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Issue No 23 02/08/2017

ELLY NEWS

In this issue:

Principal’s Report

Book Club

Parents & Friends News

Students Awards

School Diary

3rd August - Book Fair

3rd August-Swimming starts Years 3 to 6

3rd August —Sporting Schools Gymnastics

7th August— Sporting Schools Hockey

21st August—Student Free Day

25th August—Book Week Dress Up Day

2017 Term Dates Term 3: 17/7—22/9 Term 4: 9/10—22/12 2018 Term Dates Term 1: 30/1—29/3 Term 2: 14/7—29/6

www.ellliminyt.vic.edu.au 135 Slater Street, Elliminyt Vic 3250 PO BOX 359 Colac 3250 Phone: 5231 5208 Fax: 52321943 ellliminyt.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Parent Opinion Survey Each year we conduct a Parent Opinion Survey, set by the Department of Education and Training, designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents’ perception of school climate, student engagement and relationships with our parent community. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. This year the survey is going electronic and can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the fieldwork period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August. A random selection of approximately 75 parents will receive an email with a dedicated link to access this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous and will be reported back to our school at the end of September. For further information, please visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx Winter Sports Well done to our senior students who participated well in our first round of Winter Sport last week against Colac Primary. It continues this week, again at EPS, this time against Sacred Heart. Parents are most welcome to come and watch, with games running between approx. 11:45am and 1:15pm. We would also gratefully accept any offers of assistance with regard to coaching or umpiring our games on this day. If you are willing and able, please let us know!

Illness We have had another reported case of ‘Slapped Cheek’ in our school. Please see http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Slapped_cheek_or_Fifth_syndrome/ for further information. There are a lot of children presenting at school with various illness, ranging from cough and cold, through to gastrointestinal upset. If your child is unwell, we ask you to please keep them at home. Also, when a child presents at school unwell, we need to be able to contact either a parent/guardian, or an emergency contact. Please ensure that you have the right contact details/people on file at school. We understand that parents work, however the comfort, safety and health of our children always comes first.

Earn & Learn Don’t forget to start collecting the Woolworths ‘Earn and Learn’ stickers. We have a box setup at Woolworths Colac, or you can bring them to school. The more stickers we earn, the more goodies we get!

Goodbye and good luck Mrs Theodore! This week is our last with Mrs Theodore for 2017 as she heads off on an overseas adventure with her husband for 12 months! We wish Hollie all the very best for her trip, but know that the school community, in particular 1/2T will miss her terribly! Miss Maddison Thwaites will join the 1/2T team for the remainder of this year and we know she will be welcomed by all.

Angela Hall Principal

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STUDENT AWARDS

Prep R Charlotte A for being a helpful and kind team member! Well done!

Prep S Maddilyn L for striving to achieve her personal learning goal. Keep up the great

work.

1/2G Tilli H for taking up challenges and doing her personal best.

1/2M Tory W for hard work and always being focused on tasks.

1/2T Montana T for her exceptional attitude towards school and for being an

outstanding role model for her peers. Amazing work!

3B Benjamin P for his efforts and ability in Maths and for settling in well!

3/4G Hayden S for always working productively in both independent and group

situations.

4C Amber F for excellent understanding of fractions.

5T Grace H for doing her personal best in so many aspects of school, school work,

sport and music and for her up-beat, friendly attitude.

6H Zainab B for outstanding achievements in her learning and in the sporting

arena!

Sport Indiana T for working hard on her static shapes in Gymnastics.

Science Riley L for describing the difference between solids and liquids in Science.

Indonesian Zainab B & Callum L for their hard work this week in Indonesian.

School Values Indee S for her amazing writing skills.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Principal’s Award goes to Charlie T for demonstrating

genuine care and compassion for others.

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Issue No 23 02/08/2017

Canteen

Friday August 4th, 2017

Morning Supervisor: Deb Reynolds

9:00am:

Elizabeth Borsos, Kirsty Oborne, Sarah

Lawless

Afternoon Supervisor: Kerrin Irvine

12:30pm: Jumoke Balogun, Marisa Cooper

CORRESPONDENCE OVER THIS WEEK

Parents & Friends Pie Order Forms

PARENTS AND FRIENDS NEWS Wow, the year is flying by. It's only four weeks until our Father's Day Stall. We are seeking donations for the stall and they can be left at the office. The children love to shop at the stall, care-fully choosing something 'all by themselves' for Dad or that special person in their lives. On behalf of Elliminyt Primary's P and F, we

would like to thank you for your ongoing sup-

port of the stalls that make such a special learn-

ing experience for our children. Donations are being accepted now.

When donating it would be much appreciated if

you could donate in lots of 10. As there are 10

grades and we try to offer the same item across each grade. E.g. I donate ten ties, then

there is a tie on the table for each

grade.

Possible donation ideas:- Socks, ties, mugs, key rings, car

cleaning kit (bucket & sponge), BBQ

items (tongs, apron), small screw-

driver set, gardening items. Any of these

could have chocolates added, then there

is homemade cooking, slices,

cakes, truffles, biscuits. Thank you Julie Walters

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 Don’t forget to start collecting your Earn & Learn

Stickers from Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th

September. Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Stick-

er onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and

when it is complete, the Sticker Sheet can be

dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or

at your local Woolworths.

WOOL WANTED The Art Room is seeking donations of thick wool (8ply or thicker).

Thanks, Caroline McCallum

BOOK FAIR– LAST DAY

Our annual Book Fair will be finishing tomorrow.

Thursday 3rd—Students are able to purchase books before and after school.

Thank you, Marg Phillips

BOOKCLUB Book club order forms were sent home last week. Orders can be placed in the box in the office. If you are paying by cheque please make it payable to ‘Scholastic’. If you wish to order books without your child’s knowledge please mark this re-quest very clearly on the order form. You will be personally contacted when the orders arrive so that you can collect the books from the office. Orders for this issue are due back on Wednesday 9th August. Also remember to mention Elliminyt Pri-mary School if you shop at Cowlick Books Colac as they donate 10% of your sale to our account for us to purchase books for the school. Thanks, Marg Phillips

Winter Sports Results Friday 28th July

Elliminyt V Colac Primary Elliminyt’s Football, Netball (A) and

Netball (B) all experienced good wins. Newcombe teams were mixed be-

tween the two schools and Elliminyt were defeated by

Colac Primary in the Soccer. All students had a great day and the

weather was superb for the event. This Friday 4th August, Elliminyt takes on

Sacred Hart at Elliminyt between 11.40am

and 1pm.

LOST PROPERTY

There is an amazing amount of items in

our Lost Property at the moment.

We encourage you to come in and look

through it if your child is missing anything.

After Friday 11th August we will be donat-

ing any items that have not found a home

to a local charity.

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Elliminyt Primary School

Canteen Price List

Semester 2 2017.

Lunch orders need to be handed in before 9.00am Friday Morning.

The above items must be ordered in the morning & will be delivered to the classroom.

½ Donuts and Mud Cup Cakes are available due to their large size Toasted Cheese Sandwiches served at Recess – Wednesdays ONLY. (Winter months)

These items can be purchased from the canteen window after lunch has been eaten.

Item Cost $ Item Cost $

White Chicken & Salad Roll 5.50 Iced Donut – Whole 2.10

Wholemeal Chicken & Salad Roll 5.50 Iced Donut - Half 1.05

White Ham & Salad Roll 5.00 Mud Cup Cake – Whole 2.10

Wholemeal Ham & Salad Roll 5.00 Mud Cup Cake – Half 1.05

Steamed Dim Sims .80 Sprinkle Monkey face 1.70

Chicken Strips 1.90 Hedgehog 1.20

Lasagne 3.00

Macaroni Pasta 3.00

Fried Rice 3.00 Milk – Plain 1.30

Meat Pie 3.60 Choc - Big M Prima 1.90

Shepherd’s Pie 3.60 Strawberry - Big M Prima 1.90

Vegetable Pastie 3.60 Bottled Water – 300ml. 1.00

Party Pie 1.65

Sausage Roll 2.00 Prima Apple and Blackcurrant 1.50

Egg & Bacon Pie Large 3.60 Prima Tropical 1.50

Egg & Bacon Pie - Small 1.65 Prima Apple

1.50

Pizza 1.80

Chicken Burger, Cheese & Sauce 3.00

Chicken Burger, Cheese & Mayo 3.00 Toasted Cheese Sandwich

2.00

Item Cost $ Item Cost $

Jelly Cups – Low Sugar

.60 Butter Popcorn

.80

Frozen Yoghurt Tub – Strawberry / Mango

1.50 Cheese Rice Sticks

.80

Moo Bars

1.00 JJ’s Chicken Snacks

.80

Icy Poles – Lemonade/ Raspberry

.80

GF. Snacks – Burger or

Chicken Flavoured. .80

Quelsh Sticks

.50 Ovalteenies

.60

Ice Cream Tubs

1.20

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