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lNTERSCHOOL SPORT

Round 11: Friday 15th August 2025

Greenhills Gold VS Yarrambat A – HOME

Time:	Sport:	Venue:
9.30am-10.30am approx.	Aussie Football 9s	Greensborough Park
	Netball	Greenhills PS
	Soccer	Greensborough Park
	Softball	Greenhills PS

Greenhills Green VS Sacred Heart – AWAY

Time:	Sport:	Venue:
9.30am-10.30am approx.	Aussie Football 9s	Marngrook Oval
	Netball	Sacred Heart PS
	Soccer	Coventry Oval

COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Chanelle L (5SM) and Riley S (6LB) who competed in the Australian Gymnastics Competition (AGC) last weekend. Both did an outstanding job, helping their club — Eltham Jets — take home the win!

Well done! 💪🏼

Congratulations to Fletcher Mc (5BC) who played his 50th game for Greensborough JFC last weekend. Here’s to many more to come — keep kicking goals!

Well done! 💪🏼

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.

GREENILLS PS FOOTY DAY

As announced a couple of weeks ago, Francesca T (6LB) has been selected for the Team Vic 12 Years & Under Girls Football (Soccer) team! She will represent Team Vic at the School Sport Australia Championships in Ballarat from Saturday 25th October to Thursday 30th October 2025. This is an incredible achievement — Francesca earned her place through a rigorous four-stage trial process, a true testament to not only her talent but also her grit and determination.

Participation in Team Vic is self-funded, with costs for each student reaching into the thousands. This includes host state and administrative levies, uniforms, training and team equipment, transport, accommodation, and meals.

To help support the family with raising funds, we will be holding our annual Footy Day on Friday 19th September. For a gold coin donation, students can come dressed in their team’s colours. Throughout the day, fun footy rotations will be run by some of our Year 6 Leaders.

Thank you,

Jordan Daley

VICTORIAN STATE SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR

We are proud and excited to have some of our Grade Six students participating in the 2025 Victorian State Schools Spectacular: On Air!

Students from across the state are working together and soaring to new heights with On Air - where dreams take flight, friendships shine, and every young voice is heard.

This live show – involving amazing lighting, music, dance, and circus– will be performed twice to an audience of around 12,000 people at John Cain Arena on Saturday 13 September at 1pm and 6:30pm.

For a wonderful, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on our students from the audience, be quick to secure tickets when they go on sale at:

11am Wednesday July 31st via www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular

Adult: $40

Child Under 15: $20

Concession: $30

ICAS

 Registration for ICAS tests have closed

Greenhills Primary ICAS 2025 Testing Dates:

Science 20th August

Spelling Bee 21st August

Mathematics 26th August

Roslyn Mackie – ICAS Coordinator

LIBRARY

This term, come and visit The Kirsty Stule Library every Tuesday from

3:30pm – 4:15pm for our Open Library Afternoon!

Starting on Tuesday 29th July the library will be open after school from 3:30pm until 4:15pm for parents and carers to come in with students and enjoy our library space.

You’re welcome to choose a book from the shelves to read together or choose one of the Premiers Reading Challenge books from our collection so you can keep adding to your tally. Come on in, choose a book and find a nice little nook to sit in to enjoy your book together.

You can also borrow and return books during this time, so feel free to bring along books that are ready to be returned, so you can choose another to take home.

Jen Ellis will be in the library during this time, so if you have any library questions or just need a book recommendation, she will be very happy to help you.

Hope to see you there to share in our library joy!

TEAM KIDS

"Join us for a fun STEM and space-themed Parent Grab & Go Breakfast at Greenhills Primary on Monday the 18th of August!

We’re celebrating our brand-new STEM Club, packed with exciting activities for the kids. Swing by the Green Oval in front of the TeamKids room, grab a delicious breakfast, and start your day with some cosmic fun!"

TeamKids is celebrating Book Week 2025 with a special day of adventure on Thu, 21st Aug! 🗺️📖This year’s theme is ‘Book an Adventure,’ so you’re invited to dive into scavenger hunts, map-making, comic strips, dress-ups, & more! 🕵️‍♀️🧭

BOOK NOW to join the FUN at TeamKids Greenhills Primary 👉 www.teamkids.com.au/venues/greenhills-primary-greensborough-oshc/

CANTEEN

Thankyou to our 2025 Art Captains - Maddie M and Maddie L for our fabulous new Canteen Sign 👌

Hot chocolate is now available in the canteen - $2 with a choice of plain milk or soy milk.

Wednesday Wonders for Term 3 will be as follows: -

Lasagne 27th August 2025

Ravioli 3rd September 2025

Mac & cheese 10th September 2025

Orders for Wednesday Wonders must be placed by the end of the previous Wednesday.

Parents of Grades 3 and 4 please remember that there are no lunch orders on Fridays during their swimming program.

SUSHI DAY

Term 3 Sushi Day will be on Thursday the 11th of September - orders need to be placed by midnight on Thursday the 4th of September.

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!

Thank you

Miriam

OFFICE NEWS

SCHOOL SAVINGS BONUS UPDATE

Dear all,

The majority of the School Savings Bonus transactions have now been transferred to the school system and are now available to use for School events.

If you would like to use your School Savings Bonus (SSB) for an event please email: greenhills.ps@education.vic.gov.au with the following details/wording:

Subject: SSB/Name/grade of child

Please use my SSB for the ……… event and use this email as my consent.

Events (without any associated questions) will then be both paid and consented in Compass by the office. You will now only receive an email from the school if there is something that needs to be clarified or further information required.

ABSENCES

We currently have a lot of unexplained absences recorded on Compass, please check your child/ren’s absences on Compass and update:

If you have any queries regarding the absence, please email the office: greenhills.ps@education.vic.gov.au

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Term 3 Week 4 - Presented 29th August

Edward B	Prep AD	For demonstrating grit in every aspect of your learning. You never give up even when things are tricky! Well done, Edward!
Adam	Prep SB	For acting with courage to include a verb in your writing. Keep up the good work, Adam!
Darcy M	1/2G	For working hard to be a GREAT role model in 1/2G and sharing your ideas during our class discussions. Keep up the amazing work Darcy!
Lachlan W	1BH	For making a huge improvement with his reading and writing. I am so proud of the effort you are putting into your learning. Well done!
Timmy	1JR	For you incredible improvement in writing. I am blown away with the effort you've made to get more ideas down onto the page. Well done.
Margot	1KO	For engaging in dialogue to improve your learning. Margot, we love how you always ask questions and are not afraid to share your thinking and build on the ideas of others. Champion!
Lola N	2TS	Well done Lola! You are a shining example and leader in our classroom, always showing kindness, responsibility, and a positive attitude.
Parker P	3JC	For the wonderful efforts you are putting into researching your country for our Information Reports. I love your enthusiasm and contributions you give each time during our discussions.
Nina D	3TW	Nina, I love the way you are acting with courage and developing confidence engaging in dialogue by sharing your ideas and thoughts with the class.
Celeste J	4DS	For efficiently finding unknown values in addition equations, your mathematical thinking is helping you solve problems with confidence!
Soren K	4SH	For researching and using interesting facts in your Temperate Climate poster in Inquiry, it's been wonderful to see your passion for geography shine!
Jax M	4SO	For his amazing and detailed contributions to each whole class discussions in the morning. Your exceptional general knowledge on many topics is greatly admired!
Jacob B	5RB	For his outstanding contributions in our feedback lesson. Jacob thoughtfully used the 3-part feedback approach. Awesome job!
Claudia C	5SM	Great work Claudia! You always put your hand up and ask questions when you are unsure, displaying agency over your own learning.
Abigail W	6JH	For your passion and determination to challenge yourself and improve as an author. I'm excited for what's next!
Lucas L	6LB	For the impressive way you have been engaging in dialogue by raising your hand more frequently to enhance your learning experience.
Lila M	6RM	For coming back after holiday and being switched on to learning. Lila's focus particularly in English is amazing. Congratulations Lila for displaying engagement and enthusiasm.
Lila M 6RM	Performing Arts	For creating a fantastic character and thoughtfully exploring ways to bring it to life through voice, movement, and expression in Performing Arts
Xavier S (4SO)	PE	For the way you connect and value learning through your active listening — something that always shines through when we get moving, too!