GHPS Life

venue by 7pmINTERSCHOOL SPORT 

Round 12: Friday 17th November

Greenhills A VS Glen Katherine A – HOME

Greenhills B VS Sacred Heart – AWAY

CALL FOR SPORTS UNIFORMS TO BE RETURNED

If your child has borrowed any sports uniforms from the school (e.g. basketball singlet, football jumper, cross country & athletics singlet, swimming cap etc), for Interschool Sport or any other sports day, could they please be returned to the office ASAP. 

TEAM COLOURS DAY

Earlier this year, Heidi K (5SM) was selected to represent Team Vic at the National Cross Country Championships in Canberra. She will also be doing the same again at the upcoming National Track & Field Championships in Tasmania. This is an amazing achievement and great reward for all the hard work Heidi puts in to reach her goals. 

Participation in Team Vic is self-funded – the cost for each student to attend each School Sport Australia Championships is approximately $1000, which includes uniforms, host state levies, transport, accommodation and meals. 

To assist the family in raising funds, we will be having a Team Colours Day on Thursday 30th November, for a gold coin donation. On this day, come dressed in your favourite team’s colours – this can include, but not limited to, Aussie Rules Football, Soccer, Netball, Basketball or Cricket. Fun sports rotations will also be held through the day, run by some of your Year 6 Leaders. 

   COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

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

OFFICE NEWS

Thankyou,

Victoria Harris.

CONNECTED SCHOOLS

THE VICIOUS CYCLE

One of the most common questions parents ask as they rush into the room to pull their children apart during conflict is: ‘Who started it?’ Invariably each sibling points at the other. The sibling who is most persuasive or most willing to lie wins the conversation and escapes the bulk of their parents’ wrath. But invariably both siblings are reprimanded, and often sent to their rooms ‘until you can treat one another nicely’. Instead, try using The Vicious Cycle. Walk each child through their answers to each of the areas in the cycle. Check in with your children and make sure that the four boxes represent their view of things. Then, draw the arrows between them and ask four questions:

 1. Who started it?

 2. Who is contributing to it?

 3. Who is responsible for making things better?

 4. Where do we go from here? 

happyfamilies.com.au

Parents Partnerships Leader - Roslyn Mackie 

GREENHILLS ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

It is that time of year where if you venture near the Music Room, you will hear students practising and rehearsing for the Music Festival. This year's Festival will be held on Wednesday 29th November at the Nalleijerring Performance Centre at Eltham High School, commencing at 7.30p.m. Participating students need to be at the venue by 7pm.

The Recital and Training Choirs will be performing alongside Danielle's singing students, Steve's guitar students from Grades 3 - 6, the violin ensemble, and an array of solo items. Grade 3 students will also be presenting an item. 

The Music Festival promises to be a great night of musical entertainment. Tickets can be purchased through tryBooking using the following link : https://www.trybooking.com/CMSRV

Students performing are not required to buy a ticket.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Kate Stewart.

COLOUR RUN

Get your Colour on, Greenhills Parents Association is hosting a Colour Explosion Fun Run! 

Colour Explosion Fun Run Fun will now be on Thursday 23rd November from 9:30am to 10:30am.

Not only are we hosting an awesome Colour Explosion Fun Run, Students can order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match!

Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.

Extra Incentives to Fundraise!

• Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
• Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
• $10,000 JB HI FI Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!
• Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2023.
• A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!

For more information, please contact Sarah Leach at sarah.leach@education.vic.gov.au.

Happy fundraising!

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! 

Thanks, 

Miriam.

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Term 4 Week 7 - Presented at Assembly 1st of December 2023