Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community,

I trust all is well with you and your family and welcome to this fortnight’s newsletter where so much is shared about our fabulous school.

As per usual, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on

9802 9938 or via email at frank.catalano@education.vic.gov.au

Novel Coronavirus Update

As mentioned in the previous newsletter, the Coronavirus pandemic continues to be a major challenge for a number of countries in which some of our school families are affiliated with. On behalf of our school community may I take this opportunity to express that our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Once again, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Lewis or myself if you think that your child would benefit from speaking with one of the Department’s social workers as it is extremely important that the children are supported and monitored through such difficult and highly emotive times.

Education Week

What a fantastic week we have had at our school as we acknowledge and showcased the amazing teaching and learning occurring. A sincere thank you to the students who have presented and shared their learning this week and also the members of our school community who were able to attend Monday's special assembly, the Open Morning and/or Night. I cannot express how proud I am of our school whilst acknowledging the wonderful efforts of the staff, students and parents as we all work together to make our school the best that it can be!

I trust you have enjoyed the ‘celebration of learning’ just as much as we have!

Year Prep – Three Swimming Program Update

By the time this newsletter is released, this year’s swimming programs will be a distant memory. May I once again, take the opportunity to thank the numerous families who have supported this year’s swimming programs as overall they have been an enormous success.

School Community Information Sessions

It was a sheer delight to provide world-renowned public speaker and ‘parenting expert’ Michael Grose as a key component of this year’s School Community Information Sessions. Michael’s presentations were not only extremely informative and affirming but also delivered in a manner in which the audience was able to connect to.

Below is an overview of the remaining School Community Education sessions for this year, may I encourage you to peruse these and diarise the ones that are of interest to you.

School Uniform Update

Recently a number of the children have asked whether our school could introduce a ‘school uniform’ beanie, I am really pleased to announce that School Council have approved this and plain navy blue beanies are available at the uniform shop at a cost of approximately $7.

Below is a photograph of Anya and Pavirna proudly modelling our new school beanies.

Junior Chess Team

Congratulations to our Junior Chess Team who finished 3rd out of 16 schools in a recent tournament – in fact just 1 point behind the school that finished 2nd! What is also fantastic is that the children have qualified for the “Junior Primary State finals” which will be held in Term 4.

Our school’s Junior Chess Team consists of:

Year Prep: Navin

Year 1: Amaya and Saheli

Year 2: Evan

Year 3: Thenugi and Adithi

Also congratulations to the following children as they received an individual medal:

Navin (Prep Gold)
Amaya (Grade 1 – Gold)
Saheli (Grade 1- Silver and
Thenugi (Girls - Bronze)

Naturally this would not be possible if it were not for the support of the children’s parents, a very special thank you to all as it is appreciated immensely! Well done and congratulations everyone!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD RECENTLY:

Prep A:

Saheli, Farhan and Samuel for making amazing progress with their writing

Prep B

Kisal, Marvika, Vidhi, Ritisha and Minza for making amazing progress with their writing
Minza, Marvika, Karan, Ritisha and Kiyan for learning so much about length

1B

Ronith and Zavier for learning how to create animations using Scratch Junior

1C

Anya and Pavirna for being fantastic helpers

2B

Aalam for building very creative sculptures out of Lego and for also writing a lovely card for my office

Onalee for being a very supportive friend
Onalee and Deyana for writing about safety at home, school and the beach

2C

May and Yehara for drawing a beautiful picture for my office
Yehara and Sheila for creating a 3D basket for Mrs Hassiotis

2D

Akaine and Reyan for developing a very detailed power point about the city Ljubljana in Slovenia which is a “green city”

2E

Chithuni and Neha for creating very informative ‘challenge scales’

3E:

David for continuing to make excellent progress in all areas of the curriculum
Taneesha for being a very supportive friend

5C

Aditi for writing the most amazing and informative narrative as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter
Ivan also for writing the most amazing and informative narrative as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter

5E

Daiwik and Archie for working diligently on their Maths Innovation project which involved calculating the amount of carbon dioxide the children at our school expel and the number of trees required to counterbalance this

6C

Esme for working so hard on further developing her knowledge of mathematics
Jash for placing first in a recent International Sports Karate Association (ISAK) tournament. Jash now looks forward to turning 12 years of age so he can compete against some older students

Wishing everyone a safe and happy fortnight,

Frank Catalano

Principal

Visual Arts News

By Cherie Peele