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

Email: glenhuntly.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 12 – 3rd August, 2017

Principal’s Report 100 Days of Prep What a wonderful time the Prep students had last Friday as they celebrated with their family and teachers. We all felt very proud as Ms Juz de Bruyn and Ms Liv Fourniotis presented each child with their 100 Days certificate.

The students reflected on what they liked about being a prep student and then enjoyed some party food and musical games.

Thank you very much to ES staff Fara and Anu who made a lovely 100 Days cake and other delicious goodies for the party and to all the families who sent along food and enjoyed this very special event.

Staffing Last week, parents and students of 5/6P received a letter advising them that Ms Lucy Walker is unable to continue teaching 5/6P at this time.

The reason is that when Ms Walker was successful in being appointed to teach at GHPS, it was anticipated that the Teaching Contract would be needed only until the 28th July, 2017. The Visa application for her employment stipulated that Ms Walker may be employed for this period and her final day was on Friday, 28th July.

Moving forward, the school has advertised for a new teacher as required by DET to commence as soon as the process of appointment is completed. In the interim, we are very happy to announce that Ms Amy Tinetti will teach the class.

The students will continue with the work planned by the Grade 5/6 Team and parents will be invited to attend Parent Teacher Interviews with Ms Tinetti and the newly appointed teacher at a date to be confirmed as soon as we can do so.

We would like to thank Ms Walker very much for teaching Grade 5/6 and wish her the very best for her future appointments.

Parent/Teacher/Student Three- Way Conversations Thank you very much to the staff for conducting the Parent Teacher and Student discussions which were held this week.

I hope that all families took the opportunity to actively contribute and be involved directly in writing their future learning goals to further strengthen the partnership between the class teacher and your family.

The ILIP’s which are being developed for each child will be distributed to parents when completed.

2017 Cabaret Excitement is building for the Cabaret as Glen Huntly Primary School’s ‘night of nights’ is just over four weeks away! Wow!

All students are gearing up for what will be a brilliant night of fun and entertainment. Classes have been rehearsing items with music and dance teachers, Mr David Jenkins, Ms Bianca Bruce, Laura James-Clark and Mr John Jacobs.

Laura and Bianca have been exceptional with the choreography for the performances on the evening. The dances are really starting to look special as we edge closer to our rehearsal at the Kingston Town Hall on Monday 4th September.

Education Support Staff, Lisa Oliver and Tania Casonata have taken on the huge role of sourcing, designing, sprucing up and sewing costumes to fit out all classes and there’s a real pizazz about their style that I’m sure you will greatly appreciate when the students take to the stage. The students and audience are set for an amazing experience.

The Senior School Choir and The Party Hats have also been busy rehearsing their performances. The members of 6J, 6P and 6A have been busy writing and

practising their introductions which is a very exciting opportunity for our graduating class on this special night.

Mrs Leonie Sonnberger has designed and created the backdrop for the stage and will work with the students as they artistically make posters to decorate the front of the stage area. The Grade 6’s will design the cover for the program. What an outstanding team!

The tickets will be on sale very soon and can be purchased both at the office and on the night at the door.

DET Parent Opinion Survey 2017 On Monday 7th August, the Department of Education and Training (DET) parent opinion survey will open to families who have been randomly selected from our Cases 21 program.

The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research and will close on Sunday 27th August. We will use the results with Glen Huntly Primary Staff and Council to inform school improvement.

Dates & Meeting Reminders: Publicity & Marketing: Thursday 3rd August at 7pm in the East Site Staff Room Fete Committee: Friday 4th August at 9.30am in the Activities Room Finance and School Council: Monday 7th August GPA Meeting: Friday 11th August at 2.15pm in the Art Room on the West Site Principal Libby Alessi

INDONESIAN

WORDS OF THE WEEK

Anjing - dog

Burung - bird

CALENDAR AUGUST

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

Fri 11th GPA Meeting Art Room

NOTICES DISTRIBUTED TO PARENTS 20th July All students Parent/teacher/student discussions

21st July All Students Parent Opinion Survey info

24th July Prep Students 100 days of Prep info

25th July Year 5/6 students ecocentre excursion

27th July 5/6P students change of staff

31st July All students Chocolate donations

2nd Aug Yr 6 students Glen Eira College performance

STUDENTS OF THE

WEEK Congratulations to the following students who received a ‘Student of the Week’ award during the last 2 weeks. 0B – being an amazing and welcoming class. Milla 0F – always being involved in class discussions and taking risks with her learning. Atharva 0F – beginning this term with a great attitude towards his learning. Tilly 0F – fantastic transition into GHPS. William 0F – being a leader and cleaning up the yard during lunch. Kelsy 1/2E – working hard to develop her understanding of arrays in Monster Maths. Dhevesh 1/2E – working hard to improve his reading and writing. Sully 1/2E – being a kind and thoughtful class member to all students. James 1/2E – outstanding comprehension results in Book Club. Ravi 1/2J – super enthusiastic in all of his learning. Eddie 1/2J – impressive work in Monster Maths when learning “groups of”. Keenan 1/2J – working hard to understand “groups of”. Marko 1/2J – being a leader to all his peers and showing resilience. Louisa 1/2M – impressive knowledge of Mini-Beasts. Archie 1/2M – impressive knowledge of Mini-Beasts. Ishaan 1/2M – impressive story writing. Macy 1/2P – impressive knowledge of multiplication skills. Kritika 1/2M – impressive work during Monster Maths. Raahil 1/2P – being a leader and “techspert” during Digital Learning sessions. Neha 1/2P – a fabulous start to Term 3. Kadiss 1/2P – a positive attitude towards learning. Evan 3F – great general knowledge about endangered animals.

Sienna 3F – 2nd draft of her own narrative. Daksha 3F – a fantastic presentation at our last school assembly about the Grade 3 excursion. Alicia 3F – her consistent improvement of her weekly spelling words. Rhapsody 3S – editing of own writing “Trapped in a Video Game”. Lucas 3S – settling in to 3S class room routine. Tarini 3S – thoughtful and mature contributions to our class discussions about gratitude. Tanishka 3S – a lovely, happy personality and being a very responsible and reliable ICT monitor. Hasini 4K – showing compassion towards other students. Rahul 4K – showing initiative and being a great helper in the Library without being asked. Yashvi 4K – a fantastic organisation monitor and putting so much effort into weekly homework tasks. Will 4R - for working independently in his learning tasks this week and always giving things a go! Well done Will! Daniel 4R - for improving classroom behaviour and an overall focus towards all learning tasks this week! Fabulous effort Daniel! Romany 4R - for settling into life in 4R and GHPS with confidence! An excellent first week, well done superstar. Kotaro 4R - for fantastic reading and participation this week during guided reading sessions. Well done! Aarushi 4R - for always being a kind and helpful member of 4R and having a positive attitude towards your learning. Fabulous work! Raphi 5/6A – continued effort this term and volunteering to offer assistance. Alyana 5/6A – working hard and independently and being a good influence on all those around her. Preetish 5/6A - for his amazing eye for detail, never missing an opportunity to learn and above all his humility Claudia 5/6A - for her constant presence of mind, focus and attention for a positive start to Term 3 Vanshdeep 5/6W - for always being a positive and helpful role model in class. Josh 5/6W – getting right inside our Cabaret song and for being self-motivated to thoroughly learn a complex song with a vast amount of lyrics. Jacob 5/6J – An excellent student in the first week of Semester 2. Eve 5/6J – A terrific start to your GHPS life. Lucy 5/6J – A magnificent 5/5 result in Maths Games. What a champion! Krish 5/6J – Consistently strong input into our Earn & Learn Lessons. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. Amazing!

Little Book Worms

At Glen Huntly Primary School 3 to 5 year olds

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

CONTAINER SALE All unclaimed lunch boxes and containers

will be

for sale this

Friday, 3rd August,

after assembly.

Come and get yourself a bargain.

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