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Maths Evening
Our Galilee Maths Evening is on tonight from 6-7pm.
Please join us for information about teaching and learning in Mathematics, as well as ideas for home learning and ways in which you can support your child.
We will be introducing and playing a number of Maths games on the night. If you want to find out more about Maths Olympiad, Learning Framework in Number, Essential Assessment and other areas of Maths, please respond to the CareMonkey form if you can come along. Everyone is welcome!
Jeans for Genes Day
Thank you to our school community for participating in Jeans for Genes Day on Tuesday and raising money for genetic birth defects. Thank you to all of our students who gave so generously, we raised over $500. What a fantastic achievement!
Grandparents and Special Friends' Day
Due to a change to the Dendy Athletics date (usually a week before), Grandparents' and Special Friend's Day has had to change to Tuesday 20 August. There will be a Mass at St Peter and Paul's Church at 9:00am, followed by classroom visits and a Morning Tea. All Grandparents and Special Friends are welcome to visit the Book Fair during Morning Tea time.
Please be ready for a 9am start however this may be conditional on students' arrival time.
If there are any grandparents who have made arrangements to come in on the Monday and are unable to come in on Tuesday 20 August, please contact Helen Rochecouste and we will cater for you.
hrochecouste@gsm.vic.edu.au
Chess Club
Chess Club did not meet this week. David will organise a make-up session for later in the term.
Dendy Athletics
Dendy Athletics is happening on Monday 19 August at Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena. A reminder for students to arrive at school by 8:15am.
Book Week
Galilee is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair on 19-23rd August to increase literacy and to encourage our students to read. Our Book Fair encourages children to be excited about reading and learning. The Book Fair will be located beside the hall (Park St Entrance) and will be open before and after school during Book Week. The Park Street Entrance will be closed during Book Week.
The theme of Book Week this year is Reading is my Secret Power.
On Friday 23rd August, the children can come to school dressed up as a book character and there will be a parade for children to showcase their costumes from 9-10am on the day. You are more than welcome to come along and watch the parade.
Our Book Week incursion performance, will take place on Wednesday the 21st of August.
School Readiness Program
Fathers Day Breakfast
School Fees
A reminder all school fees are to be paid in full by the end of August unless you have made written prior arrangements (direct debit/agreement with Simon Millar).
The Dads and Kids Camp
The Dads and Kids Camp
Date: Saturday 16th November - Sunday 17th November
Where: Camp Wyuna, Queenscliff Victoria.
Tickets on Sale through TryBooking.com on the 29th August at 10:00am. A website link will be supplied at a later date. Securing your place on camp requires payment in full at the time of booking.
More details including cost etc, will be released shortly, we are just finalising them now.
The camp is open to all grade groups of current children of Galilee.
If you have any questions please contact me. dogs@gsmelbournesth.catholic.edu.au
A fantastic weekend of activities and challenges aimed at increasing family and school community bonds.
We hope to see the old DOGS who have made previous years a success and many new faces to continue this great tradition.
(We will do our best to accommodate all that want to come along, however the camp does have a cap on numbers and based on previous years people may miss out. Strictly first to book policy.
Regards James McGann
Sts Peter & Paul's Trivia Night
Sts Peter & Paul's are hosting a Trivia Night on Saturday August 24 at 6:30pm. Go to the following link to book tickets:
Architect Meetings
A consultation session with students was held today on 15 August 2019 at 12.00 noon with a selection of Year 3 students and SRC members to provide vital input towards the Masterplan.
Consultation meetings with parents of students at Galilee to discuss the school’s revised proposed Master Plan for the future redevelopment of the school, will be conducted by the Architects for the project –CHC on MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2019. Please note that a Masterplan was developed in 2016 and we aim to revise this document. Two consultation meetings will be held in the school hall at the following times:
- Monday 26 August 2019 at 9.00-10.00am
- Monday 26 August 2019 at 6.00-7.00pm
Child minding facilities at school during the consultation meeting (6-7pm for Galilee school-aged children) will be generously provided for free by TheirCare. A Caremonkey notification was sent home earlier this week for you to indicate attendance.
A consultation meeting with staff will be held on the same day at 3.45pm.
School Uniform
Thankyou to the many families who completed the recent survey (85%) about proposed changes to the school uniform. The data has been recently collated and discussed with the Uniform Committee. More detailed information will be forwarded in next week's newsletter.