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Principal (Rel.): Mr Khalil Khay P: 02 4955 6644 E: glendore-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.glendore-p.school.nsw.edu.au

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Awabakal People and members of all Aboriginal Nations.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respect to Elders past, present

and future. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Awabakal People and members of all

Aboriginal Nations.

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P R I N C I P A L ’ S M E S S A G E

K-2 Assembly Week 7 – 20 November – 1D & 1M

3-6 Assembly Week 8 – 27 November –5/6N

Christmas Concert K-2 Week 8 Tues 28 November

K-2 Assembly Week 9 – 4 December – 1T

Presentation Day Week 10 – 12 December

COLOUR RUN Glendore Public School was certainly a lot brighter on Friday the 10th when students participated in the colour Run. It was wonderful to see so many visitors to our lovely school. The staff and students had a great time with rainbow smiles evident all around the field. Thank you to the P&C and teachers who organised this successful fundraiser.

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

Air-Conditioning/Power Upgrade Update: Since Volume 5 of The Grapevine, I have held a series of meetings with NSW DoE’s Assets Management Unit. Final Quotations are well underway for air-conditioning every space in the school alongside the rollout of a power upgrade to service all current and future demountable buildings in the school. The freeing up of power capacity will allow the immediate rollout of air conditioning across the entire site. We hope to start very soon.

Glendore P.S. PLP Celebration: We are looking forward to this Wednesday’s Personalised Learning Pathways Celebration. Thank you to all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and families; and to our staff for collaborating & building success.

Glendore P.S. Creative Arts Showcase: Please see extra information sent home to all students involved in our Aboriginal Cultural Group, our Junior and Senior Dance Groups, and our Stage One drama Group. We are introducing a special performance evening, next Thursday, 30

th November (7:00-8:15pm)

Great School Community Working Together: I keep saying to parents, caregivers, grandparents/friends, staff, and most importantly our students: What a great place Glendore is! What great potential this school, its community, its students and staff have. As we quickly approach the end of the year and the implementation of our new 2018-2020 School Plan, all I can really add is “Thanks everyone, all of your contributions each impact positively on our future success.

Yours in education,

Khalil Khay

Principal (Rel.)

THE GRAPEVINE Volume 8 - 2017

Term 4 - Weeks 5-6

Monday 20th November

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Respectful, Caring and Learning for Success

2018 STAFFING OPERATION

Process to formalise 2018-2020 Staffing. Merit-selection panels are underway to fill the positions of Deputy Principal, Assistant Principal and two additional Classroom teacher roles. Merit selection processes have concluded for 2018 temporary teacher engagements. Merit-selction processes will soon commence to temporarily fill relieving assistant principal positions for 2018. School Learning Support Officers for addressing student’s learning support opportunities will also be merit-based.

Most School Administration staff have been through a comparitive assessment process. Our focus will move to employments (temporary/permanent) of non-teaching staff under the GSE (Government Sector Employment) Act.

The schools Professional Learning, Administrative and Executive capacity and capability will be purposefully and strategically increased for 2018-2020

This is a valid and time-intensive process. Staff will be placed into positions to do the best for Glendore Public School’s students. I will announce each stage of the staffing operation as it concludes. Any enquiries should be directed to myself.

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‘CURIOUS LEGENDS’ OUTREACH :

2017-18 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROJECT On Monday the 6th of November Glendore students and staff were treated to a special dance performance by Ella Julaiha, a visiting international artist from Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Ella performed some beautiful Indonesian dances in full traditional costume. Following her performance Ella held dance workshops for our Senior, Junior and Aboriginal Dance Groups. Helping to run and facilitate these workshops was Mitchell Reece (Curious Legends Artistic Director). Our students engaged in learning some traditional dances that included stories from Ella’s childhood in Indonesia. Some very lucky students were able to dress up in traditional dance costumes and all students danced with handmade baskets and bags that Ella had brought back from Indonesia especially for the workshops. This truly was a fantastic authentic cultural experience for our dance students. We offer our deep thanks to Ella, Mitchell and Hardy from Curious Legends. They did amazing work and also generously donating the baskets and bags to the school for use in our Creative Arts programs. Ms McDowell, Mrs Budd and Miss Naden,

Please see our photos later in the newsletter!

TRANSITION RUGBY LEAGUE GALA DAY Congratulations to our Glendore A and B teams who participated in the Transition Rugby League Gala at Wallsend Campus on Tuesday 7th November. Our Glendore A team were ‘Runners Up’ this year and our Glendore B team placed equal third place with Maryland. Congratulations to Mason K. Yom B. and Logan G for receiving the best and fairest player certificates for their teams. The players would very much like to thank Mr Williamson, and Taison, who gave his valuable time to coach the teams each week for the past term. Thank you to all of the parents who support the players on what was a successful and fun day for all.

CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY

Dear CU Children and Families, I would like to write a letter of thanks and congratulations to all students that were in attendance at the Children’s University graduation. It was a night to remember. My team and I would like to firstly congratulate all students for their behaviour and enthusiasm shown throughout the evening. We planned for this evening to be a great celebration and recognition of the effort and time you have placed into the learning opportunities throughout the year. Thank you to all families that were in attendance. We appreciate your presence on the evening and hope you enjoyed the celebration and look forward to seeing you all again throughout the year at our CU holiday workshops and at the Graduation Ceremony in 2017. Children’s University continues to encourage children and their families to keep learning in their communities during the Christmas holiday period. Holiday workshops hosted by Children’s University will re commence in term 1 2018 in each of our three geographic regions – Central Coast, Newcastle and Cessnock. Your passport hours continue across into next year. To be eligible for graduation in 2018 you need to have moved up into the next award category. For example, if you got 30 hours this year you would have to make it to 65 hours to get the Silver Award.

This program is an annual commitment. Children have the capacity to opt into the program each year. If you would like to be involved next year, please indicate this to your teacher in charge of the program. Once again thank you, children for your enthusiasm for learning and parents for your support. If you or your family has any questions about the program, please contact us. Graduation is a large undertaking with many moving cogs and as such we will be evaluating the evening, if you would like to make suggestions for improvements or place a comment regarding the evening please do so at childrensuniversity@newcastle.edu.au or call 49218739. Hope to see you all in 2018. Children’s University Team

ABORIGINAL DANCE EXCURSION TO GLENDORE CHILD CARE CENTRE

On Wednesday 8th November the Aboriginal Dance group were lucky enough to perform for the Glendore Child Care Centre. Mr Newham along with the dance group performed five dances for the students and staff. Students from the child care centre were then invited to dance with us and share in our Aboriginal culture. The smiles on the faces of all students showed just how excited and special this visit was for the Aboriginal Dance students and the preschool. A special thank you to Glendore Child Care Centre for allowing us to visit and we look forward to visiting again soon!

Please see our photos later in the newsletter!

GLENDORE PERFORMING ARTS ROADSHOW On Monday the 30th of October students in Senior Dance, Junior Dance and the Choir participated in the Glendore Performing Arts Road Show. This involved over 80 students travelling to two local nursing homes to perform and showcase their skills and talents in creative arts. Our dance groups, taught by Mrs Cheryl Bailey, performed 6 colourful energetic jazz dances and our choir, taught by Miss Nina Carol, performed two beautiful songs. It was wonderful to see the joy on the faces of the elderly residents as they watch our students perform. All students are to be congratulated on their fantastic performances and the impeccable behaviour displayed throughout the day. MS McDowell, Mrs Budd and Miss Carol

TERM 4 SWIM SCHOOL YEARS 2 -6

When: Thursdays, T4 -12/10/17-30/11/17, Swimming Carnival Length: 30 minutes of Swimming & 15 minutes of Water Survival

All students need to bring swimmers, towel and goggles in a plastic bag each Thursday of Term 4. Full school uniform is to be worn to and from the swimming school.

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GOOD FOR KIDS, GOOD FOR LIFE Our school is participating in Hunter New England Health’s Good for Kids, Good for Life program which has been working with schools in our region for more than a decade to implement healthy eating and physical activity programs. As part of the program Good for Kids are currently measuring the activity levels of students. For parents of children in Years 2 and 3 you received an information statement asking your permission for your child to participate, which will involve them wearing an accelerometer each day while at school for one school week. An accelerometer is worn on the wrist and looks like a watch but captures activity levels.

Once data is collected schools will be randomly selected to receive support, either now or in 12 months’ time, to assist schools with the scheduling of physical activity. This will include the provision of professional development for our staff as well as the provision of resources and on-going support from the Good for Kids team. We thank you for your participation and encourage you to contact them if you have any further questions.

Please return the form by Friday 17th

November. Thank you.

PAYING IT FORWARD ~ LENDING A HELPFUL HAND

Australia’s Melbourne Declaration has two Goals, stating that:

Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence; &

All young Australians become Successful learners, Confident and Creative individuals; and Active and Informed citizens

We are teaching alongside the leaders of the future. As such, we are lending a hand to our local community members, who may not be as fortunate as us. We have a nearly-full Red Box as a collection point for those small bottles/containers of soaps (hard/liquid), shampoos, conditioners, lotions, sewing kits, hygiene items and shoe shines that many people collect during stays at hotels, motels and resort. Help us help others!

ENROLMENTS IN 2018

If your children won’t be returning to Glendore Public School in 2018, please let the office know as soon as possible. This information is very important as it will allow us to better plan 2018 class structures.

KINDERGARTEN 2018 TRANSITION DATE S

Kindergarten 2018 Class Visit and Parent Workshop 4 – “Everything else you need to know about Kindergarten” – Friday 1

st December

2017 at 1.30pm in the school hall.

PSSA NETBALL REMINDE R

PSSA netball students received a green note notifying parents that their deposits can be collected personally from the office. If you can’t collect it personally, please contact the office by phone or in writing.

BOOK CLUB ORDERS

The current orders for Scholastic Book Club are due in by 29th

November 2017.

SKOOLBAG APP

SCHOOL BANKING

Thank you for a great year of School Banking. We would like to thank all of our students who have participated in the CommBank School Banking program this year. Our final School Banking day for 2017 will be 1/12/2017. If your child is eligible to order a reward item please ensure that the reward coupon is completed and returned by 27/11/2017. Any tokens that have not been redeemed this year can be used in 2018.

YMCA GLENDORE OOSHC

For information regarding our enjoyable program of activities or about the care we provide please come in and see Kathy or call OOSHC on 0417 604 248.

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‘What’s On?’ @ Glendore Public School (NB: Dates advised for later weeks may vary)

Term 4 ~ 2017

20.11.17 K-2 Assembly. 1D and 1M Presenting.

27.11.17 Life Education – Day One of Four, Years 3 – 6 Assembly

28.11.17 Kinder to Year 2 Christmas Concert

28.11.17 Life Education – Day Two of Four

29.11.17 Life Education – Day Three of Four

29.11.17 Book Club Orders Due

04.12.17 Life Education – Day Four of Four

04.12.17 K-2 Assembly. 1T to Present.

01.12.17 Kinder 2018 Workshop at 1.30pm in the Hall

05.12.17 Early 2018 Swimming Carnival

05.12.17 Year 6 High School Orientation Day at Callaghan College Wallsend

12.12.17 K-2 (approximately 10:15am) and 3-6 (approximately 9:00am) Presentation Days

13.12.17 Year 6 Graduation

14.12.17 All School Party Day

15.12.17 Last Day of School for Students

18.12.17 Staff Development Day (limited staff in attendance)

19.12.17 Staff Development Day (limited staff in attendance)

29.01.18 Staff Development Day

30.01.18 First Day for Year 1-6 Students

PRESENTATION DAY

12 DECEMBER 2017

K-2 - 10:15am to 11am approximately 3-6 - 9:00am to 10:15am approximately

All welcome

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WALK A MILE KOORI STYLE

Walk A Mile Koori Style is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male youth led event and men and boys from all nations and cultures are encouraged to participate. This walk is for all men to say NO to

domestic violence and advocate for an end to violence in their community.

Walk a Mile Koori Style has been an annual event for the Newcastle Community since 2013. This

event has males of all ages walking from Shepherd’s Cottage near the exit gates of King

Edward Park to Empire Park opposite Bar Beach. Ticket registrations for schools or other large

groups: OPTION 1 - Follow the Sticky Tickets site prompts and select the ticket quantity that you require. Record name, t-shirt size and company

(school) for each participant. OPTION 2 - Email the event organiser at mlamont@nfss.org.au

with names and t-shirt sizes for each student/participant. Please include the name and mobile number of the allocated school or group

contact person for the event. The WAMKS planning committee will contact you to arrange

bulk t-shirt pick-ups or delivery prior to the event.

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https://www.stickytickets.com.au/46863

The Shortland Pandas invite you and family

members to join our small family orientated club

in the new 2018 season. We encourage children

from 4 years to participate in sports and parents

to volunteer and get involved in the running of

the club.

Shortland United will be participating in the

Active Kids Program which will entitle

parents/guardians to receive $100 per eligible

child to contribute to the cost of playing football,

which will make registering to play football the

cheapest it has been. We also offer a payment

plan.

Further information will be available via our

website upon notification.

If you have any questions or require additional

information please contact us on:

shortlandufc@newcastlefootball.net.au

OR by calling –

Registrar – Tom Jones - 0432 445 591

President – Ross Buxton – 0421 000 597

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