Glenelg Primary School Newsletter Page 1 Newsletter No 3 Thursday 19th February 2015 Ways to develop independence in kids If you are anxious about your child’s safety and tend to be more protective than you want, start creating easy versions of independent living skills, so that kids can learn to stand on their own two feet rather than be dependent on you. A major challenge for parents is to find ways of safely moving children from being reliant on adults to a position of independence. This can be tough because your natural instincts are to nurture them. Training for independence starts at a young age and continues into adolescence and beyond. Developing independence is one of the best ways to promote self-confidence. When you teach children to do jobs for themselves, you send a powerful message that you believe that they are capable. Your actions speak louder than words. One way of making it easier for children to learn the skills of independence is to create a junior version of whatever skills you are trying to teach. So as effective parents, create experiences that help your children to develop the skills of self-sufficiency and independence from an early age. Here are some examples: Encourage your junior primary child to make a snack, prepare breakfast or perhaps help prepare a meal. This is a junior version of cooking an evening meal. Walk your child to the door of the classroom and let them take their bag into class and unpack their belongings. Drive your children to school most of the way and then let them walk the rest. That is a junior version of walking to school. Let an early teen go to a local cinema with friends. This is a junior version of going out without adult supervision. If you are anxious about your child’s safety and tend to be more protective than you want, start creating junior versions of independent living, so that children can learn to stand on their own two feet rather than be dependent on you. Remember, REDUNDANCY is your aim as a parent! Similarly, one way for kids to develop self-help skills is to create junior versions of what you already do, so they can develop the skill-sets needed to look after themselves and help out the rest of the family. dl.1017.info@schools .sa.edu.au www.glenelgps.sa. edu.au Principal: Rae Taggart Deputy Principal: Paul Ferors Assistant Principals: Mike Shaw Bobbie Beswick Anthony Fischer The reception to year 3 teachers are trying this on Thursday of this week. They are celebrating Independence Day and creating the situation that encourages the children to develop and display the skills they have as independent learners. We thank parents for their support of this day and we are confident that you will see your child succeed at organising themselves and preparing for the start of the new school day. Kind regards, Rae, Paul, Anthony, Mike and Bobbie Glenelg Primary School Newsletter Page 2 TERM 1 CALENDAR DATES Wirraway Camp Rm 20 & Rm 8 Wirraway Camp Rm 9 & 8A Wirraway Camp Rm 10 & 19 PUBLIC HOLIDAY Surf Safety Yrs 3, 4 & 5 Wed 25–Fri 27 February PUPIL FREE DAY TUESDAY 17 MARCH Mon 2-Fri 4 March Wed 4-Fri 6 March Monday 9 March Tues 3-Wed 11 March Harmony Day - Friday 20th March School Photos Mon 23 & Fri 27 March Governing Council AGM Monday March 23 To receive the Newsletter, you can subscribe to the Glenelg Primary School list , by sending a new email to: [email protected] With a message body of: Subscribe GlenelgPS Governing Council The Governing Council met for the first time this year on Monday night. We have a great group of parents and staff who are working to improve all aspects of our school. More funds have been allocated to improving learning outcomes, funds have been allocated to redesigning the library as the hub of learning in the school and also to the ongoing maintenance of programs across the school. New committees are being formed and we would really appreciate some support from the wider community. Please complete and return the slip below if you are interested. working BEE Sunday March 22nd 9.30am followed by a BBQ Come along and help ensure a beautiful learning environment for your children. Any amount of time you can volunteer would be greatly appreciated. There will be a number of tasks you can assist with including: Install a new piece of equipment (2 hours min; will hire a hole borer) Weed areas of the school Repaint seats with new stain. Light trim of trees Re mulch garden at the back of Rotary Park Re mulch the play equipment in the mound area Cleaning out water traps, gutters and downpipes Please bring along garden implements such as: Shovels, spades Leaf blowers Saws, loppers and pruners Brooms, dustpans, buckets Wheel barrows Paint brushes For your information: Next Monday 23 February, each copy of The Advertiser will have a double sided thick colour poster on ‘Grammar and Punctuation’ rules for students. It may be worth checking out. Medication ------------------------------------------------------------- School Sub-Committee’s I would be interested in joining the -------------------------------- committee. HAIR Name: Contact number: Child: If your child has medication at school could you please make sure that the dates of the medication are current. If you have new medication, then please bring it in with a Health Care Plan from your doctor. It is important that you check that everything we have here is safe for your child. Room No.: A reminder that if students have hair that is shoulder length or longer it needs to be tied up so that it is off of their face and safely secured. Please only use school coloured ribbons, ties or headbands. Glenelg Primary School Newsletter MATERIALS & SERVICES CHARGES FOR 2015 A reminder that cash payment for your child’s fees can be paid at the payment window between the hours of 8.30am & 9.30am each morning. Thank you to all of the parents who have already paid their School Fees. Payments can be made by cash, cheque or card, however the time frame for paying by cash is limited to this time so that the banking is ready by 10.30am. Arrangements can be made to pay your fees in instalments. There is an agreement form available which you will need to fill in and sign. These instalment payments are due in March, June and September. Alternatively you may wish make the payments over a different timeframe and this can also be negotiated. A direct debit facility is available to parents as per DECD recommendations for parents who are unable to get into the school to pay. To do this parents will need to complete an agreement for the school to deduct from their debit/credit card an agreed amount each week, fortnight or month until the fees are paid. This can be done for all forms of payments providing that the total is over $20.00. This form is found on the school’s web page or it can be emailed to you on request. The form can then be completed and returned to the school via email. Payments can also be made by phone using a debit/credit card at any time during the day. Please just call the school on 8295 3943. EXCURSIONS AND OTHER PAYMENTS All cash payments including excursions, camps, OSHC and uniforms can be made at the same time, 8.30am – 9.30am. We accept cheque, cash or card. Due to the high cost of bank charges for each transaction we ask that all card payments made are over $20. To do this you may wish to incorporate more than one invoice for payments, ie OSHC and excursions or School Fees and excursions. These payments can also be made by phone or via email as described above. We are also fortunate that we have several money machines located in close vicinity to the school for parents to access cash from their accounts. These are located at the BP service station, the Glenelg Club and the Holdfast Hotel. Page 3 School Banking Rewards now available! Term 1 These new rewards have just been released for Term 1, and are available while stocks last: ET DVD Planet Handball For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a cool Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for these exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their continued savings behaviour. There are 2 new items to come in Term 2 as well! Remember our school earns 5% commission on every deposit made (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). If your children are not currently involved in the School Banking program and you would like to know more, please ask for a 2015 School Banking program Information Pack from the School office. Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and don’t forget that Thursday is School Banking day! School Banking Account Opening – 5 March 8.30 – 9.30 am To open a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account, you’ll need a current driver’s licence or another form of photographic identification for yourself. No identification is required for the Glenelg Primary student as the school will vouch for them. We look forward to seeing you on 5 March! PSW Spot A thought from Joanne, Your Pastoral Care Worker. Wow… the start of a new school year with so many exciting and challenging times ahead. How will this year be different from last year and how will it be the same? What goals are you aiming for this year? Some handy hints to goal setting can be found here: http://au.reachout.com/how-to-set-goals ...including start with things you enjoy, don’t get too caught up in “big’ things and think about what you don’t want and turn them around into goals. Eg. “I don’t want to be stuck at home” into “I want to travel”. Achieving goals is such a great feeling. When you have a plan on how to get there you are so much more likely to be successful. So, identify the goal, make a plan, see if it is working and take action. Good Luck with goal setting and achieving this year. Glenelg Primary School Newsletter Page 4 News from the Canteen ******Reminder****** Next Tuesday 24th February is the Special Lunch Day. No other lunch orders are available on this day. Only pre-ordered specials will be supplied. Orders were due back Friday 13th February and NO MORE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Thanks Caroline Canteen Manager Come & Try Session Monday Nights – March 2nd – 30th Glenelg Lacrosse Club invites students from 8-12 years to attend their ‘Come & Try Session’ on Monday nights at their club on Barrett Reserve West Beach. The first session commences on March 2, from 5.30pm-6.30pm. All equipment is provided, just bring a friend! If you are interested, please email [email protected] No session will be held on Monday 9th March (Adelaide Cup Day.) SAPSASA Lacrosse Carnival for Year 4/5 & Year 6/7 [email protected] Thank you to the volunteers who have offered to co-ordinate P&F this year President Vice-President Secretary Administrator Sam Launer Rachael Edwards Lisa Peters Nat Baron Parents and Friends is a group of parents who catch up every so often to provide support to the school and more importantly to each other! We would like to encourage as many parents as possible to join us when they can. Meeting dates are mentioned in the newsletter, so watch this space. This term the P&F will be organising Easter buns for sale through Bakers Delight at Marion. We will also be organising a repeat of the very successful Mothers’ Day stall from last year. if you have any other ideas of activities to build community spirit, please come along to a meeting or email us to let us know. Year 7 Leadership Day Last Friday all the Year 7’s spent the day at the Glenelg Cricket Club for a leadership conference. It taught us lots of leadership skills which will help us all in leading the school to success. We all participated in group activities which helped improved our skills as a team. We also learnt about leaders in and around the community who have shown good leaderships skills. During this day we learnt lots of skills and shared ideas. As Year 7s we now feel more confident in leading the school after this amazing day. We would like to thank all of the Leadership Team and Staff for making this day possible. Written By Tia, Maddie and Matthew. Wednesday 25th March from 9-3pm at Sturt Lacrosse Club, St Mary’s. For the first time we will be entering teams of interested students in this Lacrosse Carnival. Teams will be 5 players with 2-3 substitutions and no goalie. More details will be supplied soon but numbers will depend on parents being willing to drive students to the carnival. PLEASE NOTE: parent drivers need to have a current police check. Paula Willson PE Teacher COMMUNITY NEWS Advertisement or sponsorship is not to be seen as an endorsement by the school, its staff or students, of any particular product or service. Foster Carers are needed to provide overnight emergency, long-term, short-term and respite care. You can be either single, couples, working full-time, part-time or studying. Free training and ongoing professional support (including 24-hour assistance) is provided. For more information, please call Linda on 8131 3456. www.anglicaresa.com.au/foster-care Free Parenting Seminar (Keeping Teens & Preth teens Safe Online) on Tuesday 17 March from 7.— pm-9.00pm at Panorama Room, Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide. Register to attend. Online: http://parentingsa.evenbrite.com.au/ Email: [email protected] or phone 8303 1660. This seminar is designed for parents and presented by Parenting SA. UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIMES Wednesday 8.30-9.30am
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