Important Dates For Your Diary

September

21st Last Day of Term 3 Early Dismissal at 2:30 pm

October

8th First Day of Term 4 12th Firemen Visit Preps 16th 2019 Prep Transition Session 2019 16th SMART8 Yrs 3-6 16th Scienceworks Excursion Yr 2 23rd SMART8 Yrs 3-6 30th 2019 Prep Transition Session 2019 30th SMART8 Yrs 3-6

November

6th Melbourne Cup – No School 8th Science Incursion Yr 5 9th Science Incursion Yr 5 9th Whole School Disco 13th SMART8 Yrs 3-6 13th 2019 Prep Transition Session 2019 13th Family Life Information Evening Yrs 5 & 6 19th Family Life Program Yr 5 20th Family Life Program Yr 6 20th SMART8 Yrs 3-6 26th Family Life Program Yr 5 27th Family Life Program Yr 6 27th SMART8 Yrs 3-6 27th 2019 Prep Transition Session 2019

December

3rd Family Life Program Yr 5 4th Family Life Program Yr 6 4th 2019 New Families Information Evening

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community, Welcome to another fabulous and the final edition of our school newsletter for Term Three – wow, it is amazing to think that three quarters of the school year has come and gone! Facilities Update Over the past fortnight we have continued to complete various tasks throughout our school such as: School hall redevelopment – work with this project is progressing well. The builders have completed the majority of the painting and are currently in the process of installing the cabinetry and shelving. If all goes according to plan, they should be finished by the end of the school holidays and we can then commence the process of moving the Out of School Hours Care and Music programs into their new spaces. Brent Street entrance – I am very pleased to report that the new gates and fences have been installed in Brent Street, which have made a significant impact in this area of the school. Also thank you to the numerous parents who have commented on the additional pedestrian entrance as your positive feedback is greatly appreciated.

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

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

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School oval redevelopment – another very exciting project that has been occurring in the background is the redevelopment of our school oval. The intention is to replace the oval with synthetic turf which will enable the children to use this facility all year round. The project is about to go out to tender and our hope is that works will commence later this term and be completed by the end of Term One next year. Depicted below is an initial design which I encourage all families to provide me with feedback. Please do so in person or via email at catalano.frank.f@edumail.vic.gov.au I look forward to hearing from you.

School Rebranding Update Last Thursday we held our second School Rebranding Committee meeting as we had the joyous although enormous task of analysing the vast amount of suggestions. In the end, the committee has recommended 6 logos and 5 mottos which are currently with Samitha (one of our parents who is also a graphic artist). These will be previewed by the committee early next term before the school community will be asked to cast their vote. A sincere thank you to all of the families who completed the “home learning task” as the suggestions can only be described as deep, thought provoking and reflective of our forward thinking and internationally minded school. I look forward to sharing the logos and mottos with the school community in Term 4.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

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Outdoor Education Update As mentioned in the previous newsletter, this term we continued the implementation of the various outdoor education programs such as the Late Nights at School, Year 3 Sleepover and the Year 6 Camp.

The Prep to Year 2 “Late Nights at School” – have all been an enormous success as the children were provided with the opportunity to further develop their independence skills. They thoroughly enjoyed staying at school a little later, playing with their peers, having dinner, changing into their pyjamas and then watching a movie before going home at approx. 7:30 pm.

The Year 3 “Sleepover” – was also an enormous success as the children had a wonderful time as they prepared for their first camping experience in Year 4. They played a variety of camp games, assisted preparing and cleaning up after each meal, organised their belongings etc, whilst also developing their resilience, independence and social emotional skills.

Year 6 Camp – was held at the picturesque Camp Adanac at Yarra Junction (Yarra Valley) from Monday 27th to Friday 31st August. The children participated in a variety of outdoor education learning tasks and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

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Outdoor Education Update (Cont’d) Naturally these learning experiences are not possible without the commitment of the staff. A sincere thank you to the fabulous staff at our school for planning and implementing high calibre experiences which the children will not only remember for many years to come but are also pivotal to their overall development. Well done, thank you and congratulations everyone.

Victorian State School Spectacular The 2018 Victorian State School Spectacular was held last Saturday and as usual, it really was an amazing and truly brilliant spectacular! This year’s theme was “With the Beat” which was quite apt as it is incredible what children are able to achieve when they are provided with the opportunity. Congratulations and well done to the following children for their stellar efforts: Mass Dance:

Year 5: Hilary, Chanu, Sia S and Alamu

Year 6: Chloe, Amy, Jasmine, Amanda, Geena, Anuk, Nethaya and Karina Mass Choir:

Year 3 Peyton, Mia, Nishtha and Jahzarah

Year 4: Shanza, Sruthika, Vyshi, Kheenav, Janessa, Mavishka, Savreen, Tvisha, Raya, Diya, Yaneesha, Cheng, Rithila, Aeryn, Shreya and Sithuli

As with all school events, our school’s participation in the Victorian State School Spectacular would have not been possible if it were not for the commitment and enthusiasm of our wonderful staff. A sincere thank you and well done to Ms. Wood and Ms. Park for overseeing the Mass Choir and the Mass Dances (respectively), and for their wonderful leadership and coordination leading up to, and throughout the Spectacular. Also a sincere thank you to Ms Rennie, Mrs. Platt and Mrs. Tomecek for their assistance prior and during the main performances. Congratulations and well done everyone, I hope you are as proud of yourself as I am of you!

Traditional Sri Lankan Dancing Performance Continuing the performance theme, on Sunday 10th September I attended the Vishver Rangayathanaya Academy of Traditional Sri Lankan Dancing Graduation ceremony which was an amazing spectacle as the children performing were simply outstanding and incredibly professional. It was fabulous to see so many of our current and past students perform in a variety of traditional dances, and to do so with an enormous smile on their faces was delightful. Congratulations to Rashika for of her hard work in preparing the children, the numerous parents who assisted with costuming and to the fabulous performers - the children, as you were amazing! If you are interested in your child joining this program please do not hesitate to contact Rahika on 0423 584 440.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

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2019 Enrolments I would like to remind families with children who will be beginning school in 2019 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, Janet 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.

Vacation Care Program Once again our school will be implementing our very own Vacation Care (Holiday Care) program during the forthcoming holidays. Included in this newsletter is an overview of the program and the associated costs. Please be aware that ALL FAMILIES are entitled to a 50% rebate (which is not means tested) plus a further rebate which is determined by your family’s 2017-2018 annual taxable income. If you have any questions pertaining to the Vacation Care program please do not hesitate to contact or see Fiona (OSHC coordinator) or me at school.

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

Seeret and Sana for making the most amazing progress with their writing

Ranuga for writing a very deep reflection

Oscar for creating the most colourful poster

Vinara for writing a very deep reflection about this year’s Prep Late Night at School

Vinara and Maahi for being terrific members of our school community Prep B

Serena for receiving 2 medals from her dancing and gymnastics club Prep C

Delina, Ahaanya and Anika for making the most amazing progress with their writing

Zarah for writing the most beautiful card for my office

Geetham, Andrew, Gerwin and Zarah for writing a fabulous recount about this year’s Prep Late Night at School Prep D

Aishani and Austin for writing a very deep reflection about this year’s Prep Late Night at School

Nakul for showing empathy to Milan

Milan for being a great friend Prep E

Hiyara for creating a fabulous poster which depicts all of the coins and notes used in Australia

Akshay, Manuthi, Mohammed and Jasman for making amazing progress with their writing skills

Isaac for being an amazing helper in our school

Kelvin for making excellent progress with his English skills

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD

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

1A

Mithul, Sophie, Thinushi, Dilu and Nabiha for writing very descriptive recounts about their Late Night at School

1B

Shenuri and Logan for making excellent progress with their writing

Vansh, Savithu and Dylan for learning about the importance of perimeter

William, Dylan, Vish, Aaliya, Aarthy and Elsa for writing very descriptive poems

Vish, Dylan and Vansh for drawing how a plant grows in the wild

Aaliya and Elsa for making great progress with their understanding of punctuation

Isabelle and Gargi for explaining the difference between Area and Perimeter 1E

Aleesha, Isabelle and Aahan for wring the most creative poems as featured in the Kids Corner section in our newsletter

Raavi and Ranveer for designing and constructing a farm of the future which includes wind turbines, water tanks, a café, orchards and green houses

Isabel for receiving a medal for coming first in a gymnastics competition

Mikaela for creating the most elaborate futuristic farm

Ava and Aleesha for being great friends

Elisha for creating the most amazing futuristic farm

Dinethya, Saumya and Niyati for being amazing friends

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD

2B

Seyara for writing a very informative booklet about the different states of Australia

Senudi for writing a very descriptive and informative narrative as featured in the Kids Corner section of our newsletter

Manroop for creating a very informative book about Australia

2C

Saheli and Sethumi for working hard to improve the behaviour of others

Clarence for making great choices 2E

Thesan for writing a very informative piece about the importance of not littering

Jagrithi for receiving a medal from her gymnastics club

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD RECENTLY: 3B

Nwal and Thiyaga for being fabulous members of our school community

Tvisha for making outstanding progress with her learning 4C

Rishan for creating a very informative video project about sustainability 5A

Sayuni for competing in the Jets Gymnastics Invitational event. Her team placed 1st overall and Sayuni received the following individual results: - Bronze Overall - 3rd in Bars and Vault - 4th in Beam and - 5th in Floor

5B

Tharusha for receiving 4 pins (medals) from the Bayside Swimming Club. He participated in a swimming event and placed: - 1st in 100m Breaststroke and Backstroke - 3rd in 100m Freestyle and Individual Medley - Whilst at this swimming meet, Tharusha broke his PB’s in Individual

Medley by 10 seconds, Breaststroke by 11 seconds and Backstroke by 5 seconds

Behrad for drawing another amazing and very creative picture for my wall 6B

Henry for placing second in the Monash Library SnapStory competition Awards for 2018.

Reminders A reminder that tomorrow (Friday) is the final day of the term and the children will be dismissed at 2.30pm. An assembly will be held in the gymnasium commencing at 1:45 pm where the Principal Learning and the Kiwanis Club’s Terrific Kids Awards for the term will be distributed. I look forward to seeing as many families as possible at our final assembly for the term. Naturally our After School Care Program will commence at 2:30 pm. I hope everyone has a wonderful, safe and happy two week break and I look forward to seeing you on Monday 8th October, if not earlier. Frank Catalano Principal

PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD

ANDREA LOWE – ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

SCHOOL REBRANDING

Our whole school is buzzing with ideas for our new logo and motto! You will remember the journey so far: Our current logo and motto were implemented when the original Glen Waverley Primary and Glen Waverley Heights Primary Schools merged in the early 1990s, and have stood the test of time well. However, one of our recommendations from our CIS Visiting Team was to review the meaning of our logo and motto, and assess if they are still the best fit for our ever-improving school. Last term we held a survey to ask what our community thought our logo and motto should portray. The information which came back was our success criteria of:-

Learning

Togetherness/Community

Diversity

Respect

School Values

Happiness

Growth Mindset

Success

With this in mind, our school community got creating! Over 400 designs for a logo were received, together with 223 mottos. The Brand Renewal Committee met on September 13th with the daunting task of shortlisting these designs. It was hard work, but we shortlisted six mottos, four original logo designs, and two more designs which are combinations of the shortlisted originals. These six logos will be professionally created over the school holidays, and early next term we will vote for our new logo. We look forward to presenting the designs to you next term, and can’t wait to see which logo and motto are selected!

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 have been written by numerous children as they showcase their fabulous learning:

The Magic Hat by Senudi (Year 2) One morning Jack walked into in his dad’s office. His dad said, “I can say a spell that would do all of your home learning!” However he accidentally said the wrong spell and …… poof, Jack flew into his dad’s hat and ended up in the world of giants! Jack turned around and there was a big black bug behind him. He ran as fast as he could and then it started to rain and he had to find some shelter because the rain drops were huge! That night Jack built a house and ate coconuts. The next day there was something on his roof, he looked outside and saw two big parasites …………….. he ran as fast as he could before they saw him and then he saw a way out. He saw some blonde hair which he jumped on and slid all the way back to Earth. Phew, that was close thought Jack as he looked for his father, “Hmm, I wonder where he has gone, Jack thought to himself, “I bet he made another mistake with his spells ……… I wonder where he is?”

YEAR 1 LATE NIGHT AT SCHOOL REFLECTIONS

Nabiha: Last night we had our Late Night. We started with eating fruit and I had strawberries, banana and an apple. After that we went outside and played games, when we came inside we ate pizza. I had margarita pizza and then we changed into our pyjamas. Then we watched a movie. The whole night was FANTASTIC!

Dilu: Last night was our Late Night at School, we had some delicious fruits, YUM, YUM and then we went outside to play. After the games I ate Barbecue Chicken and Hawaiian pizza, both of them were delicious! We changed into our pyjamas and there were lots of different colours including warm and fuzzy slippers. We also did the Go Noodle chicken dance which was great fun.

Thinushi: Last night we had our Late Night at School. We ate some fruit, played outside and then ate some pizza. We got changed into our pyjamas and watched a movie. I HAD THE BEST DAY EVER!

Sophie: After the school bell rang, we were very excited to go to the new gym. We put our bags in order and then sat in a line. There were 120 people and we had fruit and played. Then 26 HUGE pizzas were delivered, I ate 3 slices. We then got changed into our PJ’s, it was fun wearing our pyjamas at school. I had the BEST DAY IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD!

Mithul: Last night we went to the Late Night at School. First we went to the gym and played. We ate some pizza and then watched a movie. My dad picked me up and Archit and I played tag before I went home.

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their special day during second half of September:

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Prep A: Sana Prep C: Riyon and Delina Prep D: Kiyara and Ashton

1B: Sahiba 1C: Enya, Marcus and Fin 1D: Sanuk 1E: Aleesha

2A: Kultaranpreet 2B: Melody, Aaron, Raywinn and Manroop 2D: Harsha 2E: Thisari

3A: Parnika 3C: Saloni 3D: Nancy and Kaitlyn 3E: Movindee and Bryle

4A: Shayden and Angus 4B: Cao-Van and Suprit 4C: Mavishka, Dhinuk, Aeryn and Archit 4D: Joshua

5A: Anvi 5B: Suhani, Gautham and Matthew 5C: Anurag, Brian and Abbygail 5D: Ivan 5E: Bhanvi

6A: Emily 6B: Dihein 6C: Rhea 6D: Rohit and Bon

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products or services offered is accepted by the school

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products or services offered is accepted by the school

The advertisements in this newsletter are in good faith but no responsibility as to the quality of the

products or services offered is accepted by the school

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products or services offered is accepted by the school

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