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nominated for the program in the Sporting and Community Participation Awards for young people and she nominated Emilee too. David Bradbury presented Emilee with her award on 9th April. What a fantastic role model Emilee is to others .

CARES for Year 4 Last week Year 4 attended the CARES bike safety program at St Marys run by the NSW Police. Students were able to ride bikes around the circuit and test their knowledge of bike safety . Two students were so good they received bike helmets from the Police for their behaviour and good work. They were Tyreice and Emily . Well done Year 4!

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

2

Cake Stall 2

Fathers Day Stall 3

Poems from S3S 3

Term Planner 4

Glenmore Park Public School

Newsletter

Dear Parents

Shades of Blue Glenmore Park Public School has purchased two sets of Rugby League jumpers for our teams in 2011. We are very grateful to Jon Austin from Shades Painting and Decorating who generously paid for the 30 jumpers. All the boys were excited to wear the new outfit at PSSA sport last Friday. The juniors won convincingly 30‐16 vs Cambridge Park and the seniors were very unlucky against Werrington losing 16‐22.

Pictured in photo—Mr Austin, Kyle (Captain Seniors), Jordan (VCaptain Seniors) and

Tyreice (Captain Juniors)

Emilee receives a Community Award and Medal – What a star! Emilee from 5L recently received an award for sporting and community participation for her indoor netball skills. Emilee plays modified netball for children with special needs on the weekend. Her position is centre. Her coach was

Issue 7 17 May 2011

SILVER AWARD WINNERS Jesse 6B

Jemma 3A Madison 3A James 1W

Cameron 2E Ria 1L

Kyle 6M Jasmine 3J Lachlan 6C Madison 2D

Samantha 5P Taylor 3A Jenny 5P Alexis 3R Bowen 4A

Madeline 6M Rhys 4A

Brittany 6C Jack 6C

Madelyn 6C Amy 6C

Hollie T5P Luke 5P

Sebastian 2W Alexander 2H

Jordyn 1O Taylah 1W Sophie 2W Joshua 2W

GOLD AWARD

WINNERS Brock 6M Jesse 6B Edan 5L

Jemma 3A

Inside this issue: From the Principal District Cross

Country Report Stewart House

Donations PSSA update Canteen News 100 Years ago Gold Award winner

profiles Term Planner

Learning Growing

Forever Together


WE’RE ON THE WEB!

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

Year 5 Projects Minhee and Griffin of 5L presented some fine work in their projects.

Isabelle, Hollie and Jazmine of 5P also pre‐sented projects.

ANZAC Ceremony

Last term our Captains and Prefects conducted our Annual ANZAC Ceremony. Our whole school were involved in remembering the purpose of ANZAC. Our Guest speaker is pictured here with the Captains and Prefects and the students who helped lay our wreaths. Our wreaths were later delivered to the memorial outside Memory Park in Penrith. Thankyou to all our parents and service people who attended our ceremony.

INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARDS INSTALLED IN NEW CLASSROOMS

If you wondered why 2H, 4W, 5L & 3R are smiling it might be because they have had a new IWB installed in their classroom over the last holidays. The students are excited as they now have not only a new classroom but also an interactive whiteboard. This was installed by the NSW State government with left over money from the BER

project.

GET YOUR SPONSORS – WALKATHON APPROACHING SOON You could be the winner of a new DX or a bike/helmet or a gift voucher to buy your own prize. Remember this is on 9th June. Start collecting your sponsors. Prizes are: $20—$49 Lucky dip prize $50—$99 Hoyts Movie tickets $100—$149 Big W or Target Gift Voucher $150 and over Ipod Shuffle

KISS AND DROP ZONE Please do not park in this area before the bus bay. A reminder to set down and pick up only. Thank you for your adherence to this policy.

LATE TO SCHOOL A reminder to all parents students who are late—after 9 am need a late note from the office. Your assistance is required to ensure students are on time to school. Mornings are the optimum learning time in all classrooms and students like to feel a part of the group and not miss out on this valuable learning time. “Children can’t learn if they are not there”. Late 10 minutes a day = 10 school days a year. Thank you for your support. Michelle Collins Michelle Collins PRINCIPAL

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY REPORT 2011

On Friday 6th May 48 children from Glenmore Park travelled by bus to Jamison Oval for the District Cross Country carnival. Many children were competing for the first time at

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

REMINDER

Friday is Walk Safely to School Day. Students

are encouraged to walk to

school on this day


this event and they gained valuable experience from the day for future competitions. Those who had competed before were all excited by the fact that they had improved on their previous personal positions. The weather was perfect for cross country running and the children all competed with great determination. Congratulations to: Tayler 5th in the 8/9 years Kristen 8th in the 10 years Both these girls have qualified to represent Penrith at the Sydney West Area Carnival to be held at the Castle Hill Showground on Wednesday 15th June. Others to mention are Noah 18th in 8/9 years, Tyler J18th in the 8/9 years, Boston 18th in the 10 years, Matthew 15th in the 11 years and Madalyn 19th in the 8/9 years. All children competed with excellent sportsmanship and supported their team mates with great enthusiasm. Well done everyone. Congratulations and good luck to Tayler and Kristen.

STEWART HOUSE DONATIONS The Stewart House donation drive 2011 envelopes need to be returned to school by Wednesday 18th May. All envelopes received after this date will not be able to enter the draw.

PSSA UPDATE Please note that due to Penrith Council rebooking Jamison Park there will be NO PSSA sport on Friday 20th May nor Friday 5th August.

CANTEEN NEWS MAY SPECIAL

Every Thursday and Friday in May the Canteen will be selling pumpkin soup and a bread roll for $3.50.

100 YEARS AGO Sometimes I just sit there and wonder what it was like a hundred years ago? Did cave men ride on dinosaurs? Did giant spiders rule the Earth? Were deserts filled with snow? We don’t have a book so we think. By Aleks in 2D

GOLD AWARD WINNER PROFILES Edan 5L My name is Edan, I have been at GPPS since kindy. My teacher is Miss Leersnyder. My friends are Isabella, Madison and Jayda . I have 3 brothers, 1 sister, a mum Martina and a dad Luke. My favourite subjects are spelling and art. Jemma 3A Hi my name is Jemma. I am in 3A with Mrs Hughes. I have 5 members in my family, mum, dad, little sister brother and myself. My favourite subjects at school are art, science and reading groups. My best friends are Hannah, Taylor, Ella and Chelsea. I enjoy playing netball and tennis. I love to watch the TV shows Prank Patrol and Stoked. At home I love to draw. I am so happy that I am getting a Gold Award. REMINDER—ICAS SPELLING AND WRITING Payment for these two competitions closes tomorrow, 18th May. If you would like your child to participate please forward $10.00 for spelling and $15.00 for Writing to the office in an envelope marked ICAS competitions. No late payments can be accepted.

YEAR 5 CAMP REMINDER The final date for payment of the Year 5 camp is Friday 20th May. Please forward any outstanding payment along with your completed medical form to school by Friday. ABORIGINAL PERFORMANCE REMINDER

Just another reminder that all children K‐6 will be able to attend a performance from The Beatty Clan Crew on Wednesday 25th May. The cost of this performance is $4.50 per child. Please send this money to school by Tuesday 24th May.

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.


TERM 2, 2011

WEEK 4

16/5 17/5 Selective HS Test

18/5 19/5 Maths Olympiad

20/5 Walk to School Safely Day NO PSSA

WEEK 5

23/5 24/5 ICAS Computer Skills

25/5 K-6 Aboriginal Performance

26/5 27/5 PSSA

WEEK 6

30/5 31/5 Yr 5 Camp

1/6 Yr 5 Camp

2/6 3/6 PSSA

WEEK 7

6/6 7/6 Year 5 Science Day at GPHS

8/6 Yr 2 Cake Stall ICAS Science

9/6 Walkathon

10/6 PSSA

WEEK 8

13/6 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

14/6 15/6 Sydney West Cross Country Carnival

16/6 17/6 PSSA

WEEK 9

20/6 DISCO

21/6 ICAS Spelling and Writing

22/6 Athletics Carnival Yrs 3—6 K-2 Illustrator visit

23/6 Yr 6 Canberra Excursion

24/6 Yr 6 Canberra Excursion PSSA

WEEK 10

27/6 28/6 Parent/teacher interviews 3-6

29/6 Parent/teacher Interviews K-2

30/6 PBL Reward Day

1/7 Last day of Term 2

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