Newsletter 26-2017

Thursday 24th

August

This week saw two of our learning communities participate in

‘incursions’ related to this term’s overall theme of

I Am A PHYSICIST. Physics involves the study of

matter and its motion and behavior through space and time,

along with related concepts such as energy and force. The

main goal of physics is to understand how the universe

behaves.

Firstly, the 1/2s had a visit from Supreme Incursions. Students

were involved in a rotation of four activities; Designing a

Billy Cart, The Workshop, Building Billy Carts in small

groups and Driving a Billy Cart. They tailored our sessions to

suit our focus of Simple Machines, Force and Motion & Teamwork’.

The 5/6 Learning Community had a visit from a company called Craft Power where they had to build a wooden

plane with a battery-operated propeller. Their focus with inventions is on

electrical circuits so this

allowed them to put the

knowledge they have

gained into practice through

a fun and engaging activity.

Today the 5/6 Learning

Community headed off to

Legoland which offers

hands-on learning across

the curriculum, including

science, mathematics,

language, arts, technology,

and engineering design, while building and reinforcing collaboration,

communication, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills. The

students will be able to explore a variety of attractions ranging from ‘Miniland’, ‘4D Cinema’, ‘Merlin’s

Apprentice Ride’ and ‘Lego factory tour’ just to name a few.

The students participated in a 45 minute workshop titled ‘Merry-Go-Round’. A fun, hands-on way to get

students excited about engineering, design, and mathematics.

The 3/4s will be heading off to Latitude in coming weeks as their focus with inventions is on levers and

pulleys. The students will be looking at the use of levers and pulleys in adventure activities, specifically

locking pulleys. The students will participate in hosted activities to ensure safety. This excursion also links with

their previous topic of ‘Our Extraordinary Bodies’ where the students learnt about their bodies and how to stay

healthy.

I look forward to hearing about these excursions and seeing some photos that we will include in next week’s

newsletter.

Over the past week, some of our senior sport teams have participated in tournaments for both AFL and

basketball. I know they have put a lot of time into training and working on their skills and they certainly

proudly represented our school. Please see the report attached to this newsletter for the details. Well done to

all the teams!

Finally, a reminder about our Book Character Dress Up Day

on Monday 4th

September. Come along dressed as your

favourite book character and join us for a parade in the gym!

We look forward to seeing all the great costumes.

Remember - Every Day Counts! Have a good weekend!

Jo Money Principal

Glenroy Central’s Got Talent: Don’t forget the big day is on Thursday 31

st August at 2.20pm in the

gym.

We hope to see everyone come along and support those students who

made it through the auditions.

Don’t forget the Earn and Learn program at Woolworths. If you shop at Woolworths,

remember to collect your stickers and fill in your sticker sheets to send along to school. At

the end of the program, the school can trade in the stickers for some great prizes – the

more stickers we collect, the more prizes we get!

DIARY School Banking: Every Tuesday

Friday 25th

August: Healthy Lunch Day

Wednesday 30th

August: Fathers’ Day Stall

Thursday 31st August: Fathers’ Day Stall – left over items

Thursday 31st August: Glenroy’s Got Talent 2:20pm

Monday 4th

September: Character Dress Up Day

Library Book Launch Fiction and Picture Books will be available for students to borrow from

Monday 4 September. Books will be on loan to students for 14 days. Non

Fiction books will be

available for borrowing

later in the year.

In each Learning

Community a selection

of 2017 Children’s

Book of the Year,

Shortlisted and Highly Commended books have been

added to the collections.

Don’t forget to come as your favourite book character on

Monday 4 September. Perhaps we will see Harry Potter,

Matilda, the Cat in the Hat or Peter Pan at school.

Happy Reading

FATHERS’ DAY STALL WEDNESDAY 30

th AUGUST

THURSDAY 31st AUGUST (left over items)

Gifts for sale from $1.00 to $5.00 – lots of choices

FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS 2018 / KINDER ENROLMENTS 2018 Enrolments places are filling up quickly. If you have a child who will be starting school or kinder next year it

is really important to complete the enrolment forms to ensure your child has a placement at Glenroy Central PS

or Glenroy Central Kinder next year.