Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

Office: 50245345

Postal Address: P.O. Box 716, Irymple South 3498

Email: irymple.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.irymplesouthps.vic.edu.au

January 30th, 2015

Be Your Best

NAPLAN online

The National Assessment Program – Literacy

and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy

and numeracy skills that are essential for

every child to progress through school and

life. Students in years 3 & 5 will participate in

the annual NAPLAN test in reading, writing,

conventions of language (spelling,

grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

The testing window for NAPLAN online

testing this year will be from Tuesday May

11 and finishes on Friday May 21. The grade

3 writing test is the only pen and paper test

with the remaining being online. An

information brochure has been sent home

with information for parents and carers.

Prep Enrolments for 2022

We are now taking enrolments for prep

students in 2022. We would really

appreciate 2022 enrolments for siblings to

be completed as soon as practicable.

Enrolments forms are available from the

office or you can email myself or the school.

New Families

For those who would like a School Tour for

Prep 2022 we are holding these each

Wednesday at 9.15am. Please contact the

school to book a time for a tour.

Congratulations On Monday, Holly Batchelor had her head

shaved for ‘World’s Greatest Shave’. We are

very proud of her as this is a very brave thing to

do. Holly chose to raise money to support breast

cancer and raised $1422. What a fantastic

effort Holly!

CURIOSITY INCLUSION OWNERSHIP PASSION

March 12th, 2021

Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1

Our first conferences about your child’s learning will take place on Monday 15th March. Students

are not required to attend school on this day but are to attend the conference.

We have made a video explaining how the Learning Conferences will work and what the

student, teacher and parent roles will be. This video is on the school YouTube channel and can

be accessed via the following link.

https://youtu.be/vyapjjydJeg

Appointment times will close at 8:00am on Monday morning.

There will be NO ASSEMBLY on Monday morning. Student of the Week certificates will be handed

out at assembly on Friday 19th March.

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

School Council Elections

The School Council nominations close today.

We have 5 parent positions and 2 staff positions

to be filled. Self nomination forms are available

from me, Robyn. Please consider the

opportunity to be involved in our school

community in a significant role.

Thanks to our 2020 School Council members;

Travis Boulton, Jason Bruhn, Selina Carmichael,

Janet Droffelaar, Linc Howard, Sherrin Madden,

Stacey Solomon, Nicole Shaw, Nick Sheahan,

Geri Thwaites, Sebastian Tobacco, Jarrod

Wilkie, Robyn Brooks, Shannon Allen, Emma

Lord, Nadine McWilliams, Ben Milsom and

Jamie Russell.

The following member are up for re-election;

Parent Members

Jason Bruhn

Janet Droffelaar

Linc Howard

Sherrin Madden

Sebastian Tabacco

Staff Members

Emma Lord

Jamie Russell

School Council Meeting

The next meeting of the School Council will be

held on Wednesday 24th March at 6:00pm in

the Staffroom.

ANZAC CEREMONY

Our ANZAC Ceremony will be held on Friday of the first week of Term 2 (23rd

April) at 10:30am. Once again, we will be making our ISPS Memorial Wall of

names of our students’ family members who have served in the war. If you have

added a name to the Memorial Wall in the past, it will be included again this

year and you don’t need to let me know. If you didn’t, or are new to the school

and would like to add a name, please email nadine.mcwilliams@education.vic.gov.au with the

name, the war they served in and the student’s name by the end of Term 1.

Thanks,

Nadine McWilliams

Once again this year, our Grade 5 & 6 students have the opportunity to develop their

self-awareness and leadership effectiveness through the Leaders of Evolution Program.

In Grade 5, all students complete the Foundation

course, giving them the background knowledge

they need to succeed as young leaders. The

Advanced course, completed by all grade 6

students, supports them to develop and apply

competence, confidence, character and

connectedness in their environment. Students in

grade 6 will investigate, research and deliver

community projects to positively impact others. The

first of the group projects for 2021 has commenced

with lunchtime activities each Monday and

Wednesday.

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

On Wednesday, twelve Grade 6 students went

down to the Mildura Bowls Club to compete in the

Sunraysia Division Lawn Bowls competition. There

were four other schools who came to complete.

These teams were The Lake Primary, Mildura

South, Saint Pauls and Mildura

Primary. Our team all played

their best and overall we scored

20 points for the day. Thanks to

these efforts we were the overall

winners for the day and will now

be moving on to compete in

Swan Hill.

Yesterday 9 Grade 6 girls played cricket against

Nichols Point Primary School.

The scores were 175 to 50 our way. Our best player

was Eadie Neagle who got 32 runs. There was some

great wicket keeping from Eva A and really strong

bowling from Annabelle. All 9 of us had phenomenal

bowling, batting and fielding.

All the girls got a wicket when bowling and we will be progressing to the next round

which is in 2 weeks at Mildura. Overall we had a blast throughout the day and couldn’t

be more proud of the team. A big thanks to Mr Allen for your expertise in cricket and

your tips for us.

Yesterday the boy’s cricket team played against Nichols

Point. We played a T20 match that included some big hits,

awesome run outs and some clean catching. All players

contributed to the game with the bat, the ball or in the field.

Best contributors were: Ollie Cooper 29no, Max Bradshaw 2

wickets, Tyler Sleep 2 catches and a run

out. At the end of the day we came out winners and will now

progress to the Sunraysia Division Final. This will be played at the Aero

Ovals on Friday

26th March.

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

Camps Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) 2021

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and

sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink

Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible.

Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students. Payments are made direct to the

school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your

child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form

this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please come in to the school office and ask for an application

form.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the

Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.

Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office by

the end of Term 1, Thursday 1st April.

Parent Payment 2021

School Council determines the school fees

each year and approves the Parent Payment

Policy as outlined by the Department of

Education. At the parent payment cost for

2021 will be $150.

This cost covers all essential student learning

items (for example: pens, pencils, iPad apps).

Any extra non curriculum based programs (eg

interschool sport) will incur a cost at the time of

the event.

Payment plans are available by direct

depositing money into the following account

with your child’s name as the reference;

BSB: 063 520

Acc: 10104523

SCIENCE with Mr Douglas

This week in Science, all of the students made their very own beeswax wrap. We can reduce the amount

of single use plastics, such as cling wrap, by using our home made beeswax wrap as an alternative. What

is awesome about these wraps, is that they can be reused over and over again! When the wax wears off

all you need to do is add some more wax.

The method is simple:

The students love their beeswax wraps and have

been using them already. It is great to see as this

will cut down on the amount of plastic being used

which will have a positive impact on our

environment.

Cut the fabric to what

size you want

•Place another sheet of baking

paper on top

•Carefully iron the melted wax so it

covers the fabric and then let it dry

Place it on some baking paper and

sprinkle some wax over the fabric

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3

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Due to the Learning Conferences on Monday, certificates will be handed out on Friday 19th March at assembly

Prep G

Thea Richardson Prep S

Willa George Prep M

Tahlia Herberte 1C

Harrison Lay 1M

Levani Panuccio 2W

Chace Mackin 2S

Ricky Caristo 2B

Zara Burns

3V

Lincoln Phillips-Savage 3P

Aidan Lever 3T

Liano Puleio 4R

Scarlet Bland 4C

Sofia PIscioneri 5A

Julia Tabacco 5C

Jessica Mackin 6S

Zoe Howard

6H

Annabelle Kennedy Art

Ahvius Johnson PE

Bryce Stokes

Levani Panuccio Music

Freya Comfort Science

Evie Pender Principal

Massey Keens

Annabel Wallace

Irymple Football Netball Club

Irymple Secondary College

Thursdays 4:30 - 5:30pm. Starts April 22nd

For more information contact info@ijfnc.com.au

or visit www.facebook.com/IrympleFNC

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 7, Week 7, Term 1, 2021

Happy Birthday

MARCH

Beau Pitt (8th)

Harry Creek (8th)

Levani Panuccio (9th)

Penni Williams (11th)

Summer Tschirpig (12th)

Cameron Hensgen (12th)

Sawyer Gauci (14th)

Ava Delorenzo (14th)

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MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

MA

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8 15 Learning

Conferences

16 17 18 19 20 21

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22 23 24 School

Council

Meeting

25 26 27 28

10 29 30 31 1 End of

Term 1

2 Good Friday 3 4 Easter

Sunday

AP

RIL

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1

19 Term 1

commences

20 21 22 Cross

Country

23 ANZAC

Day

Ceremony

24 25 ANZAC

Day

2

26 27 28 29 30 1 2

MA

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3

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

6 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

7 31 1 2 3 4 5 6

CALENDAR 2021, Term 1

2021 DATES

Term Dates 2021

Term 1 28th Jan - 1st April

Term 2 19th Apr - 25th June

Term 3 12th July - 17th Sept

Term 4 4th Oct - 17th Dec PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021

Good Friday - Friday April 2nd

Easter Monday - Monday April 5th

Anzac Day - Sunday 25th April

Queen’s Birthday - Monday 14th June

Cup Day - Tuesday 2nd November School Cross Country

Thursday 22nd April ANZAC Day Ceremony

Friday 24th April