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LINKLETTER Issue 14 22nd May 2014

DIARY

2014 - TERM Mon 26th May Artist in Residence Grade 5 /6 Wed 28th May Cybersafety Parent Night. 7pm ACMA expert at GK A must for parents if you want to know about the pitfalls of open access to the web for children and how to keep your child safe in a cyber environment. Parents must understand the risks. The session will be especially valuable for parents of students in years 4-6. In the Out of School Hours Care –MPB Thurs 29th May Grade 5 Excursion Scienceworks

MAINTENANCE WORKS UPDATE

Progress! 5/6L, 6W and the Preps are now back in their renovated classrooms.

We’re still waiting on some display boards to be installed along with some

moveable bag trolleys but otherwise, the rooms have been made ready for

students and teachers to return. Rooms currently under renovation are 5D, 5R,

5O, 6R and 6B. Classes have been relocated whilst the rooms are repainted and some minor

maintenance works are carried out. The ICT lab is also being repainted and recarpeted.

Repainting of the library will commence after the classrooms have been handed back. The

staffroom also is now under renovation. It’s been a juggle with class relocations over the last four

weeks. Amazingly, everyone has been very accommodating of the changes and the level of

cooperation across the school with students and staff has been remarkable. Everyone deserves a

big pat on the back!!! Not long to go now.

OPEN MORNING

We had over one hundred and fifty parents, grandparents and prospective parents visit us

yesterday for Open Morning. It’s always a pleasure to welcome visitors to our school and Open

Morning is a great way to see our school at work on a ‘normal’ day. Not that living with building

works and renovations is in any way ’normal’ however, the school day just goes on as normal and

we readily work around interruptions as would have been observed yesterday. Our School

Captains and House Captains did a wonderful job of meeting and greeting visitors and showing

newcomers around the school. Visits to our classrooms showcased students & staff productively

engaged in a range of learning tasks related to either English, Maths, Science, Art, Music, Phys

Ed or integrated studies. The weather was kind too, such a lovely morning! Our PFA mums were

also on hand with a welcoming refreshment. Thank you to our students, staff, parent helpers and

visitors. Open Day at GK was one in which you couldn’t help but feel proud to be a part of a great

school!

CYBERSAFETY PARENT NIGHT - Are you planning to attend?

When is the Cybersafety Parent Information night? NEXT WEDNESDAY 28th MAY

Who can come along? Mums and Dads

What’s the session about? An expert in cybersafety issues will do a presentation aimed at

making parents much more informed about the safety of children in an online environment and the

things that can and do happen, especially when there is very little restriction on and supervision of

children’s use of digital devices. Don’t wait until something happens, find out what to be aware of

and how you can help to safeguard your child in an online environment.

What time? 7pm-8.30pm

Please RSVP to the school by Monday May 26th

LEAVE NOTIFICATION

I will be taking a week of long service leave next week, during which Leanne Tingwell will be the

Acting Principal. I will return from leave on Monday 2nd June. Thank you Leanne!

Jill Ramsay

PRINCIPAL’S NOTES:

Office Hours

8.15am-4.00pm

REMINDER:

2nd Payment for Grade 5/6

sport due NOW

Bulk Billing 2nd instal-

ment due by Friday 30th

May

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Value awards to be presented at assembly on Monday 26th May

PREP D Leo S For demonstrating persistence in all areas of his learning! Well done

Leo, there has been a massive improvement in your work , you should

be very proud.

PREP B Jake Mc For demonstrating persistence in his learning with a great improve-

ment. Jake also demonstrates the other school values and is a student

who shows care and respect for others. Well done Jake.

PREP S Baylan L For showing excellence in his learning and being an enthusiastic and

friendly class member. Baylan always works to the best of his ability

taking pride in his work.

PREP T Charlotte L For demonstrating excellence in all that she does. Charlotte is an en-

thusiastic learner and will assist other students by sharing her

knowledge and skills. Well done Charlotte!

1L Keira A For demonstrating persistence with her maths and trying her best

even when it was a bit tricky!

1G Thomas P For showing respect towards his classmates. It has been wonderful

to see Thomas contributing his ideas to class discussions. Well done

Thomas!

1B Lauren G Congratulations Lauren for showing persistence and trying your best

with your reading. Also for sharing your clever thinking when learning

new things with your classmates. Fantastic effort!

1/2A Paige M For trying very hard in all areas of our learning. Congratulations on

being a great role model, Paige.

2C Charli W For always trying her best and sharing her ideas with others. Well

done Charli!

2O Ashton M For showing excellence in all learning areas. Ashton tries her best

every day and shares her thinking with the class. Congratulations on a

great semester!

PREP B

ART

Alex O For his enthusiasm when completing all Art tasks.

1L

MUSIC

Charlie R For enthusiastically participating in lessons, giving his best and for his

valuable contribution to Amanaska .

1/2A

SCIENCE

Vanessa S For consistently doing her best and helping others during science les-

sons. Thanks for all your hard work Vanessa!

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CANTEEN

ROSTER:

VOLUNTEERS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED for the 3rd Friday and 1st or 4th Wednesday of the month. If you are able to help out once a month 9am to 11.45am on any of these days, please contact me in the canteen with your details or if you have any questions about what is involved when you volunteer in the canteen. I am available

Tuesday to Friday 8.30am to 1.30pm (I am not always able to chat Fridays until we have finished preparing the lunches).

Hope everyone enjoyed the GK Biggest Afternoon Tea – we managed to raise over $365.00 for the Cancer Council. Thank you to everyone who participated in this

worthy event either by volunteering to pack and deliver the afternoon tea or by getting to eat it! Look out for our next special lunch at the end of term.

EXTRA MENU ITEMS FOR TERM 2:

CHEESE BREADS or RICE CAKE & VEGO SAMBO 50c each – Cheese breads are not available on Fridays.

Thanks, Suzi Cunningham

DAY & DATE NAMES

Tuesday 27th May C Robertson; S Mifsud

Wednesday 28th May N Sinclair

Thursday 29th May E West; R Harper (Extra Day of Month)

Friday 30th May S McLaren; T Forbes; F Davies (Extra Day of Month)

Well the time has come to make the commitment and we still have a small but enthusiastic bunch

of students who are working on science investigations to enter into the Science Talent Search. I

would like to publicly recognise those students who saw me this week to register themselves for

the Judging Day on August 9th……..

Joel P and Charlie N who are entering the Computer Program section.

Pablo B who is entering the Experimental Research section.

Rhiannon R who is entering the Experimental Research section.

Chelsey K and Elise McF who are entering the Photography section.

Joshua S who has a wonderful Experimental Research project underway.

Charlotte H who has been working on an Invention.

Keep up the great work and remember to come and see me with any questions or queries. Thank

you to all the parents who have also expressed an interest in helping their children with their in-

quiries. If your child has been intending on entering the STS but hasn’t registered yet, it’s not too

late. Tell them to come and see me!

Cheers, Mrs Webb

SPORTS NEWS

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WORKING BEE

On Sunday 18

th May a small group of very dedicated staff, students and parents produced a fantastic outcome for the

school with the development of a seating area near the gr 3-5 rooms for students to eat their afternoon snack. The area was transformed from a barren area to one in which the school and students can be proud of. A power of work was completed with seats and retaining walls being constructed, shrubs planted, edging formed, top soil and chip bark spread. It was great to see so many children pitching in helping their parents out. A big thank you to Jai Lincoln for his assistance in planning and coordinating the project, to Daryl Wade for his expertise in managing the construction of the boxed seating. Thank you to Jill Ramsay and Carol Kovacic for cooking the bbq and Leanne Tingwell for her assistance on the day. Thank you to the following families for your terrific contributions – Anquetil, Smith, Wade, Browne, Alder, Kouranos, Haynes, Charalambous, Kovacic, Alder, Forbes, Conlon, Duncan, Turner and Bai families The special movie ticket was won by the Wade family.

DAVID BLACKBURN

REGIONAL FOOTBALL

Congratulations to grade 6 student Liam M who has made it through to the Metropolitan Football Trials for selection in the

State Primary Schools team. Liam participated in 2 Regional selection trial games on Monday at Banyule Football Ground

against the best Primary school footballers in Northern Region. He will now compete next Tuesday 27th May at the Metro

trials to be held at Trinity Grammar Sports fields.

SPORT THIS WEEK

GK DARKS vs SACRED HEART (AWAY )

GK LIGHTS vs GREENHILLS ( HOME )

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State Schools Spectacular

GK has been once again successful in getting 40 of our

GRADE 5 students participating in singing and dancing

groups at this exciting Hisense Arena event!

We look forward to seeing these groups perform for us

soon!

Loretta Simmonds is working with the Choir Group

and The Grade 5 teaching team are working with the

Dance group. In this Linketter is a flyer advertising TICKET SALES

for the SPECTACULAR on Saturday 13th September!

After a great amount of success and fun last year, we look

forward to September with excitement!

Performing Arts Learning @GK

To be able to access the pre-sale tickets ,

you will need to use the code

“Spectacular”

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Dear Parents,

We have organised an evening for the parents of children in Grade 1 (including all classes).

Please come along and enjoy the opportunity to socialise with other parents in the year level.

Both parents are welcome and encouraged to attend!

When: Saturday June 14th 2014 @ 7pm

Where: A D Ryan’s Bar & Restaurant

Cnr Hyde & Main St

Diamond Creek

Please let your Grade Communicator know if you are able to attend

(By Friday 6th June 2014):

Grade 1G: Natalie King 0449 252 460

Nicole Peerman 0403 021 592

Grade 1B: Namaste Gadbois 0402 163 170

Grade 1L: Sally Wade 0424 860 123

Grade 1/2A Belle Tweedale 0400 900 536

We hope you can attend!

From the Grade 1 Communicators

GRADE 1 PARENTS

CyberSafety Parent Night Wednesday 28th May, 7:00pm

Can you honestly say you are sure of what your child is experiencing and

is exposed to online?

Studies show that many children are simply not telling their parents or carers if they are bullied or experience an unwanted ap-

proach, because they are afraid of being banned from access to the internet and their social networks.

Did you know that more than a third of children regularly using Facebook are under the age of 13?

Did you realise that MPGs (Multi Player Games) such as Call of Duty have a chat room style interface?

Did you know that Club Penguin is open to any age group to join?

Please come to this important evening. Listen to the ACMA expert and ask him how you can keep your child safe online.

If you haven’t already done so, please notify your child’s teacher or the GK office if you are planning to attend this event.

Leigh Fatchen

(on behalf of the ICT Committee)

If you have room you could add the reply slip again.

Please complete the attached slip to indicate your attendance at this important event.

I /we will be attending this important Cybersafety Parent Information session to be held on Wednesday 28th May.

FAMILY NAME______________________________Number attending ___________

Children’s Grade(s)___________ RSVP BY Monday 26th May

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