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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Term four has come around very quickly and we have hit the stage of the year where planning for the next year is well underway.

One of the areas that is very important in planning for the upcoming year is to know how many students we are expecting. For this to occur we need to know the following

information:

1. If you are planning to change your child’s school and won’t be returning to GVPS.

2. If your children will be back to GVPS but not at the start of the year. Places for students can not be counted if a student does not plan to return by the end of term 1.

3. If you have a child who will be turning 5 before 1st August 2016, they are eligible to enrol for 2016. If you live in our boundaries we respectfully ask they you contact us as soon as possible to start the enrolment process. Compulsory school age is 6.

In this newsletter is a cut off slip that I ask you to complete and return to school if any of the above apply to your circumstances.

The term started very well last week with students coming back very settled and straight into excellent learning routines. One of the great things about our school is how alive with learning our classrooms are. Students are very fortunate to have such committed teachers who inspire them to great things.

Our students are very curious to learn and our teachers are doing a brilliant job in bringing out this curiosity and creativity.

Thank you to the families who made it to our afternoon information session today. We had 4 translators for our Hindi, Vietnamese, Arabic and Chinese community present to assist in gaining feedback on the progress of our school and future directions. It was good to see you here.

Mr B. Warwick

Principal

Green Valley Voice Green Valley Public School

We’re here to inspire students to be the best they can be PH 9607 8710 F: 9608 4690 E: greenvally-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.greenvally-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Issue 14 - Term 4 Week 2 Monday 12th October 2015

SCHOOL INFORMATION

STEWART HOUSE COLLECTION BAGS Bags have been sent home today for families to fill with good, clean wearable clothes (suitable for adults and children) accessories and manchester. Please return bags to the office foyer by Monday 19th October.

TOILETING ACCIDENTS If your child has a toileting accident whilst at school and is sent home with underwear and school clothes, we ask that these be returned back to school. If parents do not wish to return the underwear, they can make a $2.00 donation back to the school to cover the cost of replacing underwear.

5 DAY SWIM SCHEME WHEN: Monday 12th October to Friday 16th October WHO: Students 2-6 WHERE: Michael Wendon Pool, Miller. The scheme is run by Department of Education qualified swimming instructors and commenced today, it will continue daily for one week.

KINDERGARTEN 2016

ENROLLING NOW

Ensure a place for your child in 2016 by asking for an

application for enrolment now!

If your child turns 5 before the 1st August 2016 they are

eligible to start school at the beginning of 2016.

It would be appreciated if you passed this

message on to prospective parents who are

looking to start their child in Kindergarten in 2016.

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Next P&C Wednesday

21st October 9.00am in the school staffroom

All Welcome.

DIARY DATES Dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances, * indicates new or changed dates since last newsletter. OCTOBER 12 Fitness Club Monday starts 12 Swim Scheme 13 Swim Scheme 14 Swim Scheme 14 Fitness Club Wednesday starts 15 Swim Scheme 16 Swim Scheme 16 PSSA Round 5 20 Stewart House Bags collection 21 P&C Meeting 23 PSSA Round 6 27 K-2 Assembly 30 PSSA Round 7 NOVEMBER 2 Kindergarten Orientation 9-10.30am 3 Kindergarten Orientation 9-10.30am 6 PSSA Round 8 6 K-6 Assembly 9 Kindergarten Orientation 2-2.55pm 10 Stage 2 & 3 Creative Arts Showcase 10 Kindergarten Orientation 2-2.55pm 11 Spelling Bee State Final 13 PSSA Round 9 16 Kindergarten Orientation 9-10.30am 17 Kindergarten Orientation 9-10.30am 20 PSSA Round 10 23 Fitness Club Monday finishes 24 K-2 Assembly 25 P&C AGM 25 Fitness Club Wednesday finishes DECEMBER 4 K-6 Assembly PRC 8 Year 6 Farewell 8 K-2 Presentation Day Assembly 9 3-6 Presentation Day Assembly 11 Reports sent home 11 P&C Mufti Day 14 Buzz Day 15 Green Valley Idol 15 P&C Christmas Raffle 16 Students last day for 2015

FITNESS CLUB

Monday Fitness Club started today and finishes 23rd November, 3pm—4pm. Wednesday Fitness club starts 14th October and finishes 25th November, 3pm—4pm.

CHANGE OF STUDENT OR FAMILY INFORMATION

Please remember to update the school when changes in address, phone numbers, court orders and medications occur. To provide for the safety and well being of your child, we need the most current information available.

GROUP PHOTO DAY

On Tuesday 27th October we will be having our school photos for students involved in Extra Curricula activities. This includes: SRC, Junior & Senior Dance, Wakakirri, Junior & Senior Aerobics, Debating, Junior & Senior Choir, House Captains & all PSSA teams for the year. A note has been sent home with details of what the students are to wear. Photos will be available for viewing and purchasing two weeks after photo day at the school office.

SPORT PSSA Best and Fairest Round 3 Round 4

Girls

CRICKET Juniors Sarah Younes Anatolia David

Seniors Sondos Suliman Chengy Lai

Girls

SOFT-

BALL

Juniors Vivian Nguyen Alicia Yang

Seniors Lydia Guidone Angelina Pinto-

Girls

BASKET-

BALL

Juniors Imogen Matthews Trinity Brook

Seniors Layla Davis Aneena Souksavong

Mixed

NEWC Juniors Ethan Van Karen

Keomongkhoun

Seniors Nassar A Belal Michael Watfa

Boys

TOUCH Juniors Alan Saisanavong, Juan

Gobbi & Nikolaj

Skrobonja

Isaac Doan

Seniors Byron Davenport Ronin Phillips

Boys

CRICKET

Juniors Jayden Farah Marko Yousif

Seniors Joud Sabbouh Brayden Thornton

ENROLMENTS 2016

Please complete this slip and return it to the school office if your child/children are not returning to Green Valley PS for 2016 or will be returning but later in the 2016 school year (must be by the end of term 1 2016)

Year 6 students need not return this form

My child/children _________________________________________________________will not be returning to Green Valley PS in 2016.

They will be moving to the following school ___________________________________________.

OR

My child/children _________________________________________________________will not be returning to Green Valley PS for the start of the 2016 school year. They will return to Green Valley PS by___________________ (date)

Name _______________________________ Signature__________________________ Date_____________

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Friday 30th October

5.00pm—7.00pm

All students K-6 Tickets $7 from the

school office

DJ

MC on the night

Photo booth

Tattoo’s

Glow Sticks

Food, Lollies

Chips & Spiders

P&C

Halloween

Disco

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COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP Community advertisements are at the request of the sponsor and are not necessarily an endorsement by the school of the products or services of the advertiser.

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