Glenleighden News10th April 2019

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school@salda.org.au

@TheGlenleighdenSchool

Dear Families, It is a time of year to rejuvenate. The students have worked hard overthe term and deserve a well-earned break from the school routine. I wishall families and friends a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy time with yourloved ones.At assembly last week, we witnessed a very colourful sight. The studentseagerly paraded their Bonnet creations and met with a very special furryfriend. We thank our Parents, Staff and Friends (PS&F) Association fororganising the Holiday Raffle which raised over $1,100 toward aplayground refurbishment. The next PS&F initiatives are a Mother’s Daystall and a Movie Night. Watch your emails and social media for furtherdetails.  A hot topic of discussion is the National Disability Insurance Scheme(NDIS), a new way to support Australians with disability and make sureeveryone has the support they need to enjoy an ordinary life. CarersQueensland is your NDIS Partner in the Community. Last week we werefortunate to have a presentation to staff and parents from CarersQueensland explaining the scheme and answering queries. Their staffwere very knowledgeable and a valuable source of information. They run‘Drop In Sessions’ in the community where they are only too happy tohelp you and your family on the NDIS journey. More information can befound later in this publication.

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We have amazing staff and students. It is nice to be able to acknowledgetheir achievements. Congratulations to Edison who was recentlyawarded Under 13 Best Bowler at her cricket club. Well done Edison,what a marvellous achievement. Please let us know of any amazingaccomplishments so we can acknowledge and celebrate. Staff are alwaysstriving to provide meaningful and relevant programs for our students.Later in this publication find out how you can nominate a therapist forrecognition. While students started their holidays last Friday, staff were busy atschool engaging in professional development about the NationallyConsistent Collection of Data (NCCD) as well as preparing for the newterm.  The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australianschool students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, educationauthorities and governments to better understand the needs of studentswith disability and how they can be best supported at school. ANZAC Day is a chance for everyone to come together and rememberthose who served and died in war and on operational service, past andpresent. Our school will be holding a special ANZAC assembly onWednesday 24th April at 9am. All families and friends are welcome toattend. We have a range on commemorative ANZAC badges on sale atschool. Proceeds from their sale goes to support our service people, soplease remember to send money along with your child when schoolresumes on Tuesday 23rd April. Kind regards, Jan

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Early Childhood at the Easter HatParade

Wishing all friends and

families a very Happy

Easter!

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWSIn Physiotherapy, Junior School students have been

working on visual tracking and ball skills, core stability,

gross motor skills, balance and strength. The students

enjoyed learning to play balloon volleyball and

suspended ball tennis last week. They had a great time

catching bean bags using baskets and were starting to

move swiftly to catch bean bags thrown out of their

immediate reach.

During core stability sessions, students have been

practising slow and steady movements on the balance

beam and controlled weight shift on the maze wobble

board. The hopper ball was used to build core stability,

cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength. Over the

last few weeks, these sessions have also included

activities in prone on peanut balls and standing on

wobble boards whilst throwing bean bags, forcing the

students to maintain balance as their centre of gravity

moves outside their base of support.

Through animal exercises such as the crab crawl, bear

walk and frog jump, students have been developing their

gross motor skills and strength. These animal exercises

are also practised in class in the morning Move, Grow,

Dance program and the students have progressed to

more challenging animal moves over the course of the

term.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSMiddle School has been busy celebrating Easter! We

have had lots of fun decorating Easter cards for family

and friends.

The children got into the spirit of Easter by participating

in the bonnet parade and had lots of fun completing

Easter activities e.g. craft, word finds & dot to dots. The

Comets class even made some delicious Rocky Road,

they thought licking the bowl after was the best part

(don’t we all!) Even the furry bunny himself came to visit

and left us all a special surprise.

Middle School wishes everyone a safe and hoppy Easter!

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SENIOR SCHOOL NEWSOn Friday 22nd March about 10 boys from Ambrose

Treacy College came to the Glenleighden school.

They came in their school bus.

First some of us went to the library to play games

with our visitors. We played “Who am I?” and did

puzzles together.

Another group did bowling on the basketball courts.

The pins were large and filled with sand and the

bowling ball was plastic and heavy. After that we

played soccer together on the oval. It was hot and

sunny.

Finally we ate ice blocks with our friends in the

senior school eating area and talked with the

Ambrose Treacy boys. Then they went home.

We all enjoyed making new friends and we are

looking forward to next term because the boys from

Ambrose Treacy will visit us again. Girls from

Brigidine College will come to the Glenleighden

School too.

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School Language Legends  Award

Early Childhood

Junior School

Senior School

Middle School

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Chloe

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 23rd April

First Day Term 2

Wednesday 24th April

ANZAC Ceremony

Thursday 25th April

ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 30th April

PS&F Meeting

Wednesday 8th May

Mother's Day Stall 9am-12pm

Tuesday 14th - Thursday 16th May

NAPLAN Testing

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THE GLENLEIGHDEN MOTHER'S DAY STALL

WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY, 9AM - 12PM

Gifts will cost $7. All monies raised will gotowards the renovation of our school

playground.

Please bring money in a named envelope onthe day. Children will visit the stall in class

time.

This is a lovely time of the year for our childrento purchase “something special” for the

extraordinary people in their life.