NARARA / THE ENTRANCE NORTH / VALLEY VIEW

Term 4 Week 8 December 6th 2019

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Principal’s Message ………………………...…...1

Happy holidays.……..2

Presentation day…...3

Disability Support Pension………………...4

NE Presentation photos…………………..5

Narara Room 3 photos…………………...6

NE Room 1 photos….7

Narara Rooms 3& 4 photo…………………....8

Farewell Scripture team………………..…….9

Awards…………….....10

Contributions, dates & things to remember ………………………….…11

Carols Spectacular. 12

Saver Plus………………….....13

Holiday programs...14

Go 4 Fun……………….17

The Glenvale Explicit

Improvement Agenda

GLENVALE NEWS The Newsletter of Glenvale School

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Dear Glenvale Community,

Welcome to the last Newsletter of the school year

2019. As usual, time has flown and it has been a

big year with many successes, challenges and

rewards.

A big thank you to our parents, carers and

community for your ongoing support, feedback

and communication. It is our aim to be responsive

to your needs and to support our students to the

very best of our ability. We don’t always get

everything right but we certainly act on any

concerns or issues to the best of our ability.

Communication is always the key so please let us

know anytime if you have compliments or

concerns.

Our staffing will be finalised as best as we can

soon and we will be able to send out class

structures, combinations and which teachers and

school learning support officers are on which class.

As you can imagine, with such a large workforce

and with leave, part-time working and other

considerations it is always a fluid situation.

We always attempt to minimise disruption and

limit the changes to staff and classes to provide as

much consistency as we can, but whereas other

schools know they are getting a certain number of

Year 7 students, for example, we never know who

will fill our vacancies as our Year 12 students

leave. This means classes can have movement to

ensure the most age appropriate and educational

fit for our students.

I would like to thank our amazing staff for all of

their work, dedication and passion throughout the

year and hope that they have a well-deserved

break and get a chance to recharge for 2020. Once

we know any staff changes and have them locked

in by day one next year I will let you all know in

the first newsletter of 2020.

Our school would also like to congratulate our

graduating Year 12 students and wish them and

their families best wishes for the future. This

transition is a difficult yet exciting time for families

and also a time where our staff reflect on our

students and the progress they have made

through school.

Our new building works at the Entrance North will

be completed by the beginning of Term 2, 2020

and I appreciate the frustration that can be felt

during major works. Unfortunately all work must

be done during holiday breaks, which draws out

the process, but new bathrooms in the North main

building will be ready for day 1, 2020.

Narara Campus is being completely re-roofed

during the holiday break as well as new cabling for

Wi-Fi to be installed for the first time. Again, I

thank everyone for their patience.

Since arriving at Glenvale it has been my singular

focus to improve the school in any way I can, be

that physically through resources, by improving

culture or by enhancing the quality of educational

provision. I am proud to be principal of Glenvale

and as I finish my third year here, I look forward to

even more achievements and betterments in the

next few years. I thank the staff, students and

community for your support and feedback.

On behalf of the staff of Glenvale School, I wish all

families and students a wonderful and enjoyable

holiday break and a safe and happy Christmas.

The final day for students this year will be

Wednesday, December 18.

School resumes for students on Wednesday,

January 29, 2020.

Looking forward to 2020 and until then, regards as

always, Matt.

After our Narara presentation on Friday 13th December,

please come along to our Narara campus and enjoy a

cuppa and morning tea hosted by our school chaplain,

Nikki Tanner.

Nikki would enjoy meeting everyone, all are welcome.

Glenvale school would like to thank all our parents and

carers for all your amazing work this year.

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All welcome

From the Transition Desk....

Just before your young person turns 16 remember to apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) at Centrelink. You should ask for the 'Educational Supplement' while your child is still attending school too. You should receive more financial support for your household when your young person receives the DSP, which means you will lose Family Tax Benefit (FTB). Centrelink stated- Regarding when a young person claims DSP and parents receiving FTB. If a customer is claiming DSP online, the FTB will cancel automatically. If a customer claims DSP in paper form FTB will not cancel automatically which could incur a debt if DSP is granted. If by any chance the DSP is rejected FTB can be restored back to the cancel date.

Please check your DSP eligibility.

If you require proof of identity from the Department of Education to apply for the Disability

Support Pension just before the student turns 16 years of age please contact the school office.

We will provide a letter and a school identification card.

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING: This Is Me

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all students who received awards at Glenvale School: The

Entrance North Campus, Celebration of Learning, they are our shining stars.

It was a great morning at The Entrance North Surf Club, where we were joined by our ever sup-

portive parents and carers, DoE Director Ros McCallan-Jamieson and local member David Mehan

and special guests. It was lovely to see such a great turn out from our community in recognising

and supporting the achievements of our young people.

We are very proud of all our students who made incredible leaps in their learning this year.

A very special thank you to all staff at The Entrance North Campus, who planned, decorated,

setup, packed up and who made this such a special event - you are all truly amazing.

A big thank you to Alison at Bunnings Warehouse Australia for

helping out Room 3 (Narara) students with some fabulous

Christmas Art.

In Room 1 at NE we are keen gardeners and

musicians.

Week 7

Narara

Room 1: Ethan R.

Room 2: Hamish G.

Room 3: Archie V.

Room 4: Shaun B.

Room 5: Broc B.

Room 6: Ajay G.

Room 8: Mitchell J.

Room 9: Tanya N.

Room 10: Madison H.

Room 11: Dante M.

Room 12: Sam K.

Room 13: Tyler G.

Room 14: Nicholas C.

Room 15: Nicholas H.

Room 16: Beau M.

Week 7

North Entrance

Room 1: Justin G.

Room 2: Pake T.

Room 3: Jesse W.

Room 4: Charlie I.

Room 5: Courtney C.

Room 6: Liam C.

Room 7: Isaac F.

Our

Playground

Stars

Room 1: Ethan R.

Room 2: Mann P.

Room 3: Cooper G.

Room 4: Braithe F.

Room 5: Nathan F.

Room 6: Zachary P.

Room 8: Declan M.

Room 9: Ashleigh C.

Room 10: Clive W.

Room 11: Trinity M.

Room 12: Ned H.

Room 13: Aiden G.

Room 14: Dylan C.

Room 15: Callum L.

Room 16: Oliver T.

Week 8 Narara

Room 1: Maddie H.

Room 2: Ruby A.

Room 3: Tyler R.

Room 4: Riley N.

Room 5: Luke C.

Room 6: Sam T.

Room 7: Ben S.

Week 8 North Entrance

Baylee-Narara

Thomas-NE

Gary M-NE

Mason-Narara

Voluntary School Contributions

Every public school asks for a small contribution towards the

many costs associated with education programs.

At Glenvale, we ask that parents contribute $35 per child each year.

This has not changed for many years and is very small in compari-

son to other schools, even though our costs can be much higher.

Please consider sending in the $35 as soon as you are able to do so; a payment

can be made via our webpage www.glenvale-s.schools.nsw.edu.au. Go to the

‘Make a Payment’ tab and follow the links.

Many thanks to those who have already done so.

All donations to the school over $2 are tax deductible as Glenvale is registered

with the Australian Tax Office as a deductible gift.

Term 4

Please return permission notes and information regarding students ASAP.

Narara & Valley View Satellite class Presentation to be held on Friday December 13

2019-Last day of school for students is Wednesday December 18

2020-First day of school for students is Wednesday January 29

Dates /Things to Remember

Uniforms wanted, size 18 and above—if you have any uniform items that you no longer need

please hand these into the school office. We have sufficient supplies of small sizes but are

desperate for size 18 and above.

Recycling your old mobile phone is a good idea—please drop them in our school

office

Over 90% of the materials in a mobile phone are recovered to make new products including jewellery; plastic

fence posts and stainless steel products. These valuable resources are lost forever if you put your mobile

phone in the garbage bin. At landfill, mobile phone batteries leak toxic materials such as cadmium.

Saver Plus is now available on the Central Coast. Saver Plus is a $ for $ matched savings program de-

signed to help families with $500 for educational costs for eligible participants.

This could be beneficial for your families as we have assisted more than 47,000 families with educational

costs.

How it works—Participants make regular deposits towards a savings goal over a 10-month period and

attend workshops to build their financial management skills. When participants reach their savings goal,

ANZ matches the amount—up to $500 towards education costs including uniforms, text books, laptops

and much more. To see the eligibility criteria go to the Facebook page— SaverPlusAU

(https://www.facebook.com/SaverPlusAU)

A FREE healthy lifestyle program

for 7-13 year old kids and their families* Go for healthy eating advice, active games and positive changes for the whole family. Most importantly