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Calendonia Drive, Eltham North 3095 Ph: 9431 1599 Fax:9431 0686 OSHC Ph: 9431 2503 www.glenkps.vic.edu.au/ Office Hours: 8.00am– 4.00pm Email: [email protected] LINKLETTER Issue 1 3rd February 2020 Children, Teachers, Parents: A partnership for the future LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION LEANNE’ S COMMUNICATION Welcome to our 2020 year A great start to our year has been had with lots of sparkly smiles and eagerness walking through the gates from day one. I trust you had time to reboot as a familywe’re ready to hit 2020 together. Included today are many processes and procedures that relate to learning routines, expectations and safety measures. It would be appreciated if you could please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with these to begin the year. LINKLETTER out on MONDAY each fortnight Our Linkletter is shared every second Monday and will be disseminated via Compass. The purpose of the Linkletter is to provide relevant communication and information regarding the day to day operations at GK. This year, unlike previous years, we are going to provide a more succinct Linkletter with only key information within. We are going to remove any learning articles, curriculum information and teaching and learning communication from the Linkletter. These will be provided separately on a regular basis via Compass, providing parents and carers with the option to read at their convenience. You are encouraged to read the Linkletter to keep up to date with what is going on in any given week. Morning routines at GK Routines are an important part of school life and are developed to set up a strong learning culture across the school. We have developed morning routines which we believe enable all of us to support our students in starting each day positive and prepared for learning. We ask you to support the following morning routine each day: 8.15am - 8.35am: Students arriveat school between thesetimes 8.25am: Classroom doors are open for students wishing to enter to organise themselves for the day. This routine allows a learning routine to be put in place, anxieties to be reduced and a clam approach to the day to be fostered. This also provides a brief opportunity for any parent/carer to enter the classroom to chat informally to the classroom teacher. Further to this: Themorning is strictly focused on welcoming,settling and organising students.Parents and carers are partners in this. This is not an opportunity to discuss anything with the classroom teacher that requires more than a few minutes of conversation but rather an opportunity for a quick connect. We encourage you to bring any problems or concerns to our attention and are very happy to meet with you about this at a more suitable time. Meetings will be organised by the classroom teacher for a time that suits all involved. 8.37am: Music begins.Students not in class should bemoving promptly to class during this time. This is also the signal for any parents or carers in classrooms to promptly depart so the next stage of the learning routine can be commence without distraction. 8.40am: The bell sounds to indicate the start of formal learning. If your child is not in class after the bell sounds they are late. Late students need to head to the office before heading to class to log in to Compass and receive a late pass. Further to this: Lateness can and does occur from time to time. Regular or ongoing lateness does however have a profound impact on a child’s learning potential as well as impacting the classroom teacher and other students. As adults guiding students, we all have the responsibility to work in partnership in getting students in the classroom ready for learning on time. Lateness needs an adult to intervene and reduce. We trust that you will support us in creating and sustaining morning routines that our students will benefit so greatly from. Leanne ‘s message continued further Leanne ‘s message continued further Leanne ‘s message continued further Leanne ‘s message continued further

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Calendonia Drive, Eltham North 3095 Ph: 9431 1599 Fax:9431 0686 OSHC Ph: 9431 2503 www.glenkps.vic.edu.au/ Office Hours: 8.00am– 4.00pm

Email: [email protected]

LINKLETTER

Issue 1 3rd February 2020

Children, Teachers, Parents: A partnership for the future

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Welcome to our 2020 year A great start to our year has been had with lots of sparkly smiles and eagerness walking through the gates from day one. I trust you had time to reboot as a family—we’re ready to hit 2020 together.

Included today are many processes and procedures that relate to learning routines, expectations and safety measures. It would be appreciated if you could please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with these to begin the year.

LINKLETTER out on MONDAY each fortnight

Our Linkletter is shared every second Monday and will be disseminated via Compass. The purpose of the Linkletter is to provide relevant communication and information regarding the day to day operations at GK. This year, unlike previous years, we are going to provide a more succinct Linkletter with only key information within. We are going to remove any learning articles, curriculum information and teaching and learning communication from the Linkletter. These will be provided separately on a regular basis via Compass, providing parents and carers with the option to read at their convenience. You are encouraged to read the Linkletter to keep up to date with what is going on in any given week.

Morning routines at GK

Routines are an important part of school life and are developed to set up a strong learning culture across the school. We have developed morning routines which we believe enable all of us to support our students in starting each day positive and prepared for learning. We ask you to support the following morning routine each day:

8.15am - 8.35am: Students arrive at school between these times

8.25am: Classroom doors are open for students wishing to enter to organise themselves for the

day. This routine allows a learning routine to be put in place, anxieties to be reduced and a clam approach to the day to be fostered. This also provides a brief opportunity for any parent/carer to enter the classroom to chat informally to the classroom teacher.

Further to this: The morning is strictly focused on welcoming, settling and organising students. Parents and carers are partners in this. This is not an opportunity to discuss anything with the classroom teacher that requires more than a few minutes of conversation but rather an opportunity for a quick connect.

We encourage you to bring any problems or concerns to our attention and are very happy to meet with you about this at a more suitable time. Meetings will be organised by the classroom teacher for a time that suits all involved.

8.37am: Music begins. Students not in class should be moving promptly to class during this time.

This is also the signal for any parents or carers in classrooms to promptly depart so the next stage of the learning routine can be commence without distraction.

8.40am: The bell sounds to indicate the start of formal learning. If your child is not in class after

the bell sounds they are late. Late students need to head to the office before heading to class to log in to Compass and receive a late pass.

Further to this: Lateness can and does occur from time to time. Regular or ongoing lateness does however have a profound impact on a child’s learning potential as well as impacting the classroom teacher and other students. As adults guiding students, we all have the responsibility to work in partnership in getting students in the classroom ready for learning on time. Lateness needs an adult to intervene and reduce.

We trust that you will support us in creating and sustaining morning routines that our students will benefit so

greatly from. Leanne ‘s message continued furtherLeanne ‘s message continued furtherLeanne ‘s message continued furtherLeanne ‘s message continued further

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SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOL—Carpark and Drop Off An important reminder to drive safely and at appropriate speed limits in our carpark and drop off area. Here are important points to adhere to when using the drop off:

• A 15km speed limit is expected and we expect all drivers to adhere to this. Children’s lives are at risk with every increase in kilometre.

• All cars to continue driving until the point of stopping. Stopping midway to allow children to exit at a spot suitable to them is unsafe and prevents flow of traffic.

• Children exit cars at point of stopping, even if it is not at the top of the hill. A small walk up the hill will not harm children, I promise.

• All children MUST exit from the sidewalk side, even if there are car seats restricting departure. We have seen near misses of children exiting into the traffic flow and it is very unsafe.

• Drop off is a fluid process that should not see cars parked waiting for more than a few minutes for children. If your child is not present at the time of you moving through the drop off, you must exit the school and loop again until children are present.

• Adults should not be stopping and exiting cars to assist students to get out. Drop off is an independent student process. If your child can not exit independently they are not ready for the drop off process.

• Staff should not be argued with or questioned when supervising drop off and enforcing these processes. We have a responsibility to keep children safe and we do not apologise for this.

When practised by all, these procedures help keep our children safe and encourages respectful actions for all members of our community.

Can I ask all parents to inform any family members who may have the responsibility of drop Off or Pick Up of these expectations as it is commonly relatives that may not be using our processes safely and appropriately.

CHILD SAFETY & SUPERVISION TIMES What happens if my child is too early or too late at school We want your children to be safe and feel connected when they are at school. We do at times see children entering school very, very early—some as early as 7.45am. Very late pick ups from school have also occurred. We understand that sometimes circumstances prevent timely drop off and pick up and we will ensure your children remain safe and cared for. However habitual lateness should not be a norm. Our school is only supervised by yard duty teachers from 8.25am at the front of the school near the entry. Staff may or may not be in their personal classroom from 8.00am due to meetings or collegial visits. This is also the case after school.

Unless with a parent, we ask students to not be in the school yard earlier than 8.15am unless specifically requested by staff who will be meeting with them. We encourage any Prep or Junior School students to arrive even later unless with siblings. This ensures there are many people around to increase safety and limit concerns for students.

After school supervision remains at the front crossing area until 3.15pm. Staff are around the school during this time however from 3.15pm, they may be moving to meetings or appointments which removes line of sight to any students in the yard.

If your child is found to be at school very early it is our common practice to deliver them to our Out of School Hours Care Program (OSHC), which has the purpose of caring for children whose parents need morning/afternoon supervision and care for them. This is also the case after school. If your child is still at school at 3.30pm, they will join the OHSC. This is a service that will incur a cost associated with it which parents will be required to pay.

At times we may have children required to come to the front office to wait for an adult to pick them up as this has been communicated with our Admin Team earlier. This practice will be allowed occasionally but should not be seen as a normal practice for families. Like teachers, the Admin Team have responsibilities and tasks to complete before the day ends that will not allow them to adequately supervise children. The Office area is not the space for ongoing supervision and any children consistently being picked up from the office after school will be directed to the OSHC after communication with parents.

We will always ensure your children are safe, supervised and cared for however we do ask our families to be respectful of our processes and procedures and work together in this.

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COMMUNICATION with staff, school We are here for you - to discuss issues, concerns and share positive growth and ‘noticings’ about your children. We sincerely want a partnership that allows us to work together to ensure every child flourishes. For this reason we encourage open, honest communication that remains respectful and aligned to the intent of GK maintaining a positive culture. To begin the school year, many relationships are new and will need to be fostered. It is critical that communication between parents and staff remains strong and open.

Staff are available for quick conversation before and after school most times (as mentioned previously). Meetings and daily preparation however can prevent staff being readily available so I ask that parents make an appointment at a suitable time to all for longer discussion. This can be requested via Compass (email), phone or a quick touch base with relevant staff.

Aligned to our desire for a positive culture, I encourage parents to seek further clarification about negatively geared schoolyard discussion and information that they may not know a lot about before sharing this further with others. This includes information regarding staff, programs or community happenings. Information and experiences can at times be misinterpreted and misconstrued which causes unnecessary concern in our community due to individual perceptions about staff or school ‘happenings’ being shared. I can assure all our parents that every action we take is done with positive intent for your child and for this reason want to do the very best we can. We actively teach your children about how damaging gossip, rumours, bullying and put downs are to each other and our environment and how we each need to be responsible in putting a stop to this. GK has no place for negativity—we’ve got bigger things to focus on and your children are right at the centre so please support us by communicating respectfully and effectively.

Our Communication process, if it is required:

Student general concern/information:

1. Your child’s classroom teacher is the first point of call. Make a time to discuss your concerns face-to-face, via email or phone.

2. If the concern has not been addressed within a reasonable timeframe, further communication with a team leader may need to occur. A leader of the team will meet with you and the classroom teacher to look into this further.

3. If the concern continues, a meeting with Shannon Whelan (Welfare), Emma Meacham (Teaching and Learning Leader) and/or myself will need to occur. Please note: This step should only be enacted once step 1 & 2 have been followed.

Student wellbeing concern/circumstance:

1. Your child’s classroom teacher remains the first point of call. Make a time to discuss your concerns face-to-face, via email or phone.

2. If the concern/circumstance is sensitive or requires a higher level of support than the classroom teacher can provide, communication with Shannon Whelan (Assistant Principal-Welfare and Wellbeing) will need to occur. Please note: You will need to make an appointment with Shannon. She is not readily available immediately through a visit to the front office or by phoning as student needs and responsibilities across the school day to day prevent this. Shannon will address your concerns as soon as possible.

3. If the concern continues or management of your child’s needs are deemed to be not being met, make contact with me as soon as possible. (phone, email, meeting). Please note: This step should only be enacted once step 1 & 2 have been followed.

Staff concern

If you have a concern or complaint regarding a staff member please contact me as soon as possible. I can be contacted via school email, or phone. A scheduled meeting time can also be organised.

If at times we fail in our intent to communicate as clearly as you would like please let us know. We will make mistakes and fail at times but, respectful communication from you will assist us in strengthening our communication means.

Hot weather

It is great to see our children coming to school prepared for our hot weather this term. We have had some terribly hot days so it is critical that a hat and water bottle comes to school daily. A nice idea on extremely hot days could be to provide two water bottles, one frozen that could be used later in the day. Using sunscreen on exposed body parts before coming to school is also advisable. Under new DET policy, we do not provide sunscreen at school but teachers will encourage children to add more before going outside if they have their own roll on in their bag. Any children without hats outside during our SunSmart months will be directed to play in the undercover area for the duration of lunch/recess. If the temperature reaches more than 35, a hot weather timetable will be called at lunch and/or recess that will see children kept inside in the cooled class-rooms. Hot or wild, windy weather could also impact our weekly Friday assembly, with a decision to cancel on the day communicated to parents as promptly as possible.

Have a wonderful week. LLLLeeeeaaaannnnnnnneeee TTTTiiiinnnnggggwwwweeeellllllll

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Library 2020

Welcome to all new families to the library. Prep students will be able to borrow 2 books for 2 weeks, grades 1-4 can borrow 3 books

for 2 weeks, grades 5-6 and borrow 4 books for 2 weeks. Please ensure your child uses a library bag to transfer books to and from

school.

Scholas�c book club

Book club catalogues will be sent home today and will be due in by 11th February. Orders take 2-3 weeks to arrive at school and are

then distributed. Please note cash orders are not accepted all payments need to be completed online through Scholas5c.

Library dona�ons

We are very grateful to the many generous families that have donated their excess books to the library. We can accept dona5ons if:

• the books are in good condi5on

• the books are less than ten years old

• we haven't already got a copy.

Volunteers

Thank you to the generous help given every week shelving library books for our students. Shelving help is always welcomed, especially

if you have a spare ten minutes before assembly or school pick up.

Sarah Harris

Informa5on & reminders from the office….

• Canteen opens for lunch orders Tuesday 4th Feb

• House Swimming Carnival Grades 3-6 on Wed 5th Feb at Watermarc -

no�ces due back asap

• The items missing from Bookpacks are on backorder & should be deliv-

ered this week & these will be distributed directly to students

• All families should be up & running on Compass so please contact the

office if you need any login informa5on.

• A#endance - we have our new sign in kiosk in the office which has a different setup & new absence

reasons so office staff will assist when you sign in. If your child is away please remember to add a note

via the Compass app for any student absences. You will also receive a SMS if your child has an unex-

plained absence.

• School fees will go up on Compass this week - you will receive a no5fica5on when they are available

to pay via CompassPay.

• Please remember that Qkr is to be used to pay Canteen, Uniform & OHSC. General school payments

are to paid via Compass.

• Please note that as of today, Monday, 3rd February the St Helena Secondary College carpark will be

out of ac5on due to construc5on works star5ng on St Helena's new gym. No parking will be available

in their carpark & pedestrian access will be limited - if you are walking through St Helena to GK you

will have to walk around the gym, on the oval side near the portables and walk down the stairs onto

the court. This will be un5l at least September so please make alterna5ve arrrangements.

• Monday 10th February is a Curriculum Day - a student free day.

• Parents who received CSEF at the school in 2018-2019 do not need to complete a new applica5on

form in 2020, providing there has been no change in their family circumstances.

You will only need to submit an applica5on form in 2020 if your child has started or changed schools in

2020 or you did not apply at the same school in a previous year or if you changed family circumstanc-

es: such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commenc-

ing at the school in 2020. Applica5on forms are available from the office.

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TEACHING STAFF Principal

Leanne Tingwell

Assistant Principal/

Welfare & Wellbeing

Shannon Whelan

Teaching & Learning Leader

Emma Meacham

CLASS TEACHERS

ADMINISTRATIVE / SUPPORT

STAFF

Position Name

Business Manager Jodee Jackson

Administration Jenny Bourke (Reception)

Louise Ramsdell (Accounts)

Lia Aiello (First Aid)

Integration Aides Vanessa Brennan

Stefanie Bonaccurso

Linda Bridgman

Deanne Clamp

Tamara Faulds

Lisa Lewis

Linda Wain

Library Sarah Harris

Canteen Suzi Cunningham

Computer Techs Ben Iacobucci

Andrew Fox

Out of School Hours Care Narelle Seivers (Co-ord)

Carolyn Smith (Ass.Co-ord)

Leanda Hudson (Ass.Co-ord)

Kaye Frangos

Sandra Embling

Maintenance Glenys Schubert

Prep F Sandra Febbraro

Prep J Laura Job

Prep L Hannah Longo

Prep R Luisa Rinaldi

Prep S Jess Szczepaniak

1J Jaymi-Lee Demanuele

1L Laura Bolden

1/2D Carla DiLizio

1/2B Melinda Djukic/Liz Blair

2A Sally Armstrong

2C Rosie Chapman

2S Rachelle Smith

3J Karina Jankulovski

3T Shelley Taggart

3W Annemarie Webb

3/4H Sarah Hill

4B Elise Bartlett

4L Jai Lincoln/Erin Rogers

4P Marisa Pace

5G Tiffany Glynn

5K Katya Gaiotto

5/6T Angela Totino

5/6M Mary Green

6V Brayden Van Der Pol

6O Sherryn Owen

SPECIALIST TEACHERS

Phys. Ed David Blackburn

Bree Collicoat

Art Nadia Cosma

Emma Hankinson

Science Merryn Brown

Data Manager/Coach Julie Collins

Boost Helen Cleary

GK Kitchen Shaz Mackay

Garden Program Sandra Portaro

2020 STAFF LIST

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PRIVACY INFORMATION for parents and carers

During the ordinary course of your child’s aCendance at our school, school staff will collect your child’s person-

al and health informa5on when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emo5on-

al wellbeing or health in the school context. Such informa5on will also be collected when required to fulfil a

legal obliga5on, including duty of care, an5-discrimina5on law and occupa5onal health and safety law. If that

informa5on is not collected, the school may be unable to provide op5mal educa5on or support to your child,

or fulfil those legal obliga5ons.

For example, health informa5on may be collected through the school nurse, primary welfare officer or wellbe-

ing staff member. If your child is referred to a specific health service at school, such as a Student Support Ser-

vices officer, the required consent will be obtained. Our school also collects informa5on provided by parents

and carers through the School Entrance Health Ques5onnaire (SEHQ) and the Early Childhood Interven5on Ser-

vice (ECIS) Transi5on Form.

Our school may use online tools, such as apps and other soHware, to effec5vely collect and manage infor-

ma5on about your child for teaching and learning purposes, parent communica5on and engagement; student

administra5on; and school management purposes. When our school uses these online tools, we take steps to

ensure that your child’s informa5on is secure. If you have any concerns about the use of these online tools,

please contact us.

School staff will only share your child’s personal or health informa5on with other staff who need to know to

enable the school to educate or support your child, or fulfil a legal obliga5on.

When our students transfer to another Victorian government school, personal and health informa5on about

that student will be transferred to that next school. Transferring this informa5on is in the best interests of our

students and assists that next school to provide op5mal educa5on and support to students.

In some limited circumstances, informa5on may be disclosed outside of the school (and outside of the Depart-

ment of Educa5on and Training). The school will seek your consent for such disclosures unless the disclosure is

allowed or mandated by law.

Our school values the privacy of every person. When collec5ng and managing personal and health informa5on,

all school staff must comply with Victorian privacy law. For more informa5on about privacy including about

how to access personal and health informa5on held by the school about you or your child, see our school’s pri-

vacy policy: hCps://www.educa5on.vic.gov.au/Pages/schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx

Throughout this no5ce, ‘staff’ includes principals, teachers, Student Support Service officers, youth workers, social workers, nurses and any other allied health prac55oners and all other staff at our school. This includes

employees, agents and service providers (contractors) of the Department, whether paid or unpaid.

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Term 1 Important dates

Curriculum Dates/Student free for year

FEBRUARY

MONDAY 3rd— PREPS first day of school

WEDNESDAY 5th - Year 3-6 Swim Carnival at Watermarc

MONDAY 10th - Curriculum Day - NO STUDENTS ATTEND ON THIS DAY

TUESDAY 11th—PFA Mee5ng

WEDNESDAY 12TH—School Council Mee5ng 7pm

THURSDAY 14th– School Council Elec5on opens

WEDNESDAY 19th –Open AHernoon 3.10-4.30pm

TUESDAY 25th—Footsteps Performing Arts Incursion Begins

TUESDAY 25th—Prep Family BBQ 5.30pm—7pm

MARCH

MONDAY 9th—Labour Day Public Holiday

WEDNESDAY 11th—School Council AGM

WEDNESDAY 18th—Parent Teacher Interviews 3.20pm-7pm

THURSDAY 19th—Harmony Day

WEDNESDAY 25th—Parent Teacher Interviews 3.10-4.30pm

FRIDAY 27th—Last Day of term early finish at 2.30pm

School Council Endorsed 2020 CURRICULUM DAYS, STUDENT FREE DAY and 3-WAY CONFERENCES

Term 1

Curriculum Day

Term 2

Curriculum Day

Term 3

Curriculum Day

Term 4

Week 1

Tuesday 28th January

Focus: 2020 Start Up

Week 1

Tuesday 14th April

Focus: AIP Voice & Agency

Week 6

Monday August 17th

Focus: AIP Shifting Reading

Day 2

STUDENT FREE - Week 5

Monday 2nd November

Cup Eve

Week 3

Monday 10th Febru-

ary

Focus: AIP Shifting

Reading Day 1

Week 1 Thursday 16h July

3-Way Conference -

Alternate School Day –

Students attend for their

conference only

LAST DAY OF TERM FOR

STUDENTS

Friday 18th December

1.10pm DISMISSAL

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CANTEEN

DAY & DATE NAMES

Tues 5th Feb L Emery; M Soutter

Wed 6th Feb K Agius

Thurs 7th Feb K Gersh; K Bate

Fri 8th Feb S Armstrong; L Egan

Tues 12th Feb R Diffey

Wed 13th Feb N Peerman

Thurs 14th Feb N Campbell-Kerr

Fri 15th Feb S Grant; K Agius; S Garnham

• Extra day - 5th week of the month.

• If you are unable to attend, could you please use this roster to try and swap with

someone else or call the Canteen on 9431-1599. Please keep all these numbers confiden-

tial & for canteen use only.

• Canteen begins at 9.00am and finishes at 11.45am.

I can be emailed at [email protected] or for URGENT matters

sms 0408172778 (please don’t use my mobile for lunch order related issues as I often

don’t check my phone till the afternoon)

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

First

week of

the month

5TH

WEEK

Maryana Soutter

Marg Dixon

Marika Cook

1 HELPER REQUIRED

EXTRA DAY – 29TH

APRIL

Simone Diaz

1 HELPER REQUIRED

Catherine Hill

Katie Bate

** URGENT **

1 HELPER REQUIRED

EXTRA DAY – 29TH MAY

Second

week of

the month

5TH

WEEK

Rachel Diffey

Kristy Ansell

Marie Bonanno

Naomi Brabender

EXTRA DAY –29TH JU-

LY

Nicola Campbell-Kerr

Carolyn Strachan

EXTRA DAY – 30TH

APRIL

Sally Armstrong

Libby Egan

1 HELPER REQUIRED

EXTRA DAY – 31ST JULY

Third

week of

the month

5TH

WEEK

Chris Cunliffe

1 HELPER REQUIRED

Marika Cook

Katie Bate

** URGENT **

2 HELPERS RE-

QUIRED

EXTRA DAY – 30TH JU-

LY

Samantha Grant

Katrina Agius

Sally Garnham

Fourth

week of

the month

5TH

WEEK

Debby Baker

Stella Fisher

Leanne Mills

Marika Cook

Sally King

Kerry Frittata

EXTRA DAY – 29TH OCTO-

BER

Belinda Lowe

Kellie Wishart

Simone Plummer

EXTRA DAY –30TH OCTO-

BER

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Orders: Use the QKR App to place your order by 8.20am OR write your child’s name, grade and order details on a PAPER BAG (No envelopes or plastic bags & use black or blue pen please). On

arrival in the classroom, cash order needs to be placed in the class lunch tub.

CANTEEN IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS – QKR ORDERS PREFERRED

Cash Orders - Place money inside bag & fold in 1/4’s – No staples or sticky tape please

One total order per bag (if paying for multiple orders, please mark clearly where payment is on ALL bags)

If insufficient money, an item will be deleted from the lunch order ALLERGIES – Some of our food items may contain traces of nuts or eggs. We have an ALLERGY ALERT lunch system in place for those children of

concern. Please contact the Canteen for details. FORGOTTEN/LATE ORDERS – 9.30am is the cut off time for processing or-

ders in the Canteen. Orders received after this time will be offered the choice of a wholemeal cheese or vegemite sandwich & a piece of fruit at

a charge of $5.00 PRINTED ALLERGY LUNCH BAGS – Available for purchase: 10 @ $2

COUNTER SALES – We’re open for counter sales 11.20am to 11.45am (lunch recess) unless a hot/wet timetable is called

ICE CREAMS, FRUIT CUPS, SLUSHAS & JELLIES – These items can’t be pre-ordered & must be purchased at the Canteen counter

Price List – FEBRUARY

CANTEEN OPENS TUESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY -Make sure you update your QKR Profiles with new grades-

Welcome to start of another GK year. Canteen starts tomorrow & there may be a couple of things limited until the last of our deliveries arrive today. A letter will go out soon to new families that may have children with allergies, explaining our optional Allergy Alert Tub system for the canteen. If you have any questions about the products being used, please don’t hesitate to contact me & I will do my best to assist you.

Included in this week’s Linkletter are copies of our Menu, Request for Help & the Roster as it stands at the moment. A copy of the menu will also be available on the GK Website. A hard copy of the roster will be sent home to the relevant families as soon as it is filled. I have 12 Family cook books to give away to the first 12 new volunteers to join our crew!

If you are interested in giving canteen duty a go in 2020, please contact me via the canteen Tues to Thurs 9am to 1.30pm or Fri 11.30am to 1.30pm, via [email protected] or by dropping a note in the class lunch tub. Thank you to those of you who

have already popped your name down for 2020, I am looking forwarding to seeing you all in the coming weeks.

Cheers, Suzi Cunningham

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CANTEEN FILLING SANDWICH PRICE ROLL

PRICE

VEGEMITE $3.00 $3.60

CHEESE $3.50 $4.10

HAM $4.50 $5.10

TUNA & MAYO $4.50 $5.10

CHEESE & VEGEMITE $3.50 $4.10

HAM & CHEESE $4.90 $5.50

SALAD $4.50 $5.10

CHEESE & SALAD $5.50 $6.10

HAM & SALAD $6.50 $7.10

HAM CHEESE & SALAD $6.90 $7.50

TUNA MAYO & SALAD $6.50 $7.10

GK SANDWICH/ROLL LIST

(Extras: Roll 60c, cheese 40c & Salad $2)

We use large wholemeal sliced bread for the sandwiches & jumbo wholemeal rolls for the

rolls.

The rolls & sandwiches with salad are available 1st and 4th term unless otherwise notified.

The salad items included are lettuce, Carrot, Tomato, Cucumber.

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Extra day - 5th week of the month.

C If you are unable to attend, could you please use this roster to try and swap with someone else or call the Canteen on 9431-1599.

C Canteen begins at 9.00am and finishes at 11.45am.

C I can be emailed at [email protected] or for URGENT matters sms 0408172778

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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Kids Karate

Is about developing young bodies and minds...

and having fun!

All classes taught by Goju Ryu

Master Instructor Paul Tomassini, 7th Dan.

Over 30 years of teaching experience

From Beginners to Black Belts and Beyond!

FREE “come-and-try” class

Specialized for Karate Kids at Beginner level

Wednesdays 4:45-5:45 pm.

Research Scout Hall

(above Research oval, off Main road)

Enquiries 0417547311

COMMUNITY NEWS

ARE YOU READY TO PLAY FOOTY IN 2020?

JOIN THE MIGHTY SEARCHERS!

Research Junior Football Club are now recruiting for the 2020 season – age groups U9 to U18 (mixed, boys and girls teams).

We also have a fantastic Auskick program.

Come along to our Registration/Open Day!

Sunday 9th February 2020, 10.00am to 1.00pm.

Check out our fabulous new clubrooms at Research Park, 1459 Main Road Research.

• Clinic 10.00am – 10.30am for interested girls & boys for Auskick and all kids eligible between U9 and U12 with give-

aways to all participants.

• Free sausage sizzle

• Mouth guard fittings from Sportsguard Mouthguards

• Meet the coaches

• Merchandise available

• Help with online registration

For more info on Girls teams contact Josie Molenberg on 0438372748

For more info on Boys teams contact Adam Raphael on 0409946918

Or email [email protected]