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Thursday 22nd March, 2018 Issue 7 Principal - Kris White [email protected] @GlengalaPS Glengala Gazette Glengala Primary School Dates to remember Friday 23rd March Ride2School Day Interschool Sports 5/6 Away Game vs Mother of God Monday 26th March World Ausm Awareness Week Wednesday 28th March Easter Raffle ckets due back Easter Raffle Drawn Thursday 29th March 9am School Council Meeng Friday 29th March End of Term 1 1:40pm Early Finish Thursday 19th April Whole School Photos Harmony Day It was fantastic to see so many students in cultural dress or in orange yesterday to celebrate Harmony Day; a day when Australians celebrate our cultural diversity. The day is also the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. To support this, we spent the day working in multi -age groupings completing various activities aimed at celebrating and embracing our diversity. Our annual shared lunch was also a huge hit with many yummy plates of food coming in throughout the morning and many parents joining us for the feast. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our day either in national dress, bringing some cultural food or enjoying the buddy activities held. I’m already looking forward to our 2019 celebrations! Easter Raffle Thank you to everyone who have returned their sold raffle tickets. We have additional books to be sold if you would like. Please remember there are prizes for the top 3 families who sell the most raffle tickets. The Easter Raffle will be drawn next Wednesday morning. All ticket stubs and money must be returned by 9am Wednesday 28 th of March for inclusion in the draw. Earth Hour This Saturday 24th of March from 8:30pm – 9:30pm is Earth Hour; all homes and businesses are asked to turn off their power/lights for the hour. Earth Hour is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet, and is organised by WWF. Engaging a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues, Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide. Visit earthhour.org.au for more information. School Tours & Enrolments Tours of our wonderful school for families interested in enrolling their child in 2019 have already begun. If you would like a tour, have friends or neighbours who would like a tour please contact the school to book a place. If you have a child due to start in 2019 please complete your enrolment and drop it off at the front office. Should you know of a child due to start school in 2019 please remind their parents to hand in their enrolment forms too. End of Term – Thursday 29 th March—1.40pm It’s hard to believe but next Thursday 29 th March is the last day of Term 1! At the end of Term 1, 2 and 3 we finish school an hour earlier than usual. With our recess break finishing at 2.15pm our students will actually finish school for the term at 1.40pm. Please ensure that arrangements have been made for your children to be collected early on this day or booked into Kelly Club for After School Care. If you have questions, feedback or are experiencing any difficulties please don’t hesitate to contact either Sam or myself via phone, sending us an email or come and have a chat. Kris White Principal [email protected]
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Thursday 22nd March, 2018 Issue 7
Principal - Kris White [email protected]
@GlengalaPS
Glengala Gazette
Glengala Primary School
Dates to remember
Friday 23rd March Ride2School Day
Interschool Sports 5/6
Away Game vs Mother of God
Monday 26th March World Autism Awareness
Week
Wednesday 28th March Easter Raffle tickets due back
Easter Raffle Drawn
Thursday 29th March 9am School Council Meeting
Friday 29th March
End of Term 1 1:40pm Early Finish
Thursday 19th April
Whole School Photos
Harmony Day
It was fantastic to see so many students in cultural dress or in
orange yesterday to celebrate Harmony Day; a day when
Australians celebrate our cultural diversity. The day is also the
United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination. To support this, we spent the day working in multi
-age groupings completing various activities aimed at celebrating
and embracing our diversity. Our annual shared lunch was also a
huge hit with many yummy plates of food coming in throughout
the morning and many parents joining us for the feast. Thank you
to everyone who contributed to our day either in national dress,
bringing some cultural food or enjoying the buddy activities held.
I’m already looking forward to our 2019 celebrations!
Easter Raffle Thank you to everyone who have returned their sold raffle tickets. We have additional books to be sold if you would like. Please remember there are prizes for the top 3 families who sell the most raffle tickets. The Easter Raffle will be drawn next Wednesday morning. All ticket stubs and money must be returned by 9am Wednesday 28th of March for inclusion in the draw. Earth Hour This Saturday 24th of March from 8:30pm – 9:30pm is Earth Hour; all homes and businesses are asked to turn off their power/lights for the hour. Earth Hour is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet, and is organised by WWF. Engaging a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues, Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide. Visit earthhour.org.au for more information. School Tours & Enrolments
Tours of our wonderful school for families interested in enrolling their child in 2019 have already begun. If you would like a tour, have friends or neighbours who would like a tour please contact the school to book a place. If you have a child due to start in 2019 please complete your enrolment and drop it off at the front office. Should you know of a child due to start school in 2019 please remind their parents to hand in their enrolment forms too. End of Term – Thursday 29th March—1.40pm It’s hard to believe but next Thursday 29th March is the last day of Term 1! At the end of Term 1, 2 and 3 we finish school an hour earlier than usual. With our recess break finishing at 2.15pm our students will actually finish school for the term at 1.40pm. Please ensure that arrangements have been made for your children to be collected early on this day or booked into Kelly Club for After School Care. If you have questions, feedback or are experiencing any difficulties please don’t hesitate to contact either Sam or myself via phone, sending us an email or come and have a chat.
Kris White Principal
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National Day of Action (NDA)
To celebrate Australia’s National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence last Friday, Glengala Primary School held some spe-cial classes and activities for the students. The National Day of Action is a positive day of action, bringing school communities to-gether to help find workable solutions that address bullying and violence. The Foundation students watched a story about Llama Llama and the Bully Goat. We played charades - acting out and guessing different emotions – and made a poster of how we can be a good friend. The Year 1/2 students watched Allen’s Adventures about an alien visiting Earth who is taught how to be a good friend by his classmates. We played charades - acting out and guessing different emotions. We also acted out situations of what to do it some-one is being mean. The Year 3-6 students watched a video about what bullying is and what we can do if we are being bullied. We talked about differ-ent types of bullying, like physical, verbal and social. We also did a group role play for our class about bullying, and made posters protesting bullying. Everyone got a band to wear to remind us to take a stand together and say: “Bullying, No Way!” Laura Esson (Psychologist) and Kirsty Kelly (Speech Pathologist) Allied Health Team
Bee Three Achievers
RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY
Name Value House Act
Ashley Williams Responsibility Blue Taking ownership of his own learning and challenging himself in
the Arts
Zephaniah Tuulakitau Respect Red Always ready in class and encourages others to be ready
Eden Quach Responsibility, Safety Blue Finding a yard duty teacher and telling them that his friend had
been hurt.
Malachi Samuel Safety Green Walking on the left hand side down the corridor.
Kaide Sanders Safety Red Walking on the left hand side down the corridor.
Acsa Williams Responsibility Blue Up holding the school values
Glengala Primary School is excited to be running
a FREE breakfast program in 2018! All students
are welcome to come down for breakfast
Monday—Friday
from 8.30am onwards.
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Student Learning
Space In recognition of
Diamond Akurangi Foundation Always being on task and demonstrating leadership skills.
Maiz Jumma Foundation Being responsible within the learning space and keeping the classroom
neat and tidy. Thank you Maiz!
Hassan Al Majedy Foundation Making good choices, trying his best and never giving up.
Amazing work Hassan!
Rozanna Roberts 1/2 Great effort with sounding out in her reading group.
Ayaan Cheema 1/2 Consistently demonstrating Glengala’s values of
Ready, Respect and Safety in DigiTech!
Fajur Dib 1/2 Consistently demonstrating Glengala’s values of,
Ready, Respect and Safety in DigiTech!
Ashley Williams 3/4 Demonstrating perseverance and resilience when working in DigiTech!
Leah Dyer 5/6 For always trying her best in The Arts.
Keep up the good work Leah!
Jeremiah Montgomery 1/2 Doing his best and working on task in DigiTech!
Enjoy Vi 3/4 Consistently demonstrating Glengala’s values and helping other
classmates in DigiTech!
Acsa Williams 3/4 Being a role model for other students, while working collaboratively in
The Arts
Umut Kaygusuz 1/2 Demonstrating positive choices in The Arts, which has improved his
learning.
