School News & Information
Galilee Has a Defib!
Our defibrillator has finally arrived and been set up!
We thank Hocking Stuart (Albert Park) and Chemist Warehouse (South Melbourne) for their generous donations of $500 each. This has contributed to the purchase of our defibrillator. We thank Athena Romic for her efforts in securing these donations. The remainder of the defibrillator has been possible due to the fundraising efforts of the 2016 and 2017 year sixes.
The defibrillator is located on the wall outside the office entry.
At Wednesday’s assembly, I spoke to all the students about the importance of this piece of equipment and also the importance of not touching the cabinet unless instructed by an adult. An alarm will sound if the cabinet is opened and will continue to sound until it has been checked.
We thank you in advance for reiterating the importance of this equipment and also not touching the cabinet unless instructed by an adult to your children.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is one of the leading causes of death in Australia; having a defibrillator at hand can make the difference between life and death. St John’s Ambulance advocate strongly for defibrillators, claiming that they are easy to use, maintain, and can save a life prior to the ambulance arriving.
The defibrillator will be registered with Ambulance Victoria and will therefore be available for emergency use in the event of cardiac arrest by any student, parent, staff, visitor or member of the wider community or public. In addition to the Ambulance Victoria registration process, we intend to increase awareness of the defibrillator through signage at our school, and to notify local community groups, nearby businesses and schools.
DOGS Battle of the Bands
The local schools PARENTS BATTLE OF THE BANDS is just one week away.
7:30PM THURSDAY 23RD MAY at the PRINCE BANDROOM (29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda)
Tickets:
- $15.00 at the school reception. (Limited tickets available / exact change appreciated);
- $17.85 online at: https://princebandroom.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/5c825f55-9477-4ca2-b814-91cf6ddb77fb (Make sure you purchase your tix via the Galilee Primary – D.O.G.S ticket tab)
- $20.00 at the door on the night, if not sold out.
All proceeds from this event will be redistributed pro-rata of number of tickets sold by each school, back to that school.
We are up against the following local Primary Schools:
- Ripponlea Primary School;
- Elwood Primary School;
- St Kilda Primary School;
- Port Melbourne Primary School;
- Gardenvale Primary School;
- St Kilda Park Primary School;
This is the first year Galilee has participated and last year’s event attracted 550+ people on the night, don’t miss out.
There are not many social events with other local primary schools, so get a crew together of either Galilee parents or friends from other participating schools and come have some fun.
Galilee Parents Association (GPA) News
Annual Fundraiser - Galilee Trivia Night - Saturday 27th July
Sponsors for the event are needed. You will have your business advertised on the Advertisement Boards outside Galilee and your business will be promoted heavily within the school community and on the Trivia Night. Please read the attached letter for all the details.
Contact Rebecca Giorgilli on 0439 331 164 or at rebg@bigpond.com or Annalise Woolley on 0411 166 473 or at annalise@raglanpubco.com.au to express your interest.
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day celebrations on Friday were a great success. A huge thank you to the Year 6 parents led by Rachael K, Chelsea M and Michelle who organised the morning tea, served and cleaned up afterwards. Thank you to the year 6 students who helped on the morning. The morning tea was generously donated by Rachael’s business, DRC Architecture. Thank you to our wonderful Prep teachers for organising the Preps to sing a special Mother’s Day song. The gold coin lucky door prize made $160!
Celebrations continued at the luncheon at the Railway Club Hotel hosted by Annalise. It was a wonderful afternoon with a beautiful meal, wonderful friends and lots of laughter and catching up. Thank you to Chelsea who was our MC for the day. There was a raffle and silent auction for a beautiful artwork held at the lunch and an amazing $1200 was raised for the school.
Thank you to the following school families who made a donation:
- Nicole England donated a voucher from Attitude Cakes - https://www.facebook.com/attitudecakes1/
- Cristina Calabro donated a beautiful bunch of flowers from Flowers for Jane - flowersforjane.com.au
- Eleanor Magrath donated a case of wine!
- Cecelia Todd and Helen Di Natale donated a skincare regimen from Rodan + Fields - Cecelia on 0405766077
- Chelsea Murrell donated an original artwork - @chelmurrell on instagram
- Anushka and Leon Smith donated vouchers and hair care from Strugnell and Cole - strugnellcole.com.au
Disco
Thank you to our Year 2 and Year 4 class reps and parents who are busily preparing and organising this fun evening for our students!
Events for 2019
Thank you to the year levels that have already helped organise and run an event for the year.
Year 3 - Welcome Picnic
Year 6 - Mother’s Day Morning Tea
Year 2 - Junior Disco
Year 4 - Senior Disco
And still to come:
Year 5 - Father’s Day Breakfast
Prep - Art Show
Year 1 - Carols Picnic