The SRC girls will be conducting a fundraiser on 5 September in aid of ‘Kids with Cancer’. All children are asked to wear something yellow and bring a $3 donation.

There will be raffles and all children will be eligible to go in the draw for a prize.

Ahoy there!  Greetings from on board 'The Glennie Escape', cruising happily towards our Book Day celebrations. Information about our Junior Years Book Day on Monday September 4 and a program of all of our other activities is now available.

• No more paper bags
• Keep money separate from food

Buy your reusable lunch wallet today via flexischools

Final payments are due at the end of this month. Please see Mr Warren if you need to discuss this.

Would you like to join our Glennie Junior Years team and support the MS Readathon? Just go to the homepage and register with our team.

The parallel parks on the western side of the Junior Years car park are designated staff parking spaces. We ask that parents park in the angle parks facing the School. Thank you for your co-operation with this.

Junior Years parents are welcome to join us for our Founder’s Day Service on Thursday 10 August at 2.15pm in the Assembly Hall. This is a Formal Uniform Day and all girls from Years P to 6 will attend this service.

Junior Years girls have begun reading the shortlisted books for Book Week.  We will celebrate Book Day in Junior Years on Monday 4 September with a full day of activities.  More information about the program will be available soon.

On Tuesday 25 July at 6.30pm in the Prep classroom, we will be holding an information session for parents of Kindergarten aged children to explain the transition into Prep.

This will be a useful session for all parents of children entering Prep - even those who do not and/or will not be attending Glennie. Please RSVP to woodk@glennie.qld.edu.au

As we enter the worst term for sickness, colds and flu. We ask parents to be vigilant with their children’s health. Please do not send them to school if they are unwell, as this only spreads the germs across the school quickly.

We can send work home if required, and this is preferable to the girls struggling here at school. Thank you for your support with this.

Thank you to the many parents who attended the interviews last term to discuss their daughter’s reports. I hope that you found them useful. Please do not hesitate to make time to meet with your daughter’s teachers, including their specialist teachers, during the term, if you ever have any concerns. It is always important to sort issues out quickly.

A number of our Year 6 Leaders will attend the annual IPSHA Leaders dinner on Wednesday 19 July this year being hosted by TACAPS. The girls will join leaders from seven other independent schools in Toowoomba.

Thank you to the parents who have booked Parent Teacher Interviews. If you didn’t manage to secure a time with your daughter’s teacher, due to them being fully booked during the afternoon and would still like to have a meeting, please contact them via email and they will try to meet with you in the first week of next term.

Parents are reminded that all girls in Years 4 to 6 are required to have a Glennie Blazer. If your daughter does not have one, would you please try to arrange this during the holidays. Girls in Years 1 to 3 may wear a blazer at any time, but they are not compulsory at these levels.

We will hold our Welcome Back Cuppa for all Junior Years parents after drop-off on Tuesday 11 July from 8:00am near the Junior Years Tuckshop. Please join us,  - even if it is for only a few minutes before you head off to work.

Monday 12 June is a Formal Uniform Day for Junior Years.

The Years 5 and 6 social will be held at Toowoomba Grammar Junior School tonight at 6:00 pm. Girls must make sure that they check in on arrival and out before they leave. Entrance to Grammar Junior is on Herries Street.

Saturday 9 September is the Junior Years Family Fun Night. Save the date and come along for what is shaping up to be a fabulous night!

It is often difficult to know how to talk with children about terrible events that are happening around us on a daily basis. Children are bombarded by the media and what they hear from friends or see on social media. Well-known psychologist and parenting guru, Michael Grose provides some tips for parents about how to deal with discussions about these topics.

The G Minor Choir rehearsal scheduled for Wednesday, 7 June has been cancelled due to String Out 2017, which involves all music teachers.

Choir rehearsal will resume as normal on Wednesday, 14 June at 8.00am in the Assembly Hall.

Monday 12 June is a Formal Uniform Day for Junior Years.

Girls should wear white shirts, grey socks (navy tights for warmth if needed). Girls in Years 4 to 6 must wear blazers. Girls in Years 1 to 3 can wear blazers if they own them, otherwise, they can wear jumpers.

Year 6 parents are reminded that periodic payments may be made at Glennie Main Reception. Please make sure that any direct deposits made using the online payment system are clearly referenced to the Canberra Trip with your daughter’s name.

At Junior Years we are still experiencing some parking issues and are working through these with the teachers. However, we ask that if you are accessing the drop-off zone, please do not wait there if your daughter is not ready. It causes major issues with vehicles lined up onto Anzac Avenue. Thank you for your support with this.