GLOSSODIA P.S. NEWS glossodia-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au T:4576 6099

FATHERS’ DAY BREAKFAST

What a great breakfast we had for our dads and grandpas last

Thursday. Thank you to the teachers for arriving at school at

6.30am to prepare and cook for us. We hope all our dads had a

great Father’s Day.

Thank you to our P & C for providing such a variety of gifts for

our students to purchase.

LAWRENCE HARGRAVES MATHS CHALLENGE

We are sending 6 students to Hawkesbury High for our annual

Lawrence Hargraves Maths Challenge. They will be competing

this Thursday 5 September. We wish them well.

DANCE GROUPS IN HAWKESBURY DANCE FESTIVAL

Congratulations to the Senior 5/6 and Junior 3/4 dance groups

who will be performing at the Hawkesbury Dance Festival on

Wednesday 23 October at Windsor Function Centre.

A note for ticket sales will be sent home today and your order

needs to be returned by the 20 September. At this stage only

one ticket per child performing is available.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVALS

Congratulations to all the students who represented our school last week at the District Field Athletics Carnival. The following students Isabelle Ch, Tamara, Alex, and Leeah have achieved a place at the District level and will go on to represent our school at the Regional level on the Thursday 17 October at Blacktown International Sports Park. We wish them every success!

Due to wet weather the Track Carnival has been postponed until

tomorrow Wednesday 4 September.

HAWKESBURY WRITING COMPETITION

The Hawkesbury Young Writers Competition is currently underway for 2019.The topic is “The Suitcase”. Classes have been writing their narratives these weeks to be judged and be included in the Hawkesbury Learning Community’s finalists. Good luck to all our students. The Young Writers’ Presentation will be at Hawkesbury High on Monday 28 October at 6pm.

TERM 3 WEEK 7

3 September 2019

Tue 3 Sept – P & C 7.00pm

Wed 4 Sept - Footsteps

Thur 5 Sept – Maths

Challenge

Fri 6 Sept – Footsteps

Mon 9 Sept – Assembly

Thur 12 Sept – Principals

Afternoon Tea

Fri 13 Sept – Footsteps

Wed 18 Sept – K-2

Assembly

Fri 20 Sept – Footsteps

Fri 20 Sept – Stewart House

Collection

Mon 23 Sept – Assembly

Tue 24 Sept – School

Concert

Fri 27 Sept – K-2 Athletics

Carnival

Fri 27 Sept – Last Day of

Term 3

DIARY DATES

NOTES AND MONEY DUE - Zoosnooze - Footsteps - Dance Group Costumes - Textbooks - Voluntary School Contribution

PUBLIC SPEAKING

The primary students will be involved in writing and presenting their public speaking speeches

to their class during the last 2 weeks of school this term. Class winners will present to the 3-

6 classes early next term. The Stage winners will represent Glossodia at the District Semi

Finals at Freemans Reach PS on 31 October.

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE

On Monday 9 September, Alex, Hayley, Sage and Lily will be competing in the Premier's

Spelling Bee Regional Final. We wish these students all the best as they compete at regional

level.

SCHOOL CONCERT- A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS

The students will be presenting a night of entertainment for parents on Tuesday 24

September. Each class will be performing a dance based on the theme “A Night at the

Oscars”. A note for ticket sales will be sent home today.

FREE DENTAL CLINIC

The Primary School Mobile Dental Program will take place at Glossodia PS on Thursday 26

and Friday 27 September. Parent information and consent packages have been sent home.

Each child is eligible to receive a dental examination, growth assessment and application of

topical fluoride varnish (depending on parents’ consent). Only students with parental

permission will be seen.

K-2 ASSEMBLY

The next K-2 assembly for the term will be on Wednesday 18 September. All parents and

friends are invited to join us at 2.30pm in the hall.

P & C MEETING

Our next P & C meeting will be tonight at 7pm. All are welcome to attend.

CHANGES TO THE ENROLMENT POLICY EFFECTIVE TERM 3 2019 The revised policy is designed to support schools to better manage non-local enrolment

applications. Local students have no restriction on enrolment at their local school. Schools

are now given an enrolment cap based on permanent accommodation. The cap is set

centrally. Families enrolling must now show 100 points to meet the residential address

check. For more information please contact the school.

STAGE 3 BATHURST EXCURSION

Our Stage 3 students went on an excursion to Bathurst yesterday to experience goldmining

and to learn about its history. A long but worthwhile day was had.

LSL FOR LAST

Mrs Smith is on LSL until the end of the term. Mrs Connor is replacing her for this time.

ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to the following children for achieving the title of Champion for 2019.

Junior Girl- Tamara Junior Boy- Wilson

11 Year Girl- Jett 11 Year Boy- Alex

Senior Girl- Leeah Senior Boy- Archer

The Winning House this Year is Caribou.

ICAS TESTS

The online ICAS tests are going to be run over the next couple of weeks. Students who are

participating will be sitting the tests in the staffroom with Mrs Dorahy.

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEYS

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will

participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback

survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and

other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing,

engagement and effective teaching practices.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick

feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the

different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and

around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing

the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will

typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. Participating in the survey is entirely

voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey was sent home with students

today. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to

school by Monday 9 September. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

Parents are asked to complete a survey online at the following link. The TTFM survey

window is now open and will be until Friday 25 October 2019.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/8k3w3

FYI

WHAT’S ON OFFER FOR YOUR KIDS?

Students of Glossodia are offered a variety of extra curricula activities that our dedicated

teachers run during their lunch and recess times.

Students can participate in dance group, recorder group, keyboard lessons, percussion,

rugby league, Minecraft club, guitar lessons, computers, garden club… just to name a few!

HIGH ACHIEVERS

EAGLE AWARDS Glossodia PS uses Well Done cards as a way of promoting and rewarding the behaviour and attitudes that we believe to be important. When a student has collected five ‘Well Done Cards’ they are traded for an ‘Eagle Card’. Five of these cards are can in turn be traded to earn our ‘Eagle Ribbon’ acknowledging positive behaviour over a considerable period of time. Once a student has received 5 ‘Eagle Ribbons’ they can trade them for an ‘Eagle Badge’.

EAGLE AWARDS

EAGLE RIBBONS EAGLE BADGES KHP- Noah KHP- KWA- Evie KWA- 1/2B- Savanna, Ned, Crystal, Abby 1/2B- Abby (Bronze) 1/2LW- Madden 1/2LW- 2/3F- Tyler, Teika 2/3F- 3/4J-Alexis, Mia, Isabella, Lily, Logan, Ethan 3/4J- Ethan (Silver) 4R- Taya 4R-

5G- Matthew, Tianna, Ayva, Abby, Olivia, Makenzie 5G- Tianna (Silver) 6K- Yasmin, Kieran, Isabelle Ca, Isabelle Ch, Eloise, Hannah, Bailee, Leeah, Katrina, Zinniah, Ellodi, Candice, Kayla

6K- Yasmin (Platinum), Isabelle Ca (Platinum), Katrina (Gold), Kayla (Silver)

K-2 ASSEMBLY AWARDS

MERIT CERTIFICATE GOOD WORK KHP Sienna Oliver KHP Rubi Coby KWA Tyler K, Abigail KWA Aaron, Lucas 1/2B Amy, Abby 1/2B Liam, Tobias 1/2LW Rebecca, Beau 1/2LW Dusten, Eva 2/3F Kooper, Tyler 2/3F Scarlett

3-6 ASSEMBLY AWARDS

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS MERIT AWARDS 2/3F- Sienna H 2/3F- Tallan 3/4J- Charlee, Noah S 3/4J- Lily, Isabelle, Logan 4R- Evelyn, Chloe 4R- Kaitlyn, Emma, Isla 5G – Mikayla, Sienna 5G- Brianna, Archer, Julius 6K- Paige, Jack 6K- Madison, Kieran, Isabelle Ca

Glossodia P&C

Keeping you informed – all welcome

Next meeting: Tuesday 3 September 2019

Time 7.00pm in GPS Staffroom

Canteen Roster

THU 5 SEPT Rebecca M Maddy McL

FRI 6 SEPT Amy L Helen A Nicole G

MON 9 SEPT Joanna McD Melissa D

THU 12 SEPT Amy L Helen A

FRI 13 SEPT Helen A Susan L

MON 16 SEPT Amy L

Lyndall E

UNIFORM SHOP ROSTER

Monday 9 September 2019

9.00 to 9.30am – Tamara Perry and

3.00 to 3.30pm – Rebecca Hobbs

Monday 16 September 2019 9.00 to 9.30 – Joanna McDonald

and 3.00 to 3.30pm

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL

A bag has been supplied to your child for

the Stewart House Clothing Appeal. This is

a perfect time to sort through your

wardrobes and pass on your unwanted

clothing, blankets and linen. Additional

bags are available from the office.

Please return bags to the school by

Friday 20 September 2019 for collection.

Student Bank Books are to be taken to the front

office on Wednesday mornings.

SAVE THE DATE

GLOSSODIA PS CONCERT

‘A Night at the Oscars’ presented by all the

Students of Glossodia Public School

Tuesday 24 September 2019 Glossodia School Hall

Matinee performance @ 2.00pm

Evening performance @ 6.30pm

Single Ticket: $5 Matinee or $10 Evening

A NOTE WILL BE SENT HOME TODAY ADVISING HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS