Glengarry Primary School
Newsletter

Dear Parents & Community Members,

As we continue to manage our school in the current COVID climate, I thought it timely to extend my thanks and appreciation to the school community for your understanding during this period of changing restrictions since the start of term.  I will continue to endeavour to provide our community with the latest guidelines as these are communicated.  The Glengarry Primary School community have been outstanding in respecting these decisions, which in turn has made our collective roles far more manageable.  Your continued support is appreciated. 

We conclude the current NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) regime today with a number of “catch-up” assessment for children who missed on the scheduled day.  My thanks to Miss Cole for her coordination and all other staff for assisting with the process.  As mentioned, one of the stated advantages of online assessment is the ability to receive results in a timelier manner than before.  Schools should start to see generic outcomes by the end of term, with specific reports for students distributed towards the end of next term. 

Finally, thanks to all coaches and supporting community members for assisting with our interschool sports teams.  I am immensely proud of our teams – the effort, attitude and teamwork has been a pleasure hear or witness.  While the positive results are important, it’s the E.A.T. that matters. 

 Peter Meston

Principal

We have noticed that there are many children arriving before the designated supervision time of 8:30am, (some as early at 7:50am) who are not supervised. Please utilise the Zig Zags facilities to support the care of your child before school.

With this is mind all children (including those accompanied by adults) must assemble in the undercover area on arrival and will be supervised and dismissed by 8:45, when the bell goes.

Thankyou for your support with this matter!

It has been a hectic time in our classroom.   There have been plenty of opportunities for our students to practice their French: not only working in cooperative groups, but also using the stimulating application Education Perfect in class and at home.  

Particularly, two classes had the privilege to practice their French with a native speaker, Madame Michelle Denise. Mrs Denise is a retired teacher and also a proud grandmother of two students here at GPS.  She is coming weekly to help in the French classroom for the benefit of our students.  Mrs Denise is taking part in the valuable initiative “Grandparents as Mentors” organized by Mrs Rachel Shiell, GPS P&C Secretary 2021. 

Ms Gallinaro

French Teacher

Rooms One and Two worked collaboratively this week to make Pirate hats. This activity was part of our Talk 4 Writing program to explore procedure writing.  Our students learned the value of working together, trial and error and toughing-it-out even when the task is difficult.  They all had lots of fun with this practical learning experience.

Mrs Macaulay and Miss Dark

Glengarry PS v Davallia PS:  Friday, May 7

Volleyball A

On Friday, May 7, we played Davallia and lost by one set.  Our best players were Brayden and Moana because they were good at passing, serving and passing over.  It was so much fun when we mixed the teams and played a match, resulting in a good game.

Margarida

Volleyball B

We tried our best against Davallia, but they won all three sets.  Connor F and Mia R were our best players with strong serves and tapping the ball over energetically, and Natalia was great at serving high too.

I learned that I can't be afraid of the ball, and I need to call for it because I don't want to crash into another teammate.

Sara

Football

The game was tough with Davallia scoring some early goals in the first half.  Glengarry came back in the second half but it wasn't enough, resulting in a loss this week with a score of 75 to 16.

Jacques and Max

Soccer

This weeks game against Davallia was great and we won with a score of 4 to 1.  Ms Algar said everybody did an incredible job.  We all did our best and every week should be like this.

Osian and Max.A

Netball A

On Friday, 7th May, we played against Davallia.  Their team was very friendly and it was a great game.  Glengarry won with the end score of 19 to 2.  Overall, Davallia put up a good fight and we all had a lot of fun.

Emma and Jessica

Netball B

Last week we played an amazing game against Davallia.  Both teams played with extraordinary sportsmanship and were very nice to each other.  We had a win and enjoyed ourselves playing in different positions.

Taylor.H

Glengarry PS v Carine PS:  Friday, May 14

Volleyball A

All of our players this week were just amazing!  We only lost 2 sets to 1 but we all served well.  Margarida was a stand out with some awesome serves too.  We won our first set with some excellent rallies, it was so much fun and everyone played well.

Anabel

Volleyball B

On Friday, May 14, we lost to Carine by 5 sets.  Alissa and Mia tried their hardest and played incredibly well.  Freya was a great team player showing good sportsmanship.  Next time we will use more force and serve the ball harder.

Natalia and Ellie

Football

Carine proved to be a worthy opponent last week with our mighty Glengarrians fighting all the way to the final siren.  While the score line was not in our favour, our second efforts, tackling and hot pursuits were to be applauded. Well done to Philip and Tallon who showed growth in confidence at attacking the play.  We missed those who were injured and look forward to a full side against Duncraig this Friday!!!

Mrs Rudd

Soccer

On Friday we a good game and tried our best. We won the game 3-2 so I think we did well. The players of the match were Jake and Mateo because they were good at running around the whole pitch. Luca also played well because he assisted the team with most of the goals. The best thing about the game was when we were down 2-1 and Mateo scored 2 goals which helped us win the game. I think next time we should focus more on our defence.

Imran and Connor

Netball A

We played against Carine last week and unfortunately we lost the game. Juliet played a good game because she kept on going and never gave up. We learned to work together as a team and next time we will try harder and hopefully win.

Emma and Eva

Netball B

Last Friday we won our game against Carine 15-7. Taylor was our player of the match because she was a great shooter! Bailey also showed great defending skills. It was really nice playing with a great team. We showed great defence skills and our shooting was spot on. I learned that when you play with a kind team it encourages  you to also be kind in return. It is really good to cooperate well as a team.

Grace