GHPS Life

TRIVIA NIGHT


INTERSCHOOL SPORT 

Round 8: Friday 21st October 2022

 

Greenhills A VS Glen Katherine A  – AWAY

 

Time:

Sport:

Venue:

9.30am-10.30am approx.

Basketball

Glen Katherine PS

Volleyball

Glen Katherine PS

Hot Shots

Glen Katherine PS

Rounders

Glen Katherine PS

Cricket

Anthony Beale Reserve

Greenhills B VS Apollo Parkways B  – AWAY

Time:

Sport:

Venue:

9.30am-10.30am approx.

Basketball

Apollo Parkways PS

Volleyball

Apollo Parkways PS

Hot Shots

NA

Rounders

Apollo Parkways PS

Cricket

Diamond Hills Reserve

 

NORTHERN METROPOLITAN TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Massive shout out to the following students who represented themselves and Greenhills PS at the NMR Track & Field Championships. 

  • Sophie M (3MH): 1st Discus
  • Heidi K (4BJ): 1st - 1500M, 1st 800M
  • Archie G (4TW): 8th 800M
  • Ethan A (5JR): 5th Triple Jump
  • Cooper B (5JR): 6th 800M
  • Jack H (6BS): 4th 1500M
  • Angus S (6BS): 4th Long Jump

Regardless of the end result, their efforts on the day and in reaching this level of competition is something to be incredibly proud of.

 

Special mention to Sophie M (3MH) and Heidi K (4BJ) who were successful in progressing through to the State Championships, which will be held in early November. Pretty impressive given 92,000 students started the process statewide at the district level.  


COMMUNITY SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Deon L (5BC) who has been selected for this season's U12 Boys DVCA Representative Team, which will compete at the upcoming VMCU Carnival. 

 

The selection process for this team was an exhaustive process including; trials, previous representative cricket and present form. 

 

Well done, Deon! We can’t wait to hear how you and the team go. Keep on hitting sixes and taking wickets!


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


             ITALIAN DAY - Thursday 3rd November 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ciao a tutti!! (Hello everyone!!)                      

 

Just a reminder to everyone that Italian Day 2022 is fast approaching. 

Italian Day will be celebrated on Thursday, 3rd November. 

You are welcome to watch the students parade their costumes at 9.10a.m. on the tiger turf.

‘Italian Day’ is bigger and better than ‘Gelati Day’. We celebrate Italian day and Gelati day on alternate years. On ‘gelati day’ the students are only served gelati. Gelati day was celebrated in 2021. On ‘Italian Day’ the students are able to dress out of uniform, have gelati etc.   

This is what Italian Day entails

  • Dress up in Italian inspired clothes.
  • A parade for all students to showcase all the different costumes.
  • Gelati for all students.
  • A slice of Margherita pizza per student.
  • Students will complete Italian inspired activities with their class.
  • Cost for gelati & pizza is $8

Some ideas for ‘Italian Day’ dress up day.

  • In Italian colours - Verde (green), Bianco (white) and Rosso (red).
  • Colour hair, nails, or face in the Italian colours
  • Wear Pasta jewelery.
  • Pinocchio
  • Gladiator
  • Mario or Luigi
  • Pizza, coffee machine, spaghetti, 
  • Pizza chef, Italian chef
  • Gelati vendor
  • Ferrari, Lamborghini, Vespa etc.
  • Soccer player (any team) Cyclist 
  • Fashion model etc. etc. etc. 

A notification has been sent on Compass. Please respond promptly.

 

Grazie,

Signora Iebbiano and Signora Leach 


CONNECTED SCHOOLS

Tricky Friendship Days - by Michelle Mitchell

Relatively small issues, like not being invited to a party, can arouse big, intense feelings in our kids. Because belonging is at stake, friendship challenges will always feel like a life-threatening experience – so be assured that most parents find themselves dealing with powerful tears and shattering disappointments after tricky friendship days.

It is easy for both parents and teachers to fall into the trap of trying to “dial down the drama” when our kids feel overwhelmed. However, minimising or dismissing strong feelings will only tend to ramp them up, because our tween’s brains seek to be heard and understood in the process of regulating. I’d also like to suggest that it denies our children the opportunity to master these big feelings. Our kids need to feel to practise the emotional regulation strategies they need to navigate life well.

I want to share three practical strategies that parents can do to support their tweens during these moments. Friendship challenges are an incredibly rich platform to help kids learn emotional regulation strategies, as well as social skills, and we want to capitalise on both as we coach them forward.

Strategy 1: Let’s not fight the intensity

The more I learn about emotions the more I am in awe of our body’s way of coming up with solutions to discomfort, anguish and pain we experience. It doesn’t make any sense to judge that process but rather appreciate it. That’s why we want tweens to know there are no bad or good emotions. There are only healthy emotions, and each one of them is an acceptable and necessary part of being human. Ideally, we want tweens to feel safe to feel, without shame or guilt.  This means accepting emotions within our home, in the same way we accept anything else about ourselves (or our experiences) that we cannot change – our age, our height, freckles or ears.

Strategy 2: Ask questions that empower

Although it’s tempting (and much quicker) to offer children prescription answers to friendship problems, it won’t help them in the long term. The problem with childhood conflict always being followed by adult intervention, is that kids can get into the habit of projecting their wishful thinking onto someone else who they perceive as being more powerful than they are.

If our children focus their energy on recruiting support rather than problem-solving, they miss vital learning opportunities. We are best to ask questions that express a sense of curiosity and empower them to take ownership.

Strategy 3: Find a positive expression

Whereas there are times that we suppress our painful emotions for our own survival, emotions are far better off moving through our kids rather than festering inside them.

One of my dearly loved local psychotherapists wisely tells me that children who have imaginations become their own play therapists. Play is a distraction that pulls kids out of their heads and into their bodies. Any type of play including immersing themselves in craft, participating in drama, dance, or sport, or building forts, slides and adventure courses are all helpful..

In closing

Home really is the hero in kids’ lives. It is the emotional shield from all that hurts us, bothers us, and tires us. It’s a place where love is tangible, and we are cared for in ways that make it easier for us to move back into the world with a soft heart. It’s the Utopia that we all yearn for and strive towards. When they feel disappointed, lost, afraid or disoriented it will be the predictability of home that continues to welcome them with open arms and wise words. As you implement these strategies, know you are offering your tween the home they deserve.

Michelle Mitchell presents: Handling tricky friendship days

Our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas. As part of this membership, you can attend the upcoming webinar ‘Handling tricky friendship days’ at no cost.

About

In this webinar, Michelle Mitchell offers a set of practical guiding principles to help empower children to handle tricky friendship days.

When

Wednesday 2 November 2022 8:00pm AEDT

To redeem

  1. Click this link: https://www.parentingideas.com.au/parent-resources/parent-webinars/webinar-handling-tricky-friendship-days 
  2. Click ‘Add to cart’
  3. Click ‘View cart’
  4. Enter the coupon code FRIENDS and click ‘Apply Coupon’ Your discount of $39 will be applied.
  5. Click ‘Proceed to checkout’
  6. Fill in your account details including our school’s name to verify your eligibility. These are the details you will use to login to your account and access your webinar and resources
  7. Click ‘Place Order’

This offer is valid until 31 December 2022. If you’re unable to make the broadcast time, just register anyway and you will get access to the recording.

Michelle Mitchell

Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed ‘the teenage expert’ by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens. Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a special interest in wellbeing. For further details visit www.michellemitchell.org


 

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK 

 

Term 4 Week 3 - Presented at assembly Friday 4th November 2022 

 

HERE ARE THE SUPERSTARS FOR THIS WEEK!

STUDENT

CLASS

COMMENTS

Alice WPrep BHFor the FANTASTIC effort you are putting into your reading. I love how you use reading strategies to assist with your reading. I am so impressed Alice! Keep up the GREAT effort!
Hudson KPrep NDFor his brilliant growth as a writer this term. Huddy has been working hard to make sure every sentence he writes has a capital letter, finger space and full stop. I'm blown away Hudson!
Aston KPrep SMFor the amazing effort you have been putting into our Number Fluency games. I love your enthusiasm and problem solving skills you have been demonstrating!
Connor J1GCFor being a beautiful friend to the members of 1GC. You have been taking time to listen to other peoples writing and give caring feedback. Well done Connor. 
Ethan L1JCFor your enthusiasm in all our maths lessons. You always try your best and try your best to use different strategies to solve maths problems.
Zoe D1KOFor the great strategies you are using when solving subtraction problems. Zoe, seeing your face light up when you realised you could apply your knowledge of number bonds to subtraction problems was a highlight of our week. Keep up your enthusiasm superstar!
Kayla G2JMKayla is working towards her goals with renewed enthusiasm this term. She is starting to learn about the advantages of Effort and Adventure, two of our school goals that have recently been a focus. great work Kayla. 
Bayden F2LOFor your amazing enthusiasm and knowledge during our incursion 'Mad About Science!'. Bayden, I loved hearing all of your hypotheses and explanations of what was happening in each experiment. What a GREAT effort, keep it up!
Michael J2SHFor your insightful comments, interesting and detailed reasonings and all-round enthusiasm during our Mad About Science incursion. Well done Michael, we may just have a future scientist in the making!
Everleigh K3AKEverleigh, you are to be congratulated for your enthusiasm and dedication at creating Maths games to teach other students, as part of your Maths Explorer task. You diligently worked throughout recess and any spare time in class to ensure that your work was completed for this special event. Well done!
Clara W3MHFor thinking independently, embracing challenges and always giving 100% to everything you do. Your enthusiasm is contagious! You are curious, studious and willingly share your ideas and learning. This makes you a wonderful role model and leader for our class. You’re AWESOME Clara!
Ashton C3MHFor the GREAT start you've made back at Greenhills! You are a wonderful addition to our class and it's fantastic to see you reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. I'm so impressed with your work and positive attitude. You should be very proud of yourself!
Oliver B3RMFor stepping up and taking on extra responsibilities in the classroom. Olli is a will helper who leads by example. Thanks for making 3RM a GREAT place to be!
Emily T4BJFor being so kind and welcoming to 4BJ's new student! Em, you took on the leadership role of taking our student around the school, giving her a tour and making her feel welcome. You are so wonderful and 4BJ is so lucky to have you.
Matt W4DSFor the EFFORT you demonstrated when writing complex sentences. Matt, it was GREAT to see you exploring less common subordinating conjunctions to link your independent and dependent clauses. Well done! 
Jasmine D4TWJasmine I love how you go about completing your learning tasks and instructions. It's great to see you focused and take pride in your work! Keep up this awesome effort!
Aimee K5BCAimee has really applied herself during our maths sessions. She asks questions and enjoys to be challenged, Keep up the great work, Aimee!
Jasper5JRYou have done such a great job getting involved with our Earn and Learn unit this term. You've been such a value to the class discussion and activities. Well done, keep up the great work. 
Hayden M5REHayden I am so impressed with how hard you are working to keep yourself organized and your work space neat and tidy. Keep up the fantastic work.
Alannah G6BSAlannah, I have loved seeing your confidence, personality and humour shine this term. Your involvement in Earn and Learn has already blown me away. Keep showing us that incredible personality of yours!
Elijah M 6SMFor your incredible passion and energy. Eli, you tackle everything with the greatest enthusiasm and eagerness to learn. Keep up that energy because it's contagious! So proud of you buddy.