mr MacGregor's room. Anyone who is interested in Chess is welcome. "If you know how to play Chess, want to play against a friend, watch a game or learn how to play, then there is a spot for you. "The Chess Club is run by Mr MacGregor who has over twenty years of experience playing Chess ranging from casual games, to a competitive environment, so you're in safe hands."
Zone Athletics Education Week Public Speaking Next week is Education week! Education week is a celebration fo all the great things that happen in our school. Next Tuesday 29 th July we are inviting all parents and community members to attend the school for open classrooms at 10am. This is a great chance to have a look at what is going on in your childs class. Following this there will be a parade in the hall with lucky door prizes. The school will also be holding a book fair on Monday and Tuesday in the library. Kids are asked to dress up as their favourite book ( or movie) character on this day. The Zone Athletics Carnival will be held next Wednesday 30 th August at the Glendale Sports Centre. Our school is sending a very strong team and there are some genuine chances for students to go on to represent at Regional level. We wish the team the best of luck! A number of students will be representing the school in public speaking next week. These are: Alexis M Kasey M Poppy S Bianca W Lexxi S Jasmine G
We wish the girls the best of luck! Important Dates Term 4 A more complete calendar for term 4 will be sent out as soon as some dates are finalised. At this stage some important dates for your calendar are as follows.
Year 6 camp 27 th 28 th November Volunteer thank you morning tea 9 th
December Year 6 luncheon 10 th December 11 th December Carols evening 12 th December Presentation day reports go home 15 th December infants party day 16 th December Primary party day PSSA PSSA sport commences tomorrow with an away match against Cardiff Public School. Netball will be played at Nancy Dwyer courts and soccer will be played at Cardiff Number 2 oval. Go GEPS! 2015-2017 School Plan NSW Public Schools work in 3 year improvement cycles. As a school we set targets to ensure that our students are meeting benchmarks and showing ongoing growth in a range of academic and social areas. Over the coming weeks parents and community members will be asked to make comment on a number of areas as the school evaluates its successes and develops new priority areas. There will be a number of surveys sent home either electronically or paper based. If you have any issues or areas that the feel the school needs to address in its new plan it is very important that you contribute to these surveys. News from 5/6BM
Kindergarten Orientation Kindy orientation will commence in week 6 this term. If you know of anyone in our community who needs to enrol their child into kindergarten please urge them to contact the school as soon as possible.
Wednesday 20 th August 9:30-11am socialisation
Thursday 4 th September 9:30 11am- socialisation
Wednesday 17 th September 9:30- 11am socialisation
Thursday 16 th October 9:30- 11am Meet your buddy (6pm parent information session)
Wednesday 29 th October 9:30- 11am Classroom work with you buddy
Thursday 13 th November 9:30 11am Classroom work, small presentation ceremony morning tea Parking in Pandel This term 5/6BM will be reading a novel called 68 Teeth by James Moloney which is set in the Gulf Country of far northern Queensland. Before reading the text we have been learning about what life is like for the characters. We have been interpreting tables, maps and graphs when studying the tropical wet and dry seasonal pattern and researching estuarine crocodiles.
Our science unit is called 'It's Electrifying' and the students have shown great enthusiasm so far! We have drawn a cutaway diagram of a torch which shows both its inside and outside workings and have learnt how a battery works. In the coming weeks we will be constructing our own electrical circuits and creating circuit diagrams using symbols for things such as the wire, battery, bulb and switch. Please make sure that when dropping your kids in Pandel Avenue that drivers adhere to the kiss and ride rules.
Stay with your car Do not park for longer than 2 minutes
Local highway patrol regularly monitor this street. Touch Gala
Active After School Communities The Active After School Communities (AASC) program will begin again next week. This term primary students are able to choose from croquet which will run on a Tuesday afternoon and cricket, which will run on a Thursday afternoon. The AASC program is run by the Australian Sports Commission and provides opportunities for primary school children to participate in free sport and other structured physical activity, after school. Students are taught by qualified coaches and the program has been very successful in terms one and two. There are a few positions left in the program, so please send in a permission note if you would like your child to be involved.
School Banking. New rewards released in term 3
The School Banking program provides children with an opportunity to make deposits into their personal Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at school each week. The program is about how often your child makes deposits, not how much they deposit.
To encourage regular savings behaviour the program offers an exciting Rewards Program. Every deposit earns your child a Dollarmites token, and once theyve collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for a reward.
Rewards available in term 3 are:
Handball (whilst stock lasts) Scented Pencils (whilst stock lasts) Shark or Penguin Keyring Whale Shark Pencil Case Moneybox (new release) Swimming Bag (new release)
Please send in your redemption card and tokens on banking day. Rewards will be delivered in 1-2 weeks. Pooling of tokens is not allowed.
If you wish for your child to participate in the program Youthsaver accounts can be opened at any branch of the Commonwealth Bank, or by calling 132221. Existing customers with NetBank access can open accounts online. Student Teacher: Nathan My name is Mr Bennett. I am a final year teaching student from the University of Newcastle. For the duration of term 3, I will be undertaking my internship with 4/5H. This is the final step in my training to become a primary school teacher. Im really looking forward to teaching a variety of lessons over the next few weeks, starting off with a unit of work based on Australia. Feel free to come and say hello! Tech Tip
week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SAT- SUN 1 14 th July Staff Development Day
15 th July Students return 16 th July
17 th July
18th July ASSEMBLY
2 21 st July
22 nd July 23 rd July
24 th July NEWSLETTER
25 th July
3 28 th July EDUCATION WEEK
29 th July BOOK FAIR OPEN CLASSES
AASC 30 th July Zone Athletics Public Speaking
P and C 6:30pm 31 st July
AASC 1 st August ASSEMBLY
4 4 th August
5 th August
AASC 6 th August
7 th August NEWSLETTER
AASC 8 th August
5 11 th August
12 th August
AASC 13 th August
14 th August
AASC 15 th August ASSEMBLY
6 18 th August
19 th August
AASC 20 th August Kindy orientation
P and C 6:30pm 21 st August NEWSLETTER
AASC 22 nd August
Sat 14/6 Star Struck 2014 Magic Happens 7 25 th August