Newsletter 26-2017 · students will be able to explore a variety of attractions ranging from...
Transcript of Newsletter 26-2017 · students will be able to explore a variety of attractions ranging from...
Newsletter 26-2017
Thursday 24th
August
This week saw two of our learning communities participate in
‘incursions’ related to this term’s overall theme of
I Am A PHYSICIST. Physics involves the study of
matter and its motion and behavior through space and time,
along with related concepts such as energy and force. The
main goal of physics is to understand how the universe
behaves.
Firstly, the 1/2s had a visit from Supreme Incursions. Students
were involved in a rotation of four activities; Designing a
Billy Cart, The Workshop, Building Billy Carts in small
groups and Driving a Billy Cart. They tailored our sessions to
suit our focus of Simple Machines, Force and Motion & Teamwork’.
The 5/6 Learning Community had a visit from a company called Craft Power where they had to build a wooden
plane with a battery-operated propeller. Their focus with inventions is on
electrical circuits so this
allowed them to put the
knowledge they have
gained into practice through
a fun and engaging activity.
Today the 5/6 Learning
Community headed off to
Legoland which offers
hands-on learning across
the curriculum, including
science, mathematics,
language, arts, technology,
and engineering design, while building and reinforcing collaboration,
communication, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills. The
students will be able to explore a variety of attractions ranging from ‘Miniland’, ‘4D Cinema’, ‘Merlin’s
Apprentice Ride’ and ‘Lego factory tour’ just to name a few.
The students participated in a 45 minute workshop titled ‘Merry-Go-Round’. A fun, hands-on way to get
students excited about engineering, design, and mathematics.
The 3/4s will be heading off to Latitude in coming weeks as their focus with inventions is on levers and
pulleys. The students will be looking at the use of levers and pulleys in adventure activities, specifically
locking pulleys. The students will participate in hosted activities to ensure safety. This excursion also links with
their previous topic of ‘Our Extraordinary Bodies’ where the students learnt about their bodies and how to stay
healthy.
I look forward to hearing about these excursions and seeing some photos that we will include in next week’s
newsletter.
Over the past week, some of our senior sport teams have participated in tournaments for both AFL and
basketball. I know they have put a lot of time into training and working on their skills and they certainly
proudly represented our school. Please see the report attached to this newsletter for the details. Well done to
all the teams!
Finally, a reminder about our Book Character Dress Up Day
on Monday 4th
September. Come along dressed as your
favourite book character and join us for a parade in the gym!
We look forward to seeing all the great costumes.
Remember - Every Day Counts! Have a good weekend!
Jo Money Principal
Glenroy Central’s Got Talent: Don’t forget the big day is on Thursday 31
st August at 2.20pm in the
gym.
We hope to see everyone come along and support those students who
made it through the auditions.
Don’t forget the Earn and Learn program at Woolworths. If you shop at Woolworths,
remember to collect your stickers and fill in your sticker sheets to send along to school. At
the end of the program, the school can trade in the stickers for some great prizes – the
more stickers we collect, the more prizes we get!
DIARY School Banking: Every Tuesday
Friday 25th
August: Healthy Lunch Day
Wednesday 30th
August: Fathers’ Day Stall
Thursday 31st August: Fathers’ Day Stall – left over items
Thursday 31st August: Glenroy’s Got Talent 2:20pm
Monday 4th
September: Character Dress Up Day
Library Book Launch Fiction and Picture Books will be available for students to borrow from
Monday 4 September. Books will be on loan to students for 14 days. Non
Fiction books will be
available for borrowing
later in the year.
In each Learning
Community a selection
of 2017 Children’s
Book of the Year,
Shortlisted and Highly Commended books have been
added to the collections.
Don’t forget to come as your favourite book character on
Monday 4 September. Perhaps we will see Harry Potter,
Matilda, the Cat in the Hat or Peter Pan at school.
Happy Reading
FATHERS’ DAY STALL WEDNESDAY 30
th AUGUST
THURSDAY 31st AUGUST (left over items)
Gifts for sale from $1.00 to $5.00 – lots of choices
FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS 2018 / KINDER ENROLMENTS 2018 Enrolments places are filling up quickly. If you have a child who will be starting school or kinder next year it
is really important to complete the enrolment forms to ensure your child has a placement at Glenroy Central PS
or Glenroy Central Kinder next year.