Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,

The year is speeding to a close…Santa is on his way!

Staffing and Classes for 2017: Our enrolments have continued to grow which

is a reflection of the wonderful reputation we have within the local and wider

community. Many of those enrolling have told us that our families have

recommended our school. At this stage our enrolments sit on 686 students! We

have increased the number of classes we have to 29 across the school. We will

start the year with 6 Prep (Foundation) classes in 2017 and welcome new staff

members, Miss Lauren Chin, Miss Laura Andreadis, Mrs Thane Francis, Miss

Kate O’Halloran, Miss Alicia Howard and Miss Alicia Brooke-Ward and

Mrs Jill Wathen returns to us following family leave.

On Tuesday our students met their teachers and their classmates for 2017. The

year level teams are as follows:

Prep (Foundation): Miss Christie Holman, (team leader), Mrs Thane Francis,

Mrs Sarah McCall, Miss Laruen Chin, Mrs Helen Ferguson and Miss Kate

O’Halloran.

Year 1: Ms Katie Forbes (team leader), Miss Melissa Sexton, Miss Alicia

Brooke-Ward and Miss Wendy Kilpatrick/Mrs Emma Sanders

Year 2: Mrs Amber Ellery (team leader), Mr Norm Williamson,

Miss Stephanie Corvi and Miss Hannah Williams.

Year 3: Mr Sam Rodwell (team leader), Mrs Chelle Gray, Mrs Brooke

Kennedy and Miss Laura Andreadis.

Year 4: Mr Matt Leyden (team leader), Mrs Alice Wynne and

Mrs Kirstin Watson.

Year 5: Ms Nikki Seeckts (team leader), Mr David Pryor, Miss Alicia Howard

and Miss Marie Yanni/Mrs Jill Wathen.

Year 6: Mrs Cathy Houston (team leader), Mrs Jane Lacey, Mr Ben Bryant and

Mr Ricky Joyce/Mrs Emma Nicolls.

Specialists: Language Enrichment Assistance Program (LEAP) Mrs Sharron

Hearn, supported by Mrs Sue Rose; Visual Arts - Mrs Lynne White, Miss

Melissa Gleeson and Mrs Katie Bingham; Performing Arts (music) - Mr David

Freeman and Mrs Katie Bingham, Japanese - Tomoko Yamashita Sensei.

Library – Miss Melissa Gleeson, and PE - Mr Evan Lukas.

Our school’s leadership: Assistant Principals- Mrs Deborah Madder and Miss

Tess Higgins; Leading Teachers Miss Marie Yanni, Miss Wendy Kilpatrick and

Mr Ricky Joyce. And, of course, me!

The Overport Times

Term 4 Edition 39 8th December, 2016

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Diary Dates

Monday

12th December-

Whole school sports day

and Meal Deal

Tuesday 13th

December-

Yr 1 & 2 Marine Life

Excursion

Wednesday 14th

December-

Yr 3 & 4 Movie Day

Thursday 15th

December-

Prep—Yr 2 Movie Day

Yr 6 Graduation

Monday 19th December

Yr 5 & 6 Beach Day

2017 Dates: Monday 30th January-

Teachers return

Tuesday 31st January-

Parent/Teacher

familiarization sessions

Wednesday 1st February-

School resumes for

Yr1—Yr 6 students

Thursday 2nd February-

Preps start - shortened

day.

From the Principal’s Desk

…..Continued overleaf

Thought for the week.

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose…

And…he’s ready to guide Santa to your house! !

17 sleeps to Christmas Day!

Tuesday 20th

December Final day for 2016

School finishes

1.30pm

on this day.

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Year 6 Camp: Last week our year six students

travelled to Wilson’s Prom for their end of year camp.

They had a terrific time with beautiful weather. They

made comments about hiking up Mt Oberon and

finding out that Squeaky Beach really does squeak!

Thank you to the dedicated staff Mrs Houston, Mrs

Lacey, Mrs Wynne, Miss Higgins, Mr Lukas, Mrs

Strickleton (Eleanor) and parents Mr Bleakley and Ms

Scheller that went to support them. From all reports it

was once again an amazing opportunity to visit and

enjoy the many aspects of Victoria’s beautiful

environments, as well as enjoy spending quality time

with our students.

Canteen End of Term Hours: Tomorrow is the last

day for lunch orders. Monday there will not be canteen

as the children are at Ballam Park and it is Sushi Day

for those that have ordered. If your child has not

ordered a sushi meal deal, please provide them with

lunch as usual. The canteen is open for counter sales

only on Tuesday and Wednesday next week and closes

from Thursday 15th December for cleaning and stock

take. In term one the canteen will open for counter

sales from 1st February, 2017. Lunch orders will

resume from 8th February.

Library Book Returns: the library is currently

beginning its stocktake for end of year. If your child

still has a book that they have borrowed at home,

please ensure they return it promptly to assist with the

stocktake.

These certificates are awarded at

assembly each week for children who

have excelled in an academic or social

endeavour throughout the previous week.

Chloeann OPA, Duedonne OPB,

All of Prep C, Macy OPD, Eli 1A, Felix 1B, Chace 1D, Catherine 2B, Thomas 2C,

Yusuf 2D, Lexus 5C, Sarah 6A,

& Rory 6B.

‘OVERPORT CARES’ AWARDS

Year Three Sleep Over: Our year three students

are very excited to be sleeping over at school

tonight. Tomorrow they have a number of

interesting activities planned off site. We are

hoping the weather will be lovely for them.

Important Dates for Term One, 2017: Our first

day in 2017 is Monday 30th January which is a

planning day for teachers. Tuesday, 31st January is

our parent and teachers’ familiarisation meetings.

Our students from Years 1 to 6 will commence on

Wednesday, 1st February and our new Preps

commence with a shorter day, 9.30 am to 1.15 pm,

on Thursday 2nd February and Friday 3rd February.

From Monday 6th February, the Preps will attend

full days with the exception of each Wednesday

until the beginning of March. Our first professional

development Curriculum Day is proposed for 17th

February. This is yet to be confirmed. We will

advise the community as soon as we have

confirmation from speakers.

Curriculum Days are all student free.

Please Note: Our last day this year is on Tuesday

20th December. We will hold our last assembly on

this day and our students will all perform their

Christmas songs. Parents are most welcome to join

us on the basketball court. We will also announce

next year’s School and house captains. All other

student leadership positions will be announced at

the beginning of 2017. As usual this will be a

shortened day and students will finish the day at

1.30 pm.

Kind Regards,

Julie Gleeson,

Principal.

Assistant Principal’s Report

Canteen News

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday Dec 8th - Return Meal Deal orders

NO LATE ORDERS ACCEPTED

Friday Dec 9th - Last day for lunch orders

Monday Dec 12th - Sushi Meal Deal at sports

day at Ballam Park.

Tuesday Dec 13th - Open for counter sales

only. No lunch orders.

Wednesday Dec 14th - Open for counter

sales

only. No lunch orders.

Canteen closed from Thursday December

15th until the end of Term.

Canteen reopens for lunch orders Wednesday

8th February 2017.

Open for counter sales only -

Wednesday 1st February 2017

It was lovely to see so many parents at our parent helper’s

morning tea last Monday. All staff are most grateful for

all the hard work that you put into our school, adding

more value to the educational experiences for your

children.

I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the

wonderful job our local school crossing supervisors do.

They safely escort all of our students across the road, both

in the morning and in the afternoon, and they do this with

a smile every day. A special mention to Val, who

supervises our Summit Road crossing. She has been

helping students cross the road for quite a number of

years now, and is probably up to her 3rd generation of

Overport students. ‘Thank you Val’. Unfortunately due to

an oversight, our crossing supervisors were not at our

morning tea on Monday, but the school will certainly be

recognising their efforts with a little ‘treat’.

Another huge thank you to all those who have donated

food items to support Frankston Emergency Relief

Christmas Hamper appeal. We have quite a collection of

food, which is being collected tomorrow, then distributed

to families in need within our community. I know that

these will be greatly appreciated. If you have any last

minute donations, please send them directly to the

conference room first thing in the morning.

2017 payment and interview notices have now all been

sent home. The office will be accepting payments up until

next Friday 16th December. To make a booking for a

beginning of year parent meeting with your child’s

teacher, go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au The

booking code for next year’s Year 1 to 6 classes is dh3xs.

Prep classes have a separate booking code – fsryy.

A couple of reminders for next week:

Whole school house athletics is at Ballam Park

next Monday.

Due to House Athletics day, there will be no

assembly next Monday.

Movie day for Year 3 and 4 students is next

Wednesday

Movie day for Prep to Year 2 is next Thursday.

Our final assembly for the year will be on Tuesday 20th

December at 9.10am. parents are most welcome to stay

and join in with some Christmas songs that the children

will sing for us. This assembly will be held on the

basketball court.

Our year 4 students are currently having a great time

at The Briars, and are due back tomorrow afternoon.

Tonight our year 3’s are having a real adventure –

sleeping overnight at school! Thanks to our teachers

who are making this possible.

Have a great weekend everyone,

Deborah Madder

Assistant Principal

Help needed with our

veggie garden

We need some volunteers that might be

around during the holidays to help us out

with watering the school veggie garden. If

you are available could you please email

Mr Joyce joyce.ricky.r@edumail.vic.gov.au

with your name, students name(s),

availability and contact number/email.

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Season's greetings Extend family! Christmas time is fast

approaching and it has made for an exciting week in the

program! The past week has included many fun

activities, including starting decorations on both our

'Summer' and 'Christmas' display walls. We did some

Christmas themed colouring in activities, made some

beautiful Christmas trees out of coloured paper and craft

material, as well as making a start on our lists to Santa!

Additionally, we have been making the most of the

beautiful sunshine that mother nature is putting on for

us, with some outside play, always remembering to put

on our sunscreen and hats!

Don't forget to make your bookings for holiday

program, bookings close on Monday 19th December for

the January school holidays.

Also a reminder to all parents that your booking does

not roll over for 2017. please ensure you make your

bookings before term 1 begins at extend.com.au

Kelly and the Gang

Week 11 Activities

Monday 12th December : beach balls

Tuesday 13th December: popcorn threading

Wednesday 14th December: Sand castles competition

Thursday 15th December : match stick ornaments

Friday 16th December: activity books

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday to the

children who are celebrating their

birthday this week.

Chloeann OPA,

Ellie OPA, Isabelle 5A, Finnlay 1B, Cooper 1B, Rory 6B, Tully OPD, Tully 2A, Ruby 5A,

Bailey 6A, Ashton OPA, Isabelle 3C,

Nehana OPB, Cooper 2A, Darius 2B, Owen 2B,

Jesse 4B, Desiree 5C

& Luke 1D.

Year Level Reminders for this week:

Foundation:

Whole school athletics—Monday 12th December. Please

remember to pack lunch and drink bottle and sunscreen.

Year 1

This week has been our final week for the ‘Take Home

Readers’. Could you please ensure all books are returned to school ASAP as

the year one teachers will be stocktaking in the final weeks of 2016.

Year 2

Please have a search at home for any readers or library books and return

them to school as soon as possible. A reminder that whole school athletics

day is next Monday 12th December.

Year 5

This Friday (tomorrow), the Preps and Yr 5 students will be going to George

Pentland Botanical Gardens to celebrate our partnership this year. Whole

School Athletics Monday and 5/6 Beach Day 19th December.

Year 6

Fabulous camp and now time to prepare for Graduation!

Homework this week is to complete ‘memory books’

Student Banking

Our School Banking program

is a fun way for your child to

develop the knowledge and

confidence to handle their

money, combining a savings

Rewards Program with great

activities throughout the

year. If you would like your

child to participate in our

School Banking program

please register your

interest at

commbank.com.au/schoolbanking