Dorset Primary School Diary Dates

Monday 21st to Friday 25th October: Swimming Program - Grades 3 - 6 Monday 4th November: Curriculum Day - Pupil Free Tuesday 5th November: Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup Wednesday 6th November: Spellathon Friday 8th November: Grade 2 Sleepover Tuesday 12th November: Prep 2014 Information Night Wednesday 13th November: Grade 6 Graduation Photo 10.30am Friday 22nd November: Dorset Trivia Night Monday 25th to Friday 29th November: Swimming Program - Grades Prep - 2 Wednesday 18th December: Grade 6 Graduation

Date: Thursday 17th October 2013

Issue No: 29

NOTICES SENT HOME

Notice Sent Home Recipient Date

Swimming Gr 3 to 6 5th Sept

Grade 2 Sleepover Gr 2 9th Oct

Graduation #1 Gr 6 9th Oct

Swimming Prep to 2 15th Oct

Boomtec Gr 5 to 6 15th Oct

Mini Olympics

Last week all children in the school participated in a Mini Olympics house

competition. Grades Prep – 2 had their day on Wednesday and Grades 3-6

were on Friday.

Events included sprinting, hurdles, long jump, high jump, a team game and a

tug- of-war.

It was great to see the children coming dressed in their house colours to

support their teams. It was also pleasing to see many parents attending. Both

days were very successful and the children appeared to enjoy the activities

and the opportunity to compete in their houses.

I was very pleased with the way the children participated; competing in the

spirit of this competition.

It was close for points, with little separating all teams on both days.

However, gold house managed to win with a narrow margin on both days.

A special thank you goes to the house captains, sport captains and the school

captains who assisted with the Prep – 2 day.

Andrew Bell

Birthdays

Student of the Week

Sam Wells Courteney Dahan Inde Robinson Chanae McLaughlin Jorja Keays Samantha Triangolo Jaimee Jalocha Aiden Higgins Bailey Hargraves Brae Pennicott Ollie Graham Madison Piez Scarlett Harrison Jasmine Thivant Emily Stokes Ben Tickell Aaron Fantin Bradley Trapani

Ryan Timson-Farrell Liam Setford Rhubee-Mae Spataro Gerby Dianon Anthony Whitehead Mitchell Henderson Zak Birznieks Taylah Weinrowski Lily Butcher Harrison Leffers Kaelen Scott Blake Almanzi Lucy Bendall Brittney Helleren Hannah Scott Joe Groves Lachie Jensz Chantelle Jenkins

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News

Remy Maclean Rosalie Forno Chanae McLaughlin Emily Doyle Jessica Taylor

Crystal Shaw Isabella Mees Summah Dibble Liam Setford Michael Iudice

OSHC NEWS Notice for the upcoming Curriculum Day. We will not being running a program here at Dorset. However, Antonio Park P.S. service on Maroondah Hwy is taking expressions of interest for this day. If they are able to get enough people interested then they will run a program. We need to know numbers by the end of this week (18/10/2013) before a decision can be made. There is an Expression of Interest list at OSHC for you to enter your child’s name.

The roll is an official document and by law each child must be signed in separately by their parent or guardian. This cannot be a staff member, and it cannot be the children themselves. If a child is attending an out of school activity and needs to leave OSHC, we require written authorization from the parent and for the child to be signed out by the person(s) running the activity.

Fantastic greetings from Chris, Kane and Natalie in the OSHC room.

Mini

Olympics

Prep A Jada Yandall

Prep B Mitchell Bowden

Prep C Rayan Jafarzadeh

Prep D Emily Doyle

1A Maggie Butcher

1B Oscar Trinh

1C Anna Setford

1D Sue Liang

2A Amanda Huang

2B Charlotte Rose

34C Liam McNicol

3A Tori Du Buisson Perrine

3B Tarlia Moyle-Clough

4A Shayden Varon

4B Chloe Barkwith

56A Karralee McCredden

56B Hayley Leffers

56C Taylah Weinrowski

56D Jay Viney

56E Georgia Gillespie

Lining Up Awards

SWIMMING WEEK KITCHEN TIMETABLE Monday 9:30 - 11am 3/4

Tuesday 9:30 - 11am 3A

Wednesday 9:30 - 11am 4A

Thursday 9:30 - 11am 3B

Friday 9:30 - 11am 4B

If you are able to help in any of these

classes we would love to see you.

Chaplain Chat

A frustrated father told a work colleague: "When I was a

youngster, I was disciplined by being sent to my room

without supper. But in my son's room, he has his own

colour TV, computer, games console, cell phone and CD

player." "So what do you do?" The father replied: "I send

him to MY room!"

Last week I spoke with the coordinator for Maroondah Girl

Guides (Ringwood Croydon) later visited the Guide hall -

Bedford Road, East Ringwood, Wednesday night, a great

group with awesome leaders.

Uniform costs can be subsidised on request - well worth

considering as an ongoing activity for your daughter/s. (see

below)

It is so important for young girls and boys to be involved in

outside activities that build social connections, learn skills

and build ongoing friendships.

Please feel free to either phone or drop in as many parents

do. I am here to support, not only your child, but also the

parents and carers in a pastoral role.

I network with a wide range of service providers and can

also refer on if required.

Available Mondays & Tuesdays each week.

Join Girl Guides for Fun, Friendship and Adventure. Girl

Guides is for girls aged 5-17 years and adult volunteers.

Make friends, have fun, learn new skills and leadership,

make a difference in your community.

Expressions of interest welcomed for a new group of Girl

Guides and Girl Guide Leaders in the Ringwood/Croydon

Area.

For more information about Guiding in Ringwood/

Croydon contact Jan McMenamin P: 0405 955917

E: jmcmenamin@guidesvic.org.au www.guidesvic.org.au

Take Care

John Vander-Velde (Mr Vann)

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ATHLETICS

Last Thursday 14 children from grades 3 to 6 competed at

The Maroondah/ Manningham and Yarra Division Athletics

Carnival. They qualified to compete by winning their event in

the District Athletics Carnival earlier in the year.

Results –

*Breanne Heath – 1st in Shot put and 4th in Discus

Fraser Sheridan – 3rd in Hurdles

*Thomas Sheridan – 1st in 1500 m

*Georgi Clarke - 2nd in High jump

*Luke Carroll – 2nd in Shot put

Hannah Whitehead – 4th in 100m

Fion Stevenson – 5th in Discus

*Alex Forth – 1st in High jump

Riley McNicol – 3rd in 800m

*Jin Rong – 2nd in 200m

The 12/13 year boys Relay ( Jin Rong, Ben Roberts,

Riley McNicol and Fion Stevenson) -3rd

*The 9/10 year girls Relay ( Soraya McLean,

Samantha Triangelo, Bree Whitehead and Chloe Olsen) – 2nd

These were outstanding results in such competitive events .

The children / teams who came 1st or 2nd qualified to compete

in The Eastern Metropolitan Region Finals on Thursday this

week. We wish them continued success.

SWIMMING PROGRAM – Grades 3-6

Next week children in grades 3-6 will be involved with a five

day swimming program at The Croydon Leisure Centre.

Because the children are walking to and from the venue it is

most important that they are prepared for all weather

conditions. A water-proof coat is essential.

Children in grades Prep – 2 will receive notices this week

about their program. It is most important that permission

notices are returned to the school by the due date. Notices

received later create many problems with arrangements.

Andrew Bell

TRASH 2 TREASURE Lilydale Sunday Market

Lilydale Train Station Car park 8am - 2pm every Sunday

www.trash2treasure.com.au 0431 727 079

Great family day out with lots for the kids to do

Last Call for the Junior School Cookbooks

A BIG thank you to all these students who have submitted

recipes for the Junior School cookbooks.

Blake Almanzi, Jay Fidler, Zack Bartlett, Jade Majic,

Emily Doyle, Anthony Whitehead, Madison Piez,

Savannah Ferguson, Jimmy & Juliet Tetlow, Liam Wilson,

Maggie Butcher, Jesse Brown, Sienna Fiore, Chloe Fordham,

Robbie Vosmansky, Zac & Sienna Matthewson, William &

Jorja Keays, Matthew Geddes, Remy Maclean, Kaelen Scott,

Jessie Arbuckle, Cooper Vella, Callum & Keira Billimoria,

Anna & Tomas Zachar, Rayan Jafarzadeh, Emily Stokes,

Damon Prothero, Kennie Ryan, Madilyn Brown,

Alexandra Painter, Hayley Thompson, Jada Yandall,

Chris Hyun, Olivia Heinen, Brendan Ford, Olivia Nash,

Oliver & Phoebe Phillips, Morgan Jalocha, and

Hallie-Jade Smith.

Now it’s not too late to be a part of these fantastic cookbooks.

Just get your recipes in by the end of next week either by

handing them in at the office, or even better, email them in to

tbebe@yahoo.com. Don’t forget to add your name and grade

number to your recipes. Any enquiries please call Terry Bebe

on 0435992240.

Dear Parents, Term 4 is well and truly on the way! Each grade is working hard and great work is going on all over the school. Senior Swimming Next week the swimming program begins. Grades 3-6 will be going to the Croydon Leisure at the allocated times. Please note no session will take place before 11am. If you are unaware of your child's swimming time please see your child's teacher. Also refer to the uniform policy regarding swimwear. Parking Gentle reminder to please be careful when dropping from or picking up. There has been ’near misses’ especially in Rescorla Avenue. Take care and be mindful of children and care at all times. SAKG The children are now becoming expert chefs. It is pleasing to see the children engaged and really making many gains from this program. There are still some outstanding accounts it would be greatly appreciated if these could be attended to. The fees enable the staff to ensure the kitchen and garden run efficiently. Transition The 2014 Prep transition program is being very well attended. It’s great to see the 2014 prep parents mingling on a Wednesday afternoon. The prep staff do a terrific job in organising this program. Lining Up Award Mr Jones is coordinating the lining up points again this term. It would be beneficial if you chat to your child and encourage them to try and get the points. The prize is a Bendigo Bank account of $10.00. Well worth lining up for! Cyber Safety Next Tuesday the staff will be attending a Cyber Safety Professional Development session. These sessions are available for parents also see attached flier. Due to the ever changing technology and its use it is essential that parents, teachers, carers etc be aware of the possible outcomes of misusing social media etc and have some strategies on how to tackle the problems it presents. I urge parents to attend this session if possible. Enjoy your week. Please do not hesitate to contact Palma or myself regarding any concerns. Kind Regards,

John Jacobs Principal