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Gembrook Primary School

Diary Dates Term 1 & 2

Wednesday 27 March 2013

A view to the future

28 March Dress up Day—gold coin donation

Last day of Term 1 Early dismissal 2.30pm

15 April FIRST DAY OF TERM 2

23 April School Photos

25 April ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

7 May ADIDAS Fun Run

9-10 May Stringybark Lodge Camp (grade 2)

20-24 May Camp Woorabinda (grades 5/6)

22-24 May Camp Manyung (grades 3/4)

27-31 May Education Week

10 June PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Notes that have gone home: Stringybark Lodge Camp (grade 2)

Camp Manyung (grades 3-4)

Camp Woorabinda (grades 5-6)

Head lice

All notes that have gone home are available on the school website: http://www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au/

Last day of term 1 Thursday 28 March

Early dismissal at 2.30pm

Wishing all our friends

and families a happy and safe holiday

First day of term 2 Monday 15 April

Ride 2 School Day Well done to those students

who rode to school on Friday. It’s great to see so many active

students at our school.

Dress up day

Thursday 28 March

Last day of term

Come dressed

As

Your dream job

Gold coin donation

All proceeds to support Felistas

A VIEW TO THE FUTURE

Kym’s Comment

Angus & Connor take great leaps forward for Gem-brook Primary at the EDEC Athletics.

Dear Families and Friends

School Council 2013

The Annual Report to the Community for 2012 was presented to

School Council last week. The school community would like to

acknowledge and thank retiring members Craig Billing and Den-

ise Anile. Craig will continue to be part of school council through

the Buildings and Grounds team. The school community

acknowledges and thanks them for their contributions to School

Council. I would like to warmly welcome Brad Whatman, Pippa

Goodie, Hayley Stevens and Daniel McCoey to the 2013 Council.

Family Bush Dance The Family Dance was most successful. Thank you to the many families who were able to come along on the evening and join in with the fun. Thank you to Majella Burchill and Karen Strachen for their great organisation of this wonderful evening. Money raised from this evening and other fundraising activities this year will contribute to the installation of new playground equipment.

Many of you will have noticed the new seat at the front of the school. It is proving to be a popular spot at lunchtimes and after school for the bus travellers! The seat was purchased as part of a grant from the Bendigo Bank. Thank you to Scott Cunliffe for installing this seat.

Term 1 has certainly been a very exciting term for all at Gem-brook Primary School. It has been a fantastic start to the school year. In the classrooms the focus has been on literacy and nu-meracy. The preps have made a fabulous start to school and are already reading and writing! The student leaders, Captains, House Captains, Eco Warriors and SRC teams continue to be outstanding in their different roles around the school. Our school captains, Ella and Connor are truly wonderful at assem-

bly, at school events and around the school. There have been some outstanding personal achievements throughout the term by students and some of these were awarded with certificates at the weekly assemblies. Congratulations to all students. We are very proud of you. During the term there were many extra- cur-ricula activities including: Whole School production – Quest ; Family Movie Night;House Swimming Sports ; House Athletic sports; EDEC Sports Days; Family Bush Dance; Basketball workshops; Coastal Ambasadors; Bushdance incursion; Prep Family Night; Excel Music program; Lunchtime activities; Student leadership day; Produce Markets

Next term promises to be just as exciting. The teachers have been working together planning a fabulous array of learning challenges and activities. We will begin our Jellybeanz Music program. This program is a weekly instrumental music program for all students.

Responsibility for the produce markets will continue to be shared amongst the grades. This is a wonderful real life learning experience. Money from the market is used to purchase materials for the vegetable garden.

The SRC have organised a free dress day on Thursday to raise money for the Gembrook Primary School’s World Vision spon-sored child, Felistas. Please bring a gold coin donation. Dismissal time will be 2:30pm on Thursday 28 March and school will resume on Monday 15 April.

I wish everyone a safe and restful holiday.

Kym

We have enjoyed our first term as school captains. Both of us were nervous at our very first assem-bly but now it's much easier and very exciting. Well done to all the other students who have shared news and items at the weekly assemblies. This term has been busy with lots of events: The house athletics was hot, competitive and lots of fun. Congratulations to Kurth Kiln for

coming first.

Everyone had a great time at the swimming sports. Well done to everyone for having a go and joining in.

The movie night was lots of fun and loads of families enjoyed it. We enjoyed preparing for the Rock Ed performance which was held at EPAC last night. Every-

one had a great time The grade sixes are all enjoying spending time with their prep buddies and doing activities with

them. All the students this year are doing writers notebooks and everyone has completed their front

cover, the SLC have already started writing in them. Also, the SLC has a new inquiry unit about Australian history which will be great fun. Have a safe and happy holiday. Ella and Connor School Captains

IT’S COOL TO BE AT SCHOOL!

Term 1 has been amazing. We have had many

sport events such as the Swimming Carnival,

House Athletics, E.D.E.C athletics and swimming,

ZONE swimming, Basketball clinic and lots more.

At Gembrook we are a healthy school and do

sport with our new teacher Ms’ O’Neil on Tues-

day’s. A lot of the students here play sport at

recess and lunch like footy, cricket and basket-

ball. We are all looking forward to term 2 and

the sport events including Lightning Premiership

(3-6), H.P.V at Cardinia (5/6’s), Junior House

Athletics and heaps more. Congratulations to

Kurth Kiln who won house swimming AND sports!!

Also thank you to the house captains who assist

with all the sport events!

By Talisha 5/6F

House Captain

Wow its only the first term and we have al-

ready done so many sporting events like

swimming, EDEC swimming, zone swim-

ming, house athletics, EDEC athletics and

the basketball clinic. Our school is healthy

and fit because of our awesome sport teach-

er Mrs O’Neil who comes here every Tues-

day. We are looking forward to next term be-

cause we are doing even more sporting

events such as lightning premiership, HPV

and junior athletics. Congratulations to Kirth

Kiln for winning house athletics and swim-

ming.

Danielle

House Captain

This term in Eco Learning with Mrs O’Brien we have been making watering irrigation systems that slowly drip on to the plants through straw. The most AMAZING thing about this term in eco was the trip to Philip Island with Mrs O’Brien and some of the other Eco Warriors. Katie, Ro-nan, Jillian and I enjoyed our time at the nob-bies where we learnt all about wild and native animals and how they live, and what role the rangers play in maintaining the environment. Shaun J

Welcome to the 2013 Gembrook Primary School Council News. The 2013 school council team includes: DEECD Members: Jessie Hutcheson Tabitha O’Brien Taryn Smith Haley Stevens Kym Peterson Parent members include: Chris Bourne Karla Rutherford Anthony Hall Brad Whatman Samantha Alabaster Emily Hudson Daniel McCoey Pippa Goodie Angel Thomas who was elected School Council President for a second term. The Council Members introduced themselves and outlined their connection with the school. As there were new Council Members (including myself) this provided a great opportunity to meet everyone. Denise Anile was warmly thanked for her contribution as a Council Member. The AGM was held and school councillors volunteered for the various teams – Finance; Buildings and Grounds; Community Events and Education. The Annual Report was presented and discussed in detail, including the opportunity to review the NAPLAAN results. The following matters were discussed: After school care program Run Gembrook PFA activities 1 May curriculum day Rotary raffle Multi Reburbishment Whole school excursion to the zoo to learn about sustainability (to be held later in the year)

Brad Whatman – School Councillor

25 Nights Reading Congratulations to all those children who have

reached 25 nights of home reading. We are proud to pub-

lish your name in the newsletter when you achieve this reading milestone.

At 50 nights we applaud your success with a certificate

at our weekly assembly.

When you reach 100 nights, Mrs Peterson will invite you to

join her on a special visit to the park.

Happy reading everyone P/1H Katyn, Jessica, Lila, Brayden H,

Charlotte, Eric, Billy, James, Laura

3/4E Brodie

3/4S Abi, Konner, Callum

We are very proud

of you all!

Birthdays for this week!!

March

28 Estella

30 Laura McI

31 Alyssa M, Michael R

April

3 Emma B, Jett

4 Jacob McL

5 Bradley W

6 Paige

11 Kayla

13 Tyra & Erin S

14 Ben F

Name Reason Grade Teacher Bella M For being a kind and considerate friend in the classroom, well done Bella!! Prep 1/ B Miss Bowden

Billy You have been trying so hard with your reading! Keep it up Billy! Well done! Prep 1/H Miss Hutcheson

Bradley For great effort with your reading and writing. I just love your expression! Well done! :) 1/2S Mrs Smith

Emma A For putting in 100% with your Writer's Notebook. Great work, Emma! 2B Mrs Bigwood

William

You can always be relied on to do the right thing. You complete tasks to the best of your ability and are willing to challenge yourself. What an awesome learner you are, William! 3/4S Miss Stevens

Kayla

You are such an enthusiastic and creative student. Your commitment to learning the lyrics of "Beanstalk Walk" for our school production is commendable. Thank you Kayla! 3/4E Mrs Everett

Liam For your great commitment and enthusiasm during our EDEC athletics day! Well done Liam 5/6A Mrs Alsop

Maddy For demonstrating our value of RESPECT in everything you do. You have shown a great attitude towards your learning, well done! 5/6F Mr Fraser

Toby (P1B)

For being an active learner and looking after your partner in the lesson. You did a fantastic job! LOTE Mrs Itchikawa

Star of the Week

Mother Goose will resume in

Term 2

Gembrook Primary is participating in Woolies Earn & Learn. Sticker sheets

will be available from 8 April. Please collect stickers to earn great rewards

for the school.

Congratulations!!! Liam R earned a personal best in the

5km run at the Lilydale Lake fun run.

He finished 3rd in the U16s and 9th

overall out of a field of over 120.

Amazing effort for an 11yr old!

WOW!

Contact Details Please notify the school office if there are any changes to your contact details: email, mobile phone numbers, landlines, address, emergency contacts. It is essential for parents/carers to be easily con-tacted in case of illness / emergencies.

$5

Fitness Class for Parents

When: Wednesday morning 9.30-10.30

Thursday afternoon 3.45-4.45

Where: Gembrook Primary School multi

purpose room

Cost: $8 per session

What does it involve: a mixture of fat burning cardio

work, strength and toning work, core strength as well

as stretching and strengthening to enhance healthy

posture.

Qualified instructor: Certified in many fields of fit-

ness including advanced resistance training, person

training, group fitness, cycle and zumba. (And 1st aid,

of course)

Experience: 20 years gym, aerobics, group fitness,

personal training and 15 years fitness club owner / op-

erator.

How fit do you need to be: come as you are. I en-

courage everyone to work at a safe level for them-

selves and I will guide you all the way.

What to bring: a drink of water, wear runners, bring

a bath sized towel and….. yourself.!

Further enquiries:

Natasha, phone: 0412183329

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.

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic …...

Please return to your child’s teacher on their return to school

ABSENCE NOTE

Date/s of Absence

Students Name Grade

Reason for absence

Parent /Guardian Signature Date

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If you are interested please contact

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