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Glendenning Public School

Safe, Respectful Learners

Term 4, Week 8 Thursday, November 27, 2014

135 Armitage Drive, Glendenning. NSW. 2761 Ph: 9832 8555 Fax: 98329724 E: glendennin‐[email protected]

Dear Parents,

The Annual School Concert – ‘Dance the Night Away’ for 2014 – was a huge success in many ways last night.

Firstly, to all of the parents who attended the night or simply ensured their children were there to perform, thank

you very much – your support was invaluable. If you were actually in the audience and participated through your

encouragement of the students that was also very, very much appreciated. I would like to add that audience

reaction this year appeared to be much more positive and showed the appropriate respect to the performers.

Next, my thanks go to all of the many, many people who said a ‘Thank you’ or ‘Well done’ or ‘Congratulations on a

great night’ as they left the auditorium, or on Thursday morning at school. Teachers do not have to prepare and go

through the hard task of presenting concerts and so, on behalf of all of the teachers, thank you to the parents who

were gracious enough to show their appreciation to myself or others.

Audience movement prior to, between and after the concerts required a great deal of cooperation. The RHRSL Club

had to change our plans for assisting all audience members to leave the club and, unfortunately, this meant that we

need the cooperation of all parents to ensure we were able to dismiss students in a safe, orderly and timely manner.

GPS is a PBL school. This means that all school members – students, staff and community members are expected to

act in safe, respectful ways. Students show respect for others and teachers. Teachers show respect for students and

parents. The majority of parents showed respect for teachers. Prior to the night we did have some parents who

could not understand why, when they did not pay for their tickets until the fourth or fifth day of sales, they did not

get the seats they wanted and then requested that the school change others to accommodate their wishes. The

school cannot and will not attempt to do this – being then told that the school is ‘stupid’ does not enhance the

reputation of any parent at school. Regrettably, on the night, there were some instances of parents who could not

see beyond their own self‐interest and in attempting to ensure their needs were met were either rude to or acting in

a very uncooperative manner with teachers. Additionally these parents caused possible safety problems and welfare

issues for students.

The teachers at Glendenning are a special group. They focus clearly on what is right and best for students. On behalf

of all of the parents who were respectful of their work and supported them, and in many cases expressed their

thanks, I say a very, very big thank you and well done to all teachers. As Principal I am aware that many teachers

spend $100s on their class outfits and make‐up. I am also aware of the hard work they do each day. The Glendenning

community is very fortunate to have the teacher group we have at present.

There are coordinators for a concert. To Mrs Suri who arranged all of the bus transport, thank you. To Miss Howard

and Mr Keyes who coordinated the holding rooms and student movement, thank you. To Mrs Rowe who

coordinated the music for the evening, thank you. Creatively, Miss Fitzgerald coordinated the slide show and the

finale – both of these are key to the success of the night and for all that she has done, thank you to Miss Fitzgerald.

The process of collecting the information re seating at the club, producing the information notes to parents,

organising the tickets and student collection passes as well as coordinating movement onto and from the stage

were all tasks handled by Miss Rox and I congratulate her, along with all of those staff who supported her for a

magnificent effort.

Finally, there was the students. To all of the students I say a huge well done. You have made your teachers proud –

you learnt – you rehearsed – you waited and you showed all of the cooperation and hard work that your teachers

know you are capable of and bring out so well in your school activities.

Additional Programs are available from the front office for any parent who would like one.

Doug Meaney

Principal

Dates to Remember Wednesday 3 December Bike and Scooter Day - Yrs K-2 Thursday 4 December Bike and Scooter Day - Yrs 3-6 Monday 15 December Presentation Day K-2 9.15am Yrs 3-6 10.15am Tuesday 16 December Year 6 Farewell Dinner Wednesday 17 December Year 6 Farewell Parade

Last Day of Term

Bike and Scooter Day

Bike and Scooter Day will be held on (Week 9) Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 December, 2014

Wednesday: Kindergarten, Years 1 and 2

Thursday: Years 3‐6

Students will be allowed to bring a fully functioning bike or scooter.

Students’ bikes and scooters must be in good working condition and able to be used safely. Students will have to wear their own helmet on the day.

Students will also be participating in Road Safety activities.

Students will need to return a signed permission note to be able to participate.

Miss Hoskins and Miss Milledge

Glendenning Public School Awards Term 4 – Week 5 – 2014

Class Student of the week Value of the Week

KC Gurmehar Chauhan – his fantastic writing about the clown. Madiha Rana ‐ Learner

KH Johan Ramos‐ Using a range of fantastic strategies to read increasingly challenging texts.

Brooke Jackson Learner

KL Pritish Ram – A fantastic effort during reading groups. Michelle Tan Learner

KM Rhiannon Ryan Krones‐ Showing large improvements in her reading and writing.

Ranvir Randhawa Respectful

1G Denzel Davids A consistent effort in poetry writing

Anish Prasad Learner

1M Adam Bassal A more positive attitude towards school

Amtul Samita Learner

1S Sapumalee Dissanayake Writing an interesting limerick about her friend.

Trisha Singh Learner

1W Alyssa Neilson For an outstanding poem on spring.

Rehaa Soni Learner

1/2S Jakeb Villanueva Great effort during concert rehearsal

Ertan Pinar Learner

2G Armaan Dhot Fantastic effort in all areas

Ella Jackson Learner

2J Rhys Gibson Writing an excellent poem using repetition and similes.

Respectful Baria Ahmad

2W Keziah Del Rosario Reading with expression to make a text interesting.

Jhai Guttenbeil Safe

3G Brooke Hansen Outstanding improvement in writing complex sentences

Rhioannen Tyler Learner

3M Benjamine Afu Encouraging others during dance practice.

Monique Couzins Learner

3/4/5B Bailey Cummings Outstanding efforts in maths.

Desiree Pamplona Learner

4D Lachlan Aquilina His skills in using digital and analogue time.

Chanel Sansom Learner

4G Aastha Mukhra Showing effort in all learning areas.

Michael Harding Learner

5/6M Tia Trumble Making fantastic improvements in the mathematics diagnostic test.

Jasleen Kaur Learner

5F Kobe New Creative use of metaphor

Pankti Patel Learner

5P Mitchell Hansen Improvement in Maths

Georgina Tuipulotu Respectful

6D Angelo Del Rosario Improvement in written comprehension responses.

Mary Palenapa Respectful

6F Andrhea Alabe Beautiful handwriting in all books.

Sudhamma Dissanayake Respectful

Glendenning Public School Awards Term 4 Week 6– 2014

Class Student of the week Value of the Week

KC Tyra Seeto – Being a fantastic leader during concert rehearsal

Daim Khan Learner

KH Nate Davies A fantastic effort during our concert rehearsals

Abdulla Rashed Learner

KL Amira Bassal – Writing a very interesting story about a clown.

Isabel Piho Learner

1G Joel Kember ‐ For his contributions to class discussions when learning about time

Victor Doherty Safe

1M Rohaan Malik Huge improvement in knowing his sightwords

Shayeer Safe and Respectful

1S Krishika Rana Creating a beautiful artwork of her house

Jacob Purdon Learner

1W Zane Thalib Working cooperatively with others to write and perform a poem about turtles.

Sanna Nagpal Learner

1/2S Fateh Deep Singh Constant efforts in class

Olivia Sant Learner

2G Cooper Carrington Great effort and improvement in all literacy activities

Esther Tuipulotu Learner

2J Talia Mathews Creating a fantastic artwork, using mixed media.

Amelia Testore Learner

2W Saesha Narendra Trying her best in all areas.

Kaitlin Clark Learner

3G Kobi Mitchell Working well with her partner during computers.

Rodney Wise Respectful

3/4/5B Jordan Miller Always being a kind and helpful class member.

Tanique King Safe

4D James Oconer Improving his punctuation when writing.

Benjamin Safe

4G Jayden Miller Completing all tasks in the set time.

Shiv Singh Respectful

5/6M Paige Petalio Displaying appropriate levels of maturity at all times.

Saad Babar Learner

5F Brayden Plackett Collenette For always singing our National Anthem with pride

Natasha Brown Respectful

5P Jasmine Saraceno Delivering an excellent presentation about how glasses manipulate light to help us see.

Kye Chandler Respectful

6D Vanessa Katic Creating a detailed ‘Batik’ artwork.

Sophia Nestoriadis Respectful

6F Kaitlin Barrett Improvement in 5 minutes frenzies

Tia Couzins Learner

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to the many students who completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2014. A number of

students have received a Gold (completion over four years) or Platinum (completion over seven years) award and

these will be bestowed at our Presentation Day assembly on Monday December 15.

The following students will be receiving their certificate at the Monday morning assembly on December 1:

Kindergarten – Aiden Ayling, Navjot Bhamra, Ronit Bhandari, Ryan Bhandari, Irvan Bhathal, Amandeep Chahal,

Annabelle Estall, Zuhayr Haq, Reetinderjit Kanda, Daim Khan, Angelika Marchut, Vidula Misra, Vipula Misra, Nisha

Rahman, Johan Ramos, Madiha Rana, Ranvir Randhawa, Maya Reid, Mia Robson, Tahiyat Shah, Manav Virk, Zander

Vorobieff

Year 1 – Aariz Abdullah, Hafsa Ahmad, Braedan Bartlett, Dilraj Bhamra, Zoe Bonifacio, Matilda Brown, Lilly Calder,

Lachlan Chandler, Suwanthi Edirisinghe, Shayeer Emanee, Caitlin Eves, Shazana Irfaan, Shreya Kant, Divya Louis, Ryan

McMaugh, Christopher Misquita, Aneesh Mukhra, Alyssa Neilson, Julio Ramos, Krishika Rana, Kirsten Salonga, Divjot

Singh, Zac Stewart, Gabrielle Sunderland, Jessica Vanderlinde, Taya Zammit

Year 2 – Fahad Ahmad, Ganak Barua, Tavleen Batth, Samarvir Brar, Cooper Carrington, Emileeh Fox, Parth Gambhir,

Armaan Gill, Jorja Hubble, Simrat Kaur, Pavaki Malhotra, Simar Matharu, Ertan Pinar, Ahmad Qayom Zada, Anika

Rahman, Ishmeet Salh, Priya Sharma, Fateh Deep Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Salvin Syed, Telissa Thorburn

Year 3 – Aisha Abdullah, Parleen Gill, Kajol Gupta, Brady Herod, Alesha Hussein, Deepinderjit Kanda, Siya Kaushal,

Kobi Mitchell, Rida Nasir, Shahzad Rana, Andrei Rollon, Harkirat Saini, Riya Sharma, Sharan Sidhu, Joshdeep Singh,

Charlotte Sunderland

Year 4 – Anneliese Eves, Ren Lou Garcia, Mehak Kaushal, Parneet Matharu, Hunter Mitchell, Aastha Mukhra, Shailavi

Patel, Vraj Patel, Mukhtar Qayom Zada, Armaan Singh, Paaras Singh, Yuvraj Thind, Charlotte Vanderlinde, Mahir

Vaya

Year 5 – Mackenzie Brown, Hayley Cah Troughton, Bianca Cassar, Krishna Cereno, Kye Chandler, Partaj Gill, Brock

Herod, Saloni Jaiswal, Shaista Mehmood, Adem Ozturker, Soham Patel, Aditya Rana, Saanya Singh

Year 6 – Ellie Coss, Kodi Fox, Shimran Kumar, Esha Sharma, Gurpartap Sidhu, Cinthia Thind

Write Away Writing Club

This week, students were asked to write a persuasive text about why parents and

community members should come to the annual school concert. Visit our blog to read

some of the students’ work samples.

http://writeawaygps.weebly.com/

Miss Pinski and Miss Williams

Message from the Uniform Shop The last day of trading for the uniform shop will be Friday 12 December 2014.

Term 1 2015 Week 1 Opening Times

Tuesday 27 January: 9.00 ‐ 11.00

Wednesday 28 January: 9.30 ‐ 10.30

Thursday 29 January: 9.00 ‐ 10.00

Friday 30 January: 8.30 ‐ 10.00

From Week 2 opening times will return to Monday 8.30 ‐ 9.00 & Friday 8.30 ‐ 9.30

Aboriginal Cultural Club

During Week 8, we danced to “Move it Mob Style”.

Today our activity was making damper bread. We had

lots of fun!

We look forward to seeing everyone next week for

our last session of the term – looking at our Indigenous

Garden with special guest Maureen Wenzel (Aboriginal Education Consultant from Mt Druitt office),

focusing on bush foods and medicines.

When? Thursday ‐ lunch

Where? KC’s room

PBL Parent Survey

Please find attached a parent survey, to complete regarding PBL at Glendenning Public School. Feel free to

return the attached survey, or, complete the survey online at

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GPSPBLParent2014

All feedback is greatly appreciated, as we review and strive for a more effective PBL process in 2015.

Values Lesson – Week 8

This week, teachers and students are focusing on the value of

, be aware of others and their cultures, accept

diversity within a democratic society, being included and including others.

This value links in with our school value of being .

Please discuss with your child how you, and your child, can demonstrate the value

for this week.

Caught You Being Raffle Winner

Well done to Alesha Hussein of class 3G who was caught being

SPOTTED – THE GRIFFIN IN 5/6M!

The PBL Team welcomes all feedback – please contact a member to share your thoughts.

PBL is driven by data from school staff, parents, students and the wider community. It is absolutely essential that we get your feedback as

important stakeholders in the school, so that we can drive PBL forward and make the school an even better learning environment.

This survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete and all data is completely anonymous.

1. What are our three school values (rules)?

Safe

Responsible

Respectful

Caring

Learner

Honest

2. My child/ren was awarded an adequate amount of positive acknowledgement this year (e.g. Merit Award, Work of the Week Award, Value Award, Sportsmanship Award, Caught you Being token, etc).

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly Agree

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3. The new "Caught you Being" tokens were effective and should continue in 2015 Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


4. Overall, the behaviour of GPS students is positive. Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


5. GPS staff are consistent in their management of behaviour Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


6. I use the words 'safe', 'respectful' and 'learner' at home to address my child's behaviour, (either to acknowledge positive behaviour, or re-direct negative behaviour).

Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


7. My child is a victim of bullying. Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


8. Establishing the Glendenning Griffin mascot was a valued addition to PBL (the Griffin was the winning entry in a school-wide competition where students submitted mascot entries. The P&C, then SRC, then whole school (students and staff) voted on the final winner).



9. The newsletter keeps me well-informed of current PBL focus and activities. Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


10. I would like to be a parent member of the PBL team in 2015. Strongly disagree Disagree Neither disagree or agree Agree Strongly agree


11. I would be interested in attending a "PBL Open Day” during Term 1 of 2015 (parents would be welcome to attend activities with their child - participating in lessons and activities that showcase elements of the PBL system).



12. Are there any comments you would like to make regarding how PBL was implemented for 2014?

13. Are there any suggestions you would like to make to improve our PBL program for 2015?

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Results of this survey will be shared in an upcoming newsletter and in the 2014 Annual School Report.

REMINDERS

MESSAGES REGARDING LATE COLLECTION OF STUDENT

Please phone before 2.30pm with any messages if you will be late picking up your child.

SCHOOL CANTEEN

The canteen operates on Monday to Friday each week.

Any payments or orders for the canteen should be taken directly to the canteen.

LUNCHES

If parents need to bring lunches to school after 9.00am, we would ask that you wait until 11.15am, when

you will be able to gain a pass to your child’s class and then be able to take the lunch to your child.

EARLY LEAVERS

When signing children out early of an afternoon, for appointments etc, parents are asked to do so before

2.45pm. Students will not be signed out after this time.

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS 2013

Mondays: 8.30am to 9.00am

Fridays: 8.30am to 9.30am

SCHOOL CAR PARK

Parents are reminded that the school car park is for STAFF PARKING ONLY.

Parents are asked not to drop children off in the car park, park in or walk through the car park.

There is a gate near the administration office for pedestrian access.

PAYMENTS

When sending payments to school please ensure the CORRECT AMOUNT of money is enclosed in a

separate envelope for each activity. PLEASE PUT ONLY ONE ACTIVITY IN EACH ENVELOPE. (If more than

one activity is placed in an envelope your child may miss out on participating).

Clearly mark each envelope with:

your child’s name

your child’s class

name of activity please put the permission note inside the envelope.

A separate permission note is required for each child in the family.

Please make payments before the due date as paying late will result in your child missing an activity.

All money is to be deposited in the payment slot in the door at the Admin Office.

If additional envelopes are required, they are available at a cost of 20cents each.

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