Ashby Primary School Newsletter September 13, 2011

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Principal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny Omachen School emailSchool emailSchool emailSchool email ---- [email protected]@[email protected]@edumail.vic.gov.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER

Wednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberFinance Sub - CommitteeMeeting at 6.30pm in theStaff room.

Wednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberWednesday 14th SeptemberSchool Council Meeting at7.00pm in the Staff Room

Friday 23rd SeptemberFriday 23rd SeptemberFriday 23rd SeptemberFriday 23rd SeptemberLast Day Term 3.2.15pm Finish.

Term 4Term 4Term 4Term 4

Monday10th October toMonday10th October toMonday10th October toMonday10th October toFriday 21st OctoberFriday 21st OctoberFriday 21st OctoberFriday 21st OctoberIntensive SwimmingProgram for Preps, Years 1,2 & 3.

Getting Started TransitionGetting Started TransitionGetting Started TransitionGetting Started TransitionProgram for Prep studentsProgram for Prep studentsProgram for Prep studentsProgram for Prep students20123rd week in October

Tuesday 25th OctoberTuesday 25th OctoberTuesday 25th OctoberTuesday 25th OctoberInstructional Round.

Saturday 5th NovemberSaturday 5th NovemberSaturday 5th NovemberSaturday 5th November

School Market Day.Thursday 17th NovemberThursday 17th NovemberThursday 17th NovemberThursday 17th NovemberSchool Concert.

Thursday 8th DecemberThursday 8th DecemberThursday 8th DecemberThursday 8th DecemberBush Band in the Hall and

parent invitation to attend atnight.

PLANNING FOR 2012PLANNING FOR 2012PLANNING FOR 2012PLANNING FOR 2012

The Getting Started Program is atransition program that supports

kindergarten students commenceschool. It is an extendedtransition program that allowschildren to spend time in the newlearning environment, learn to

play outside with other schoolchildren and become familiarwith other students that will beattending Ashby in 2012. Could

parents who have children in thecommunity that they intend toenrol at Ashby please do so as

soon as possible as theinformation for the GettingStarted Program will be sent outthis week. The program willcommence the third week inTerm 4.

Whilst planning and introducingthe new Prep students to school,the staff will now commence

planning for grades in 2012. Iffamilies know that they are not

attending Ashby in 2012 couldyou please contact the office. Thisinformation allows us to makebetter decisions about grade sizesand the structure of grades.When we plan the grades to takeinto consideration the learningstyles of students, and the bestlearning environment we candevelop so any information aboutfamilies moving is reallyimportant to consider when

planning.

PARENT OPINION SURVEYS:PARENT OPINION SURVEYS:PARENT OPINION SURVEYS:PARENT OPINION SURVEYS:Thank you to the parents thathave returned the PARENTOPINION SURVEYS. Could

parents that still have the surveysreturn them to school as soon as

possible. The feedback from thesurveys assists in providinginformation to the school so thatwe can continue to provide forthe students the best educationalenvironment that we possibly can.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEARTJUMP ROPE FOR HEARTJUMP ROPE FOR HEARTJUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Last Friday was JUMP ROPE FOR

HEART DAY. The whole schoolwas involved in activities thatincluded various ways ofskipping. There was ademonstration group from grade3/4 that demonstrated the historyof skipping and the different typesof skipping games students haveused. It was a fun, very physicalday that allowed all students to

participate. Thank you toJemimah Welsh for organising the

day.

RERERERE----USE A SHOEUSE A SHOEUSE A SHOEUSE A SHOE

This program will finish thisweek. If you have any old and nolonger useful sneakers please sendthem to school this week. Theyare sent to Melbourne and reusedas rubber soft fall.

JENNY OMACHENPrincipal, Ashby Primary School


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Next FOA Meeting

The next FOA meeting will be Friday, October 14th at 9am in the Hall. Agenda items

include the Annual Art Show and Market. All are welcome!

Woolworths Earn and Learn Promotion Ends September 18th!

Thank you to families for all the Woolworth Earn and Learn Points! This promotion endsthis Sunday, September 18th, so please be sure to bring in all your Woolworthsshopping dockets (or at least the bit at the bottom with the points you earned and theircode) by Friday, September 23rd!You can return your dockets to your childs teacher, the school office or place themin the collection box on the Friends of Ashby bulletin board just outside the staff room. And dont forget to ask your family and friends for their receipts and vouchers. The more points we have the moreresources we can get for our school!

Annual Art Show and Market Day Stall Holders Still Needed!

Friends of Ashby Primary are holding a market in conjunction with our annual student art showon Saturday, November 5th from 10am-3pm. We are aiming to provide a welcoming andcheerful atmosphere in which our stallholders can showcase their talents and homemadeproduce and crafted goods. In the sustainable spirit of the school we are currently seeking stallsfor the market whichhave items that:

are handmade, reuse or recycle vintage goods, have a positive environmental impact and offer good quality products.

If you are interested in having a stall you can download the stall holders packets fromwww.friendsofashby.blogspot.comor contact Tracy Raby via mobile 0430 0276 688 or [email protected]. Remember all proceeds from theday will support our music and arts program!

Keep Collecting your Coles Sports for Schools Vouchers!

We now have over 4500 Sports for Schools Vouchers and there is still one more month left in thispromotion, so keep them coming in!

Please return your Coles Vouchers to your childs teacher, the school office or place it in thecollection box on the Friends of Ashby Bulletin Board just outside the staff room.

The Coles promotion runs through October 18th.

McCAIN Veggie Patch program Ends September 30

Ashby Primary School has registered again for the McCAIN Veggie Patch program tosupport work in our school garden. Through the program, McCAIN is giving away over$500,000 worth of veggie patch equipment to primary schools during 2011.

To support our school simply collect barcodes from your McCAIN vegetable packsbetween now andSeptember 30, 2011. You can give your barcodes to your childsteacher or place them collection box at the school office. As this promotion ends

during the school holidays, please be sure to bring any barcodes in by Friday,October 14th.

And dont forget to ask your family and friends for their McCain vegetable packs barcodes! Every barcode earnsMcCAIN Veggie Patch points for our school which can then be redeemed for gardening tools and seeds.


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Junior CricketJunior CricketJunior CricketJunior Cricket

Geelong West Rams Cricket Clubinvites ALL kids interested in

playing junior cricket (U11, U13,U15) or Milo In2cricket to a freefreefreefreeCoaching Clinic THISTHISTHISTHIS Sunday(Sept 11) 12 - 1pm at Action

Indoor Sports Centre, Furner Ave,North Geelong.Our Registration Day is SundaySundaySundaySundaySept 25th 11amSept 25th 11amSept 25th 11amSept 25th 11am ---- 12pm12pm12pm12pm, at WestWestWestWestOvalOvalOvalOval, Church St, West Geelongwith a BBQ Lunch afterwards.Come along and join the GCA Div1 Premiers and be part of a greatfamily club.Any enquiries, feelfree to callMichele Craven on

0438 761 379

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If anyone has G-rated Xboxgames they no longer need AfterSchool Care would be most

grateful if you wished to donatethem. Denise kindly donated anXbox to After School Care and thekids love it. Thanks heaps Denise.

We are still wanting old socksdonated for future activities.

Thank you to all parents who paytheir account each week. Itwould be great if all parents could

paid their outstanding accountsby the end of Term next Friday23rd September.

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End of Term is looming, only twoweeks to go, so please come andlook through the lost propertybox beneath the Friends of Ashbynoticeboard opposite thestaffroom.

Items not collected will be sortedappropriately.

Can You Help?

There are many ways you can get involved at Ashby. Below are some current activities we are seeking assistance with:

Fresh Fruit Friday, every Friday 9am -Assistance is needed every Friday after drop off(9amish) to help prepare fruits and veggie platters for the classrooms. If you can help, pleasejoin us in the classroom kitchen.

Trestle Tables needed- if you have a trestle table (the ones that are about 6 feetlong) or two we are seeking some for use at the Art Show and Market Dayevent on Saturday, November 5th. These tables will be used to display artand for some of the stalls planned. If you have a trestle table we canborrow, please contact Cyndy Scherer [email protected].

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After the holidays netball willrestart at Geelong West onThursday nights.

I have entered 3 teams.

If you are interested in your childplaying, please fill in the slip andreturn to the office.

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I would like my child

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Age _______ to play netball on

Thursday nights next Term.

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Invitation to stallholders!

This year, on Saturday November 5thour school will be

showcasing our children's work in our annual art show!Adding to the fun of the day, Friends of Ashby Primary willbe holding a market to support our music and arts

program.

In the sustainable spirit of the school we are currentlyseeking stalls for the market which have items that are

handmade,reuse or recycle vintage goods,

have a positive environmental impact

and offer good quality products.

If you are interested in having a stall or have talentedfriends or family members who would like to be involved

please let us know!

More information and a contact number for queries are inthe registration pack available this week from the school

office. It can also be downloaded from the Friends of AshbyBlog.(www.friendsofashby.blogspot.com)

We hope you will consider joining us on Nov 5th to helpraise much needed funds to support the music and arts

program, build the school and community and just havesome fun!

VicHealth and the Geelong City

Council have put together aninformation pack entitled The

Journey to School. A pack willbe sent home for each family bythe end of Term 3.

In the meantime, you can practicewalking safely to school by

joining the Walking School Bus at8.30am at the top end of WaratahStreet or you can join in at any

point along the way.

Thanks,

Katrina0403910063

Quiz Worx iscoming to town

Acclaimed Sydney team, Quiz

Worx, is coming to Geelong.They will share the good newsof Jesus with kids in fun,exciting and creative ways. Jointhe fun with puppetry, music,chalk talks, animations, storytelling, drama, quick draw,comics and more

October 5th-7th(Wednesday to

Friday, second week of theschool holidays)Scots Presbyterian church hallChurch on PakoCnr Pakington and WaratahStreets, Geelong West9:30am -12:30pmFree EntryA fun holiday program for allprimary aged childrenMore info:

www.churchonpako.org.auorcall Dave 041866470


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It's hard to believe we are nearingthe end of another term. We have

been very busy in the art roomand are really looking forward toshowing off some of the children'sart work at our shows! Firstly wehave the Geelong Show on theweekend of October the 15th.The children's work is exhibitedin the education pavilion alongwith other schools from theregion. It's always with a sense of

pride that the children have theirwork displayed and are often

excited to see it exhibitedalongside their peers. Ashbychildren's work has done verywell in the past, with us winningfirst prize last year.

Our own art show is on SaturdayNovember 5th and this is also afabulous opportunity for thechildren to have their workdisplayed, not only for families tocome and view, but for a widercommunity with the hosting ofthe Market Day at Ashby. Thechildren will also have their ownstall where we will be selling clay

garden creations made by thestudents of this school.

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Help is needed to get all thesethings done. If you can help with

the Geelong show, either byhelping set up the display onMonday October 10th or by doinga turn of duty and sitting in theeducation pavilion for an hour onthe Saturday, that would be great.Or it would be wonderful if wecould have some helpers to mountthe art work, or to help thread thewind-chimes for our own Ashbyshow in November. If you canhelp at all could you please see

me in the art room on a Mondayor a Wednesday or contact theoffice and they can pass yourdetails onto me. A lot of the workcan be done from home if it'seasier. Also we will be starting

getting ready to decorate theChristmas tree in Pakington Streetand always love donations ofrecycled items, anything really,but preferably water proof eg. oldcutlery, plastic bottles (we'll needlots of those this year), beads,

plastic cups, containers, lids etc.

Best regards,

Kathy Hyland.

Ashby Primary School Art Show and Market Day Trestle Tables Needed

We are seeking trestle tables (the ones that are about 6 feet/2m long) for use at the Art Show and Market day that willbe held on Saturday, November 5th. All tables need to be at the school no later than Friday, November 4th. Pleasemake sure to mark you table with your name on it. If you have a table we can borrow, please contact Cyndy Scherer viaemail at [email protected], mobile 0438-172-949 or fill out and turn in the form below to your childs teacher orthe office.

Art Show and Market Day Trestle Table Form

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Contact Info (phone or email): ____________________________________________________

I have ___________ (number of tables) that can be used for the Art Show and Market Day event)


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In order to improve communication between the School Council and the larger school community

the School Council will be sharing a summary of its meetings each month. This information will beshared via the weekly school newsletter and the new school council blog(www.ashbycouncil.blogspot.com). Below is the summary from the Councils August meeting(Wednesday, August 17th):

School ReviewAll initial information has been collected and our critical friend is working ona draft report using this information and other data available on the school (e.g. surveys,NAPLAN scores). A school review day will be held on August 31stto explore informationgathered, the draft report and get further feedback.

Community Usage of School Facilities PolicyWith the completion of the BER there havebeen some queries about use of our renovated school facilities by community. We currently

dont have a policy in place related to this kind of usage. We are researching similar policiesfrom other schools with the intention to create our own policy.

Principals Report The staff who joined us in term 3 including Gavin Dowling (music) andStephanie Pritchard (Grade 5/6B) are settling in well. The BER has effectively been completed.A small amount of money was included in the BER for new furniture and technology. Newfurniture has been ordered for the library/resource centre and one of the grade 5/6 classrooms.New computers have been ordered for the resource centre. We have gotten quotes on lightsand sound equipment for the hall and new stage. There is also a plan to hold an official event(a bush dance) to celebrate the completion of the BER in October (Term 4)

Friends of Ashby Report The Annual Art Show will be held on Saturday November 5thfrom10am-3pm. The event will also include a market day to engage the outside community as well.Stall holders for the market are currently being sought. FOA has decided to not use lets getgrowing as a fundraiser this year. While it was successful last year raising about $1500, thefeeling is that it can be overkill to do this kind of fundraiser every year. The Coles andWoolworths promotions are both going well, with Woolworths promotion ending September18thand the Coles promotion ending October 18th.

Garden/Chook Shed this structure has been effectively completed thanks to the efforts ofvolunteer parents. All gardening items have now been moved into the structure. The chickencoop component does still require chicken wire. Quotes are being sought on needed supplies.

No trespassing signs The school will be getting no trespassing signs to put up on the schoolgrounds.

Classroom Kitchen/Garden Program Sub-committee With the completion of the newclassroom kitchen to ensure its use and the development of needed policies related to it theCouncil is discussing a proposal to create an ad hoc sub-committee of council members,parents, staff and community members to help with developing such a plan and policies.

If you have questions or wish to raise any issues or concerns with the School Council please [email protected]. Our next School Council meeting is Wednesday, September 14th at 7pmin the staff room. All are welcome!

Cynthia SchererPresident, Ashby School Council


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