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Important Dates For Your Diary

August

9th Chesterfield Farm Yr 1

9th Coding 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

9th Robotics – Soccer 3:30 – 4:45

9th Family Life Vic Program Yrs5-6

Parent Information Evening 7:00pm

10th Chess 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

10th Robotics – Rescue 3:30 – 4:45

14th Family Life Victoria Program 06A/E

15th ICAS Exam - Mathematics

15th SMART8 Yrs 3-6

15th Electrical Engineering 3:30 – 4:30

15th Mandarin Classes 3:30 – 4:30 Yrs1-2

16th Family Life Victoria Program

06B/C/D

16th Coding 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

16th Robotics – Soccer 3:30 – 4:45

17th Chess 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

18th Family Life Vic Program Yr 5

18th Year 3 Sleepover Yr 3

19th Pick up from Year 3 Sleepover Yr 3


21st Family Life Victoria Program 06A/E

22nd SMART8 Yrs 3-6

22nd Electrical Engineering 3:30 – 4:30

22nd Mandarin Classes 3:30 – 4:30 Yrs1-2

23rd Family Life Victoria Program

06B/C/D

23rd Coding 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

23rd Robotics – Soccer 3:30 – 4:45

24th Chess 1:30 – 2:30 and 3:30 – 4:30

24th Prep ‘Late Night at School’ Preps


25th Family Life Vic Program Yr 5

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community, Welcome to another fabulous edition of our school newsletter where so much information is shared! School Gymnasium Update When you look over the site it seems as if the builders are making more mess than progress. However this is furthest from the truth as they have been working diligently on installing concrete pads and retaining walls. They are hoping to remove the excess rubble in the coming days. I look forward to sharing photos in forthcoming newsletters. Transporting the Children To and from School Thank you everyone for the amazing manner in which you are now bringing and collecting the children from school. Overall, it has been extremely successful however, I write to remind you not to park in No Standing areas and also not to stop the car on High Street Road and ask the children to either enter or leave the vehicle. Both of these practices are very dangerous and if seen by the Police or By-Laws Officers, you will be fined. As you would be aware, the safety of the children, each other and other motorists must be paramount at all times.

UNIFORM SHOP

Situated in the West Wing on the School Grounds

Open Monday between 3.00 – 4.30 pm

Wednesday between 8:15 – 9:30

Closed Public Holidays and School Holidays

Orders may be left with the office

SCHOOL LUNCH ORDERS

Lunch orders are available from our service provider Balance Living

Catering five days a week.

Ordering is done through an online service, details of which are

available on our website or visit

http://www.balancedlivingcatering.com.au/

school-lunch-ordering.html

10th August 2017 Term 3, Issue 11

Congratulations to Mrs Javidi I am very excited to report that Mrs Arezou Javidi and her husband Daniel are now proud parents of Elayna Tarwala. Elayna arrived on Saturday 22nd July at 5:56am. Everyone is doing well and a photo is opposite of Elayna, our newest member of the GWPS family.

http://www.balancedlivingcatering.com.au/

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

Term 3, Issue 11 10th August 2017

Our new Fish Tank Our new fish tank continues to generate lots of excitement throughout the school as the children love to watch the fish swim throughout the tank! If you are yet to see it, may I take this opportunity to invite you to do so. I’m sure Goldy, Speedy, Thunder, Lightning, Rocky, Loggy and Blacky would love to meet you too!

Year 1 and 2 “Late Night at School” The level of excitement last Thursday was a great deal more than usual as the Year 1 and 2 children prepared and participated in their annual “Late Night at School”. The aim of this program is for the children to develop their independence skills whilst being away from their parents for a little while and they certainly did so in abundance. They enjoyed time playing a variety of games, ate yummy pizza, changed into their pyjamas and then watched a movie – all by themselves! A sincere thank you to the numerous staff who remained to assist and to the amazing Year 1 and 2 teachers for all of their efforts to ensure the night was an enormous success! Below are some photos of the children enjoying their Late Night at School!

At Monday’s assembly Aarushi, Aditi, Elena, Meheka, Akshara and Aryaa (all in Year 2) presented the following speech about the importance of the Indian custom of Raksha Bandhan. Good morning parents, teachers, students and Mr Catalano, Today is Raksha Bandhan. It is a well know Indian festival. It is called the festival of Rakhi. This reflects love and care between brothers and sisters. Raksha means protection and Bandhan means bond. Raksha Bandhan means the bond of protection. The Rakhi is a special thread decorated with gems and silk which sisters tie on brothers wrists. In return brothers give sweets and gifts to their sister and promise to always protect them.

Thank you for listening. Well done to Aarushi, Aditi, Elena, Meheka, Akshara and Aryaa you should be very proud of yourselves as the manner in which you presented at assembly was simply amazing!



Curriculum Day Last Wednesday was another amazing Curriculum Day as we, the staff, learnt so much more about the brain and the things we can do to further enhance learning in our school. For instance:

Bottom up v’s Top Down learning – - Bottom-up learning indicates a progression from the individual elements to the whole. - Top-down processing (learning) refers to how our brains make use of information that has already been

brought into the brain by one or more of the sensory systems. Top-down processing is a cognitive process that initiates with our thoughts, which flow down to lower-level functions, such as the senses.

Learning styles – research indicates that they are NOT predetermined! They are developed through our experiences and should be refereed to learning preferences

Memory involves – Encoding, Storing and Accessing information

Mental models and schema – these refer to how we “see the world”. Essentially, we code the world to experiences and to the manner we think it should be. So much of what we see, believe etc is determined by our mental models and schema. We also take so much granted, for instance, is the sky really blue??

Learning is not like a calculator – it is not linear

Basic learning process – Start with facts, move to concepts and then the transfer of knowledge

The 3 stages of thinking – “Activate Prior Knowledge”, “Elaboration and Connection” and “Content and Personification”

As we move forward with our learning and work in this area, you will notice the children use the following terminology:

The Learning Pit – is a metaphor which describes how a person may plunge into a pit when they are learning and the importance of having learner resilience in order to grasp the concept and then move out of the pit

Error Alarm – refers to that feeling and reaction when we make a mistake or come across something that we have never experienced before.

Surface, Deep and Transfer of learning – these are the 3 stages of learning

Productive Struggle – refers to the “struggle” a person must go through when learning something new or transferring the learning. Naturally this is a very important part of the process

The PEN Principles – neuroscientist Jared Cooney – Horvath has developed 12 principles which are based on Psychology, Education and Neuro-science (PEN). As a staff we will be using these extensively.

Feel free to research the above concepts and ask your child about them. I also look forward to asking families about these concepts as we cross paths.

Parent Opinion Survey It is that time of year again where schools are required to randomly select families in order to complete the annual Parent Opinion Survey. The selection is completed by our computer system CASES21 and the survey results are a vital tool for us, as your school, and for the Department to gain an indication of how well Glen Waverley Primary School is meeting the needs of our students and the school community. For the first time, the process is now being completed on-line which involves selected families receiving an email that contains a letter from me and instructions as to how to complete the survey. May I encourage everyone to check their email addresses and if you have been selected, please complete the survey by Sunday 27th August. Thank you in advance for doing so and we look forward to receiving the results.

Year 4 Camp What an exciting and amazing 3 days the Year 4 children had at camp Cavehill Creek recently. They enjoyed completing canoeing, archery, map reading, low ropes, bush cooking, bush art, boulder wall climbing and a phot trail. Congratulations to all of the children as their resilience, persistence and endeavour to complete all of the tasks was simply amazing! Also a sincere thank you to all of the staff who attended as your efforts and willingness to do so are appreciated enormously!



2018 Enrolments I would like to remind families with children who will be beginning school in 2018 that we are taking enrolments now and that they are also closing rapidly as we only have a very small number of positions available. I strongly encourage you to ensure you return your child’s enrolment form to Jenny, Kylie or Julie in the main office as soon as possible. We also ask that members of our school community assist us by informing any of their neighbours of the enrolment procedures and direct them to the office to collect an enrolment form or our school website – www.glenps.vic.edu.au . School tours are available every Tuesday morning commencing at 9:30 and also upon request. Please call the school on 9802 9938 to book a tour. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD RECENTLY: Prep A

Arnold and Dilain for providing amazing feedback to their peers Arnold said " Fin took risks with his learning to write Blake" and Dilain said, "Ansh use good finger spaces"

1A

Hishan for making amazing progress with his writing as featured in the Kids Corner section of our newsletter

Dillon for achieving a perfect score of 10 out of 10 in his spelling test

Nevin for being a very supportive friend 1B

Meher for dancing at assembly

1A Mannroop for dancing at assembly 1D Nimmer for dancing at assembly 1E Gurnoor for dancing at assembly 2D Nishtha for dancing at assembly

1C

Cody, Sanuli and Vedanshi for creating amazing pots out of mud and leaves

Tanya and Kiara for dancing at assembly 1D

Kade for being amazing school helper

Dinara for being a fantastic member of our school community

1E

Cyrus for creating an amazing book about Black Holes

Nikhil and Cyrus for writing fantastic “make believe” stories

Theenu for writing a fabulous piece about me, the Late Night and a story titled, Abigail!”

Nyasha and Zachary for being great friends

Sethumi for writing a fabulous procedural text about how to make bread

2A

Ryan for writing a fabulous reflection about the Year 2 Late Night at School

Zen for being a great friend

Oneja, Birti, Deanna and Aanoshka for creating amazing posters and notebooks about friends and what bossy people do

2B

Nancy and Koyal for making beautiful origami cranes for my office

Nandan and Karthik for writing fabulous recounts about the Late Night at school

2C

Lara and Emaan for writing fantastic narratives using both the English language and Aboriginal symbols

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD RECENTLY:

3A

Sandil and Keen for writing fabulous poems as featured in the Kids Corner section of our newsletter

Noah and Matthew for making wonderful connections to poems and then summarising them

Yash, Elizabeth and Ishan for making amazing progress with their learning 3B

Odelia and Dennika for being amazing and very responsible members of our school community

Diya, Vyshi, Dihein and Alan for completing amazing mathematical problem solving for the Year 3 Sleepover

3C

Zak, Shanza and Aeryn for writing amazing poems

The whole class for writing amazing reflections after their Environmental Solutions incursion

Yashvi for writing an amazing poem titled, The Calf who Took My Scarf and Ripped it in half

Zak for being a great friend and also for writing and reflecting on his poem Big Inflatable Goo

Kevin and Malachy for completing amazing Maths learning involving perimeter

Neil for running 6km in the Melbourne Fun Run and receiving a medal and certificate

Archit for being a great friend 3D

Cheniru, Shreya, Sahil, Kisara, Elijah, Tvisha, Jeremy and Oscar for writing the most thoughtful and amazing reflections about the CERES sustainability incursion

4B

Sia S for being amazing school helpers

4B for creating an amazing poster about the importance of an “error alarm” 4D

Ranudhi, Chanel and Hilary for being amazing school helpers 5A

Vishal for writing the most beautiful poem about his grandmother which is featured on the Kids Corner section of our newsletter

5C

David, Kavi and Binu for creating wonderful and very descriptive posters about financial budgets 6D

Joyce and Suhani for being amazing school helpers

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD



Prep B – Samar and Sahana Prep C – Nabiha and Justin Prep D – Aimey, Lu Lu, Gargi and Sierra Prep E – Aaron 1B – Omika and Ben 1C - Safwan 1D – Lavendra and Clyde 2A – Maahir and Zen 2D – Jannat, Sanuk and Siddharth 2C – Laya and Elsha 3B – Tina 4B – Rivith, Rucha and Sanuka 4C – Rojan and Simar 4E - Thathya 5A – Sandhi and Geena 5B – Vanessa and Daham 5C - Henry 5D – Nadhrah and Dasuni 6A – Nayana and Dulaj 6D – Dulina, Jayden, Coco and Jack Wishing everyone a safe and happy fortnight, Frank Catalano Principal

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated

their special day during the second half of July:

WOOLWORTHS EARN

AND LEARN PROGRAM 26th of July to 19th of September

2017

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we hope to get additional

educational resources for our school. In order to participate all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn

Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards).

Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the

Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school (located near the office)or at Woolworths The

Glen.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of

items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft,

Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

As part of the Year One Inquiry of ‘Farm to Table,’ on Wednesday August 9th the students went on a very exciting excursion to Chesterfield Farm. They were given the fantastic opportunity to participate in some great learning activities including:

Feeding the sheep, deer, camels, horses, emus, ostriches, kangaroos, donkeys and goats.

Enjoying a tractor ride where they were able to see how large the farm was and the various

animals that were a part of it.

Milking ‘Bonnie’ the cow.

Watching ‘Bridget’ the sheepdog round up the sheep.

Watching the farmer shear a sheep.

Patting the animals in the animal nursery.

A great day was had by all! Here are some photos and comments made by the students in 1A:

I learnt that Camels use their hard

jaws to help them eat. Ravindu

I learnt that there are two kinds of

cows – beef cows and dairy cows.

Mannroop

I really liked it when we fed the animals. It felt ticklish. The camels were scary. Yenuli I learnt that not all dogs can chase sheep. They need to be specially trained. Arnav K

I learnt how to feed all the animals.

Dillon

I learnt that camels

make milk. Nishi

The “Kids’ Corner” section of our school newsletter provides the opportunity

for the children to showcase their talents or communicate something special

The Kids Corner section of this fortnight’s newsletter has been written by:

Sandil (Year 3) – A Poem

Our picnic was ruined by too many ants

At least I am thankful I am not in France

When I play cricket

I like to bowl to the wicket

I saw the ball travel really far

I saw it pass my car!

Keen (Year 3) – A Poem

I try to kick a goal

It hits the pole

I score!

Now my leg is sore!

I think I kicked the ball way too

hard

It feels like I kicked an ice shard.

I feel I’m going to fall

Very soon I’m going to have to crawl!

I can’t play soccer any more

My leg is way too sore

I’ll have to find another sport

I might try another sport

I might try out on the basketball

court!

Hishan (Year 1) –

My Games on the iPad I went to the Apple Store.

I got Star Wars and I tricked my

mum.

Then I was so happy because I got

to the 6th level.

Glen Waverley Primary School 774 High Street Road, Glen Waverley 3150

Ph: 9802 9938 Fax: 9886 1590 Email: [email protected] Website: www.glenps.vic.edu.au

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