50 Main Rd GEMBROOK 3783 Ph: 03 5968 1313 Fax: 03 5968 1548 email: gembrook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au

Gembrook Primary School

A view to the future

Diary Dates

14 August RAW Program (grade 6) (no cost)

14 August EDEC School Council Dinner @ ESC

18 August Recycling Information Workshop by Cardinia Council & SKM Recycling 12pm (Eco Warriors)

18-22 Aug GEMBook Week-program on page 4

20 August Family Science Night 6-7pm (whole school)

22 August Special Friends Day with 11.40am assembly

Gembrook Primary School is a welcoming and

respectful community that provides modern, flexible

learning spaces that support a personalised, engaging and

challenging learning program so that students will achieve

the social, emotional, academic and physical growth to

succeed in a global society.

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24 August Gembrook Market

2 September Produce Market

3 Sept School Council 7pm

3, 4, 5, Sept Father’s Day Stall

5 September Curriculum Day

6 September PFA Shopping Tour

8-12 Sept Forest Classroom (SLC)

11 Sept Girls Footy Day

16 Sept Footsteps Concert 6.30-7.30pm

18 Sept Footy Day

19 Sept Last day of Term 3 Early Pickup at 2.30pm

6 October First day of Term 4

Notes that have gone home OHSC Direct Debit (all families using OHSC) Y’s Girl (Grade 5) 100 Days of School (foundation) HPV-expression of interest (SLC) Forest Classroom expression of interest (SLC) Special Friends Day lunch sausage sizzle

order form (whole school) Swimming program (F-4) GemBOOK Week Program (whole school)

All notices are available on the school website: www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au

Head lice treatment demo! Michelle White will give an information session & demon-

stration about treatment and control of head lice after

school assembly on Friday 15 August. Come and have a

chat and a cuppa and get to the nitty gritty of this

ongoing issue.

EDEC girls

basketball team

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Kym’s comment

Dear families & friends

Eco warriors This week the eco warriors will participate in a workshop on Biodiversity provided by Greening Australia and Cardinia Shire. The students will do a survey and create a power point presen-tation. Gembrook Primary School is one of only eight schools selected for this project! We were considered for this project because we are one of 27 schools in the state with a five star sustainability rating. Sustainability is integrated into our daily practices and informs the school’s resource management. The teams of eco warriors in our school over recent years have promoted the responsible use of resources. Last week at as-sembly, our eco warriors reminded us to dispose of our waste thoughtfully. At school we compost, feed the chooks and have worm farms for green waste. Sustainability is one of the cross curriculum areas in the new national curriculum, AusVELS.

Japanese Day Japanese Day was a great celebration of our learning about Japanese culture and language. Many students dressed in red & white for the day and during the parade we were treated to a song from the grade 1 / 2 students. The sushi was enjoyed by everyone and the Kendo performance was excellent. Many thanks to our Japanese teacher, Meg Ichikawa, for all her hard work and preparation.

100 Night Readers Congratulations to our 100 night readers. A group of these 100 night readers enjoyed a play at the skate park last week to celebrate their achievement. Reading at home and at school is an important basis for further learning. Thank you for ensuring your child reads as often as possible. This is an essential part of the home/school partnership.

GEMBOOK WEEK August 18-22 A notice regarding our GemBOOK Week activities has been distributed to all families. The Book Fair will be open each day before and after school. Please read the program and come along to some of the activities planned for our school commu-nity. The week begins with a dress up parade at 9am on Mon-day; please dress up as your favourite book character. School assembly will be in the multi at 11.40. The MLC Choir will be performing.

GPS students

enter into the

spirit of Japanese

Day

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Kym’s Comment cont…….

Kym

Principal

100 Days of School Friday August 15 @ 2:15 On Friday afternoon we will celebrate 100 days of schooling for the Foundation Students. Parents have been invited to the Junior Learning Centre to join in some fun and games!

EDEC Basketball Once again our senior students were recognised for their great sportsmanship and respectful behaviour. Fantastic! Well done to all of the senior students who competed in a fun day of bas-ketball with students from the local schools. This is a valuable transition activity for these students who will begin secondary schooling in the next year or two. Thank you to our team of teachers and parents who were coaches and scorers for the games. Thank you to Sam Alabaster for organising the uni-forms.

Trainee Teachers The teaching team have the wonderful opportunity to have students who are training to be teachers work within their learning centres. This week we welcome – Josephine, Suzanne, Natalie, Helen and Tara to our school for a three week place-ment. We are fortunate to have these trainee teachers in our classrooms—our students gain much from having the extra teacher in the classroom.

Surveys It is an understatement to say this is the time of the year for surveys! At present we have two surveys on the go! Our school has a Parent Opinion Survey that closes tomorrow. Thank you to all those who have completed and returned their surveys. 100% return is required, so I would appreciate the last few please. Please send these to the office. The second survey is

on assessment and reporting. This has been emailed separately to families.

Car Raffle Thank you to the many families who were able to sell tickets for the Great Community Car Raffle. The school will receive a cheque for just over $1000 from Rotary later in the year from the sales of the tickets. Thank you everyone. The money raised from this event will be used for improving the school facilities. The buildings and grounds team and school council are looking at a piece of climbing playground equipment.

Outside School Hours Care Gembrook Primary School offers Before and After School Care

each day. A note regarding all the terrific activities was sent

home this week. There are some great activities offered to the

students at very affordable prices. All activities can be claimed

through the Child Care Benefit and Rebate Schemes which re-

duces the cost of the activities by half and in some instances

more than half. Please contact the school office for more de-

tails.

Enjoy your week!

Gembrook Primary School has a new and improved Facebook page - coordinated by parents and teach-ers from School Council. A page for family and friends of students to keep up to date with what's happening around the school.

School Assembly in GemBOOK Week

Friday 22 August will be at 11.40am. The

MLC choir will be performing. Come along

and show your support.

When: Saturday 6 September

Depart: Gembrook PS car park at 7.30am

Return: by 6.30pm

Cost: $60 person / children 16yrs and under $30

Cost includes coach travel, two course lunch, goodie bag with drinks and snacks for the

journey.

We will be visiting ten outlets on the day, including: womens & childrens clothing, beau-

ty / body products, women’s shoes, family books, jewellery, homewares and more. Tick-

ets on sale at school office next term.

Invite family and friends!

Save

the date!

Leawood Eucalypt Honey

For sale from school office

School Council Fundraiser

Delicious honey

$6 per 500g tub

Please note: Leawood can no longer

supply 1kg tubs of honey so price and

size have changed accordingly

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Contact Details

If you have updated your contact

details, please let the office know.

It is important the school is able to

easily contact you in case of an

emergency.

Student Representative Council

Competition

LOST

Tierney C has lost 2 new school jumpers

(green jackets) from JLC. Please check

your child’s jackets and make sure they

haven’t picked up another one by mistake.

Please make sure every article of your

child’s clothing is named. Unnamed and un-

claimed school clothing is sold in the 2nd

hand stall.

What’s been happening in Science

this week?

In the MLC students have been

using a Branching Key to classify

animals.

Star of the Week

Name Reason Grade Teacher Finnley You have been writing interesting sizzling starts Finn! Well done! FH Miss Hutcheson

Natalie You confidently modelled 3 digited numbers using unifix. Well done! F1T Mrs Tregidga

Isabella You show great persistence in independent reading, staying in one spot and reading all the time. What a star! 12D Mrs Bigwood

Georgia You have made great choices this week with your behaviour towards your work. Well Done, Georgia! 3/4H Mrs. Hudson

Amy You have been persistent all week and have worked extremely well. Great job Amy! 3H Mr Hevern

Tyler For your organisation with your planet research project. Great use of class time, well done! 56FE

Mrs Everett and Mr Fraser

Mahli For showing a mature, persistent and respectful attitude to all she does. Great work Mahli. 56A Mrs A

Jacob For your attention to detail with your Australian flag task. Super effort Jacob! 56FE Mrs Everett and Mr Fraser

Tayla F1T For constantly showing great manners and working hard. LOTE Meg Sensei

Malena (56A) For her great attitude towards learning Japanese. You are fantastic! LOTE Meg Sensei

Peter (F/1T) You knew that birds eat worms Peter. What a super scientist you are! Science Mrs Everett

Jessica M(3/4)

For your teamwork and organisational skills displayed during the plant and animal classification task. Super effort! Science Mr Fraser

Our vegetables gardens are full of healthy winter vegetables so Grade 5/6FE made soup last Friday. We picked herbs, silver beet, spring onions, bok choy and cabbage to make a hearty vegetable stock. We peeled, chopped and cooked the vegies and let them simmer with carrots, tomtoes and soup mix. The soup was perfect for a cold winter lunch time-hot and delicious!

Casual bookings

available

The official registration form for Before &

After School Care at Gembrook Primary is

available from the school office or can be

printed from the school website:

www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au (go to OSHC page)

This form must be filled in and returned to the

school office before your child/ren can begin

sessions.

NEW

Payment of Before & After School Fees

In order to simplify our account payment process, all accounts for Before & After School Care can be paid by direct debit from credit card or bank accounts from Monday 19 August 2014. This is the preferred payment option for the school. More information and forms are available from the school office.

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