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Gladstone Views Primary School

‘NEWS AT THE VIEWS’

Carrick Drive, Gladstone Park, 3043 9338 6083

www.gvps.vic.edu.au Fax 9335 4892

Principal: Michael West Assistant Principal: Jane Donaldson The Department of Education & Early Childhood Development and this school do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser or notice contained in this

Newsletter. No responsibility is accepted by the Department of Education & Early Childhood Development or this school for the accuracy of information contained in

advertisements or claims made by them.

Thursday 8 October, 2015

Diary

Tues 13 Oct 7.00pm School Council Meeting

Wed 14 Oct NMR Athletics Carnival

Thurs 15 Oct 8.30am Walk to School

Fri 16 Oct 9.00am – 2.00pm Woodlands Div. Softball & Cricket Finals

Fri 16 Oct 7.00pm Trivia Night - Pay at the office ~ Tickets still available

Mon 19 – Wed 21 Oct

Gr. 3/4 Arrabri Lodge Warburton – Final payment due tomorrow

Wed 21 Oct. Rotary Club Raffle Tickets due

Thurs 22 Oct 8.30am Walk to School

Thurs 29 Oct 8.30am Walk to School

Fri 30 Oct 9.30am – 10.30am Transistion Session 1 ~ Prep 2016

Tues 15 Dec. Gr. 6 – 2015 Graduation

Items Distributed With Newsletter Today

Final Notice for Grade 3/4 Camp

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome back to term 4. Such a busy term with Camp, Sports events, Reports, Graduation, Prep transition etc. Mr Jasenia is on leave for the term and Mrs Crole will be covering his role. We also have our Walk to School program as well. I would like to thank Miss Cetin, her team of teachers and students for their eagerness. Preps For 2016 Over the last two terms we have been conducting numerous tours for next year. We would like to finalise our prep numbers for 2106 as soon as possible. The response has been fantastic and we look like running three prep classes next year as well as two additional classes across the school. We know that there are still quite a few families that have not enrolled and I encourage them to do so as the grades are filling up quickly. Have a wonderful week

Michael West

Lost Property

Lost property is overflowing. Please come and

check if you have and missing pieces of

clothing.

All items will be discarded late next week.

Vision Portraits

Family Portraits are now

available at the office.

Please sign and collect your

portrait at your earliest

convenience.

2016 Booklist and Requisites will be sent home next Thursday 15

th October.

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STAR FISH AWARDS “Make Someone’s Day”

Breakfast Snacks!

Dear Parents,

In reward for the schools registration for the walk to school, on Friday the 9

h of October there will be free

healthy breakfast snacks available to students. The breakfast station will be located in front of the canteen foyer. The breakfast snacks will be available from 8.30am to 8.45am. There will be fresh bananas, apples, mandarins and crunchola bars. The breakfast snacks provided are displayed in the photograph below. Students can participate by stopping at the breakfast station to collect a healthy snack to start their day nutritiously.

STAND TALL AWARDS

Prep A Coen T. For displaying selfless behaviour to make someone’s day.

Prep B Lara S. For making a positive effort each day since returning to school.

1/2A Shanaya D. For always having a big smile on her face ready to make anyone’s day. Thankyou Shanaya.

1/2B Jayda C. For making people’s day with her bright smile and helpful ways.

1/2C Maddison For brightening up our classroom with her friendly personality and positive attitude.

1/2D Zia M. For her friendly and courteous manner towards all of her peers and teachers.

3/4B Daniel T. For the most excellent way in which you have started Term 4. You have made Mrs K’s week!

5/6A Dylan D. For being present during all group work and having a positive attitude when faced with challenges

5/6B Natasha M. For always working co-operatively with her peers and displaying good teamwork.

5/6C Dimitri P. For making Ms B’s day by completing extra reading over the school holidays. Well done!

5/6D Ilayda K. For being able to use a positive attitude even when faced with challenging situations.

Prep A Angel E. For her progress and enthusiasm towards her writing.

Prep B William W. For beginning to show more persistence with his work.

1/2A Richard T.

For having a wonderful start to Term 4. Demonstrating to all students what a good listener and worker looks like. Well done Richard!

1/2B Gina H. For the great improvement she is making with her reading. Keep up the good work!

1/2C Ella S. For working hard to improve her handwriting and presentation. Well done Ella!

1/2D Elisa Z.

For her amazing effort and achievement in learning how to read and write in English this year. Well done Elisa!

3/4B Mandalin B. For the short but detailed text written about her holiday. Well done!

5/6A Isaak H. For his outstanding efforts in reading and meeting his goal every day.

5/6B Anastasia

D. For writing a riveting narrative during Writer’s Workshop.

5/6C Gizem S.

For coming back to school after being overseas for Term 3 and starting Term 4 with a positive attitude and eager to learn.

5/6D Onella K. For exploring and selecting a variety of genres for writing during Writers’ Workshop sessions.

Upcoming Event….

Trivia Night

With a Twist

Sink or Swim Trivia Night Friday 16th October, 2015

7.00pm

Tickets selling fast

Make up your own table of

friends 8-10 people or be put

into a team Tickets $10 per Adult

Uniform Shop

Our Uniform shop is now fully stocked with all sizes of the following :

windcheaters, bombers jackets, short and long sleeved polo shirts.

Other stock is also available.

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Community News

Rotary Club Raffle Tickets

Every ticket you sell $1.00 will be donated back to

our school.

All tickets and unsold tickets must be returned by

Wed. 21st October.

Raffle drawn at Bunnings Coburg on Melb Cup day (Nov. 3)

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No Hat No Play Policy now applies

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Walk to School!

Dear Parents,

For the month of October Gladstone Views Primary School will be participating in the Victorian initiative

Walk to School.

Walk to School encourages primary school children to walk to and from school in October; to highlight

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Purple Week! There are a series of events on during purple week to raise money for the Cancer Council Foundation in honour of our families Affected by this disease. So please participate in as much as you can during this week

EVENT DAY COST Lolly Jar Guess – guess how many lollies in the lolly jar at the canteen.

The lolly jar will be at the canteen for the whole week - Monday 14th September to Friday 18th September.

50 cents per guess (You may guess as much as you like)

Basketball knockout – to get all shots in the hoop to be the last one standing.

Lunchtime in the gym - Monday 14th September

$1 per game

Ping Pong Shot – try and bounce the ping pong ball into 1 of 8 cups

Lunchtime in the gym - Wednesday 16thSeptember

$1 per game

Disco – Each of the year levels will have an hour of disco and dance time. The timetable will be displayed in each classroom.

Wednesday 16th September $1 donation per student

Talent show – sign up by Friday the 11/9. Tryouts will be on Thursday the 17/9. The performances can be a maximum of 2 minutes. Finals will be on Friday 18/9, presented at a special assembly at 12:30-1:30.

Tryouts will be hosted in room 12 at lunchtime on Thursday 17th September

50 cent entry fee

Purple Dress up Day – Please try to wear as much purple as possible on this casual clothes day.

Special Assembly – There will be a special assembly for the Talent Show finalists to award the winner. The winners of all the other activities hosted throughout the week will also be announced.

Friday the 18th September Gold coin donation

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Did you know that you can make school related

payments anywhere and at any time of day or night that

suits you?

Did you know that you can now also complete your

child’s permission form, if required, at the same you

make your payment? *

Qkr! by MasterCard makes this possible

If you don’t already have Qkr installed, simply download

the Qkr! by MasterCard App for free from Apple’s app store

for iPhones (iPads should also download the iPhone app) or

from Google Play for Android phones and tablets. On the

Qkr app tap the magnifying glass on the home screen and

type GLADSTONEVIEWSPS. Why not download it

today and take a look at our school on Qkr! and start making

your school payments on Qkr!

* If you are already a registered Qkr user please be sure

to check that you are using the latest version

of the Qkr app so that you are able to access new

features.

All feedback to the school office is very welcome.

Download the tiqbiz app to your phone or tablet to

keep up with the latest news from Gladstone Views.

Reminder…

Prep 2016

Enrolments due

NOW

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Let me make all your floral

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Pay using Qkr! at

Gladstone Views Primary

The Qkr! app is available for families of students at Gladstone Views Primary. Qkr! by MasterCard can be downloaded for free from Apple’s app store for iPhones (iPads should download the iPhone app) or from Google Play for Android phones and tablets. After downloading the app and registering, simply scan the QR code on the left using the Qkr! Code scanner or type GLADSTONEVIEWSPS after tapping the magnifying glass in the top right of the home screen of Qkr!, and then the app will always recognise you as part of Gladstone Views Primary in future to make payments even easier. You can pay your booklists, excursions and other school payment items along with ordering from the Canteen and Uniform Shop right now using Qkr! To make payments immediately why not download it today and take a look at our school on Qkr! All feedback to the school office is very welcome.

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