Glenroi Heights Public School Date: 05.09.17 Newsletter Term 3 Week 8

Maxwell Avenue, ORANGE 2800 Email:glenroihts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 40 – 62 Maxwell Ave Telephone: (02) 6362 7191

ORANGE EAST 2800 Fax: (02) 6362 2133

Dear Parents and Caregivers, This week the office went live with the new office system, LMBR. The transition has been very smooth thanks to the wonderful office staff. We are now able to accept all payments. Next week, the Year 3 and 5 students will participate in the online NAPLAN test. This test is done in preparation for 2018 to see if the school is technologically ready. The students will not receive any results from the test. If you have any concerns please see the Stage 2 and Stage 3 teachers. Spring has finally arrived, though unfortunately the warm weather hasn’t yet. G.H.P.S. is a sun safe school. In Term 4 all students need a bucket hat to play outside. No hat-play in the shade. The school bucket hats are available at the office for $10.00. The lost property basket is very full at the moment. Please check to see if your child is missing any items. Remember to label all property. Coralie Graham finishes her final practicum this week. Mrs Graham has been on 6/5T for the last four weeks. We wish her well in the future. Have a great week. Chris Sutton Assistant Principal

Important Dates 19th September-Last day for Woolworths Earn and

Learn Stickers

Latia has had a great Term 3. Her most favourite parts have been dressing up in costume for the eisteddfod and school concert. Latia loves mathematics because it makes her stronger and smarter. She is really good at skip counting by 2’s and by 10’s on and off the decade. Latia’s class mates lover her because she is kind, fair, helpful and deadly!

Student of the Week – Latia Parker-Sullivan

Class of the Week-2/1M

What a fantastic Term 3! We have had a lot of fun playing, learning and doing maths. We look after one another in the playground and then when we come inside we are ready to learn. We are learning to identify and use simple punctuation in literacy. In numeracy, we are learning to count by 10’s on and off the decade. We are also sharing and grouping to make us smart when we divide. We’ve been working so hard, making our teacher proud.

Have you enrolled your child for Kindergarten 2018 yet?

Transition to Kindergarten will be running again this year!

Session will start in Term 3 and run from 9am-1pm on a Tuesday and

Friday.

Enrol now at the office to secure your spot.

Miss Simpson

How is your attendance going this

term??? Remember there will be a pizza

party in Week 10 for all students who have 90% or over attendance. That means at school, on time, in

class learning.

I hope that all the dads had a fantastic Father’s Day and enjoyed the little gifts that we made for them in playgroup. The children (and mums) had a fun time making them. If you have children that are too young for school and you are looking for something to keep them entertained, come and join in the fun.

Glenroi Grasshoppers – Tuesday, 9.30 – 11.00, Marang Gunya (Cootes Access Centre) Cheeky Monkeys – Friday, 9.15 – 11:00, GHPS in the Carewest Preschool room

Playgroups are a great opportunity to meet other families. If you have any questions please contact Rachel Livingstone, SaCC Facilitator on 0401 004 092 or just turn up.

Important notice about our new system:

Glenroi Heights Public School will transition to the new NSW Public School’s finance system and a new bank account on 4th September. Please note the following changes:

*As of 25th August we will no longer accept direct deposits into our current school bank account.

*Eftpos payments will be unavailable between 29th August and 4th September. From the 4th September Eftpos payments will resume as normal.

*Cash and cheque payments will not be accepted between 29th August and 4th September. From 4th September cash and cheques will be accepted as before.

*Online payments (POP) facility through our school website will cease between 25th August and 6th September until our system changes. After 6th September online payments will resume as normal.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any question please contact the office.

G.H.P.S. is participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion again this year. Please collect your stickers when you do your shopping and either drop them into the box marked Glenroi at the supermarket or drop them into the front office. These stickers are then redeemed for educational resources for our school.

Thank you.