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143 Bailey St Grovedale 3216
www.grovedaleps.vic.edu.au
Term 2 Week 6 Wednesday 20th May 2015
PRINCIPAL’S NEWS
EDUCATION WEEK:
This week we celebrate Education Week. As mentioned
in last weeks newsletter, we will be having Walk to
School Day this Friday morning and then start the day
with an Open Morning from 9:00am until 11:00am. This
is a chance for parents, grandparents and community
members to see our school operating . We invite all of
you to take advantage of this opportunity of seeing your
child and our school at work . We are very proud of our
school and hope you are as well. I look forward to many
of you here on Friday morning.
TAKING ENROLMENTS FOR 2016:
We are now taking enrolments for all year levels for
2016. If you know of any person that has not yet enrolled
their child or are still looking, please encourage them to
organise a tour of our school which I do every Friday
morning from 9:30 to 11am.
NEW SIGN:
Have you noticed our new sign out the front of our
school? If not, please make an effort to have a look at
our fabulous new sign on the front brick wall at the front
entrance. A huge thank to Waterjet in Bailey Street for
making the sign and to Andrew Ball ( a parent of our
school) for installing the sign and liaising with them. It
really looks stunning and many of our students and parents have made comments on how good it looks.
COME TO SCHOOL VISIT– SESSION 2:
Our second session is coming up TOMORROW afternoon
from 2:30 to 3:10pm. Our first visit was very successful
with 15 students and their parents coming along to see
what school is all about. We hope that more take this
opportunity tomorrow. The more sessions that children
are able to attend the better it is for the students in
getting to know the school and feel safe and secure in
the environment. It made a huge difference to the children this year and we hope it will make that same difference for next year. If you know of anyone that may not
have attended last time, please make them aware that
there is another TOMORROW.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 3 & 5 STUDENTS:
The majority of our Year 3 and 5 students took part in
NAPLAN testing last week. It was great to see the students trying their very best. All teachers did their best in
preparing the students for these tests. We look forward
to finding out the children's results later in the year to
see how individuals performed.
Have a great Education Week everyone.
Kathy Wesolowski
Tel: 5243 3902
Fax: 5243 0823
[email protected]
COMING EVENTS
May 2015
Thursday 21st
Come To School Visit 2:30pm-3:10pm
Thursday 21st
Parents & Friends meeting 9.00 a.m.
Friday 22nd
Walk to School Day
Friday 22nd
OPEN MORNING 9 am to 11 am
Monday 25th
Gymnastics Program Grades Prep—2
Tuesday 26th
Cross Country Championships
Thursday 28th
Athletic Sports Grades 3-6
Friday 29th
JSC Pyjama or Onesie Day
June 2015
Monday 1st
Sub Committees and School Council
Monday 1st
First day to bring bikes for Bike Ed
Tuesday 2nd
Lightning Premiership Grade 5/6
Monday 8th
Queens Birthday No School
Tuesday 9th
Come To School Visit 2:30pm-3:10pm
Friday 26th
Last Day Of School for Term 2
FORMS / PAYMENT DUE BACK
IGA Dockets
Anytime
Cross Country Championships
Book Club order Issue 4
$3.00
21st May
28th May
Lightning Premiership Grade 5/6 $8.00 25th May
UNIFORMS
NEW UNIFORMS
Deal directly with Coastal Uniforms.
Phone: 5255 4897
Order forms may be picked up from the school office.
KILTS—New supplier is Bellarine Uniforms, 162 Moorabool
Street and the contact number is 5221 9199
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Kilt for Sale—Size 14 $20 Call Sheryl Nott on 0401 070 884
Visit Sally & Kelli in the Sick Bay on
Tuesday afternoons only from 3:00pm-3:20pm
‘A Path to Success’
STUDENT AWARDS!
Ruby Williams
Jason Watson
Ryan Guy
Nathan Harper
Chaise Mayson
Brianna Taylor
Matilda Mahoney
Alicia Berry
Leanne Shrimpton
Mason Van Dort
Xavier Kelly
Jamie Ryan
Connor Marks
Cooper Blackley
Montana Wilson
Lachlan Read
Aidan Ware
For being a kind and considerate class member.
For using the correct ‘math’ language when ‘partitioning’ a number.
For being a responsible and independent learner.
For being a respectful and responsible group member.
For working well with others and showing respect.
For great work on Mathletics.
For putting spaces between your words when writing about your toy.
For her hard work in numeracy with compatible numbers.
For her fantastic explanation piece of writing “How to brush your teeth”.
For using the magic counting on strategy in maths.
For working hard to achieve his learning goals.
For his improved understandings in calculating the mean, mode and median
score of a set of numbers.
For his hard work to improve his spelling. Well done.
For being an enthusiastic and reliable JSC leader.
For trying really hard with her vertical subtraction.
For creating a fantastic descriptive language piece.
For great participation during class activities.
OPEN MORNING FOR EDUCATION WEEK
Next week is EDUCATION WEEK and Grovedale PS will be
having an Open Morning on Friday 22nd May from 9am11am for parents and community members to come and view
our wonderful school operating as usual. This is the same morning as ‘Walk to School’ Day so parents and carers are most welcome to walk their children to school and then stay for a while
and watch their students in a regular morning program. You are
most welcome to pop in at any time during the first two hours to
share in your child’s learning and see what happens in our classrooms each day. We are proud of our school at Grovedale PS!
GRADE 3/4 CAMP Forward Notice
The Grade 3/4 Camp for 2015 will be the YMCA Camp Wyuna
in term 3 on Monday & Tuesday September 14th & 15th.
At this stage the cost of the camp will be approximately $140.
Please mark this on your calendars. More information and a
request for a deposit will be sent home later this term.
SCHOOL KILT’S
Our new Kilt supplier is Bellarine Uniforms at 162
Moorabool Street—just above Ryrie Street in the old
Fletcher Jones building. Phone 5221 9199 Limited stock
currently available however they are happy to take orders
but this will mean a delay with delivery time.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Book order forms for Issue 4 were sent home with all children
last week.
Please return orders with payment by no later than Thursday
May 28th.
EXTEND OSHC AT GROVEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Watch this space throughout the term for regular updates from our Extend team!
PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au
Recap
Last week we made mini pizzas for afternoon tea. The kids enjoyed putting their own toppings on & then devouring them once
they were cooked. We did lots of Arts and Crafts because the weather kept us inside. We drew chalk bubbles, decorated fruit with
tissue paper, made flower pot prints out of recycled toilet rolls, and designed a season tree for our OSHC wall.
HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN AT A SCHOOL NEAR YOU!
Book by Friday 12 June to avoid a late fee.
Our holiday program bookings are open and there’s a local one near you – all Extend’s holiday programs are open to primary
school aged boys and girls. And the great news is, if you’re already enrolled with us for After School Care you won’t need to enrol
again to access our Holiday Programs.
To check out what’s on and where your local program is, visit our website at extend.com.au and book via the Parent Portal.
-- Hannah
Our Extend Superstar is….Seth for being a great friend & playing with others nicely.
Next week’s activities
Monday : Science- Balloon Rocket
Tuesday : Art & craft- Ring Toss
Wednesday : Art & Craft- Butterfly Windows
Thursday : Science- Frozen dinosaurs
Friday : Art & Craft- Mini Golf Construction
Watch this space throughout the term for regular updates from our Extend team!
PARENTS AND FRIENDS
Mothers Day Gifts and Movie Night
Thanks to everyone who came along to our pizza and movie night for Mother’s Day. We had a great evening watching the Lego
Movie. Thanks to the Little family for providing the popcorn machine and supplies. Hop all the GPS mum’s had a great
Mother’s Day.
Next Meeting
Thursday 21 May at 9am
We need to allocate some fair activities and jobs for people to oversee. If you can help with co-ordinating a stall for the fair,
please let me know by this date. Thanks
Twilight Fair
Save the date—Friday 6 November between 4-8pm
Gab Lewis
CLASSROOM HELPERS:
A big thank you to all the parents who came along to the
Classroom Helpers Program that we have been running over
the last four weeks. There has been lots of talking and sharing ideas on how children learn and how we can support
them along the way. Your commitment each week has
demonstrated what can be achieved when we form a partnership together and now all that is left is to go in the classrooms and have some fun with your children.
BIKE EDUCATION PROGRAM—HELP WANTED
Bike Education is beginning in 1 weeks time for Year 4 students.
Parents are encouraged and welcome to join in one or all of the
practical bike riding sessions. Bike Ed will take place on
TUESDAY’S and THURSDAY’S after recess.
The first Bike Ed session was to be held on Thursday May 28.
However, as this clashes with the Athletics Day, we will fit this in
on another day. This first day is a theory only session and bikes
are not required on this day.
Sonya Brough
FREE FAMILY FUN AT FIGMENT ARTS FREE FOR ALL—Get
out of the house and participate in interactive arts projects, catered to young, old and everyone in between at
Geelong’s iconic Little Malop Street on Saturday 30 May
From 10am-6pm. There will be free parking, free entry
and free your creative side.
The first day that bikes will be required at school will be on
MONDAY JUNE 1
Please see Kate Wojcik in Room 8 if you are interested in
helping.
Term 2 JSC Fundraiser
On Friday 29th of May the JSC will be having a
= Pyjama or Onesie Day =
For a gold coin please come in
your PJ's or a Onesie to help raise money for GAWS ( Geelong Animal Welfare Society )
Help keep homeless animals in Geelong warm and fed over the cold Autumn and Winter months.
Be a Sugar Detective
The average Australian eats about 22 teaspoons of added sugar every day.
The result on our bodies is less than sweet: unhealthy weight gain, high blood pressure, diabetes,
and high cholesterol.
The World Health Organisation has made the following recommendations about sugar limits:
Children = Limit to 3-4 added teaspoons per day (includes sugar added to cereals, sauces, drinks,
flavoured yoghurts, and so on).
Teenage/Adult women = Limit to 5 teaspoons per day.
Teenage /Adult men = Limit to 6 teaspoons per day.
So even one glass of soft drink, sport drink or fruit juice - is more than a child should have in a
whole day!
Spy on sugar
Investigate the sugar content in your family’s food. When you know the facts, you can make better choices.
Uncover how much sugar sneaks into your food.
Read the food label for the sugar content (usually in grams)
Change the grams into teaspoons: 4 grams = 1 teaspoon, so divide the number of sugar grams by 4 and you have the number of teaspoons.
_____ grams divided by 4 = _____ teaspoons
(Example: 20 grams of sugar divided by 4 = 5 teaspoons)
Here are some other clues to spot sugar:
If you see sugar in the first 3 ingredients on a food label, it’s probably high in
sugar.
If you see something labeled ‘low fat’ it often has added sugar!
Here’s a list of sugar’s code names, so you can find it even if it’s in disguise:
SUGAR’S CODE NAMES: Honey
Fructose Dextrose
Glucose Sucrose
Corn syrup
Syrup
Fruit juice concentrate
I have found two in this label – can you find the other
GROVEDALE COMMUNITY HUB, HEYERS ROAD—LAUNCH & FESTIVAL SATURDAY 23
MAY 10am-2pm
You are invited to attend the Grovedale Community Hub official opening at 10am (by Minister Jenny Mikakos MP) and join in the free activities afterwards. There will be skate ramps,
crafts, Wii, football, Xbox and table tennis at the Youth Drop In Centre; an animal nursery,
story time, The Mik Maks for the little ones; coffee van and Blend Smoothies, free BBQ.
Please keep in mind there is limited parking available.
WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY – FRIDAY 22nd MAY
This Friday 22nd May is ‘Walk Safely to School Day” and we are encouraging all students to
walk to school. Teachers will be meeting students at three different locations from 8:30 to
walk – (the corner of Reserve Rd and Bailey St,, the corner of Marshalltown Rd and
Barwarre Rd., and the corner of Grove Rd and Bailey St.) Students can be dropped off at
any of these locations to participate if the distance they travel is too far.
(This event is subject to weather permitting- if it is raining we do not expect students to be
walking).