NARARA / THE ENTRANCE NORTH / VALLEY VIEW
Term 4 Week 6 November 22nd 2019
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Principal’s Message ………………………...…...1
Presentation days…..2
Disability Support Pension…...……..……..3
Narara Reptile Park photos…………………...4
Therapy dogs photos……...............5
NE Room 5 photos...6
Room 9 Narara circus photos…………...…....7
Life Skills……………….8
Awards…………….....9
Contributions, dates & things to remember ………………………….…10
‘The Girl’ exhibition …………………………. 11
Save Plus………………......12
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The Glenvale Explicit
Improvement Agenda
GLENVALE NEWS The Newsletter of Glenvale School
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Dear Parents and Carers,
This is quite a challenging newsletter.
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and
Exploitation of People with Disability
On 5 April 2019, the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison
MP, and Minister for Families and Social Services, the Hon
Paul Fletcher MP, announced the establishment of the
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and
Exploitation of People with Disability.
As part of the hearings of the Commission there is an
education issues paper.
The following is for your information from the
Commission, not my own words as principal.
“The issues paper has been adapted from a paper developed
for a workshop on education and learning held in Melbourne
on 3 October, 2019 with representatives from community
and disability organisations and education academics.
The Royal Commission has identified that abuse, neglect and
exploitation of people with disability in the education sector
is an important topic to address.
Research suggests that children with disability experience
higher rates of suspension and expulsion from schools and
that children with disability may be excluded from school
activities, such as excursions, assemblies, sports carnivals
etc.
Over the last decade, the segregation of children
with disability into special education units/classes or
'special' schools has increased. Students with autism
have been disproportionately affected by this in-
crease. First Nations students with disability are also
disproportionately over-represented in special schools.
The Royal Commission issues paper on education
outlines the Commission's preliminary understanding
of the key issues and barriers experienced by students
with disability and asks 13 questions.
One of the 13 questions is as follows:
Q11. “What is essential to facilitate the transition
from segregated or integrated settings to
inclusive education settings, and to sustain the
change?”
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
publications/Documents/education-learning-
issues-paper.pdf
The Royal Commission is encouraging responses
from individuals and organisations to the issues
paper, if possible, by 20 December 2019 although
submissions will be accepted after that date.
Responses to the issues paper should be provided,
either:
electronically to
[email protected], or in
writing to GPO Box 1422, Brisbane, Queensland
4001.
Now, these are my words below:
I wanted to let you all know that it is vital that you
have your voice heard by the Commission, as
many other voices are in this space using phrases
such as “isolated and segregated special schools”
and others want recommendations for us to be
phased out to provide an ‘inclusive’ system.
This is offensive to me. We don’t segregate as a
special school, we are actually the only truly
inclusive schools and we pride ourselves on
providing the best education and care for our
most deserving and complex learners. Mainstream
schools usually can’t.
Unfortunately, others who don’t know what we do
and have never ever visited to see what we do, are
making submissions and influencing decisions on
behalf of our students, your children.
Please have your say so that the voice of parents
of our special schools are heard across Australia.
You can watch the hearings and get transcripts
here.
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
I believe that our schools perform a vital role.
Regards, as always, Matt
Classes of 2019
G L E N V A L E S C H O O L :
T H E E N T R A N C E N O R T H C A M P U S
Invites you to help us celebrate our
Annual Presentation
Day
When: Thursday 28th November, 2019.
Where: The Entrance North Surf Life
Saving Club
Time: 10.00am
All Welcome!
Classes of 2019
G L E N V A L E S C H O O L :
N A R A R A C A M P U S
& V A L L E Y V I E W S a t e l l i t e c l a s s
Invites you to help us celebrate our
Annual Presentation
Day
When: Friday 13th December, 2019.
Where: St Philip’s Christian College,
Narara
Time: 10.00am
All Welcome!
From the Transition Desk....
Just before your young person turns 16 remember to apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) at Centrelink. You should ask for the 'Educational Supplement' while your child is still attending school too. You should receive more financial support for your household when your young person receives the DSP, which means you will lose Family Tax Benefit (FTB). Centrelink stated- Regarding when a young person claims DSP and parents receiving FTB. If a customer is claiming DSP online, the FTB will cancel automatically. If a customer claims DSP in paper form FTB will not cancel automatically which could incur a debt if DSP is granted. If by any chance the DSP is rejected FTB can be restored back to the cancel date.
Please check your DSP eligibility.
If you require proof of identity from the Department of Education to apply for the Disability
Support Pension just before the student turns 16 years of age please contact the school office.
We will provide a letter and a school identification card.
Glenvale Narara—Fun at the Reptile Park
A great visit from the gentle Therapy dogs to Narara
Thanks Lily and
Jasper
At North Entrance we have been working at
Lasercraft and enjoying Tumbi Disco
Room 5
Narara Room 9 and their amazing circus tricks at Roundabout Circus
Life after school is so important to us at Glenvale. Students are able to
develop skills they need for employment and life after school. Routines
and high expectations are vital for our students in work skills
programs such as canteen. Here is one of our North Entrance campus
students hard at work. Well done!
Week 5
Narara
Room 1:
Room 2:
Room 3:
Room 4:
Room 5:
Room 6:
Room 8:
Room 9:
Room 10:
Room 11:
Room 12:
Room 13:
Room 14:
Room 15:
Room 16:
Week 5
North Entrance
Room 1:
Room 2:
Room 3:
Room 4:
Room 5:
Room 6:
Room 7:
Our
Playground
Stars
Room 1: Mason R.
Room 2: Yasmin R.
Room 3: Leilani V.
Room 4: Reggie-Lee B.
Room 5: Francis B.
Room 6: Jake A.
Room 8: Nimalan S.
Room 9: Ella P.
Room 10: Ted V.
Room 11: Trienelle C.
Room 12: Zac K.
Room 13: James Y.
Room 14: Tristan K.
Room 15: Chloe H.
Room 16: Harry M.
Week 6 Narara
Room 1: Kobi D.
Room 2: Sophie M.
Room 3: Lucas E.
Room 4: Hunter B.
Room 5: Georjia H.
Room 6: Mitchell W.
Room 7: Andrew N.
Week 6 North Entrance
Nathan-Narara
Kobie-NE
Voluntary School Contributions
Every public school asks for a small contribution towards the
many costs associated with education programs.
At Glenvale, we ask that parents contribute $35 per child each year.
This has not changed for many years and is very small in compari-
son to other schools, even though our costs can be much higher.
Please consider sending in the $35 as soon as you are able to do so; a payment
can be made via our webpage www.glenvale-s.schools.nsw.edu.au. Go to the
‘Make a Payment’ tab and follow the links.
Many thanks to those who have already done so.
All donations to the school over $2 are tax deductible as Glenvale is registered
with the Australian Tax Office as a deductible gift.
Term 4
Please return permission notes and information re-garding students ASAP.
Last day of school is Wednesday December 18
Glenvale North Entrance Presentation to be held on Thursday November 28
Narara & Valley View Satellite class Presentation to be held on Friday December 13
Dates /Things to Remember
Uniforms wanted, size 18 and above—if you have any uniform items that you no longer need
please hand these into the school office. We have sufficient supplies of small sizes but are
desperate for size 18 and above.
Recycling your old mobile phone is a good idea—please drop them in our school
office
Over 90% of the materials in a mobile phone are recovered to make new products including jewellery; plastic
fence posts and stainless steel products. These valuable resources are lost forever if you put your mobile
phone in the garbage bin. At landfill, mobile phone batteries leak toxic materials such as cadmium.
‘THE GIRL’
November 23—December 21, 2019 Opening night Friday November 22 at 7pm $10 per person The Entrance Gallery, Norberta St, The Entrance. A fundraiser exhibition for Coastwide Therapy Services Siblings Program. This art exhibition is a multi media installation that has been created by 11 year old Courtney Cottle who wants to create a voice through her art. It is an emotional journey through Courtney’s life being a sibling to a sister who has special needs including autism. Enquiries: Phone Vanessa— 0478 080037
Saver Plus is now available on the Central Coast. Saver Plus is a $ for $ matched savings program de-
signed to help families with $500 for educational costs for eligible participants.
This could be beneficial for your families as we have assisted more than 47,000 families with educational
costs.
How it works—Participants make regular deposits towards a savings goal over a 10-month period and
attend workshops to build their financial management skills. When participants reach their savings goal,
ANZ matches the amount—up to $500 towards education costs including uniforms, text books, laptops
and much more. To see the eligibility criteria go to the Facebook page— SaverPlusAU
(https://www.facebook.com/SaverPlusAU)