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

Mission Statement

A view to the future

Diary Dates

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.

2 December 2015

3 December MLC Netball Incursion

4 December Kids Run Gembrook

7, 9, 10, 11, 14 December

Swimming SLC (cost: $100)

8 December Orientation Day Foundation 2016 9.15-12.30 Information Night & Sausage Sizzle 5.30-7pm for Foundation 2016 Transition to ESC (Grade 6)

9 December Wheels Day

10 December Christmas Concert (PFA sausage sizzle 5.30pm; concert 6pm)

15 December Reports home

16 December Graduation (grade 6)$30

17 December Big Day Out (Grade 6) (No cost) Class room parties-healthy nude food

18 December Last Day Term 4. Early pickup 1.30pm

29 January 2016

First Day Term 1 2016 (Friday grades 1-6)

4 February 2016

Foundation students start school

Vision: To provide every student with every opportunity to be the best they can be.

Value: Respect.

Notes that have gone home:

Graduation Evening (grade 6)

Graduation Menu choice (grade 6)

Big Day Out (grade 6)

2016 School Contributions

Kids Run Gembrook (whole school)

Swimming (SLC) Grades 4/5A & 6FE

All notices are available on the school website:

www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au

Last day for student banking

Thursday 10 December

There will be no student banking in

the last week of term 4

Please return all school library books

by Friday 11 December

Georgie (grade 6) & Jess (grade 5) set up their cupcake display at

the Enterprise market

SLC Swimming starts

on Monday 7 December

Don’t forget to

bring your bathers and towel

Class room parties

Thursday 17 December

Bring Healthy Nude Food All across counter financial transactions on

last day of school, Friday 18 December,

will close at 10am

A VIEW TO THE FUTURE

Kym’s comment

Dear families & friends Enterprise Market The Senior Learning Centre students showcased their financial learning most successfully through the Enterprise Market this week. The students had worked in teams to create small busi-nesses. Firstly, they worked together in teams to decide on a concept. Then they advertised widely and created business cards! The Enterprise Market was a great success with many businesses selling out! Well done again to our great Senior Learning Centre students- you all showed great team skills and persistence with your learning. Thank you to all the community for supporting this very important learning program.

Transition 2015-2016 Next week the year 6 students will go to their secondary col-lege for a day visit. This is an important step in their education. We wish them well. Our 2016 foundation students will contin-ue on their journey to school with a half day in the Junior Learning Centre next week. They have already had many days visiting the school. This year we have provided an intensive kinder to school transition program with kinder students vis-iting the school each week. The 2016 Foundation students will be here for their final transition visit on Tuesday 8 December. There will be a sausage sizzle for the 2016 Foundation students and their families next Tuesday 8 December at 5.30pm. The foundation buddies for next year will also be present. An in-formation session for foundation families will be held after the sausage sizzle. Students from all other grades are participating in a school based transition program visiting other learning centres and participating in activities with the other students and teachers. The in-school transition will continue until the end of the school year. School Council The last school council for 2015 was held last week. School Council has had a successful and busy year. Throughout the year School Council discussed and passed a number of motions in regard to finance, school policies and facilities. The school is in a sound financial state. A number of policies were drafted and reviewed and were published in the newsletter. The school is well resourced with outstanding facilities inside and

out. School Council manages the OSHC program which contin-ues to be successful and well used. I would like to thank the following council members for their commitment and contri-bution to our school this year: Ann Liston, Claire Coffen, Hay-ley Tregidga, Brad Whatman, Jessie Hutcheson, Dale Bigwood, Jo McCrohan, Mary Toogood, Jacqui McLean and President, Daniel Mc Coey. We will be holding elections for School Coun-cil early in 2016. School Review and Strategic Plan 2015 has been a year of review for the school. All aspects of the school have been audited and discussed by various school teams. Now that the school has had the review day the next step is to develop a Strategic Plan for 2016-2019. This plan will describe programs and actions to be implement-ed to improve the school facilities, programs and achieve-ments. Each year the school will develop an Annual Implemen-tation Plan. These documents are developed by the teaching team after consideration of various data sets and input from various members of the school community. The School Council discusses and ratifies these documents. The Department of Education and Training monitors the development of these documents and requires all schools to undertake these actions. This years’ review showed that the school is in a sound finan-cial position, has outstanding facilities and resources, sound management practices, all curriculum documents are as they should be and the students are making excellent progress with their learning. PFA Team Thank you to the 2015 team! They have been a fantastic team. Their mission is to raise money and build community. They have held many events, raised money for the school and have had a number of events for our community. The Trivia Night was a highlight! Funds raised through PFA events this year have contributed to more ipads in the classrooms. Thank you to Presidents – Rachael and Tracey and team mates – Fiona, Sylvia, Justine, Tanya, Sarah and Dana. Christmas Concert The Christmas Concert will be held on Thursday 10 December. The PFA will provide a sausage sizzle starting at 5:30pm . The concert will begin at 6:00 pm Kids Run Gembrook This Friday after assembly all students will participate in a fun run. If you are able to assist on the day please contact the office. Students are encouraged to get family and friends to sponsor them and to be there on the day to cheer them along. A note was sent home two weeks ago and is available on the school website: www.gembrookps.vic.edu.au Have a great week.

Kym

Principal

Friday 4 December

Volunteers are needed to run stations on the day

A notice and sponsorship form has been sent home

Start: 9.30am (straight after assembly)

Last lap starting: 10.40am

Finish 11.00am

Foundation-Grade 2: Will do laps of the school property (on school grounds)

Grades 3-6: Will walk/run laps of the Gembrook Rd / Station St Block

December

6 Mitchell A

Mia H

7 Liam W

Chaplain Update Hey everyone, This week was my 1st experience of GPS's Enterprise Market & I was blown away. I literally emptied my piggy bank (which was roughly $20 in silver) & thoroughly enjoyed spending every cent. Amongst my purchases I bought 3 bargain board games (which will go towards BGT - Board Games Tuesdays), a cupcake I almost felt too guilty too eat as it looked like art, a delicious slice, a di-vine brownie, a Hawaiian pizza, a blue heaven milkshake and to top it off I had so much fun making my very own pet rock which I have named Johnicle (a nickname one of the Year 6's Blake created for me earlier this year). And talking about Blake, congrat-ulations on taking a few for the team yesterday with the water bombs. I lost count at seven. He'll know what I mean by that. I have to mention what a great team (student, teacher & parent) effort it was to pull off something that provides such a great expe-rience for the Grade 5's & 6's. And once again I have to use the word FUN for the community. It was great seeing jumping castles, bobbing for apples, pony rides, face painting and much more delicious foods and drinks. I also want to take this time to thank a generous GPS Mum who donated a whole heap of Woolworths Dinosaur cards to me. Just yesterday I once again brought huge smiles to 3 children's faces as I gave them the ONE missing card from their collection. If you have any Woolworths dinosaur cards available so I can help put these smiles on children's faces, please drop them off at the front desk. I am available to support members of the school community. If you would like to know more about the Chaplaincy Program or would like your child to have an appointment with me to discuss any issues, please contact the school office. Kind Regards, John Chambers Chaplain

Wear

Christmas

Colours

2016

Foundation & Grade 6

Buddy

Barbeque Free Sausage Sizzle &

Transition Information Session

Tuesday 8 December

5:30pm

Come and meet your child’s buddy for

next year

Pink Panther

Harper

Charlee T

Rhyce G

Chloe D

Giorgia G

Callum B

William D

Mitch A

Batmobile

Ashley B

Bregje

Angus I

Jett W

Jeremy M

Sam G

Will B

Megan I

Fun

Fitness

Sustainability

Team work

Environment

Community

FAMILY FUN FOR

EVERYONE

Great support &

commitment from

our teachers

Wonderful supportive

parents & families. We

couldn’t do it without you!

OSHC Activities for Term 4

Come and have fun with us and learn new skills in our Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program. All

students are welcome—come along and enjoy the activities and spend time making new friends. Collect an

OSHC enrolment pack from the school office or download an enrolment form from the school

website: www.gembrookps.vic.gov.au. Register with Centre Link for a child-care rebate

Come and join Tanya at Gembrook Kids Before School Care for breakfast and fun activities

Create exciting masterpieces with Jess in Gembrook Kids Art & Craft on Monday afternoons

Join Kaitlyn at Gembrook Kids Tuesday & Thursday After School Care for fun & games

Develop resilience, respect and fitness with Dylan at Gembrook Kids Martial Arts / Taekwondo on

Wednesday afternoons

Enjoy developing creative cooking skills with Tanya at Gembrook Kids Cooking on Friday

afternoons

New for Term 4

OSHC ART We have been looking at Aboriginal art from different places within Aus-

tralia from the past and present. Contemporary artist Ngarra inspired us

today. We painted using bleach. We explored aerial views of Gembrook and

the night sky, using pattern dots and line and drawing back over the top

with markers.

Jessie Irvin

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