Principal’s Desk Week 10 Term 2 SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD Just over a week ago our Junior and Senior Dance Troupes represented our wonderful school at The Sydney City Eisteddfod. Congratulations to both troupes for their continued hard work and excellent performances. Our Junior Troupe were absolutory brilliant in their first ever public performance. Their hard work and outstanding smiles and precise delivery resulted in them being awarded 2nd Place. Our Senior Troupe performed a very unique routine and were awarded Highly Commended. Sincere thanks to Miss Cole, Miss Savage, Mr Roach, Miss Monty and our superb dance teacher and choreographer Laura Saunders for not only their continual hard work throughout the term at rehearsals but also for their commitment to the dance program by attending on Sunday. REPORTS This week all families will receive their child’s Semester One report as well as their Work Sample folder. After having read every report across the school I would like to sincerely thank the staff for their honest, explicit and constructive comments that I am fully aware are supported with documented assessments, observations and work samples. PULSE This Thursday I have the pleasure of attending the PULSE Concert held at the Sydney Opera House. Our Senior Choir, with their amazing teacher Miss Cole, will be part of the mass choir. Our Senior Dance troupe will also be performing. With rehearsals all day and performances at night I would like to thanks Mrs Denning, Miss Savage, Mr Roach and Miss Cole for supporting this program, especially so late in the term. INVOICES Invoices for Term 3 will be sent out this week to allow parents time to arrange payments and return permission notes. Please note the due dates on all of these events to avoid disappointment. PEER SUPPORT TRAINING This Wednesday our Year 6 students will be training as Peer Support leaders for next terms program. They will take part in various activities that will develop and support this leadership role. ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Today, at last, the school is holding both K-2 and 3-6 Athletics Carnivals. We have woken to a cold but sunny day which is fantastic. Thank you to Stage 2 for their organisation of this carnival at a busy time of the term. Finally a thank you to all who have contributed to our great school over the last term. I am aware that there are some very tired teachers who will be looking forward to that bell on Friday afternoon. I wish all of our community a great holiday with family and friends. Kerry Maxwell | Principal

GLENHAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL Phone: 9634-3675 Fax: 9899-5911 74A Glenhaven Road, Glenhaven, NSW, 2156 E-mail: glenhaven-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.glenhaven-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE 2019 (PRC) We are reading away at Glenhaven! We have 384 students who have already logged online and 267 who have finished their reading record! Our aim is to have EVERYONE complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge by the end of August. Logon is simple – Search for the Premier’s Reading Challenge NSW online, go to that website. On the website click on ‘logon’ and enter your child’s username and password, which is the same username and password that the students use at school to use the school computers and iPads. Once logged in, go to ‘Student Reading Records’. Start typing in the books the child has read. Complete the record by the end of August – 30 books for K-2 and 20 books for 3-6. Students receive a certificate at the end of the year as a record of completion.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2nd CLASS WHO HAVE ALL COMPLETED THE READING CHALLENGE – THEY ARE 4D!!

Their prize is a delicious homemade treat from Mrs Egginton!

Congratulations to the following students who have FINISHED the reading challenge in the last 2 weeks. WOW! Kindergarten: Chilam Chan, Liam McClelland, Saavi Sharma Year 1: Alex Ballinger, Emma Shield Year 2: Zac Thorne, John Wilkinson Year 3: Mason Abram, Knox Bennett, Connor Evans, Isla Finlayson, Cameron Gray, Harry Harding, Joseph Mawhinney, Blue Scott, Rory Tunks Year 4: Angus Hartmann, Jake Thorne Year 5: Sarah Brown, Sienna Shield J Egginton | Teacher Librarian PBL The PBL program is reviewed regularly by the PBL team, staff and the community to ensure high standards of program implementation, continuity and consistency throughout the school. This continues to develop positive respectful relationships among students and staff which in turn promotes student wellbeing and ensures a productive learning environment. It takes time for students to learn expectations across the variety of school settings. To retain new behaviours, students are given specific, positive feedback and opportunities to reflect on their behaviour. Students are reminded about expected behaviour and retaught expectations before receiving any consequences. Our aim at Glenhaven PS is to create and maintain a positive environment for learning. Glenhaven is formalising our current systems that are in place in our classrooms to be in line with our whole school Positive Behaviour for Learning program. Our PBL program now encompasses both playground and classroom settings. Our fortnightly focus for weeks 8, 9 and 10 is the playground. In particular, we are focusing on two things: walking on hard surfaces at all times and following teacher instructions promptly. If you are able to discuss these matters as well with your children at home, this will help reinforce our school expectations.

PBL team HILLS NETWORK PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION YEARS 3-6 This year our school is participating in the Hills Network Public speaking competition. The aims of this competition are as follows:

To build confidence and self-esteem. To extend students’ skills in oral communication, speech writing and research. To encourage and foster proficiency in the art of public speaking. To develop a relationship with our network schools.

Students in Years 3-6 will receive a note from their teacher regarding this competition outlining what is required. Each student is required to write a speech on a topic and present it to their class during Weeks 1 and 2 in Term 3. The topics are:

Year 3: A topic starting with the letter “D” Year 4: ‘A day in the life of…

Year 5: A ‘why’ question. Year 6: Own choice

Each class will choose two speakers, who will then speak in front of the Stage at an Assembly. The best speaker from each grade will represent Glenhaven PS at the competition. The final will be held on Tuesday 10th September at Dural PS. So, get started, get some ideas together, do a bit of research and write that winning speech! Mrs Egginton UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS In Term 3 we have some great events coming up. Below is an outline and dates for your diary. Week 3 – Education Week Open Day and Book Fair - Wednesday 7Th August On this day, the Library will be open in the morning session for our annual Book Fair. The Fair will have books on sale from The Children’s Bookshop at Beecroft. You are able to buy books for your children as well as donate books to the Library. All profits go back into purchasing resources for our School Library. Week 5 – Book Week, Author Visits and Book Character Parade On Thursday August 15th and Tuesday August 20th we have visiting authors coming to our school. On the Thursday, Matt Cosgrove is coming for K-2. On the Tuesday, Jacqueline Harvey is coming for 3-6. Payment for these visits is on your Term 3 invoice so don’t miss out. You will also be able to bring your copies of books these authors have written for signing. The Book Character Dress Up Parade will be in Book Week, which is August 19th – Friday 23rd. A date for this is still to be finalised. Premier’s Reading Challenge PRC closes for students on August 30 – make sure you have completed your reading record online to qualify for your certificate at the end of the year. Students who have completed the PRC 4 times receive a Gold certificate. Mrs Egginton PSSA AFL Friday 15 June, 2019 Juniors This game proved to be quite challenging against Northmead PS. We had plenty of attempts at goals, but they were to be all behinds. We were down by the end of the second third and it wasn’t until we got our first goal in the final third. Luckily we were able to come away with a win 20 - 8. The captain’s player was Thomas and the coach’s player was Blade. Senior Today we played Northmead PS. It was a slow start to score a goal however we were fortunate to come away with the win 43- 3. A great game by all and superb commitment to the game by Josh. Captain’s player was Boston for always being in the right place and the coach’s player was Shaun. Written by Mrs Glanville Friday 21 June, 2019 Juniors Today we versed Samuel Gilbert PS and won 70 -0. We played really well. The captain's player was Billy because he played exceptionally well in centre and forward. The coach's player was Rowdie for great skill and being a team player. Well done Juniors. Written by Rome.

Seniors Today in Senior AFL, we played against Samuel Gilbert PS. The score was 21-19 our way. It was our toughest game yet. The captain's player was Shaun for being everywhere. Buster was the Coach's

player after saving multiple goals and taking plenty of marks. Today was Koby's first game and did exceptionally well to get some marks, kicks and tackles. Well done seniors. Written by Jack.

FOOTBALL – Round 6 Friday 21 June, 2019 - Round 8 Junior Boys The junior boys played against Castle Hill Public School and won 3-1. It was a close game during the first half but we were lucky enough to string some good passing together in the second half to secure the win. We need to work on our free kicks and holding formation better during the game. Apart from being a little too quiet on the pitch, we did play really well as a team and had some good combinations working. Captains player was Hunter and coaches player was Jordan. Written by Luke H

Senior Boys The senior boys played an outstanding game against Castle Hill Public School. We all passed well and also got some great goals from open play. Charlie, Campbell, Callum and Redd scored and we ended up with a nice win 4-0. Our defence was solid and we moved the ball well in attack. Captains player was Valentino and coaches player was Dante. Written by Callum K

Open Girls The open girls soccer team won 9-2 against Castle Hill Public School. We played hard as a team and overall played a great game. Our passing and communication on the field was fantastic. Captains player was Sienna and coaches player was Emma. We worked hard on being first to the ball and always making the easy pass. Written by Kristiana H

NETBALL Team 1 Round 2 This week was our first week of PSSA Netball. We were all really excited! We played against Northmead and won 5-2. It was a great game. Round 3 Glenhaven Public School Junior Netball worked hard against Oakhill Drive this week. We lost 6-2 but we tried really hard. Glenhaven tried their very best and got lots of intercepts. We had great sportsmanship even though we weren’t the winning team. By Zoe Stone Round 6 Today we versed Crestwood Public School. It was a really close game- we lost 7-5. The team played really well and we worked really well together as a team. The team have definitely been practising on their weekends! Round 7 Glenhaven Public School really tried their best this week but unfortunately lost 24-3. We versed Winston Heights Public School and played a really good game. Our tea played really well and our passes were great. Our team showed great sportsmanship. By Isabelle Graham

Team 2 Round 2 We had a really close game this week. Unfortunately we lost 3-2 against Northmead Public School. It was a great start to the season and given that a lot of us are new to the sport we did really well! Round 3 The Junior PSSA Netball team unfortunately lost against Baulkham Hills North Public School 7-1 with our goal scored by Kate Napoli. WE had a great match and we are really looking forward to next Friday. By Sofie Randell Round 5 On Friday the 31st May, the Junior PSSA Netball team sadly lost 4-5 against Samuel Gilbert, with Kate Napoli scoring 2 goals and Levi Randell scoring the other 2. We had a fabulous game and are looking forward to our next game. By Susannah Makay Round 6 This week we versed Kellyville Public School and tied 3-3. It was a super close game and we played so

well this week. Well done to the team! Round 7 On Friday the 14th June the Junior Netball girls unfortunately lose 5-3 against Mathew Pearce. All our games have been so close lately! All the girls played really well and we hope to have better luck next time. By Kate Napoli Round 8 Junior netball White Team: Today the juniors played BHPS. We won with the score being 4-1. The captains player and coaches player was Isabelle Graham. We played really well and I hope we are as good as we did this time. By Lucy Sinclair Junior netball Red team: Today we played Carlingford West and sadly lost 4-3. It was a good game and everyone played great. I am really proud and I hope we have better luck next time. The coaches player was Hannah Kilbridge. By CJ

Senior Netball Round 1: For our first week of netball both senior netball teams played against Northmead. These games were grading games to determine which division we would play in for the remainder of the season. Both teams were successful and won their respective matches. The scores were 21 - 4 and 4-0. This week our coaches players were Axl.

Albrecht and Grace Shields and the captains players were Emmett Fallon and Christian Paino.

Round 2:

Senior A1: This week the Senior A1 team played against Winston Hills. The team played very well, winning 16 -1. It was a tough game and we had to make sure we stuck to our players.

Captains player: Maddi P Coaches Player: Maddi P

Senior A2: This week the Senior A2 team played Crestwood. It was great to see everyone encouraging their team mates and giving helpful hints. Some of our players are new to netball and are learning the rules. They are doing a great job! Glenhaven won the match 10-4.

Captains player: Charlotte Prestidge Coaches Player: Olivia Murray Trevitt

Round 3: Senior A1: This week the senior A1 team played a friendly match against Oakhill drive. This was a great chance for the team to practice paying together and get to know how each other play. They played a great game and came away with a win 28-1.

Captains player: Evie Hine Coaches Player: Elyssa Tedesco

Senior A2: This week the senior A2 team played their first official game and were up against Samuel Gilbert. The team all pulled together and are starting to mesh well as a team. We are all beginning to work out our positions and what combinations work well. The Samuel Gilbert team were a great side and we really had to rise up to the high standard that was set. Unfortunately we lost the game 10-6.

Captains player: Charlotte Prestidge Coaches Player: George Abbott

Round 4: Senior A1: This week the senior A1 team played their first official game against Kellyville PS. With a few players away, some of our players had to step up and have a go at shooting int the goal circle. It was a very close match with some fantastic netball played by both sides. Olivia worked really hard in the circle to score some great goals! It was neck and neck right up until the end when Kellyville scored the winning goal in the final minute. The end score was 5-6.

Coaches Player: Olivia MT

Senior A2: The A2 team had some tough competition this week against a very strong Excelsior team. We put up a great fight and worked really hard to get some intercepts and get the ball down to the circle. Unfortunately we lost the match, but it was a great opportunity to grow as a team and give us something to work towards.

Coaches Player: George Abbott

Round 5: Senior A1: This week the senior A1 team were up against a great team from Sherwood ridge. It was a close game right throughout. There was some fantastic defence and intercepts from Elyssa in the goal circle and fantastic work by the centre court players to get the ball down to our goal. We were successful in winning the match 15-13.

Coaches Player: Elyssa Tedesco Captains Player: TBC

Senior A2: This week the senior A2 team was up against a great team from Murray Farm. Right from the start we knew that we would have to work hard to get the ball to our goal with some great defence from the opposition. Unfortunately we lost the match 21-4.

Captains player: Amelia Knight Coaches Player: Beth Drayton

Round 8 Senior A1: Today we played Oak Hill Drive and we won 16-12. We had a great game and we all played really well. The coaches player was Christian and the captains player was Evie. By Grace Moog Senior A2: Senior netball White team: Today we played Winston Hills and we unfortunately lost. The score was 16-7. We all played well, had fun and had a great game. The coaches player and captains player was Amelia Knight. By Chloe McDarmont.