TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 5985 2864

Email Address: tootgarook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 28 8th September, 2016

CALENDAR Footy Day - Dress up in your team colours Friday 9th September - Footy Pie Day Friday 16th September - Parents & Friends Free Breakfast – 8:15am Friday 16th September - Last Day Term Three – 2.30pm dismissal. Monday 3rd October - 9.00am First Day Term Four Monday 3rd October - Prep Moonlit Sanctuary Excursion School Concert - Thursday 27th October

Assembly Thursday 15th September for Student of the week & for student of the term will be on Friday 16th

September at 2.00pm.

This Friday the 9th September is Footy Day.

Come dressed in your team colours.

Parade starting at 11:30am.

Who will sing their club song the loudest?

Swimming for all Prep to 2 children will begin on the 14th November. The cost will be about $60 for seven lessons. A notice explaining the details will

be sent home early in Term 4. FATHER’S DAY STALL

We hope all dads had an enjoyable Father’s Day last Sunday. There were many special gifts purchased for dads last week at our Father’s Day stall. We hope these carefully chosen gifts helped to provide a bright spot in dad’s day and added to the celebrations. On behalf of all students, we extend a special thanks to our Father’s Day Stall coordinators and the many parents who assisted with the sales at the stall last week: Sarah Boardman, Kelly Driver, Julie Woulfe, Joanna Hardman & Peta Ross. Our students had a great range of gifts to select from thanks to the many hours spent by the parents in sourcing these gifts. Another terrific team effort from our wonderful parents!

Students will be presented with certificates at next Thursday afternoon’s assembly.

Prep R – Mrs Read – James Breckon- For your enthusiastic participation each week when you visit the library van. You display excellent manners and a positive attitude. Well done James. Prep S – Miss Staley – – 1A – Miss Arnold – Mahlia Cass- Fyson - for always demonstrating Integrity during Big Write time. Your handwriting is always beautiful and you are beginning to up level the content. Well done on your performance at the Art and Music Festival as well! 1P – Miss Perkins – Callum Woulfe – What an amazing performance you gave at the Art and Music festival! It is always lovely to see how students learn and engage in other areas outside of the classroom. Great job! 2B – Mrs Baird –Harley Hansen – for his amazing concentration during writing. Harley has written two brilliant acrostic poems. Riley Newman - for the integrity he has shown towards improving his spelling. Well done, Riley. 2J - Mrs Johnstone – Marshall Symons – for working so hard to learn his spelling this term. We are expecting him to progress a level. (Fingers crossed) 3B – Mrs Bos –Max McIntish – for his application and hard work when learning about decimal fractions. 3W – Ms Walton –Peter Bredl-Bilbrough – for his application and hard work when learning about decimal fractions. 4B -Miss Broomfield – - 4F – Miss Kain – Travis Southon- For trying so hard in our Fractions unit and remaining positive! I’m very proud of you Travis, keep it up! - 4/5K – Mr Kitchin – Talea Hardwidge – you are a positive and enthusiastic member of 4/5K who is always willing to help others. Keep up the great work!

5/6M – Ms McGhee – Renee Robinson– For the outstanding effort she put into her Olympics assignment. She completed all activities and went on to earn 26 bonus points. Keep up the hardworking attitude Renee!

5/6Q – Miss Quintin – We love having you in our class Lilly Gorton. You always use your best manners and help anyone who needs it during our Maths and English groups. I was impressed when I watched you perform as well as introduce other acts at the Art and Music Festival. Well done! Art / Craft – Miss Davey – - – Music - Mrs Young- Rhainnon & Tarkyn Sylvester – Wow, your dedication to practising your instruments and the support from your family showed with your amazing performances at the Music Festival. P.E. – Miss Daley –Loki Wood – 1A – For having a great approach to PE. You’ve really developed into a positive participant.

Prep Excursion to Moonlit Sanctuary Monday 3rd October.

To celebrate and consolidate our learning throughout Term 3 on our place in Australia and Australian native animals, we

have planned an excursion to the Moonlit Sanctuary.

We will experience close encounters with mammals, birds and reptiles through two education programs:

*Mammal Mingle: Meet a range of mammals including dingoes, Tasmanian devils, wombats and koalas. We will

learn about the broader needs and features of these animals.

*Bush food explorers: We will touch and smell a range of plants and learn how aboriginals used them

and other tools from nature.

Compulsory Hats From the start of next term we will return to the wearing of a school approved hat. Our hat

is green in colour and is designed to promote the protection of the neck and ears as well as

the face. Compulsory hats are a School Council Policy, which will be

strictly enforced.

Children who don’t wear an approved hat will be required to stay in a

sheltered area during school recess times. NO BASEBALL HAT IS OR WILL BE

APPROVED. School hats with our school logo can be purchased from Beleza Uniform Shop

in Rosebud.

Concert Helpers needed for prop + costume making -

each Wednesday - from 2.00pm – in the Art Room.

Our School Concert will be held on Thursday 27th October @

Eastbourne Primary School Hall.

If anyone has any plastic headbands they would like to donate for the

concert please leave at the office – thanks!

TOOTSTARS Jelly Bean Competition!

Every Tuesday and Thursday at the start of Lunchtime there will be

Grade 5 and 6 students sitting in front of the Canteen with a big jar of

Jelly Beans! You can guess how many jelly beans are in the jar for just $1 or a

gold coin donation. If you guess the closest amount, you win the WHOLE jar of

Jelly Beans! The winner will be announced at the last Assembly in Term 3!! All of

the money raised will go towards our TOOTSTARS program. GOODLUCK!

4 Buckets needed for Senior learning area for scraps to be used in our worm farm.

Thank you

Worm Juice produced by Senior Learning Centre for sale $2.00 for 2L

(Proceeds go to the Tootstars Program) Please see Graham

If you are

interested in having

a stall please

contact Sarah on

the number on

flyer.