A Day in May

On Monday 15th May, we had our Term 2 fundraising day. We chose Challenge as they do amazing work for children and families living with cancer. Students came dressed as their favourite music star or wore a splash of yellow. It was amazing to see all the brilliant outfits on the day! We also had a disco party in the stadium after recess. Thank you to the Galilee community for supporting this fantastic fundraising event. We raised $280 through online donations and $478.85 with our gold coin donations on the day! We are so pleased to be able to donate a total of $758.85 from the Galilee community!

Galilee's Family Favourites

Last term we celebrated Harmony in our community and started to put together the Galilee Family Favourites Cookbook.

We received many recipes from families. We are now in the process of editing

and putting together the cookbook. We will then publish the cookbook as a pdf file. All families will have access to the school cookbook.

On the 29th of March some families brought in a gold coin donation for the cookbook. We raised $85 and this money will go to stocking our Make a Space Kitchen and purchasing some new texts related to Harmony, Family and Celebrations for our classrooms.

We want to celebrate the diversity of our Galilee families all year round and share our wonderful family traditions with the community. More information will be sent out about the cookbook once it is published.

Reminder: Parent & Carer Communication Guidelines

Just a friendly reminder that all parents and guardians are encouraged to read and communicate within the provided guidelines.

These guidelines are readily available on our school website.

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Galilee is excited to be participating.

It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023. 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 exciting 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 and former Premiers. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let email Miss Evans- hevans@gsm.vic.edu.au

Galilee Immunocromised: guidelines for student attendance when unwell

Dear Parents,

We are writing to advise you that our school currently has a student who is receiving medical treatment and is immunocompromised. This means that when he/she is exposed to viruses and bacterial infections, he/she can very easily contract the infection and become very ill. The student is actively involved in the school community and recovering from treatments and their side effects. We would appreciate it if you would notify the school by phone on 96992928 immediately if your child has an infectious disease such as gastroenteritis, chicken pox, measles or COVID-19. In an effort to keep this child, as well as all of our children healthy this school year, we ask that you keep your child home for the following reasons:

1. Fever of more than 37.5C in the past 24 hours. Students must be fever free without the use of fever reducers such as Panadol / Nurofen for at least 24 hours before returning to school.

2. Vomiting or diarrhoea within the last 24 hours.

3. Cold with fever, sneezing and thickened nasal discharge.

4. Sore throat, especially when combined with fever or swollen glands.

5. Cough that keeps your child awake at night, worsens with activity, or is combined with other symptoms.

6. Redness in the whites of the eyes, yellow or creamy discharge and matted eyelashes. If your child is diagnosed with conjunctivitis he/she must be treated with an antibiotic ointment or drops for at least 24 hours before returning to school.

We sincerely appreciate your cooperation. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Kind regards,Brighid Deamer and Julie Ferguson

Galilee Parents Association