Assistant Principal’s Report

November 10th, 2016

Issue 34

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OUR VALUES

Aim High Be Respectful Be Resilient Be Responsible

State Chess Championships

On Tuesday, we had 5 students take part in the State Primary Schools Chess Championships at Wantirna. After leaving very early in the morning, the boys played 9 games each against some very talented chess players. The standard of some of the experienced players was just amazing to see. Students travelled from as far away as Mildura (7 hours), Hamilton (4 hours), Ballarat and many other regional centres. The boys all did their very best and each won at least 2 of their games over the day. Competing against students whose schools have chess coaches was a challenge for many students with over 270 students competing, representing 45 schools. To get to the State Championships is a fantastic effort and we must congratulate, David O’Neill, Connor Swale, Stavro Karanicolas, Max Crooke and Johnny Karanicolas. Johnny did the best of our team scoring 3&1/2 points out of a possible 9 – a very good effort! I would like to thank Mrs Voon O’Neill who drove the boys and myself to Wantirna and provided

great support.

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Well Done Award Winners 7th November, 2016

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2017 Prep Orientation Session #3

On Wednesday, we had our 2017 Prep students attend school for their third transition session in readiness for next year. The children were very excited about their time at school and created some wonderful pictures of themselves and their teacher. Thank-you to Mrs Kerrie McPherson, Mrs Jodie Casbolt, ES staff Annmarie and Di for supporting our 2017 Prep students as well as our Year 5 teachers Mr Dan Wells and Mr Greg Eddy whose students

buddied-up with our current Prep students for the afternoon.

H.P.V.

Today, our Human Powered Vehicle Team is travelling to Stony Creek Go-Cart Track for a day of concentrated practice for their annual Lap-a-thon. The students have been seeking sponsors for their efforts today. This will support their big H.P.V. annual trip to Maryborough which sees them head off next Wednesday for 4 days of racing against hundreds of other students. The town of Maryborough grows enormously as many more support team members meet for this huge event. The students have been training for many months in readiness for the event and without the support of Mr Craig Friebe and a dedicated group of helpers, this event just wouldn’t occur. At tomorrow’s Assembly, the team members will be presented with special items to do with their trip to Maryborough. We

wish them the best of luck next week.

Remembrance Day

Tomorrow, our School Captains, Vice Captains and all our Junior School Councillors will walk to the Cenotaph at Coleman Park to participate in the annual Rememberance Day Service. Our school will acknowledge the event with a small service just before Recess while we will also acknowledge the day at our morning Assembly. Unfortunately, due to dwindling numbers, our local RSL Sub-Branch is unable to have members conduct a service at our school Assembly tomorrow morning, thus our participation in other ways tomorrow, including the Korumburra town service at the Cenotaph at

Coleman Park.

Student Placement 2017

At this time of the year we are heavily involved in planning for next year and making decisions about our class structure and the placement of teachers. Although we have not yet formally determined our class structure or which teachers will be in which classes, we do however at this time of year invite written requests from parents regarding class placement. Any such requests need to be made on sound educational, social or emotional issues and must be in writing. It is not appropriate to make requests for individual teachers, particularly as teachers have not yet been assigned to

classes.

(Continued from page 1) There are many factors to consider and it is usually not possible to accommodate all requests. Be assured, however that each and every factor in the decision as to where a child is placed next year is given our utmost attention and teachers take great care in making

these decisions.

Any requests for class placement are to be made in writing and addressed to the Principal and marked ‘Confidential’. The specific content of any such letters will be kept in the strictest confidence but the intent of the request obviously will need to be discussed when class lists are generated. Any parents who may have concerns about their child’s placement for 2017 could also make an appointment to speak to either David Gray or myself. The opportunity for parent input for 2017 is only available for a brief period (all requests must be in by tomorrow, Friday November 11th ), as there is a lot of time, effort and consideration put in by

teachers to arrange appropriate class groups for the following year.

Repeats

Could parents also note that if they are contemplating having their child repeat a year, they MUST discuss such matters with their child’s class teacher. These matters are only carried out if there are

very strong educational reasons for doing so.

Exact Numbers- Enrolments and Planning for 2017

At present we are heavily involved in planning for the 2017 start to school and need to have accurate figures on how many students will be enrolled. Therefore we are asking any parents who know that they will be moving prior to the start of the 2017 school year to let us know so that we may base our planning on accurate figures. It is also important that any parents intending to enrol a new Prep student please do so as soon as possible as again we need to have

accurate figures for our planning.

Semester 2 Reports

Teachers are currently assessing students on their academic progress in preparation for the students’ Semester 2 reports. This process is very time consuming and the teachers do a very thorough job to ensure the children’s reports are an accurate reflection of their academic, social and emotional progress this year. I know that you will enjoy reading them when they are made available around

December 16.

Spot Mr Gray’s Spelling Mistake

Good luck spotting my very easy mistake in this report. Please let

me know if you spot my ‘intentional’ spelling mistake!

David Gray

Assistant Principal

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WELL

DONE

AWARDS Regan Marriott

Isabel McNaughton

Lauren Sinclair

Holly Fowler

Harvey Anthony

Josh Hill

Zaine Martin

Ziggy Courtier

Aurora Black

Heath Dennis

Jemayar Grabham

Thomas Nicholas

Emily Black

Jasmine Twite

Xavier Bunn Wearne

Tyler Mortimer

Roquell Nuzzaco

Tahli Stoll

Lochlan Harris

Grace Villinger

Bryce Riddell

Ametoj Narwal

Dante Harwood

Briana Marshall

Regan Guest

Kayla Sendek

Mia Marcou

Ethan Humphrey

Declan Beames

Angus Halliwell

Zenna Tanaka

Morrison

Sienna Beekman

Hunter Lindsey

Artists of the Week

Neil, Zenna and Cooper

2016 HPV Team at today’s Lap-a-thon at Stony Creek Go Cart Track

Zac, Liam, Raj, Harry, Mr Friebe, Grace, Claire, Tahlia, Rani, Thomas, Willow, Jasper, Lachlan and

Connor.

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P E News

Junior Aquatic Education

Congratulations to HA2, JCl2, ½ of NK2 and FS1 on completing their sessions at the heated pool this week. There has been some great new

experiences enjoyed by many and a wonderful time had by all. Many thanks to the parents who volunteered their time both in and out of the

pool.

Next week KMP, TYP and JCa1 will begin their program. A reminder that the dates and times for attendance are as follows:

November 18th, December 2nd, 9th (please note there is no swimming on November 25th).

JCa1 -10.30 – 11.30am

KMP – 11.30am – 12.30pm

TYP – 1.00 – 2.00pm

Sports Uniforms

As the year is coming to an end we are still asking for students to return any school sporting attire that they may have at home. There are still

many items missing so please check your cupboards.

Shelley Snooks

PE Coordinator

Some of the Year 4s are very excited to be travelling to Leongatha to play in the Kanga 6 Competition. This is our third try at completing this event, hopefully the Weather is on our side on Monday 14th of November. All children competing on the day are asked to bring hats, refillable drink bottles, lunches and snacks for the day. Sunscreen is a very good idea as well. No money is needed on the day as there is no canteen available where we are playing.

Bike Ed will be starting shortly. In Week 8 the children will need to be ready for Bike Ed. They will be able to bring their bikes to school and keep them locked up in our bike shed over-night if need be. Bike Ed will run over Weeks 8, 9 and 10, on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week. Stay tuned for more information about this program. It would help a great deal if the children were to have a working bicycle and an Australian Safety Standard helmet for the program.

The Year 3s have been working on a Poetry unit of work which has involved using descriptive language to create pictures in the reader’s minds. Many really good poems have been written by the children and are on display in the Middle Dept. Gallery. Over the last couple of weeks the children have had the opportunity to reflect and discuss their camp experiences and have completed maps and diagrams of the camp.

Both year levels are presently involved in preparing the children to take the next steps into Years 4 and 5. Much discussion is being held in regard to this big step the children are about to make.

Jenny Mulqueeny

Classroom Teacher

Middle Department News

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Calendar of Events 2016

November

11th November - Junior Aquatic Program

- Remembrance Day Service

14th November - ICAS Certificates to be presented at Assembly

16—19th November HPV RACV Energy Breakthrough

18th November - Junior Aquatic Program

22nd November - Year 4 Bike Ed Program

24th November - Year 2 Sleepover

29th November - Last day for Christmas Tree Orders

30th November - School Council

December

2nd December - Junior Aquatic Program

3rd December - Christmas Tree Pickup 9.30 to 10.30

6th December - Statewide Transition Day

Year 6 to 7 KSC

- 2017 Prep Orientation Session

7th December - Volunteers Morning Tea

9th December - Last day for Raffle tickets and donations for wheelbarrow

- Junior Aquatic Program

12th December - Christmas Raffle Drawn at Assembly

14th December - Year 6 Graduation

19th December - Last Day Term 4

20th December - Pupil Free Day

January 2017

25th January - Book Collection Day

31st January - Term 1 Starts

9th March - School Photo’s

Book Club – Brochures for the last issue of the year, No. 8, have been distributed to all classes. If you wish to place an order

please return it to School, or go on-line using the LOOP ordering system, by Monday 28th November.

No late orders will be accepted.

Please return all overdue books as soon as possible. Thank you.

Helen Cripps

Library Technician

Library News

PARENTS AND FRIENDES

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

1st Prize - Wheelbarrow of Goodies

2nd Prize - Hamper

3rd Prize - Fuel Voucher

Tickets $1.00 each or 3 for $2.00