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Welcome back to Term 4
We have had a very BIG week, as we farewelled Mrs Bender after a incredible 50 years working in our school.
When Mrs Bender first started to talk seriously about retirement, she always followed this up with…”But I don’t want any fuss; I don’t want anything big.”
This in turn posed a conundrum, because we couldn’t just let such a remarkable person leave without at least some fanfare.
Very rarely have I met someone who you can completely and unequivocally say is, in every way, a lady.
The impact Mrs Bender has had on the lives of countless people is just enormous.
Almost everyone I have talked to recently, be it staff, students, parents or members of the wider community has had a ‘Mrs Bender story’ of some description to share.
What makes these stories so remarkable is that each and every one of them builds on a beautiful image of the loving, caring and compassionate person that she is.
These are stories that tell of the special connections she has forged with individuals. They tell of the actions, both big and small, which she does to help make people feel special, known and cared for. They speak of a gentleness, care and generosity that goes well beyond the call of duty and which seek to build unique and lasting connections with generation after generation of our students and their families.
Mrs Bender spent her final day of work visitng each class in the school sharing stories of her incredible time at Glen Huon Primary School and the whole school formed a guard of honour with high fives and much cheering as she made her way down to the place where we planted a Camellia and laid a plaque from the School Association and school community honouring her incredible service
Lyn, we wish you a long, happy and very much deserved retirement.
Information about Pre-Kinder sessions has now been posted to families on our Kindergarten enrolment list for 2024.
Pre-Kinder sessions are an important opportunity for your child to build a relationship with Tania our kindergarten teacher, and also other children before beginning Kindergarten next year.
Session Dates are as follows:
- Wednesday November 1st
- Wednesday November 8th
- Wednesday November 15th
- Wednesday November 22nd
- Wednesday November 29th
If you have a child born in 2019 and live in the Glen Huon/Judbury/Lonnavale area and have not yet enrolled or made contact with the school, please do so as soon as possible.
We have started to enjoy some lovely warm spring days this week. Can we please remind families to ensure that children come to school with a hat.
School hats are available from the office for $8.50, however other brimmed hats are also acceptable.
Please note that caps are not permitted as they do not protect the back or side of the head.
What an exciting few weeks it has been for the Japanese program at Glen Huon Primary! Over this recent term break Ryan-sensei travelled to Nagano Prefecture in Japan to visit our new sister-school, Kurigaoka Elementary School. Further details about Kurigaoka are to follow, however, this relationship does open the exciting opportunity for Glen Huon students to communicate directly with Japanese students of their own age, targeting similar grammar and vocabulary and practicing these through dialogue together. We’ll have our first virtual hookups next month with the older grades.
Sam Ryan
Japanese Teacher
On Thursdays the Kindergarten children spend time out in our amazing bush space and sometimes we head across to the Glen Huon park to observe changes we can see in a particular oak tree.
A chance question about a book we were reading together led to an inquiry about our local oak tree, acorns, growth cycles and seasonal change. We have made observations, done observational drawings, collected ‘scientific samples’, wondered, posed theories and… waited. We are wondering where the acorns actually grow from on the tree? Is it from the flowers? Is it from the stems? We are going back today to see what changes have taken place over the school holidays to see what we notice and wonder about the changes we have seen today.
It has been wonderful to hear the thinking, theories and questions from this group of motivated thinkers and inquirers!
Tania Steenholdt
Full name: Declan Elliot West
Birth date: 18th June
Favourite colour: Blue
People in your family: Declan, Laura and Albie
Hobbies: Cricket and family time
What's one thing about you people might not know?
I have a 3 month old son.
What was your dream job as a child?
I wanted to play sport.
If you could have anything for lunch, what would it be?
Butter chicken, rice, cheese and garlic naun.
What's the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
You only fail when you stop trying.
Interviewers
Clancy and Lani
