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.

16 December 2015

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 Foundation students start school (staggered entry-families have been notified of time)

9 February School swimming carnival (grades 3-6, cost: $18)

12 Feb Murrundindi will attend school assembly

15-19 Feb 3 way conferences

17 February Student Leadership day for school captains

23 Feb EDEC Swimming 12.30-3pm (selected students)

24 Feb School Council 7pm

2 March Foundation Family Night 6pm

4 March Family Sports Night (TBC)

8 March Futsal Incursion (no cost—whole school)

9-11 March Grade 5/6 City Camp (cost: TBC)

14 March Labour Day Public Holiday

16 March School Council AGM 7pm

17 March EDEC Athletics Grades 4-6

18-20 March HPV Wonthaggi (selected senior students)

22 March Whole school Rehearsal at ESC (all day) Circus Performance at 6pm Emerald Secondary

24 March Puffing Billy Whole School Incursion Last day of term 1. Early pickup at 2.30pm

25 March Good Friday

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

No student banking this week

Class room parties

Thursday 17 December

Bring Healthy Nude Food

There will be no financial transactions

at school on Friday.

Last day for any payments

Thursday 17 Dec

No lunch orders on

Friday 18 December

NB: EARLY DISMISSAL ON

FRIDAY, LAST DAY OF TERM

AT 1.30PM

Angus & Mitch hang out with

their buddies Liam & Campbell

at the Christmas Concert

A VIEW TO THE FUTURE

Kym’s comment

Dear families & friends Christmas Carols Thank you everyone for coming along and joining in the festivi-ties! It was a very happy evening and it was great to see so many families enjoying themselves! I was very proud and de-lighted with the way in which all our children performed so confidently and enthusiastically. Thank you to the PFA team for organising the Sausage Sizzle and to the many families who supported the Christmas raffle.

Classes 2016 The 2016 classes met this week and spent a session together. I am not sure who was more excited about the 2016 school year - the students or the teachers! This session is part of the intensive internal transition program we have at Gembrook. The 2016 school year promises to be an exciting year!

The 2016 Gembrook Team: Principal: Kym Peterson

Junior Learning Centre:

Middle Learning Centre:

Senior Learning Centre:

Specialists Program:

Education Support Staff:

Administration:

Outside School Care Hours:

Farewell Farewell to Pam Kocovski. Pam has done a brilliant job as part of the intervention team assisting with reading and writing. Farewell to Glenn. Glenn has been our PE trainee for the last two years. He has a full time position now that he has complet-ed his studies. Farewell to Melissa Szabo. Melissa has been an education support team member for the last three years. She has successfully completed her Childhood Early Year’s studies and has gained a full time ongoing position at an early child-hood centre. Farewell Nick Cowan. Nick has been a terrific PE teacher and we wish him well as he continues at another school. I appreciate the tremendous contribution from these staff members and wish them well.

Hayley Tregidga will return for the first few weeks of the school year and assist with the start of year assessment program and then commence maternity leave.

The Year Book The Year book for 2015 will be sent home this week. I am sure that you and your family will enjoy looking through it and talk-ing about the many events, activities and programs we have experienced this year. It will be a great memento of the 2015 school year at Gembrook Primary School!

Year 6 Graduation Tonight our Year 6 students will be celebrating their graduation from primary school to secondary college. Everyone is looking forward to this special and significant event. Many of our teachers have been involved with these wonderful young peo-ple as they have progressed through their years of schooling at Gembrook. All of them have been outstanding school leaders and it is very exciting and pleasing to see that they are well prepared for their next step in schooling. We wish them all the very best for their future success at secondary school.

F/1B Dale Bigwood

F/1L Ann Liston

2C Samantha Cornell

1/2 H Jonathan Hevern

3 /4B Donovan Bailey

3/4 A Tina Alsop

5F Christian Fraser

5/6 Jessie Hutcheson

Visual Arts Jude Everett

Environmental Science Jude Everett

Physical Education TBC

Performing arts Visiting experts

Library Taryn Smith

School Chaplain: John Chambers

Lisa Rogers

Sam Waters

Dylan Harris

Kerry Saunders

PE trainee : TBC

Business Manager: Shelley McLaren

Office Administration: Carol Tokley

Office admin casual: Natalie Griep

Tanya Armstrong

Kaitlyn Carter

Dylan Harris

Jess Irvin

A VIEW TO THE FUTURE

Kym’s comment cont...

Congratulations to the 2016 student leaders Congratulations to Abbey W and Jett W- school captains for 2016. Congratulations to the following students for being elected to sports house leaders Tynong: Konner and Sonia Kurth Kiln: Samuel Beenak: Hamish and Charlee Redwood: Jack and Chloe

The start of the 2016 school year........ The first day of school for students in grades 1-6 next year will be Friday 29 January. The school office will be open from Thursday 28 January . Booklists and parent payment letters have been sent home. Payment Plans should be confirmed by 15 February 2016. The school bus will begin on Friday 29 Jan-uary. The first day for canteen lunches will be Friday 5 Febru-ary. Assemblies will continue to be on Friday mornings at 9:00am and I warmly invite parents to come along to these weekly school gatherings. The first assembly for 2016 will be

Friday 5 February. Murrundindi, a Wurundgeri elder, will be at the assembly on Friday 12 February for a special Welcome to Country.

Merry Christmas I would like to wish all our school families a Merry Christmas

and an enjoyable and safe holiday.

Kym (Principal)