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Quality Learning, Care, Innovation, Opportunities & Technology certainly bring lots of varied activities for students to try out . Selling your house? See Julie and Mina ( a parent in our school) Southlands Estate Agents are helping us fundraise again by giving us a percentage of their fee 10% to the school if you sell your house through them. Many parents have said if they had known they would have used the estate agents who offered this deal. We certainly appreciate their support . In many cases we receive $900. If you would like to participate in this referral program contact Julie Stinson on 0438 882995 or Mina Khanchedar on 0431 516489. SAM - A Cricket champ Sam who Captains our super 12’s tried out for U13 emerging Blues. Good Luck Sam KK star Writers Award Winners Silver Awards From the Principal 1 K-2 Fun Day 2 SRC Update 2 PSSA Rugby League 2 10 Year Celebration Bush Dance 2 Cake Stall 2 Fathers Day Stall 3 Poems from S3S 3 Term Planner 4 Glenmore Park Public School Newsletter Dear Parents Student strikes Gold – Mathletics Wow !!!! Lachlan and Griffin have been working very hard over the last Christmas holidays – They have earnt their 2 nd Gold award for 2010 . What champions. Student can access their mathletics from home . Are you a champion ? Get your photo taken for the newsletter in Week 8 if you receive a gold award. Sport in schools is a winner Students are enjoying the variety and instruction they are receiving from sport in schools. They Issue 3 1 March 2011 SILVER AWARD WINNERS Cameron 3J Alyssa 3H Amber 6M Jack 6C Courtney 3J Lauren 6C Courtney 2D Alicia 2E Rohan 2H Holly 2D Zoe 2D Brayden 2D Michael 2H Brianna 2W Madison 2H Inside this issue: From the Principal Cleanup Schools Day Life Education Cake Stall Library News Harold Merchandise Term Planner Mathletics note Learning Growing Forever Together

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certainly bring lots of varied activities for students to try out .  

Selling your

house? See Julie and Mina

( a parent in our school)  Southlands Estate Agents  are helping us fundraise  again by giving us a percentage of their fee ‐10% ‐to the school if you sell your house through them.  Many parents have said if they had known they  would have used  the estate agents who offered this deal. We certainly appreciate their  support . In many cases  we receive $900. If you would like to participate in this referral program contact Julie Stinson on 0438 882995 or Mina Khanchedar  on 0431 516489. 

SAM - A

Cricket champ Sam who Captains our super 12’s tried out for U13 emerg‐ing Blues. Good Luck Sam  

KK star Writers     

Award Winners Silver Awards

Inside t his issue:

From the Principal 1

K-2 Fun Day 2

SRC Update 2

PSSA Rugby League 2

10 Year Celebration Bush Dance

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Cake Stall 2

Fathers Day Stall 3

Poems from S3S 3

Term Planner 4

Glenmore Park Public School

Newsletter

Dear Parents 

Student strikes Gold – Mathletics

Wow !!!!  Lachlan and Griffin have been working very hard over the last Christmas holidays – They have earnt their 2nd Gold award for 2010 . What champions. Student can access their mathletics from home . Are you a  champion ? Get your photo taken for the newsletter  in Week 8 if you receive a gold award.  

Sport in schools is a winner        

     

Students are enjoying the variety and  instruction they are  

receiving from sport in schools. They  

Issue 3 1 March 2011

SILVER AWARD WINNERS

Cameron 3J Alyssa 3H Amber 6M

Jack 6C Courtney 3J Lauren 6C

Courtney 2D Alicia 2E Rohan 2H Holly 2D Zoe 2D

Brayden 2D Michael 2H Brianna 2W Madison 2H

Inside this issue: From the Principal Cleanup Schools

Day Life Education Cake Stall Library News Harold Merchandise Term Planner Mathletics note

Learning Growing

Forever Together

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WE’RE ON THE WEB!

http://www.glenmorepk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

These wonderful Kindergarten students are excelling in writing last week . Well done !!!  Swimmers braved the pool last Tuesday ! Despite the weather being slightly  inclement last Tuesday it was great to see so many students and parents come along to our annual  swimming carnival from 7‐9pm at Penrith Pool.  For some of our Year 3  students it was their first time swimming in the carnival and they excelled themselves .  It was delightful to see so many students participate in more than one race. Rain held off until the second last race and  this sent most of the crowd home . All in all a lovely evening was had by all and thank you to the staff who came and Mrs Nicholls for her   co‐ordination. Good luck to all our District team who will participate on Wednesday 2nd  March.     Calling all Readers – PREMIERS READING 

CHALLENGE  open  for 2011 On 1st March registration for the Premiers Reading Challenge opens for 2011. Students from our school in all grades are encouraged to register and start reading . Its easy – when you have read one of the special books listed record it and complete the number for your age group. Last year we had students receive special certificates for participating for the last 4 years . The  Library has a special section with all the PRC books for you to borrow .  I’ll be calling for all registered PRC students to have their photo taken for week 8 newsletter on   Monday 14th. Be a winner and register online now!  The PRC website is www.schools.nsw.edu.au/premiersreadingchallenge .   Students logon using their DET username and password to start an online reading  record.  All reading records are to be  completed by 25th August.  Current  booklists, updates and messages are  available on this website.  

 Non residing  Divorced  and Separated Parents 

We want to ensure you get all the  information related to your child. To ensure you are kept in the communication loop for your children we advise any non residing 

parent to forward to the school stamped self addressed envelopes to the school  office for reports and notices. Reports go out twice a year ‐  envelope size suggested 22cm x 11cm Newsletters & Notes go out Fortnightly – 20 envelopes  size 22cm x 11cm Please note all our newsletters are online and we are endeavouring to put our  permission notes online. The Website is www.glenmorepk‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au  

 

Michelle Collins 

PRINCIPAL 

Clean Up Schools Day Friday 4TH March 

The school will be participating in this  worthwhile event with each class allocated an area of the school to clean.  To assist us on the day each child will need to bring  with them a pair of gardening gloves rather than disposable gloves as we don’t want to create more landfill.  We will use our class buckets for the rubbish collected.  If you are interested in helping the  community on Sunday with Clean Up  Australia, there is plenty of information on the website.  

Life Education Life Education has now begun in the School and will continue till the end of next week.  The cost of $9 includes both the visit as well as a work booklet to follow up the lesson over the next few weeks.  Thank you to the parents who have responded to the invitation to the Life Education Parent Information Session this Wednesday 2nd March from 2pm.  If you would like to  attend this session please contact the  Office by 11am tomorrow.  

KO and KW Cake Stall Our new Kindy classes have their first  opportunity to take part in school  fundraising this Wednesday 2nd March.  KO and KW are asked to bring in cakes, slices, cupcakes etc and leave them on the 

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HOW TO CONTACT US Address: 33-41 The Lakes Drive GLENMORE PARK NSW 2745 Phone: 4733 6204

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tables outside the hall.  Parents are asked to ensure that no peanut based products are used in the  preparation of items.  

Library News Term 1  The Glenmore Park Public School Library is now fully operational for all students.  Students are able to  borrow books during their allocated class library time as well as before school and at lunchtimes. They will need to have a sturdy library bag to keep books clean and safe. The library is also open at lunchtime,  Monday – Thursday, for activities such as reading, drawing, and quiet games. The Premier’s Reading Challenge is on again this year and students are encouraged to participate by  keeping a record of all the books they read. Students will be able logon to their PRC record  from the  beginning of March, and can check the booklists and rules by looking at the PRC website at https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html , or  typing Premier’s Reading Challenge into Google.  All parents and caregivers are very welcome to come and visit the library if you have any questions or  enquires.  Nerida Dalitz Teacher Librarian 

Healthy Harold Merchandise Life Education is a not for profit community –based organisation that relies heavily on the raising of funds within the community to assist in meeting the  shortfall left after receiving assistance from Govern‐ment  funding. The sale of Harold merchandise to the children whilst the program is visiting each school supports the  fundraising activities of local committees and all  proceeds support Life Education within each local area. Items for sale are listed below and are available for perusal at the School Office. Please provide the correct money in an envelope with the item written on the face of the envelope along with your child’s name and class.  This allows the  educator to process orders efficiently and accurately. All orders must be in before Wednesday 9th March. 

* Harold Products are subject to availability.  Tattoo:  $0.50    Harold Key Ring:  $2.00 Charm:  $1.50    Wristband:  $ 1.50 Stationery Set:  $3.00  Harold Hand Ball:  $3.00 Harold Soft Toy:  $7.00  Large Soft Toy:  $20.00 

The Principal and Staff at Glenmore Park Public School do not endorse any of the paid advertisements which appear in this Newsletter. Organisations which sponsor our school will carry a sponsorship acknowledgement.

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TERM 1, 2011

WEEK 6

28/2 Life Ed begins New Parents BBQ 5-7pm

1/3 2/3 Sport in Schools Penrith District Swimming Carnival Cake Stall KO/KW

3/3 4/3 PSSA CleanUp Schools Day

WEEK 7 7/3 8/3 9/3

Sport in Schools 10/3 11/3

PSSA Life Ed—last day

WEEK 8

14/3 15/3 SydWest Swimming Carnival

16/3 Sport in Schools

17/3 18/3 PSSA

WEEK 9 21/3 22/3 23/3

Sport in Schools 24/3 Harmony Day

25/3 PSSA

WEEK 10

28/3 State Swimming Carnival DISCO’S

29/3 State Swimming Carnival Paul Kelly Cup

30/3 Sport in Schools Cake Stall KK/KR

31/3 School Cross Country

1/4 PSSA

WEEK 11

4/4 Graffiti Ed Yr 5

5/4 District ANZAC Service at Penrith Paceway

6/4 Sport in Schools

7/4 8/4 Easter Raffle drawn ANZAC Service

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MATHLETICS 2011—$10 per student I enclose $_______ for my child/children for the Mathletics program. Name: _________________________________________________ Class: __________ Name: _________________________________________________ Class: __________ Name: _________________________________________________ Class: __________ Name: _________________________________________________ Class: __________