Thursday, 9 March 2017 Values: Purpose: To develop confident and resilient students through the provision of a diverse range of learning experiences and challenges which encourage curiosity, excitement for learning, thirst for knowledge and connectedness to their community. This is underpinned by a whole school community whose moral purpose is committed to promoting success for all students. MARCH IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR School Website: www.greenvaleps.vic.edu.au Friday 10 th Year 6 Interschool sports home against Roxburgh Park PS Monday 13 th LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Wednesday 15 th Year 4 Mindfulness Incursion Thursday 16 th Year 3 Mindfulness Incursion Family Activities Night for students & families - 4:00 7:00pm Friday 17 th Year 6 Interschool sports away against Willmott PS Tuesday 21 st School Council Annual General Meeting Wednesday 22 nd Thursday 23 rd Sushi Special Lunch Order Day Year 4 Mindfulness Incursion Student Family Photo Day Year 3 Mindfulness Incursion From The Principal s Desk Angelika Ireland 2016 Annual Report to the School Community Parents In Partnership You are invited to attend the School Council Annual General Meeting (AGM) to hear the outcomes of the 2016 Annual Report to the School Community. The annual report provides a means for the school council to inform the community of what has been achieved and how the school is performing. The annual report includes the following - - a profile comment about our school including the school s vision and purpose, and defining attributes of the school including its geographic location, size and structure, social characteristics, enrolment characteristics, special programs etc. - comments on the school s progress and what the school is doing to improve student outcomes in the three areas of achievement, engagement and wellbeing. - Information about school enrolments, the socio-economic background of students, the proportion of students with English as an additional language, data related to parent and staff satisfaction. - How our students are performing in English and Mathematics compared to all Victorian Primary Schools - How our students are performing in NAPLAN in Year 3 and Year 5 compared to all Victorian Primary Schools - Student attendance data - Year 5 and Year 6 Student Attitudes to School data - Parent Satisfaction Summary - School Staff Survey Summary The AGM will be held at 6.30 7.00 pm on Tuesday 21 st March in the school staffroom. All parents are welcome. The AGM will be followed by the first meeting of the new School Council.
Exiting School Council Members At the AGM we will be saying farewell to the following School Council members Noel Scerri, Jodie Howitt, Daryl Canny and Fikriye Halil-Coban. It is also with sadness that we farewell Noel, Jodie and Daryl as this is a permanent farewell. Their youngest child/ren left our school at the end of 2016 beginning their secondary schooling in 2017. Their last School Council meeting for Greenvale will be the AGM on the 21st March. They have dedicated many years to our school and their support and energy will be sorely missed. Noel Scerri Jodie Howitt Daryl Canny Fikriye Halil-Coban President Community Links Convenor Buildings and Grounds Community Links What do I like about school? Our Foundation students have now been at school just on 5 weeks and in that time we have seen them making adjustments to school routines and expectations. Ms Franz s classroom were asked what they like about coming to school. Here are some of their responses-. Ecrin Musa I like coming to school to learn new things. Nasser I like school because I like learning from Miss Franz. I like using the ipads at school. Laylah Blake I have lots of news friends at school. I like to play with the dice at school. Ava Ahmed I like come to school to learn about letters and sounds. I like to play Buzz in Maths at school. Austin I like the big playground at school. Cruz I like going to P.E. with Mr Carroll at school. Isabel Rhys I like learning how to read with Miss Franz. I like borrowing books from the Library at school. Ebony I like drawing at school.
Opening of our school oval.. Only 5 more school days before the temporary fence around the school oval is removed. The grass is looking amazing! Everyone is waiting in anticipation. A big thank you to Rob Skiathitis from RMS Groundswork for looking after the grass since it has been laid. Head lice It is important that you check your child s hair for head lice on a regular basis and treat your child s hair accordingly. Lice will live in all hair types, whether they are clean or dirty makes no difference. If a case of head lice is identified in your child s classroom, you will receive a note informing you of this so you can check your own child immediately. Children with head lice cannot return to school until they have had their hair treated and the school has been informed of this. Insurance Personal Accident Just a reminder to all families that the Department of Education does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students whilst at school, including the cost of ambulance attendance / transport and any other transport costs. Student accident insurance/ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers. Personal Property Personal property is often brought to school by students, staff and visitors. This can include mobile phones, calculators, toys, sporting equipment and cars parked on school premises. As the Department of Education does not hold insurance for personal property brought to schools and has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property students are discouraged from bringing any unnecessary or particularly valuable items to school Food For Thought: Assistant Principal s Notes Meredith Clegg ATTENDANCE In the attendance data below the absence rate per student has risen to over one day per student and in the past two weeks there has been a significant increase in Year 1 student absences. Attendance is important, particularly in the early formative years when reading, writing and numeracy is developing, so every day your child is at school counts.
STUDENT ABSENCE DETAILS Term 1 2017 Number of students 31/01/2017-03/03/2017 Absent without note Absent with note TOTAL STUDENTS ABSENT Average absence rate per student FOUNDATION 108 11 72 83 0.77 YEAR 1 125 17 144 161 1.29 YEAR 2 114 38 90 128 1.12 YEAR 3 113 47 82 129 1.14 YEAR 4 119 30 96 126 1.06 YEAR 5 104 42 48 90 0.87 YEAR 6 103 38 58 96 0.93 Total 786 223 590 813 1.03 This year all students at Greenvale PS have access, at school or home, to Mathletics. Mathletics is an online maths program for primary and secondary students. Your classroom teacher can provide you with student login details so that you can access the program at home. School Photos Gwen Hutcheson Our class and individual portrait school photographs were taken last Monday thank you to those parents who sent their order forms on the day. As this is a different company with different processes there is no facility to view on-line and select a portrait. The photographers took a number of photographs of your child to get the best possible outcome. The best photo of your child was then selected. As a special one off we will accept orders for class photos at the school until March 23 rd. Families wanting Family photos must complete the Family Photo order form, available from the school office. Only those Families who return order forms will have the Family photographs taken. THERE CAN BE NO LATE ORDERS FOR THIS. EASTER EGG RAFFLE DONATIONS Our Easter Raffle is fast approaching. We hope once again you will support this successful event by sending Easter Eggs or Chocolate donations. Funds raised will go towards our Building and Grounds Maintenance program. Please send donations to the school no later than Monday 20 th March. If you have any spare hamper baskets it would be greatly appreciated. Raffle tickets have been sent home to all families. Raffle Tickets are $1.00 each. Please return all money and raffle tickets in the School NO LATER THAN 10:00am on THURSDAY 23 rd March as the Easter Raffle will be drawn at assembly on Monday 27 th March.
Sports News Shannon Carroll Physical Education teacher & Sport Coordinator On Monday March 6th, 4 Greenvale Primary School students attended the Northcote Aquatic Centre to compete in the Woodlands Division Swimming Championships. All students competed superbly across their individual and team events and it was extremely pleasing to see all students advance through to the Northern Metropolitan Swimming Championships. This event will again be held at the Northcote Aquatic Centre on Wednesday March 15th. We wish them all the best of luck! Abbey Pantelidis 50m Freestyle 1st 50m Butterfly 1st Nina Pantelidis 50m Breaststroke 1st 50m Freestyle 4th Brodey Dalgleish 50m Freestyle 2nd 50m Backstroke 5th Everyone 4 x 50m Medley Relay 2nd Ben Nugent 50m Breaststroke 3rd 50m Freestyle 5th
BOOK CLUB IS HERE Mabigail Asuncion Library Tech and Book Club Co-ordinator Issue Two of Book Club for 2017 All orders must be returned NO LATER than Thursday 16 th March, by 11:00am. No orders will be accepted after this time. Before the orders come to Learning Resource Centre please check that order forms are completed correctly and that the students name and class are clearly written on order form and envelope. If paying by CHEQUE please make out to: SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB If paying by CREDIT CARD please note: NEW PAYMENT PROCESSING ON SLIP. Seeking Volunteers for our Library! Mabigail Asuncion Library Technician The Library is currently very busy with new books in our Teacher Reference Collection and I would like your assistance with the following: - attaching stickers and barcodes, stamping & covering books - sorting and shelving resources Do not worry if you are unsure how to do it, I will have a demonstration and I will be there to guide you. You can come in from 9:00 9:30am after you ve dropped off your children and 3:00-3:30pm before you pick them up. If you have some time to help us out, please complete the form below and return it back to our Library. Sign me up to help in the Library! Parent/Guardian Name: Contact Number: E-mail Address: Student s Name: Class: Days/Times I can help Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Uniform Shop News Dianne Barresi Administration/Uniform shop coordinator Chair bags are back in stock in the Uniform Shop
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