Welcome back! I hope that you all had the opportunity to have a relaxing

break enjoying the time with family and friends. I spent my holiday away

cruising from Hong Kong to Singapore – both places are just so interesting and

offer cultures that are simply amazing. The weather was hot and humid and

shopping, touring and sight-seeing was a huge focus. We had a great time. It has

been terrific chatting to our students this week hearing and reading about all

their holiday activities. Playing with friends, going to the movies, swimming,

camping and eating lots of chocolate Easter eggs were the most popular

activities. It’s great to see the children back at school and raring to go with

what is shaping up to be yet another fabulous term of learning at Donvale PS.

Parent Newsletters: Year level Term 2 Parent Newsletters have gone home

this week. Please be sure to read them as they are full of information of events

planned for the term with important dates that should be added to your

diaries. It’s going to be another busy term at Donvale PS!

Curriculum Day: Each year, the Education Department grants all

government schools four Curriculum Days for the purposes of staff

professional development. We have currently used one of our days at the

commencement of the school year; as such we have three days remaining.

These days have been set and approved by School Council with our second day

coming up tomorrow (Friday 21st April) and the third being Friday 5th

May. A reminder that these days are student free days. The staff will be

spending these professional learning days focused on the teaching of Reading

Comprehension. We have a Literacy consultant, Lorraine Edwards, presenting

on both days so I’m sure that they will be both purposeful and productive.

Please ensure that you add these dates to your diary and a reminder that all

Curriculum Days are student free days.

School Council 2016: Our School Council AGM was held last night. I

would like to formally welcome our 2017 School Council to our community.

Congratulations to Evan Raftopoulos who was re-elected as our School

Council President. Congratulations also to George Condos who was

re-elected as School Council Vice-President. Both Evan and George are

extremely focused on ensuring that the students of DPS have the best learning

opportunities made available to them; as such I know that both members will

continue to be very active and supportive members of our community.

Q u o t e o f t h e w e e k :

20th April 2017 Elata Street, Donvale

Phone: 03-9842 3373 Fax: 03-9841 7033

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

Our Values

Respect

Responsibility

Resilience

Compassion

FROM THE PRINCIPAL - Lena Clark

School opened

Monday 7th August 1967

We bid a fond farewell to Bahman Shabani who joined us last year. During his time on School Council,

Bahman was a supportive member of the Education Subcommittee where his valuable insights served us

well particularly with our policy development. Thank you Bahman. We welcome two new members to

our School Council; Cassandra Buckle and Leanne Maguire. Both parents have an already proven record

of working hard in supporting our school. I know that their contribution to School Council will be most

valuable and that they will continue to work ensuring that our school is always at its best.

The following is our 2017 School Council:

Lena Clark – Principal (Executive Officer)

Evan Raftopoulos – Parent -President (Finance Sub-committee Leader)

George Condos – Parent - Vice President (Marketing Sub-committee Leader)

Leanne Maguire – Parent (Treasurer)

Marina Younger – Parent (Secretary)

Ian McKinlay - Assistant Principal (Education Sub-committee Leader)

Julienne Hyams (in Samantha Browne’s absence) – Business Manager

Michelle Rassias - Teacher

Meagan Wilson - Teacher

Craig Cowley – Parent (Building and Grounds Sub-committee Leader)

Cassandra Buckle - Parent

I congratulate and welcome all new members to our School Council and am looking forward to another

very productive and rewarding year together.

The following dates for 2017 School Council and Sub-committee meetings have been scheduled. Building

and Grounds Sub-Committee meetings will take place on a more informal basis and will be scheduled as

required.

School Council

7.00pm Wednesday

Finance Sub-

committee 5.30pm

Wednesday

Education Sub-

committee 6.00pm

Wednesday

Marketing Sub-

committee 8.00am

Wednesday

17th May 10th May 10th May 10th May

14th June 7th June 7th June 7th June

19th July 12th July 12th July 12th July

16th August 9th August 9th August 9th August

13th September 6th September 6th September 6th September

18th October 11th October 11th October 11th October

15th November 8th November 8th November 8th November

6th December 29th November 29th November 29th November

Anzac Day: Anzac Day next Tuesday, is a day for us to celebrate the spirit of Australia and honour our

many men and women who have lost their lives for our country. ANZAC Day is probably Australia's

most important national occasion. This ANZAC day marks the 102nd anniversary of the first major

military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. On April 25,

1915, the Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli where they met fierce resistance from

the Turkish defenders. At the end of 1915, over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. News of the

landing on Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25th April has become the

day on which Australians remember the sacrifice of those who have died not only in the First World

War but all the wars since and still. Although the Gallipoli landing failed in its military objectives, the

Australian and New Zealand actions during the campaign left us all a powerful legacy. The creation of

what became known as the ‘ANZAC legend’ has now become an important part of our national identity.

I know that our families of Donvale PS will spend some time acknowledging and remembering our past

and current service men and women.

Earlier today I took our four school Captains to the Templestowe Memorial Reserve where they

represented our school by attending the School’s Anzac Day service held by the Rotary Club of

Templestowe. They joined around 750 other school students in honouring our lost servicemen. The

School Captains participated in a moving ceremony and had the opportunity to lay a wreath on behalf of

our school. Our Captains represented our school proudly; they are wonderful leaders and role models

to their fellow students.

School Photos: Our annual school photo shoot took place today. This year is a very special year in

that it is Donvale PS’s 50th birthday celebration. As such, the whole school photos taken will be an

acknowledgement of this special year and the students currently attending our school. We have been

lucky with the weather and the school is looking great. The photos will certainly showcase our school

and provide opportunities for our community to reflect on Donvale PS past and present.

50th Birthday Cocktail Party Celebration: As part of our ongoing birthday celebration, School

Council have organised a Cocktail party for all members of our community (past and present) to attend.

More information and details on this event will be distributed via Snippets and our Facebook site so

please ensure that you keep an eye out for this. In the meantime, please add Friday 16th June into your

diary. The cocktail party will take place at our school in the Senior building. Cost is $45pp with all food

and drink provided. Hope to see you there.

Kind Regards

Lena Clark

April

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

17

Easter Monday - Public Holiday

18

Term 2 resumes

19

20

School Photos

21

Curriculum Day - Student Free Day

24 25

Anzac Day - Public Holiday

26

10.45-1.00pm: Marimba Band performance at Tunstall Sq Kinder

27

12.00-2.00pm: Marimba Band performance at Florence Ave Kinder

28

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1

2

3

4

District Girls Football Day

5

Curriculum Day - Student Free Day

8

All day: Level 5/6 Excursion Shrine of Remembrance

9 10

11.30 - 1.30: Cross Country Fun Run

2.00 - 3.00pm: Leapfrog 2018 Students

11 12

Mother’s Day stall

15 16

11.30 - 1.30: Foundation Incursion ‘Street Scene’

17

2.00 - 3.00pm: Leapfrog 2018 Students

18

12.30 - 3.00pm: District Cross Country

19

22

Grade 1/2 Yarrabee Excursion

23

9.00 - 12.00ish: Level 5/6 students at East Doncaster Production

24

Open Day/Night

25

Level 5/6 Winter Inter-school Round Robin Day

26

29 30

9.30am: Fire Brigade visit Foundation

31

May

GENERAL

MATHS FUN AT HOME - Mr Reiter, Maths co-ordinator

Program Update

Dear families,

Welcome back and we hope you had a good holiday! It has been a shorter week at the program due to the Easter public holiday as well as

the upcoming Curriculum day. This Friday will be a school Curriculum Day and OSHClub will not be running. If you would like to find

out if there are any nearby schools offering long day care on Friday 21st of April please feel free to contact our head office on (03) 8564

9000. This week we had Clare’s birthday and the children were able to assist in baking a birthday cake for her! On Wednesday, we also

had the lock down procedure for the term and the children participated very well. We will have different activities next week to celebrate

Anzac day and cultural diversity week.

Remember bookings can be made right until 12pm the night before, or you can book on the day by calling or leaving the

text message but there will be an extra charge of $3.00 for bookings within 24 hours. If you’re ever stuck and would like

your child to attend OSH After School Care you can call me or leave a message on 0402 362 443 and I will get back to

you. For some reason if you need to cancel the child from attending the after school care session you can cancel online if

it is before 24 hours or leave a text message on the program phone (0402362443/98422261) if it is on the day.

Please remember to update the contact details (Especially the phone

numbers and address) on the enrolment form if there is any change. This can

be done online at www.oshclub.com.au

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care

Activities

Anzac Day Medal

Kigogo Game

Public Holiday

Act It Out

Binoculars

Action hero cards

4 numbers game

Pokemon Popstick

Puppets

Map Game

After Care

Activities

Anna's cooking club

'Random' Zoob

Challange

Public holiday

ANZAC: Word

Search

ANZAC: Create Your

Own Soldier

ANZAC: Make

Your Own Poppy

ANZAC: Australian

and New Zealand...

Role play - Family

Feud Game Show

Uno, does, tres

(Chile)

OSHC program phone: 0402 362 443/9842 2261

Coordinator: Sherry Shojaei

Assistants: Clare

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and

cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

Friday Recess – Treats ‘n’ Stuff!!! - $1.00

Come to the next PA meeting. Friday 28 April @ 1.30 in the Library

BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE

So many discounts & offers!

Dinner discounts & fabulous fun things to do.

$70 giving you over $20,000 of value

PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS

Meal Deal – Friday 28 April

Get your form back for some good Aussie tucker.

DONVALE BASKETBALL CLUB – News & Views!

Birthday Wishes To Ella C, Jaymes M, Cyrus S, Spencer P, Melina A, Emily F

Who are celebrating birthdays from the 21st to 28th April

Send back your Term 2 Helper Form for a Super hero award!

GO TEAMS

BRING IT ON DONVALE!!!!

The Department of Education & Training, Donvale Primary School its Management, and teachers

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representation, warranty or undertaking is given or made in relation to the accuracy or

completeness of the information presented in this publication, or any claims made by the

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