Tuesday 11th December PREP TRANSITION. Gladesville P.S. Newsletter 6th December, 2012

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1 Gladesville P.S. Newsletter 6th December, 2012 Dates to Remember CHOIR VISIT TO DUTCH CARE Friday 7th Dec - Small Wheels Day Tuesday 11th Dec - Orientation Day New Preps and Grade 6 Wednesday 12th Dec - School Council Thursday 13th Dec - Helpers morning tea Monday 17th Dec - Grade 6 Graduation Tuesday 18th Dec - Class Parties Wednesday 19th Dec - Twilight Market and Christmas Concert Friday 21st Dec - Last day of term 1:30pm dismissal Wednesday 23rd Jan - Book pack collection 8:30am 5:30pm Thursday 24th Jan - Book pack collection 8:00am 4:30pm Tuesday 29th Jan - Teachers commence Wednesday 30th Jan - Curriculum Day Thursday 31st Jan - Students commence Term FROM THE PRINCIPAL PREP TRANSITION Tuesday 11th December Our school choir sang at both Dutch Care facilities last Friday. They sang every song twice They were fantastic and have once again been asked to return. Thank you Mrs Helen Savaris and Mrs Lisa Coutts. STATEWIDE ORIENTATION DAY Tuesday 11th December Whilst our new Prep for next year visit us, we have our Grade 6 students visit their new school for the start of their Secondary schooling experience. We hope they all have a lot of fun and are excited about SCHOOL KIDS BONUS If you are eligible for the SchoolKids Bonus you need to make sure that you check and update your children s enrolment details online before the end of the year. Families receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A and others receiving certain income support payments are eligible for the Schoolkids Bonus. To find out more about the Schoolkids Bonus visit humanservices.gov.au/schoolkidsbonus Elizabeth Thomas Principal 1

2 CRE CONCERT Students went to the Anglican Church and took part in our Annual Concert. Some students took part in the performance and others joined in with the singing. Grade 6 students received a special blessing and a bible. Thank you to our CRE teachers Norma Breukers, Megan Watts & Rev Pam Fraser. 2

3 On Wednesday 5th December, the grade 6 s went into Luna Park for their Celebration Day. We met at Lilydale station at 8:20 and caught a train into Southern Cross station. We then had to catch a tram to St. Kilda where Luna Park is. We lined up outside until 10am and were let into Luna Park one school at a time. We had to listen to a safety briefing before we could go and put out bags down. Once we had our spot and Miss Jewell and Mr Poulton had spoken to us, we were allowed to run off and go on all of the rides. We really enjoyed having our own freedom to run around by ourselves and go on the rides we wanted to. There were heaps of rides to choose from which was great. All of the grade 6 s really enjoyed the day. It was so much fun. Thanks to Miss Jewell for allowing us to go and organising such a fun day. Thanks to Mr Poulton and Mrs S for coming along and joining in on all of the fun. 3

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5 TWILIGHT MARKET COME ON DOWN TO GLADESVILLES TWILIGHT MARKET THERE WILL BE LOTS OF STALLS 12 AND UNDER FREE ADULTS Gold Coin Entry 3:00PM TO 6:30PM WEDNESDAY THE 19 TH DECEMBER 2012 THANK YOU FROM GEORGIA, TIA, LAUREN AND ALISHA. MARKET STALLS Market stalls on the night: Prep drinks, Grade 1 fairy floss, Grade 2 /3 plants and biscuit decorating, Grade 3/4 Christmas decorations, Grade 4/5 chocolate game, Grade 5 /6 show bags, staff BBQ sausages, school magazine will on sale, baby products, gingerbread, butterflies, candles, giftware and jewellery, sour dough decorations, chocolate boxes, cakes and slices Free Dress Day come dressed in Christmas clothes for our Christmas concert later in the night pm Parents may leave students at school to stay for the market which runs into the Christmas Concert or come and take them home and then return. Grades will have a roster of when the children will be selling their stall items, they will then have a chance to wander and look or join in the games organised by Georgia, Lauren, Tia and Alisha. 5

6 Small Wheels Day Date: 7th Of December You Can Bring: Scooter, Skate board, rollerblades & skate shoes. Pads worn if available Gold coin donation Time for junior=11:40-12:40 Time for senior=12:40-1:40 Helmets worn or no riding KIDS HOPE We would like to say a very BIG thank you to all our Kids Hope volunteers who have worked with 9 of our students this year. They provide one hour per week to work with these students. They make the time fun and enjoyable and a wonderful relationship has developed between Kids Hope Mentor and their student. Maureen Rumble has been an excellent Coordinator, matching students to mentors. Thank you: Jewel Young, Gloria Price, Patricia Browne, Harry Billington, Peter Hookey, Pam Fraser, Maureen Rumble, Joyce Wyatt, Maureen Hunter. We hold a very special memory for Mary Sears who passed away this year after many years of being Kids Hope Mentor. She is sadly missed. 6

7 PUPIL OF THE WEEK 30th November, 2012 Prep 1C Damian J for his excellent work on time using o clock and half past Ben G for his brilliant mental calculations 2/3T Claire H for working extra hard on her subtraction questions and getting nearly all correct. Well Done!! 3/4HT Mitchell M for helping others when tidying up 4/5P Corey V for excellent attendance throughout November URGENT Canteen Co-ordinator required for 2013 Reminder Last Day for Canteen 10th December 5/6J Lauren K for always doing your homework and putting in 110% Well Done! LOTE Award 5/6J for applying themselves diligently to completing their Roma Antica project Performing Arts 5/6J for the outstanding effort you put into recording your Xmas song QuickSmart Dylan V, Bianca M for a great effort in Quicksmart. Special Jack E for his enthusiasm and outstanding effort during Multilit sessions this week. 7