Term 3 Week 10 Thursday 27 th September 2018 Phone: 9652 1237 Fax: 9652 2538 School Security: 1300 880 021 www.glenorie-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Email: [email protected]Upcoming Events Date Event 28 Sept Silver/ Gold assembly 28 Sept Last day term 3 15 Oct Students return term 4 22 Oct First kindy orientation (Mondays) 23 Oct 7:00pm P&C Meeting 25 Oct First kindy orientation (Thursdays) 26 Oct Fire Wise program K-2 & Yr 5 27-28 Oct Band Camp Country Fair Success The Country Fair held last Sunday was a huge success. A wonderful day was had by all and the turnout was amazing. Thank you to the many students, parents, family members and friends for coming along and joining in the fun. Thanks to your support, the P&C raised $44,000. Your contributions raised $7,800 – raffle; $7,221 - food stalls; $5,639 - chocolate wheel; $2,166 - plant stall; $1,620 - jar sales; $1,082 - cake stall and $850 - lock & key. All of the money will go directly towards improving opportunities for your children, including new playground slides, additional curriculum resources, more computers and possibly an extension to the COLA over the new sandpit. A very special thanks to all of the parents who worked tirelessly to organise the day. Even though the actual Fair only took six hours, many dozens of hours were spent organising the day. Thank you also to the staff who supported the day by running stalls and preparing the students for their dances. The biggest thank you must go to Mrs Dennise Williams. Mrs Williams coordinated the whole event and, I am sure you will agree, provided a wonderful day for many hundreds of people. On behalf of the entire Glenorie Public School community, thank you very much Dennise Williams, Neisha Walmsley, Megan Piper, Libby Cuza, Kate Devaney, Kelly Kearns, Libby Powell, Catherine Militello, Jenny Smart and Madona Habkouk. Another Great term We would like to congratulate all of our students for working hard throughout this term to achieve many of their personal, educational, social, sporting and cultural goals. All of the teachers truly appreciate the “self-drive” you have all developed throughout this term. Thanks, as always, to our parents for your ongoing support, at home and at school. We couldn’t do the focused job of teaching without your support. Thanks to the staff, teaching and support, for ensuring our core business ALWAYS revolves around teaching and learning. We have many reasons to feel proud. We look forward to achieving even greater things next term. NAPLAN Results Our school’s NAPLAN Test results in Literacy and Numeracy are improving. Some of our Assessment results include: 53.16% of our Yr 3 & Yr 5 average NAPLAN Reading & Numeracy results were in the top two bands. 20% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Writing, 6% above the state. 40% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Reading, above the state. 46% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Numeracy, which was 15% above the state. 53% of our Yr 3 students performed in the top two bands in Grammar & Punctuation. 63% of our Yr 3 students performed in the top two bands in Reading, 12% above the state. Congratulations to all of our Yr 3 and Yr 5 students. Our NAPLAN Assessment results are outstanding. Thanks to our parents for being committed to supporting learning at home and a special thanks to all of our staff for consistently striving for excellence for all of our students. Another great day for Glenorie Public School!
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Date Event 28 Sept Silver/ Gold assembly 28 Sept Last day term 3 15 Oct Students return term 4 22 Oct First kindy orientation (Mondays) 23 Oct 7:00pm P&C Meeting 25 Oct First kindy orientation (Thursdays) 26 Oct Fire Wise program K-2 & Yr 5
27-28 Oct Band Camp
Country Fair Success The Country Fair held last Sunday was a huge success. A wonderful day was had by all and the turnout was amazing. Thank you to the many students, parents, family members and friends for coming along and joining in the fun.
Thanks to your support, the P&C raised $44,000. Your contributions raised $7,800 – raffle; $7,221 - food stalls; $5,639 - chocolate wheel; $2,166 - plant stall; $1,620 - jar sales; $1,082 - cake stall and $850 - lock & key. All of the money will go directly towards improving opportunities for your children, including new playground slides, additional curriculum resources, more computers and possibly an extension to the COLA over the new sandpit. A very special thanks to all of the parents who worked tirelessly to organise the day. Even though the actual Fair only took six hours, many dozens of hours were spent organising the day. Thank you also to the staff who supported the day by running stalls and preparing the students for their dances. The biggest thank you must go to Mrs Dennise Williams. Mrs Williams coordinated the whole event and, I am sure you will agree, provided a wonderful day for many hundreds of people. On behalf of the entire Glenorie Public School community, thank you
very much Dennise Williams, Neisha Walmsley, Megan Piper, Libby Cuza, Kate Devaney, Kelly Kearns, Libby Powell, Catherine Militello, Jenny Smart and Madona Habkouk.
Another Great term We would like to congratulate all of our students for working hard throughout this term to achieve many of their personal, educational, social, sporting and cultural goals. All of the teachers truly appreciate the “self-drive” you have all developed throughout this term. Thanks, as always, to our parents for your ongoing support, at home and at school. We couldn’t do the focused job of teaching without your support. Thanks to the staff, teaching and support, for ensuring our core business ALWAYS revolves around teaching and learning. We have many reasons to feel proud. We look forward to achieving even greater things next term.
NAPLAN Results Our school’s NAPLAN Test results in Literacy and Numeracy are improving. Some of our Assessment results include:
53.16% of our Yr 3 & Yr 5 average NAPLAN Reading & Numeracy results were in the top two bands.
20% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Writing, 6% above the state.
40% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Reading, above the state.
46% of our Yr 5 students performed in the top two bands in Numeracy, which was 15% above the state.
53% of our Yr 3 students performed in the top two bands in Grammar & Punctuation.
63% of our Yr 3 students performed in the top two bands in Reading, 12% above the state.
Congratulations to all of our Yr 3 and Yr 5 students. Our NAPLAN Assessment results are outstanding. Thanks to our parents for being committed to supporting learning at home and a special thanks to all of our staff for consistently striving for excellence for all of our students.
Have you completed the survey yet? The parent survey will be conducted between 27 August and 26 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary; however, your responses are very much appreciated. Please can you
complete the survey : https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/yytj6
More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents
That’s not a pie…… This is a pie Rob Pirina from Glenorie Bakery has been baking up a storm in Glenorie over the last month with the creation of the "Invictus Pie" which will be a fundraising initiative in aid of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 presented by Jaguar Land Rover. Glenorie Bakery is donating $5 from every Invictus Pie sold to raise funds to support the Games. Invictus Games has asked Glenorie Public School to be part of the celebrations on Wednesday 3rd October at the bakery. They would like us to represent our school by wearing our school uniform on the day. It will be a fantastic fundraising day for the Invictus Games with Jnr Bakers Academy, face painting and kids arts and crafts. I will see you there at 11:30am.
Enrolments Enrolments are now being processed for 2019. If you have children who are due to start Kinder in 2019, please enrol them before the end of this term as both classes are full. You will need to provide a Birth Certificate and Immunisation details. If you have new neighbours with school-aged children, please ask them to contact the school for an enrolment package. If you plan on moving out of the area at the end of this year (therefore resulting in your children not attending Glenorie PS in 2019), please inform the school in writing before the end of this term. Two families have already let me know. Thank you.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thanks to the many parents who are constantly praising our school. Many of the enrolment enquiries that we receive are as a result of positive feedback from you. Thank you for constantly “singing the song of your school”!
Thanks to our Volunteers On behalf of the staff at school, I would like to offer sincere thanks to the many parents who offer their time and effort to make our school a wonderful learning environment for students. Your commitment to the students and school certainly allows us all to work, learn and play in a great environment… you are all truly appreciated!
Term 4 Starting Date… The starting date for term 4 is…
Monday 15th October.
We hope you all have a relaxing holiday.
School Planning…
As the year draws to an end, many students and parents will begin to think, “Who will be teaching the children next year?” As with previous years, draft plans will be developed, however, we will not inform you about teachers/classes until 2019; our decision is not based on a conspiracy-theory secret society…it is based on the fact that due to potential enrolments up to and during the holidays, any planned structure may change in the new school year anyway. Thanks for your understanding in this matter.
Gold, Silver & Ribbon Assembly This Friday, we are hosting our Gold & Silver Assembly. Parents and friends are invited to this assembly, as we acknowledge the achievements and efforts of our students.
Stewart House Clothing Appeal Every year Stewart House benefits financially from collections of clothing in schools. The Smith Family generously provides bags and undertakes the collection and pays Stewart House for each kilogram received. Today your child will bring home a Stewart House bag. Blankets, towels, clothing that you no longer require will be valued. Please place clean clothing in the bag and return to the office by 26th October.
Holiday Security As always we seek your support during the school holidays to ensure our school remains secure. If you see any suspicious person(s) in the school grounds, please contact our School Security Unit on 1300 880 021 or Hornsby Police on 9680 5399. Thanks for caring about your school. Please remind your children that our school is “off-
limits” during the holiday period. We will be
videoing all intruders.
Daylight saving time 2018 in New South Wales will begin at 2:00 am on Sunday 7 October
Become involved in your child’s education. Enjoy learning! Lyn Pearce Principal
Thank you to everyone who visited the
brigade stand at the fair last week. It is
always considered a privilege for the
brigade to support school activities. It was
a very busy weekend for our members. District courses for Bush Fire,
First Aid and Rural fire Driver involved several members while newer
members did vehicle familiarisation at station.
New Members Welcome We have welcomed several new members over the last few weeks. If you are interested in joining the brigade now is
the ideal time, so you can complete your initial training with a group of very enthusiastic, like-minded people.
FIREPROOF your PLAN
Don’t let the cooler, damp days this week lull you into thinking the fire danger is past. A couple of hot, windy days
and we will be right back up to SEVERE or beyond. So, we ask “How FIREPROOF is your PLAN?”
There are simple things you can do to protect yourself and your family this bush fire season.
Discuss with your family what you will do if a fire starts near you
Prepare your home and get it ready for bush fire
Know the bush fire alert levels
Keep key information like websites and emergency details handy. Download the Fires Near Me app. Go to
www.myfireplan.com.au for further information.
Brigade members will be on hand at the school assembly this Friday to answer questions and discuss your Bush Fire
Survival Plan with you. Please allow a couple of minutes to pick up a copy of the plan so making a fireproof plan
becomes a priority these holidays.
We wish you all a very happy, healthy and safe holiday. As always you are welcome to call the brigade community
engagement officer James Wicking 0422 168 914 or Elizabeth Whiteman 0416 201 196 should you need assistance
with your plan. You can also call the station 9652 2017 (leave a message someone will get back to you) or visit the
Glenorie Station Monday evening from 8pm or Saturday afternoon from 2pm.