Term 3 Week 1 18th July 2018

143 Bailey St Grovedale 3216 Tel: 5243 3902 Fax: 5243 0823

‘A Path to Success’

PRINCIPAL NEWS PARENT PORTAL AND STUDENT LED CONFERENCES: Well done to all of you for downloading the Sentral app and website as well as linking your child/ren to it. This is a great communication tool and one that we will expand over time. You would have received your child’s reports last term on it as well as a notification this week that the portal is now open for the Student Led conferences. The day is a modified school day which was approved at our last school council meeting. This means that children come for their conference only on that day as normal classes will NOT be running. You are able to book your time/s for Wednesday the 1st August from 12 noon to 7pm. Teachers will have a dinner break from 5 to 5:30pm on that day. If a time is not highlighted that means that some-one else has that time. Those parents that have already booked their times have said how easy this process is which is great news. ATTENDANCE: You are also able to let us know through the portal if your child is not going to be here for any particular day/s instead of ringing the office. A message goes straight through to the teacher to let them know which is then put into their attend-ance records. This term we are required to report all student attendances to the Department of Education as it is clearly recognised that student outcomes are linked to their attend-ance. CHINESE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM OUR SISTER SCHOOL VISITING NEXT WEEK: On Monday afternoon we will welcome 9 students and 2 teachers from our sister school in China. They will arrive Mon-day afternoon and stay with a number of our families in the school. Please make sure that you say hello to them when you see them and we will hold a special assembly on Friday after-noon to say farewell. They will then be leaving us on the Sun-day morning. CHOCOLATE DRIVE: Money from the chocolates are due back NOW. Please ensure that you bring either the money and/or the unsold chocolates back this week. Thank you all for supporting this great fund-raiser.

COME TO SCHOOL VISITS- TERM 3: We have scheduled four Come to School visits next term for any child that will be eligible to start school next year. These are a great way for pre-schoolers to get to know the school and feel more comfortable in the environment. They are as follows: Monday 23rd July Tuesday 14th August Thursday 23rd August Wednesday 12 September All sessions will start at 2:30 and run till 3:10pm. It would be great to see the children and parents come to as many of these as possible. I hope that you all had a fabulous holiday break and found some time to relax as a family. I am looking forward to a very busy Term 3. Kathy Wesolowski Principal

PERMISSION NOTE’s to be returned:

We have 2 permission notes that need to be returned this week.

Anglesea Recreation Camp (Years 3 and 4) Deposit due: Thursday 19th July

African Drumming and Cultural Show (all Year levels) Payment in Full: Friday 20th July

Late return of permission forms will NOT be accepted.

COMING EVENTS

JULY 2018

Sat 21st July Chinese students arrive

Mon 23rd July Come and Visit—Session 1 2.30-3.10pm

Tues 24th July African Drumming and Cultural Show

Mon 30th July School Council Meeting

AUGUST 2018

Wed 1st Aug Student Lead Conference 12pm—7pm

Tues 14th Aug Come and Visit—Session 2 2.30-3.10pm

Thurs 23rd Aug Come and Visit—Session 3 2.30-3.10pm

Mon 27th Aug - Fri 7th Sept

Grade 3-6 Swimming

SEPTEMBER 2018

Mon 10th -Tues 11th Sept

Grade 3/4 Camp

STUDENT AWARDS—will be presented this week at assembly Friday 20th July

Gloria PS For skip counting by 10’s. Roman PS For writing the initial sounds in unknown words in his holiday recount. Seth PD For writing some great sentences that included describing words. Well done! Cohen PD For putting up his hand and answering lots of questions. Great listening! Cormac 12A For being an excellent role model to his classmates. Riley 12A For being an amazing leader in our class. Dylan 12B For the great effort he put in his writing about Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas. Eva 12B For her excellent effort when learning to skip count by 3’s. Koby 12C For slowing down and taking the time to form his letters correctly. Miha 12C For working hard to improve his understanding of 3D shapes. Xavier 34M For making accurate graphs and writing some interesting observations about data. Abbey 34M For working hard to achieve her personal best in all learning areas. Connor 34R For trying to maintain your emotions and be your best self. Harley 34S For a positive start to Term 3. Keep it up! Macenzie 34S For his fantastic 7 up sentence, which included all 5 of our vocab words. Ashlee 56C For showing initiative by completing extra work in Maths. Well done. Mac 56C For using class time efficiently during Maths when working on division. Alicia 56C For taking her research notes on pollution and putting them into her own words. Chelsea 56R For working persistently to solve ‘long division’ problems. Hamish 56R For his passion and enthusiasm for our Inquiry Unit.

FORMS / PAYMENT DUE BACK

Thurs 19th July Grade 3/4 camp desposit $70

Fri 20th July African Cultural Show $5.50

Wed 25th July Grade 3-6 Swimming deposit $35

Wed 15th Aug Grade 3-6 Swimming balance $30

Thurs 23rd Aug Grade 3/4 Camp balance $75

NEW UNIFORMS: Deal directly with Coastal Uni-forms. Phone: 5255 4897 Maureen will visit Grovedale Primary School : this Thursday 28th June at 8.45am SECOND HAND UNIFORMS: in the Sick Bay on Tuesday afternoons only from 3:00pm-3:20pm.

Award-Winning In-School Theatre Performances, BRAINSTORM PRODUCTIONS: present ‘The Protectors’ On Monday 30th July Brainstorm Productions will be presenting ‘The Protectors’, a show about protecting yourself from bullying and strengthening self-esteem. The performance will be FREE for all students as wellbeing grant funding will be paying for the performance and it aligns with our school values and also the Kidsmatter program. The Protectors come to the rescue with their live theatre program, providing students with strategies to safely block bullies at school and online. Using research-based strategies, The Protectors and their ‘Protector Tools’ will help students learn how to handle bullies and understand how they can intervene safely to support children who are being bullied. Students will come to appreciate that all people deserve to be treated with kindness and respect at school and online. The Protectors is part of our student wellbeing curriculum. The program has been developed in consulta-tion with students, teachers and psychologists. The methodology of the program is safe, supportive and nonjudgmental and designed to provide students with positive and useful tools that they can use in their everyday lives. More than 350,000 Australian students have already benefited from Brainstorm Productions multi award-winning educational theatre programs over the past twelve months. Their programs cater to the specific wellbeing needs of students, helping to create a healthy and harmonious school environment. If you would like to know more about Brainstorm Productions, visit their website at www.brainstormproductions.edu.au

Extend OSHC at Grovedale Primary School Welcome back to Term 3 Grovedale Primary School community! I hope you all had a safe and happy break. This first week of term we will be celebrating all things French, to honor our French families and communities at OSHC. This weeks activities are... Mon 16th July: Making Macaron Ornaments Tues 17th July: Miniature Monet Landscapes Wed 18th July: Eiffel Tower Models & Special Visitors! Thurs 19th July: Edible Eiffel Tower Models Fri 20th July: Crepe Making The second week of term we will be celebrating all things Filipino, to honor our families and cultures from the Philippines. Next week's activities are… Mon 23rd July : Making a parol (A Filipino Christmas Lantern) Tues 24th July: Washi Heart Bunting Wed 25th July: Making a Sarimanok Thurs 26th July: Filipino Dancing and music Fri 27th July: Cooking puto (A Filipino Steamed Cake) Looking forward to seeing everyone after the break,

Maisie Thompson, Service Coordinator Bookings: extend.com.au

ANNUAL TOUCAN FOOD APPEAL

AUGUST 2018 ….Think OUTSIDE THE CAN! The Geelong Food Relief Centre has been providing free food to those in need for 28 years. Working in conjunction with welfare agencies, in 2018/19 we will see 36,000 individuals referred to Gee-long Food Relief Centre’s for Emergency Food Relief. Your school is one of 90 schools throughout Geelong and the surrounding region, who every year assists us in making our service possible. Each donation makes its way onto a family’s table, which could be a family living in your street. Items listed below form some of the basic food items most families choose. We are inviting you to be part of this generous donation to provide if possible the following: Cereal (All Sizes), Cake Mix, Spreads, Dry Pasta, Canned Soups, Canned Tuna, Packet Pasta, Canned Fruit, Noodles, Rice, Tea/Coffee, Cling Wrap / Foil, Shampoo Conditioner. Of course, all donations whether cans, boxes or packets are always gratefully appreciated.

We thank you for your ongoing support and assure you all donations will make a significant difference to someone living within our community.

THANK YOU

Connecting with your kids: managing devices at home

Join this workshop for parents and carers where Andy McNeilly will provide strategies for achieving greater connection with your chil-dren. Andy will present ideas to help manage devices in your home, build stronger family re-lationships and improve your self confidence in communicating with your children so they can be happier, more secure and move for-ward academically.

Wednesday 8th August Waurn Ponds 6.30 - 7.30pm

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