June 7, 2012

GLENDENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL 135 Armitage Drive

GLENDENNING, NSW 2761.

Phone

02 9832 8555

Fax

02 9832 8724

Email

glendennin-p.school @det.nsw.edu.au

Website

www.glendennin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Before & After School Care

0414 811 196

P&C Association

Meets 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm. All parents are invited to attend.

Office Hours:

Monday—Friday

8.30am to 3.15pm

Dear parents, Queen’s Birthday Holiday—The media is ‘alive’ with articles covering Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee cele-brations. Next Monday Australians will celebrate the Queen’s Birthday holiday. Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday. Plumpton Education Community (PEC) Confer-ence. Just a reminder that school will be closed on Tues-day and Wednesday whilst all staff are undertaking profes-sional development to keep their awareness of new skills and techniques as current as possible. We thank all par-ents and families for making alternative arrangements for your children on these two days. Students from Kindergarten to Year 6 are due to return to school on Thursday. Current Research on Rewarding Students. Printed alongside, from the Telegraph newspaper is an article out-lining some current research findings from the Australian Catholic University. As a school, we are always interested in hearing what research has to offer us in advising parents and devising the best possible programs for students. For some time now the topic of ‘rewards’ for students has been a controversial one. Questions about whether or not: all students should receive awards so they all feel

valued as opposed to only giving awards to those who deserve them;

giving awards to students for simply doing what they should be doing;

making a ’big deal’ of giving awards to students who normally don’t get them;

giving verbal praise as opposed to awards or med-als;

we should have a ‘Gotcha’ award system where stu-dents who are seen doing the right thing get awards; and

the types of awards eg ‘funny money’ compared to praise

are just some of the questions we need to answer. Most importantly, we are constantly trying to be consistent with all students and that is a very difficult thing to achieve. Perhaps you have some views about how the award sys-tem should operate. If you do and if you would be willing to share them, please email them to the school account. For the subject line, please type ’Attention Miss Foley or Mrs Osborne.’ Hope the weekend has lots of fine weather for everyone! Doug Meaney Principal

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COMING EVENTS

S C H O O L P R O C E D U R E S & R E M I N D E R S

MESSAGES REGARDING LATE COLLECTION OF STUDENT Please phone before 2.30pm with any messages if you will be late picking up your child. SCHOOL CANTEEN The canteen operates on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday each week. Any payments or orders for the canteen should be taken directly to the canteen. LUNCHES If parents need to bring lunches to school after 9am, 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.

PBL UPDATE The value of the week is ‘I am respectful’ and it is at the heart of all social interactions. Within the Glendenning Public School community; staff, students and parents alike endeavour to uphold this common belief. Respect is expressed not only in what we say, but more importantly, through our actions as well. ‘I am re-spectful’ is a value that is evident throughout our school; students using their manners to simply say ‘please’ and ‘thankyou’ when asking for something, staff promoting respect through patient actions and words, and parents invaluable role as teachers of this value. ‘I am respectful’ gives everyone the same opportunity to feel successful, valued and positive about them-selves, irrespective of age or gender.   

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING COLLECTION Glendenning Public School is holding another clothing drive for Stewart House.

If you have any good, clean, wearable clothing at home which you would like to donate to Stewart House please put them in the bag provided or any other plastic bag will do.

Stewart House bags are to be left in the Admin Office foyer.

The final date for all clothing bags to be returned is Wednesday, June 20, 2012.

Thank you for your support.

Tuesday Wednesday

June 12 June 13

School Development Days NO SCHOOL

Thursday June 14 OLYMPATHON

Monday June 25 School Camps begin for Years 3-6

Growing and Learning Together

Perfect Attendance Awards—Term 2—Weeks 1-5 Congratulations to the following students who attended school punctually each day during the first five weeks of Term 2. Keep up the good work! KD—Germainh Doan, Pavaki Malhotra, Amber Pearce, Jhai Guttenbeil KM—Azrin Hoque, Zaara Hoque, Shanayd Paris, Sophie Saraceno, Jayden Bush KR—Majellia Faner, Talia Mathews, Kaitlin Oconer, Elizabeth Sale, Rhys Gibson, Dayainder Wirring, Mohamed Ali Zraika KS—Tamika Das, Ella Jackson, Ganak Barua K/1E—Kielle Murillo, Jeyda Yilmaz, Cooper Carrington, Tyreese Garcia, Ava Kember, Chloe McLean, Rida Nasir, Iqra Razzak, Hayden Mackay, Jacob Nicholls-Kent 1S—Kayla Coss, Samantha New, Latisha Woodhurst, Yasmine Russell, Jydon Arenas, Kaiden Grimes, Shahzad, Memphic-James Stevenson 1W—No perfect attendance awards 1/2A—Sharan Sidhu, Charlotte Sunderland, Dilan Aguru Kankanamge, Joshua Murillo, Matthew Noble, Anneliese Eves, Daniel Flaxman, Mahir Vaya 2F—Alisha Gatt, Mikayla Paris, Samuel Dixon, Braydon Phillpot 2K—Abinas Birdi, Alana Cassar, Annalise Cassar, Jannah Gonzales, Jayden Miller 3G—Kristina Gaundar, Sadaf Gorjei, Tanisha Wise, Colin Lu, Sarfraz Rana, Harry Singh, Dayton Wood-hurst 3L—Jacinta Bell, Mantajvir, Payaal Lal, Austin Hunter, Kiso Piilua, Brayden Plackett Collenette 3/4S—Sana Ahmad, Bianca Cassar, Krishna Cereno, Ayesha Chaudhary, Tameka Mathews, Saanya Singh, Jordan Miller, Rana Singh, Aodhan Staunton, Ellie Coss, Sarah Monteverde, 4F—Casey Burton, Twinkle Chopra, Shantelle Garcia, Euan Clark, Kodi Fox, Jibril Mohammed, Emran Shevket 4R—Andrhea Alabe, Tara Aquilina, Sarah Bolehala, Ahilya Chandel, Tia Couzins, Mariam Jalloh, Navjot Jaura, Murtaza Hussain, Alki Tigkas 4/5K—Shriya Chand, Ashley Gaundar, Jalib Ansari, Yasif Farook, Warrisul Razzak, Zaldy Thalib, Rhalize Cereno, Khushnoor Dhot, Brooke Windle, Zachary Chandler, Cooper Clothier, Ryan Flaxman, Arsalan Nasir 5S—Johanna Gonzales, Komal Gupta, Ashtar Henneken, Amisha Kumar, Ryan Brookes, Gavin Moodley, Kavin Nand, Dhanush Prasad, Jakob Sale, Stelio Tigkas 5/6C—Tisaranee Dissanayake, Natasha Ingal, Haylee Jeffery, Xavier Guttenbeil, Yuvraj Sharma, Genaika Elbambo, Tiana Gatt, Kira Rusby, Nau Manuhaapai, Brody Martin, Kaylen Miller, Jake Reynolds 6A—Raashi Barua, Yasemin Gardner, Fizzah Hussain, Lovleen Kaur, Sonali Singh, Jessica Szakacs, Sidney Walde, Amirah Zraika, Joshua Cassar, Brayden Hansraj, Leandro Igna, Marlo Igna, Sarbjot Sadeora, Da-mien Sherpa, Zach Thalib 6H— Megan Galea, Christy Lee, Jacinda Sale, Chantelle Todd, Jaycob Fowler, Tarell Guttenbeil, Dylan Martin, Jerrold Tamayo

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PSSA RESULTS Winter PSSA finally began on Friday 1 June, 2012. Congratulations to the players who re-ceived awards. Well done to all the teams for their efforts.  

For further information visit Blacktown PSSA website at: http://www.blacktownpssa.webs.com/indexw.htm The table below shows the venues for each Winter sport. Teams leave Glendenning at approximately 10.30am. Games begin at approximately 11am.  

Sport Played Result Player of the Match Most improved / encouragement

Rugby League Jnr Marayong Won 18-16 Sunia Turuva Sam Pinomi

Rugby League Snr Marayong Lost 36-0 Kaylen Miller Elijah Mackey Oz Tag Jnr Shelby Lost 3-8 Joshua Taylor Chloe Ryan Oz Tag Snr Shelby Lost 3 – 7 Lovleen Kaur Mariama Mara Jata Soccer Jnr Walters Rd lost 10-0 Zaldy Thalib Eshan Khaliqi Soccer Snr Walters Rd lost 4-1 Najeeb Farooqi Dylan Reeves

Netball Jnr Blacktown West  WON 11‐4 Crystal Rose Marsh  Andrhea Alabe. 

Netball Snr Blacktown West  lost 9‐5 Ayla Jakob  Jessica Szakacs

Sport Venue Address

Rugby League

Jack Myers Fields Aliberti Road, Blacktown

Netball International Peace Park

Entry to main car park is off Boyd St, Seven Hills West

Oz Tag Marayong Oval Davis Rd, Marayong (off Richmond Rd)

Soccer Morgan Power Reserve Vardy's Rd, Kings Langely

Growing and Learning Together

Glendenning

Olympathon

14 June 2012

All parents are invited to join in our Olympathon!

The program for the day is as follows:

9.15am Classroom activities to learn more about the different countries participating in the Olympic games. 11.15am Lunch 11.55am Opening ceremony and parade of countries. 12.10pm The games begin! Students will participate in various games and sports. 2.50pm Students return to class and prepare for home.

We appreciate the support given by families with this event!

           Monday Assembly Awards Term 2 – 2012

Awards for Student of the Week and Rule of the Week earned during Week 3     of Term 2 – 2012

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Student of the Week Awarded for: Value of the Week – Safe

KR Kaitlin OConer An improved effort during wri ng. Mohamed Ali Zraika

KS Kobi Blandford Enthusias c  par cipa on  during  our  excursion  to 

the farm

Charlie Mather

KM Emileeh Fox Doing a fantas c job in spelling unfamiliar words. Samarvir Brar

KD Anika Rahman Enthusias cally  par cipa ng  in  discussions  during  the  Farm 

excursion. Ahmad Quayom Zada

K/1E Parleen Gill Enthusias c  par cipa on  during  our  excursion  to  Rida Nasir

1S Mason Love Being a fantas c listener. Yasmine Zayat

1W Riya Sharma Se ling in well at Glendenning. Joey Cane

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Charlo e Vanderlinde Fantas c results in her weekly spelling test. Anneliese Eves

2F Mukhtar Qayom Zada Showing enthusiasm at the Stage 1 excursion. Ilaisaane Kava

2K Lara Beringer Using her ‘have‐ago’ sheet when wri ng. Mathew Krishn

3G Sadaf Gorjei Excellent exposi on wri ng Brock Herod

3L Kiso Piilua For  great  effort  and  enthusiasm  during maths  les‐ Tamina Abawi

3/4S Bradley Derbyshire Using mental strategies to convert measurements Brianna Knight

4F Shreya Bhasker Excellent ‘teacher’ skills when assis ng Kindergarten 

students with a science experiment.

Kody Sant

4R Crystal Rose Marsh Comple ng work to the best of her ability Ma hew Mosely

4/5K Isaac Gundi Using good presenta on skills during his speech. Rhalize Cereno

5S Baily Ralph A great effort with Division in Mathema cs Amisha Kumar

5/6C Yuvraj Sharma Great effort in maths, frac on Alana Farrell

6H Chloe Lee Whitehead Displaying great classroom ci zenship Tarell Gu enbeil

6A Fizzah Hussain Always showing enthusiasm towards learning! Zachary Thalib

Awards for Student of the Week and Rule of the Week earned during Week 4   of Term 2 – 2012

Clas Student of the Week Awarded for: Value  of  the  Week  –

KR Tahlesha Davis An improved effort in reading groups. Ryan Peters

KS Riliey Moss A great effort in the Science experiment Tamika Das

KM Sarah Aman Doing a great job in learning frac ons Jayden Bush

KD Pavaki Malhotra Great effort during wri ng tasks. Amelia Testore

K/1E Caelan Schepel Trying hard during wri ng tasks. Ava Kember

1S Riley Hardy A fantas c effort during wri ng tasks. Shahzad Rana

1W Lachlan Tindall Working hard in all areas. Joshua Mar n.

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Dilan Aguru Kankanamge A great effort in recount wri ng. Joshua Murillo

2F Mikayla Paris An excellent effort in handwri ng. Wahab Syed

2K Harpriya Ra an Trying hard when wri ng procedures. Yuvraj Thind

3G Kye Eldridge Improved effort during wri ng tasks Harry Singh

3L Lachlan Putland Great focus in all class ac vi es this week Paayal Lal

3/4S Rana Singh Excellent work with Pa erns and Algebra Ayesha Chaudhary

4F Nicholas Reeves Fantas c ‘real‐life’ drawing a empts. Gemuel Elbambo

4R Navjot Jaura Excellent spelling results Sarah Bolahala

4/5K Hamish Sami Great efforts during art discussions. Jessica Mackander

5S Olivia Stone An impressive a tude towards schoolwork Gavin Moodley

5/6C Sukhdeep Dhamon Great efforts during discussions about 3D objects Tiana Ga

6H Chantelle Todd Excellent work brainstorming ‘rainforest’ concepts Jason Nestoriadis

6A Sonali  Singh For always being an a en ve listener! Sarbjot Sadeora

 

 

Thank you to the P&C for your kind dona on to our playgroup. The P&C’s 

efforts and generosity  have helped buy some fantas c new toys, dress ups 

and a huge dolls’ house.  We are enjoying them so much and appreciate 

your hard work.  For anyone wishing to come along and join our playgroup 

we run Monday and Wednesday from 2pm to 3pm.       

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