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Issue 7 12 May 2015

Principal’s Message

Congratulations to our wonderful fundraising committee on a very successful Mother’s Day Stall last Friday. The stall raised a total of $2257.55. The enthusiastic support of the pre-ordered gifts was greatly appreciated and we hope all Mums enjoyed their lovely presents. Due to the overwhelming response on stall day the dedicated committee members made their way urgently to the shops to purchase additional gifts to ensure every child had the opportunity to purchase a gift. This is a big task for 650 students! Their commitment to our school fundraising this year has been outstanding and we thank each and every one of them. Thank you Rachel Scott Coombes, Rachel Suesskow, Helen Terlikar, Wendy Filewood, Lisa Blanchard and John Irving.

Well done to our three members of the Penrith District Girls Touch Football team who competed yesterday at this event. Bridie Murphy, Saskia Vos and Madison Graham were our three talented representatives and helped their team make the final.

ASSEMBLY ORGANISATION

THURSDAY’S

We request that all parents wait at the front of the school each Thursday before assembly. Due to the large number of students being supervised by our teachers at lunch time it is not possible to provide adequate safety supervision if additional adults are also in the playground before 2pm. The gate will be opened at 2pm in order for parents to make their way to the Hall. Access through the office earlier will not be permitted.

A picture says a thousand words…

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Just a reminder that winter PSSA commences this Friday. Please ensure you have returned your child’s permission note to their coach and send in the $6 bus fare to the teacher on Friday morning.

WALKATHON WEDNESDAY 20 MAY Our annual Walkathon will be held next Wednesday from 9:30am. Children from Years 2-6 will walk a five kilometre distance over the school cross country course with Kindergarten and Year One walking a shorter course of five laps of our two back playgrounds. Sponsorship cards were distributed to students recently and additional cards are available from the school office. A list of prize levels is listed below. All sponsorship money needs to be returned to school by Thursday 4 June. Mr Corry is looking for parents to help during the Walkathon from 9:15-11am. Parents who are able to assist are asked to contact the school office or return the note distributed last Thursday.

MArnold Mark Arnold

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 2015

On Friday 8 May the District Cross Country team competed against all Penrith district schools at Jamison Park. The day was picture-perfect for running. All the children competed with enthusiasm and participated with great success. Well done to the whole team, amazing results. The following students will be attending the Sydney West Cross Country Carnival, as they performed outstandingly by coming in the top eight; Noah Lang- 1st Zane Lang- 1st Saskia Vos- 1st Madison Graham- 3rd

Kaitlyn Hatcher- 4th Jai Salama- 5th Kaelem Peterson- 8th We also had two students come 10th, Krys-tal Seymour and Courtney Sibbald. The Regional Sydney West Cross Country Carnival will be held at Eastern Creek Race Track, Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek on Wednesday 10 June 2015. We wish the students attending good luck!!

SILVER AWARD

WINNERS Efie Esirifya-Nyarkoh 1D

Cassandra Pullen 1D

Oscar Bland 1D

Jordyn Saunby 1O

Tristan Canning 1W

Caitlin Lord 1W

Lachlan Stevens 2H

Arshnoor Singh 2H

Isaac Tsang 2O

Tamika Argent 2O

Shaun Hendriks 2O

Callumb Jenner 2P

Amelia Wenban 2R Jayden Dunworth 2R

Joshua Gee K6C

Ella Errington 3M

Taylah Miller 3M Zeshaan Mahmood 3W

Kaitlyn Hatcher 4E

Eoin Farrell 4E

Nate Ticehurst 4E

Paige Brown 4M

Louise Dawes 4M

Krystal Seymour 4M Nicholas Stevens 4M

Caitlin McCaw 4M

David Weekley-

Ramirez 4M

Kyle Graham 4NR

Siddhi Shahu 4NR

Mikayla Skeen 5H Chloe Keenan-Dunn 5H

Georgia Single 5/6A

Nimisha Rajesh 5/6A

Thomas Bird 6C Elina Roberts-Turner 6C

Caitlin Impelido 6C Aydan Marchetta 6C

Rhianna De Jesus 6M

Bridie Murphy 6M

Brayden Laing 6M

Caitlin Bradley 6M

WALKATHON PRIZES 2015

$20-$49 Lucky Dip prize $50-$119 Hoyts Movie Tickets $120-$179 Target Gift Voucher $180 and over Dick Smith Voucher Major prizes: iPad— Highest amount in both Infants (K-2) and Primary (3-6) $250 Bike/Helmet— Second highest amount in Infants (K-2) and Primary (3-6) Please note students can only receive

one prize

Ray White Glenmore Park and Blackman Bicycles are generously supporting the

Glenmore Park Public School Walkathon 2015 fundraiser

GOLD AWARD WINNERS

Alyssa Deering 3M

Stevie Correy 5K

Brayden Laing 6M

Caitlin Bradley 6M

HONOUR AWARD WINNERS

Brayden Laing 6M

Caitlin Bradley 6M

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YEARS 3-6 ICAS COMPETTIONS—WRITING AND SPELLING

The payment for these competitions is due back to school by tomorrow, Wednesday 13 May. Please note we are unable to accept late payments, and as money is prepaid to the University before tests are undertaken there can be no refunds.

CAKE STALL FUNDRAISER Our next Fundraising Committee cake stall is TOMORROW Wednesday 13 May at 11:00am. KL and KW parents are asked to drop off donations under the Hall COLA before 9:00 am. The stall is operated during recess, from 11:00 am-11:20am. All students K-6 have the opportunity to buy a treat. Cakes sell from 50c to $1.

LOST PROPERTY There have been two thick padded navy blue jackets/parkas handed into lost property that are brand new but have no names written in them. They are sizes 7 and 8. If your child has lost one of these jackets please come to the school office to identify them. All items need student’s names written in them in order for their lost items to be returned to class.

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TERM 2, 2015

WEEK 4

11/5 12/5

NAPLAN Years 3 &

5

13/5

NAPLAN Years 3 &

5

KW and KL Cake

Stall

14/5

NAPLAN Years 3 &

5

3-6 Assembly 2 pm

15/5

Winter PSSA

STARTS

WEEK 5

18/5 19/5

ICAS Digital

Technologies

Panther Trophy RL

20/5

WALKATHON

9.15—11 am

PULSE Choir Day

21/5

K-2 Assembly 2 pm

22/5

PSSA

WEEK 6

25/5 26/5

Panther player visit

27/5

Paul Kelly Cup

Finals

28/5

3-6 Assembly 2 pm

PBL Day Stg 3

29/5

PSSA

WEEK 7

1/6 2/6

Yr 5 Graffiti Ed

3/6

ICAS Science

PVPAF Choir Day

4/6

K-2 Assembly 2 pm

5/6

PSSA

WEEK 8

8/6

QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY

HOLIDAY

9/6 10/6

Year 1 Cake Stall

11/6

3-6 Assembly 2 pm

12/6

PSSA

WEEK 9

15/6

YR 6 CPR

ICAS Writing

16/6

ICAS Spelling

Reports go home

17/6

Primary Athletics

Carnival

PULSE Choir Day

18/6

K-6 Assembly 2 pm

19/6

PSSA

WEEK 10

22/6

Panther player visit

Parent/teacher

interviews K-2

23/6

Parent/teacher

interviews 3-6

24/6

Aboriginal

Education

Performance

25/6

Year 5 Camp

26/6

Year 5 Camp

2015 JUNIOR MAYOR COMPETITION GUIDELINES As part of Local Government Week 2015 a Junior Mayor and 14 Junior Councillors will be chosen to participate in a mock Council meeting. This competition for Penrith Local Government Area primary school students is a unique opportunity to learn about how the Council works. COMPETITION This year Penrith celebrates 200 years and this year’s competition has a bicentenary theme. To enter, we want you to tell us what you think the City of Penrith will be like in another 200 years. Be as creative as you like! Your entry must fit on an A4 one-sided piece of paper or be an audio visual file on a disc or USB. You can write a story, poem, create an artwork or comic strip. Your entry must Include your name, contact number, year level and school name as well as a parent’s day-time phone number. Entries must be in by 5pm Friday 29 May 2015. They can be- 1) Posted to “Events Team” PO Box 60 PENRITH NSW 2751, 2) Hand delivered to 601 High Street, PENRITH 2750 OR 207-209 Queen Street ST MARYS 2760 OR 3) Emailed to events@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au Winners will be notified by 4pm on Friday 5 June 2015. Councillor Ross Fowler OAM, Mayor of Penrith will select the winners. Our Junior Mayor and Councillors must be available to attend introductory meetings at Council’s Civic Centre on Monday 29 June at 5pm and Monday 13 July at 5pm. This will help prepare you for the mock Council meeting on Monday 10 August. For more information contact Colin Dickson on 4732 7645 or cdickson@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au