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Dear Parents and Community,
As we continue our journey to Improve Student Achievement in Writing in 2021, the students have
been excitedly busy, building their skills in English. The students in Years 2-3 are currently learning about
procedures and today had a speaking lesson with Mrs Suthers. In the Years 4 – 6 classroom, the
children took ‘The Journey’ in a picture book and plotted a story graph. To find out more on what this
entailed, ask your children what they experienced today.
Well done to all the students who competed yesterday in our annual cross country event. The weather
was mostly kind to all of them except for a little bit of humidity, which provided an extra challenge. Not
only were we impressed with all of the runners but also special mention must go to our House Captains,
Eloise and Karleigh who performed admirably in their first official duty as House Captains. This event also
acted as a selection trial to compete at the BVSSSA Cross Country at Prenzlau SS on Thursday 1st April.
Congratulations to Kirrah and Lacey who will now be invited to represent our school in a couple of weeks’
time.
Our brand new undercover area is very close to completion. There are still a few minor adjustments that
need to be made before we can all start using it. Thank you to everyone for your patience and
cooperation during this construction phase. We will have our first official parade in this area next Friday
19th March and we would like to invite all the parents to join us for this occasion.
Grandparents Day at Glamorgan Vale State School is such a cherished event with all members of the
community looking forward to it each year. Unfortunately, due to COVID in 2020, we had to cancel it, but
this year we want to make sure this tradition continues. Normally this event is to be held on the last Friday
of term 1 each year, but with a lot of upcoming construction occurring around the school grounds at this
time, we will need to postpone it until late next term. So although it will not be happening this term, it is still
happening this year and we will let you know the new date shortly.
Next Friday, everyone is encouraged to wear orange to show your support for the National Day of Action
Against Bullying. The theme for this day in 2021 is Take Action Together. The theme aims to empower
all young Australians to Say No to Bullying!
And finally, don’t forget that school photos are on Tuesday March 23!
Yours sincerely,
Troy Coombs
Glamorgan Vale State School 750 Glamorgan Vale Road
Glamorgan Vale 4306 Phone: 5426 6144
School Mobile: 0436 639 199
Email: [email protected] Website: www.glamorganvaless.eq.edu.au
Principal: Mr Troy Coombs
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our
respects to the Elders both past, present and future
12th March 2021 Newsletter 04
School Date Claimers
National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence Friday 19th March
(Free Dress wear Orange)
School Photos Tuesday 23rd March
Last Day of Term 1 Thursday 1st April
First Day of Term 2 Monday 19th April
Anzac Day Ceremony Friday 23rd April
Book Club
Orders for Issue 2 2021 are due by Wednesday 17th March
2021. If you are wanting to order any Book Club it is to be
completed ONLINE. Orders are to be placed by parents, via the Book Club LOOP platform
Student Banking
Student banking is available on Thursdays. If you would like your child to participate please see the office for an information package. All deposits support our school.
Head Lice We have had reported cases of head lice can you please check your child/s head and treat as necessary. For further information regarding treating head lice, refer to the Department of Health’s Head Lice fact sheet available at http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/165/351/head-lice
Students of the Week
Medication at School If your child needs medication at school you need to fill out an “Administration of Medication at School” form. The medication must come in original packaging with a chemist label on it. The student must also have received a dose at home without ill effect prior to the school administering the medication. We cannot medicate students at school if the above process is not followed.
Contact Details
There are times when we may need to get in touch with you. Do we have your most up to date details? If not, please contact the school on 5426 6144 so we can update our records. These details include your name, address, phone numbers, email address and emergency contact details.
Click on the link for the Student Record Update Form: https://glamorganvaless.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/documents/student-record-update-form.pdf.
School Photos – Tuesday 23rd March 2021
School photographs are scheduled to be taken by advancedlife.
Orders for packages and sibling photographs can be placed securely online at
www.advancedlife.com.au using our school’s unique 9 digit advanced order code. Portrait and group package orders are due by photography day. Should you wish to purchase a sibling photograph online, the order must be placed no later than the day before photography day. Sibling photographs will only be taken if an order has been placed.
Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please direct them via email to [email protected]
Friday 19th March will be "Orange Day". Students can come dressed in something orange to support "National Day of Action Against Bullying".
ORDER NOW go to www.advancedlife.com.au and enter the code
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Cross Country Age Champions
Cross Country Age Champions 2021
5 Year Old Boy Robert 5 Year Old Girl Mia
6 Year Old Boy Austin 6 Year Old Girl Lorelei
7 Year Old Boy Hunter 7 Year Old Girl Indie-Rose
8 Year Old Boy Talon 8 Year Old Girl Sami
9 Year Old Boy Braxton 9 Year Old Girl Lacey
10 Year Old Boy 10 Year Old Girl Kirrah
11 Year Old Boy 11 Year Old Girl Shelby
12 Year Old Boy Zack 12 Year Old Girl
Cross Country
, , Class News A big shout out to all the families of Glamorgan Vale State School. What has been happening in
the 4-6 class you may ask? Wait for it…...we’ve been having fun. Yes, that’s right. You heard
correctly. Fun!! We got together in pairs or in groups of 3 to challenge our skills and abilities
playing games in Japanese. Educational games of course.
Last week we were also having way too much fun at first break participating in the games Mrs
Simmonds had organised for Hearing Awareness Week. We got to have a “Wet Sponge”
competition using tongs and sponges, “Egg and Spoon races” not with real eggs of course, play
“Hackie Sack” which soon transitioned into a “Juggling” competition and pulled ourselves (along
the pathway to the library) on wheelie boards to see who could fill their buckets with balls the
quickest. We only wish the activities lasted longer and were offered for another week.
Inside the classroom though, it has been a different story and a little more subdued. In English
we have been concentrating on locating the subordinate conjunctions, independent clauses, and
dependent clauses in a chapter from the novel “Forest of Silence” by Emily Rodda. In Science
we have also been focusing on animals, their habitats, how they change and adapt to their
environment and the different weather conditions such as fire, drought and flood that can have a
major impact on their survival. The students have been interpreting data and then recording the
results in different types of mathematical graphs.
We all had a great morning supporting each other at the Cross Country, cheering on our friends
and team mates. Well done to everyone on your achievements. Although we only have three
weeks left of term, and are already feeling tired, we will continue to work hard in class and as a
whole school. You can guarantee we will be busy bees right up until the Easter School Holidays.
Keep watch for what is still yet to come in the upcoming weeks. Here are a few entries from
some of our enthusiastic students in the year 4-6 class.
ENGLISH
Very soon in English we are going to write our own fantasy story or
chapter. This week we have been working on the planning stage. We have
been focusing on and learning about the features and themes of fantasy
stories. Maybe next week we will have an opportunity to begin writing our
very own.
By Ashleigh
MATH ASSESSMENT
On Wednesday Mr Coombs asked us to do a Math Assessment. A lot of year 6’s finished
early because they started before the year 5’s & 4’s.
CROSS COUNTRY
Everyone did a great job at running the Cross Country race. Team spirit and student
support was showed by all, with everyone cheering each other on. Everyone should be
very proud of their efforts and displayed our school rules of respect and responsibility
towards each other. From Hayley Bell
The cross country went great and everyone tried their best. I was
lucky to come first in the race. I was presented with a medal at
the end of the Cross Country. Congratulations to all the winners.
From Kirrah Barrie
This week at school it has been fun because we have all been
training for Cross Country. On Thursday we all did our best and did what we could to
support everyone in their house teams even if they were on the opposite team. We
helped everyone to finish and supported them throughout the race. From Zack.
P&C Committee 2021
Thank you to everyone who attended the annual AGM and P&C Meeting on Wednesday night. It is always wonderful to see so many parents, community members and staff attend to discuss the events and projects happening around our amazing school. Our 2021 executive committee is as follows: President: Andrea Walk Vice President: Melody Rainbow Treasurer: Nicky Choat Secretary: Chrissy Johnson Thank you everyone for once again putting your hand up to serve in these positions. We look forward to an amazing 2021!
Tuckshop
Reminder that tuckshop forms come out every Wednesday and are due back Friday 😊
Uniform Shop
By appointment only. Any enquiries please contact Lian Ph: 0406 885 629
Easter Chocolate Drive
Easter chocolate boxes have all now been handed out – Thank you so much to everyone who
was able to return their notes and collect a box.
Chocolate money and/or left over chocolates are due back by 27 March 2021.
We thank everyone for your amazing assistance in this fundraiser 😊
Glamorgan Vale State School P&C ROUNDUP
Friday 12th March, 2021
P&C Executive President: Andrea Walk 0438839365
Vice President: -Melody Rainbow Treasurer: Nicky Choat 0412 402 487
Secretary: Chrissy Johnson Email: [email protected]
Next Meeting
12 May 2021 – 5.30pm
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