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Calendar of Events

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GLEBE MATTERS

Principal’s Message

It has been another busy and productive week at Glebe Public School.

Executive Director Visit

On Tuesday, our Executive Director, Dr. Sylvia Corish, visited Glebe Public School. The purpose of her visit was to meet our staff and students, and hear about our plans for 2020. Dr. Corish spent time with the leadership team and enjoyed her visits to classrooms. We thank her for visiting our school and look forward to welcoming her back in the future.

Presentation Assembly

Thank you to everyone who attended the Presentation Assembly today. It was a wonderful event and showcase of Glebe Public School for 2019. It is at events like these that it is clear that community spirit is high. Congratulations to all of our stu-dents on their achievements and success in 2019.

Ideas for 2020

Do you have an idea for a before or after school activity that you would like to see at Glebe Public School in 2020? Pleas email me and let me know. We are always look-ing for additional opportunities that we can provide to our students.

Pokemon Cards

We are asking that Pokemon cards are not brought to school. The reason for this is that students are becoming upset if their cards are lost or damaged and some stu-dents are having difficulties in understanding the rules of the various games that are played. As these cards are popular , we will look at how we could include this as an lunch time extra-curricular club in 2020.

I would like to thank you for your ongoing support of Glebe Public School. I am in-credibly privileged and proud to lead such an amazing staff and school and look for-ward to a rewarding remainder of the year.

Have a lovely week!

Bryce Walker

R/Principal

bryce.walker@det.nsw.edu.au

Glebe Public School, Derwent Street , Glebe, NSW, 2037 Phone: 9660 4549 Fax: 9552 1703

Email : glebe -p .school@det.nsw.edu.au Webs ite: www.glebe -p .schools .nsw.edu.au Facebook : ht tps ://www.facebook.com/glebeps/

December

6th Presentation Assembly

11—13th

Year 6 Camp

18th Year 6 Graduation

18th Year 6 Lunch

18th Last day of Term 4

Class Formation for 2020

The School Executive are in the final stages of forming classes for next year. At this time, there will be 14 classes at Glebe Public School in 2020. The class structures across the school will be made up of several stage based classes. Stage based classes may also be known as multi-age or composite classes.

Sometimes parents may be apprehensive about how this will impact on their child’s learning. The key to under-standing stage based classes is to realise that student learning is based on a two year continuum of learning and classes are made up of students drawn from these different year levels.

In reality, every class is a stage based class as teachers routinely differentiate the curriculum to meet the needs of individual students, for example, a student in Year 2 (Stage 1) may be undertaking work at a Year 3 (Stage 2) level and vice versa.

At Glebe Public School, teachers plan and work collaboratively with their Assistant Principal to design teaching and learning programs for their stage. Differentiated groupings and programs run across grade and stage based classes to target teaching and learning to student’s specific needs. Effective teaching is about addressing the needs of stu-dents through ongoing (formative) assessment.

We are in the final stages of allocating teachers to classes, and anticipate that we will be able to inform parents and carers before the end of the school year.

In Term One of next year, all stages will be holding information sessions where the class teachers will outline the stage programs for 2020. If you have any further questions about Stage Based Classes please speak with the cur-rent Stage Assistant Principal responsible for your child’s class.

P&C News

Drinks and nibbles next week - Wed. 11 December, from 6.30pm @ the Flodge

All are welcome to join us for a low-key end of year celebratory gathering at the Forest Lodge Hotel next Wednes-day evening. Drop in for a pizza, cleansing ale (or lemonade), some laughs and celebration of another successful year. Kids welcome.

Thanks to Kel for the little orange t-shirts!

Shout-out to Kel Forster for being a trooper and organising the Headstart shirts in record time for this year's cohort of Glebe PS recruits. The orange 'Glebe'-themed t-shirt is a Headstart tradition of many years' standing, and it is always lovely to see the class proudly wearing them as they graduate from their introduction to big school.

And thank you . . . all of you

As the year draws to a close, I'd like to thank everybody out there who has supported the P&C, Centipede or Glebe PS in general throughout 2019. There are always too many champions to name, but we couldn't have done it all without you. I feel especial gratitude for anyone who is still reading my column entries here after 5+ years - you could be forgiven for being bored by now with my endless requests for volunteers, shout-outs for donations, and never-ending spiels about how much fun we claim to have at P&C meetings. But for now, just have a wonderful holiday season.

Cheers for 2019,

Rachel - VP

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Counselling and Psychology

If you feel you or your family are experienc-ing any difficulty we have a partnership with USYD Psychology Clinic (Brain & Mind Cen-tre). They are offering our communi-ty discounted rates at $12.50 for pensioner / concession or $25 if you are working. They also run psychometric tests which are often requested by paedetricians. Feel free to call and book in a session at (02) 9114 4343 or chat with Helen Michael or Kate Brennan for any enquiries. https://sydney.edu.au/brain-mind/patient-services/psychology-clinic.html

Primary Ethics Teacher Volunteers Found!

We've had a great response on our need for volunteer teachers to support our Primary Ethics program, and have four new teachers progressing through training. They should be ready to teach in first term 2020. Thank you to everyone who responded! If you'd like to know anything more about the Primary Eth-ics program at Glebe, you can find a wealth of information on their website https://primaryethics.com.au/parents/ or have a chat with Kait Gotham - Glebe PS Primary Ethics Coordinator (and mother of Ilias Y4 + Asher Y1) Best Kait

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) at Glebe Public School

As part of commitment to ensuring a positive, engaging and successful school experience for all students, Glebe Public School has started our journey as becoming a PBL school.

Today we had our first meeting and we look forward to sharing more information with you over the coming weeks, as parent and community involvement is a pivotal part of this program.

In the meantime, below is some general information about PBL

There are three specific aspects to PBL:

universal focus – to create a preventative, positive learning environment for all students

targeted interventions – to improve social-emotional skills for students who need additional support

individualised intensive supports - for students who have experienced academic and behavioural difficulties over an extended period of time.

Together, this three step process is known as developing a continuum of support. PBL uses a tiered intervention framework which uses varied levels of support for students based on their needs. The tiered approach addresses these needs through:

investing in prevention for all students

identifying and providing targeted supports for individual students who need more support

providing individualised and intensive interventions for students with significant support needs. Each school develops a continuum of support across the tiers that promotes student wellbeing within a school culture strongly focused on learning. Through this framework, student assessment and instruction are linked to inform data-based decision-making. All children and young people receive universal support and instruction. If students need more support, their instructional program becomes more intensive and individualised to target their specific learning needs.

Additional information can be found at:

Road Safety

Over the next week, all classes will revisit road safety as part of their learning in Personal Development, Health, Physical Edu-cation (PDHPE). It is vital that all students have a solid understanding of road safety.

A summary of the content that will be covered is in the flyer below. Please take the time to discuss these messages with your child/children at home.

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School Band 2020

I am currently looking at the possibility of commencing a Glebe Public School Band in 2020. As a starting point, I would like to gauge which of our students (and parents!) play an instrument and to what level—beginner, intermediate or advanced.

If you or your child are interested in being part of the band in 2020, please email the following to glebe-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with the email subject: School Band 2020

Your/Child’s name

Type of instrument played

Level of ability

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Glebe Publ ic School

EST 1858

Derwent Street Glebe NSW 2037

Phone 96604549

Fax

9552 1703

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From Centipede

Breakfast Club We would love any fruit donations to help with breakfast club and snacks for Centipede children. Glebe Family Pantry Donations are welcome for the Glebe Family Pantry, and families are welcome to visit and take needed items when required.

Food

pasta

pasta sauce

rice

stir fry sauce

noodles

wraps

bread

rice cakes

rice crackers

cruskits

pizza sauce

peanut butter

honey

tea

coffee

milo

cornflakes

jam

baked beans

spaghetti

tinned tomato

tinned soup

little cans of tuna

sultana packets

long life milk

Christmas foods

Personal

lice treatment

roll on deodorant

spray deodorant

adult toothbrush

adult toothpaste

kids toothpaste

kids toothbrush under 5

kids toothbrush over 5

tampons

pads

band aids

ear buds

face wipes

shampoo

conditioner

soap

sunscreen

Household

Household

washing powder

dishwashing liquid

dishcloths

toilet paper

tissues

Important Information

Donated items can be

dropped off at Centi-

pede between 7am-6pm,

Monday to Friday during

term time.

The pantry will be open

for access during Cen-

tipede opening hours.

It's located near the sign

in table at Centipede.

People can either help

themselves to items in

the pantry or contact one

of the Centipede staff who

can put together a bag

of items for you.

THANK YOU!

School Plan 2018 –2020

Next time you’re visiting the school, please have a look at our School Plan display near the School Office. It provides infor-mation about our Strategic Directions for 2020 and our achievements of 2019.