Parent / Teacher interviews Parent teacher interviews were conducted this week.

It was fantastic to see so many parents and students

attending these very important meetings. Thanks to

the staff that put in so much effort and time into

writing these reports and conducting the parent /

teacher interviews.

Term three staffing news Mrs Lena Clark, the newly appointed Principal will be

commencing at Donvale Primary School on Monday,

30th July (week three of term three). Prior to her

Principal appointment at Donvale Primary School

Mrs Clark was granted long service leave. During

Mrs Clark’s absence, Mr Ian McKinlay will be the

Acting Principal for the first two weeks of term three

(Monday, 16th July to Friday, 29th July).

Whilst Mr McKinlay is the Acting Principal for the

two weeks, his class (12C) will be taught by Mrs Sarah

Hodgson on each Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Clark has written an article in this week’s

Snippets outlining her excitement about her upcoming

role.

End of term assembly We will be holding an end of term assembly on Friday,

29th June at 2.10pm. At the conclusion of the assembly

students will be dismissed at 2.30pm.

On behalf of the staff at Donvale Primary School we

would like to thank all the students and families who

have worked together to ensure term two was so

successful. We wish all families a safe and enjoyable

holiday period.

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

28th June 2012

Phone: 9842 3373 Email: donvale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Fax: 9841 7033 Web site: www.donvaleps.vic.edu.au

Friday 29th June 2.10: Assembly

2.30: Dismissal

WEEKLY DIARY

Snippets

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Thank you and farewell I would like to thank everyone at Donvale Primary

School who have made this term such an enjoyable

and rewarding experience for me. I have been so

impressed by Donvale Primary School and will be

‘taking many ideas’ to Scoresby Primary School. Yes, I

was informed yesterday that I have been appointed to

the substantive principal position at Scoresby Primary

School. A huge thrill! I now have to say goodbye to

both Donvale Primary School and Glen Waverley

South Primary. I have worked at GWSPS since 2004. I

will be sad to say goodbye to the students, parents and

staff at GWSPS. I have made many great friendship at

GWSPS and will look back very fondly on all my

wonderful experiences at both schools.

Right from the start I felt very welcomed at Donvale

and will look back fondly on my experiences here. I

know that I have learnt many valuable skills that will

help me throughout my career. The staff at Donvale

Primary School have promised to keep me informed

about what is happening at Donvale. I am looking

forward to hearing about all future successes at

Donvale.

A huge thank you to all staff who have made this term

so enjoyable and welcomed me as ‘ one of their own’

right from the start. I would like to individually

acknowledge and thank Mr Ian McKinlay, Mrs

Ricarda Lillis and Mrs Wendy Cheesman who I have

worked so closely with this term. I will miss you guys

and I know that our friendships will continue in the

future.

Thank you.

Matthew Coney

Monday 16th June Term 3 commences

Donvale Primary School provides students with a positive educational experience to achieve their

potential in a comprehensive learning environment that is caring, secure and stimulating.

Hello from Mrs Clark Hello Everyone,

I would like to begin by saying what an absolute

privilege it is to have been appointed Principal of

Donvale Primary School. I am so excited about this

opportunity and can’t wait to begin the journey with

you all.

I have heard many wonderful things about Donvale

PS, in particular, how wonderful the students,

teachers and community are. I gained a really strong

sense of this on my recent visit to the school where I

was so warmly welcomed by the students and staff. It

was a wonderful first greeting; one that will leave a

lasting impression.

It was terrific to be shown around the school and visit

each classroom to meet all the staff and students. I

was so impressed by everyone I met and everything I

saw. I am very much looking forward to getting to

know everybody and becoming a part of the Donvale

Primary School community.

As you may be aware, I will not be taking up my

position until week 3 in Term 3. I will be taking some

long service leave to travel overseas – a trip that my

husband and I have had booked for some time and are

really looking forward to. I will be very keen to share

my travel stories with you when I return.

I would like to extend a really big thank you to Ian

McKinlay who will be taking on the Acting Principal

role in my absence. I know that the school will

continue to be in very capable hands.

I would also like to express a very warm thank you to

Matt Coney who has been in the Acting Principal role

for the duration of Term 2. Donvale PS has been most

fortunate to have had his support during this time. I

wish Matt all the very best and look forward to our

crossing paths again.

I wish everyone a relaxing holiday and see you all in

Term 3.

Lena Clark

The Assistant Principal

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Good Luck Mr. Coney Congratulations to Mr. Matt Coney who has just been

appointed to the Principal position at Scoresby P.S.

Matt will take up this position at the start of term 3

and he leaves Donvale P.S. with our very best wishes

for a successful and rewarding time as Principal of his

new school.

At Donvale P.S. we have been very fortunate to have

had Mr Matt Coney as our Acting Principal for Term 2.

In a short space of time he has become a highly

respected and valued leader throughout the Donvale

school community. A person like Mr Coney reinforces

what we have always known about school leaders and

that is, their most important attribute, is the human

one. Matt Coney has developed a wonderful rapport

with the teaching staff, students and parents at

Donvale. We thank him most sincerely for the help,

guidance and friendship he has provided everyone at

our school this term. It has been a pleasure for us all to

have worked with Matt and we wish him all the very

best at Scoresby Primary School in the years ahead.

Before and After School Care: This is just a short note to inform you about changes to

the Before and After School program, brought about by

the need to renew the contract with OSH at the end of

June.

Over a number of meetings with Jason Bruce (OSH), it

was decided to extend the contract for a further 6

months.

We felt that it was important, to give the new

Principal time to assess the current contract and

background before committing to a new longer term

agreement.

However, in order to extend the contract, Jason

explained that the pricing would need to be reviewed,

as OSH had been running the program at a loss over

the last 15 months.

Although our current numbers are up from an average

8.8 to 11.8 (morning and afternoon), the numbers are

still down from 3 years ago.

This has meant, that to keep the program running for

the remainder of the year, our fees will need to

increase from $15 to $18 in the mornings and $18 to

$21 in the afternoons.

If we are to maintain the program and fee structure in

2013, we will need to increase our numbers to 12/13 in

mornings and 15/16 in the afternoons.

If you have any further questions please contact the school.

Ian McKinlay

Well done to all the teams that have made it through

to the Finals this weekend. Sat, 30th June

DOLPHINS 9.30am DSC1

DELIGHTS 10.30am DSC1

DAISY's 11.30am Leeds St

DINGOES 1.00pm DSC2

DINOSAURS 2.30pm Leeds St

Good luck!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Basketball

catch up on Wed, 18th July 4.45pm - 6.00pm at the

school/GP room.

Please RSVP to Nina your team's attendance.

Thanks

Brenda

General News From The

Sports Coach

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Woolworths Earn & Learn The school will be participating in

the earn & learn promotion.

Start collecting stickers at the

checkout of your local Woolworths

supermarket until July 22nd. Once completed,

simply drop the sticker card at our school or at your

local Woolworths.

We do have empty cards at the office to put your

stickers on.

Chocolates for sale We have bars of Cadbury chocolates for

sale at the office for $1 each OR 5 for $3.

Lost Property A reminder to parents to please check their child/

ren’s name tags on jumpers. We have a few lost

jumpers and they are all named.

Tennis Competition What a fantastic response to the tennis competition.

Thank you to everyone who entered. Congratulations

to the following students who won tennis prize packs. I

hope you enjoy reading their responses to 'I like

playing tennis because.....'

Level 1 Jesse 00A - "I like making big hits and it is fun." William 00A - "I like to hit the ball with my racquet"

Level 2 Tommy 1/2A - "When I play tennis I feel excited. All I

want to do is run and hit the ball. I love tennis" Gemma 1/2A - "Its lots of fun in the sun"

Level 3 Angelina 3/4A - "It is a really fun sport and you get

very good exercise from it. It is also good because you

can play with your friends."

Mitchell 3/4B - "I know all of the different types of

shots and volleys. I love tennis."

Level 4 Stephanie 5/6C - "I think it is fun and helps you

tighten your arms and it is a really good sport to play if

you don't really like other sports."

Pearl 5/6B - "You become fit while having fun and you

can play it anywhere you want! I love it!"

Level 4 Winter Round Robin Sports Day was

cancelled last week due to the terrible weather. The

round robin will now be held on Thursday 19th July.

Permission notes went home yesterday. Please sign

these forms and return them to the school ASAP.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the school

community for making me feel so welcome at Donvale

Primary School this term. I have had a wonderful

time and have thoroughly enjoyed teaching the children

and getting to know them and their families.

Thank you.

Basketball News

Donvale Primary School Drop Off and Pick Up Zone Rules It has come to our attention that we have members of our community not ‘doing the right thing’ when dropping off and picking up children. The drop off zone is not a parking area. No parent is to park their car and leave the vehicle or sit idle for any length of time. There are plenty of other areas to park if you need to leave your vehicle or wait for your child. It is not considerate of others who are waiting in line to pick up their children. If your child is not at the pick up zone, you need to drive around or park your car in the surrounding streets and walk in. There will be staff monitoring the situation and we appeal to all parents to please ‘do the right thing’.

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Donvale Jnr Chef Canteen

Newsflash

Last day of Term 2 The canteen will be open on Friday as per normal.

Lunch orders will be processed, being ready for an

early lunch at 12.30 – 1.30pm.

Last chance to order a Meal Deal for Term 2

SCT Wrap Pack 1 $5.00 Famous SCTWrap

Mini Choc Chip Muffin

Vanilla Ice Cream Cup

Macaroni Cheese Pack 2 $5.00 Macaroni Cheese

Mini Choc Muffin

Moosie (choc/bluemoon)

Pizza Pack 3 $5.00 Pizza Magarita

Mini Choc Chip Muffin

Just Juice (apple/tropical/orange)

Sausage Roll Pack 4 $5.00 Sausage Roll

Mini Muffin

NEW MEAL DEALS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN TERM 3 – BE SURE TO READ SNIPPETS FIRST WEEK BACK. ------------------------------------------------------

Enjoy the holidays

Keep Healthy, Keep Warm, Keep Hydrated

Angie (SUPER cookie)

Canteen Management Services

Quench (apple/raspberry)

This term went very well. The Junior Chef Room

became a reality, the children and the team helpers

had such a great time together.

Donvale Pizza Ristorante was a success (4 groups, 1

session each). Open Day Activities were also a success

with many complements from prospective families

that visited us.

The Fairy Cupcakes workshop with the prep children

was fantastic.

What a great term with a total of 7 sessions and over

100 children involved.

The little chefs were happy creating and we were also

very happy to share our skills with them.

Next term we are going to be visited by Manningham

City Council and The Leader Newspaper.

Sessions will involve the same groups of children,

everything remains the same just a more challenging

menu.

Many level 4 children came to us and requested an

extra session to create "Curry Puffs" with them.

Hopefully we have extra time to do this.

Special thank you to Val from Croydon for her

donation and support for our school.

Thank you to Donna, Martin, Jaqui, Marita, Erika

and all Prep Staff for helping in the club.

Looking forward to creating food with all our junior

chefs next term.

Have a lovely break.

We don't cook, we create food.

Liang Dimitroff

"THANK YOU TO MR MATT CONEY FOR

SUPPORTING OUR CLUB DURING HIS TIME AT

DONVALE"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 29th June - 19th July George T, Vienna G, Samuel M, Caitlin G, Katherine S, Raje N, Seamus C, Matthew M,

Hamish W, Lachlan H, Sarita N, Harry C, James D, Chloe V, Eva S

OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program

Program Update

Anna J, Belinda S and Milly S enjoying Foosball. Giant Cross using giant lego blocks

made by Sandiv W and Alfie H

Dear Parents & Students,

The children had wonderful time during Term 2 cooking delicious dishes, enjoying Jump Rope and Triathlon

(AASC), working with hama beads and lots and lots of craft activities. And here we are close to school

holidays. Enjoy your holidays and see you all back soon with lots and lots of energy.

Online bookings for Mitcham and Blackburn Holiday Program are open. To avoid last minute rush or

disappointment book in the children in advance.

Please make sure all enrolment forms are up to date and all medical action plans have also been checked and

changed or updated if needed.

Remember bookings can be made right up til 12:00 the midnight before, or you can book on the

day but there will be extra charge of $2.00. If you’re ever stuck and would like your child to attend

OSH After School Care you can call me or leave a message on 0402 362 443 and I will get back to you.

Jagruti Shah

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0402 362 443 Coordinator: Jagruti Assistants: Caroline, Lekky, Jade, Jennifer OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day

bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

More information on the following advertising is available from the office:

THE DRUM THEATRE - Peter Rabbit Live on stage, Tue 10th July, 10.30am and 1pm.

The Magic Flute - presented at „The Castle‟ Hemmings Park. Fri 6 Jul 10.30am and

1pm.

FOOTBALL FEDERATION VICTORIA - Holiday program Tue 3rd and Wed 4th July at Gardiners Reserve

Burwood, 9am to 1pm.

HEIDELBERG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Will be performing 2 educational concerts for children and

families on Sunday July 31st at the Performing Arts Centre, Ivanhoe Grammar, Upper Heidelberg Rd.

Concert 1 - (All ages) Meet a live Symphony Orchestra. Concert 2 - (Ages 5 +) Learn about different forms of

music. Tickets are $5 each.

STORIES FROM THE STUDENTS

Last Thursday the Preps students were very lucky to have a special

Cupcake class with Liang and her Junior Master Chef crew. The students all worked together beautifully and displayed impeccable

manners. Their delight at whipping up delicious cupcakes can be seen in the photos

below!

Thank you to Liang, Martin, Donna, Jaqui, Erika and Marita for their effort in making the afternoon special for

the children. Lashay, Rebecca & Michelle

The Department of Education & Training, Donvale Primary School its Management, and teachers do not endorse the products or services of any advertiser listed in this publication. No representation, warranty or undertaking is given or made in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in this publication, or any claims made by the advertisers.

The Yarra Valley Railway’s

School Holiday Special Offer!

Present this ad for 10% discount on railway rides

We operate Wednesday and Sunday throughout the school holidays

Rides depart Healesville station hourly 10am to 4pm

For more information visit our website at

www.yvr.com.au

Coming up Term 3, 2012

The Impressionists Monet, Degas, Caillebotte, Morisot, Cezanne, Van Gogh,

Renoir

Donvale Primary School

Understand this era of Art and develop appreciation of the technique and the times of these artists whose

work is exhibited in the most important galleries in the world. How did the times and places they lived in

affect the way they painted. What is a “plain air” painter? Try your hand at using these same techniques

to paint your own masterpiece. Develop your own art skills and knowledge of art so that you can do better

presentations, better projects, have more fun with art activities, get increased pleasure from the quality of

your own work and be able to critically evaluate art from this period. All materials included.

WiseOnes Application for 3rd

Term, 2012

This program is available for all Grade 1 - Grade 6 children who have qualified for WiseOnes.

The unit for third term commences week beginning Monday, 23rd

July, 6th

Aug, 13th

Aug, 20th

Aug, 27th

Aug, 3rd

Sept, 10th

Sept and 17th

Sept.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I wish to enrol my child in the unit "The Impressionists” starting week beginning Monday, 23rd

July,

2012.

I give permission for a copy of this slip to be handed to the WiseOnes teacher.

Child's Name ______________________________________ School:

___________________________________

Date of Birth ________________________ Class (2012) ________

Parents' Names ________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________

Phone: BH _________________ AH __________________ Mobile ________________

My child has already qualified for WiseOnes YES/NO

I would like a free test for my child YES/NO.

I would like my child to be tested with a fuller assessment to qualify for WiseOnes (assessment cost $200

inc GST).

Please send this slip and payment of $212.00 on Tuesday, 17th

July, 2012.

As we are a non-credit business, children will not be accepted into the program for the term unless the

fees and enrolment form are returned by the above date.

If paying by cheque please make it payable Donvale Primary School.

For further information, please contact Pat Truscott on 9326 6441 or Mobile: 0407 313 657.

Parents Association News!

Parents Association Meeting The next PA meeting will be held on Monday 25

th June (next Monday), at 9.30am in the library. All welcome.

Hope to see you there.

Coles Sausage Sizzle!

A fantastic opportunity to promote our school has arisen. Coles

Donvale has invited us to run a fundraising BBQ at Tunstall Square

on Saturday 28th July 2012. The BBQ will run from 9am-3pm.

We are asking parents who are interested in helping out with the BBQ

for a while on that day to please fill out the form below, and return it

to school before Wednesday 18th July, so that a roster can be set up

in preparation for this event.

For further details or questions please contact Jo Wood on

0407 547 454.

Your support will be most appreciated.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………......

Coles Sausage Sizzle, Saturday 28th July 2012.

Parent’s name:_____________________ Child’s name:_______________ Child’s class:________

Preferred time slot.

Please tick the appropriate box/es

9am – 11am 10am – 12pm

11am – 1pm 12pm – 2pm

1pm – 3pm