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CALENDAR

March 29 End of Term 1 - 2.30pm dismissal Assembly at 2pm sharp!! Easter Raffle April 16 Term 2 begins 23 2019 Preps Information Night 7pm 25 Anzac Day Public Holiday 30 3/4 Camp Weekaway starts May 1 3/4 Camp Weekaway 1-9 Somers Camp (selected students) 2 3/4 Camp Weekaway return 9 AFL Girls Gala Day 11 5/6 Interschool sports - BYE 18 5/6 sports - Away Billanook/Gladesville 25 Curriculum Day - Pupil Free Day 28 School Photos 29 District Cross Country - Lilydale Lake June 1 5/6 Sports vs Lilydale at Home 8 5/6 Sports vs Manchester Away 12 Yarra Division Cross Country 15 5/6 Sports vs Kilsyth at Home Library Books. Please remember that all children's library books are due back in the library before the end of term.

FLEXIBUZZ NOTIFICATIONS

Have you registered with FlexiBuzz yet? If not instructions on how to download the free app and register with your child’s grade are at the office. We hope that all parents will

register so they can stay in touch with everything that happens within our school

community. This is an important part of the communication process with our families to keep you informed. This is also where you

can submit your child’s absences which need to be submitted by 9.30am on the day of your

child’s absence.

Purpose: We believe in a safe and stimulating learning environment that grows the minds and character unique to each child. Our Priority Virtues: Commitment, Compassion , Excellence.

Volume 41 Issue 5 29th March, 2018

SCHOOL STARTING TIME

School officially starts at 9am and all children should be at

school ready for the bell so they can make the most of their

learning. However, I have noticed that a lot of children are

arriving at school very early, some as early as 8:15am. The yard

is not supervised until 8:45am, so I request that children do not

arrive before that time for safety seasons.

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

Coles Sports for Schools finishes on the 3rd April. The vouchers

can still be returned to school until the 30th April.

Thankyou for all your support, we are still counting but to date

have returned nearly 20,000 vouchers.

Prep H… .... Jack P & Daniel C Prep R … ... Lochie J & Cooper J Prep W … .. Jayden M & Jack C 1/2J ……… Johnathan K & Tegan M 1/2K ........... Daya G & Grace N 1/2R ………Isabelle M & Jacinta C 3/4C .. ........ Charles W & Sienna E 3/4M . ........ Acacia AB & Hannah S 3/4F .......... Jessica D & Alivia K 5/6F ……… Sophie L & Jairus G 5/6K …… ... Chelsea N, Max S & Poppy T 5/6R …… ... Schae M & Tyler SW PE ………...Briar K


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From the Principal Family fun night What a great night it was! Many thanks to all the children who were very well behaved and did the school proud. The volunteers from Life Ministry did a fantastic job of running all the activities and a huge thank you to Peter, our chaplain who organized the event. He even came out in the morning to blow the leaves from the court. Having Channel 10 come out to do the weather segment was very exciting! One of our students, Charlee T, invited them to come out to the ‘best school jn the world’ and we certainly did look our best. Our school captains spoke about their future aspirations and Zoe even sang a few bars of Mendez. Wow!! School Council Our newly formed School Council met the other night to elect office bearers and I am pleased to announce that Brad Mayall is our new School Council President. It may be timely to remind you all that the school council members are your representatives to speak on your behalf. So I would encourage you to speak to one of them if you would like anything raised for discussion at School Council. School Council’s role is to make decisions regarding school policy and fund raising. However it does not make decisions on school operations such as staffing or school programs although at times I may ask for feedback in certain areas. This year we have big review of all our school policies and practices. A part of this is to seek feedback from the school community. We will be sending out a survey monkey shortly which we would like you all to participate in. The questions are the tick the box type so it should not take too much time. We also may hold some parent forums to ask for your feedback. Junior School Council representatives have met recently to give their feedback and we are setting up suggestion boxes to gather student opinion on a variety of issues. While a lot of their ideas may be cost preclusive it would be good to see if we can improve things from a student perspective. Early next term the Year 4 to 6 students will be participating in an attitudes to school survey that the department sends out annually. Opinion will be sought on a variety of issues about their general feelings at school, effort, behaviour and their relationships. Enrolments 2019 Coming up soon is our Prep Information Night for 2019 on April 23rd which is the second Monday in the new term. I have been taking many school tours recently due in part to our new school web site. If you haven’t had a look please check it out. I am sure you will be impressed. Parking Just a reminder that our Disabled car parks are to be used for those with a disabled Sticker for obvious reasons. Yoga Classes Yoga classes will resume next term. There will be 3 classes because of the high demand. I will be sending out notices in the first week of next term ready to start in the second week.

Jan Marinakos Working Bee report A huge thankyou to the parents, grandparents and children who attended the recent working bee. We completed the yellow safety barriers around the roundabout, cleaned the drains around the school buildings to prevent flooding, filled the two sandpits with fresh new sand and cleaned all the gutters around the carpark and roundabout to stop the drains from filling up with debris. We also installed a retaining wall (with seats) near the netball courts to stop debris from filling up and blocking the drains. These drains regularly block and cause flooding near the sandpits and down to the playground. I would like to thank the following people for their time and effort at the working bee. The Hoogenboom family, Gary Johnson (and Gary’s wife for bringing salad rolls), the Anderson-Bonsor family, the Brewer family, Phil Simon and the Wiltshire family. Brad Mayall School Council President


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Physical Education Grade 5/6 Interschool sport

With the Term 1 summer season concluding last week we unfortunately didn’t have any premiers this season, however we were very close in a few sports, highlighting the amazing sporting depth we have amongst our grade 5/6’s this year. Well done to all our students and staff on a tremendous effort this term. Girls Basketball – Equal first, but only lost to Oxley who were also equal first. Oxley are the premiers. Open basketball – 3rd Hot shots tennis – Equal 5th Cricket – Only lost one game - 2nd Teeball – 5th Tag rugby – Only lost one game - 2nd House Cross Country House Cross Country was held last week on a beautiful sunny and warm morning. Most students ran as hard as they could and did themselves and their Houses proud. The top 10 placed students in the 9/10, 11 and 12/13 year old races will be invited to compete in the District Cross Country Championships in May at Lilydale Lake. They will receive these invitations soon. A big thank-you to all the parents who assisted on the day, and to those who came along to cheer on the students and create an amazing atmosphere. Congratulations to the following students for placing in the top 3 in their race: Prep Boys: 1st Lachlan J, 2nd Jack P, 3rd Adam F Prep Girls: 1st Phoebe C, 2nd Isobel G, 3rd Madi G. Grade 1 Boys: 1st Blake J, 2nd Mitchell W, 3rd Sam L. Grade 1 Girls: 1st Jemma T, 2nd Eva S, 3rd Mia M Grade 2 Boys: 1st Koby D, 2nd Scott S, 3rd Harry L. Grade 2 Girls: 1st Gabby S, 2nd Amelia V, 3rd Maya B 9/10 Boys: 1st Max S, 2nd Kai C, 3rd Blake H. 9/10 Girls: 1st Zoe C, 2nd Hayley M, 3rd Summer T 11 Boys: 1st Cooper B, 2nd Caleb C, 3rd Cody K. 11 Girls: 1st Ebony E, 2nd Jade K, 3rd Abbey G 12/13 B: 1st Daniel G, 2nd Ryleigh C, 3rd Ryder W. 12/13 G: 1st Briar K, 2nd Jemima M, 3rd Carmel N The final results will be announced at Assembly next term.


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FAMILY FUN NIGHT


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