19 March 2018

Dear Parents, Term 1 is quickly coming to an end. It has been a very successful term for eve-

ryone involved. Our new Foundation grade children have settled into the routines of school

beautifully, as have other new children who have started here. We are very fortunate that

we have a great environment in our school where children quickly take on the positive work

and play habits that exist. Just a reminder that school finishes at 2.30, next THURSDAY March

29. School resumes on Monday April 16.

Change of Playgroup day. Thursday is now our day for Playgroup. Parents and young chil-

dren who don’t attend Kindergarten or school are welcome to attend. We run Playgroup in

the Kindergarten from 9.00 – 11.00.

Change of days for Breakfast Club. Tuesday and Wednesday are now the days that we run

our Breakfast Club. Children can come along to the staff room, where we will provide

breakfast of Uncle Toby’s Cheerios, Vita Brits, muesli, baked beans, fruit salad or toast. Chil-

dren are welcome to come to the staff room between 8.15 and 9.00. There is no cost for this.

Children will be supervised eating breakfast and will be able to go out to play or go straight to

their classes after they have eaten (and helped clean up.)

School Captains and Junior School Councillors. Congratulations to the following students

who have been elected to represent the students as either School Captains, School Vice Cap-

tains or Junior School Councillors.

School Captains: Jude Omar and Faliha Amir

Vice Captains: Logan Valentine and Fatima Syed

Junior School Councillors

Foundation A: Dexter Derks and Inaya Nauman

Foundation C: Azaan Waseem and Rawan Eldaouk

1/2 L: Zoha Hammad and Didi Zaidan

1/2M: Ameer Noman and Hafsah Hashmi

1/2 S: Mustafa Mustafa and Samar Khan

1/2 W: Sarah Alasadi and Ahmed Taleb

3/4A: Mohammad Ali Hussain Syed and Portia Greenacre

3/4 G: Oscar Evans and Banen Alasadi

3/4 R : Ashley Demicoli and Ayman Edelbi

5/6 K: Aniqa Hassen and Ahmed Elmi

5/6 R: Lulu Kheder and Kaif Ali Khan

Fawkner News

Telephone: 03 9357 3579

Email: fawkner.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.fawknerps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Roger Pell

Assistant Principal: Maria Weston

Important Dates

March 2018 20—Aquarium Excursion Founda-tion Classes 21—AFL Clinic Grade 3’s & 4’s 28—AFL Clinic Grade 3’s & 4’s 29—End of Term 1, 2.30pm Finish

April 2018 18—Start of Term 2 23—ANZAC Day Service at Maygar Barracks Grade 5/6 27—Foundation Dental Screenings

TERM DATES 2018 Term 1: 30 January 2018—29 March Term 2: 16 April—29 June Term 3: 16 July—21 September Term 4: 8 October—21 December

TERM 1 ENDS THURSDAY 29 MARCH 2018 AT 2.30PM

Important notes:

Arriving on time. Could parents please ensure children are at school before 9.00 as it is important that every child is here

ready for the day by the scheduled start. It gets them into good habits and they don’t miss out on important learning time.

School hat. Please note that during Terms 1 and 4 all children should be wearing a school hat whenever they go outside

while at school. This is part of our School Sun Smart program, that helps children learn about positive life habits. Hats are avail-

able to be purchased from the office. In Term 2 and 3 children will not be required to wear their hats outside, although we still

recommend that they do so on sunny days.

School Assembly: We return to having our School Assembly at the normal Friday time for this week (March 23) but because

of the Thursday finish next week we will have our final assembly on Thursday (March 29) All parents, families and friends are

welcome to attend, starting at 9.10.

Essential Student

Learning Items 2018

The charge for 2018 is $180.00 per student and

includes all their stationery needs as well as

other essential items for the school year.

Payments are welcome at the office at any time. We

accept EFTPOS payments including credit card (no Amer-

ican Express Cards) and BPay is also available to families.

Payment Plan Dates

Instalment 1 $90.00 due 29 January 2018 or on com-

mencement at school (all students)

For families paying over four terms your next instalment

of $30.00 is due 18 April 2018

For families paying in two instalments your next pay-

ment of $90.00 is due 16 July 2018

Fawkner Netball Club

Community Meeting

Wednesday 21st March 7pm

The Fawkner North Coburg Sports Association, based at Charles Mutton Reserve, Fawkner, is starting a Netball Club for the community. If you are interested in helping to start this initiative, coaching, volunteering on committee, or have girls or boys interested in playing netball, you are invited to attend a community meeting on Wednesday 21st March at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Northern Saints Football Club Social Club Rooms at Charles Mutton Reserve, Creedon St, Fawkner. Please call 0438 884 950 to register your interest.

Fawkner Primary School is proud to announce that we

are now part of the

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

This is a wonderful opportunity will help us to educate

our children about positive food habits through fun,

hands-on learning.

Enjoyable food education teaches students to grow,

harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal, delicious

food!

Attention

HEALTHCARE CARD

HOLDERS

A reminder that applications for Camps, Sports and Ex-

cursion Fund money ($125) close on 22 June 2018.

Applications are available from the school office. Once

complete please return it to the office together with

your Health Care Card for processing

School terms 2018

Term 1: January 30- March 29 (2.30 finish)

Term 2: April 16 – June 29 (2.30 finish)

Term 3: July 16 – September 21 (2.30 finish)

Term 4: October 8 – December 20 (1.30 finish)