GEPS NEWS Term 3, Week 10 Thursday 17th September 2015

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New Addition to the McLean Family

We welcome Mr McLean back from his two weeks paternity leave, I’m sure he

has had many sleepless nights over the past two weeks and many more to

come. Baby Lucas Alexander Russell McLean was born on August 28 weighing

8pounds 7, 52.5 cm long.

His big sister Rose apparently isn't adjusting too well with the new addition and

keeps asking when is he going back! Congratulations to the McLean family!

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Happy Holidays

Glendale East Public School

Enrolment Guidelines Fathers Day Stall

Thank you to all the parents and carers

that helped in the father’s day stall and to

everyone that attended the breakfast on

Friday morning.

The Department of Education’s Enrolment of Students in Government Schools: A summary and Consolidation of Policy requires schools to determine the school’s enrolment capacity to cater for anticipated local demand and to ensure that every eligible child has a place at his or her local school if she or he chooses to attend it. A copy of the Glendale East Public School Enrolment Policy and School Intake Zone map is located on the school website. The primary criterion for acceptance of non local enrolments is the availability of permanent classroom accommodation. Glendale East Public School has reached its enrolment ceiling (projected 2016) based on permanent classrooms. Glendale East Public School has complied with the above policy and there are no vacancies currently available for non local students, without a current sibling enrolled at the school, to be enrolled into Kindergarten for 2016. Please be advised, if a student is enrolled at Glendale East Public School with a residential address inside the school’s intake zone, and then their family moves to a new residential address outside the intake zone, younger siblings are not guaranteed enrolment at Glendale East Public School in future years. Local Enrolments –Proof of Address Glendale East Public School requires two documents as proof of address for students who live in the school intake zone. These are: ·A council rates notice or residential lease; and ·An electricity or water account. If you have any questions about enrolments please contact the school.

Have a safe and relaxing holiday to all members of the Glendale East community. School resumes for all students in term 4 on Tuesday 6

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October 2015.

PSSA Netball Finals Soccer Finals

The Glendale East Public School Netball

teams, both Junior and Senior,

represented our school last Friday the

11th September at Cardiff netball courts

The junior team lost their first game to

Cardiff but won their second game

against Edgeworth Heights to place third

in the PSSA competition. The girls

showed an amazing level of growth from

their first game in Term 2 and showed

wonderful team work leading into the

finals.

The senior team drew their first game

against Plattsburg however they were

higher than Glendale East on the ladder

so unfortunately we only just missed out

on the Grand Final. The won their second

game against Cardiff which also placed

the senior team in third position overall.

The senior team displayed amazing skill

throughout the competition and were

fantastic role models for our juniors.

I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching both

netball teams this year! Thank you to the

parents who have supported our teams at

different games during the season. It is

wonderful for the students to hear your

positive support on the side lines. An

even bigger thank you to the girls. I have

enjoyed every training session and game

with you all and hope to see some of you

back next year.

On Friday 4th September, GEPS junior

and senior soccer teams travelled to

Federal Park to compete in the PSSA

finals day. Both teams played two games

with our junior team defeating Cardiff in

the semi-finals allowing them to progress

to the grand-final. The senior team had a

draw against Cardiff North in the semi-

finals but progressed through to the finals

based on a higher points score leading in

to the game. Two exciting grand-finals

followed with the juniors outplaying

Cardiff North and the seniors defeating

Cardiff in a nail biting game. Our players

were so proud to return to school with

two trophies! Well done to both teams,

we are so proud of you! Also, an

enormous thank you to Mrs Davey and

Mr Munro for their coaching expertise

over the season.

Zone Athletics

PSSA

Life Education

Woolworths Earn and Learn is

over for 2015

Trivia Night

Teddy Bears Picnic

As you know, our school has been participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. The program has now finished for this year, so a big thanks to everyone who supported our school. We're now at the important stage of the program where the Sticker Sheets are collected and lodged as our Earn & Learn claim. We will then be able to get new educational equipment for our school. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. So this week, please send in your Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheets and any loose Earn & Learn stickers you may have. Remember to check your handbag, the car glove box or they maybe stuck on the fridge. Every little bit helps. Thanks again for all your support

The school’s Trivia night will be held on

Saturday 10th October at Cardiff RSL.

Teams of 10! See Nadine Davey to

organise your place now.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Last week, 4 of our teachers attended

Positive Behaviour for Learning training.

This is a school wide program that defines

a shared vision for the expected

behaviours of our children at school.

Soon, surveys and notes will be sent

home. Please take the time to complete

these surveys as they will give us

valuable input into forming our core

values.

Thank you to the parents who joined the students from KE and K1M for their Teddy Bear’s Picnic. The weather was absolutely perfect! The students and their teddies thoroughly enjoyed going on a bear hunt, playing teddy games, enjoying lots of delicious food.

Zone Athletics

PSSA

Life Education

Junior Touch

On the 15th of September Glendale East Public School played their touch gala day. Year

three and four team members were super excited to play. Both teams won and lost their fair share of games. We played against four different schools. At the end of the day everyone was exhausted!

Mackenzie and Josh

Education Week Musical Locks on Gates Canberra Matter of Seconds Whole School Production

PSSA PACER Rebate

Public Speaking

Congratulations to the following students who represented Glendale East Public School at the Zone Public Speak-

ing Finals at Booragul Public School.

A special congratulations goes to Alex Holliday who received a Highly Commended Award for her speech on the

day. Well done Alex!

News from 1/2C

Wow! What a productive and fantastic term we have had in 1/2C! We enjoyed our visit to Life Education with Healthy Harold, Book week parade, school athletics carnival, our whole school production ”A night at the Oscars” and Stage One Toy exhibition. We certainly have been busy! As well as working hard in our maths and literacy groups, students have been investigating toys and games of the past in comparison to present toys and games. We have been studying the junior novel “Toy Story” and using the Super Six Comprehension strategies to deepen our understanding of the text. We even created our own lego characters! Students presented their toy projects on Monday to students and families. Congratulations to all students on your creativity and enthusiasm. In PDHPE, we have been exploring the healthy food plate and developing our fundamental movement skills during basketball on Fridays.

Alexis Morgan receiving her Gold Award

Education Week Musical Locks on Gates Canberra Matter of Seconds Whole School Production

PSSA PACER Rebate

Public Speaking

Congratulations to the following students who represented Glendale East Public School at the Zone Public Speak-

ing Finals at Booragul Public School.

A special congratulations goes to Alex Holliday who received a Highly Commended Award for her speech on the

day. Well done Alex!

Toy Exhibition—1H, 1/2C, 2/3L

Education Week Musical Locks on Gates Canberra Matter of Seconds Whole School Production

PSSA PACER Rebate

Public Speaking

Congratulations to the following students who represented Glendale East Public School at the Zone Public Speak-

ing Finals at Booragul Public School.

A special congratulations goes to Alex Holliday who received a Highly Commended Award for her speech on the

day. Well done Alex!

Senior Touch Football Gala Day

Students in Years 5 and 6 participated in a Touch Football Gala Day yesterday at the Newcastle Trotting Track. All students had a fantastic day displaying their skills on the touch park. the senior boys team won 3 of their 4 games and worked well as a team to score some amazing tries. The senior girls team had a great day and won 2 of their 4 games. It was fantastic to see many of our girls trying a new sport and using their side step and passing skills to score their tries. It was a wonderful day in the sun and the support that both teams gave each other really displayed our school comradeship. Thank you to the parent support that we had during the games. We are lucky to have a great community at Glendale East Public School!

Kindy Orientation Agenda

Its that time of the year again, important upcoming dates for all our new kindergarten students;

Week 4 (14/10) Kids meet their buddies (9.30-11am) 6pm Parent session what to expect from school - - Uniform, P&C, canteen, Reading Eggs - Kindy teachers talk on: * Hints for getting kids ready * Preparing for Literacy and Numeracy * Best start Week 5 (29/10) Kids learning session with buddies (9.30-11am) Week 6 (11/11) Kids learning session with buddies (9.30-11am) Parents informal morning tea

Operation Christmas Child

Well done to all the kids from across the school who made the effort to fill a Christmas box for operation Christmas box. There are about 30 boxes ready to be sent. These boxes will be sent to either Africa or India now to give kids from 3

rd world countries a few of the

simple pleasures that we take for granted (like a tennis ball) Great stuff GEPS kids!

Term 4 2015

1 7th October

Staff Development Day

Tuesday 6th October

Students return

Wed 7th October

Year 6 sports day

Thursday 8th October

Friday 9th October

ASSEMBLY

2 Monday 12th October

Tuesday 13th October

Wed 14th October Kindy Orientation

Kindy parents info session

Thur15th October

NEWSLETTER

Friday 16th October

3 Monday 19st October

Tuesday 20th October

Wednesday 21st October

P&C Meeting

Thursday 22rd October

Friday 23rd October

ASSEMBLY

4 Monday 26th October

Tuesday 27th October Wednesday 28th October

Thursday 29th October

NEWSLETTER Kindy Orientation

Friday 30th November

5 Monday 2nd November

Tuesday 3rd November

Wednesday 4th November

Thursday 5th November Friday 6th November ASSEMBLY

6 Monday 9th November Swim school starts

Tuesday 10th November Wednesday 11th November Kindy Orientation

Thursday 12th November NEWSLETTER

Friday 13th November

7 Monday 16th November

Tuesday 17th November

Wednesday 18th November

Thursday 19th November

Friday 20th November ASSEMBLY Last day swim

school 8 Monday 23rd November

Year 4 swim school

Tuesday 24th November Yr 5 high school

visit

Wednesday 25th November Captains speeches

2016.

Thursday 26th November NEWSLETTER Year 6 FUN DAY

Friday 27th November SCRIPTURE ASSEM-

BLY Whole school 9am

9 Monday 30th November

Tuesday 1st December YEAR 6

ORIENTATION

Wednesday 2nd December SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Thursday 3rd December Year 6 Camp

Friday 4th December ASSEMBLY

10 Monday 7th December

Tuesday 8th December

Thank you morning

tea. (invite only)

Wednesday 9th Decem-

ber

Year 6 Farewell

Thursday 10th December

NEWSLETTER

Friday 12th December

Presentation day

Reports Home

11 Monday 14th December

PARTY DAY

Tuesday 15th December

Wednesday 16th Decem-ber

Students final day

Clap out for year 6

2:30pm

Thursday 17th December

HOLIDAYS

Friday 28th December

HOLIDAYS