Glengarry Primary School
Newsletter

MARCH

Friday 19 - Fab Food

Tuesday 23 - P&C Meeting (7.30pm)

Friday 26 - Assembly:  PP Blue & Red (8.50am)

Friday 26 - Icy Poles at Lunch ($1)

Friday 26 - P&C Blokes & Kids Campout

Monday 29 - School Board Meeting (7.00pm)

Tuesday 30 - Interschool Swimming Carnival

Tuesday 30 - Dance Concert

Wednesday 31 - Early Close for Parent / Teacher interviews (11.45am)

APRIL

Thursday 1 - Dance Concert

Thursday 1 - P&C Cake Stall (3pm)

Thursday 1 - Last day of Term 1

While COVID limitations are still in place, we are trying to be accommodating by providing the following timetable for the Dance Concerts on Tuesday and Thursday of Week 9.   We request that only one parent attends the performance.

If you have a number of children performing at different times you may remain in your seat.

Dance Concert Tuesday, March 30

1.55pm - Parents of Room’s 7, 4 and 8 are seated in the assembly area.

2.30pm – Parents of Room’s 7, 4 and 8 leave the assembly area.

2.35pm - Parents of PP Red and Blue are seated in the assembly area.

2.55pm - Parents leave the assembly area.

Dance Concert Thursday, April 1

12.55pm – Parents of Room’s 12, 6 and 5 are seated in the assembly area

1.30 pm - Parents of Room’s 12, 6 and 5 Leave the assembly area

1.35pm - Parents of Room’s 10, 3 and 1 are seated in the assembly area

2.10pm -   Parents of Room’s 10, 3 and 1 leave the assembly area

2.15pm - Parents of Room’s 2, 9 and 11 are seated in the assembly area

2.50pm – Parents leave the assembly area

As the dances vary in length, it is important that you are seated at the starting time above.

Janet Iacomella

Associated Principal

Congratulations to the following students who received a merit certificate at the last assembly.

The following 'We Care' Awards were presented at the last assembly for 'Persistence'.  Congratulations to all recipients.

The winner of the key was Ryder.

Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is held during May each year and in 2021, the tests will be held from Monday 11 May to Friday 21 May. This year students will complete most of this testing online, rather than the traditional paper tests.

NAPLAN is a national assessment program for all schools and all Year 3 & 5 students are expected to participate. The purpose of this testing is to provide information on how Australian students are performing in the areas of numeracy, reading, writing, and language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar). It is one tool for parents and schools to gauge student performance and it tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. The NAPLAN results in conjunction with school reports (both formal and informal) give an indication of your child’s skills and knowledge. The data from the test results gives schools the ability to compare their students’ achievements against national standards.

Students may be withdrawn from the testing program by their parent/carer. This is a matter of consideration by individual parents/carers in consultation with the school. Please inform the school by Monday 3 May if you want your child withdrawn from testing. Any students who are absent for any of the tests will have the opportunity to catch-up these tests during the testing period.

As part of the continued transition to NAPLAN online, a national coordinated test (CPT) will be held on 25 March 2021.

If you have any queries about the NAPLAN assessments, please contact Hannah Cole, Associate Principal, on hannah.cole@education.wa.edu.au or 9378 5678.

Hannah Cole

Associate Principal

Please do not send your child to school if they are at all unwell.

Any child who demonstrates or complains of being unwell will be removed from the class, isolated and parents/carers contacted.

Our school is well stocked with hand sanitiser. This has been provided to all work areas (including classrooms) and children are expected to “sanitise out / sanitise in” at all times. Cleaning of hands following toilet use is also instructed.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back and adapt.  When challenges come, we can either be shaped into better, stronger, and more resilient people, like a plain piece of coal transformed into a beautiful diamond under pressure, or we can shatter like a glass dropped on the floor.

Although we can’t always control our circumstances, we are able to learn coping strategies and we can choose how we respond.  We can help children learn to bounce back from difficulties by encouraging strong relationships, teaching them to manage their emotions, giving them opportunities to be autonomous and responsible, and by using mistakes as opportunities to learn problem solving. 

You can practice resilience at home with your child by encouraging them to help with household chores, to push through with difficult homework tasks, and by modelling coping strategies.

For more ideas on resilience building see: https://www.mindfullittleminds.com/building-resilience-in-kids/

Jennifer Wolff

Chaplain

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Please bring your bank books to the front office every Friday morning before school.

If you would like to start a new account or need more information, please contact your School Banking reps:

Belinda  0439 969 964 or Di 0409 993 748

Parents and community members; Please endeavour to use the “manned” road crossings before and after school even if walking with your child.  Using the crossing models appropriate behaviours for children and will also ensure our school retains the crossings, i.e. if observed measures indicate the crossings are not being used, they will be closed.