GEPS NEWS

Term 3, Week 2 Thursday 25th July 2014

The Newsletter of Glendale East Public School
8 Margot Street Glendale 2285 Phone: 49549551 Fax: 49566248
Website: http://www.glendalee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.html
Glendale East Public School values Respect, Honesty, Care, Love, Tolerance and Responsibility.
Our New Chess Club
Glendale East has started a Chess Club. The Chess Club is open every Tuesday and Wednesday during
lunch times and is held in Mr MacGregor's room. Anyone who is interested in Chess is welcome.
"If you know how to play Chess, want to play against a friend, watch a game or learn how to play, then
there is a spot for you.
"The Chess Club is run by Mr MacGregor who has over twenty years of experience playing Chess ranging
from casual games, to a competitive environment, so you're in safe hands."









Zone Athletics
Education Week
Public Speaking
Next week is Education week!
Education week is a celebration fo all the
great things that happen in our school.
Next Tuesday 29
th
July we are inviting all
parents and community members to
attend the school for open classrooms at
10am. This is a great chance to have a
look at what is going on in your childs
class. Following this there will be a
parade in the hall with lucky door prizes.
The school will also be holding a book
fair on Monday and Tuesday in the
library. Kids are asked to dress up as
their favourite book ( or movie) character
on this day.
The Zone Athletics Carnival will be held
next Wednesday 30
th
August at the
Glendale Sports Centre. Our school is
sending a very strong team and there
are some genuine chances for students
to go on to represent at Regional level.
We wish the team the best of luck!
A number of students will be
representing the school in public
speaking next week. These are:
Alexis M
Kasey M
Poppy S
Bianca W
Lexxi S
Jasmine G

We wish the girls the best of luck!
Important Dates Term 4
A more complete calendar for term 4 will
be sent out as soon as some dates are
finalised. At this stage some important
dates for your calendar are as follows.

Year 6 camp 27
th
28
th
November
Volunteer thank you morning tea 9
th

December
Year 6 luncheon 10
th
December
11
th
December Carols evening
12
th
December Presentation day
reports go home
15
th
December infants party day
16
th
December Primary party day
PSSA
PSSA sport commences tomorrow with
an away match against Cardiff Public
School. Netball will be played at Nancy
Dwyer courts and soccer will be played at
Cardiff Number 2 oval. Go GEPS!
2015-2017 School Plan
NSW Public Schools work in 3 year
improvement cycles. As a school we set
targets to ensure that our students are
meeting benchmarks and showing
ongoing growth in a range of academic
and social areas. Over the coming
weeks parents and community members
will be asked to make comment on a
number of areas as the school evaluates
its successes and develops new priority
areas. There will be a number of surveys
sent home either electronically or paper
based. If you have any issues or areas
that the feel the school needs to address
in its new plan it is very important that
you contribute to these surveys.
News from 5/6BM









Kindergarten Orientation
Kindy orientation will commence in week
6 this term. If you know of anyone in our
community who needs to enrol their child
into kindergarten please urge them to
contact the school as soon as possible.

Wednesday 20
th
August
9:30-11am socialisation

Thursday 4
th
September
9:30 11am- socialisation

Wednesday 17
th
September
9:30- 11am socialisation

Thursday 16
th
October
9:30- 11am Meet your buddy
(6pm parent information session)

Wednesday 29
th
October
9:30- 11am Classroom work with
you buddy

Thursday 13
th
November
9:30 11am Classroom work,
small presentation ceremony
morning tea
Parking in Pandel
This term 5/6BM will be reading a novel
called 68 Teeth by James Moloney which
is set in the Gulf Country of far northern
Queensland. Before reading the text we
have been learning about what life is like
for the characters. We have been
interpreting tables, maps and graphs
when studying the tropical wet and dry
seasonal pattern and researching
estuarine crocodiles.

Our science unit is called 'It's Electrifying'
and the students have shown great
enthusiasm so far! We have drawn a
cutaway diagram of a torch which shows
both its inside and outside workings and
have learnt how a battery works. In the
coming weeks we will be constructing our
own electrical circuits and creating circuit
diagrams using symbols for things such as
the wire, battery, bulb and switch.
Please make sure that when dropping
your kids in Pandel Avenue that drivers
adhere to the kiss and ride rules.

Stay with your car
Do not park for longer than 2
minutes

Local highway patrol regularly
monitor this street.
Touch Gala


















Active After School Communities
The Active After School Communities (AASC) program will begin again next week.
This term primary students are able to choose from croquet which will run on a
Tuesday afternoon and cricket, which will run on a Thursday afternoon. The AASC
program is run by the Australian Sports Commission and provides opportunities for
primary school children to participate in free sport and other structured physical
activity, after school. Students are taught by qualified coaches and the program has
been very successful in terms one and two. There are a few positions left in the
program, so please send in a permission note if you would like your child to be
involved.

School Banking.
New rewards released in term 3

The School Banking program provides children with an opportunity to make
deposits into their personal Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at school
each week. The program is about how often your child makes deposits, not how
much they deposit.

To encourage regular savings behaviour the program offers an exciting Rewards
Program. Every deposit earns your child a Dollarmites token, and once theyve
collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for a reward.

Rewards available in term 3 are:

Handball (whilst stock lasts)
Scented Pencils (whilst stock lasts)
Shark or Penguin Keyring
Whale Shark Pencil Case
Moneybox (new release)
Swimming Bag (new release)


Please send in your redemption card and
tokens on banking day. Rewards will be delivered in 1-2 weeks. Pooling of tokens
is not allowed.

If you wish for your child to participate in the program Youthsaver accounts can
be opened at any branch of the Commonwealth Bank, or by calling 132221.
Existing customers with NetBank access can open accounts online.
Student Teacher: Nathan
My name is Mr Bennett. I am a final year teaching student from the
University of Newcastle. For the duration of term 3, I will be
undertaking my internship with 4/5H. This is the final step in my
training to become a primary school teacher. Im really looking
forward to teaching a variety of lessons over the next few weeks,
starting off with a unit of work based on Australia. Feel free to come and say hello!
Tech Tip











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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
SAT-
SUN
1
14
th
July
Staff Development
Day




15
th
July
Students return
16
th
July





17
th
July

18th July
ASSEMBLY





2
21
st
July





22
nd
July 23
rd
July





24
th
July
NEWSLETTER

25
th
July






3
28
th
July
EDUCATION WEEK




29
th
July
BOOK FAIR
OPEN CLASSES


AASC
30
th
July
Zone Athletics
Public Speaking


P and C 6:30pm
31
st
July




AASC
1
st
August
ASSEMBLY





4
4
th
August





5
th
August




AASC
6
th
August





7
th
August
NEWSLETTER



AASC
8
th
August

5
11
th
August

12
th
August





AASC
13
th
August






14
th
August





AASC
15
th
August
ASSEMBLY


6
18
th
August





19
th
August




AASC
20
th
August
Kindy orientation



P and C 6:30pm
21
st
August
NEWSLETTER



AASC
22
nd
August

Sat 14/6
Star
Struck
2014
Magic
Happens
7
25
th
August




26
th
August




AASC
27
th
August





28
th
August




AASC
29
th
August
ASSEMBLY





8
1
st
September




2
nd
September




AASC
3
rd
September





4
th
September
NEWSLETTER
Kindy orientation


AASC
5
th
September






9
8
th
September





9
th
September




AASC
10
th
September





11
th
September
Year 6 Science day Kahi-
bah PS


AASC
12
th
September
ASSEMBLY





10
15
th
September



16
th
September 17
th
September
Kindy orientation



P and C 6:30pm
18
th
September
NEWSLETTER

19
th
September