GHPS Life

INTERSCHOOL SPORT 

Round 6: Friday 22nd March 2024

Greenhills A VS Sacred Heart – AWAY

Greenhills B VS Hurstbridge – NO GAME DUE TO HURSTBRIDGE CAMP

COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Lachie L (6BS), and his Greensborough Junior Cricket Club teammates, who won the U12 Teal Premiership - Greensborough 5/120 def Banyule 6/119. He starred making 19 not out with the bat and took 2 wickets with the ball. To top this all off, Lachie then won the Batting Award for his team, scoring 270 runs with an average of 88. 

Well done, Lachie 💪🏼!

If your child achieves something special (grand final win, most valuable player award, best and fairest etc.), please email me (jordan.daley@education.vic.gov.au) through photos and an overview of the achievement to post in Contact. It is important to celebrate and recognise such successes with the school community.

Thank you, 

Jordan Daley

YEAR 6 POETRY

BOOK FAIR

Our Scholastic Book Fair will be running on Tuesday 26th March from 9am-6pm, in the library.  Please come by while you’re onsite for our Student Agency Conferences and grab a bargain! Students will have the opportunity to take an early look at what’s available over the next few days.  

The Scholastic Book Fair is a fantastic way to encourage your children to discover and read books that really interest them, but it is also an important fundraising event for our school.

Hope to see you there!

MOTHERS DAY STALL - HELP NEEDED

CHOIR NOTES

It is great to have both the Recital Choir and the Training Choir rehearsing so well and starting Tuesday and Thursday mornings so beautifully with their singing. The Training Choir has been learning how to sing rounds and some fun warm ups. The Choir will soon start to learn some repertoire that it will perform at an Assembly next term. The Training Choir consists of a lovely group of singers and there is room for a few extra students if any Grade 3 student would like to come and trial it. The Training Choir rehearses before school on Thursday mornings at 8.00a.m. in the Music Room. The students learn how to sing rounds, partner songs, warm ups and a repertoire of songs that they will perform at the Music Festival and at an Assembly.

The Recital Choir is learning repertoire in preparation for 2 performances next term. Please put the following dates in your diary.

1. Salvation Army Performance - Friday 3rd May at 1.45 - 2.30p.m. at the Briar Hill Salvation Army. 
2. Choral at Montsalvat Festival - Sunday 5th May at Montsalvat in Eltham. The performance is from 12.00 - 12.40p.m. Students will need to be at the venue for a warm up rehearsal at 10.45a.m. 

The students will be wearing their Choir uniforms for the Montsalvat Performance. In order to get these organized, there will be a Uniform Working Bee on Saturday 23rd March from 10.00a.m. - 12.00p.m. in the Music Room at school. I would really appreciate the assistance of 4 or 5 parents please. If you are able to assist in assembling the uniforms for each student, please email me catherine.stewart@education.vic.gov.au

Kind regards

Kate Stewart

OFFICE NEWS

Excursions & Incursion Permission Forms

Excursions and incursions certainly offer our students rich and engaging learning opportunities. They are also often some of the most memorable events and experiences students remember during their time at our school. They are also a significant load for our staff to organise and run. 

As such we need your support in finalising permissions and any associated payments at least 48 hours prior to the event.

This allows time for staff to make final checks on numbers and print out all the required paperwork and handbooks. These include the emergency contact details of those that attend so that in the case of an emergency we can ensure we have everything we need. These handbooks are printed and distributed to all staff attending and a copy is also left at the school office. Our staff need to complete this on the day before the event to minimise all the other requirements needed to do on the day itself.

This process will be strictly enforced. We will be unable to make telephone calls home on the morning of an event to follow up any missing permissions. If you are having trouble accessing Compass, need a hard copy of a permission form or require support to make a payment please contact the office. We do not want any students to miss out on these opportunities and will do everything to support you prior to the day to ensure that everything is organized as it should be. 

Parent Helper Induction 

Parent inductions are available online via our website: greenhillsps.vic.edu.au, please go to  Forms and Notices  / Parent Helpers.  Here you will find an Induction Video to watch. The following documents will need to be read, signed and returned to the office along with a copy of your Working with Children Check.  These pages are also available from the office if you do not have access to a printer.

1. Volunteer OHS Induction Checklist
2. Parent Helper Agreement
3. Child Safe Code of Conduct

Attendance 

Please enter student absences on Compass, rather than emailing the teacher.

If your child is not present in class and we have no explanation, then an email will automatically be sent to all family members at 10am. If you receive an email, it is important that you explain their absence ASAP.  If your child is going to be away for a full day or more, please notify the school by entering the absence on Compass, rather than email the teacher. You can do this easily in Compass. 

If your child is going to be absent for a family holiday or other long period of time, an email should be sent requesting this leave to James Penson prior to the event: james.penson@education.vic.gov.au

Student Arrival/Departure 

If you need to collect your child early for an appointment, please come to the office to sign them out.  We are unable to have students waiting in the office, so please allow time to sign out and collect from the classroom (the office will advise if they are in a Specialist class). Please collect your child before or after recess and lunch times as they may not hear the announcements during these times. 

If your child arrives at school after 9.00am (after the morning bell has finished) you must come to the office with them to be signed in for a late pass. Please do not send students straight to their classroom after 9.00am.

If you have any questions at any time about the above information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thankyou, 

The Office Team.

CANTEEN

HELPERS NEEDED

If you have a spare hour on a Wed, Thurs or Fri between 1pm and 2pm, come along and help in the canteen. There is no food preparation involved, it's very simple and the kids love seeing parents there!

You need to have completed the Volunteer Induction, and sign up through CareBookings - www.carebookings.com.au - access code is JGU9L.

Helpers get a canteen voucher for their kids to use for their next lunch order! 

From, 

Miriam

TEAM KIDS 

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Term 1 week 8 - Presented at assembly 28th of March, 2024.