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Glenleighden News17th October 2019

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Dear families and friends of Glenleighden, Welcome back to Term Four. I have heard many wonderful stories fromthe students about their holidays. This term we welcome two new familiesto our school. Hello to Zachary and Seva who have joined Junior Schooland Early Childhood respectively. We welcome thesefamilies to our Glenleighden family. This coming Friday (18th October) is Developmental Language Disorder(DLD) Awareness Day. Did you know that 1 in 14 children in Australia haveDevelopmental Language Disorder? DLD is a condition that affects howchildren think about, understand and use language and, more often thannot, there is no obvious reason for this difficulty. There may be no outwardsign of disability and no obvious physical indicators of a problem. The termLanguage Disorder (LD) describes children with language problems, whichsignificantly impact their everyday life. Language Disorder can co-occurwith other conditions such as Autism, Intellectual Disability and DownSyndrome. DLD is recommended to be used for cases of LanguageDisorder with no other co-occurring conditions. For a child with DLD/LD,their language difficulties impact his/her development and ability to accessthe educational curriculum. On Friday we ask all families to wear purple and/or yellow. Students are towear their yellow sports shirts. The Victoria and Gateway bridges, andNigeria Falls will be bathed in purple light to mark this special day. Pleasejoin us on Friday afternoon at 1.45 for a complimentary coffee andcupcake, and spread the word of a disorder which affects so many people.

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What a busy term ahead. At Glenleighden, student growth and developmentis enhanced through a comprehensive range of curricular and extracurricularopportunities. Lunchtime clubs offer something for everyone and this term the activitiesinclude:Monday – Lego, Senior SoccerTuesday – Junior Soccer, Shine Program for Senior School girlsWednesday – CraftThursday – Choir, Senior BasketballFriday – DanceEvery day, students can learn to play Handball. What a busy week! This term I introduce and welcome two new staff members. Katriina Dennishas started as our Finance Manager, as John Branjerdporn moves on toanother organisation. We thank John for his service and diligence through theyear. Katriina has come to us from Uniting Care and is very familiar with thenot-for-profit framework and is excited to learn about our organisation.Welcome Katriina.Later this month, our new Middle School Speech Language Pathologist,Lauren Clark, joins the team. Lauren comes to us with a wealth of SpeechPathology experience, having worked in both clinical and school settings inEngland and Australia. A reminder to take care when parking and driving in school zones. Theparking in front of our school is only 10 minutes at school drop off and pick uptimes. In the afternoons, please only arrive for your child’s pick-up time(2.30pm for Early Childhood and 2.45pm for the remainder of the school) andleave promptly so others may park. If you arrive early, please park away fromthe school and walk. I look forward to having a coffee with you on Friday afternoon.Kind regards,Jan

EARLY CHILDHOOD NEWS

The Early Childhood staff and students would like to

pass our congratulations to two very important

members of our team on their recent engagement . . . .

Kevin and Anita!!!

Kevin proposed to Anita during their visit to Santorini

over the school holidays, and of course Anita said yes!

We wish them all the very best in their life together.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWSWelcome back to term 4 Junior School students! We would also like

to welcome Zachary and his family to the Junior School cohort. 

What an exciting first week we have had, getting to see our friends

and teachers. Students were very eager to share what they had been

doing on the school holidays with each other and the adults in their

rooms.  All students have been getting back into routine and have

enjoyed participating in the Move, Grow, Dance program. 

This term students will be learning about money concepts- what is

money,  the value of money and how we use money to purchase

produce and materials. Reading different materials to support this

area of learning will be explored e.g.   what catalogues are and where

these can be found (Coles, Woolworths and different retail shops).

Students have been learning about digital technology and have

engaged in group discussions about what hardware and software is

and how we use these. Some of the programs and Apps students will

be actively participating in will be Kahoot and Buncee.

Kahoot is a software used for game- based learning where students

can create their own ideas and learn about different topics linking

to an area of learning within the classroom. 

Buncee is a web-based tool used to create interactive multimedia

presentations.The user can integrate content from both external

and internal sources as well as create content directly on each

slide. 

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MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS

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COMETSWho knew Maths could be so delicious! The Comets have been cuttingitems to help them understand that a fraction is an equal part of whole.They enjoyed cutting up (and sampling) fruit and cake, and have also cutplaydough and paper shapes into halves, with some students cuttingthem into quarters and eighths. Students transferred the idea of equalparts to division where they have been busy sharing things into equalgroups. Our number studies comprise a range of levels, with some of us workingon matching numerals, number words and quantities to 10 or 20, whileothers are working with numbers beyond 1,000. We have been makingnumbers with blocks, Numicon and MAB, as well as reading, writing andordering numbers in real life contexts and other fun activities. STARSThis term, the Stars will be continuing to work on multiplication anddivision as per Term Three. In addition, students will also be focusing onfractions as well as telling the time and investigating the relationshipbetween units of time. The Stars started by completing individualassessments on multiplication and division. We are currently learningthat a fraction is a number that represents a part of a whole and consistsof a numerator and a denominator. The numerator represents thenumber of equal parts of a whole, and the denominator is the totalnumber of parts that make up a whole. Students are working at their ownlevel: while some students are focusing on halves, quarters and eighths,others are adding fractions and finding equivalent fractions.

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SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS

The older Senior School students have hopped straight

back into work experience. Some students have returned

to familiar placements, while others are 'trying'

something different. A small group headed off eagerly,

albeit a little nervously, with Debbie on the school bus,

while others used public transport to reach their work

placement venues. When I arrived to 'check in' on each

student, they were busily completing tasks and chatting

with customers or staff. It was very exciting to see how

happy and relaxed everybody seemed, while also working

hard!

Placements include: McDonalds, Monsoon Hair Salon,

Endeavour Food Packaging Plant, E-Waste, St Andrew's

Hospital, Bare Bones Society Café, Burgerpl8 and Shingle

Inn Café.

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School Language Legends Awards

Early Childhood

Junior School

Middle School

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Sienna PEzra BRuby N

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UPCOMING EVENTS Monday 21st OctoberPupil Free Day Tuesday 29th OctoberPS&F Meeting 7pm, School Library Monday 11th NovemberRemembrance Day Ceremony Wednesday 20th NovemberVolunteers Morning Tea Wednesday 20th NovemberMiddle School Camp Monday 25th November Transition Morning Tuesday 26th November PS&F Meeting 7pm, School Library Wednesday 27th NovemberSenior School Camp 9

LIBRARY NEWS

Book Fair is coming Wednesday 30th October to Friday 1st November.  The students willhave the opportunity to browse the books before the book fair starts to make a ‘wish list’. Teachers and Staff will also have the chance to make a 'wish list'. If any parents would like to donate a book to the school you are welcome to take a look at thestaff ‘wish lists’ or choose your own favourite to add to the class or library.   Parents are welcome to come browse and buy books in the library at the following times:

Wednesday 30th 8 - 9am and 2 - 3pmThursday 31st 8 - 9am and 2 - 3pm

Students are welcome to purchase books Friday 1st November.   Thank you in advance of your support - Minna (Library Assistant)

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