Important Dates For Your Diary NOVEMBER 14 th CSIRO Incursion Years 1 & 2 14 th Chess Lesson 12 Participants 15 th Summer Sport Round 5 Year 6s 15 th Level 3 Assembly Years 3 & 4 18 th 2014 Sch Captain Candidate SpeechesYear 5s 19 th SMART8 Session 6 Years 3 & 4 21 st Chess Lesson 13 Participants 22 nd 2014 House Captain Candidate Speeches 25 th ACMA Cyber Safety Incursion Evening For Parents of Years 5 & 6 26 th 2014 Foundation Transition Session 28 th Chess Lesson 14 Participants 28 th 2014 New Families’ Information Evening 29 th Picnic on the Oval Whole School 29 th Levels 1 & 2 Assembly Yrs Prep,1,2 DECEMBER 2 nd Glen Waverley Secondary College Transition Year 6s 3 rd Christian Religious Xmas Concert 9.30 3 rd Movie Fesitival 11.30 5 th School Choir Performance 6 th GWPS Has Got Talent Lunchtime 9 th 2014 School Leaders Announced 10 th 2014 School Leadership Day 14 th November 2013 Term 4, Issue 17 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT SCHOOL LUNCH ORDERS Lunch orders are available from our service provider Gourmet Delish five days a week. Ordering is done through an online service, details of which are available on our website. http://www.studentlunch.co m.au/Ordering_online.html UNIFORM SHOP Situated in the West Wing on the School Grounds Open Monday between 3.00 – 4.30 pm Closed Public and School Holidays Please bring your own bag for purchases as we are an environmentally friendly school Orders may be left with the office – these must be in an envelope marked with the child’s name and grade together with payment, correct monies are appreciated. Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community, Welcome to another edition of our school newsletter in which we share what is occurring throughout our wonderful school community. As per usual, there is so much to enjoy and celebrate! School Disco I think it would rather remiss of me not to commence this fortnight’s newsletter with some comments about our wonderful school disco which was held last Friday evening! Wow, what a fantastic time was had by everyone and it was absolutely wonderful to see the children (and some staff and parents too!) dance away to the latest tunes. A sincere thank you to the Community Relations Committee for all of their hard work in preparing for the event, the numerous parents who assisted in various ways, the staff who were able to remain for the event and to our wonderful students for your endless amount of energy, fun, passion and for supporting our school disco! Well done and thank you everyone! Facilities Update - Our New Classroom I am very pleased to report that work has now commenced with the new classroom! The additional classroom and storage space is being built within the Early Learning Centre and will make a considerable difference to this area of our school. Included are a few photographs of the “framing stage and we look forward to sharing additional photos as they become available. Wow, how exciting!!!
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Important Dates For Your Diary
NOVEMBER
14th
CSIRO Incursion Years 1 & 2
14th
Chess Lesson 12 Participants
15th
Summer Sport Round 5 Year 6s
15th
Level 3 Assembly Years 3 & 4
18th
2014 Sch Captain Candidate SpeechesYear 5s
19th
SMART8 Session 6 Years 3 & 4
21st Chess Lesson 13 Participants
22nd
2014 House Captain Candidate Speeches
25th
ACMA Cyber Safety Incursion Evening
For Parents of Years 5 & 6
26th
2014 Foundation Transition Session
28th
Chess Lesson 14 Participants
28th
2014 New Families’ Information Evening
29th
Picnic on the Oval Whole School
29th
Levels 1 & 2 Assembly Yrs Prep,1,2
DECEMBER
2nd
Glen Waverley Secondary College
Transition Year 6s
3rd
Christian Religious Xmas Concert 9.30
3rd
Movie Fesitival 11.30
5th
School Choir Performance
6th
GWPS Has Got Talent Lunchtime
9th
2014 School Leaders Announced
10th
2014 School Leadership Day
14th November 2013 Term 4, Issue 17
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
SCHOOL LUNCH
ORDERS
Lunch orders are
available from our service
provider Gourmet Delish
five days a week.
Ordering is done through an
online service, details of
which are available on our
website.
http://www.studentlunch.co
m.au/Ordering_online.html
UNIFORM SHOP
Situated in the West Wing on the
School Grounds
Open Monday between 3.00 – 4.30 pm
Closed Public and School Holidays
Please bring your own bag for
purchases as we are an
environmentally friendly school
Orders may be left with the office –
these must be in an envelope marked
with the child’s name and grade
together with payment, correct monies
are appreciated.
Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School
Community,
Welcome to another edition of our school newsletter in
which we share what is occurring throughout our
wonderful school community. As per usual, there is so
much to enjoy and celebrate!
School Disco I think it would rather remiss of me not to commence this
fortnight’s newsletter with some comments about our
wonderful school disco which was held last Friday
evening! Wow, what a fantastic time was had by everyone
and it was absolutely wonderful to see the children (and
some staff and parents too!) dance away to the latest
tunes.
A sincere thank you to the Community Relations
Committee for all of their hard work in preparing for the
event, the numerous parents who assisted in various ways,
the staff who were able to remain for the event and to our
wonderful students for your endless amount of energy,
fun, passion and for supporting our school disco! Well
done and thank you everyone!
Facilities Update - Our New Classroom I am very pleased to report that work has now commenced
with the new classroom! The additional classroom and
storage space is being built within the Early Learning
Centre and will make a considerable difference to this
area of our school. Included are a few photographs of the
“framing stage and we look forward to sharing additional
photos as they become available. Wow, how exciting!!!
Glen Waverley Primary School 774 High Street Road, Glen Waverley 3150
Our scientists are Wei Yen Loh, a first year PhD student
who currently works at the Florey Department of
Neuroscience and Mental Health and Dr Mark Boland who
is the Principal Scientist at the Australian Synchrotron.
Wei Yen and Mark’s areas of specialty and expertise vary
considering and will bring a wealth of knowledge to our
school which will undoubtedly enhance our school’s science
programs and the children’s (and staff’s) science knowledge.
Wei Yen recently visited our school and will return on
Monday 25th November to conduct a short presentation at
assembly and then spend the rest of the morning in
classrooms assisting with various science lessons. Included
is a photograph of Wei Yen, with our Science Leaders Ms
Dale and Mrs Baizanos as well as some of Year 4 students.
We are extremely excited to be part of this program and
cannot wait for Wei Yen and Mark to commence working
with us!
Warm Weather
As everyone would be aware, the weather is beginning to warm up hence we strongly encourage all of the students to
ensure they bring a drink bottle to school, some sunscreen and naturally their sun smart school hat. A water bottle on the
desk will enable the children to have a quick drink and alleviate the need to leave the room. If a child does not have a hat at
school they will be required to play in the shaded areas.
2014 Student Leaders It is quite obvious that the process to select the 2014 student leaders has certainly begun with “vote for me” posters in the
main corridor and speeches at assembly planned for Monday 18th November. I would like to wish all of the children and
their families the very best of luck and also thank them for being prepared to nominate and complete the election process.
We look forward to announcing the 2014 school leaders at the assembly on Monday 9th December.
Curriculum Update – Life Education Van It has been wonderful to have Kathy and the Life Education Van in our school over the past week. Following is an
overview of the concepts which were covered:
Foundation (Year Prep) focused on “Harold’s Surprise” that covers:
seeking help from trusted adults
benefits of physical activity
identifying safe and unsafe behaviours and environments
Years 1 & 2 students focused on “Harold’s Heroes” that covers:
local environmental and health issues including pollution/passive smoking
issues around individual need for medicines and their safe use and storage
emergency (drug) procedures
safe and unsafe behaviours and environments
Meet (one of) Our New Scientists – “Scientists in Schools Partnership” I am extremely pleased to report that recently we applied to be part of the “Scientists in Schools” program where schools
are partnered with a scientist who will work with the children and staff to enhance science education throughout the
school. Our application was so successfully that not only were we partnered with one scientist; but two!
Glen Waverley Primary School 774 High Street Road, Glen Waverley 3150
The Kids Corner section of this fortnight’s newsletter has been written by Sanchna (4KB) and Akshala (1MB).
The girls wrote about how their respective families celebrated Diwali.
Diwali - Sanchna
On Sunday I celebrated Diwali. I celebrated with two of my family friends. My mum put candle lights
around the house before our friends came over. When my friends came we all went into the garage
because my mum, dad, uncle and aunty were talking too loud and we could not hear what we were
saying to each other. At four or five in the afternoon we went inside for a bit. Then my friends left and
that was the end of the celebrations.
Diwali - Akshala
On Tuesday my family went to a movie that is part of my religion. It is called Abraham in my
language that means, beginning. It was at Knox City. Lucky I like my religion movies. My family
didn’t have any tickets however we didn’t need some as we had a notice to scan. My dad always goes
to sleep at the movies but this time he didn’t. Most of the people came to celebrate Diwali because
they put the show on for Diwali. I didn’t sleep throughout the whole movie because I was wide awake
smiling cheerfully and gleefully. I understood the whole movie. It was interesting and a bit funny. The
movie took hours and maybe 2 and a half hours. My brother was a little greedy because he ate most of
the popcorn. I enjoyed the movie!
Diwali the 'Festival of lights' is one of the biggest and grandest festivals of India. The word Diwali means 'row of lamps'. It is one of the main festivals that falls under Hinduism. It's celebrated to commemorate the victory of good over the evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. The reason of celebration differs from region to region in India. The festival falls between mid- October and mid-November. During the period of time, everyone worships goddess Lakshmi and also many traditional activities are performed during the five day celebration. Diwali commemorates the return of Lord Rama, along with Sita and Lakshmana, from his 14-year-long exile and vanquishing the demon-king Ravana. In joyous celebration of the return of their king, the people of Ayodhya, the Capital of Rama, illuminated the kingdom with earthen diyas and by bursting firecrackers.
Information obtained from website:-
http://www.diwali-2013.com/p/about-diwali.html
Congratulations to the following students who received the Specialist Award for the month of October
Sportsperson of the Month: Jayden from 2CW
Chinese Language Achievement Award:
Darren from 3TA
Musician of the Month: Randiv from 1MB
Artist of the Month: Amasha from 4KB
31st October 2013 Term 4, Issue 16
Glen Waverley Primary School 774 High Street Road, Glen Waverley 3150
Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA)
Parent Information Session
On Monday the 25th of November, Glen Waverley Primary School is hosting a Cybersmart Outreach—Internet Safety
Awareness presentation. During the day, students from years 4 and 5 will attend a session that will inform them about making
safe choices online.
A presentation for parents is scheduled to begin at 7.00pm that evening and conclude by 8.30pm. It will be held in our school
hall. This presentation is provided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) as part of a national
program of cybersmart initiatives.
The Cybersmart Outreach—Internet Safety Awareness presentation covers a range of issues including:
the ways children use the internet and emerging technologies
potential risks for children online, such as cyberbullying, identity theft, inappropriate contact and exposure to inappropriate
content
tips to help children stay safe online.
The presentation is conducted by an ACMA Cybersmart trainer and is free of charge. Students will have brought home a notice
with further details of this event. It would be terrific if you could attend. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to
contact the school for more information. Further information can also be provided by visiting the following link
http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/whbts
Thank you to the students and parents who have already donated. Your generosity so far has been wonderful. Each year, Glen Waverley Primary School collects donations from our community (parents and staff). We then deliver these goods to the Food Bank in Glen Waverley, where they put together hampers for needy families. We are asking our wonderful community of parents and staff for donations for the food bank. We will be accepting donations from the 4th of November to the 12th of December. There will be a box located near the office for you to place your donations. Some ideas for donations are:
Tea Coffee Cereals Canned Soup Tinned Fruit Tinned Vegies
Tinned Ham Long Life Milk Pasta Rice Pasta Sauce Dry Biscuits
Noodles Little Puddings Christmas Bon Bons Tomato Paste Flour Jar Baby Food
Toothpaste Shampoo Tinned Spaghetti Baked Beans Soap Dried Fruit
Thank you for supporting this wonderful cause. What a great opportunity to teach our children about the importance of giving. If you require any further information please contact Natalie Doyle at the school.
Community Christmas Donations Salvation Army Food Bank – Glen Waverley