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Cook’s Log Issue No 12– 31st July Principal’s Report I have an important announcement to all James Cook Primary School community members regarding

Before-and-After School Care. As of October 7th, day one of Term Four 2019, we will be partnering with

‘TheirCare’ as our new providers of on-site before-and-after school care. We are very excited to be

working with Steve, Tash and the team at TheirCare. Information regarding how families can make the

seamless transition to the ‘TheirCare’ program will be forthcoming in the next few weeks, including an

information evening to be held in the Library on Wednesday 21st August 2019 at 6.00pm. There is no

enrolment charge with TheirCare.

On behalf of our school community I wish to pass on our thanks and appreciation to ‘LookedAfter/Extend’

for their dedicated care and support they have provided for our families over the past three years.

A couple of the more immediate school calendar events coming up….

Tuesday 6th August School Photo Day. We ask that all students are sent to school in full school

uniform please, including either a school jacket or windcheater. Hair should be neat and groomed so that

we can see all of our students’ beautiful smiling faces. Any bows, ribbons, headbands or cultural

headwear etc should be either light or navy blue. Any children wearing headbands with

embellishments will be asked to remove them. Please remember to place

your photo orders online with your child’s unique code on the information

flyer, sent home last week.

Also, on the evening of the 21st August, the students and staff will be hosting

a, ‘What’s My Superpower?’ event in the hall from 6.30-7.30pm. Everyone is

invited to come along and discover their superpower. Challenge yourselves to

see how far you can go with activities, competitions and door prizes.

On Friday 30th August we celebrate our Dads at our Fathers’ Day Breakfast at 8.15am in the Hall. I look

forward to seeing you all there.

A reminder to the families who received an invitation to complete the 2019 Education Department Parent

Survey. We value the input of our families towards building the best possible learning environment for

our students and their families. The survey must be submitted by Sunday 11th August 2019. Thank you to

those who have already done so.

Anne

“Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything.”

(Lance Armstrong)

T: 9700 2601 E: james.cook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au W: www.jamescookps.vic.edu.au

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Assistant Principal’s Report

PFA NEWS SPECIAL LUNCHES Orders for the Hot Dog Lunch, next Monday 5th August, must be in by 9.00am this Friday 2nd August.

Our next special lunch will be a Pie/Pastie/Sausage Roll Lunch, on Monday 26th August. Halal and gluten free options will be available.

CADBURY FUNDRAISER This year’s Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser started last week. Families can choose to sell either or both of

the Freddos or Goody Bar boxes. Families who sell three full boxes will qualify their children for a Free

Special Lunch Token. All other individual boxes sold will gain families an entry into the draw for a Free

Special Lunch Token. All money and unsold chocolates must be returned by Friday 16th August.

SCHOOL PHOTOS - Tuesday 6th August This year Arthur Reed Photos is introducing a brand new webshop. Parents will now be able to view the photographs taken of their child prior to purchase and select the images they would like included in their photo package.

Personalised flyers have been created for all students, each with a unique code.

Parents are to use the code on the flyer to access the images taken of their child on photo day.

All students will need to be in correct school uniform and any headwear must be in pale or navy blue as per our school Uniform Policy. FATHERS’ DAY

The Fathers’ Day Stall will be run on Friday 30th August. There will be gifts available for students to

purchase from 50c to $6.00. (A plastic bag for their gift is also a good idea). Fathers’ Day photo orders

must be returned by Tuesday 20th August. Any parents and carers who are available to assist with the

smooth running of any of our PFA should let us know at the office.

Book Week 19th – 23rd August

This year the theme for Book Week is “Reading is my Secret Power”. James Cook will be celebrating Book Week with a dress up day on Thursday the 22nd of August with the theme of “My Super Power is…..”? There will be a parade in the hall at 9:15am and all parents are welcome to attend. Students will spend the morning in House groups focusing on activities based on the Children’s Council of Australia, short listed books. Also, on the evening of the 21st August, the students and staff will be hosting a, ‘What’s My Superpower?’ event in the hall from 6.30-7.30pm.

DATES TO REMEMBER

AUGUST Fri 2nd Hot Dog Lunch payment due 9.00am Book Club orders due Mon 5th Hot Dog Lunch Tue 6th School Photos Mon 12th District Athletics-payment due Tue 13th School Council 6.30pm Fri 16th School Disco Mon 19th – Fri 23rd Book Week

AUGUST Mon 19th District Athletics Tue 20th Father’s Day photo orders due Fri 23rd Prep Puppet Show Mon 26th Pie Lunch Fri 30th Father’s Day breakfast – 8.15am Father’s Day Stall

SEPTEMBER Wed 11th School Musical

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK - 15/7 – 19/7 STUDENT OF THE WEEK - 22/7 – 26/7

PB Lucas PB Fatiha

1A Mazhar 1A Yara

1C Aden 1C Taylor

2A Michael J 2A Mahdi

2B Anamta 2B Jordan

3A Patrick C 3A Kevin H

4A Sidhitha 4A Harmonii

5A Chelsea 5A Uros

6A Hamnah 6A Autupuna

Art Fatiha Art Isidora

ICT 2A ICT Mary

Mandarin Tashifa Mandarin Maison

Music Music Rosie M

PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2019

WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK

The opinions of parents at our school are an important indicator of how well the school is meeting the needs of our students, and the parents’ views are very important in the future planning and delivery of services and the curriculum. Each year a small group of parents are selected by the Department of Education & Training

(DE&T) to participate in our Parent Opinion Survey. This year aapproximately 30 per cent of

parents will be selected at random to complete the survey between Monday 22nd July and

Sunday 11th August.

The survey is confidential and anonymous.

The 2019 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

connected to the internet via a secure portal. Computer facilities are available at our school office

for those families who are unable to complete the survey on their own devices.

Families are selected at random, and we are very grateful to those families for taking the time to

complete the survey during the dates above.

As a thank you for participating in this year’s survey, once completed, your child/children will

receive a complimentary bag of popcorn that can be claimed via the office. Your family will also

be entered into a draw for a complimentary ‘Pizza Lunch’ on the 17th September 2018

We really do appreciate your support with this.

Yours sincerely,

Anne Burgess

Principal

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We celebrated 100 days of school. It was fun dressing up like a 100 year old person and to do activities. I liked playing ‘Race to 100’. By Mia 3A

Once upon a time there were 100 days of School. We played ‘Race to 100’ and ‘What equals 100’. A lot of people dressed up. I dressed up as an old man and Mia dressed up as an old lady. Everyone had fun.

By Riley 3A

On 100 days of school, we all dressed up as 100 year old people. We played a game ‘Race to 100’. It was good. Then we had a competition to see who was the best dressed as a 100 year old person. My friend Hailey, won the prize. It was a board game. 100 days of school was

great. By Jackson 4A

On Wednesday 24th we had our 100 days of school celebration day! We dressed up as 100 year olds and did lots of indescribably enjoyable activities. One activity was to write 100 equations that added up to 100. Another one was to draw an alien that had to have 10 different categories with 10 different things and each with their own colour. There were a lot of breath-taking, mind blowing costumes, and one person from each class took home a prize for the best dressed 100 year old person.

By Hailey 4A

On Wednesday we celebrated 100 days of school. It was pretty funny seeing kids everywhere wearing Gandolf beards. Leroy and I played, ‘Old Man Disease’. It’s basically like gang up tag but HARDER. We had a small parade in the module and played different activities. By Chase 4/A

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