Welcome To Glengala 

Welcome to the new school year. To those children returning, welcome back and to our new preps and students who have transferred in over the summer, a very warm welcome to Glengala.

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Many parents would have gone ‘on line’ to investigate how Glengala has matched up against schools of similar demographics. You will have noticed that our school is well placed and measures up well against these schools. I congratulate the staff, who have worked long and hard to assist your children in their learning journey.

Our school’s commitment to you, is that we will do our best to continue to improve and provide the best care and educational programs possible.

This year we will change the lunch times for our students. We have noticed that during our first break 11.00 – 11.30, many children eat ‘Junk Food ‘  having an immediate sugar high then run out of energy very quickly.

To overcome this problem we will be having Lunch at 11.20 till 12 noon. Children will eat something substantial at this time, saving their treats to our recess break at 1.45pm.

In reality we have only swapped our recess break with our lunch break. School start and finish times remain the same.

School Times 2010            School Start                           9am

                                                Physical Education               9am to 9.20

                                                Session One/ two                 9.20 to 11.20

                                                Lunch                                     11.20 to 12 noon

                                                Session three/four               12.00 to 1.45

        Recess                                  1.45 to 2.15

                                                Session five                           2.15 to 3.15

Facilities

Our two million dollar extension is scheduled to begin around Easter and be completed in term four. There will be little disruption to programs and school access during this development.

School Involvement

Our school welcomes your involvement and partnership. There are numerous ways parents can involve themselves at Glengala:

• School Council
• Classroom Support
• Library Support
• Gardening
• Canteen
• Maintenance / painting

If you would like to know more, please talk to your classroom teacher or call in at the office. I would welcome your interest and involvement.

New parents

All information the school wishes to share with you, is published every Thursday in our newsletter.

Please ask your child for it, so that you can keep informed about what is happening around the school.

I am so looking forward to having a great year in partnership with you.