Principal's Report

By Frank Catalano

Dear Members of the Glen Waverley Primary School Community,

I trust all is well with you and your family and welcome to another newsletter where so much is shared about our fabulous school.

As per usual, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on 9802 9938 or via email at frank.catalano@education.vic.gov.au.

Novel Coronavirus Update

It is very pleasing to note that the number of confirmed cases throughout our school has continued to remain quite low with reported cases spread across the year levels. Naturally this is a result of everyone being vigilant by ensuring the children aged 8 and over wear face masks, remain at home if they are feeling unwell and also utilising the Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT’s). Once again, thank you everyone for the manner in which the entire GWPS community have supported one another.

Facilities Update

As a proactive and socially responsible organisation, it is extremely important that we continue to develop our school’s facilities whilst also being conscious of our environmental footprint. Some of the projects which will be completed shortly include:

Solar panels – I am thrilled that our school is now in a position to install solar panels as a means of reducing our electrical usage and also demonstrating to the children the importance we place on this issue. The panels will be placed on the gymnasium roof, and we are expecting that they will reduce our electricity usage by 50%

Additional water tanks:

- Will be installed adjacent to the gymnasium with the water collected from the gym roof being used to flush the bathrooms in this facility and

- Adjacent to the OSHC building where the water captured will also be used to flush the bathrooms

School Uniform display cabinet – as a means of providing families with the opportunity to view our school uniform range, we are in the process of installing a display cabinet near the uniform shop.

Naturally the above are exciting projects which will benefit our school immensely. I look forward to sharing additional photos in due course.

Congratulations to Arena

Arena (Year 5) is an avid golfer who last month gained international experience by competing in a 3 day Golfing tournament in Vietnam. Arena competed against 10 other golfers in the Vietnam Junior Open and achieved second place. Well done Arena, we are very proud of your success and look forward to hearing how your golf career goes from here!

Congratulations to Hirun

Hirun (Year 5) loves athletics and this year he has worked exceptionally hard across many disciplines. His efforts were recently rewarded when he received a very prestigious award from the Knoxfield Little Athletics Club for achieving the ‘club record season’.

Wow, Hirun this is an amazing achievement and something that you should be incredibly proud of - well done, keep it up as we are all very, very proud of you too!

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Principal Awards recently:

Prep A

Jacob, Myraa, Mahi, Jaydan and Hinaya for making outstanding progress with their writing
Shawn for writing a wonderful letter about how proud he is to be a student at our school
Saaral, Jathy, Rishaan and Ishana for making amazing progress with their ability to write narratives

Ananth for building a buggy out of Lego

Hasiru for working really hard to learn about division
Karan for being a great friend

Tulara, Arnav and Diniru for writing excellent letters
Minadi, Marvika and Arnav for writing very thoughtful Principal Day letters

Reyansh for writing a very detailed report about the Commonwealth Games
Krishna for being a very supportive friend

Anya for working so hard to improve her understanding of division
Pooja for drawing a very detailed picture of her friends
Anaya for writing a very detailed narrative titled, ‘The Big Dragon and Girl!”
Radinsa for drawing a beautiful picture about nature
Alisha for being a wonderful friend

Ivan for writing a very creative and funny narrative about buying a new car
Ronith for making the most amazing effort with his home learning
Saniehya for being a very supportive friend

Nishita for working exceptionally hard to develop her writing skills
Pavirna and Sarah for being very supportive friends

Akeesha for continuing to make excellent progress with her writing skills. She wrote a very descriptive and ‘nail biting’ recount of her family holiday to Mt. Buffalo that was filled with lots of figurative language

Kyra for her continued effort with her home learning

Samihan for being a very supportive friend
Himansh for being the king of courage for sharing his home learning

Chris for making outstanding progress with his writing by crafting very clever poems as featured in the Kids Corner section of the newsletter

Edwin for continuing to work very hard to build various Lego models

Savinu and Yuvraj for creating a submarine that projects nitrogen under water in order to prevent coral bleaching
Yuvraj for receiving a silver medal from Kids Unlimited in Chess

Raavi and Gargi for creating a machine in STEAM Innovation that turns manure into Compost

Vansh for creating a very elaborate ‘boat’ that has an inbuilt sensor which determines the number of fish a fisherman catches. If they catch more than the legal level, the Department of Forestry and the Water Police are informed

Yug for being a very responsible and generous member of our school community
Jenny and Amellia for creating drones that are programmed to restore missing pieces in the Ozone layer

Vikas and Nevon for creating a device which helps to protect the Great Barrier Reef from pollutants

Yuven and Reshik for developing a process of saving tigers in the wild

Shayan and Jonathan for making outstanding progress with their visual arts learning

Mith for his amazing effort and continuous dedication to building the most elaborate Lego models for our school

Take care and wishing everyone a safe and happy fortnight.

Frank Catalano

Principal