Newsletter - Term 4 Week 7

The Values We Share - Care and Compassion

KCS - Zara / Annalia

KE - Chloe

KW - Kirrily / Angela

1B - Isabelle / Sabella

1C - Eric

1P - Noah / Thomas

1S - Rebecca

2H - Saab / Strong

2J - Sophia / Jake

2M - Scarlett / April

3F - Lucas / Juliette

3K - Julian / Marco

3P - Charlotte / Ashleigh

4H - Leo / Gabriela

4L - Chara / Nikita

4M - Arisa / Caitlin

5G - Dana / Summer

5L - Emeline / Aidan

5/6E - Harper

6R - Saskia / Hugh

6S - Amelia / Sophie

Classes 2018

We have begun the process of planning for next year. It will be greatly appreciated if you can

please let us know, as a matter of urgency, if your child will not be at Gladesville next year.

Furthermore, if you know that your child will be absent when school returns next year, please

contact the school (9817-2388 or gladesvill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au), so we can make

appropriate plans.

Talent Quest Auditions

Auditions for the GPS Talent Quest will continue this week. All auditions will take place

during lunchtime on the following dates:

* Year 3 & 4 - Tuesday 21 November

* Year 5 & 6 - Tuesday 28 November

Our Talent Quest will be held on Friday 15 December.

Staffing News

It is with great sadness that I pass on the news that one of our former teachers, Mrs Perera, passed

away last week. Mrs Perera worked at Gladesville for a number of years and was much loved by the

school community. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday morning at Holy Spirit Church,

North Ryde at 10.15am.

Mrs Chan is a proud new mum of a beautiful little girl, Millie Grace.

Mrs Clark has informed me that she has accepted a teaching position at MLC for 2018. She has

made an outstanding contribution to our school in her role as Relieving Assistant Principal

supervising Early Stage One. She has worked brilliantly with our Kindergarten staff and will be

greatly missed at Gladesville. Mr Little will also be leaving in 2018 to accept a role at Belmore South PS. Mr Little has been greatly involved in the coordination of sport programs at Gladesville as well as being the Ryde Zone Football Convener. His presence will also be a great loss to our school.

Gelato Day

Gelato Day will be held this week, to the delight of all students. Once again, our fabulous parent

volunteers will donate their time to provide our students with delicipous treats. Students will

have the opportunity to purchase strawberry, mango, chocolate and vanilla gelato with prices

ranging from $3 for one scoop and $5 for two scoops. Iceblocks may also be purchased for $2

as an alternative. Students in Years 3-6 may make purchases on Thursday while K-2 students

can buy gelato on Friday. Any surplus gelato will be served on Friday afternoon from 2.45pm.

Colour Run

The SRC will be holding our first Colour Run this Thursday on the school oval. All students are

asked to wear an old white shirt, old shorts and sport shoes on this day as well as bringing an old

towel to school. The event will run from 11.30am - 3.10pm with students asked to contribute $2 to

cover the cost of the event. it is also important that all students apply sunscreen before the event

Premier's Reading Challenge

Congratulations to the following students who were

awarded Platinum Certificates for seven year's

participation in the Premier's reading Challenge:

* Grace B * Isabella S * Harriet J * Olivia T

Congratulations also to the following students who have

earned Gold awards for four years participation:

* Aidan S * Andrea L * Eleanor S * Eric H * Finlay W

* Gemma F * Holly B * Issy P * Jake N * Jasmine K

* Joe S * Julian W * Lachlan F

PSSA Sport

Summer PSSA semi-finals will be held at

Meadowbank Park with the following teams

participating in matches:

Junior Cricket vs Hunters Hill

Senior Cricket vs Hunters Hill

Junior Newcombe Ball vs West Ryde

Senior Newcombe Ball vs Denistone East

Senior Volleyball vs Putney

Best wishes on Friday - thanks very much to

Ms Stiglic, Mrs Pedersen, Mr Hodgetts & Mr

Little for coaching teams this year.

Twilight Markets

Special thanks to all the parents and community members who turned up and enjoyed our

recent Twilight Markets. This was the first occasion that we had run an evening market for

adults only and it proved to be a very successful evening, with large numbers happy to eat

some magnificent food, enjoy a refreshing drink, socialise and purchase some unique gifts. A

big thank you to our wonderful organising team led by Janine Ligato and Costanza Mesiti for

coordinating a very enjoyable event.

Deloitte's Impact Day

Special thanks to one of our parents, Ben Newman, for recently arranging for twenty

Deloittes staff to visit our school on Friday and carry out essential maintenance work on our

grounds. The team weeded, cleared areas between the oval and the fence and tidied sport

storage areas. Thanks also to Paddy for being masterchef on the day and cooking a bbq

lunch for the volunteers.

Upcoming EventsNotes will be sent home with more details later in the termThursday 23 November - Colour Run / Year 3-6 Gelato Day / GOOSH meeting 6.00pm

Friday 24 November - PSSA Semi-finals / K-2 Gelato Day

Monday 27 November - Stage 3 Police Visit Cyber Safety

Wednesday 29 November - Combined Xmas Scripture Service / P&C Meeting 7.30pm

Thursday 30 November - Stage 2 Milo Cricket Gala Day

Friday 1 December - PSSA Finals

Wednesday 6 December - Kindergarten Ice cream Stall / Music Soiree 6.00pm

Thursday 7 December - Year 6 Business Showcase

Monday 11 December - Presentation Day K-2 9.30am 3-6 1.00pm. Reports go home

Tuesday 12 December - School Picnic

Wednesday 13 December - Year 6 Farewell

Thursday 14 December - Class parties / Stage 3 Milo Cricket Gala Day

Friday 15 December - Talent Quest / Last day for students