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Email: glen.katherine.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

LINKLETTER

Issue 10 20th April 2017

DIARY

Children, Teachers, Parents: A partnership for the future

2017 - TERM

Mon 24th April Remembrance Ceremony at 2.00pm

Tue 25th April ANZAC DAY—no school

Wed 26th April Prep Information Night for 2018 6.00-7.30pm

Tue 2nd May

PFA Meeting & School Council Sub Committee Meetings Informal community chat opportunity 7pm (staffroom) 7.30pm meetings convene

Wed 10th May

School Council Meeting 7.30pm

Wed 10th –11th May

Mothers Day Stall

Wed 24th May

Open Morning

Thu 1st Jun

House Athletics

Just a reminder for all students to please check lost property for missing clothing, drink bottles, lunch boxes.

LEANNE’ S MESSAGELEANNE’ S MESSAGELEANNE’ S MESSAGELEANNE’ S MESSAGE

Farewell to our friend and colleague GAIL ELLIOTT

As shared previously this week, our community has

been saddened by the sudden passing of our much loved

and respected staff member, Gail Elliott. Gail worked at

GK in the library for 28 years, dedicating herself to

sharing a love of books and reading. Monday at 2pm a

short tribute will be paid to Gail prior to our ANZAC

DAY ceremony. You are invited to attend if you are able

to. ANZAC DAY CEREMONY Each year our classes have an explicit focus on ANZAC Day, participating

in tasks that allow knowledge to build about this important event in

Australian History but also to reflect on how fortunate we are to live in a

country of peace and wealth. This focus culminates in a formal ANZAC

Ceremony which is largely facilitated by our School Captains. At 2.00pm,

after our tribute to Gail , the ceremony will commence, finishing with the

laying of a wreath at our ANZAC bollard.

WOW!

Congratulations to our community on raising a whopping $2073.05 for the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal. This is a fabulous representation of

our community spirit and goes towards such an important cause. Special

thanks to Jessica Bailey who initiated and coordinated the event. Great

effort by everyone. Our Facebook Page and official parent photographer In liaison with our PFA, a new GK facebook page has been created. The

fundamental intent behind this page is for our school community to share

positive information about upcoming events or communicate needs that

occur. This is a ‘closed group’ which means you must request to be added

as a member of the group. Natasha Warrington, a member of PFA, is

overseeing this process and comments that appear. This page is not the

place to share negativity or problems and Natasha ensures that our page

remains free of this. Natasha has also volunteered to be our ‘school

photographer’. You may have already seen her at the Prep BBQ and House

Sports Day, taking beautiful snaps. Some of these may be posted on our

website, in the linkletter or appear in our digital portfolios. A huge thanks

to Natasha for her time and effort.

EVERY FACE HAS A PLACE EVERY FACE HAS A PLACE EVERY FACE HAS A PLACE EVERY FACE HAS A PLACE ---- KIDSMATTER AT GKKIDSMATTER AT GKKIDSMATTER AT GKKIDSMATTER AT GK

Just a reminder there

will be NO School

Banking next week due

to Anzac Day

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Student of the MonthStudent of the MonthStudent of the MonthStudent of the Month

MARCHMARCHMARCHMARCH

Years Prep Years Prep Years Prep Years Prep ---- Six Six Six Six

PREP Oliver B

PT

Erin T

PT

Harry I

PB

Phoebe W

PB

Piper A-S

PP

Teia R

PP

Chloe vW

PL

Lucas H

PL

Raquel M

3/4A

ONE William G

1R

Charli L

1R

Torah A

1L

Ben S

1L

Joy Z

1N

Shayan B

1N

TWO

Chad R

2S

Micah S

2S

Alexa P

2C

Dylan G

2C

Zoe G

2H

Colton B

2H

THRE

E

&

FOUR

Giselle SR

3F

Summar M

3F

Charlotte L

3F

Jaya M

3R

Ava P

3R

Lachlan P

3R

Sienna T

3W

Abigail D

3W

Hayden C

3W

Sebastian H

3W

Maksim N

3/4A

Nathaniel K

3/4A

Leila L

3/4A

Matisse M

4W

Thomas P

4W

Georgia M

4W

Charlotte M

4H

Alexia D

4H

Josh M

4H

Bailey E

4P

Indiana B

4P

Alex S

4P

Tara S

5D

Lincoln J

5D

Hannah S

5D

Michele I

5K

Asvin K

5K

Daniel P

5K

Katrina D

5O

Cameron B

5O

Coco H

5O

Rebecca B

6G

Alyssa K

6G

Zac AS

6G

Lily O

6V

Harrison l

6V

Congratulations to our Year P-6 students. Due to our ANZAC DAY CEREMONY on

Monday, a very big SOTM presentation will occur on MONDAY 1st MAY with our year

Prep—Six being announced and presented with their certificate.

Five

&

Six

Specialists

Jesse K

6V

Sophie S

6V

Lizzy C

6M

Riley F

6M

Rmily B

6M

Abigail K

Science

Gracie O

Science

Agastya S

Science

Alex O

Science

Declan L 3/4A

Visual Art

Heide D 3/4A

Visual Art

Aryan B 3/4A

Visual Art

Alexia D 4H

P/Arts

Cassie W 3F

P/Arts

Coco H

CHOIR

Zoe B 1R

CHOIR

IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2017

TERM 2

Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

April

24 25

ANZAC DAY

26

Prep Information

Night

27 28

May 1 2

PFA Meeting, School

Council Sub Commit-

tee Meeting

3 4 5

May 8 9 10

Mothers’ Day Stall

School Council

Meeting 7.30pm

11

Mothers Day Stall

12

May 15 16 17 18 19

May 22 23 24

OPEN MORNING

25 26

May 29 30

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

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We are raising as much as we can to support our cause, and we need your help! Order your NEW 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership now. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for everything you love to do, and help our

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Payment for the Entertainment Books is now available on Qkr.

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ADMIN UPDATE

Reminders:

• Bulk Billing full payment or first instalment is due tomorrow Friday 21st April—payment can be made via Qkr,

Bpay, e6pos, cash or cheque. Also Bulk Billing permission forms are required to be completed & sent to the office

to ensure your child’s par;cipa;on in all the upcoming excursions/incursions.

• Some students are coming home this week with family statements. Amounts highlighted on these statements are

for excursions/incursions that have already occurred and for the upcoming Grade 5&6 excursion to the Shrine &

Museum tomorrow the 21st April and the Grade 3&4 Melbourne River Cruise next week. Some families may

have already paid or are planning on paying by instalment but statements were sent as reminders so we can try &

ensure we receive payment for these excursions before they happen. If you are unable to pay the instalment

amount please make sure you pay the related charge for these excursions prior to the day or contact the office.

• Please note that there are payment op;ons available to any family experiencing any financial difficul;es please

contact Jodee Jackson to discuss payment op;ons.

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*** NEW TO CANTEEN ***

ORIGINAL JUMPYS $1.00 ea & VEGETARIAN LASAGNE (Gluten Free) $4.00 each

Welcome back to Term 2, I hope everyone had a lovely break. We will have our Salad Boxes available until Week 5 this term, and then

see how they are going.

I still have the following days available in the roster & would love to fill them as soon as possible particularly the Friday:

1st Friday (urgently would like to fill this day)

3rd or 4th Tuesday

1st (2nd Term) or 2nd Wednesday

Without the help of volunteers the canteen would not be able to run as well as it does. Please, if you would like to help out in the canteen or have any queries, please contact me on 9431-1599, Tues to Fri 8.30am to1.30pm or email cunningham.suzanne.s@edumail.vic.gov.au

or sms 0408 172 778.

Cheers, Suzi

DAY & DATE NAMES

Tues 25th Apr ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Wed 26th Apr C Robertson; L Mills

Thurs 27th Apr S King; K Wishart

Fri 28th Apr L Cooperwaite; N Gadbois; S Ktistakis

CANTEEN

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GARDENERS NEEDED!!!

Are you interested in gardening? Do you like hanging out with chooks? Have a spare hour every now and again to help on our school community garden? Toddlers welcome! Possible jobs could include:

• Weeding

• Pruning

• Mucking out the chook shed

• Planting

• Repotting seedlings

If any of this sounds appealing then GK would be very grateful to have assistance in maintain our school garden at the bot-tom of the school. Please email our sus-tainability coordinator, Annemarie Webb on webb.annemarie.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

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COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

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