Welcome to Term Two

Greetings to all the new families joining Glen Waverley Primary School in Term Two and a welcome back to all our familiar faces. Term One was full of rich learning opportunities that demonstrated the learners’ growth mindsets, resilience, and leadership, including several Summer Interschool Sports competitions with neighbouring schools. The learners demonstrated a staggering level of collaboration, encouragement, and support toward their peers throughout these experiences.

Term Two marks another busy period for our Year Sixes. We continue to provide numerous opportunities for our learners to stretch their thinking through our rigorous classroom learning experiences and our abundance of Innovation programs. Our Innovation classes this term are designed to extend students and develop lifelong skills, in areas including Mathematics, English, Art and Music. Beyond Innovations, we shift to our Winter Interschool Sports, with students having already begun their training. With so much occurring across the year level at any time, our The Resilience Project wellbeing program focuses on building empathetic, persistent learners, who will be equipped to navigate the opportunities and challenges that await them.

At the beginning of this Term, your family should have received an information package regarding the secondary school transition. If you or your child has any questions or queries about the transition process, please feel free to come and speak with any member of the Year Six team or Daniel Itsines, our Enrolments Officer, located at the front office. We are here to help in any way we can.

We thank you for your ongoing support of the Year Six team and the learners. We look forward to celebrating your child’s growth and successes at our Student-Led Conferences toward the end of Term Two.

The Year Six Team,

Angelique Shmerling, Robert Lou, Kylie Bailey, Parveen Kaur, Rebecca Parish, and Jonathon Pereira.

Important dates

Thursday 18th April – GWPS Cross Country
Monday 22nd April – Cultural Diversity Week Celebratory Assembly
Tuesday 23rd April – Cultural Dress Day
Thursday 25th April – ANZAC Day (Public holiday – no school)
Friday 26th April – Curriculum Day (no school)
Wednesday 1st May – School Photo Day
Friday 3rd May – Pyjama Day
Tuesday 7th May – Maths Olympiad/Maths Games Session 1
Wednesday 8th May to Friday 10th May – Mother's Day Stall
Monday 13th May – School Community Education Sesson (English MultiLit) 5.45pm
Wednesday 15th May – Year 6 Scienceworks Excursion
Tuesday 21st May – Open Morning for Education Week
Wednesday 22nd May – National Simultaneous Story Time
Friday 31st May – Crazy Hair Day
Wednesday 5th June – Student Led Conferences Session 1
Monday 10th June – King’s Birthday (Public holiday – no school)
Tuesday 11th June – Curriculum Day (no school)
Wednesday 12th June – Student Led Conferences Session 2
Monday 17th June – School Community Education Sesson (Understanding your child’s report) 5.45pm
Tuesday 18th June – Maths Olympiad/Maths Games Session 2
Monday 24th June - Year 5-6 Hoop Time
Tuesday 25th June – Student Led Conferences Session 3
Thursday 27th June – Semester One reports published on Compass
Friday 28th June – Final Day of Term 2 (2:30pm dismissal)
Monday 15th July – First day of Term 3