Glenelg Primary School Newsletter
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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