Wednesday Feb 10,2016

From Sue

Evacuation Drills

Unfortunately a few schools have received hoax telephone calls threatening the safety of children and staff at

primary schools across Victoria, interstate and some schools overseas. These calls have resulted in

considerable disruption and concern at the specific school level; for neighbouring schools and from a risk

management perspective, for the Department of Education and Training. Most schools have undertaken

evacuation procedures to ensure that they are prepared and familiar with the process and can respond

efficiently and effectively if they face a risk. Hampton has been involved in two drills over the last few days,

one off-site and the other was a lockdown in the main school building. All teachers informed their children

that a drill was going to occur later in the day. Our intention is to ensure the children, staff and visitors

understand and can the follow the emergency evacuation procedures calmly and effectively. Our major focus

is always on the safety of students, staff and community members.

Educational Costs

All government schools receive some funding to operate the school. Areas funded include:

Core student learning allocation

Language support

English as an additional language

Students with disabilities

Equity or social disadvantage

School infrastructure including contract cleaning, grounds allowance, Worksafe, utilities, maintenance

and minor works funding, essential service and annual contracts

Staffing

We pride ourselves on offering a wide range of stimulating learning experiences and relevant and appropriate

resources and setting and achieving the best possible outcomes. Unfortunately, most schools find the funding

provided by the government falls well short of the schools’ requirements. One simple example is the grounds

allowance from the department for Hampton in 2016 is just over $3000, by the end of February we will have

spent $80,000 (the detailed list of the projects completed was in last week’s newsletter). It is for this reason

that schools need to develop carefully formulated budgets to increase the revenue, often from the local

community through fundraising and fees to enable the programs to be delivered and high standards achieved.

My sincere thanks go to the many parents who have paid their fees to date. Your support is greatly

appreciated. We do have a small number who have not done so; I encourage them to discuss their situation

with our Business Manager, Nicole St Leon or me to enable a payment plan to be developed. I am very keen

for all children to be able to fully participate in all school activities and events

School Council

School Council elections will be held during February and March. All councillors except the

principal have a two year term of office. The principal is the executive officer of the council and

therefore has ongoing membership. Hampton has a council comprising 15 people: 8 parent members

and 5 Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (this includes the principal) and

provision to co-opt two community members. In order to ensure that school organisation has

continuity and important decisions are made as required, half the council turns over each year. This

means the school would always have some councillors who have at least one year’s experience on

council.

We have vacancies for four parents, two co-opted members and two teachers (or Department of

Education and Training members). School Council meets once a month with the meetings going for

approximately two hours. In addition, school councillors are asked to serve on one committee.

Committees usually average one meeting a month and are required to report to council regularly. We

have the following committees in operation: Buildings and Grounds, Education, Finance,

Fundraising, Grants and Canteen. From time to time additional working parties are established as

required. For parents who have an interest in education generally and a commitment to Hampton, we

would welcome your input on council.

Nomination forms will be available from the school office on the 15 February.

The following councillors’ terms expire in March 2016:

James Buckley, Heidi Bergman, Kirsty Reynolds, Jamie Smart, Lisa Logue and Marion Marks.

Co-opted members: Chris Sampson, and Bec Wilson/Sally Morgan.

The remaining councillors’ terms expire in 2017:

Brett Anquetil, Damien Louis, Fiona Loveland, Jane Wright, Sim Paul, and Tim Bernau.

Please note the timeline below:

Monday 15 February Nominations open

Monday 22 February Nominations close

Wednesday 24 February Distribute ballot papers (if required)

Wednesday 9 March Ballot closes

Friday 11 March New council members announced.

If any parents have queries about the process, I would be happy to discuss these with them.

Student Leaders

Last year we had strong interest from our aspiring

leaders with over 60 children applying and

presenting for an interview for the various leadership

positions at Hampton. For some children, this

process took them out of their comfort zone but all

embraced the challenge and tried their best. I was

delighted to note the enthusiasm, strong interest and

varied ideas and suggestions for school improvement

that many shared at the interviews. Yesterday at

assembly our Year 6 student leaders received their

badges. I extend congratulations to the following

students and wish them a happy and productive year

as they develop their skills and confidence in their

leadership role:

School Captains: Jack Tuffley 5/6A, Wattles; Mia Henwood 5/6A, Wattles

Youth Ambassadors: Oliver Horrigan 5/6C, Eucalypts; Ruby Wilson - 5/6A, Wattles

Band Captains: Josie Cook from 5/6D, Sassafras; Declan Bakker -5/6G, Jarrahs

Music Captains: Dominique Doig from 5/6F; Oliver Hill from 5/6C

Peacemaker Leaders: Tayla Jones - 5/6D, Sassafras; Rafferty Netley - 5/6F, Red Tingle

Alex Taylor from 5/6A, Wattles; Ben Weis from 5/6A, Wattles

Friendship Captains: Luca Duffin - 5/6A, Wattles; Gemma Tarshis - 5/6A, Wattles

Art Captains: Maria Quartel 5/6B, Casuarinas; Lara Papadimitriou-5/6C,Eucalypts

ICT Captains: Amelia Johnson 5/6F, Red Tingle; Kai Forbes from 5/6C, Eucalypts

Environment Leaders: Darcy Maher 5/6A, Wattles, Madi Ross 5/6F, Red Tingle

House Captains:

Bradman Ava Karras from 5/6E, Wollemi; Will Tuffley from 5/6D, Sassafras

Kilborn Amber Louw from 5/6B, Casuarinas; Mitch Lever from 5/6B, Casuarinas

Fraser Luke Nixon Smith from 5/6A, Wattles; Olivia Muller from 5/6C, Eucalypts

Laver Lara Smith from 5/6A, Wattles; Luke Travers from 5/6B, Casuarinas

Assembly Presentation

Congratulations go to the following students who received a citizenship award at assembly yesterday.

Josh Reed in 5/6D, Sassafras,

Poppy Mitchell in 5/6C, Eucalypts,

Kosta Andronis in 5/6F, Red Tingle

Mia Whettingsteel in 5/6B, Casuarinas

Our School Captains and Youth Ambassadors have observed the children displaying a kind and very caring

approach with their prep buddies. Furthermore they have shown initiative and a responsible approach to their

role of buddy. Well done to Josh, Poppy, Kosta and Mia!

Matilda the Musical

The production has been booked for Wednesday 18 May for a matinee performance commencing at 11.30am

and returning to school at 4.45pm. Tickets are open now and may be purchased through trybooking – the link

is shown below. Please note: bookings will close on 18 March. We have a limited number of tickets available,

so book early.

The cost for a student’s ticket is $85 – this includes the ticket, the bus, water and lollies. The adult ticket price

is $105 which includes the bus.

http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=180560

Cinema on the Oval: This Friday night 12th February "The Good Dinosaur"

On Friday we will host our annual Movie Under the Stars on the oval with a screening of Pixar's latest

production "The Good Dinosaur".

We utilise a professional outdoor film company who provide cinema-quality digital projection onto a huge

screen with full stereo sound for this beautifully animated story of humans and dinosaurs living side by side.

Tickets are available online only from www.trybooking.com/KGXF please see the attached flyer for details.

Bring your rug, beanbags, blankets and beach chairs to claim your spot from 6.30pm, the snack shack will be

open serving sausages in bread, pizza and sushi for dinner. The movie will start at sundown (approx 8.15-8.30)

and run for 93 minutes. The weather forecast looks perfect, 26 with no rain.

We'd love to see as many of you there as possible to support this - our first fundraising event of 2016. Siblings,

family and friends are of course more than welcome too, there is plenty of room and every seat will have a

great view.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2016

FEBRUARY

Fri 12 Movie Night on Oval

MARCH

8 & 9 School Photos

24 Term 1 Ends

Grade 6 Parents’ Drinks

Date: Friday 19 Feb 2016

Time: 8PM onwards

Place: 83 Littlewood St. Hampton

What to

Bring: BYO drinks

Hope to see you all there.

Warm regards

Nigel and Anita Gray (Neds parents!)

From Sue cont…..

We'd like to keep our oval clean so if attendees could

bring a rubbish bag to take away any discarded items

that would be greatly appreciated. Deck chairs are

permitted but you'll be seated at the rear of the

audience.

We have sponsored ads on the big screen before the

movie, if your local business would like to participate

please contact Will McGowan on 0408301254 for

details.

You can invite your friends and families via the

Facebook HPS events page www.facebook.com/

HPSevents/

I hope you all have a wonderful evening.

Sue Knight

Principal

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