Glendenning Public School€¦ · 3-6 Glee Club Lunch 1, Thursdays Room 6 Mrs Bateup All students in Kindergarten to Year 6 are invited to Koori Club. Also a reminder that the Koori

Dear parents,

The P&C Annual General Meeting and February Meeting were held last Monday evening. It was very rewarding to have a number of people in attendance and as a result we had to move the meeting to a classroom. In introducing new people to the P&C we revised why the P&C exists and looked at the allocation of executive roles for 2019. One of our new members, in considering costs for the school suggested that we continue issuing paper/hard copies of the newsletter to ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO REQUEST ONE (see below in this newsletter - this will save substantial printing and paper costs). Additionally, one of our ‘old regulars’ suggested that we add the ‘Student Messages’ for the week to the newsletter (so that they can remind their children)and that will begin this week. Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to the new executive of:

President – Mrs Vorobieff Vice Presidents – Mrs Hansen and Mrs Estall Treasurer – Mrs Edmunds Secretary- Mrs Kember Uniform Shop –Mrs Hansen Fund Raising Coordinator – Mrs Moylan The School Newsletter – Do You Want to Receive a Hard/paper Copy of the Newsletter? If you wish to continue to receive a paper copy of the newsletter, please return the slip below. A reminder that the newsletter is currently published on the school website (all school notes are there as well) and on the SkoolbAag App beginning March 7. Please note that all excursion, permission notes, etc will still be sent home in hard copy – and will be available on both sites for download and print.

REQUEST TO RECEIVE HARD COPY OF SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Dear Mr Meaney Please continue to issue a copy of the weekly school newsletter to our family. Please issue the newsletter to: Name: Class: Signed: Name: Please return this request slip to the payments box in the office.

Glendenning Public School

Safe, Respectful Learners

Term 1 Week 4 Thursday 21 February 2019 135 Armitage Drive, Glendenning. NSW. 2761 Ph: 9832 8555 Fax: 98329724 E: [email protected]

Fri, Feb 22 9am Resource Pack Payment Due

Toilets – We do realise that at times, parents are visiting the school and either they or their children might need to use a toilet. To assist parents the ‘Disabled Toilet’ facility (located in between the girls and boys toilets alongside the library) will be left unlocked for your use. Please DO NOT allow pre-schoolers to go in there alone as the door can be locked from the inside. Bullying –what it is! Sometimes children will tell mum or dad that they have been bullied. Sometimes parents phone the school to alert us that their child has been bullied. Often it is simply that children have a social/play difficulty that they need some assistance with to solve it. When children report , ‘He doesn’t like me.’ Or ‘She doesn’t want to sit with me.’ or ‘They won’t let me play in their game.’ Or so on. These are social/interpersonal problems. Bullying occurs when:

• Over an extended period of time or on a number of occasions • A bigger, older or more powerful child gains gratification from • Pressuring a younger or smaller or less able child to continually act in a manner they do not wish to.

Bullying requires a significant degree of counselling for both parties – for the bullied child – to develop confidence, self-esteem, courage and resolve to report incidents and for the bully, to understand their need, to re-direct it and to understand how they did it and develop empathy with the child they bullied so that they do not repeat their actions. Should you ever have any concerns about any of these concepts, please see your child’s teacher in the first instance. Have a good week, Yours faithfully, Doug Meaney Principal

Week 4 Messages

Who What When Where

Mrs Colefax

Stage 2 Dance group - if you are in year 3 or 4 and would like to join dance group, please see Mrs Colefax

Lunch 1, Tuesdays

Room 7

Mrs Colefax

SRC meetings Friday, Afternoon Tea

Room 7

Miss Gaffey

Talent Quest sign-ups will be next Monday, start getting your acts together.

Monday next week

Room 21

P&C Message

School banking has begun. You can visit Commonwealth Bank to create a school banking account

Every Friday Classroom Teacher

Miss Cole K-2 Glee Club Lunch 1, Tuesdays

Room 6

3-6 Glee Club Lunch 1,

Thursdays Room 6

Mrs Bateup

All students in Kindergarten to Year 6 are invited to Koori Club. Also a reminder that the Koori Club Community Breakfast will be held next Tuesday morning. Please return permission slip to attend. Parents/caregivers and siblings are welcome.

Monday at afternoon tea

Meet Mrs Bateup out the front of the library

Principal’s Gold and Silver Awards

Principal’s Silver and Gold awards have commenced. Students need to have 5 awards from the ‘Accepted’ list, to receive a Silver award. Once students have 3 Silver awards, they can hand these in to receive a Gold award (every Gold award comes with a gold star patch).

Students are to hand in their awards into the in the office and fill out a yellow slip. Once processed, awards are returned to students, signed and initialled by a teacher. Awards can only be used once.

Silver awards are handed out on a weekly basis, during Monday morning assembly. Parents will be notified by a letter sent home, prior to Monday morning.

Gold awards will be handed out during Week 8 Monday morning assembly, each term.

5 awards = 1 Silver

3 Silver awards = 1 Gold

Please note that awards will be processed on Wednesday mornings. Any awards received after this time will be processed the following week.

If parents or students have any questions about the process, please see Mrs Both.

Library News

Library will be starting week 5 – please ensure that your child has a library bag as they are not allowed to borrow without one.

Next Wednesday we have Cristy Burne coming to speak to our 3-6 students on her latest book. She is an author, an editor and a scientist, she has written both fiction and nonfiction coding/computer books. This is a free hour event for all 3-6 students to participate in.

ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EDUCATION

KOORI CLUB COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

A note went home to all families last week inviting students and their families to the first Koori Club Community Breakfast for 2019. We encourage all families to attend. Please return permission slips to Mrs Bateup by Friday, February 22.

Breakfast will be held Tuesday, February 26 at 8.15am. Please meet Mrs Bateup in the playgroup room.

KOORI CLUB

Unfortunately Koori Club was unable to be run this week due to inclement weather. The next Koori Club session will be on Monday of Week 5 during Lunch 1.

Koori Club is open to all students K-6. Please talk to your child about it if you think they would be interested in attending and encourage them to come along. Parents are also welcome to attend. Please sign in at the front office before joining us.

Mrs J Bateup

Student Welfare Coordinator

Amendment to K-2 and 3-6 Assembly Roster 2019

Further to the information included in the Week 1 newsletter, we have had to make small changes to the

following roster. 1C will now be hosting the Term 2 Week 8 assembly and 1B will now be hosting the Term

2 Week 10 assembly. NAIDOC Day will be held on Tuesday 30th July. We apologise for any inconvenience

caused.

Term/Week Date K-2 (Tuesday) 3-6 (Thursday)

Term 1 Week 6 5 March 2G -

Term 1 Week 8 19 and 21 March 2H 5/6F

Term 1 Week 10 2 and 4 April 2S 3K

Term 2 Week 2 7 and 9 May 2C 4R

Term 2 Week 4 21 and 23 May 1G 4/5/6M

Term 2 Week 6 4 and 6 June 1A 6H

Term 2 Week 8 18 and 20 June 1C 6B

Term 2 Week 10 2 July 1B No Assembly (Camp)

Term 3 Week 2 30 July and 1 August NAIDOC DAY 4G

Term 3 Week 4 13 and 15 August K/1/2D 5L

Term 3 Week 6 27 and 29 August KL 3R

Term 3 Week 8 10 and 12 September KJ 3/4C

Term 3 Week 10 24 and 26 September KW 3M

Term 4 Week 2 22 and 24 October KB 5S

Mrs Gleeson and Miss Milledge

K-2 and 3-6 Assembly Coordinators

Congratulations to the following students who were nominated as the 2019 Class Representatives.

Class Class Representatives

KB Piet M and Prisha C

KJ Ivy N and Alesha M

KL Abhiraj S and Gurnoor K

KW Amielle B and Jaxon S

K/1/2D Sophie H and Nicky C

1A Noah E and Eknoor K

1B Samuel S and Lyiana F

1C Mackensy C and Braith P

1G Helaena A and Kiara M

2C Zahra C and Nish P

2G Nishaan S and Levai M

2H Huzayl S and Hasrat K

2S Braxton H and Chelsea M

3/4C Naviana R and Alphonso B

3K Jaden G and Kayla S

3M Tiara M and Noah V

3R Samarth S and Sabella A

4/5/6M Michelle T and Jeremy B

4G Samuel C and Nayte W

4R Reeghan Z and Aarav P

5/6F Sanna N and Faith R

5L Mia R and Max B

5S Annabelle E and Ryan P

6B Brian P and Trisha S

6H Tejpartap M and Tracy F

School Bounce Back Program 2019 Bounce Back is a program taught to students from K-6. This year it will be taught as part of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education(PDHPE) syllabus. The program focuses mainly on the teaching of coping skills to help children respond positively to the complexity of their everyday lives. In other words, children are taught to ‘bounce back’ after experiencing sadness, difficulties, frustrations and hard times. These are the 10 units covered in the program:

■ Core Values ■ Social Values ■ Relationships ■ People Bouncing Back ■ Emotions ■ Courage ■ Success ■ Humour ■ Looking on the Bright Side

Each week the newsletter will contain a message to share with your child and an activity to help support the messages from this program. There will also be notifications put onto the SkoolBag app. Below is the Bounce Back acronym that is displayed in every classroom. Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic. Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check. Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset. Think again. Nobody is perfect – not you and not others. Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter. Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes, not just you. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them. Blame fairly. How much of what happened was due to you, to others and to bad luck or circumstances? Accept what can’t be changed (but try to change what you can first) Catastrophising exaggerates your worries. Don’t believe the worst possible picture. Keep things in perspective. It’s only part of your life.

ABSENCES

Student absences – to send a note on return with student to the class teacher. You do not need to contact the office if absent for one day.

CHANGE OF DETAILS

Please notify the school as soon as possible if any of your contact details change. This included changes of address and contact phone numbers. A ‘Change of Details’ form is available from the Administraion Office.

EARLY LEAVERS When signing children out early of an afternoon, for appointments etc, parents are asked to do so before 2.45pm. Students will not be signed out after this time LUNCHES If parents need to bring lunches to school after 9.00am, we would ask that you wait until 11.15am, when you will be able to gain a pass to your child’s class and then be able to take the lunch to your child. MESSAGES REGARDING LATE COLLECTION OF STUDENTS Please phone before 2.30pm with any messages if you will be late picking up your child.

SCHOOL CANTEEN The canteen operates on Monday to Friday each week. Any payments or orders for the canteen should be taken directly to the canteen. SCHOOL CAR PARK Parents are reminded that the school car park is for STAFF PARKING ONLY. Parents are asked not to drop children off in the car park, park in or walk through the car park. There is a gate near the administration office for pedestrian access. UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Mondays: 8.30am to 9.00am Fridays: 8.30am to 9.30am