Newsletter No. 29 8th September, 2015

In This Issue: Open Night: ‘Long Ago and Yesterday’ Staffing Student Safety

Prep-2 Athletics Sports Fathers’ Day Stall & Breakfast Reminders

Dear Parents, The undoubted highlight of this week will be Open Night on Thursday evening from 6.00pm - 8.30pm. The evening will commence in the hall with performances from the senior and years 3 & 4 choirs, the drum band, a rhythmic gymnastics display and a performance by the Senior Strings. From 6.45pm there will be static displays and activities involving the students in each of the learning communities. The program detailing these activities has already been posted on the Skoolbag app and will be sent home as a hard copy to each eldest child on Wednesday. This year the focus of the students’ inquiry has been the history of Australia and we have called our inquiry unit ‘Long Ago and Yesterday’. As you journey through the learning communities I encourage you to look at the learning that has taken place. The inquiry process develops students’ knowledge and ability to question, interpret, research, collaborate and present their understandings in a variety of ways. It is important to emphasise that their finished product is secondary to the development of these skills. I am sure as you visit each learning community you will enjoy looking at the work and performances by our students. Throughout the evening there will be a Book Fair in the room adjacent to the library so if you want, you will be able to purchase a book for your children. The Good Food Shop will be open from 5.30pm and will be selling sushi, party pies, beef pies, roast vegetable and chicken pies, choc tops, muffins, fruit tubes and drinks. This should help families who do not have time to have dinner at home prior to coming to school. Staffing Mrs Lauren Cummings will be returning to work next Monday following a period of family leave. It will be great to have Lauren back at school and working in the Junior Learning Community.

2015 Term 3 September Monday 7 - 11 Book Fair Wednesday 9 NO CANTEEN Wednesday 9 GIDSSA District

Athletics Carnival Yr 5/6 FAMPA – Year 5 Rooms

Thursday 10 Open Night/6-8.30pm Wednesday 16 Yr 5/6 FAMPA – Year

5 Rooms Friday 18 End of Term 3-

dismissal at 2.30pm October Monday 5 Start of Term 4 Thursday 15 Year 2 Sleepover Monday 19 Family Life Program Thursday 22 Italian Day Friday 23 School Disco November Friday 6 School Photos – Yr 6

Graduation/Groups Thursday 12 Market Night Friday 6 Ready, Set, Go Friday 13 Ready, Set, Go Friday 20 Ready, Set, Go December Tuesday 8 Prep Information

Evening Thursday 10 Prep Excursion –

Puffing Billy Wednesday 16 Year 6 Graduation Thursday 17 End of Term 4 for

students – dismissal at 1.30pm

Friday 18 Curriculum Day

Student Safety Recently there have been some examples both in our school community and at nearby schools of students placing themselves at risk because of their naïve use of social media, when using technology at home. At school we have security settings so that sites such as kik, instagram, facebook and others that are potentially risky cannot be used. This is not the case in most homes. Can I please urge all parents to insist that

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if your children access such social media sites, [and in most cases to do so the minimum age is thirteen], they do so in the family room, kitchen or other places where you can supervise them; and to regularly check the security / privacy settings on all devices used by children. Experts recommend that the use by young children of chat rooms, email etc. should not happen in children’s bedrooms where they cannot properly be supervised. It is natural that children will be curious and we need to make sure that they are using safe sites when online. Prep- 2 Athletics Sports The children in Prep-2 participated in their inter-house athletics sports on Friday. They all had lots of fun and performed enthusiastically and to the best of their ability. It was fantastic to see them dressed in their house colours and competing so well. Congratulations to the house captains, who urged, supported and coached their teams. Fathers’ Day Stall and Breakfast Thank you to Carolyn Fern and her team of parent helpers (Sarah Castle, Jehanne Lielnors, Bernie Renggli, Anna Glenn, Natalie Lode, Meta Holdgate, Melissa Wong, Maria Xu, Kayt McDonald, Nat Howell and the other mums who lent a helping hand) who purchased, set up, sold and cleaned up after the Fathers’ Day stall on Thursday morning. The ladies involved in events such as this really do a fabulous job with a minimum of fuss and they certainly deserve our praise. The children enjoyed selecting an item for their father and most did so with a lot of thought and care. I hope all our dads had a great Fathers’ Day. The Prep students held a Fathers’ Day breakfast for their dads on Friday before school and it was fabulous to see so many dads attending. They enjoyed a yummy breakfast of pancakes and the children very proudly showed them their learning community and school work. Thanks to the Prep teachers and the mums who organised the breakfast. Reminders

Please remember that our final curriculum

Day for 2015 will be held on the last day of

the school year- Friday December 18th.

Therefore graduation will be held on

Wednesday evening 16 December and the

students will be dismissed at 1.30pm on

Thursday December 17th. It is important

that all Hartwell families note these dates

on their calendar.

The Year 2 sleepover will be held on

Thursday evening October 15th. Please

mark this date on your calendar if you have

a child in Year 2.

School finishes for term 3 at 2.30pm next

Friday after an assembly that will

commence at 2.00pm. Please note this

earlier dismissal time.

Thank you very much to the parents who

have already let me know that their child /

children will not be returning to Hartwell

next year. If you have not yet informed me

that your children will not be returning next

year could you please contact me in writing

or by phone a.s.a.p. Thanks for your help

with this matter.

Kris Moore Principal CONCERT DVDs As we have a few more orders for Beauty and the Beast DVDs and Blurays a final order for additional copies will be placed with the video company at the end of the term. If you still have not ordered a copy and would like to please contact the school office for an order form. All orders must be received by the office on or before Monday 14th September.

PE UPDATE Glen Iris District Athletics Carnival – Wednesday 9th September Best of luck to our 95 athletes who will compete at the District Aths Carnival this Wednesday at Bill Sewart Athletics Track in East Burwood. We have a very strong team who have been training hard this past week. The carnival will be a great opportunity to test ourselves on the track and field. Congratulations to our Athletics Captains for 2015. Marcus D and Rebecca W are our Track Captains and Cassidy R and Marcus W are our Captains of the field team. Well done to these athletes. Thank you to Brad Boag for his relay training throughout the week. Athletes please remember to meet in the gym at 8.45am on Wednesday morning. Go Hartwell!

Athletics Training Session Thank you to those students who came along to Angela Phillips’ training session last Friday. Angela will continue to run her coaching sessions in Term 4 on Thursday morning before school and now on Friday after school. Please contact Angela directly to enrol: 0402143669.

Prep-Year 2 Tabloid Athletics Day In glorious sunshine, the Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students had a fantastic Tabloid Aths day last Friday. With a focus on having a go and doing your best, there was much laughter and plenty of

smiles as athletes rotated through eight different modified athletic events. I am very pleased to say our athletics team looks very strong for many years to come after the performances of last week! Thank you to class teachers for their support and organisation of students before the event. Congratulations to the Year 6 House Captains on their outstanding effort in running the events throughout the day. It was a full day of coaching and mentoring for them and they did a magnificent job. Thank you to: Niv, Hayden, Hugh, Jack, Rebecca, Brianna, Zac, Alex, Grace M, Kathy, Roy, Riley, Lucy, Sophie, Lyla, Grace G and Gen. It was lovely to see many parents, siblings and grandparents come to support the event.

Senior Hoop Time Another brilliant Hoop Time Day was enjoyed by Year 5 & 6 students in our Future Stars and Rookie teams last Tuesday at Nunawading Basketball Stadium. We had five teams playing which highlights the terrific sport participation rate we have at Hartwell. As teams consist of players of varying experience, it is always impressive to observe the co-operative and collaborative skills, along with the inclusiveness and sportsmanship that our players demonstrate to ensure every team becomes a very tight unit very quickly. Each team played four pool matches before finals. Well done to the Hawks and the Hornets who both made it to the semi-finals. However with a focus on developing our basketball skills and working as a team, every team improved throughout the day whilst individuals grew in confidence and self-esteem. Thank you to our coaches for sharing their extensive basketball knowledge and for covering more than one team: Mr. Maloney (Yr 5), Scott Taylor (Romy’s dad) and once again, the ever dependable Nick Holdsworth (CA). Thanks to the parents who scored for us and those who came to cheer us on. It really was a fantastic day.

Have a great week. Jo Bayes PE Teacher & Sport Co-ordinator

C Good Food Shop PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO CANTEEN THIS WEDNESDAY!!

More Helpers Needed this Friday This Friday we require more helpers please. If you are able to help please come to the canteen door where you will be warmly welcomed. Many thanks. Catriona McCraw Canteen Manager A hard copy of the Term 3 menu is available from the office and also been posted on our website as well as the schoolbag app. Good Food Shop Rosters for this week

Roster Wednesday 09.09.15

30min 9.00 –

9.30am NO CANTEEN

1st Shift 9.00am-

11.00 NO CANTEEN

2nd Shift 11.00-

1.00 NO CANTEEN

Full Session 9.00am-

1.00pm NO CANTEEN

Roster Friday 11.09.2015

30min 9.00 –

9.30am

Tracey Garvey

1st Shift 9.00am-

11.00

Cathy Arundel

Bernadette Renggli

Sybilla Boyd-Fox

2nd Shift 11.00-

1.00

More helpers please

Full Session 9.00am-

1.00pm

Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop is will be open on every alternate Tuesday from 8.45 – 9.00am for fittings only. The Uniform Shop will be open next on: Tuesday 6th October Tuesday 20th October All orders must be processed in the school office first. If you need to place an order, please pick up an order form from the office or download one from the school’s website and place the order through the office. There will be approximately a two-three week wait on all orders as we are unable to store large quantities of stock. Hats and folios are available to purchase from the office. Alison Watson watson.ali@icloud.com Nikki Matchett nicole.matchett@yahoo.com.au

Sick Bay Washing Roster Thank you for volunteering to go on the sickbay washing roster. The roster for 2015 is below. If you are unable to do the week you were allocated, please swap with someone else on the roster. Could you please collect the sheets on Friday and return them some time the following week. If you require any assistance please see the office staff.

Term 3

11.9.18 Colleen Young Jessica 5G

18.9.15 Jennifer Douglas Sebastian 4S

Term 4

9.10.15 Hanh Thi Pham Jack 4S

16.10.15 Alyson Dalton Sophie 3G

23.10.15 Lourdes Sanchez Anna 4O

30.10.15 Jamara Young Emerson 3K

6.11.15 Seew Loh John PA

13.11.15 Chloe Abraham Tori 4S

20.11.15 Sadie Powers Roy 6O

27.11.15 Jane Ermer Riley 6S

4.12.15 Sally Dunn Jensen PC

11.12.15 Nicole Strydom Jaime 5D

18.12.15 Leanne Harrison Meg 4O Emergency

Names Sybilla Boyd-Fox Millie Fox 6L

Alicia White Charles 6L

Amy Savenake 5D

Support Services, Rosters, Community & Social Events

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