Term 1 Week 10 Thursday 4 April 2019

Phone: 9652 1237 Fax: 9652 2538 School Security: 1300 880 021

www.glenorie-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Email: glenorie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Upcoming Events

Date Event 5 April Silver/Gold/ Medallion assembly

8 April 9:30am Band item

12 April Easter Hat parade

12 April Last day of term 1

19 April Good Friday

22 April Easter Monday

25 April 3:00pm Glenorie ANZAC Service

29 April Staff Development Day

30 April Student first day Term 2

30 April School ANZAC service

Change of Classes Our growing community will allow us to have an additional class at Glenorie Public School. We expect to change classes from next MONDAY (8th April), ready for next term to begin smoothly. A note will be sent home today to explain this change. We need your support… change can be unsettling for everyone. We ask that you reassure your child and let him/her know that even if they have to go with a new teacher and different children from Monday, “that everything is going to be alright!” The teachers at Glenorie Public School are all professionals; please allow each teacher time to fully assess and plan according to your child’s needs. From my personal point of view, the teachers at Glenorie are outstanding, I would be happy for my own grandchildren to be taught by any of the teachers at this great school.

Changes to the Way We Communicate Thank you to all the parents that informed us of changes to their email address, ready for the electronic delivery of our school Bulletin. Next term the Bulletin will be sent to your email address starting on Thursday 9th May and every second week thereafter. Parents still wishing a hard copy can pick one up from the front office on even weeks of the term. If you do not receive the Bulletin on 9th May, please email the office at glenorie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

The Disco’s tonight! Order your ticket on FlexiSchools and print the ticket. Put on your dancing gear. Get a few dollars for a glow stick and get ready for a fantastic time at the disco tonight. Starts at 5:30pm in the hall.

School Photos and Uniforms

As you would be aware, yesterday our school had photographers taking individual, class and whole-school photos. Please note, the process does take approximately five weeks…please be patient.

To make payment for school photos after the photo day, you can either pay online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au (our code is X1096PSB40G or call their office on 9674 9824 and pay over the phone ($5 fee for phone payments).

I would like to thank most parents for ensuring students were dressed in full uniforms. In case you are unsure, our expectation is that ALL students wear full school uniforms each day (including school shoes and school hats). We ask that the only jewellery worn is sleepers or studs for ears and only necklaces/bracelets for religious or medical reasons. Our school has also had a fine reputation for high standards of dress; this year we intend to strengthen that reputation…thanks for your support.

Important Events

Please note the following dates/times for events occurring next week & beginning next term. We hope you can join us for some of them.

Event Date Times Comment

Easter

Fun Day

Fri 12

April

12pm Hat Parade

Egg Drop

Easter Raffle

Eggtravaganza

ANZAC

Day

Parade

Thurs 25

April

3pm School captains will

lead the march from

Woolies car park.

All students to wear

school uniform

ANZAC

School

ceremony

Tues 30

April

2pm Parents invited to

attend our K-6

Service.

Please send flowers

to school in the

morning

Galston

High

School

ANZAC

Service

Friday 3

May

10am Captains attending

with Mrs Pearce.

Cyber-safety tips Safe passwords Encourage your child to set passwords that are easy to remember but hard to guess. The best passwords mean something memorable to you, but wouldn’t be randomly guessed by others. Select passwords that are:

Long - the more characters your password has, the lower the probability that it can be randomly cracked.

Diverse – use a range of different characters including capital letters, numbers and special characters (like a $).

Road safety

It’s important to remind children, especially younger ones, of the need to be vigilant when out and about. Talk to your child about road safety and model good behaviour yourself. Do not cross Old Northern Road unless you are at the crossing. Consider doing the right thing.

We are very lucky to be able to use the Council car park next to the school, however you must be aware of the signs and park correctly. The Council have fined people before and may do so again soon. Double parking is a safety issue for all of our children. If you are just picking up or dropping off your child, could you please use Tecoma Drive or Old Northern Road. If you cannot find a park in the Council car park, please use Tecoma Drive or Old Northern Road.

I have also noticed: Cars parked in the permanent 'no stopping'

zone on the opposite side of ONR from the school, very close to the corner of Schwebel Lane;

Cars parked in the permanent 'no standing' zone on the school side of ONR;

Cars parked in the permanent bus zone on the opposite side of ONR at the pre-school end of your school;

A parent leaving the school, entering their car and driving it towards people at the traffic signals to cross the road, texting, in my clear view for the entire distance.

For lots of good safety reminders, Kidsafe NSW has an informative website with a number of free brochures and fact sheets on maintaining a safe environment for your child and teaching them about staying safe. They are also available in several community languages. www.kidsafensw.org

Daylight savings ends on Sunday 7 April

Daylight saving will end in New South Wales on Sunday 7 April 2019 at 3:00 am, when clocks will be put back one hour.

Animals at School We have had a number of parents concerned about dogs scaring our younger students. We ask that you please do not bring dogs onto the school property (mornings and afternoon). Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

New Enrolments If you know of new families moving into the Glenorie area, please encourage them to contact the school office for enrolment forms. Only students in our catchment area should seek enrolment. Parents enrolling students will need to present birth certificates, immunization records and proof of residence (eg a rates notice).

Keeping the ANZAC

Spirit Alive As is tradition each year, our school will be commemorating ANZAC. This year our school based service will be held at school on Tuesday 30th April, at 2:00pm after the holidays. As this will be the students’ first day back at school for term 2, we ask that the students bring flowers on the day in order for us to construct wreaths for our ceremony which will be held in the hall at 2:00pm. Parents are most welcome to attend. During the holidays on ANZAC day, 25th April, Glenorie students will march from Woolworths car park at 3:00pm in summer school uniform. The captains will take part in a reading and the placing of a wreath at the cenotaph.

K-6 Easter Fun Day We would like to sincerely thank all the families that have so far donated eggs and gifts for the Easter Raffle. Donations are still needed, if you have not done so already. Easter fun starts at 12pm with our hat parade on the last day of the term.

Gold/Silver/Maths Assembly Tomorrow we are hosting our Gold/ Silver/ Maths Assembly. Parents and friends are invited to this assembly, as we acknowledge the achievements and efforts of our students.

Term 1 finishes on Friday 12th April. Students return for Term 2

on Tuesday 30 April.

Become involved in your child’s education. Enjoy learning! Lyn Pearce Principal

Raffle drawn

Friday 12th April

Please donate:

Easter chocolate

Easter Soft toys

Easter art/craft

Baskets or gift bags Funds raised will

go to Stewart

House School

For parents wishing to pay after photo day they can go to our website www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and select the “Order 2019 Photos” button and enter the Glenorie school code: X1096PSB40G. OR Parents can call our office on 9674 9824 and we will take credit card payments over the phone. (Note – there is a processing fee of $5 for phone payments)

Easter Raffle and Egg Donations Please help us make our Easter hampers

– donations needed.

Raffle tickets are now on sale before school and at recess each day. Tickets are 50 cents each or 3 for $1.

A big thank you to Dural

Woolworths for their $50

donation towards raffle prizes

Chess Competition

Thank you to all students who participated in the first round of the Chess competition last week.

Those students who won their first round will be competing in the

second round which is to be held next week. The second round for

the juniors (Years 1-3) will be held on TUESDAY 9th

April in the

library at lunch, and the senior competition (Years 4-6) will take

place on WEDNESDAY 10th

April. A list of names of those in the

second round can be found on the library glass doors.

Any student who did not get through the first round is of course welcome to come and brush up

on their skills any Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the library.

Please return library books

Please note that ALL library books are due back next week before the holidays, and there will

be no borrowing of books next week. Thank you for your understanding.

Keep reading,

Mrs Cook

P & C News

Interrelate – Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 – Sex Education and Puberty Talks More information has been sent home today on a separate note – the evening has been open to other small

schools in our area. Please make your booking via Flexischools and we will see you on Monday 6th

May.

Canteen NO paper bags will be accepted as there are no issues with Flexischools - please continue to use Flexischools

and contact the P&C if you experience any further issues.

Recess and Lunch orders can only be ordered via Flexischools, by cut off time of 9:00am on Mondays and

Fridays.

Before commencing your canteen shift – please sign in at the office and then go directly to the canteen and the

coordinator for the day will get you started.

Our upcoming helpers are: (if you cannot make your shift please find another volunteer to swap with)

Friday 5/4/19 Monday 8/4/19

CO-ORDINATOR Karyn Stringer CO-ORDINATOR Amanda Truelove

CO-ORDONATOR Sam Muscat 9:30-12pm Tamara Batson

9:30am-10:30am Jo Dawson 9:30-12pm Christine Waterson

9:30-12pm Mary Abood 11:30-2:30pm Jodie de Bono

9:30 -12pm Christine Gillies

12pm-2pm Dale Young - Mum

12-2pm Dale Young

Working with Children Check Any new volunteer working in the school assisting the P&C, is required to complete a form at the office and

show 100 point identification check so please take your wallet with you.

Uniform Shop The Uniform shop operates Monday 9am to 10am AND Wednesday 9am to 10am.

Any orders placed on Flexischools can be collected at the uniform shop during operation hours or it will be

placed in the teacher’s pigeonhole to be hand delivered to your child. If the item is currently out of stock you

will be contacted and then the delivery will be made once stock has been replenished.

WINTER UNIFORM

We encourage all Kindy students (and new students to GPS) to purchase their winter uniform before the end of

term 1. You can visit the uniform shop in trading hours OR place a Flexischools order.

Students wear their winter uniform in Term 2 and Term 3 – there is no STRICT date students are to be wearing

their winter uniform, it is left to the discretion of the student and parent.

Commonwealth Bank School Banking Program Commonwealth Bank School Banking Program will continue in 2019 on Wednesday

mornings 9am to 9:25am. The rewards for 2019 are based on “Polar Savers”.

Parents need to open or use an existing “Youth Saver Account” for your child to be

involved.

COMPETITION TIME: During Term 1 if you make a deposit at the school banking

Window you will go into a raffle to win a Free Ice Block or Frozen Item from our school canteen. Raffle

will be drawn each Monday morning at assembly.

This week’s Lucky Winner – Jacinta Solomon

If you have any further questions please come to the school banking window and speak to Hayley or Olivia and

they can assist you.

OOSH News Please make your booking for April 2019 Vacation Care ASAP to assist with planning

Welcome to our NEW OOSH COORDINATOR Shannon McCarthy. He is dedicated to his new role and we ask

for patience as he learns the ropes. Please make Shannon your first point of call with any OOSH enquiry.

BILLING Issues: Please be patient and please do your bit so we can get the billing at OOSH back on track.

With recent changes to government requirements and with our software provider we have encountered some

issues.

If the bond is not paid your position at the OOSH will be revoked.

Please contact the OOSH on 9652 0074 if you have any question in relation to the OOSH program and

availabilities for your children to attend.

Please ensure if your child can not attend an OOSH session that you call and cancel so you are not charged for

the service, plus it gives other families the opportunity to use the service if required.

Bogan Bingo – 21st June

WE NEED YOUR HELP:

Firstly – keep this date free and get all your friends and come along for a fun night. It’s an adults-only night -

so get the babysitters organised and write the date in your diary!!

Secondly, we are seeking business sponsors for this event – If any school family would like some advertising

exposure please contact Dennise Williams.

Lastly, if any school family has any prizes they would like to donate for the bingo prizes and major raffle that

we will hold on the night please also contact Dennise Williams at glenoriepandc@gmail.com

First Aid Training Course On Thursday 27

th June from 9am–5pm CATCH Training (RTO 41007) will be running a First Aid course in the

school library for parents and educators. The courses being run simultaneously are HLTAID003 Provide First

Aid and HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting.

The cost will be $99 per person and places are limited. Tea/coffee will be provided however please BYO lunch

and snacks.

To book your place please email Kirsty Fantini – kirsty@earlyyearstraining.com.au and she can issue you with

further information.

Mother’s Day Stall - 9th

May In week 2 of term 2 the P&C Fundraising Team will be hosting the annual Mother’s Day stall. We will be

allowing parents to purchase vouchers for your children to spend at the stall valued at $6. Or students will be

able to bring their money to the stall. All gifts will be $6 each

Cross Country Cake Stall – 10th

May We ask all parents to bake or bring along a cake/slice or biscuits so we can sell it at our stall. “She Brews It”

coffee van will be at the school to serve hot drinks also.

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