Principal's Report

By Frank Catalano

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community,

I trust all is well with you and your family and welcome to this fortnight’s newsletter where so much is shared about our fabulous school.

As per usual, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on 9802 9938 or via email at frank.catalano@education.vic.gov.au.

Swimming and Non-Swimmer’s Programs

Thank you to the families who have supported our school’s Year 4 to 6 swimming program as it has been a resounding success. We look forward to the Year Prep to 3 programs commencing next week.

Please refer to Mrs Garzberg-Grant’s piece as she outlines the water safety skills the children learnt at the pool and also an overview of our non-swimmers’ program.

School Council Elections

Thank you to the members of our school community who have nominated for School Council, may I take this opportunity to remind everyone that nominations are due by 5pm this afternoon.

I look forward to sharing additional news shortly.

School Uniform

As a school community we are very proud of our fresh, clean and crisp looking student uniform however it saddens me when I see the ‘Lost Property Box” filled with lost, misplaced and unnamed items. Children (and parents) may I encourage everyone to check their uniform and if it doesn’t have a name on it, please see to it ASAP as we do have staff who are responsible for checking the lost property box and they do return named items to the rightful owner on a very regular basis.

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Principal Awards recently:

Prep A

Nila for making amazing progress with her reading, she is a ready able to read the text Ant and Bee and the Rainbow

Amasha for writing a very detailed recount of her school holidays
Eric for creating a sculpture of the human eye that was inspired by a book he borrowed from school. Eric learnt a great deal about the parts of the eye such as the optic nerve and retina

Harley for drawing a picture of our school fish in their tank

Owen for explaining how he will manage his emotions in the various areas of the Zones of Regulation
Keonna for being a fabulous friend
Evin and Owen for creating very detailed posters about the importance of Confidence and Persistence

Manuth, Arjun and Sanvi for writing very descriptive recounts about their egg and spoon race

Aadhavan for spending his free time thinking about how to improve our school
Eesa, Hansen, Grayson, Oliver, Samuel and Anusha for learning all about graphs
Theo for being a very supportive friend
Aiyana for being a very caring member of our school community
Anusha, Theo and Nyshitha for writing very detailed recounts about a class learning task

Vidhi also for being a very caring member of our school community

Johanna also for being a very caring member of our school community

Methuli, Teju and Navesha for drawing some beautiful pictures about their friends
Ethan for continuing to make amazing progress with his writing as featured in the Kids’ Corner section of this newsletter
Chloe for creating an anchor chart about the importance of Reading Stamina
Gowri, Devashi and Rey for creating a poster about friendships

Oliver for creating a sculpture that demonstrates how the planet Earth can be destroyed if we don’t practise sustainable ways of living and for writing a poster outlining the 7Rs of sustainability