Today we held our Volunteers Morning Tea.

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have helped support our school over the course of this year; this includes parents, grandparents, community volunteers and staff.

It was a joy to be able to catch up with people over morning tea and say thank you face-to-face. To all of you, including those who were unfortunately unable to attend, we again extend our deepest thanks.

The Swimming and Water Safety program for Year 3-6 students has again been a big success...helped I suspect by the fact that we did not have snow on the first day as we did in the previous 2 years!

We have received so much feedback from the swimming instructors of how well behaved and respectful our students have been and also of the great progress that has been made. Well done everyone!

Our final sharing assembly for this year is coming up on Monday 11 December at 1:50pm in the hall. This will mainly be an opportunity for our Marimba Group to perform the pieces they rehearsed for Marimba Mania.

This will then also allow us to move the Marimbas out of the hall, creating more space for seating for our End Of Year Assembly which, as previously advertised, will be held on Monday 18 December from 11:30-1:00.

End of Year Reports for Prep-Year 6 students are in the process of being finalised and will be coming home on Thursday 7 December. Like last year, this report will have an assessment against English, Mathematics and Science and HASS for Years 1-6. An Evidence of Learning will also be provided for PE, Japanese and Music for Prep-year 6 students. Your child’s report will also contain an indication of your child’s attendance over the course of the year. Attendance will be a strong departmental focus for 2024 and beyond, as we know that this plays a key factor in student achievement as well as engagement and connection.

For students with Learning Plans who are not assessed against the Australian Curriculum, reports will assess their Learning Plan Goals.

As the Department rolls out its new reporting procedures you will notice that there is an increased focus on sharing Evidences Of Learning, as well as engaging in conversations with families about your child’s growth, progress and achievement.

Orders for Book Club Issue 8 are due NEXT Thursday 7th December.
If your order contains Christmas gifts and you don't want your child to see, please let the office know.

Thanks once again for your support this year.

Leesa Blair
Library Aide

Full name: Lynette Joy Goodwin

Birth date: 28th July

Favourite colour: Blue

People in your family: 3 daughters; Sharon Rebecca and Claire and a son Andrew. 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Hobbies: Knitting and gardening

What's one thing about you people might not know?
2023 will be my last year working at Glen Huon Primary School as I have decided to retire.

What was your dream job as a child?
Mothercraft nurse (looking after newborn infants).

If you could have anything for lunch, what would it be?
Curried scallops or pumpkin soup with toast.

What's the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
Don't live beyond your means.

Interviewers
Mikayla and Marni

まずい MAZUI   -   Disgusting

Sam Ryan
Japanese Teacher

Minari
Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” casts a spell from its opening moments, a Terrence Malick-like evocation of human beings trying to stay in harmony with the natural world. As a family car travels through a green American landscape, the earth itself seems to be speaking to the characters, and through them, to us. 

It is a classic immigrant story with specific, often unique new details. A Korean American family headed by a father, Jacob (Steven Yeun) and mother Monica (Yeri Han), came from Korea in the 1980s and spent time in California working as chicken sexers, separating baby chicks by gender. Now they have moved with their two American-born children, a serious and mature girl named Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and a six-year-old named David (newcomer Alan S. Kim), hoping to start a 50-acre farm in a small Arkansas town. 

The supporting characters are vividly drawn. The great American character actor Will Patton is superb as an evangelical Christian farmer who praises Jesus every minute and is glimpsed in one scene carrying a big wooden cross on his back as he walks along the country road. (Jacob asks if he wants a ride and he says no, he’s got this.) But the best performance belongs to Yuh-Jung Youn as Soonja, Jacob’s grandmother, who is brought in from the old country to provide advice and childcare help. She is a live wire—a cosmopolitan who always speaks her mind and is at ease with profanity, practical joking, and making moral/ethical decisions that could have major repercussions without consulting Jacob or Monica. (When Monica puts a $100 bill in the church collection plate, presumably to make a big impression during their first visit, grandma deftly removes it).

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‘Bring a plate to share’ is back after COVID.
However, if you don't feel comfortable eating from a shared plate, you may bring your own BYO nibbles and snacks.

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