19 November 2013

Principal’s Message

Stage 3 set off yesterday for 3 days of fun, challenge and excitement at the Sport and Recreation Camp in Berry. Although I hear the weather is not the best, everyone is having an enjoyable time. Thank you to the parents who ensured their child was at school, ready to board the bus for the 7.30am departure time. A couple of photographs from this morning’s canoeing activity appear below.

Diary Dates

November

18-20 Stage 3 Camp

December

9 Principal’s Awards

10 Year 6 Farewell

13 Celebration Of Learning

16 Movie Day—Dumaresq Street

18 Last Day For Students

NOTES GONE HOME:

Notes can be downloaded from this website:

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

Year 6 Farewell Dinner

The Next P & C Meeting: Monday 25 November, 2013, in the staff room at 9am

Newsletter

Last night the Field’s PSSA Presentation night was held at Ingleburn RSL. Unfortunately many of our students who received certificates were at camp. Glenfield was recognised as being the small school’s athletics champion for the third consecutive year. I. Ross and N. Hossein Noori accepted the shield on behalf of the school. Our other significant achievements are listed in the report from Miss Batros. Photographs from this event will appear in next week’s Broadcaster. The Kindergarten teachers are requesting toys to supplement a dwindling stock. If your children have outgrown any of the following items, the Kindergarten teachers would gladly receive them. They are in search of doll’s houses and dolls, toy tools and cooking utensils, cars, dress-up clothing, puzzles, Duplo and other construction material. We have had a few students wanting to discontinue attendance in scripture classes to attend non scripture, believing this to be more appealing. The school has a commitment to provide religious instruction to students who have a designated religion. I ask that parents discuss this with their children and that for the remaining few weeks, every student continues to remain in the scripture class they have attended throughout the year. I would like to thank in advance the scripture teachers who have devoted time every week to provide religious instruction for our students. During the month of December, classes throughout the school could be undertaking Christmas craft activities and singing festive songs leading up to the holiday season. There will not be any religious discussions taking place other than during scripture lessons on a Tuesday afternoon. If you require further information, please contact the class teacher. Enjoy the week ahead! T. Hagan

Chalk and Parent Direct Toy Catalogues

The Chalk and Parent Direct toy catalogues were sent home as a fundraiser for the school. If you would like to order, for delivery at home or to the school, please remember to list the name of our school so that we receive the benefits. Orders can be done online or fill out the application and bring it to the office by 22 November.

Weekly Achievement Awards

Term 4 2013 Week 6

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the assembly last week:

KC A Rajan, R.Singh, R.Rajendran, T.Joseph

KE A.Lewry, M.Suluka, A.Perkins-Toailoa, A.Chowdhury

K/1L R.Nirvor, H.Walker, L.Mirza, P.McDougall- Makepeace

1M C.Hawes, V.Silva, T.Mckay-Isaako, I.Tapre

1/2D N.Dogra, B.Hudson, J.Nguyen, R.Soni, T.Clarke

2P A.Zhang, T.Miandad, A.Johana, R.Kunnel, J.Kennedy-Johnstone

3M L.Rajendran, J.Johannes, M.Wenban, A.Thornton, S.Rahman

3/4B H.Pala, R.Dhir, P.Latu, C.Lever, T.John-Varu

4/5K C.Chiong, J.Osborne, P.Aiolupo, R. Woodward, C.Mauga, P.Jayaprakash

5/6C A.Campbell, Y.Lin, A.Fediakov, M. Rahman, N.Nurjaman, L.Parker

5/6E A.Koirala, J.Barnes Whiu, F.Quazi, K.Haynes, A.Zieba, P.Tan-Bautista

International Competitions and

Assessments for Schools

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the ICAS. All certificates will be handed out during the week. Congratulations to the following students for their results:

Computer Skills: Credit: K. Sharma, S. Rahman, A. Ayub, A. Li, S. Khan and P. Sharma.

Science: Credit: I. Ross, A. Ayub and A. Li. Distinction: S. Rahman.

Writing: Credit: P. Jayaprakash, A. Li and B. Mukker. Dis-tinction: K. Sharma, S. Rahman, E. Mathew and A. Luong.

HIGH Distinction: A. Ayub.

Spelling: Credit: K. Sharma, A. Ayub, A. Li, B. Mukker, A. Ross, A. Luong and P. Sharma. Distinction: S. Rahman, I. Ross and E. Mathew.

English: Credit: A. Chowdhury, K. Sharma, I. Ross, S. Khan and P. Sharma.

Mathematics: Credit: A. Chowdhury, J. Nguyen-Luong, R. Yousuf, R. Soni, K. Sharma, S. Rahman, A. Li, E. Mathew, B. Mukker and S. Hossain. Distinction: A. Luong.

K-2 Football Clinics

In weeks 2, 3 and 4 of this term all of the K-2 classes were lucky enough to be involved in 3 weeks of footy clinics run by the NRL development officers. Every Thursday each class spent 30 minutes learning the skills of football. They learnt about dodging, scoring tries, passing the ball and kicking a goal. They also learnt the importance of playing as a team. Each class had a great time and the feedback from students and teachers was very positive. I think we may even have some future football stars. Mrs Eccleston

Summer Gala Days

The Summer Gala Days finished on Friday. Congratula-tions to all teams. We had some fantastic results. Full re-ports for softball and tee-ball will be in next week’s news-letter. Congratulations to our winning teams: * Girls Softball * Girls Tee-ball Trophies and certificates were presented to these teams and the Senior B Netball team who won the winter compe-tition at the Fields Zone Presentation Night last night.

Miss Batros

OZTAG - Summer GALA Day 4 2013

On Friday 15 November 2013 our OzTag sides competed in the final Fields Zone OzTag gala day competition. The day turned out to be very productive for both teams.

There were some amazing tries and brilliant tagging from many players. It is very satisfying to see the improvements made throughout the year. Both teams won the majority of their games and we are certainly are strong opponents. Mrs Tehliwec was the chief statistician this year and most ably supported by Aaron.

The winning teams for OzTag at Kayess Park: Juniors 1st Curran white and Macquarie Fields Green 3rd Glenfield

Seniors 1st Macquarie Fields green 2nd Glenfield

Thanks for a great season everyone! Congratulations to the winning teams and every student for participating. They all did really well.

Kylie Stephenson

OzTag Convener

OZTAG RESULTS GALA DAY 4:

JUNIORS: Game 1: Glenfield 2 Curran White 1 Game 2: Glenfield 0 Campfld Maroon 1 Game 3: Glenfield 1 Macq Fields Green 3 Game 4: Glenfield 4 Curran Maroon 1 Game 4: Glenfield 3 Campfld White 2 Game 5: Glenfield 3 Sarah Redfern 0

Standout players: R. Rahman / C. Artsivourtsis D. Howard / T. Fediakov

SENIORS: Game 1:Glenfield 3 Curran White 2 Game 2:Glenfield 1 Campfld Maroon 0 Game 3:Glenfield 2 Macq Fields Green 3 Game 4:Glenfield 6 Curran Maroon 0 Game 4:Glenfield 4 Cambfld White 1 Game 5:Glenfield 2 Sarah Redfern 0

Mr Eccleston Oztag ‘supercoach’ 2013

Fields Zone Presentation Night

The Fields Zone Presentation Night was held last night. Any student who made a Fields Zone team and went to the SSW Regional Carnival received a certificate. We also received the trophy for being the small schools Athletics Carnival champions. Students who weren’t able to attend will receive their certificates at school.

Miss Batros