Principals Report

by Mr Frank Catalano

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community,

Welcome to another exciting edition of our school newsletter where we share what’s occurred throughout our wonderful school!

Thank you to the families who donated additional plants

Last week I was asked to attend the staff room where a group of parents wanted to speak with me. As I entered, the first thing that caught my eye was two large trays of plants that they had donated to our school. Naturally, this is a wonderful gesture and something that will go a long way to improve our school gardens.

On behalf of all of the students, a sincere thank you as your efforts and spirit of generosity are greatly appreciated.

Included are some photographs of the children finding a new home for the plants!

Hats and Drink Bottles

It is wonderful that the warmer weather has finally arrived, however it is also essential that the children bring a named water bottle and hat to school every day please.

Chess Team

As reported in last week’s newsletter, our Chess Team won the Kids Unlimited Victorian Championships recently and last Wednesday the following children:

Archit (Year 6)
Nikhil (Year 4)
Tejas (Year 5)
Rahul (Year 5)
Sanuk (Year 5) and
Hemish (Year 6)

represented our school in the Chess Victoria Grand Finals against the three other top ranked schools in the State and I am extremely proud to announce that once again, they finished in 1st place. At the conclusion of the event the scores were:

Glen Waverley PS: 19 points

School 2: 15 points

School 3: 13.5 points

School 4: 12.5 points

Naturally, this is an amazing achievement and something that the entire school community is incredibly proud of! From this point, the children will go on to represent Victoria in the National Finals held on the 5th and 6th December. As you would expect, the boys are super excited and happy with the outcome and can’t wait to represent themselves, their family and our school at the national championships. We look forward to sharing what occurs as soon as possible!

Congratulations to Akeesha in 1B

Akeesha and her little sisters recently completed something quite special. They cut their hair in order to donate their hair to Variety (the children’s charity). The hair will be made into wigs in order to support children who are battling cancer. On top of this wonderful gesture Akeesha and her little sisters also managed to raise a whopping $500 to assist children in need!

Well done and congratulations Akeesha as this is an amazing gesture and something that you, your family and our entire school community are very, very proud of!

Pandemic Writing Pieces for the Time Capsule

As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the children are currently writing about their experience of living through a pandemic, which will be used as an assessment piece and also be placed in a time capsule for future generations to read. A plaque will be placed on the time capsule requesting that it be opened in the year 2060, which also coincides with our school’s 100’s birthday.

The Compass post also requested for parents to write a piece, may I encourage you to do so as it would be fabulous to have pieces written by the adult members of our school community. If you prefer to write in your own language, that is also fine. We are requesting that all letters (pieces) are placed in an envelope and returned to school by Monday 23rd November.

School Photos

After a few postponements, this year’s school photographs were taken Friday 6th November and we look forward to them being delivered in the very near future. A sincere thank you to the families who supported this initiative.

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

Prep B

Tiana, Sam and Kalana for writing a lovely and heartfelt letter
Saakhi and Diyha for making enormous progress with their knowledge of maths

Prep C

Saheli and Yewin for making amazing progress with their writing
Aaraf, Zavier and Lesara also for making amazing progress with their writing

Prep D

Kylie and Helen for making amazing progress with their learning

Kyra for completing her home learning to a very high level and with incredible passion
Guneet for learning the difference between manmade and natural resources
Ruth for completing a fabulous project about golden retrievers
Aarna for being a very polite and respectful member of our school community
Meshavi for writing lots of cards for my office
Sadew for being a wonderful friend
Sadew, Niven and Reyan for writing beautiful cards for my office

Sid, Vethum, Aishwarya and Yehara for being very respectful members of our school community
Myra, Anika, Ranissah and Adrisha for being very generous members of our school community
Adrisha, Yehara and Aishwarya for being very responsible by organising various games for their friends to play
Tharun for making a special crown for Mr Catalano

Sahana, Neha, Aadi, Emilia and Nick for using their ruler to measure accurately and then order the items according to their length
Nick for being a wonderful friend
Kyaan also for making a special crown for Mr Catalano

Thareen for making the most amazing Lego car and Covid -19 sign
Ryan for being a very supportive friend and for also working incredibly hard on developing his drawings skills

Ali for creating a wonderful front cover for the class year book
Jasman, Marius and Senuk for learning how to use Keynote to present their learning and understanding of 2 and 3D shapes

Bean for being a very responsible member of our school community
Caressa for drawing a very detailed picture of a space scene and for writing two very descriptive comics about things that happen in everyday life
Abhanya for writing an outstanding piece whilst using all of the words on her spelling list

Ryan and Devhan for making amazing progress with their learning in particular their writing skills
Yutong, Sanvi and Adithi for drawing a beautiful picture and cards for my office
Shaya and Sihath for being outstanding friends
Hiyara, Patrick and Ruby for drawing a very skilful poster about the importance of not littering

Zarah also for drawing a very detailed picture of a space scene

Oscar for working extremely hard to develop his artistic skills

Damsara for creating a very descriptive and detailed poster about the Titanic

Logan for making fabulous improvement with his writing skills which are now even more elaborate and deep

Elsie, Shirley, Aahan, Ruhain and Brad for creating exceptional pieces in Maths which involve flipping, sliding and rotating in order to have symmetrical elements

Owen for also working extremely hard to develop his artistic skills
Russell for being a fabulous friend

Tiana and Cody for drawing very deep, sensitive and emotive pieces for the art room C-19 time capsule

Thien An for drawing a very elaborate electric powered ambulance