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Are you doing your part in helping to keep our children safe?

Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate! Thank you to our parents and

carers who have embraced our new process in collecting students who usually wait at the front of the

school from the gym foyer. The process is as follows for children who are collected by parents at the

front of the school.

3:15pm. Children make their way to gym foyer to be collected by parents and carers. Students are

supervised by staff.

3:30pm. Students are led by a staff member to the office foyer. Staff meetings begin at 3:30pm, so

students cannot wait in the classroom.

3:45pm If the school has not received notification from parents or carers children still waiting will be

escorted to After Care. A charge will be incurred.

This is not a punitive process but one that has been established with the care and safety of students at

its heart. Anyone, who has collected their child from the front of the school knows how chaotic it can

be. In one week, I witnessed three near misses. These ranged from cars double parked and parents

beckoning their child to navigate crossing between parked cars in order to jump in the illegally parked

car. Children who are getting in or out of cars on the wrong side of the car, that is, the road side and the

perpetual horns blaring which is distracting to students and also against the law.

We have had mostly positive feedback from parents and I make no apologies for the few grumbles from

parents who are not happy about having to get out of their car to collect their child. What price do we

put on keeping our children safe? I thank you all for your ongoing cooperation in upholding the rigour of

this process, in the name of safety. I know you will agree the front of the school is now quiet and orderly

at the end of the school day.

Bu notu anlamak için yardıma ihtiyacınız olursa, lütfen genel ofise gelin.

ألي مساعده بفهم هذا النشور، يرجى االتصال باإلدارة العامه للمدرسه

‘If you have trouble understanding this notice, please contact the school office’

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The other area of safety concern is one in which some parents continually cross the road opposite their

car with their child instead of using the crossing. Children as stated are great imitators. The excuse of,

”I’m too busy or I haven’t got time to walk with my child to the crossing”, is an accident waiting to

happen. Children become confused and unsure of what is the right thing to do, when the school and

indeed the law state one set of rules which is conflicting to what mum and dad are saying. It is not the

role of the school to police parents but it is our duty of care to keep our children safe. Thank you for

your cooperation in this matter. We all want the very best for our children. Our future.

Parent forums

On a happier note, a huge thank you to those parents who were able to attend the parent forums on

how to help your child with literacy and numeracy at home, values education and how to keep our

children safe online.

Education Week

Thank you to all staff for the extra activities during Education Week, including The Life Education Van

for the Junior School, lunchtime activities and the Book Fair. The Book Fair has been a great success

with families browsing and choosing from wish the list our children spent time creating after having a

sneak preview of the multitude of books available to buy. Our students from the school’s photographic

club were on hand to take happy snaps of satisfied buyers with Geronimo the Book Fair Mascot.

All proceeds from the Book Fair will go towards buying new books for the library. Parents will be

notified of the amount collected at the end of the Book Fair which closes next Monday.

Barb

KidsMatter Well our school is starting to look much brighter now thanks to our KidsMatter Working Bee from

earlier in the term. A huge thank you to the staff and parent helpers who attended the afternoon and

helped to build garden beds, paint and create some displays and hang some artwork. If you haven’t had

a chance to see some of the work yet, please take 5 minutes to have a look at the “Every Place has a

Face” displays hung between the prep building, the admin building and our gym. They look fantastic.

We are hoping to have some more of our wonderful displays put up in the coming weeks, so keep your

eyes peeled.

Thanks

Pat Lynch

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I M P O R T A N T

We have a confirmed case of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.

Hand, foot & mouth disease is spread from an infected person by close contact with the fluid in the blisters, by coughing and sneezing, by contact through touching infect-ed areas on the face and by contact with contaminated objects or surfaces.

Signs and symptoms include:

Fever

Tiredness

Loss of appetite

Blisters in the mouth and on the hands and feet (just below the nail bed)

A sore mouth for a few days before the ulcers or blisters appear.

Affected young children may refuse to eat or drink.

To ensure the disease doesn’t spread, washing hands:

After going to the toilet

Before and after handling food

After sneezing, coughing, blowing nose

After handling rubbish will help.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

23

Book Fair before school and lunch time

24

Year 3 to the Immigration Museum

25

Year 2 swimming

26 27

Interschool sport V Good Samaritan

28/29

MAY/JUNE

30 Biggest Morning Tea @ 11am in the Gym.

31 Prep’s Zoo excursion

June 1 2

3 Interschool sport V Greenvale PS

4/5

6

7 8 9 10 Interschool sport V Meadow Heights PS Assembly @ 2.20

11/12

13

Queen’s Birthday holiday

14 15 16 17 18/19

EARLY FINISH ON FRIDAY 24 JUNE

@ 2.30PM

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I would like to thank parent helpers Jodie Fox (Riley—4Age) and Tenille Bruno (Alicia—Prep Julie/Elissa) for all their help with the Mother's Day bake stall. A wonderful and successful stall with lots of excited children and big smiles. We hope all the mothers enjoyed there little gift.

A big thank you to the grade six helpers—Shayma, Aarya and Matt K from 6 Nat/Seb and Ryan from 6 Demi.

Any helpers for the Father's Day stall please come see me at the canteen or Sonia at the Office. Reminder... There is a new 2016 price list that is available from office or canteen and prices have had a slight increase so please make sure that the current list is being used as we wouldn't want the children missing out on any items due to incorrect money being supplied.

All lunch offers are to be clearly marked with student name, room number and any dietary requirements ( ie, vegetarian or halal)

Orders are to be placed in lunch tub, this allows us to prepare the lunch orders on time.

Thanks Leah

B O O K F A I R

Hello everyone,

To support Literacy in our school we will be holding our annual

Book Fair in our Library beginning Wednesday 18th May. Students

and families will be able to buy books from Wednesday afterschool

once all classes have had an opportunity to browse and create their

wish lists.

The last chance to purchase books will be before school and

lunchtime on Monday, 23 May.

Cheers

Sandra

20 May 2016

FREE ENGLISH CLASSES AT SCHOOL

Come and join us every Friday from 9 to 12pm. Have fun learning

English in a supportive and professional environment.

المدرسة في االنجليزية اللغة في مجانية دروس

.والمهنية الدعم من بيئة في االنجليزية اللغة تعلّم في تمتعوا .ظهرا ٢١ الساعة وحتى ٩ الساعة من جمعة يوم كل إلينا انضموا

Bedava Engilizce sinifi Cuma gunleri 9 -12pm arasi Eglenerek samimi bir ortamda Ingilizce okuma, yazma, konusma ogrenmek isteyenler katilabilirler

Parents who hold a valid health care / concession card may be eligible for an allowance of $125.00 which will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, or sporting activities

for the benefit of your child. Please collect a form from the office if you have not already done so). These forms need to be returned (with your health care / concession card) to the Office no later than June 1st.

Prep parents—don’t forget you can order a free uniform—please come to the Office for more information.

CSEF (Old EMA)

Respect Honesty

Pride Success

Weekly school tours Wednesdays @ 9.15

Call the school to register your

interest on ph. 93051688

Everyone is invited to join the staff

for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

A great fundraiser for the Cancer Council. WHEN: MONDAY, 30TH MAY

WHERE: GYM FOYER

TIME: 11.00AM

Please bring a small plate to share

We wish to advise there has been a change of date for our Year 7 2017 Orientation Day. The Orientation Day will now be held on Thursday, 10 November 2016 from 9.15am – 3.00pm.

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Monday, 30th May

Gym Foyer

11.00am

Everyone is invited to join the staff For Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

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FREE Super Hero Face Painter - Saturday 23 April 11am—2pm

Super Immunity Workshop - Tuesday 3 May 3pm—5pm

FREE Super Hero Cape Making Workshop - Thursday 12 May 3pm—6pm

FREE Batman Meet and Greet - Saturday 21 May from 11am

FREE Super hero Dance Class - Saturday 4 June 11am—2pm For more information call Pauline 0439 284

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Volunteer Host Families Needed!

World Education Program (WEP) is a not-for-profit student

exchange organisation approved by the regulatory authorities

in VIC. We are urgently looking for volunteer host families

for exchange students arriving in July 2016 for a term,

semester or year.

Imagine knowing someone who:

runs around in shorts and t-shirt in the middle of an Australian winter because the

temperature is equivalent to summertime in the student's home country,

takes a photo of a meal you have prepared to send overseas because it looks so different,

is amazed that we can travel for hours and still be in the same state of one country.

How does it work?

You can choose a student who you think will fit best into your family.

WEP host families are responsible for providing the exchange student with a room (can be

shared with sibling of same sex and similar age), meals and a welcoming family environment. In

return, you will gain a new family member and friend for life. All WEP students come with their

own spending money and insurance.

Arriving Soon:

Alice (Italy) “I love cooking! I especially love to bake bread, cakes and biscuits! I am part of

a youth group where I help organise weekly activities for 130 children! When I'm older I'd

like to study medicine. I am really excited to meet my host family!”

Louis (France) “I’m a very active and open minded person who lives to move and see the

world! Although I am Belgian I actually live in France. I enjoy skiing, surfing, swimming but

especially playing golf.” + many more

Find out more!

Simply jump online or contact WEP today

to receive a free information pack including student profiles.

Sylvia Kelly – Inbound Program Manager

World Education Program

For the cost of a local call: 1300 884 733