Dates to Remember

Dear parents,

Football Clinic – next Monday, there will be football coaching provided for four of our classes. Mr Keyes will send a note home to parents of the students who will be able to access these workshops.

Student Goal-Setting Conferences – thank you to all parents and carers who came along to these conferences for Yrs 1-6. The kindergarten conferences are still to conclude and then we will be able to report to you about our findings.

Notes from Parents Requesting NOT to receive Paper Copies of the Newsletter – thank you to parents who have returned these – please keep them coming if you would like to help us cut down on spending and overuse of paper.

District Swimming Team – Mr Bamford has finalised all details with the GPS team to represent us at the Blacktown PSSA District Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to all of the students who qualified – we wish you all the very best of luck in your races!

Oops! Typing Gremlins! – I would like to correct an error in last week’s newsletter where we announced Mrs Estall as our P&C Vice President. It was in fact the very forgiving Mrs Moylan who was elected and we congratulate her on being elected.

Have a great week,

Doug Meaney

Principal

Glendenning Public School

Safe, Respectful Learners

Term 1 Week 5 Thursday 28 February 2019 135 Armitage Drive, Glendenning. NSW. 2761 Ph: 9832 8555 Fax: 98329724 E: glendennin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Wed, March 6 Kindergarten Best Start Conferences

Term 1 Messages - Week 5

Who What When Where

Miss Cole K-2 Glee Club, Lunch 1, Tuesdays Room 6

Miss Cole 3-6 Glee Club, Lunch 1, Thursdays Room 6

Mrs Bateup Koori Club today at lunch. Please meet Mrs Bateup out the front of the library.

Miss Donovan Junior Dance group - if you are in year 1 or 2 and would like to join Junior dance group, please see Miss Donovan

Lunch 1, today Room 3

Miss Gaffey talent Quest - if you would like to audition for the talent quest signs ups will be in room 21 at afternoon tea today

afternoon tea room 21

Mrs Smith Quiet room will be on Mondays to Thursdays. Afternoon Tea Room 9

Mrs Colefax Debating will be held every Monday. For any students in year 5 or 6 who would like to join, please see Mrs Colefax.

Lunch 1, today Room 7

Mrs Colefax SRC meetings will be held every Friday. Afternoon Tea Room 7

Mrs Colefax Sage 2 Dance group will be held every Tuesday. Lunch 1 Hall

Moving into Year 7 (Expression of Interest)

Parents and Caregivers of students in Year 6 should have received a copy of Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government school in 2020 by now. If you have not yet received a booklet and the accompanying Expression of Interest form please contact the school to obtain a copy.

As your child’s primary school education is coming to a close, it is time to think about which school your child will attend next year.

The booklet, which includes information to help you complete the attached expression of interest form, comes with other information to help parents through the process.

Note: The Expression of Interest is not an enrolment form. Once a student has been accepted to a high school, enrolment forms will be sent to families by the high school.

The completed Expression of Interest form must be returned to your child’s teacher by Tuesday 19 March, 2019

Thank you, Mr Keyes

Whole School Bounce Back Program Key messages to communicate to your child that support this program:

Accept differences in other people Everyone is different in some way and that’s okay. If you accept that other people are different (e.g. where they come from, what they look like, what they like to eat or do, and in their opinions), then you get to know more people (and not just those who are similar to you), you include people who are different from you in activities and conversation, and you don’t tease or exclude them. Be thankful and grateful. What can you do to help your child with this: Emphasise the importance of being friendly and including others as well as accepting differences in people. Discuss with your child how they might do this in each situation. Show them by example, too.

• Aspects of Positive Parenting • Parenting Traps • Making children resilient

Parent Information sessions will be running each term this.

When: Monday Week 4 18th February (changed due to the swimming carnival)

Monday Week 6 4th March

Monday Week 9 25th March

Time: 9:30am after the whole school assembly

Where: AV room (on the ramp near the library)

Ms Summerrell will meet you after the whole school assembly. Coffee and biscuits will be available.

Congratulations Zone Representatives!

Recently, Glendenning had some students attend zone trials for various representative teams. Four students in particular were selected to represent Blacktown in different sports.

Students selected for Blacktown Zone:

Name Class Sport Gabrielle S. 6B Soccer Joel K. 6B Soccer Taya Z. 6B Netball Lily C. 5/6F Netball

Students had to compete against the best sports people in the Blacktown zone. All of the students who attended proudly represented Glendenning and can be pleased with the excellent behaviour and sportsmanship that they displayed.

Congratulations to the above students for their terrific achievement and we wish them the very best of luck for their upcoming games.

Thank you, Mr Keyes

Positive Parenting Sessions

Swimming Carnival 2019- Results

Below are the results for the 2019 Glendenning Public School Swimming Carnival. Students who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd overall will be recognised with a ribbon at the K-2 Assembly in Week 6 (15.3.19) and the 3-6 Assembly (21.3.19). Each student who qualifies for the District Athletics Carnival has received a permission note. We wish them luck at the district carnival! PLEASE NOTE: Even though a student may have placed in their heat, only the top 3 times for each event are awarded a ribbon.

Swimming Carnival Results 2019

Event Place Name Time

Girls Open 100 m Freestyle 1 Lilly C 1.44.03

2 Maddsion B 2.01.19

3 Rableen K 2.09.78

Boys Open 100 m Freestyle 1 Max B 1.51.09

2 Zander V 2:40.18

3 Zach 0 2:52:10

Girls 8 yr Freestyle 1 Pyper N 58.78

2 Zahra C 58.88

3 Eden H 1.16.50

Boys 8 yr Freestyle 1 Jayden C 58.82

2 Aren B 1.10.78

3 Mason A 1.31.25

Girls 9 yr Freestyle 1 Alyssa E 1.03.31

2 Sameera S 1.06.15

3 Chelsea M 1.23.75

Boys 9 yr Freestyle 1 Zac O 1.10.70

2 Shayaan I 1.18.72

3 Connor H 1.19.53

Girls 10 yr Freestyle 1 Mia R 47.62

2 Maya R 55.88

3 Sienna G 1.01.34

Boys 10 yr Freestyle 1 Te’Ariki K 59.91

2 Ryan W 1.03.47

3 Noah A 1.05.87

Girls 11 yr Freestyle 1 Sapumalee D 53.28

2 Divya L 1.01.28

3 Prisha S 1.02.41

Boys 11 yr Freestyle 1 Max B 47.59

2 Isaiah O 55.06

3 Zander V 59.03

Girls 12/13 yr Freestyle 1 Lilly C 43.97

2 Taya Z 50.09

3 Maddison B 51.03

Boys 12/13 yr Freestyle 1 Christopher M 53.44

2 Ryan M 1.08.87

3 Lachlan C 1.17.88

Girls Junior Butterfly 1 Mia R 1.04.94

2 Zahra C 1.23.19

3 Chelsea D 1.47.19

Boys Junior Butterfly 1 Jayden C 1.30.25

2 Noah A 1.35.47

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Girls 11 yr Butterfly 1 Sapumalee D 1.08.28

2 Rableen K 1.09.16

3 Divya L 1.17.56

Boys 11 yr Butterfly 1 Max B 1.04.87

2 Joel K 1.58.65

3 Santiago A 2.24.94

Girls Senior Butterfly 1 Lilly C 55.25

2 Maddison B 59.53

3 Gabi S 1.14.72

Girls Junior Backstroke 1 Maya R 1.05.85

2 Mia R 1.08.13

3 Jaelyn F 1.08.19

Boys Junior Backstroke 1 Cooper M 1.25.38

2 Aren B 1.25.97

3 Jayden C 1.27.50

Girls 11 yr Backstroke 1 Rableen K 1.05.88

2 Sapumalee D 1.05.94

3 Prisha S 1.11.15

Boys 11 yr Backstroke 1 Max B 1.01.18

2 Isaiah O 1.04.37

3 Sean M 1.07.34

Girls Senior Backstroke 1 Lilly C 54.34

2 Maddison B 1.02.34

3 Taya Z 1.06.00

Boys Senior Backstroke 1 Brian P 1.15.78

2 Matthew C 1.16.13

3 Ryan J 1.21.97

Girls Junior Breaststroke 1 Mia R 1.08.43

2 Sameera S 1.22.63

3 Alyssa E 1.25.44

Boys Junior Breaststroke 1 Cooper M 1.23.28

2 Aren B 1.30.04

3 Jayden C 1.30.40

Girls 11 yr Breaststroke 1 Rableen K 1.18.10

2 Sapumalee D 1.18.47

3 Shazana I 1.26.84

Boys 11 yr Breaststroke 1 Max B 1.00.09

2 Zander V 1.14.09

3 Isaiah O 1.14.25

Girls Senior Breaststroke 1 Lilly C 1.05.56

2 Taya Z 1.09.93

3 Maddison B 1.11.00

Boys Senior Breaststroke 1 Ryan M 1.28.50

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Girls Open 200 m Medley 1 Lilly C 4.45.84

2 Rableen K 5.36.06

3 Gabi S 6.02.44

Boys Open 200 m Medley 1 Max B 3.34.54

2 Jayden C 6.22.37

3 Noah A 6.38.131

House Points

Kangaroos 392

Lorikeets 391

Dingos 388

Crocodiles 361

Congratulations to the Kangaroos! What a close carnival!

STUDENT WELLBEING UPDATE

Griffin Goal, Weeks 3-4: We will not run on the concrete.

Griffin Goal, Weeks 5-6: We will follow instructions to cooperate with our teachers and peers.

You may have noticed that our flower boards in the playground have had inspirational quotes added to them. A huge thank-you to Miss Mohr who took the time to design these quotes to add some positivity to our playground. We hope our students and their families enjoy these new additions.

‘CAUGHT YOU BEING’ (CYB) TOKENS

It is great to see that some of our GPS families have been implementing our PBL values in the family home. Please make sure your child writes their name, class and sporting house on the token before placing it into the box. They can even write why they received the token if they wish.

Congratulations to the following students who received a CYB token at home last week:

• Dipak 3/4C • Jaireet 6B

Below are some suggestions of behaviours you might give your child a CYB token at home or during family outings for:

Safe Respectful Learner - Talking to you if they

feel upset - Waiting for a parent to

cross the road - Following their coaches

instructions during training

- Working well with their team during a sporting session

- Playing/sharing their toys with siblings

- Using manners (please or thank-you)

- Reading their home reader or a book

- Asking and answering questions during dinner

- Completing homework

If you give a token to your child at home, please have them drop it into the box in the front office. ________________________________________________________________________________________

ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EDUCATION KOORI CLUB COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

We had a wonderful morning on Tuesday morning at the Koori Club Community Breakfast. All students and their families who attended had a great time eating some yummy food and participating in some of the activities that we would do during a Koori Club session at school.

Thank-you to Mrs Mamo & Mrs Mitchell for attending this event and speaking to the families about your role as Aboriginal Education Officers within our schools area.

We look forward to our next Breakfast in Term 2 and hope to see lots of members of our school community there.

KOORI CLUB

This week we had a few students attend Koori Club. At the beginning of the session I welcomed the students and we spoke about how the Darug people, who are the traditional custodians of the land where Glendenning PS is have a traditional language.

We learnt the word ‘warami’ which means ‘hello, good to see you’. We then went on to have a look at the symbol which represents a meeting place. Two of our students, John and Crystal completed a display for our space.

Koori Club will be held in Week 6, during lunch 1 in the playgroup room.

Mrs J Bateup

ABSENCES

Student absences – to send a note on return with student to the class teacher. You do not need to contact the office if absent for one day.

CHANGE OF DETAILS

Please notify the school as soon as possible if any of your contact details change. This included changes of address and contact phone numbers. A ‘Change of Details’ form is available from the Administraion Office.

EARLY LEAVERS When signing children out early of an afternoon, for appointments etc, parents are asked to do so before 2.45pm. Students will not be signed out after this time LUNCHES If parents need to bring lunches to school after 9.00am, we would ask that you wait until 11.15am, when you will be able to gain a pass to your child’s class and then be able to take the lunch to your child. MESSAGES REGARDING LATE COLLECTION OF STUDENTS Please phone before 2.30pm with any messages if you will be late picking up your child.

SCHOOL CANTEEN The canteen operates on Monday to Friday each week. Any payments or orders for the canteen should be taken directly to the canteen. SCHOOL CAR PARK Parents are reminded that the school car park is for STAFF PARKING ONLY. Parents are asked not to drop children off in the car park, park in or walk through the car park. There is a gate near the administration office for pedestrian access. UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Mondays: 8.30am to 9.00am Fridays: 8.30am to 9.30am