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1050 WANGARATTA WHITFIELD ROAD, OXLEY, 3678

Phone: (03) 5727 3312 Fax: (03) 5727 3686 Principal: Jeremy Campbell Email: oxley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Bank Acc: Oxley Primary School BSB: 063-531 Act: 10089185 *OXLEY PS WEBSITE - www.oxleyps.vic.edu.au

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NEWSLETTER 40 – 16th December, 2016

Happy birthday to the following student/s that celebrated their birthdays this week: Eva Siperki & Mrs Batey.

PRINCIPALS REPORT It has come to that time of year to look back and reflect on the number of accomplishments that we have had throughout the year and thank our wonderful community that have helped in so many ways. Whether that be organising the Garage Sale, fixing the plumbing at the school, meeting with VicRoads about the car parking area or listening to our Foundation students read. A huge thank you! You are all extremely special people. Year 4, 5 and 6 bike ride into town The year 4, 5 and 6 bike ride into town has been cancelled due to extreme weather Graduation What an amazing evening we had on Monday night. Our Year 6 students proved yet again that their maturity, growth and personalities have developed beyond their years. Thank you to Judy and Ben for hosting our event at the King River Café. Also a special thank you to Linda Syers who spent many hours producing a fantastic year 6 graduation book which all the students and staff will be able to keep and reflect on their time at the school with. Thank you Linda, your efforts this year have been amazing.

Walking/Riding to and from school There are lots of changes occurring out the front of the school and it is having effect on where we can cross students to get them safely on to the bike track. We are making sure that all students head off together in a group and look out for each other. There have been a few reported sightings of snakes on the track so please make sure you remind your children what to do if they see a snake. Congratulations to all our students that are exercising and choosing a great healthy way to get to and from school!

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CLASS OF 2016

FINAL ROLL CALL Alannah Baguley, Andrea Uebergang, Lucy Rockett, Lily Mullins, Julia Syers, Dylan

White and Eli Smiles.

This year we say goodbye to 3 families. Thank you to Rachel Rockett, Shawn Smiles, Katrina Yan and Adam and Linda Syers. Please don’t be strangers and call back and see us on occasions or even to attend functions that we might be running. ‘It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later’.

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What a Year! It must be time for a break! What a fantastic year we have had this year with many opportunities for our students to enrich what they have been learning within the classroom to the outside world. I have brainstormed the many activities that we have done throughout the year however I’m sure I have probably missed a few. Excursions and incursions that we have had this year have included;

Year 5 and 6 camp to Queenscliff next week. Both Mr Shaw and I will be attending.

Nexus Arts Performance – You Can Do It! - will be held at Whorouly Primary School,

9:30 – 2:00 pm. We are also hoping to hold the cross country on this day.

Snow Road Sports on the 15th March with a backup day on the 22nd March. This is an

all-day event held at the Appin Park Athletics track with parents taking their own

children to the event.

Responsible Pet Ownership program for the student on the 16th February.

Ride for Rural Minds,

Bike Education Week,

Year 5 and 6 bike hike,

O and M Regional Cross Country,

Transition playgroup with 2017 preps,

The GRIP conference for our leaders.

Kindergarten visits with BluEarth,

Cross country skiing program,

Winter sports for the year 5 -6 students,

Science Works excursion,

Cluster day to Milawa,

Swimming program.

Garage Sale,

Milawa – Oxley

2017 Prep Transition day,

Bush Market, 28th October.

Remembrance Day at the Oxley Playground,

Year Prep, 1 and 2 sleepover,

Year 5 and 6 sleepover,

Year 6 Graduation, 12th December, Kind River Café,

Oxley Primary School Concert,

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our staff, students and parents for all the work they have done in making OPS such a wonderful place to come to work. Everyone please have a safe and very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If you are travelling over the break, please travel safely. Jeremy Campbell - Principal Oxley Primary School is committed to Nurturing confident, lifelong learners, in a friendly rural community.

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End of Term As you will be aware this year we finish school on a Tuesday. There have been a few families that have approached me and explained that they will be starting holidays early and their children’s last day will be Friday 16th December. Our final teaching day for 2016 will be the Friday with the following time table for Monday and Tuesday. Classes will run on these days and students will be supervised we are just releasing teachers for 2017 preparation.

DAY CLASS PROGRAM

Monday 19th

December

Years Prep, 1, 2, 3 & 4

We will have a casual relief teacher in these classes for the day as teachers are released for planning and room preparation for 2017.

Years 4, 5 & 6 Mrs Hutchinson’s class will be riding to Wangaratta with Mr Shaw, Mr Campbell, Mr Lawler and lots of parents.

Tuesday 20th

December

Whole school We will have a casual relief teacher in these classes for the day and assistance in cleaning classrooms.

Jeremy Campbell - Principal “Committed to nurturing confident, lifelong learners in a friendly rural community”

MISS TUCCITTO, OOPS I MEAN MRS AUMANN As many of you know, I got married on the 12th of November. I just wanted to take the time to publicly thank everyone from the Oxley PS community who have passed on well wishes. It was an absolutely fabulous day and it means so much to know that many people have shared what they were thinking of us on the day! Just another reminder of how lucky I am to be a part of this wonderful school. What some of you may not know is that I asked the grade 2-4 students to write about what love means and to give some advice for the future. This was then read out at our ceremony by Deb, our class support staff member (and my Mum)!

Thank you once again and enjoy the holidays, Nadia Aumann

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Reading by 2-4 at Oxley PS When you love someone, you do anything for them, you even kiss them on the cheek in front of the tv when you think no one is looking. Love feels like a warm, fuzzy hug or a big burst coming from your heart. It feels like snuggling up with your dog or seeing the fluffiness bunny ever. It's like having a sweet dream or jumping on a trampoline. Love is the warmth of fire on your skin, like puppies that have just been born. It's having pizza for dinner and apple pie for dessert. It is getting an enormous cuddle for doing something you didn't think you could do but you did. It is when you walk down a red carpet or when you cry with joy. Love is the key to life and the best feeling in the world. Now for some advice

1. Don't drop the ring! 2. Love each other for the rest of your days 3. Cook each other dinner when one has been working late 4. Eat Doritos 5. When you love someone, show them. Appreciate and help them 6. Let them have the last piece of chocolate. 7. One of your kids will come in and kick you out of bed, but that's ok 8. If your kids are naughty, be mad but not too mad. That what my mum does and it's

perfect 9. Live great and look good!

IMPORTANT DATES

December

Monday 19th Year 5 & 6 Bike ride to Wangaratta

Tuesday 20th Last day of school – 2pm finish

SCHOOL 2017 DATES Term One: Wednesday 1st February (this includes Preps) - Friday 31st

March Term Two: Monday 18th April – Friday 30th June Term Three: Monday 17th July – Friday 22nd September Term Four: Monday 9th October – Friday 22nd December

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2016 Concert

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Last week we made Sfingis (pronounced Svinghys) donuts from Sicily.

It was quite a simple recipe but absolutely delicious!

If you would like to try and make these yummy desserts the recipe is:

*Self-raising flour – 2 cups *Eggs - 2

*Hot water *Sugar

*Cinnamon *Oil to cook in

Mix together the flour, eggs and add in water to make a sticky consistency.

Drop balls in to hot oil. Remove when golden and drop in to cinnamon and

sugar to coat.

They are sooooo GOOD that Xavier ate 9 (and I’m sure everyone had at

least 5 each). We would like to thank Lisa for teaching us this year and say:

è stato molto divertente, grazie Lisa

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MONDAY 9TH JAN TUESDAY 10TH JAN WEDNESDAY 11TH JAN THURSDAY 12TH JAN FRIDAY 13TH JAN

“SCIENCE MORNING”

- Science Fun Activities * Dry Ice Bubbles

*Fireworks in a Jar

- Make our own Bath Salts

- Make a Parachute

- Free Choice of Indoor/Outdoor Games

“BUNNINGS VISIT”

With Lucy

$2.00each

- Lucy from Bunning’s is coming to do a workshop

- Bring a 1.25ltr bottle to make a Wind Chime

- Create a 2017 calendar

- Sidewalk Chalk Painting and Driveway Graffiti

“COOKING MORNING”

- Cook up some Treats: *Chocolate Balls *Chocolate Crackles

*Giant Ice Cream Sundae

-Techno Afternoon Bring your

own Electronics

- Free Choice of Arts & Crafts

“GYMNASTICS MORNING”

$5.00each

- Gymnastics Workshop with Instructor from the YMCA (via bus to Wangaratta)

EXCURSION FORM REQUIRED

- Tie Dye Paper Patterns

- Make Chatter Boxes

- Create a Skeleton with Cotton Buds

“WATER FIGHT

AFTERNOON”

- Bring a Change of Clothes or Bathers/Towel and Water Guns or any Water Toys you have.

- Making People with Popsicle Sticks

- Mosaic Designs

MONDAY 16TH JAN TUESDAY 17TH JAN WEDNESDAY 18TH JAN THURSDAY 19TH JAN FRIDAY 20TH JAN

“COOKING MORNING”

- Make Lunch to Share *Pasta

*Fried Rice

*Rice Paper Rolls

- Make a Wool Twig Stars

- Finger Knitting

- Friendship Bands

“SANDCASTLE BUILDING

MORNING”

- Sandpit Competition

- White board Games Celebrity Heads Number Guess

- Activities using Cellophane

- Activities using Popcorn

“SCOUTS MORNING”

$5.00each

- Visit from the Leaders of Yarrunga 1

st Scouts

Leaders will run a Variety of Activities

- Sport Games in the Big Shed

- Family Fued Challenge

- Paper Flying Gliders

“DISCO DRAMA DAY”

- Let’s Dance the Day Away *Dance Games

*Dance Competitions

*Singing Competition

*Bring along your Dance

Concert Dvds to watch

- Drama *Perform/Acting

*Games and Talent Show

“EXCURSION DAY”

$20.00each

COROWA CHOCOLATE

FACTORY

- MAKE YOUR OWN FRECKLE

- FEED THE ANIMALS

ALBURY RUMBLE

TUMBLES

Bring Socks

(BRING HAT, SNACKS, LUNCH AND

LOTS OF WATER.)

PERMISSION FORMS TO BE FILLED

IN PRIOR TO DEPARTURE

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MONDAY 23RD JAN TUESDAY 24TH JAN WEDNESDAY 25TH JAN THURSDAY 26TH JAN FRIDAY 27TH JAN

“EXCURSION DAY”

$20.00 or $24.50 popcorn/drink

MOVIES IN BENALLA

“SING”

LUNCH AT WEARY DUNLOP

PARK

SWIMMING AT MOORE

THAN SWIMMIMG POOL

WANGARATTA

(BRING BATHERS, TOWEL, HAT

SNACKS, LUNCH AND LOTS OF

WATER.)

PERMISSION FORMS TO BE FILLED

IN PRIOR TO DEPARTURE

“CLOWN AROUND

MORNING”

$5.00each

- Clown Workshop with Trixie The Clown *Dress up as a Clown

and learn some funny

Tricks

- Jumping Castle

- ABC Scavenger Hunt

- Matchstick Art Work

“AUSTRALIA DAY

ACTIVITIES”

- Come Dressed in your Favourite Aussie Colours

- Aussie Day Activities

- Sand Art -Australian Flag -Map of Australia

- BBQ for Lunch Sausages in Bread $1.00each

- Finish the Day off with a Game of Cricket

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“MOVIE/POPCORN

ARFTERNOON”

- Free Choice of leftover Arts/Crafts & Board/Card Games

- Colouring Competition

- Bring along a “G” Rated Movie to Relax and watch

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