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

Email: glenhuntly.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 11 – 20th July, 2017

Principal’s Report Dear Parents I hope all families had an enjoyable school holidays and are looking forward to an exciting term 3. Welcome back to everyone and a special welcome to Mrs Lexie Boomsma who has returned from Family Leave and will be teaching 2 days per week in the Grades 1/2 classes. She will be at school on Wednesday and Thursday.

We will continue to promote and inform parents about what their child will be learning this term through newsletter articles on stimulating learning in various curriculum areas, through the Term 3 Parent Letters and at the Parent/ Teacher/Student Conversations.

Congratulations Imogen 4R Well done to Imogen on receiving a Commendation for her fantastic poem “A New Land” at the Glen Eira My Brother Jack Awards 2017.

It is an excellent poem, and your award is well deserved.

Imogen is pictured 4th from left.

Parent/Teacher/Student Three- Way Conversations On Tuesday 1st August, we will be holding our Parent Teacher and Student discussions for all Grades Prep -2. For Grade 4K, this will be held on Thursday 27th July and for Grades 3F, 3S, 4R, 5/6A, J & W, theses will be held on Wednesday 2nd August.

Where applicable, students can actively contribute and be involved directly in writing their future learning goals and further strengthen the partnership between the class teacher and your family.

A notice will be sent home this week.

Victorian Junior Chess Championship During the July school holidays I competed in the Victorian Junior Chess Championship which was held at the Knox School in Wantirna South. I competed in the Under 10 (age as at 1/1/17) Girls section along with some friends from the Canterbury Junior Chess Club.

It was a big tournament that went for two full days but was also a lot of fun for me as during the round breaks we all got to play outside on the school grounds. This was the hardest tournament I had ever competed in as it included the current U10 Australian Girls champion. I made new friends and by the end of this tournament I had achieved four wins from seven rounds and finished fifth. I was happy with how I played and with fifth place as I thought I might only achieve a couple of wins. Jennifer Morrison (4K)

DET Parent Opinion Survey 2017 The Department of Education and Training (DET) 2017 Parent Opinion Survey will be completed online by parents from 7 August to 27 August and all schools are required to participate.

Each year the school conducts an opinion survey of 15 per cent of the school community. The overall objective of this survey is to collect data about parent opinion across the state, and for Glen Huntly Primary

to use this data to inform school improvement. The survey results will be shared with parents via the School Council later in the year.

100 Days of Prep on Friday, 28th July A very exciting milestone has arrived and next week the students of Prep F and B will mark their 100 days of Prep with a celebration of their learning.

Parents of prep students will be invited to the presentation of certificates and to share afternoon tea at 2.30pm in the Activity Centre.

Please find more details in this week’s Prep Newsletter which will come home with your child.

House Rewards BBQ Congratulations to the members of Mitchell House for earning the Term 2 reward by having the highest number of House points.

All members of Mitchell House will be able to enjoy a free BBQ sausage provided by GPA and cooked by John Tinetti on Tuesday 25th July. Great work everyone!

School Uniform A reminder to please ensure your child is dressed in the GHPS correct uniform every day. The school really does pride itself on all students wearing the uniform correctly, and does not want this spoiled by some students continuing to wear non-school colours.

Please contact the office if you need any further assistance.

2018 Prep Enrolments We would like all families who have pre-schoolers starting school next year to please get their enrolment forms into the office as soon as possible as planning is already well underway for transition and the November and December dates which are on the school’s website.

Thank you to the families who have done so already.

Dates & Meeting Reminders: Parent/Teacher/ Student Three Way Conversations 2.30-7.30pm: Thursday 27th July- 4K only Curriculum & Policy: Thursday 27th July at 6.30pm GPA Meeting: Friday 21st July at 2.15pm in the Art Room on the West Site Parent/Teacher/ Student Three Way Conversations 2.30-7.30pm: Tuesday 1st August for Prep and Grades 1/2 Parent/Teacher/ Student Three Way Conversations 2.30-7.30pm: Wednesday 2nd August for Grades 3, 4R and Grades 5/6 Publicity& Marketing: Thursday 3rd August at 7pm in the East Site Staff Room Fete Committee: Friday 4 August at 9.30am in the WW Hall Principal Libby Alessi -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations Veer We are pleased to let you know that Veer Vyas has passed a Judo practical and knowledge test called a grading at the Caulfield Judo Club.

This is no easy task and requires a great deal of practice. The grade is awarded by the presentation of a coloured Judo belt.

Junior Judo belts are in varying colours signifying age and expertise. Veer has been awarded a White-Yellow belt. Malcolm Slade Registrar Judo Victoria

Little Book Worms

At Glen Huntly Primary School 3 to 5 year olds

Tuesday @ 9.00am to 10:00am Book on 9571 2933

Today in LBW we did construction

LUCKY JARS We are still collecting clean plastic jars and small, fun

items to put inside them for our "Lucky Jar" stall at this year’s Twilight Fete.

Small toys, lollies, hair ties etc. are all suitable. Only new and unused items please.

Thank you to the families who have already donated.

STUDENTS OF THE

WEEK Congratulations to the following students who received a ‘Student of the Week’ award during the last 2 weeks. Elizabeth 0B – a fantastic job identifying full, half full and empty containers in maths. Rory 0B – providing a great description of the beginning, middle and end of a story. Keshav 0F – improved confidence with his teachers and peers. Lily 0F – facing her fears and being Connie Confident during the visit from the Fireman. Aadhya 1/2E – her exceptional progress in her reading and writing. Nabil 1/2J – your fantastic work in all areas of your learning. Ayaan 1/2J – improved inferencing skills in Book Club. Stella 1/2J – always being a wonderful friend and a positive role model in our school. Amber 1/2J – her incredible expression and fluency when reading. Tasha 1/2M – creating some interesting subtraction worded problems in Monster Maths. Kritika 1/2M – impressive knowledge of the seasons and months of the year. Atharv 1/2M – being a happy and friendly student. Nandini 1/2M – fantastic knowledge of the seasons and months of the year. Lucas 1/2P – outstanding improvements in his reading fluency and expression. Alyx 1/2P – making excellent progress with her reading. Samarth 3F – willingness and enthusiasm to share his ideas during class discussions. Lakshita 3F – settling in beautifully to 3F. Kavin 3S – easily settling in to life in 3S and working beautifully. 3S – being a super, spectacular, hard working class. You are all wonderful. 4K – a wonderful Term 2 and beautiful behaviour at the Como House excursion. Prithika 4K – continually gaining confidence and really developing as a learner. Imogen 4R - for creating an impressive story book for her homework task called ‘The Country’. Well done! Daniel 4R - for participating in reading rotations this week with confidence and determination! Excellent work! Hrithik 4R - for always trying his hardest in all learning tasks! Rita 5/6A – hard work and focus and always producing beautiful work. Derick 5/6A – his ability to concentrate and always showing consideration to his peers. 5/6J – being such a welcoming class.

INDONESIAN

WORDS OF THE WEEK

ikan - Fish

kucing - Cat

CALENDAR JULY

Mon 17th 1st day Term 3

Fri 21st GPA Meeting: Art Room on the West Site

Thurs 27th 4K Three Way Conversations Thurs 27th Curriculum & Policy: at 6.30pm AUGUST

Tue 1st Prep and 1/2 Three Way Conversations Wed 2nd Grades 3, 4R, 5/6 Three Way Conversations Thurs 3rd Publicity& Marketing: 7pm East Staff Room Fri 4th Fete Committee: 9.30am WW Hall Wed 9th Year 1/2 excursion Museum/Imax

NOTICES DISTRIBUTED TO PARENTS

21st June 3S Students Mrs Sassos LSL 21st June 0B Students Ms De Bruyn LSL 21st June 5/6P students Mrs Paterson Retiring 23rd June All students Holiday Chook Roster 23rd June All students Woolworths earn & learn 17th July All students icy pole/hot choc 17th July Prep students Living Eggs inquiry 18th July Year 1/2 students Museum/Imax excursion

19th July All students Chess/Tennis club

Student Council Dress up Day