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Therapy activities at Glenvale

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GLENVALE SCHOOL

Proud member of

the Valley Schools

Learning

Community

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Principal’s

Message ........... 3

Dates to

Remember ....... 3

Respitality ........ 4

Voluntary School

Contributions ... 4

Myuna Bay Camp

......................... 5

Drivers needed 6

Awards ............. 7

THERAPISTS at Glenvale, whether those who are currently employed by the school or ones

who are here in response to a referral to ADHC, CPA, Samaritans, etc conduct assessments

and provide professional advice to teachers to support children’s programs at school. Rarely

do therapists work one to one with a child on a regular intervention program. It is much

more likely that the therapist will support the teacher to design a program which will then

be put in place on a daily basis and implemented by the classroom teacher or SLSO as part of

a student’s educational program.

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Mufti Day for Christmas raffle hampers - Friday 23rd October

Graduation Dinner - Tuesday 8th December

Presentation Day - Friday 11th December

Term 4 ends - Wednesday 16th December (students)

School resumes (students) - Thursday 28th January, 2016

A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL We have had a great start to

Term 4. This is always a very

busy term with teachers

writing students’ reports,

preparations for Presentation

Day and Graduation Dinner,

etc. Students have been

enjoying the warmer weather

and getting the vegetable

gardens going again as well as

walking in the arboretum

(Narara) and up Happy Lane

to look at the beach (The

Entrance North). It is the

time of the year to remind

ourselves to send in hats and

sunscreen for our children.

Sun protection is vital for our

young people and many of

our students take quite some

time to learn about wearing

hats and sunglasses as well as

putting on sunscreen. Please

make sure that your child has

a hat for school and

sunscreen available to protect

their skin and eyes.

In the last week of last term,

Rob Taylor of the Mustang

Owners Club came along to

the school to present us with

a cheque. Each year for some

years now, the club has

donated the proceeds from

their big display at The

Entrance foreshore to

Glenvale School. This year, in

spite of it being a very wet

day, they raised that

wonderful sum of $3,000.

We are enormously grateful

to them for their support.

Regards,

Gwenda Williamson

Dates to Remember

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much higher. Please

consider sending in the $35

as soon as you are able to

do so. Many thanks to those

who have already done so.

All donations to the school

over $2 are tax deductible

as Glenvale is registered

with the Australian Tax

Office as a deductible gift

recipient.

Every public school asks for

a small contribution towards

the many costs associated

with education programs. At

Glenvale we ask that

parents contribute $35 per

child each year. This has

not changed for many years

and is a very small

contribution by comparison

with other schools even

though our costs can be

Voluntary School Contributions

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MYUNA BAY CAMP Some of our most senior students went off to camp at Myuna Bay Sport and

Recreation Centre on the last three days of last term. This year, for quite a

number of our students, it was their very first camp. They had an absolutely

wonderful time. It certainly seems as though Myuna Bay is their favourite location.

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For many years, volunteer drivers have been taking our children who use a wheelchair

on their community outings each week using the Wheeling & Able buses. We currently

have no drivers to support Glenvale School’s Narara students with this voluntary role.

Unfortunately, we have been advised that our current driver cannot continue and W&A

have no other drivers available.

Children who are mobile have many opportunities to take part in other activities but

children who use a wheelchair find it much harder to have these same opportunities.

The Mitsubishi Rosa bus that the Glenvale students can use, takes a whole class of these students and their teachers to go

shopping, visit a park, go ten pin bowling, etc.

Do you have an LR licence and a few hours to spare each week to do one or more of these trips? Do you know of someone who

could?

You will also need a Working With Children Check (free) and W&A will familiarise you with the bus and the wheelchair hoist, etc.

We are desperately in need of your help.

If you feel you might be able to help, or know someone who could, please get in touch with us. Our children and staff will be so

grateful.

Contact: Phone: 4325 7783 or 4325 2325

Email: glenvale-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au

or

send in the reply slip below via your child’s class teacher.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I am interested in learning more about volunteering as a driver of a W&A bus

Name: ______________________________________________________________

Contact details: ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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Week 1

Narara

Room 1: Esther Egwutuoha

Room 2: Ted Vale

Room 3: Maddisan Martin

Room 4: Nicholas Passeri

Room 5: Jordan O’Sullivan

Room 6: Andrew Ward

Room 8: Charles Searl

Room 9: Aiden Grant

Room 10: Tyrone Maher

Room 11: Savannah Loiterton

Room 12: Daniel Cowdrey

Room 13: Tristan Kane

Room 14: Harry Maharaj

Room 15: Zayne Douglas

Week 1

North Entrance

Room 1: Jesse Witherspoon

Room 2: Jarred Chandler

Room 3: Krystal Woods

Room 4: Elizabeth Gorey

Room 5: Troy Everingham

Room 6: Sam Leeson

Room 7: Amelia Caesar

Week 2

Narara

Room 1: Benjamin Haley

Room 2: Skye McDougall

Room 3: Tyler Wallace

Room 4: Casey Enriquez-Bennett

Room 5: Georgia Turnbull

Room 6: Nicholas Hansen

Room 8: Bethany Harris

Room 9: Aiden Grant

Room 10: Angus Kent

Room 11: Trinity McFawn

Room 12: Dane Fleming

Room 13: Ayden Wilson

Room 14: Nicholas Hedge

Room 15: Nimalan Sritharan

Playground

Narara:

Angus Kent

North Entrance:

Ethan Bates

Week 2

North Entrance

Room 1: Reece Douglas

Room 2: Breanne Cook

Room 3: Sophie Morphew

Room 4: Luke Clarke

Room 5: Brian Ford

Room 6: Brandi Ritchie-Fowler

Room 7: Emily Willoughby

Playground

Narara:

Laura Cutbush

North Entrance:

Chelsea Wain

Our Playground

stars of the week.

Congratulations!

Ethan

AWARDS

Angus

Chelsea

Laura

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Contact Details:

Narara Campus

Narara Creek Road,

Narara 2250

Phone: 4325 7783 or 4325 2325

Fax: 4323 6326

North Entrance Campus

Hutton Road,

The Entrance North 2261

Phone: 4334 3600

Fax: 4334 3806

Email:

glenvale-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website:

glenvale-s.schools.nsw.edu.au

GLENVALE

SCHOOL

Remember to send in your old mobile phones. Every phone, whether

working or not, is worth money to the school. Your old phones

have already raised much needed funds for Glenvale.