18 September 2012

Principal’s Message

Well done to Claudine who won the Junior Girls High Jump at the Sydney South West Regional Athletics Carnival. She will now represent our school at the NSW State Athletics Carnival. What an amazing achievement from a talented athlete!

Glenfield’s Got Talent was held last night in front of a full house. It was fantastic to see the wealth of talent we have in our school. The night would not have been possible without the efforts of the coordinator Miss Schroder and her committee comprising of Mrs Currie, Miss Lilly and Miss Williams. These staff members spent countless hours of their own time making this event happen. Congratulations to our winners: 1

st – Adonis

2nd

– Godwin 3

rd - Addretta

The school has posted the NAPLAN results for Years 3 and 5 to caregivers.

Swimming Scheme starts on the first day back after the holidays. Mrs Dunajcik and Mr Eccleston will be accompanying the students. All students will receive a reminder note on Thursday.

This Thursday is a “Red Day” for the canteen. This means on this day they will be selling lollies, chocolates and cupcakes.

On Friday the Principal’s Awards Assembly will be held at 12.30pm in the hall. Two students from each class have been selected by the class teacher to receive this special award. Students who have handed in the correct number of merit awards for bronze, silver or gold this term will also be

receiving a certificate at this assembly. All welcome to attend.

Market Day will be held in Term 4 on Wednesday 17 October. Stage 3 are asked to bring in the equipment they need for the day ASAP. Please see attached ad-vertisement for more information about the day.

On Thursday 20 September at 12.30pm in the hall, a special Athletics Assembly will be held to hand out rib-bons to students who came 1st, 2nd or 3rd overall in each competitive event at the Athletics Carnival held earlier this term. All welcome to attend.

This Friday 21 September is the last day of Term 3. School resumes for the staff and students on Monday 8 October. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

K.Batros Relieving Principal

Diary Dates

September

19 Taronga Zoo K-2 21 Last Day of Term 3

October

8-12 Swim Scheme Lessons 10.00am-11.30am 11 Responsible Pet Education 25 Gala Day 29 Zone Public Speaking 30 Kindy Orientation Day 9.15-10.30am

November

6 Kindy Orientation Day 9.15-10.30am 13 Kindy Orientation Day 9.15-10.30am

NEXT P&C MEETING – Monday 22 October, 2012, in the staffroom at 9.00am.

Newsletter

NOTES GONE HOME:

Notes can be downloaded from this website:

www.glenfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Zumba

School Leader for 2013 Nominations

Students in Year 5 who expressed an interest in running for School Leader for 2013 were given a nomination form last Thursday. This note needs to be signed by the student and his/her parent or caregiver and returned to Miss Batros by Friday 21 September or the student will not be considered as a nominee. Miss Batros

Taronga Zoo-Parent Reminder

and Information

Tomorrow K-2 set off on their exciting excursion to the Zoo. I know all children in all classes have been count-ing down the days. Well it has finally arrived and I am sure it is going to be a great day for everybody who is going. All children need to be in full school uniform. They will need to bring a strong plastic bag with their first name and class on it. They will need lunch and re-cess in plastic wrap or small lunch bags they can throw away. Please pack two drinks, a bottle of water and a poptop or popper would be great as the children can dispose of rubbish when finished. This saves tired little arms carrying around lunchboxes and drink bottles all day. If your child wears a jumper or jacket please dou-ble check their name is on it to save it getting lost. All children will need to be at school at 8.30am. The bus is leaving at 8.45. This will give us more time at the Zoo. Please make sure your child is at school at 8.30am as we cannot wait for any children that are late. If your child gets car sick can you please let their class teacher know in the morning. Lets all hope for a beautiful sunny day. Mrs Melissa Eccleston

Glenfield’s got Talent

Congratulations to all the students who participated in Glenfield’s Got Talent. Monday night was a fun filled night for both the community and students of Glenfield Public School. The daytime judges handed their winning acts over on Monday afternoon to be announced in the evening show with the following results: First Place and Winner of Glenfield’s Got Talent: Adonis as “The MJ Man” Second Place: Godwin as “The Rated Radical Drum-mer” Third Place: Addreta as “The Little One” Highly Commended - These acts were selected as being exceptional : 1. Julia, Matthew and Godwin as “Miami Crew” 2. Nandita and Charlotte as “The Rainbow Girls” 3. Amisha as “The Poet” 4. Rose, Jasmine, Elijiana and Simran as “Elena”

A huge thankyou to the P and C for providing the sau-sage sizzle and drinks, and to the SRC for organising the lolly bags. Thank you to all the staff of Glenfield Pub-lic School for supporting and accommodating all the or-ganisation leading up to the performance. Lastly thank you to all the students who performed and allowed us to showcase the talent our students most definitely pos-sess. R.Schroder

Regional Athletics Congratulations Claudine who will be representing the Sydney South West Region in the upcoming STATE Ath-letics Carnival in high jump next Thursday. It is extremely rare for students to reach such a high standard. This out-standing achievement goes down as a significant highlight of the sporting year. All of Glenfield PS is very proud of you!

All 12 representatives performed admirably against elite competition in last week's Area Athletics carnival. You all should be extremely pleased with your achievements.

John Eccleston—Glenfield Athletics Coordinator 2012

K-2 Dance Group

There is now a K-2 dance group with students who were interested in joining meeting with Miss DeGiorgio. Practice sessions for the group will be on every Friday at lunch time in the hall. There might be other incidental practices during some other lunch times. Miss DeGiorgio

Stage 2 Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations Antriksh who will be representing our school in the public speaking competition in term four. His performance was exceptional and it is refresh-ing to see such a talented student perform in such a ma-ture manner. He certainly made us all 'speechless' (no pun intended).

The 6 finalists from each of the Stage 2 classes (Vanessa, Aroshi, Bani, Andrew, Sadit and Antriksh) per-formed admirably in last week's public speaking shootout in the hall. You all should be very pleased with your efforts and we hope that you continue to refine your skills in the future. Our debating teams in the next few years are looking sound.

John Eccleston

From The Office

We have had some jewellery handed in to the office. If you have lost anything please come to the office.

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION PROGRAM

My child _______________________________ (______________preferred name) Male / Female Please print your child’s full name and preferred name if applicable.

will be attending the classroom visits on the following dates:

30/10/2012 9.15-10.30am

6/11/2012 9.15-10.30am

13/11/2012 9.15-10.30am Signed _________________________