Every School Day Matters!

At the end of each term, we will share with you our Glenorchy Primary School attendance data. Whilst numbers tell a story about our community, what we want you to know is that every child matters and that learning builds day by day.

Each day Team Glenorchy’s commitment to you is that your child will be warmly welcomed and that each day they will receive explicit teaching to help them to learn to read for life.

As Mrs Brown explains in this newsletter UFLI is part of our strategy to help your child to read well, if children are missing days they are missing out on this important learning.

There are lots of things you can do to set your child up for success:

• Make sure your child goes to school, every day.
• Going to school every day gives your child every chance to learn and grow, and connect with their mates and teachers.

It’s where bright futures start and where they’ll benefit the most. Get them excited for school. If you show a positive attitude and excitement towards school, your child will pick up on that. The most common thing we hear from students, of all ages, is that school is where they can:

• spend time with their friends and staff
• create new and fun experiences
• find their interests
• learn new things

Celebrate the milestones BIG and small! And remember an achievement that may seem small to you may be huge for you child.

Celebrate milestones such as making it through the first day of the week or a whole week of school, remember: all milestones look different. If it’s a big achievement for your child, it’s important to recognise it. Set up a time to talk to your child’s teacher, support teacher or myself, If you’re struggling to get your child to school, help is available. Please talk to us at school about your situation. We’ll support you, in whatever way we can.

Thank you, Team Glenorchy,

Our team have been committed and dedicated to improving student outcomes in term 1. Yes we have faced challenges together, but we have shown that our school values are at the core of our decision making and we see challenges as opportunities to learn together. We are proud of our culture of care and collaboration at Team GPS, and this includes our families, students and staff.

Our staff have been working together to:

• build relationships with our students and families and each other
• complete Evidences of Learning for each child to show their learning progress in English and Maths
• participating in professional learning to support our goals to improve reading and engagement at GPS
• delivering quality teaching and learning each day
• learn how each child learns and what they need to do to help them learn
• support Naplan, PAT and Dibels reading assessments to monitor and track learning progress.

This week Team Glenorchy presented Celebrations of Learning in Reading, it was heartwarming and inspiring to hear the stories of learning from each class from Kinder to Year 6.

Thank you Team Glenorchy, it is a joy to come to work each day.

And finally I want to wish all our families a wonderful term break and let you know that Team Glenorchy are prepared and looking forward to welcoming you all back on Monday 28 April.

Have you heard about UFLI?                    

Your child may have told you that they have been doing UFLI.

So, what is it?

UFLI stands for the University of Florida Literacy Institute who are the creators of a systematic and explicit phonics program called UFLI.

This program is both research and evidence based, as well as recommended by the Department for Education Children and Young People. This means it’s good for our students!

UFLI lessons focus on helping students learn how to read and spell through the teaching of phonics. Phonics helps students understand how letters and sounds work together.

Learning about phonics helps children build a strong foundation for reading, so they can become confident readers.

Staff at Glenorchy Primary School have been working hard to begin delivering UFLI lessons to our students.

Why not ask your child to tell you about what they have learned in their UFLI lessons? They will likely have lots to tell you!

Stay tuned for more exciting Lifting Literacy news in Term 2!

Farewell 5-6B - Welcome 5-6B!!

My name is Michael Berry.

I graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) in 2023 and have been working across upper primary since then. Before that I spent 4 years working as a teacher’s assistant which has provided me with diverse and invaluable experience.

I strive for my classroom to be an enjoyable and safe space for students where uniqueness is encouraged, and all students are provided their best opportunity to shine.

I look forward to meeting and engaging with the Glenorchy Primary School community, if you see me around come and say hi!
Cheers, 
Michael 

5-6 Griffith

This term in 5/6 Griffith we have worked on a variety of projects.  We have been doing a lot of work with decimals in numeracy which you will see in the evidence of learning that we are sending home.  For the remainder of the term, we will be looking at converting between common units of length!!!

We also looked at the key components of biographies and autobiographies before making autobiographies of our own.  Currently, we are creating our own gods or goddesses and will be writing narrative stories about them.  

This term we have been taking part in the Kitchen/Garden program that culminates in a weekly meal prepared and served by the students where we all sit down and eat together. 

Some of our artisitc work on perspective.

2-3-4 Reid and 3-4-5 Watson

We had a fantastic day at the Sustainability Centre at Mt Nelson. The centre provides great opportunities to learn about the environment - it is such a fun place to visit.

We were divided into groups and took part in different activities throughout the day. We made roll-on perfume - orange and peppermint scented!

We created lavender scented chemical free body scrub.

We also let loose in the bush building animal habitats.

We love excursions.

Don’t forget our Swimming and Water Safety Program is on the first week next term for students in grade 3-6!

Please make sure your child has their bathers, towel and plastic bag. We would like children to have thongs/flip flops to wear to the pool to help with a quick change. Please remember though that children will need their normal shoes for school.

Thank you to all families who encourage our reluctant swimmers to take part - being confident in water is an invaluable life skill and this is a great opportunity for all our students.

We are seeing some of our children arriving at school well before our Breakfast Club opens at 8:00am. Parents are reminded that children should NOT be at school before 8:00am. There are no teachers on duty and no-one to help your child should there be an accident or incident. Please help us to keep all our children safe - make sure your child does not arrive at school before 8:00am and ensure that for those who come for Breakfast Club know that they must stay in the hall until 8:30am.

Oh my goodness - the rabbit problem is getting bigger and bigger!!

Our Prep-1 classes were in the kinder playground when suddenly around the corner hopped a rather large white rabbit. Oh there was such excitement and bipping and bopping along with some hipping and hopping!

Oh what fun!!

Autumn Holiday Chess

Free Skate Event

Nature Holiday Program