27th August no 26

GLEN DHU PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Wednesday, 27th August 2014
Issue No. 26
Dear all,
Sam and Joshua who have been successful in making
the North – South
football and soccer
teams.
Great results
It is very pleasing to share with our school
community that Glen Dhu Primary School has done
extremely well on the 2014 NAPLAN testing. Even
though it is one test on one day NAPLAN does give
some excellent data for our school to use in
forward planning in English and Mathematics. Some
examples of our great results - Grade 3 Reading
where our mean score for this year is 460,
increasing from 420 in 2012 and 435 in 2013 with
the Tasmanian mean score 415 and Australia 419;
Grade 5 Persuasive Writing where our mean score
is 485 increasing from 474 last year and above the
Tasmanian and Australian mean score. One third of
our Grade 5 cohort have value added in the high
range from their Grade 3 test. Our school has
worked hard on consistent school wide practices in
reading comprehension, persuasive writing and
spelling over the past 3 years. Our strong gains are
due to our teacher’s commitment to high quality
teaching and learning that builds from year to year.
Numeracy is an area for future work as our results
aren’t as strong here. We have begun school-wide
Professional Learning in this area and hope to see
improved results of this work in the future.
Individual student reports will be released soon and
posted to parents. Further information about our
results will be published in a future newsletter and
shared more fully at the next School Association
meeting.
Come and learn about cyber-safety
What do you know about keeping your child safe
on-line? As parents we have a huge responsibility in
setting guidelines and supporting our children in the
on-line world. It isn’t something we can ignore as it
will become very much part of everyone’s lives in
the future. Having knowledge is the best way of
supporting your children, so come along to our
Cyber-safety Information session at Glen Dhu
tomorrow night, 7-8 pm in Mrs Jack’s room. Derek
Lindsay has been researching ways parents can
support their children after attending a parent
information session some weeks back. He is very
keen to share what he has found with you. Please
RSVP on the tear-off slip in the newsletter if you
are able to attend.
Staffing Update
Ms Hanka Szymanski will be going on Long Service
Leave from next Monday until the end of term.
While on leave Mrs Lyn McClenaghan will be taking
her class. We wish Hanka all the best on her
travels.
Congratulations to our mathematicians and
sports-people
Well done to our Maths Relay team members who
competed against many other schools on Sunday at
St Patrick’s College. Beth, Mia, Joseph, Connor,
Josh, Blaise, Max and Xavier made up our two
teams and solved some very tricky problems over
45 minutes. It was a great learning experience for
our Grade 5-6 students. These students will now
organise and lead a Grade 4 Maths Relay within our
school. Thanks to Mrs Copeland for preparing and
supporting our teams. Well done also to Connor,
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY ROSTER
TERM 3
Lastly, keep those donations rolling in for our
Father’s Day stall which is scheduled for next
Friday, 5th Sept.
Until next newsletter, keep well
Debbie
Glen Dhu – where learning is our work!
10 September
24 September
2-3 Jack
1-2 Rodrigues
FOOTY COLOURS DAY
Friday the 5th of September will be Glen Dhu`s
footy colours day. This means on this day you can
wear the colours of your favourite football team or
sports team. All proceeds will go to the Fight
Cancer foundation. Gold coin donation required.
5-6 SPORT
FRIDAY 29th AUGUST
Away Games
Dev Footy – Ravenswood v Glen Dhu
Dev Netball – Riverside v Glen Dhu 1
Home Games
Dev Netball - Glen Dhu 2 v St. Leonards
Dev Soccer - Glen Dhu v Norwood
CALENDAR
25/8 –
31/8
5/9 Fri
5/9 Fri
6/9 Sat
8/9 Mon
11/9 Thur
12/9 Fri
16/9 Tue
17/9 Wed
19/9 Fri
26/9 Fri
National Literacy/Numeracy Week
Fathers’ Day Stall
Footy Colours Day – Gold Coin
Donation
International Literacy Day
P-M, P-1E, P-1HL – Royal Park-City Park
Singfest – Albert Hall
North-North-West Exchange
School Association Meeting
Dance Fever – Door of Hope
Mass Dance Event – P-6 – Silverdome
END OF TERM 3
6 SPANGARO - 5-6 JALES – KITCHEN CHEMISTRY
This week 5/6J and 6S have been experimenting in
kitchen chemistry with many different ingredients
to make different things like: a lava lamp, ice cream
and many other science things. We had to work in
groups of four and had to write an observation and
an explanation when we were completing an
experiment. It was very messy, but Ms Jales was the
messiest of all. It was heaps of fun!
Joshua
MATHS RELAY TEAMS 2014
On Sunday the 24th of August, at the old gym, St.
Patricks College, the Glen Dhu Maths Relay team
went to participate in the Maths Relay. There were
more than 15 teams from different schools, the
Glen Dhu teams consisted of Beth Copeland, Max
Kelly, Joseph Thow, Angie Collins, Xavier
Cudmore, Connor Hannes, Josh Hannes and Blaise
Wilson. We were accompanied by Mrs Fisher and
Mrs Copeland. There were 20 questions you had to
work through in 45 minutes. The 1st question was; if
you cut a log into 2 pieces it will take 5 minutes.
How many minutes will it take if you have to cut it
into 4 pieces? The 18th question was; 3/8 of Mr
Lesley’s grade 6 class are boys. If 3 new girls join
the class, 1/3 of the class will be boys. How many
students will there be in the class when the 3 new
girls join? Try and work these out! We will provide
the answers in the next newsletter.
The Maths Relay was a lot of fun, challenging, but
still fun. We look forward to having another chance
to participate.
From this event a Launceston team has been
selected to play against the North West in these
three sports with the following gaining selection for
this carnival.
Soccer
Joshua Bula
Football
Samuel Lucas, Connor Reading
This carnival will be held in Devonport on
Friday, September 12th.
Congratulations to all of our representatives.
Sasha Atkins
FATHERS’ DAY STALL
Please don’t forget your donation for Fathers’ Day.
Only 1 week left. Thank you to all that have
donated so far.
Kerry O'Connell-Maritz
CONGRATULATIONS TO ASHLYN
JOHNSTONE
CHANGE OF SEASON GERMS AND BUGS
Often with a change of season there seems to be a
higher prevalence of nasty bugs going around with
some of these quite contagious. Please monitor
your child’s health closely and if they are unwell
please keep them at home. Remember to phone
63441349 or text 0418 441 342 if your child is
absent.
IS YOUR CHILD GOING TO BE
ABSENT FROM SCHOOL?
PLEASE TEXT 0418 441 342
Northern Schools vs Southern Schools
Sports Exchange
Congratulations to the following students for being
selected and then competing in this event on Friday
August 22nd.
Netball Representatives:
Cheyenne Pierpont, Hannah Fernandez, Mia
Spilsbury
Soccer Representatives:
Prince Kaloko, Joshua Bula, Kaiden Page.
Football Representatives:
Sam Lucas, Max Kelly, Connor Reading.
It was a wonderful experience for them, testing
their skills against children of a similar high
standard.
All the students represented themselves and the
school in the best way possible.
CYBER SAFETY PARENT EVENING
There will be a Cyber Safety Parent Evening on
Thursday the 28th August from 7pm till 8pm in Mrs
Jack's classroom. We will be covering;
Keeping your child safe online
Digital footprint
Staying private
Cyber bullying.
So we can have an idea of how many parents are
interested can people who want to attend please fill
out the form below.
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