The Glossodian

The Newsletter of Glossodia Public School

Phone: 4576 6099 Fax: 4576 6079 Email: glossodia-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter No 36 14 November 2017

YEAR 5 LEADERSHIP DAY The Hawkesbury Learning Community of schools ran a leadership day yesterday. We were hosts for the schools, with Hawkesbury High students leading the groups. Students from Wilberforce, Freemans Reach, Colo Heights and Kurrajong East joined us. We thank Mrs Mackie from Bilpin PS for her organisation, Mrs Bates for organising and cooking the lunch and Mrs Sultana for her assistance. REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY Congratulations to our school leaders who ran our Remembrance Day service last Friday at school. All our students were respectful and beautifully behaved. Congratulations. Our captains laid a wreath at the Freemans Reach Memorial on Saturday. Well done Glossodia. STAGE 1 EXCURSION TO MT TOMAH Last Wednesday, Stage One went on an excursion to the Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens. We had a wonderful day, using our senses to discover the different features and uses of the gardens. We went on a texture hunt and graphed our findings, used a map and key to plot different plants in a 'spotto' game and colour matched built and natural items. It was fantastic to see the students engaging with, and enjoying nature. All students who attended were 'an example to all'. Well done Stage One! Miss Walker- organising teacher. S2 EXCURSION TO PENRITH LAKES On Monday, the Stage 2 students went to Penrith Lakes to tour many of the historic sites in the Castlereagh area. We were told the story of Tessa’s Treasure which showed the impact of European settlement in the area

and on Aboriginal culture. Many of the early settlers, including ‘First Fleeters’, were discussed and old farms and buildings identified. The students went on their own treasure hunt to discover how the Aborigines used different plants for food, medicines and other things they needed. We all had a wonderful day and learnt some interesting

facts about our local area. Mrs Raymond – organising teacher. KEEP THE DATE We are having our annual Carols Under the COLA on Friday 24 November. Families are invited to join us for some Christmas Carol singing and students are able to do some Christmas craft. We even have a special visitor arriving to visit us. Dinner orders have been sent home today for the evening. There will be craft for the students to complete for a cost of a gold coin donation. KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION ASSEMBLY Each year we celebrate the completion of Kindergarten students’ year with a graduation assembly in our last assembly for the year. This year the graduation certificates will be presented and a small item performed on Monday 4 December. KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION EVENING We welcome all our 2018 Kindergarten parents to our Orientation tomorrow evening. The session will begin at 7pm in the Kindergarten classrooms. PARENT THANK YOU AFTERNOON TEA Invitations have been sent home for our Parent Thank You Afternoon Tea to be held on Monday 4 December. Please let us know if your invitation was missing.

YEAR 6 FAREWELL Years 5 and 6 will be dancing the night away on Wednesday 13 December at Richmond Golf Club. VARIETY SHOW Our famous variety show is planned for Monday 11 December so get your dancing shoes on or singing voices ready for a day of spectacular talent. K-2 END OF YEAR PICNIC Classes from K to Year 2 will have their end of year picnic on Friday 15 December at school with lots of exciting things to play with. Permission notes have gone home today. YEAR 5 HAWKESBURY HIGH VISIT Our Year 5 students are visiting Hawkesbury High this Friday for a Taster Day. CHRISTMAS MARKETS Our Christmas Markets will be run again this year so keep Friday 1 December free to do some Christmas shopping. STORYTIME Our last story time for the year is tomorrow afternoon in the library from 3.00pm. All pre-schoolers are welcome to join us. STATIONERY PACK ORDERS We are offering families the chance to purchase a stationery pack with all of your child’s stationery requirements for the beginning of 2018. This is a service for you and totally optional. We would like to support a local business and make it easier for you to obtain the supplies. If you need another note please contact the office. The packs are on display in the office foyer for you to look at. Orders need to be returned with payment by Thursday 14 December. Orders cannot be accepted after this date. Delivery will be the first week back of the 2018 school year. UNIFORM There are a large number of students not wearing their correct uniform at the moment. Students are to wear green shorts/skorts for girls and grey shorts for boys during the week other than on sports days where they wear their black sports shorts. Black shorts are not to be worn any other days. Also, sports shoes/joggers are only to be worn on sports

days, black school shoes are to be worn on all other days. Your assistance in this would be appreciated as the end of the year comes around. 2018 ENROLMENTS If you are aware of any students leaving the school or enrolling with us next year, please let the school know. We are currently looking at classes for 2018. KINDERGARTEN BUDDY VISITS Our last year 5 buddy visit to the preschool was today. I know both the Year 5 students and pre-schoolers love this time together. HAWKESBURY PUBLIC SPEAKING Congratulations our school winners who competed at our Hawkesbury Public Speaking Semi-final last Wednesday at Freemans Reach. We congratulate Lucas, Alex, Keira and Max. A special congratulations to Alex who was awarded Runner Up and who will now compete in the final at Londonderry PS today.

FINAL STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS A final statement of accounts has been sent home for all families today detailing any outstanding payments including the end of year picnics.

Keeping You Informed Next Meeting: Tuesday 7 November 2017 Time: 7.30pm for the General Meeting All Welcome!

PEER SUPPORT This week in Peer Support the children will practise developing their strengths. This will help your child to become more resilient and optimistic. Ask your child to share the strengths they identified during this weeks’ session.

P&C

SCHOOL BANKING

EVERY WEDNESDAY

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL A bag has been supplied to your child for the Stewart House Clothing Appeal. This is a perfect time to sort through your wardrobes and pass on your unwanted clothing, blankets and linen. Additional bags are available from the office. Please return bags to the school by Monday 27 November 2017.

Wed 15 Nov Carol Graham Melynda Clarke

Fri 17 Nov Susan Long Helen Auditore

Jo Wotton

Mon 20 Nov Annette Bates Kymme Knott

Wed 22 Nov Jo Wotton Jodie Barber

Fri 24 Nov Jessica White Abby Durkin

Annette Bates

Canteen Spring Special

Wednesday 15 November

Chicken Noodle Stir Fry $3.00

Uniform Shop open Mondays

Monday 20 November 2017

9.00am – 9.30am Bec Steinbach

and

3.00pm – 3.30pm Michelle Hughes

IN THE FUTURE Wednesday 15 November Kindergarten 2018 Parent Only information evening 7.00pm Friday 17 November Year 5 Hawkesbury High Taster Day Wednesday 22 November K-2 Assembly Friday 24 November Carols under the COLA Mon 27 – Thu 30 November CPR Tuesday 28 November Night of Notables Wednesday 29 November Principal’s Afternoon Tea Friday 1 December Year 6 to Erskineville Public School Friday 1 December Christmas Markets Monday 4 December Parents Thank you Afternoon Tea Monday 4 December Kindergarten Graduation Assembly Wednesday 6 December K-2 Assembly Thursday 7 December Presentation Night

Friday 8 December Year 6 Mini Fete

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Stationery Pack Contents 2018 Orders and payment must be received by the office no later than Thursday 14 December 2017.

KINDERGARTEN - 2018 $36.00 2 x plastic document holders 2 x Jungle scrap books (homework books) 4 x Bostick blue glue sticks 1 x Palmolive anti-bacterial pump soap 1 x Box Capri tissues 1 Pkt Kleenex paper towel 1 x Spencil Scrap book cover (in boy or girl design) 1 x Shintaro head phones with microphone

STAGE 1 - 2018 $37.00 1 x Bostick blue glue stick 1 x scissors 1 Pkt Staedtler Colour pencils 1 x Box Capri tissues 2 x Jungle scrapbook (homework) 1 x Palmolive anti-bacterial pump soap 1 Pkt Kleenex Paper towel 1 x Staedtler barrel sharpener 1 x Shintaro head phones with microphone 4 x Staedtler HB lead pencils 2 x plastic document holder

STAGE 2- 2018 $48.00 1 x Olympic 128pg A4 Exercise book 6 x Staedtler HB lead pencils 1 Pkt Staedtler Colour pencils + textas 1 x Scissors 1 x Staedtler barrel sharpener 1 x Staedtler plastic eraser 1 x Bostic blue glue stick 1 x Clear Plastic 30cm ruler 2 x plastic document holders 1 x Box Capri tissues 1 x 4GB Shintaro USB memory stick 1 x sheet cardboard 1 x Palmolive anti-bacterial pump soap 1 Pkt Kleenex Paper towel 1 x Shintaro head phones with microphone

STAGE 3 - 2017 $55.00 2 x Olympic 128pg A4 Exercise book 4 x Staedtler HB lead pencils 2 x Staedtler blue biros 1 x Staedtler black fine liner felt tip pen 1 Pkt Staedtler Colour pencils 1 x Scissors 1 x Staedtler barrel sharpener 1 x Staedtler plastic eraser 1 x plastic document display book 1 x Bostick blue glue stick 1 x plastic 30cm ruler 2 x plastic document holders 2 x Boxes Capri tissues 1 x 4GB Shintaro USB memory stick 1 x sheet cardboard 1 x Palmolive anti-bacterial pump soap 1 Pkt Kleenex Paper towel 1 x Shintaro head phones with microphone

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT NOVEMBER 2017

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES Our school Remembrance Day service is at 11am on Friday. All invited. Students invited to attend the Freemans Reach War Memorial on Saturday 11th to begin at 9.45am. INTERRELATE 2018 If parents are interested, I will book the family Evening Program for term 1 2018. ERSKINEVILLE PS VISIT We had a great visit last Friday with Erskineville PS The GPS students enjoyed exchanging stories about their schools We visit Erskineville on Friday 1st December. LEADERSHIP DAY We are hosting the Hawkesbury High feeder schools next Monday at the Leadership Day for our Year 5 students. The high school students will be running the groups in a similar fashion to our Peer Support program. KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION All our day orientation sessions are now completed and our parent evening information session is next Wednesday. We have one more buddy visit to the preschool and 3 more preschool visits to us. The transition program has gone very well. THANK YOU AFTERNOON TEA Invitations will go home soon to parents for our Thank You Afternoon tea for Monday 4th December. COMBINED SCRIPTURE SERVICE We will have a combined scripture service on Wednesday 13th December. We will have a thank you lunch for our scripture teachers. YEAR 6 MINI FETE Our Year 6 mini fete will be on Friday 8th December. Students always look forward to this. LOCKING GATES We have taken on board 3 parents who suggested we lock our school gates. We will trial this over the next couple of weeks until Christmas to see if it is feasible. THANK YOU Thank you to Mr and Mrs Howarth for all the hours of work they have put into our front garden. It looks amazing. PRESENTATION NIGHT Thursday 7 December- all invited

Glossodia Public School

Carols Under The COLA Friday 24 November 2017

6.00pm – 9.00pm

Carols under the COLA

See Santa arrive on stage

Christmas Craft

Face Painting

Balloon animals

Great food – and plenty more …..

Bring the whole family for a great night out

Help us light up Glossodia

Strong Nation Community Services Christmas Appeal

Our school has been invited to participate in this worthwhile community project. Strong Nation Community Services are organising a Christmas hamper drive

to assist families within the Hawkesbury who find it difficult to experience Christmas. If you are able to help, a box has been placed in the school foyer for your donations.

Christmas Hamper suggestions include:

Custard – long life Choc Self Saucing Pudding Mix

Strawberry Jam Fruit – tinned

Vegetables - tinned Tea Bags Biscuits

Ham – tinned Weet-Bix

Spaghetti Pasta Canned Tuna in Springwater

Aeroplane Raspberry/Strawberry Jelly Vanilla Traditional Cake Mix Mi Goreng Instant Noodles

Items need to be at school by Friday 1 December

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