GECPA News

GECPA - Invitation to Join

Did you know that there is a rich body of research linking real parental engagement at their child’s school and academic achievement?

The Glen Eira College Parent’s Association (GECPA) is an informal and friendly group of parents and carers of students at Glen Eira College (GEC). We support the school community and promote genuine parental engagement with GEC. Why not join?

Your level of involvement is up to you - but your time and experience will be appreciated.

We act as a link between our parent community and GEC.
We represent an organised, parent perspective.
We provide parents and carers of students at GEC with a voice.
We support the school community by hosting events and sharing information.
We are involved in fundraising for the school.

Joining GECPA is a great way to meeting other parents and carers and your opinion makes a difference.

If you want to remain in ‘the know’, join our email list and don’t miss out on any of the 2021 events we have planned to support GEC and our school community: click here to subscribe.

I’m working my way through my Entertainment Book Membership vouchers. The vouchers are valid all year long so get your copy here!… Purchasing a membership benefits you AND supports GEC with 20% from every book purchased going to the school.

For more information about the Glen Eira College Parents Association or to contact us:

gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au

Nicole Bishop

Convenor, Glen Eira College Parent’s Association

Get Active Victoria

I found Get Active Victoria by chance. It is a great source of at-home, guided workout videos for all levels of ability to help build strength and improve fitness wherever and whenever it suits you.

It also includes a range of different challenges and games, great for individuals and families. Joining is free and will give you access to all the workouts, challenges and games. Why not have a go?

Glen Eira options

Walk, run or ride through Glen Eira Parks and rail trails

www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/our-city/parks-and-playgrounds

Cycling in Glen Eira - Glen Eira City Council | Glen Eira City Council

Glen Eira Leisure free online classes and classes and gums at Caufield Recreation Centre and GESAC

GEL Anywhere | Glen Eira Leisure (geleisure.com.au)

National Tree Day Schools Planting and Working Bee Sunday August 15 3-5

Parent working bees have prepared gardens ready for students planting with indigenous, trees, grasses and shrubs on National Tree Day. Unfortunately Covid Safety restrictions have meant we had to postpone the date – new date hopefully soon!

Next working bee is Sunday 15th August 3-5pm when we will pick up rubbish, mulch new gardens and sweep up leaves. Please join us with your gardening gloves, rakes, brooms, buckets and garden forks, and masks if needed.

Zero Waste Festival - Malvern Town Hall

Includes:

repair cafe
sewers mend-a-thon
the art of 2nd hand fashion
zero waste food
zero waste information stalls
reuse, repair, repurpose activations
Bicycle repair / maintenance
insightful panel discussions and including on taming your environmental anxieties
an opportunity to have your difficult waste and recycling questions answered

Bookings free and essential at visit zerowastevictoria.org

Get Connected: Government services online - Stonnington Libraries

Wednesday, 25 August 1-2.30 2021 Grattan Gardens Community Centre, 40 Grattan Street, Prahran but online if Covid safe required

You can access many government services online, such as Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support. You can also bring them together into the one website called MyGov.

This is an information gathering session where you will learn about the government services you can access online and what they offer. A relaxed, nurturing and fun session for new and experienced users.

Bookings free and essential.

Queries ph8290 3344 Get Connected: Government services online Stonnington Libraries

Science Week events

Monash Space SciVR – Monash Tech School Saturday 21 August 11 am

SciVR – Monash Tech School - National Science Week

At home on your other computer/laptop/mobile device go to scivr.com.au and click the link for the online streaming talk. Alan and Rebecca start the guided tour, and you can send in your questions via YouTube, or on Twitter with #AskSciVR.
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this year includes the Mars rover Perseverance and helicopter Ingenuity.
Watch the live stream from home, listen to Alan and Rebecca, and send in your questions to be answered LIVE.
SciVR website to your smartphone or tablet, and make sure it is fully charged as we will be using the app for a full hour of the presentation. You need one smartphone/tablet and one device connected to the internet that can access YouTube videos.

We can help our kids succeed in school without piling on the pressure

Our children need 4 key things to get the most out of their education, find out what they are and why pressure doesn’t work but expectations do.

Justin Coulson, parenting expert, has a PhD in psychology, and knows what he is taking about. At school, his results were so bad that the New South Wales Board of Education wrote to him saying he was in the bottom 15 per cent of the state.

His love for studying only emerged in his 20s when he was a father himself.