Glen Huntly Primary School Grange Road, Glen Huntly Ph: 9571 2933 Fax: 9563 6314

Email: glenhuntly.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 13 – 17th August, 2017

Principal’s Report Welcome Mr Callum Swanson. It is with great pleasure we can announce that Glen Huntly Primary School has just been through the process of interviewing staff for the teaching position for Grade 56P.

On Monday 14th August, we welcomed Mr Swanson who has been working with Ms Tinetti and the 5/6 team during the week to establish himself. He is very happy about his appointment and the students have been working very well with him. We look forward to Mr Swanson having a highly rewarding year at our school.

School Uniform: Building pride and taking action Wearing our school uniform is a badge of pride, creates an identity for our school and is an important part of being a member of our school community. At GHPS we promote a smart dress code, believe that school uniform teaches students to dress smartly and take pride in their appearance.

How are you helping our school? Self- assess: How you are sending your child to school:

1. Extremely well- my child wears the correct uniform every day

2. Very good- my child wears the correct uniform most days

3. Good- But I need to change 1 thing 4. Fair- There is more than one thing I need to

change

Our aim is for all parents to be able to self- assess as a 1 by the end of next week- Friday 25th August.

So, do you need to change something? We feel proud of you if you already have rated yourselves as a 1, but if you haven’t, please aim high, make the changes needed and please support our campaign.

To help you out, here are a few reminders:

Our school colours are very smart! : Maroon, navy blue and white only (no black, except for shoes)

The uniform shop is open every Wednesday morning 9-10 AND we take orders through the office

Parents can use QKR to pay as well as card and cash

Families may be eligible to seek financial assistance from State School’s Relief, which we can do for you. Please contact the school

There is a uniform order form with this newsletter

We have new and very good second hand uniform (second hand: freshly laundered and only $5 a piece!)

There are long sleeved polo shirts for sale to keep your child warm to wear this under their bomber jacket. Please do NOT wear long sleeves under the short sleeved polo shirt.

We love maintaining high standards of appearance.

Grade 6 students have the special navy blue jacket and you will too when you’re in Grade 6!

Maroon jackets for everyone else

Once again, if you have any other questions, please contact the school and we look forward to your support. Thank you to our students who are pictured as follows to show off the uniform.

Ananya, Dakota, Derick, Daksha and Claudia all looking wonderful in their uniforms.

Support for State Schools’ Relief Thank you very much to the GPA parent helpers who have volunteered to help make and serve a Pasta lunch on Friday 25th August. All money raised will go to the State Schools’ Relief, who provide uniforms for Victorian school children, including children from Glen Huntly Primary.

NAPLAN 2017 National Assessment Program If you are the parent of a student in Years 3 or 5, you will have received an individual report of your child’s results for the tests they sat in May. These tests in key areas of literacy and numeracy provide parents and educators with a snapshot of how students are progressing- individually, as part of our school community and nationally. The national standards are the standards that have been agreed upon by all state and territory governments.

At GHPS we will be using the results to celebrate success, inform our planning and address areas requiring improvement by incorporating future goals into student’s Individual Learning Improvement Plans and across the school. Your child’s teacher should be your first point of contact for any concerns you might have about your child’s results. Further information and analysis about whole school achievement will be reported to the community at School Council and in the coming newsletters.

Parent Opinion Survey A friendly reminder for parents who have been randomly selected form our Cases21 program to participate in the Parent Opinion Survey that the survey will be open until Sunday 27th August. Thank you to those who may have already had the opportunity to complete the survey.

School Council Report Thank you very much to Craig Matthews for writing a report about the August meeting.

Meeting Reminders: GPA: Friday 18th August at 2.15pm in Activity Centre Publicity & Marketing: Tuesday 5th September at 6.30pm and 7pm Fete: Friday 1st September, 9.30am WW Hall Finance and School Council: Monday 11th September at 6.30pm/7pm. End of Term 3: Early Dismissal 2.30pm Friday 22nd September

Exciting Events Special Lunch: Friday 25th August Father’s Day Stall: Friday 1st September Cabaret: Monday 4th September Kingston Town Hall Green Science Night for Parents, Students and Staff – Tuesday 12th September Libby Alessi Principal -------------------------------------------------------------------------

School Council Report School Council met for the 1st time in term 3 on Monday the 7th of August.

Key items presented and discussed were;

Prep numbers for 2018 are already looking very healthy with 32 current enrolments. School tours continue apace which should see these numbers steadily climb in the coming months.

Preparations for cabaret continue for the 4th of September night of nights – this is one of the highlights of the school calendar.

The date for the school social fun night has been set for Saturday 9th of September. So book the babysitter as we look forward to seeing all of our parents and friends at this event in what promises to be an entertaining night for all. Further details to come as these are finalised.

The fete organising committee continues to do a marvellous job with fete co-ordinator Fiona Davey providing Council with a detailed update on planned activities/entertainment etc. A significant factor in the fete’s success is ensuring our whole school community pitches in on the day to ensure all of our fete attractions deliver a fabulous experience for fete visitors. Roster details for stalls will be coming out soon so please be sure to put your family down for 1 (or more) stalls.

Finance approved the installation of new external lighting on the East Site that will provide illumination to the asphalt area, playground and shelter shed. This will provide significant long term benefits to the school for events such as the green evening/art show, fete etc. as well as safety and security.

New Chromebooks have been leased and will be out into the student community in the next couple of weeks. The ultimate aim of the school is to have a ratio of 1 device per student and this will only be made possible by the ongoing commitment from families to the Digital & Learning Technology levy included in the school fees.

Curriculum & Policy presented 3 key policies for final review and ratification; School Uniform; Staff Leave; and Duty of Care & Supervision.

There was significant discussion surrounding the School Uniform policy as this is an integral part of the GHPS identity. In the coming weeks there will be some clear communication to the school community about the correct uniform, why it is so important that we have all students of GHPS adhere to it and suggestions on how this can be achieved.

Publicity & Marketing has had a key focus on preparing advertising and promotional materials for the fete. Fete poster, banner and flyer

artwork have all been created together with a dedicated Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/GHPSTwilightFete/ - please be sure to share this with as many people as you can over the coming months.

Further to our last meeting back in June, a trial of an online only newsletter format will take place in term 4 with the view to rolling this out fully in 2018. This is an integral part of the school’s green credentials as it looks to move away from paper based communication wherever practical.

Buildings & Grounds is looking at all possible options for the improvement of the East Site oval area, including a potential new car parking area located near the Lyons Street gate. Discussions with Glen Eira Council regarding their re-development plans for Lords Reserve may present some opportunities for GHPS to benefit.

Capital Works 2017 is currently out to tender with the plan remaining to commence works late term 3.

If there is any issue any member of the school community would like to raise with School Council, please email glenhuntly.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Craig Matthews School Council President

Term 3 Working Bee Last Sunday the Term 3 Working Bee took place and once we again we had very favourable weather conditions and an excellent turn out of participants, with at least forty workers who had signed in. The following jobs were accomplished: Improving our Biodiversity rating by: increasing

understorey plants, removing non-native plants (within reason), increasing organic litter in the school grounds, improving soil management in some areas.

Removing/cutting down dangerous or low hanging branches/tree sections/trees

Beautifying and tidying up all gardens and grounds areas on the West site

Spreading mulch on garden beds and on driveway on West site carpark

Raking and relocating existing soft fall under playground equipment to provide a safe even coverage

Weeding and pruning gardens and plants Plant pruning in the Indigenous garden, East site Oil paint four sided seats on East site Trimming trees and foliage above water tanks on

East site and cleaning the tank filters

Plinth work on West site and East site Grange road fences – all plinths that require replacement will be fitted with new wood.

I am sure you will agree that this is an extensive list of work. The achievements of the plinth crew, photographed under our school banner on the West site, deserve special mention and was very impressive. This was a difficult and arduous task with many assisting with this heavy muscle driven labor. The final result looks fantastic and is much safer as well. Thank you to Andrew Kringas and James Blair for your preparation, planning and advice prior to the work. This was also greatly appreciated.

Thank you to the team that spread the mulch on the complete length of the West site staff car park driveway. This area now looks more attractive and will now be drier and safer.

Thank you to the following people who contributed to the Working Bee and signed on in the book and job sheets: Paul and Kane Butler; Sasi Kumar Ethiraj, Venmani Raghaven, Smruthi Sasi Kumar and Shruthi Sasi Kumar; Ross and Amber Donnan; Andrew, Harper and Dakota Kringas; Carl, Lena and Ruby Wilson; Adam and Lucas McKay; Adi, Eden and Perry Weiss; Ben and Evan Shields; Stewart and Isabella Gardiner; James and Caitlin Blair; Debbie Field, Clara and Genevieve Fitzpatrick; Daniel and Kieran Wolfe and Julie Tran; Roxy, Nick, Archer and Clancy Conquest; Shan, Alice and Emily Jayaweera; Yashvi and Kishor Oswal; Jillian Williams and Joshua Davidson. Apologies to anyone who came to the working bee that I haven’t thanked here.

Once again, many many thanks to Yvonne Balfour for your fantastic catering and work in the kitchen with your support team. Special mention here for the delicious ginger cake made by Yvonne and for Lucy Balfour’s very tasty butter cake, both cakes baked especially for the day. Our new barbeque was also given its first work out for the Working Bee. Thank you to Archer Conquest and Alice Jayaweera for assisting me to assemble the new barbeque.

The next BAGS meeting will be Wednesday 11th October and the next Working Bee will be on Sunday 15th October, focusing on the East site in preparation for our twilight fete on Saturday 28th October. All are most welcome to attend our BAGS meeting (held in the East staffroom, commencing at 6:30pm) and your participation in the Term IV Working Bee is also highly encouraged. David Jenkins Assistant Principal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Techspert Academy The Digital Learning team are very excited to announce that we are running a new program called the “Techspert Academy” in Terms 3 and 4.

After attending the DigiCon17 Conference to learn about how we can integrate digital technologies into our everyday learning, we decided that we would like focus on students learning about coding and teaching their peers. Three students from each class will be selected based on a self-assessment using the following criteria:

Presentation skills

Interest in coding Team work skills Listening to and responding to feedback Responsible for their learning

Students will be participating in lunchtime session where they will learn how to use the program Scratch. They will then work with Mr Jacobs and I to create a presentation for their classmates so that they can also learn how to use Scratch. This will be the first group of students that will have the opportunity to be a part of the Techspert Academy with scope to expand this to other areas of Digital Learning.

We look forward to seeing how our students are able to apply themselves during these sessions and whilst teaching their peers! Miss Claire Piscioneri

INDONESIAN

WORDS OF THE WEEK

bebek - duck

ayam - chicken

WRITERS COMPETITION Entry is open in the Schools Writing Competition! Students all over Australia are invited to enter their Poems or Short stories, and battle it out for great cash prizes on offer. There is no theme! Entrants are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild and get there creative juices flowing to write on ANY TOPIC and in ANY STYLE. Students from ALL GRADES are welcome to enter.

Entry is free and all entries must be in by Friday 25th August.

RULES:

Collect an entry form from the office

Only 1 entry per student – either a poem or a story.

Entries to be typed or neatly hand written.

Poems must not exceed 16 lines and short stories must not exceed 500 words.

Entries must be in by Monday 28th August.

Entries must be the original work of the author.

Co-written entries will be disqualified.

Entry form details must accompany each entry. GHPS SPECIAL PRIZE

We will be running our own school competition only for GHPS students, and the winner will receive a

FREE FETE RIDE PASS! ENTER NOW!

If you have any questions, speak to Ms Tinetti.

Little Book Worms At Glen Huntly Primary School

3 to 5 year olds Tuesday @ 9.00am to 10:00am

Book on 9571 2933

This week during Little Book Worms we made caterpillars.

STUDENTS OF THE

WEEK Congratulations to the following students who received a ‘Student of the Week’ award during the last 2 weeks. Owen 0B – working well with his team to build an extremely creative and well thought out farm yard. Ayush 0B - working well with his team to build an extremely creative and well thought out farm yard. Max 0B – a fabulous effort with his reading and Magic Words. Anika 0B - a fabulous effort with her reading and Magic Words. Palak 0F – being quiet and respectful towards our new chickens. Yoshi 0F – settling in to the routines of school and making new friends. Bindu 0F – trying her best during recount writing and using her risky writing skills. Kasish 0F – always following our classroom values and being a leader. Snithik 0F – getting involved in all class discussions with enthusiasm. Emma 1/2E – always contributing thoughtfully to class discussions. Ben 1/2E – being our bug expert. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Sid 1/2E – an impressive understanding and knowledge of the multiplication process in maths. Sathin 1/2E – awesome efforts in Monster Maths. Sahana 1/2E – improved concentration and participation in class. Bhavya 1/2J – writing a fantastic recount on our excursion to the museum and IMAX. JP 1/2J – outstanding work during Monster Maths. Gowri 1/2J – participation and knowledge in yesterday’s Healthy Eating in-service. Ayaan 1/2J – impressive understanding and knowledge of the multiplication process in maths. Louisa 1/2M – excellent reading comprehension skills. Elisa 1/2M – consistently being a happy, caring and hardworking student. Tasha 1/2M – being a caring and friendly member of her class. Reiko 1/2M – enthusiasm and ability to adapt so successfully to her new school. Ayaan 1/2M - impressive understanding and knowledge of the multiplication process in maths. Sahasra 1/2P – a positive attitude towards learning. Alyx 1/2P – outstanding progress in both reading and writing. Emily 1/2P – excellent comprehension during both Book Club and independent reading. Eric 1/2P – making great progress when learning strategies to solve multiplication problems. Michael 3F – working really hard in maths to master multiplication strategies.

Clara 3F – impressive understanding of the comprehension strategies during our guided reading groups. Kushal 3F – remaining focused and completing his spelling on time. Stella 3F – a positive start to Term 3. Theo 3S – applying a hard working approach to his literacy tasks. Alex 3S – a most spectacular, well presented, interesting Holiday journal. The best I have ever seen! Ivory 3S – working really hard in Maths to master multiplication strategies. Aditya 4K – application during maths sessions. Mahathi 4K – a conscientious worker in all learning tasks. Riyan 4K – excellent work with coding. Etai 4R - improved classroom behaviour and concentration towards his learning tasks this week. Well done! Ishu 4R - always working with her peers and improving her comprehension skills during guided reading. Emma 4R -for contributing to our class discussion about Palm Oil. Your persuasive letter was very impressive! Alyana 5/6A - a 22% improvement in Number and Algebra and an outstanding result on the pre-test for the next Mathematics unit. Sofia 5/6J – An exceptional start at your new school. Pranjal 5/6J – Applying passion and effort to everything you do in our class. Jun 5/6J – Outstanding presentation to mum at 3-Way conference this week. Qi Qi 5/6J – Another awesome week of hard work and contribution to the 5/6J family. Soham 5/6P – sizzling dynamic dialogue writing he created from a visual cue. Ananya 5/6J – impressive attitude and effort she has displayed towards all areas of the curriculum. Dito 5/6J – hard work and effort put in to improving his “shape” knowledge in Maths. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

CALENDAR AUGUST

Fri 18th GPA Meeting: 2.15pm in the Activities Centre Fri 25th Pasta Lunch SEPTEMBER

Fri 1st Fathers’ Day Stall Fri 1st Fete Meeting: 9.30am WW Hall Mon 4th Cabaret rehearsal at Kingston City Hall Mon 4th GHPS Cabaret Kingston City Hall 7pm Tue 5th Publicity & Marketing: 6.30pm and 7pm Mon 11th Finance and School Council: at 6.30pm/7pm Tue 12th Science Night 5.30pm – 6.30pm Fri 22nd End of Term 3: Early Dismissal 2.30pm

NOTICES DISTRIBUTED TO PARENTS 4th August All Students Cabaret Information 4th August All Students Cabaret tickets 8th August Year 6 students Excursion postponed 11th August 5/6P students Welcome Mr Swanson August 14th All Students Pasta lunch August 15th relevant students Dental Clinic notice

2017 TERM 3

17th July – 22nd September

TERM 4

9th October – 22nd December

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2018 TERM 1

Staff Start – Monday, 29th January

Curriculum Day – Tuesday, 30th January

Students, Grade 1 – 6, Start Wednesday, 31st January

Preps start Thursday, 1st February

Term 1 ends Friday, 29th March

TERM 2

Monday, 16th April – Friday, 29th June

Anyone can help our school It’s easy for your kids, parents, grandparents, staff, neighbours and friends

to help our school. Below is how it works:

We’re thrilled to announce that the Woolworths Earn & Learn program is back for 2017. Now anyone can help schools earn amazing equipment by shopping

at Woolworths from the 26th July. Please bring in your completed sticker sheets or stickers into the office.