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AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
“Excellence Through Endeavour”
High Street, Axedale 3551
Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575
Principal – Lex Johnstone
Email: [email protected]
NEWSLETTER No. 23 August 3rd 2017
Important dates:
August 4th Hot Lunch orders from Store
(change of date)
7th MARC Van
8th MARC Van
15th School Council Meeting
August
21st MARC Van
22nd Book Week – Dress Up Day
22nd MARC Van
23rd Newcombe SC – Band
performance 9am
31st Father’s Day Breakfast & Stall
CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Spencer – For putting time and effort into
his excellent picture and report about the
Music is Fun excursion.
Riley – For an amazing performance in the
Music is Fun. We loved your energy and
enthusiasm!
Matilda – For working hard during
handwriting sessions to improve her letter
formation and placement on the dotted
thirds.
Callum – For showing persistence when
working with more challenging
multiplication equations.
SCHOOL VALUES AWARD Jayda – For being a good friend and always
being very fair and honest when playing games.
Cooper – For being a hard working, enthusiastic
and dedicated worker on tree planting day.
Shania – For always showing respect for her
peers and teachers.
Killeen – For offering assistance to those around her.
Piper – For showing good organisational skills to assist her
with her learning.
HOUSE TROPHY
This week our House Trophy was won by
McIvor.
GOLDEN BRUSH
The winners of the Golden Brush this week were
Grade Prep.
MAGIC WORDS Congratulations to our students who achieved a
Magic Word Reading Certificate this week.
CONGRATULATIONS
Well done to Georgia, Lilly, Della and Kody
for being a part of the successful team that
won the Victorian State Division 2 Under 12
Championships on the weekend. There is a
great write up in the Bendigo Advertiser
with further pictures and information.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
MUSIC IS FUN
Last Friday was another great Music is Fun
concert. All of our students enjoyed the
songs, dancing, actions, humour, costumes
and props involved. Was great to see everyone up and
involved and just having fun.
A big pat on the back to our 24 students who were involved
in songs as singers, musicians and general performers. They
were magnificent! We might have unearthed a couple of
stars of the future!
Thanks to Mrs. Caldwell for her time in preparing the
students, organising practises where required and
organising music and lyrics for all grades to practice in the
week before the concert.
Thanks also to Jill and Rob Charlton for the use of the Mini
Bus to have our performers there a little earlier to prepare
with the concert band.
NATIONAL SCHOOL’S TREE DAY
Last Thursday our students were involved in the
National Tree Day activities. It was great to hear that
some school families took part in the family planting
day on Sunday. The item on WIN News that covered the
student planting can be found at
https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsBendigo
FRUIT TREES
Fruit trees ordered were delivered and picked up today.
Many thanks to those who have ordered trees for
supporting this fundraiser. The school has raised $575
from the Fruit Tree Drive.
Thanks to PVF for helping with the sorting and
organising today.
PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2017
Each year schools across Victoria conduct a Parent
Opinion Survey to gather feedback about their school.
The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered
by the Department of Education and Training that is
conducted across the parent community at each school.
It is 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.
The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete.
The survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the
period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.
All school families will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are
anonymous.
A link to the survey was distributed to families yesterday via a letter and also by email.
The survey results will be reported back to our School Council at the October meeting and to parents via the
Annual Report. Last year we used the survey results to assist in the development of our 2017 Annual
Implementation Plan.
PREP ART
Can Prep students please bring a cardboard box to school with them (shoebox size) within the next two weeks.
Thanks Michelle Mannes
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN
We won’t be taking part in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program.
It will most likely be heavily publicised across media outlets over coming weeks.
BIKE HIKE
Our Bike Hike for Grade 5/6 students is booked for October 26th & 27th.
Information regarding the Bike Hike will be out to families mid Term 3. If any parents are keen to be
involved, please contact Mr. J asap. Parent helpers can be in support vehicles and do not necessarily need to
be keen riders. Riding/support vehicle work can also be shared between two parents if required.
CENTREPAY
Centrepay – the easy way to pay your bills and expenses.
Centrepay is a voluntary bill-paying service which is free for Centrelink customers.
Use Centrepay to arrange regular deductions from your Centrelink payment.
You can start or change a deduction at any time. The quickest way to do it is through your Centrelink
account online.
Ask Katrina for an application form.
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
Thanks you to all the families that replied to our test ‘Emergency Message’ last Friday. If you didn’t receive
a message can you please let us know ASAP.
SCHOOL APP
If you haven’t already signed up to our school app we ask that you take the time to
download it. Search for Updat-ed and from the menu select our school. We’ll receive
your registration request and will need to approve you before your app is up and running.
BREAKFAST CLUB
Many thanks to those who have volunteered to help with Breakfast Club during
this Term.
Tuesday 8th August – Liz Harrington & Melinda Pengelly
Thursday 10th August – Hannelie Schutte & Casey Reid
Tuesday 15th August – Kelly Smith & Julie Liersch
Thursday 17th August – Hannelie Schutte & Liz Harrington
FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY
Many thanks to those who have volunteered to help with cutting up fruit on
Fridays this term.
Friday 4th August – Hannelie Schutte & Jade Field
Friday 11th August – Katherine Simon & Sarah Vanis
MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES
Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au
This week’s attached article is “When you lose your temper”
QUOTE OF THE WEEK One of the things I learnt when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself I could not change others.
Nelson Mandela
JOKE OF THE WEEK
Q. How do you fit four hippos in a mini minor?
A. Easy – two in the front and two in the back!!
Q. How do you fit two elephants in a mini minor?
A. You can’t – it’s full of hippos!!
Thanks Lilly C
FUN FACTS - ABOUT CHEESE!
1. Greece have the highest cheese consumption in the world per capita, averaging 27.3 kilograms per person.
2. Remains of cheese has been found in Egyptian tombs over 4000 years old.
3. A farm in Sweden makes moose cheese.
4. Cheddar is the best-selling cheese in the Australia.
5. Cheese develops the optimal flavor and texture when served at room temperature.
6. It takes around 10 litres of milk to make 1 kilogram of hard cheese.
7. The United States is the top producer of cheese in the world
8. Pizza Hut uses about 140 million kilograms of cheese per year.
9. Some cheeses are stored for one year or longer before they are ready to eat.
10. Some ancient Roman houses had a special kitchen, called a careale, just for making cheese.
Lex Johnstone
Principal
FROM THE CLASSROOMS
Below, are the two stories, written by Skyla and Bella, that were chosen to be included in The Vox Bendigo
Book 2017 - Young Writers Anthology as part of the Bendigo Writers Festival.
The Spy Branch
By Skyla Cairney
I quickly climbed up the tree hoping that my brother would not have seen me. “James is on to me! I repeat:
James is on to me!” I cried into the walkie-talkie. I stopped and sat still on the highest branch on the tree
that would support me. The branch on the tree we call the spy tree.
My friend Emily and I were on a mission to see why my older brother James was always asking Mum if his
friend Harry could come over, and why he was always invited over to James’s house.
“I saw him run out of the room” said Emily. “He almost saw me too. I’ll meet you back at the branch.”
“So do you have any clues?” I asked when we were both at the branch.
“They are writing on a piece of paper” explained Emily.
“They could be writing a book” I suggested. “But the short story competition at his school was weeks ago.”
“I’ll go and get more clues. You stay here and take notes”
“Got it!”
“They have a computer!” Emily cried after a minute or two, “And I think they’re on Wikipedia.”
“Extraordinary find!” I exclaimed. “Do you know what they are looking at on it? Dogs? Buildings? Craft?”
“I’m afraid not.”
“See anything else?”
“Pens, pencils, rubbers, a folder…”
“Wait, a folder?” I interjected.
“Yes, a red one. It also has a massive blue sticker on it.”
“That’s his homework folder!” I shouted so loudly into the walkie-talkie that James overheard me from
Emily’s walkie talkie.
“James just saw me.” Emily whispered.
“Come back to the tree now” I said
Emily ran back up to the tree and climbed back to me as fast as she could. “Let’s have a talk and see if we
can solve the problem” I said to Emily when she got back.
“Good idea!” Emily said as she reached out to get a chocolate bar for the both of us from a box that we
kept lollies and chocolates in on a branch above us.
“I think they are doing homework” I said.
“I know they are doing homework” Emily said.
“So what are they doing it on?”
Suddenly the tree shook and we looked down. James was climbing up the tree. “Oh no, he must have
followed you!”
“What should we do?” I asked. “Tell my Mum?”
“I don’t know, Bella,” she said as James arrived at the top of the tree.
“What are you two doing?” James asked.
“Nothing.” I said shaking.
“Hey James,” Emily asked my big brother, “what were you doing in your room?”
“Just homework. History homework to be exact” he explained. “There’s just too much homework in high
school. That’s why I’ve been asking Harry to come over all the time to help me.”
“OK: said Emily.
“Sorry, but I’ve got to get back. Too much homework!” said James.
I sat there with my mouth hanging opened. We had already solved the case.
The Silver Willows
By Bella
An odd, bright silver dust floated down onto the tiny egg. A large grey wyvern was watching over the egg.
His amber eyes glowing in the night, the branches of the willow stopped shaking as a slender, black griffon
leapt onto the ground. ‘’There, your egg is going to be a special one, that’s for sure’’ said the griffon.
‘’That’s why I came here, panther.’’ replied the wyvern. ‘’Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, Dusk.’’ said panther.
The wyvern sighed, wondering why they would entrust the silver willows to an adolescent griffon.
The next few days, Dusk, and his mate, Silvia, a snow white wyvern, watched the egg in turn, carefully. One
sunrise, a full 9 moons later, the egg cracked a little, and a little more, then, a tiny square beak poked out of
the egg. The two wyverns were watching, but not helping, as the tiny wyvern would grow up a weakling if
they helped, Silvia wished she could help her little one, but knew better. After a few minutes the tiny, light
grey wyvern finally got out of his egg, it was then he noticed the two wyverns staring down at him. He
looked up at them and chirped happily, and the snow white wyvern lowered her head and nuzzled the little
wyvern, the grey, almost black wyvern nuzzled the tiny wyvern too. ‘’ I think we should name him Takae.’’
said Silvia.
Five years later, Dusk was trying to teach Takae how to fly. ‘’ Spread your wings, then flap them, it’s
simple!’’ shouted Dusk over the wind blowing in his and Takae’s ears, ‘’ but it’s too windy!’’ shouted
Takae. ‘’ Of course! That’s what makes you a great flier!’’ Dusk shouted back. ‘’ Okay, if you say so!’’
responded Takae, the wyvern flapped his wings lightly. ‘’ Flap your wings harder! Full upstroke, full
downstroke!’’ shouted Dusk, Takae was struggling, but slowly lifting off from the ground, in two hours,
Takae managed to get off the ground, his silver wings flapping with all his effort, once he did, Dusk flapped
his wings, and rose to the top of the colossal rock formation with ease, Takae managed to get halfway,
before tumbling out of the air in exhaustion. ‘’ Good try! You got halfway this time ‘’ congratulated Dusk.
Later that day, Silvia returned to the den with an entire rhodon in her talons. The wyverns ate their fill,
Silvia kept chatting about how proud she was of Takae. Later that night, Takae woke up in the middle of the
night, scared out of his mind, he had a dream, but the details where fading fast, all Takae could remember
was an albino drake, an island sinking, and an enormous, albino wyrm with paddle-like legs with talons the
size of a rukh’s, a lindwurm, maybe, thought Takae.
The next day, Takae awoke to the sound of pelicans and seagulls fishing and calling, as their den overlooked
the bay, he got out of his nest, seeing that his parents weren’t awake, he silently went into the a storage hole
in the wall of the den. He found some charcoal, and some birch bark, he grabbed the charcoal and bark,
then, he decided to sketch what he saw in his dream, after a while, he managed to make out the drake, he
was albino, with enormous, black spikes sticking out of his shoulders, rams horns on his head, and a spiked
tail, deadly in all its glory.
He wondered what the dream was all about, looking into the sunrise.
TO BE CONTINUED IN ‘THE SILVER WILLOWS : MYSTERY IN THE BAY’
FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL
GRADE 1/2 CAMP – Form indicating involvement due.
NETBOOK LEASE PAYMENT - $25 per term due at the beginning of each term.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Registration’s Open… On line or in person…..
Jets have opened up the ability to register On line via the
following link:
http://www.playcricket.com.au/club-finder/club-
details?Id=2728&postcode=3551
The Cricket Club will also hold its Junior Registration
Day at the Tannery Lane Sports Complex on Saturday,
12th August between 10am and 1pm and again on
Sunday 20th August from 10am to 1.00pm.
Registrations will be accepted for the T20 Blast (u.10),
U.11, 12, 14, 16 and 18 age groups. After a successful
year to the girl’s competition, we continue to open up
registration for the girls teams aged 9 to 15. All current,
previous and new players are most welcome
The Under 10 T20 Blast registration includes a Cricket
kit full of great goodies & a great way to start their
cricketing journey.
Our Milo In2 Cricket program thanks to Jenny’s ELC for
5-8 year olds is also open for registration via the online
link only. Please refer to details on the link for more
info.
Requiring further details, please contact the Jets Junior
Co-ordinator Brent Yates via email at
[email protected] or by phone
on 0434 730 711.
“Live local, Play local” –
Brent Yates – Jets Junior Co-Ordinator
Eaglehawk Hockey Club to celebrate 50th Anniversary
Eaglehawk Hockey Club, which is now the longest
running hockey club in Bendigo, will celebrate 50 years
on 5th August 2017 at The Exchange Bendigo, Shop 11
The Bendigo Bank Centre, and invites current & former
players and members to attend.
Life Memberships have been awarded to Kaye Trimble
and Sue Andrews, and membership now exceeds 150
males and females, playing in all age levels from 7 to 70+
years.
We look forward to sharing the evening with ALL
present & past members and friends, and would really
appreciate the contribution of any items, past equipment,
records, memorabilia, stories and photos to
share. Kindly contact Kaye Trimble (03) 5443 0596,
find us on Facebook, or email: [email protected]