School News 

Year 5 Excursion to Victorian Space & Science Education Centre

On Monday 27th May the Year 5 students participated in their term excursion to the Victorian Space and Science Education Centre. This was for our Unit of Inquiry on Relationships and the transformation of physical and chemical science.

The students participated in 2x workshops;

Expedition to M.A.R.S base

This was a scenario-based learning environment that engages the students in a wide range of science activities, uses computer and communications technology and strongly encourages collaborative learning and teamwork. It offers a rich experience in science and builds core skills. Students work in Mission Control and at the M.A.R.S. Base.

• observing the astronauts working in the Mars Australian Research Station (M.A.R.S.)
• using interactive software to monitor systems and solve related problems.
• working in pairs to complete hands-on science tasks and communicate their results to Mission Control.

Fully Charged

Static electricity activities are notoriously prone to the effects of weather and humidity. This program removes the associated uncertainty. The class focussed on Static Electricity and Dancing Alien Robots. Students;

• use balloons and an assortment of common items (confetti, etc.) to explore the mysterious nature of electric charge.
• are introduced to the properties of static electricity.
• use their previous and new understanding to explain how a Van De Graff generator wand can make a Mylar fly.
• build a simple circuit which includes an electric motor. They use this as the heart of their own dancing alien robot.

The Book Fair is coming to Galilee!

 It will arrive on Friday the 14th June and be here until Wednesday the 19th of June. It will be open 8.35am-8.50 and 3.25pm-3.40.

Please come by and support our school whilst getting your hands on the best new children’s books!

The 2024 Premiers’ Reading Challenge has launched! 

It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6th September 2024. https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge 

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development.The Premiers Reading Challenge application offers a range of features including:

• access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
• a modern user-friendly interface
• rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
• the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. 

Children from Year 3 to Year 6 are challenged to read 15 books.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan and former Premiers.

If your child would like to participate in the challenge, please email Holly Evans- hevans@gsm.vic.edu.au 

Information for all Classroom Helpers and Parent Volunteers. 

(including classroom helpers, volunteers at events, volunteers at sports days, incursions and excursion)

We are excited to welcome Classroom Helpers into our classrooms in early Term 2 to assist with student learning from Prep to Year 6. 

This year all parents/guardians who would like to volunteer in the school will be required to complete the Classroom Helpers and Volunteers at Galilee Portal. At the end of the portal, volunteers will be required to complete a Google Form to acknowledge their completion of the portal. 

Volunteers include classroom classroom helpers, volunteers at events, volunteers at Sports Days, incursions and excursions.

Classroom Helpers

To volunteer at Galilee as a classroom helper, you will need to complete Classroom Helpers and Volunteers at Galilee Portal, linked below, hold a current Working With Children Check that the office has a copy of and that you keep on you at all times whilst volunteering, and be available to help in the classroom at a set time (once a week, once a fortnight). This will help teachers to develop a roster and know who is helping on particular days. 

If you are unable to commit to a regular time slot and want to occasionally help in the classroom, let your child’s teacher know and you can find a time that will work best for the classroom teacher and students.

Early in Term 2, teachers will send out a timetable with the days and times that they require support. You will be able to nominate a time that works best for you. You will then be rostered weekly or fortnightly. 

Volunteers

To volunteer at Galilee in any other capacity, you will need to complete Classroom Helpers and Volunteers at Galilee Portal, linked below and hold a current Working With Children Check that the office has a copy of and that you keep on you at all times whilst volunteering.

Staff will reach out to the community when they require volunteers, for example for sporting events, incursions, excursions, events. 

We continue to value all the support and assistance from our parents and thank you in anticipation.

Classroom Helpers and Volunteers at Galilee Portal: https://rise.articulate.com/share/rWt2FFDtcX_hw-1fDQ1c2MiOIAr4Sg5r#/

Thank you

Holly and Carmen

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