Glen Waverley Primary

School

774 High Street Road

Glen Waverley 3150

Ph: 9802 9938

Fax: 9886 1590

Email: glen.waverley.ps

@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website:

www.glenps.vic.edu.au

Important Dates For Your Diary July 28

th Parliament Incursion 10 – 11am 5AP/5MP

July 28th

Chess – Lesson One

August 1st School Nurse attending School Preps

August 2nd

School Nurse attending School Preps

August 2nd

Parliament Incursion 10 – 11am 56S/6RL

August 2nd

SMART8 Program Begins Yrs. 3-6

August 3rd

School Nurse attending School Preps

August 4th

Chess – Lesson Two

August 4th

Parliament Incursion 10 – 11am 6ND/6JA

August 5th

Soccer Round Robin – Selected Students Year 6s

August 8th

Bike Education Lessons Begin Yrs 5-6

August 9th

SMART8 Program Yrs. 3-6

August 11th

Chess – Lesson Three

August 15th

AEC Visit 9 – 12 noon Year 5s

August 15th

School Council Meeting

August 16th

SMART8 Program Yrs. 3-6

August 16th

UNSW Maths Test

August 18th

AEC Visit 9 – 12 noon Year 6s

August 18th

Chess – Lesson Four

August 19th

SDSSA Bike Challenge Year 6s

August 19th

Whole School Disco

August 22nd

CURRICULUM DAY – NO SCHOOL

August 23rd

SMART8 Program Yrs. 3-6

August 25th

Chess – Lesson Five

August 25th

Writers Club meet Author Mark Carthew

August 25th

Sleep Over at School Year 3

August 26th

Winter Sport Round Robin (at Hunting Tower) Year 6s

August 30th

SMART8 Program Yrs. 3-6

August 31st Full Dress Rehearsal School Production – School Hall

September 1st Chess – Lesson Six

September 2nd

Fathers Day Stall

September 2nd

Basket Ball Round Robin – Selected Students Year 6s

September 5th

GWPS Rehearsal – at Cross Ways – Whole School

September 5th

GWPS Annual School Production

September 6th

2012 Prep. Transition – 11.30 – 12.30 2012 Preps

September 6th

SMART8 Program Yrs. 3-6

September 8th

Chess – Lesson Seven

September 9th

Bike Education „On Road Test‟ Yrs 5-6

September 15th

Chess – Lesson Eight

September 19th

-23rd

Maldon Bike Riding Camp Year 6s

September 19th

School Council Meeting

September 23rd

Last Day of Term 3

Early Dismissal 2.30 pm

October 10th

First Day of Term 4

SCHOOL

LUNCHES

Lunch orders are

available from school

five days a week

The service is provided

by Gourmet Delish

9808 9838

Menus and ordering

procedures can be

obtained from the

School Office.

28th July, 2011 Term 3, Issue 11

G L E N WAV E R L E Y P R I M A RY S C H O O L

UNIFORM SHOP

Situated in the West

Wing on the School

Grounds

Open Monday between

3.00 – 4.30 pm

Closed Public Holidays

and School Holidays

Please bring your own

bag for purchases as we

are an environmentally

friendly school

Orders may be left with

the office – these must

be in an envelope

marked with the child‟s

name and grade together

with payment, correct

monies are appreciated.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community,

Welcome back everyone! I hope that everybody was able to enjoy a relaxing school holiday break with family and friends. It has been

wonderful to see all of the students now feeling refreshed and ready to enjoy the school term; in fact many of them

mentioned that they are really pleased to be back at school which is always great to hear. I often mention that I really

enjoy the beginning of each school term as I take sheer delight in listening and participating in the sharing of stories

as to what occurred during the break such as going on family days away or holidays, to the movies etc – for me this

always is very exciting and interesting.

What’s happened around our school during the holidays?

The school holidays are always an opportune time to complete various tasks throughout the school as tradespeople

can work uninterrupted. These holidays we had the Year 5/6 end of the main corridor painted and wow, what a

difference that has made to this area of the school. The other half of the corridor will be painted during the

September holidays. These works have been made possible as a result of families contributing to the Building Fund –

once again, a sincere thank you for your contribution as you can see it does make a difference!

We also had a major facilities audit conducted during the break which is extremely pleasing as this is the first step

towards our school obtaining additional maintenance funds. Gratefully the report has arrived and we have

commenced the process of perusing and adding items which we believe have been omitted. This will then be sent to

the Department for final analysis and approval and hopefully it will be funded in full. At this stage I am yet to be

informed as to when the final approval will be forwarded – I‟ll keep everyone informed!

New building Update

Unfortunately progress with our new building has been quite slow at the moment as the rain has severely interrupted

proceedings. During the holidays blinds were installed, the finishing touches for the concreting also occurred and the

area has been cleared. Internally the building is complete however we are waiting for the installation of the inter-

active whiteboards and the arrival of some new furniture and lockers for the children to place their bags.

Obviously the builders are currently concentrating on the external components and I am hoping that by the time the

newsletter reaches home the landscaping would have commenced, the additional drain installed near the end of the

building and preparation is well and truly underway for the asphalting – lets all keep our fingers crossed! And I never

thought I would say or write this; let‟s hope the rain stays away for a few weeks! Naturally the delay has also pushed

back the anticipated hand over date to, at this stage, approximately the beginning of September.

Information and Communication Technology

(Computer) Update

It certainly has been wonderful to see the sheer joy,

excitement and buzz in the classrooms which have

commenced using our school‟s new iPads. As mentioned

previously I firmly believe these are the learning tools of

the 21st Century and have the capability of making an

enormous difference to education provision. To date the

children have used them to view such things as the solar

system, videos and stories, create cartoon strips involving taking photographs, using text

etc, recording various items and play learning games such as scrabble.

Mr. Chapman has put in an incredible amount of work to ensure the iPads were ready

for the beginning of the term in which everyone is extremely grateful – well done and

thank you Mr. Chapman! Mr. Chapman has also been busy organising opportunities

for the children to Skype with other children and schools throughout the world. We look forward to

sharing some of these learning experiences in due course.

New Out of School Hours Care Staff

This term we welcome two new Out of School Hours Care staff members, Grace and

Chris (refer to the photograph). The change in staff has come about as our previous

coordinator Victoria is unable to keep working at our school as the hours clash with

her university timetable and Danika has decided to investigate other employment

opportunities. On behalf of our school community I would like to thank Victoria and

Danika for all of their work with our program and wish them well. It has been

wonderful that Victoria was able to work all of last week in order to ensure Grace and

Chris had a thorough handover.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

Robotics Program

I am extremely pleased to report that at the last School Council meeting, approval was granted to

purchase an additional 8 sets of Lego Mindstorm Robotics kits which bring our school total to 10;

and I‟m also extremely grateful to the Van Den Bergen family for donating an additional set hence

increasing our total to 11 – thank you Gabrielle and Paul, your generosity is amazing and really

appreciated!

The educational benefits of robotics are immense as the children are required to develop the skills of programming,

reasoning, logical thinking, planning, collaboration, trial and error, risk taking etc (to name just a few). The “robots”

are controlled by the NXT which is effectively the brain and is an intelligent computer controlled brick. The children

will be taught how to be in command of and manipulate the robots to complete various tasks. Currently Mr. Mc

Donald is leading a process of selecting the children to partake in the program which will be implemented by Mr.

Price on Fridays during session 3 and 4. I know the children are eagerly waiting for the program to commence and I

cannot wait to see the high level of learning this additional program offers our children. The plan is to commence

with 22 students (2 per robot) who will become our school experts and then they will be responsible for training

additional children next term and then this process will continue so a large number of children will develop the

expertise. In the overall hope is that the kits become another valuable classroom learning tool. We look forward to

sharing some additional Robotics news in weeks to come.

Chess Program

The Semester Two chess program commenced today which is facilitated by renowned coach Tim Broome who has a

magnitude of experience as a coach and player and coordinated by Mr. Price. It was wonderful to see the children

thoroughly enjoy their lesson and either continue to learn how to play the game or commence learning a new game

which has a magnitude of educational benefits. The program is scheduled for 14 weeks throughout the semester at a

cost of $84. If you are interested in your child attending please see Pam or Jenny in the office who will provide you

with a notice.

School Production It is that time of the school year where are prepared

for our annual school production. This year it is

based on the Chinese legend Monkey King which

an Australiana twist. Since the beginning of Term

Two the Year 5/6 children have been working with

artist Sabrina Chou to develop various dances,

develop a story line, been learning the traditional

story with Mrs. Sia in LOTE classes and the rest of the

classes are about to commence organising their parts in the play. The production will

be held on Monday 5th September at Crossways (Springvale Rd Burwood)

commencing at 7 pm so please ensure this date and time is in your diary. As more

information becomes available it will be circulated amongst our school community.

John Monash Science School Program

I am extremely proud to announce that four students in Level 4 (Eshitha, Nikita, Yijie and Vinuri)

have been selected to participate in a very interesting and new initiative across the City of Monash where a

select few schools will be working with the John Monash Science School in a program where the children will be

encouraged to further develop and explore their understanding of science. The children will work closely with a Year

10 buddy (and Miss. Dale) where they will complete a joint project. The first session was held yesterday

(Wednesday) and will run every second Wednesday this term and culminate with a Science Fair. Congratulations to

Eshitha, Nikita, Yijie and Vinuri for being selected and thank you to Miss. Dale for agreeing to oversee this fantastic

new initiative - we look forward to hearing more about the project in the coming weeks.

Enrolments

I would like to remind families with children who will be beginning school in 2012, that we are taking enrolments

for the Prep Year and look forward to welcoming many new students to our school. It is important that this process is

completed during the next month or two, with all completed forms returned as soon as possible, allowing us to begin

planning for the 2012 school year. We also ask that members of our school community assist us by informing any of

their neighbours of the enrolment procedures and direct them to the office to collect an enrolment form or our school

website – www.glenps.vic.edu.au . School tours are available every Tuesday morning commencing at 9:30 and also

upon request. Please call the school on 9802 9938 to book a tour.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

School Community Planner and Specialist Program Overview

Included in this week‟s newsletter are this term‟s “Calendar of Events” and also a table indicating the day of the

week in which each class will be having their specialist lesson. I hope you find these documents to be useful in

preparing your child(ren) and place them in a prominent place in your home.

First Holy Communion Information Evening

For those families who may be interested in their child receiving their First Holy Communion, Holy Saviour Parish is

running an “Information and Expectations Meeting” on Thursday 4th August 7 pm at the Holy Saviour Parish which

is located 5 Sherwood Rise Vermont South. For further information please ring the parish on 9803 3554.

Glen Waverley Secondary College Performance

On Monday the Year 5/6 students attended Glen Waverley Secondary College to view this year‟s performance which

is based on Disney‟s Mulan. The students were raving about the stage show which they thoroughly enjoyed and were

very impressed to see a number of our ex-students on stage. For those who may be interested in attending a

performance they are being held on July 26th, 27

th, 28

th, 29

th and 30

th at Treseder Hall (which is located on the school

grounds) commencing at 7 pm and tickets cost $15. For further information contact the school on 8805 6700.

End of Term Assembly Awards

As mentioned in the previous newsletter, as a school community it is very important that we acknowledge and

celebrate the wonderful achievements of our staff, parents and students. One way of accomplishing this is by

participating in award ceremonies throughout the year and also at the end of each term. Our end of term award is

provided by the Kiwanis Club of Waverley and we are extremely grateful for their continued support to our school in

the form of the Terrific Kids program. The program is a student recognition program that promotes character

development, self-esteem, and perseverance. At our school the teachers nominate one student from each area of the

school – Preps, 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6.

Congratulations to the following students who received The Terrific Kids Award for Term Two 2011:

Prep Area: David (Prep DJ) for always working to the best

of his ability.

1/2 Area: Elnaz (2CM) for being a diligent and

hardworking student who always treats others with respect

and listens attentively in class.

3/4 Area: Heather (4AC) – for being a diligent worker and

always staying on task to do her personal best.

5/6 Area: Jason (6RL) for being the most valuable player

in the Kickball Team. Showing excellent sportsmanship

and skills, and always encouraging his team mates.

Once again a special thank you to The Kiwanis Club of Waverley for their continued support and thank you to Mr.

Ian Kerwood who was kind enough to visit our school and present the lovely trophies and $20 book vouchers to the

children. A photograph of Ian and the children is also included in the newsletter.

As Principal, I also believe that it is very important that I acknowledge the wonderful work the students complete

and as a result I have a term award for each class. Congratulations to the following students who received The

Principal‟s Award for Term Two 2011:

0DJ - Valerie for always doing her best and being a helpful class member.

OLG: Aryan for working hard to do his personal best. For example, during writing activities, he listens for the

sound at the beginning of each word and tries to match it to a letter.

1AJ: Diyon for being respectful, showing attentive listening and striving for excellence in all areas of his learning

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

1KC: Snighda for making a tremendous improvement in all areas

of English this semester and is always enthusiastic when learning new

things in the classroom. Snighda is a very polite child and upholds the

values of mutual respect, attentive listening, participation and personal

best. She is extremely welcoming to new students starting at our school

and has an excellent rapport with her classmates.

2CM: Jaehyeok for being a friendly and welcoming student. He strives

to do his personal best in all areas and has become more confident to

participate and share his learning with the class.

2KP: Krittika for the great improvement she has shown with her

creative writing. She has written and shared many wonderful stories

which show a wide vocabulary and appropriate punctuation.

3JE - Diniru for his improved confidence toward all aspects of his

learning. As a result he now speaks with tone and clarity during his

weekly homework presentations and will take on leader positions during

group tasks.

3TJ: Behnam for being an independent worker with creative thinking

and improved handwriting for the semester. He is the boy with the

saying "one makes a difference"

4 AC – Jaein for always trying his hardest during literacy lessons and

being an excellent class mate. His friendly personality and good work

ethic is really appreciated in the classroom.

4 LC – Cassie for always doing her personal best.

5AP Sarah for making an outstanding effort during Term 2. Her happy and positive attitude is always welcomed in

the classroom. Sarah is a valued member of the classroom who always strives to give her best.

6ND Nicky for her outstanding attitude to her studies and always striving to achieve personal excellence in

everything that she does.

5MP Jimmy for consistently showing a positive attitude and trying his best in all class activities

56S Piyumini for a fantastic attitude to all of her work. She is a real asset to the class and has made a great start to

GWPS.

6JA Kathryn for academic excellence and her willingness to share her ideas openly with others and participate in all

classroom activities

6RL Hasalanka for showing outstanding improvement in all of his work and for maintaining a super positive

attitude

Staff member Mr. Mark Pryde for an outstanding attitude towards his professional learning and willingness to

question, observe and challenge. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

RECENTLY:

0DJ: The whole class for being fabulous learners and wonderful role models when the Prep teachers from

Serpell PS visited their classroom

0LG: Umaiza and Dineth for completing a fabulous spelling activity involving the entire alphabet 0LG: The whole class for terrific writing about people who help us. Min and Leonard for fabulous handwriting and

Cao-Tri for using the correct amount of space between words when writing.

1AJ: The whole class for fabulous writing which was very imaginative and for working out how many “days old”

Diyon was on his birthday (2,555)

1KC: The entire class for very interesting and creative Maths work when learning about double numbers, Pranay,

Santiego, Reuben, Keziah and Snigdha for outstanding story writing

2CM: Jennifer for being really brave at the dentist

3JE: Nisuli and Tara for an outstanding poem (witches spell) – refer to the Kids Corner

3TJ: The entire class for creating wonderful learning journals and very specific learning goals which they promise

to work hard to achieve

4LC: Yujin for outstanding Maths homework

4AC: Aisha for a brilliant homework assignment involving her family which was extremely creative and well

thought out

6ND: Lahiru for being a terrific sport when playing tennis

The Lang family: Keziah (1AJ) and Jesse (5AP) for writing the most amazing story about a dream in which keziah

had titled, “The Tale of the War Drobe”

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Cont’d)

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to the following

students:

0DJ: Jayden

1AJ: Darshi and Diyon

1KC: Deni and Pujani

2CM: Mahad and Nghi

2KP: Sriprada, Ghaareeth and Fahad

4LC: Abby

5AP: Zareef and Ha-Bin

5MP: Martin and Isabella

56S: Kavindu

6RL: Tashya

Wishing everyone a safe

and happy fortnight,

Frank Catalano

Principal

Tara and Nisuli (3JE) have written a wonderful piece (a witches spell) after reading the novel George‟s Marvellous

Medicine to help Ms. Evans Grow Taller!

Ingredients:

Give me a rat’s brain and water from the drain,

Give me a dinosaur’s fang and a male lion’s mane,

Two hairs from your teacher,

Oh what a feature.

Well done and congratulations girls you should be very proud of yourselves!

The children in class 1AJ have been writing about their holidays below are some samples for

everyone to enjoy.

On the holidays I went to my friend’s house. I played a game and l went with my friend to the park. Uvindee On my holidays l went to watch two movies. One movie was Khufu panda And the other one is transforms. In Khufu panda l like Khufu panda in that movie. In transforms l like babble bee in that movie. And my parents came to. Also my friends came to my house. I like holidays. Dulwan

On the holidays I went to my cousins she lives in Geelong and my family came. When we

were there we went to the play centre and we had a lot of fun. On Saturday my dad put his I

phone on the table and me and my brother Abishan got the phone and played with it we

played a game called fruit ninja and we stayed up all night. Aksaya

On the holidays I went to my grandma’s house and my mum took me to my grandma’s house and when I was there I played on the XBOX and I was playing LEGO batman and then I played with Henry and I played he’s IPAD and then my mum came to pick me up. Bryan

Give me a green snake that comes from the lake,

Oh, it must be super fake for your teacher’s sake.

Oh, it will make her grow

You can throw in a person’s head - just make sure it is well fed.

Oh, Ms. Evans if only you knew, what we have in store for you!

We are informing students that Green Squad will start

on Thursday for the first week of Term 3. Green Squad is

a group of students who beautify our school and also

make our school more environmentally friendly in the

future. In Green Squad, students help the school by

watering our school plants, pick up rubbish and empty

the recycling bins. In the start of Term 3, there will be a

new gardening club that will involve planting,

weeding and watering in certain areas to beautify our

school. If any students are interested in Green Squad,

they are more than welcome to participate.

Also at the start of Term 3, we will start a raffle system for Green Squad. The students in our school must do a good job on helping watering the plants, gardening or picking up rubbish. Once students have earned their raffle tickets, in Assembly Mr. Catalano will draw out a 3 lucky winners to come up and choose a prize from the selections.

Collecting Cartridges:

By: The Environment Captains- Sally and Pamodi.

We would like to remind all students

that if they have any cartridges to please

bring them to school and put them in the

cardboard box located outside the

office.

Neighbourhood watch is a

group of civilians who help

to protect our

neighbourhoods – Pimal

Fire fighters use fire hydrants to

fill their hoses with water. Don’t

park in front of a fire hydrant or

you will get a fine – Nisuli

Powerlines provide

electricity. They are

important in winter to keep

us warm – Muhummad

Clearway signs tell drivers when they can and

park along streets. If there were no clearway

signs then parked cars would block streets in

peak hour and cause traffic jams – JW

We use speed humps to slow

vehicles down in residential

streets. They help keep

people safe. – Diniru

Letterboxes are used to receive

mail (bills and party invitations).

We can communicate by mail

– Natasha

We need drains so our cities

don’t flood. They also take

our cities dirty water – Kavin

Cities have schools so kids can get an

education and learn Literacy and

Mathematics. This means we can get good

jobs when we’re older – Cheyenne

McDonalds is a fast food restaurant where you

can buy; burgers, fries, drinks, etc. Some are

also open 24 hours a day. Most are drive thru so

you can get your food faster – Rish

Shopping centres have

many different shops

and we have them for

convenience – Danish

Satellites help us by

giving us TV and

letting us know the

weather – Ishane

Ishane

Trees give us oxygen

– Ishika

Salvos stores are a charity where we give to the

poor. Salvos is short for Salvation Army. It is

run by nice people who are willing to give –

Tara

Buses carry more people than cars

and cause less pollution. They

transport people from one place to

another – Jacinta

Rubbish bins discourage

pollution. Rubbish bins keep

vermon (mice and rats) from

our cities– Luka

Road signs show us where places are.

If you become lost you can look at a

road sign – Neev

We use speed signs to help us

drive at the speed limit. They

are very important in cities to

keep our roads safe near

schools – Dhivyan

Service stations are used for many things

including; filling your car with petrol, buying

snacks and filling your tyres with air. Some

have car washes – Saksham

ATM’s are used for getting money out

quickly. They are found in lots of different

shops, even hospitals. – Sreya

University Of New South Wales Computer Skills Results

On 24 May 2011, 108 children sat for the UNSW Computer test. What

amazing results they achieved!

AWARD OF CERTIFICATES High Distinction:

Top 1% of students in each Year level in each region… 6 children

Year 6 Jijie, Shreya

Year 4 Izza, Senudi, Kimal, Aisha

Distinction:

The next 10% of students in each Year level in each region…16 children.

Year 6

Lahiru, Bing, Neel, Kyiat, Eishita, Krish

Year 5

Anirudh, Yuhong, Pranav, Dayeong, Rusal

Year 4 Sithumya , Arya

Year 3 Rish, Nisuli, Saksham

Credit:

The next 20% of students in each Year level in each region….25 children

Year 6 Caroline, Aishu, Manish, Bhakti,

Pamodi, Neel , Thanustihan, Danesh, Pei Ting, Kavindu, Shruti,

Damian,

Year 5

Adeepa, Jimmy, Senal, Heshan

Year 4

John, Lahiru, Mihir

Year 3 Tara, Pimal, Christi, Kavin, Sreya,

Channa

Congratulations to all children who sat for this test. You should all be very proud of your results.

Glen Waverley Primary School Community Planner Term 3, 2011

Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Wk 1

July

18 19 20 21 22

Wk 2

July

25

GWSC Mulan Production.

Yr 5 & 6 @ 11am.

26

27 28 Chess 1

5AP/5MP

Incursion…Parliament

29

Wk 3

August

1

School Nurse visit for Preps

2

UNSW English

test

Smart 8

56S/6RL Incursion

.. Parliament

3

School Nurse visit

for Preps

4 Chess 2

6nd/6JA Incursion …

Parliament

5

Soccer Round Robin

Selected Yr 6s

Wk 4

August

8

Bike Ed starts

9

Smart 8

10 11 Chess 3

6JA Parent/ teacher

interviews

12

Wk 5

August

15

SCHOOL COUNCIL

meeting

AEC Visit 9 – 12.00 Yr 5s

16

UNSW Maths Test

Smart 8

17 18 Chess 4

AEC Visit 9 – 12.00 Yr

6s

19

School Disco

Wk 6

August

22

CURRICULUM DAY

(No school for children)

23

Smart 8

24 25 Chess 5

Writer‟s Club meet

Author Mark Carthew.

9:30 – 12:30

Year 3 Sleep Over

26

SDSSA Winter Sport

Round Robin – Year 6s

Wk 7

August

29 30

Smart 8

31

Full Dress rehearsal

for School

Production

1 Chess 6 2

Father‟s day Stall

Basketball Round

Robin

Selected Yr 6 Students

Wk 8

September

5

Production Rehearsal

throughout the day – Whole

School

School Production 7pm

Crossways

6

Prep Transition No

1.

Smart 8

7 8 Chess 7 9

Bike Ed On Road Test.

Yr 6

Wk 9

September

12 13 14 15 Chess 8 16

Wk 10

September

19

Yr 6 Camp

SCHOOL COUNCIL

meeting

20

Yr 6 Camp

21

Yr 6 Camp

22 Yr 6 Camp 23

Yr 6 Camp

Class Art/ Music Library Physical Education

LOTE (Mandarin)

Computer

OLG Monday Friday Thursday Thursday Friday

ODJ Monday Friday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1AJ Monday Thursday Monday Thursday Thursday

1KC Monday Thursday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday

2CM Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Monday Thursday

2KP Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Monday Thursday

3JE Tuesday Thursday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

3TJ Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Monday Monday

4AC Monday Friday Tuesday Tuesday Friday

4LC Monday Friday Tuesday Tuesday Friday

5MP Wednesday Thursday Monday Wednesday Thursday

5AP Wednesday Tuesday Monday Wednesday Thursday

56S Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Monday

6RL Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Monday Wednesday

6ND Wednesday Monday Thursday Wednesday Monday

6JA Wednesday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Monday

SPECIALIST

CLASSES

TERM 3

2011

Education Maintenance Allowance Forms are available at the School Office

EMA Payments The EMA payable for 2011 has been increased to an amount of $230 per eligible primary school student. It is paid in two instalments, the first for an amount of $161.00 (representing 70%) in March and the second for an amount of $69.00 (the remaining 30%) in August. Recipients receive 70 per cent of their portion in the first instalment, as this arrangement recognises that families incur the greatest part of the costs associated with educating their children at the start of the school year. Both instalments are made up of two payments each. One half as either a cheque payable to the applicant or a direct deposit payment into the applicant’s bank account, and the other half is paid directly to the school.

Instalment Portion Payment

One Parent $ 80.50

School $ 80.50

Two Parent $ 34.50

School $ 34.50

Total $ 230.00

EMA Eligibility The Education Maintenance Allowance is paid to parents of eligible students under 16 years of age, and the student is enrolled a Government or non-Government School in Victoria on census day, 28 February 2011 for instalment 1 and 5 August 2011 for the second instalment. The Education Maintenance Allowance will be paid in two instalments and to be eligible you must, on the first day of 1st Term (1 February 2011) for the first instalment and on the first day of 3rd Term (18 July 2011) for the second instalment:

a. be an eligible beneficiary of a Centrelink pension, allowance or benefit within the meaning of the State

Concessions Act 2004, OR

b. be a Veteran Affairs Pensioner (TPI), OR

c. be a foster parent.

AND d. submit your application to the school by the date/s listed below.

Parents who receive a Carer Allowance (formerly known as Child Disability Allowance), Mobility Allowance, Remote Area Allowance or any other benefit not income tested by Centrelink are not eligible for the EMA unless they also comply with one of (a) (b) or (c) above.

EMA Key Dates

The EMA key dates include the dates that parents or guardians must be receiving a benefit from Centrelink to be eligible - eligibility day; the day that any students applying for EMA must be enrolled by - census day; when parent applications must be received by schools and the deadline for schools to have entered all EMA applications into the EMA web system.

2011 - Instalment One

Eligibility day 1 February 2011

Parent applications close 28 February 2011

Census day 28 February 2011

School applications close 11 March 2011

2011 - Instalment Two

Eligibility day 18 July 2011

Parent applications close 5 August 2011

Census day 5 August 2011

School applications close 12 August 2011

The advertisements in this newsletter are in good faith but no responsibility as to the quality of the products or

services offered is accepted by the school.

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PRESENTS

1 X FREE TENNIS LESSON FOR ANYONE OF ANY AGE*

*To be used for junior lessons, matchplay, squads, tennis for mums/dads.

Lesson must be used no later than August 7th 2011. New students only

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Head Coach Michael Dracos on 0403 131 096 to book in your lesson

Michael Dracos (Tennis Australia Club Professional, Diploma in “Spanish way to Develop Players, Former Top 20

Australian, Victorian Representative many times and Victorian Hard-Court Finalist).

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BOYS & GIRLS - WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL?

WAVERLEY RAIDERS BASKETBALL CLUB

REGISTRATION DAY FOR SUMMER SEASON

(Term 4 & Term 1)

WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY 7th AUGUST

At MOUNT VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

Shepherd Rd, Glen Waverley FROM 1 - 4PM

CALL JUDY ROWE on 9802 5812 for all enquiries. Or see www.waverleyraiders.org for more details.

Proudly sponsored by the Bendigo Bank – Glen Waverley

JUNIOR

REGISTRATION 2011/2012

NOTE YOUR DIARIES NOW

Under 11/13/15/17

players

SUNDAY 7th

& 28 th

AUGUST 2011

10.00 am @

BRENTWOOD RESERVE

Players aged 5 to 9

IN 2 CRICKET

(formerly Have A Go)

SUNDAY 28th

AUGUST 2011

10.00 am @

BRENTWOOD RESERVE

For more information and any

enquires please contact

Paul Gunn on 0422 782 575 or

email juniors.gwcc@gmail.com

The advertisements in this newsletter are in good faith but no responsibility as to the quality of the products or

services offered is accepted by the school.

TENNIS COACHING TERM 3 2011 – Legend Park Tennis Club, Glen Waverley

Pre-Junior Squad: Age: *4 to 9 years Squad Duration: 30 minutes Squad Focus: fundamental motor skills; Basic stroke patterns; sportsmanship; Modified equipment; fun and enjoyment!

Junior Squads: Age: 10 + years Squad Duration: 45 minutes Squad Focus: Grips; Swings; Fundamental motor skills; Rallying-beginner; motor patterns; Scoring; fun interacting with others!

Intermediate & Advanced Squads also available – Register today! Head Coach: Steve Blundell- Former VIS Junior Coach Coach of numerous Junior National Champions Former coach of Nicole Pratt WTA Tour TCAV Advanced Qualified Coach

JUNIOR JETS ARE

READY TO FLY!!!

The Wantirna Jetbacks Basketball Club and our sponsor,

Ferntree Gully Nissan, are excited to announce the return of

the Junior Jets Clinic in Term 3, 2011.

This introduction to basketball, for boys and girls aged 5-9,

is aimed at teaching participants some basic basketball

skills, have a lot of fun through games, and make some new

friends along the way! We‟d love to see some new faces as

well as invite back those who attended past clinics.

When: Wednesdays Term 3 3rd

August – 7th

September

Where: Knox Gardens Primary School‟s Indoor

Gymnasium – Argyle Way, Wantirna South

Time: 4 – 4.45pm

Cost: $25 for 6 weeks

Bring a size 6 basketball and water bottle

Spaces are limited and enrolment is by pre registration

and payment only. To register or get more information,

contact Emma on 97634240 0423 862 468

*FREE tennis racquet for

new Pre-Junior Term 3

enrolments!!

CONTACT: Head Coach Steve Blundell: 0412 873 492 steveblundelltennis@gmail.com www.steveblundell.com.au

JUNIOR KARATE

SELF DEFENCE CLASSES

Ages 6 - 13

GLEN WAVERLEY PRIMARY

SCHOOL

Fridays 5.45pm – 6.45pm

Contact Cliff Wilson for more info:

Tel. 8786 9076 Mob. 0418 150 405

EMAIL : cliffwilson@caydam.com

WEB : www.caydam.com

First lesson is FREE!

The advertisements in this newsletter are in good faith but no responsibility as to the quality of the products

or services offered is accepted by the school.

Parents Returning to Earning Community Access Grants $1000 Grants available for parents returning to the workforce

The Community Access Grants will support parents to return to work who:

Have been absent from education, training and/or the workforce for over two years while

caring for children; AND are one or more of the following:

Are sole parents; come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds particularly recently arrived migrants; are young and have left school early to care for their children; are returning to the workforce after extended absence such as mature aged women; have a disability; are homeless; live in areas of high unemployment or are drought affected; are Indigenous.

We have had parents successfully complete training courses in Computing, Business and Finance, First Aid, Management, Reception & Administration, Communication & Writing, and Hospitality. We can also assist you with job search techniques, study skills, resume advice, interview preparation, mentoring and other support. To find out more and discuss your eligibility please contact Monash Short Courses on 9905 3129. www.shortcourses.monash.edu.au

Glen Waverley Primary

School is a member of the

Dough Raisers Program at Bakers Delight, The Glen

Shopping Centre

Every time you, your family or

friends make a purchase at

Bakers Delight The Glen

all you need to do is mention that

you are from

Glen Waverley Primary School and Bakers Delight will donate

10% of the proceeds of every sale

back to our school.

So make sure you make all of

your bread and bakery purchases

from

Bakers Delight

The Glen Shopping Centre