OUR CHILDREN Granville east public school

Term 1- Week 10 Friday 5th April 2019

TERM 1 CALENDAR

K-2 Art Show Friday 5 April 2:30 in Hall

Learning Conversations K & 1/K

Monday & Thursday (8&11)

Celebration Assembly (& Gold Badge)

Friday 12 April

11:30

Last day of term Friday 12 April

First day of term 2

Tuesday 30 April

ANZAC service Tuesday 30 April

9am Hall

Term 1 2019 Last day—Friday 12 April

T2 starts Tuesday 30 April

GEPS

UNIFORM SHOP

Located in Room 5

Open: Every Friday

8:45am—9:15am

Christine Anu

What a day! What an experience! The audience was enthralled when Christine Anu came to sing and share her culture with us. We learned about the Torres Strait, her home language and some traditional instruments. We also sang, laughed and were thoroughly entertained. She truly is a national Treasure!

Special thanks to Janet and Ana for setting up for her and thank you to everyone who came along to support this wonderful event. “Eso”!

L Reynolds, Principal

In other news…

Our canteen has passed the NSW Healthy Canteen menu Check! Congratulations to

Shayma for working hard behind the scenes to ensure we offer a high percentage of “everyday” healthy foods. Shayma presented to the P&C and we have received our official certificate of compliance! Watch out for a new menu to come.

Learning Conversations have begun for Kindergarten and some Year 1 students. For those new to our school—Learning Conversations is our way of sharing, informing and reporting. It’s part of our GEPS-Connects strategy.

Why Learning Conversations? We believe that all members of our community are learners and that we learn best together.

What are they?

• a 3-way conversation (teacher – student – families);

• all voices are heard;

• half an hour, twice a year;

• focused on your child’s learning;

• includes personalised tips for help at home. Impact!

2019 World Autism Awareness Week "On World Autism Awareness Day, we speak out against discrimination, celebrate the diversity of our global community and strengthen our commitment to the full inclusion and participation of people with autism. Supporting

them to achieve their full potential is a vital part of our efforts to uphold the core promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: to leave no one behind."

Secretary-General António Guterres

Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition. It is characterised by differences in behaviour, social interaction, communication, special interests and sensory processing. These differences can present people on the autism spectrum with challenges in how they interact with their environment.

For more info visit https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/

https://youtu.be/dKCdV20zLMs

At GEPs we treat everyone with respect. We take pride in our diversity and we show courage in the face of stereotypes. Everyone is welcome here.

Students on Harmony Day

What’s happening in 1 Dharug The big idea for Stage 1 this term is having ‘Fun with Language’ and ‘Building understanding of number relationships’. Here’s and insight into what 1 Dharug have been learning…

Adding numbers in Mathematics

Gruffalo Excursion

Poetry writing in Literacy

Creating Aboriginal artworks during Art

Snippets of 5/6 Bennelong

This term, Stage 3 have been learning about

Natural Disasters as their Literacy topic. We

looked at a variety of text for example: Flood,

Drought and Fire by Jackie French. As well as

a variety of videos and facts sheets to

broaden our understanding of the text. Students observing their fellow classmate

sharing his favourite book as he reads

blurbs of the book every day.

Learning different spelling strategies and

incorporating those strategies effectively in

reading and writing.

A student writing sample about the literacy topic “Floods”.

Mrs Najah Achrakie

Mr Mohamed Nebhan

Mrs Fatma Idris

Miss Cherie Ann Goh

Indigenous Education team 2019

JELO – Study of other cultures

Next term our JELO program will include the study of Australia as a place as well as it Indigenous history.

Classroom Yarning Circles

Our 3-6 team have included yarning circles in their weekly lessons. A yarning circle is an important Aboriginal and Torre strait islander tradition and is something all students can engage in. Having yarning circles in classrooms provides a structure where students can have discussion in a safe, respectful way. We cover various topics in our discussions including current events, issues within the school and literacy topics. We value yarning circles as they are a place where trust and relationships are built.

Mrs Nicole Tainsh

Mrs Homaria Faghani

Mrs Amanda Delvecchio

Miss Amanda Singh

GEPS Reconciliation Action Plan

This term we have started to investigate the development of a Reconciliation Action plan. We believe in the importance of developing respectful relationships and meaningful opportunities where we can connect with Aboriginal and Torres strait islander people. Developing a plan will help us to move forward in our reconciliation journey.

Garden Yarning circle

One of our next whole school projects is to build an outdoor yarning circle in our garden area.

Aboriginal theme class library