Principals Report

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

Novel Coronavirus Update

As mentioned in a recent Compass Post, the Coronavirus pandemic continues to be a major challenge for a number of countries in which some of our school families are affiliated with. On behalf of our school community may I take this opportunity to once again express that our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Attached to the Compass post were some resources and also an invitation for families to contact Mr Lewis or myself if you think that your child would benefit from speaking with one of the DET’s social workers. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance as it is extremely important that the children are supported and monitored through such difficult and highly emotive times.

Year Prep – Three Swimming Program Update

A sincere thank you to the numerous families who have supported this year’s swimming programs as overall they have been an enormous success. However I acknowledge that it was extremely disappointing that some of the children missed out due to the swimming centre’s cap on numbers. In light of this, we have meet with the Centre and have organised additional lessons for 2022 in which all of the children should be able to attend.

Mother’s Day Stall

I trust all of our school mums had a wonderful Mother’s Day and spent the day being acknowledged and spoilt by the children. Also thank you to the members of the Community Relations Committee for organising the Mother’s Day stall and the numerous mums and dads who assisted.

Congratulations to the following children for their outstanding achievements outside of school

Meshavi (Year 2) for her continued application and success with the development of her karate skills. Recently she participated in the Victorian Karate League tournament and placed 2nd which is a fantastic achievement. Well done and congratulations Meshavi we all look forward to hearing how you progress in your chosen sport.

Jonathon (Year 5) recently competed in the Camp Australia Handball championships where approximately 400 Service Champions competed into Sunday's 12 Regional finals for the grand prize and the title of Regional Handball Champion. Jonathon proudly represented our school and competed exceptionally well. As a bonus, he was also featured on the Channel 9 News! Well done, congratulations and thank you Jonathon!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S AWARD RECENTLY:

Prep A

Austin, Elaina and Deana for writing about the Global Goal they are learning about and how they implement strategies to implement them

Prep D

Anuki, Chloe and Oli for writing about the importance of saving the earth and for also making amazing progress with their writing

Saheli, Veer and Dion for writing the most amazing information report about animals

Nanki, Kalana, Kevon, Saakhi, Kevin, Nanki, Ronith, Zavier, Paivan for making amazing progress with their writing

Pavirna, Siddharth and Vincent for writing about their excursion to Chesterfield farm and what they loved most about it, Well done

Aseli and Akeesha for being great friends

Shayel for writing an amazing book over the holidays as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter
Vinushi for being a fabulous friend
Savinu, sadeew, Diyon, Tharu, Sandul and Arya for looking after our school grounds

Yash for creating a poster about the importance of acknowledging ANZAC Day

Arya also for looking after our school grounds
Meenu and Deeya for being fantastic friends
Swara and Sophie for making outstanding progress with their learning

Mahaan for receiving a certificate from his karate club for achieving his red belt

Sachi, Emily, Sophie, David and Liz for writing very elaborate persuasive pieces as part of their home learning. The children also had the opportunity to meet and demonstrate their learning to Norm Dean from the CIS who was very impressed!

David for learning how to self-regulate so he can improve his behaviour and learning
Ana for being a wonderful friend

Kisali, Senuli, Gargi and Isabel for creating podcasts that are engaging and easy to listening to

Amellia and Thinushi for being very supportive friends
Adam and Logan for writing amazing ‘colour poems’ as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter

Thien for writing a very detailed piece as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter

Owen for making amazing progress with his artistic skills

Raywinn and Russell for being very supportive friends

Keeasha for working so hard to develop her writing skills as featured in the Kids Corner section of this newsletter

Rahul and Sehaj for their amazing STEAM project which is designed to reduce the amount of plastic used to make pens

Sanuki and Alina for demonstrating a high level of persistence in order to change to the music played as part of the school bell

Wishing everyone a safe and happy fortnight,

Frank Catalano

Principal