Newsletter No. 5 28th February, 2017

In This Issue: Year 6 Canberra Trip Information Evenings School Review The Little Mermaid

Movie Night 2017 Curriculum Days & Reflection-Last

Friday Reminders

Dear Parents, It is amazing how quickly this term is whizzing by. Following this week there are only four further weeks till the holidays. Our Prep students start full time next week- March 6th, which means they will be at school on Wednesday March 8th with all the other Hartwell students. Year 6 Canberra Trip Our Year 6 students left for Canberra very early yesterday morning and return on Friday after school. They were excited and looking forward to their very full itinerary which includes visits to Parliament House, The High Court, The War Memorial, the AIS, Questacon and Lake Burley Griffin, to name just some of the sites the students are scheduled to visit. No doubt we will hear all about their adventures when they return to school. Information Evenings The annual Information Evenings will continue this week as follows: -

Prep: Wednesday March 1 at 7.00pm

Years 3 and 4: Thursday March 2 at 7.00pm

The sessions for Years 1, 2, 5 and 6 have already

been held. Thanks you to all the parents who

supported these information sessions and the

teachers for their positive and professional

presentations.

Parents of students in Years 3 and 4 should

note that their Information Evening will also

double as a camp information session as the

Year 3 and 4 camps are scheduled for very

early next term.

School Review Every four years Government schools undertake a

comprehensive Self Evaluation and School

Review. This culminates in the writing of a new

Term 1 February Monday 27/2 – 3/3 Year 6 Camp to Canberra March Wednesday 1 Prep Information session

7pm Thursday 2 Years 3 & 4 Information

session 7pm Friday 3 EAL Morning Tea Saturday 4 Movie Night Wednesday 6 All Preps at school (Prep

students commence full time this week)

Wednesday 8 FAMPA – Year 1 Monday 13 Labour Day – Public

Holiday Wednesday 15 FAMPA – Year 1 Tuesday 21 School Photos - Home

Groups and Individual Wednesday 22 School Photos-Siblings

and staff FAMPA – Year 1

Friday 31 End of Term 1 – 2.30pm dismissal

Term 2 April Tuesday 18 Term 2 Commences Wednesday 26 - 28 Year 3 Camp May Monday 1 – 3 Year 4 Camp Monday 1 – 12 Year 2 Swimming Tuesday 9 NAPLAN Wednesday 10 NAPLAN Monday 15 - 26 Year 1 Swimming June Tuesday 27 School Production A – L

Performance Night Thursday 29 School Production M – Z

Performance Night Friday 30 End of Term 2 – 2.30pm

dismissal July Monday 17 Term 3 - Curriculum Day Tuesday 18 Students commence

Term 3 Monday 24 – 28 Year 5 Camp to

Beechworth

Milverton Street, Camberwell 3124

STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST Telephone (03) 9889 4012

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

Website: www.hartwellps.vic.edu.au

HARTWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL 4055

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Strategic Plan taking the school through the subsequent four years. We are involved in this process at the moment. As part of the Self Evaluation we have begun conducting forums for parents, students and staff aimed at garnering feedback to assist us to set priorities and goals for the period of the next Strategic Plan and to listen to feedback related to our current practices. As such we will be inviting parents to participate in a feedback session led by Ernie Pietsch- a retired principal who works at Hartwell as a ‘critical friend’. As part of the process the participants will be presented with some data sets comparing Hartwell to the State and more importantly to other Boroondara schools and to other similar schools that aren’t necessarily government schools or Boroondara schools. Based on the data the participants will be asked three questions: -

What are the things we are doing well at

Hartwell?

What are opportunities for improvement?

What are the risks we need to consider as we

plan for the next four years?

They will also be asked to list up to three other considerations or potential priorities for the future, not necessarily based on the data that is presented. If you receive an invitation to participate in the forum which will be held at 9.00am on Thursday March 9th, please reply promptly letting us know whether you can attend so that we can invite other parents if you are unavailable. Likewise, if you are desperate to be included in the forum please let me know via an email to the school at hartwell.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au I will endeavour to include all those who contact me- providing there are not too many requests. As well as seeking feedback we are currently undertaking an extensive self-evaluation of our practices, policies, data relating to student achievement and student, staff and parent surveys. Our Self-Evaluation, compiled by the leadership team, but with input from teachers and the forums mentioned above will be presented to School Council at their March meeting. Early next term, in early May I hope, an external reviewer accredited by the Education Department will spend a full day and half another day working with the leadership team, two school principals (who are called ‘challenge partners’), a member of School Council and other teachers to analyse the Hartwell Self Evaluation document and formalise recommendations for the future. Then in term three we will write our new Strategic Plan based on these recommendations. All in all this will be an interesting process.

2017 Whole School Production- ‘The Little Mermaid’ Rehearsals will soon commence for the whole school production which will be held in the last week of term 2. Students in Years 5 and 6 have recently been auditioning for the lead parts which require acting and singing as well as for significant dancing roles. It is fantastic that so many of our senior students have the poise and confidence to take on these roles and also the willingness to commit to practices both at lunchtime and before school. I congratulate all the students who are so keen to be in the production. It is important to remind the students that whilst they can’t all have main roles, each Hartwell student and especially those in Years 5 and 6 will be part of the production. Movie Night ‘Moana’ is coming to Hartwell! There are only a few more days till our annual movie night. The weather all week, including next weekend is forecast to be fine and warm and so the movie night should be a huge success. Please make sure you book tickets this week. As you know, choc tops, popcorn, pizza and other yummy food will be available from the canteen. Tickets for the movie night are $30 per family. Please remember that for this activity students MUST be accompanied by an adult. 2017 Curriculum Days & Reflection on Last Friday The curriculum day held last Friday was a great success as it was an opportunity for the teachers to work with Lyn Watts- an educational consultant who specialises in Writing, Speaking and Listening. During the day we examined our Naplan data and other data that teachers collect throughout the year to critically investigate what we do well and aspects of the curriculum that could be improved. The teachers looked at the new Victorian Curriculum, particularly the ‘I Can Statements’ for each Year level and how these can be used with the students to give them feedback and to outline the expectations at the start of a lesson. Teachers explored how to link the writing and reading programs and learnt more about dialogic teaching and questioning. At the end of the day, the consensus amongst teachers was that the day had been very practical, relevant and helpful. There will not be a curriculum day at Hartwell in term 2. I remind you however that the next two curriculum days for 2017 are on the first day of term 3 and the first day of term 4. The dates are Mondays July 17 and October 9th.

Reminders

Year 3 & 4 Information Evening

(incorporating the Information Session for

parents about the Year 3 and 4 camps to Phillip

Island) will be held at 7pm on Thursday March

2nd. All year 3 and 4 parents are invited to attend.

Dogs are not permitted in the school grounds at

any time. Please make sure you leave your dogs

at home or have someone mind them outside the

school grounds.

Kris Moore Principal PE UPDATE HPS Swimmers Simply Stunning! Following a fantastic training session delivered by Dave McRae, our swimming team was nothing less than sensational in their performances at the Glen Iris District Carnival last Tuesday. We got off to a flying start taking out first place in the first seven events on the program! The blue ribbons kept coming as we placed in the top three in 43 of the 50 events on the program. It really was an outstanding display of swimming. Hartwell won the district shield by 575 points from our closest rival Ashburton. A huge congratulations to Emerson Y (S5D) who broke the 11yr 50m Breaststroke record which had stood for 12 years. Emmy set a new record of 40.37secs for the event. Well done Emerson. Thank you to Mr. O’Connor for being our Team Manager at the event and to Nick Holdsworth for assisting with scoring and travelling with the team. As usual, our parents were a wonderful support to the team. Thank you in particular to Ann Cornish for running the results and ribbons table (her last carnival!), thank you to Katherine Hadaway and Paula Paroissien for working the stop watches and to Kim Major and Alissa Turinui for assisting with the false start rope. Congratulations to the following students who qualified for the Boroondara Division Championships, which were held yesterday at the Monash Aquatic Centre. Thank you to all parents for getting their swimmers to this event. Again, we had outstanding results at such a high level of competition: Sophie W (M4L): 6th in 9/10yr Free & 4th in Back, Gemma P (M4L): 4th in 9/10yr Fly, Jack L (S5C): 3rd in 9/10yr Free, Keiran O (S5G): 3rd in 9/10yr Breast & 5th in Fly, Emerson Y (M5D): 4th in 11yr Back & 4th in Fly, Harrison W-S (S5G): 5th in 11yr

Free & 5th in Fly, Oliver Wood (S5M): 7th in 11yr Breast 9/10yr Girls’ Relay (Annabel M, Penny M, Olivia M, Sophie W): 5th 9/10yr Boys’ Relay (Jack G, Matthew W-S, Keiran O, Jack L): 1st 11yr Girls’ Relay (Chloe E, Hannah M, Emerson Y, Madi H): 2nd Girls’ Open Medley (Hannah M, Emerson Y, Heidi G, Madi H): 5th Best of luck to our 9/10yr Boys’ Relay Team and our 11yr Girls’ Relay Team who have now qualified to compete at the Eastern Metropolitan Championships at Aquanation in Ringwood on March 17th. Go Hartwell! Well done to our Year 6 students who qualified for the Division level but due to Canberra Camp were unable to compete yesterday. Sam K (S6): 12yr Free & Fly, Otto S (S6): 12yr Back, Matthew M (S6): 12yr Breast. Sam, Otto, Oliver W & Harrison W-S also qualified in the Medley Relay. Well done boys! Weetbix Tryathlon We have hit 74 registrations, which is an amazing result. GO HARTWELL! Our second (non- compulsory) training session will be held this Sunday 5th March at 4pm at Catani Gardens, St. Kilda. The official address is Pier Rd. St. Kilda West. You can park on Beaconsfield Pde, but please be aware of parking restrictions. We will meet at the rotunda in the gardens. Bring bathers, runners, bikes. Once again, we will need some parents to run and ride. Brad and I will be in the water but happy to have some other swimmers join us! This is a great way to have a look at the course and experience swimming in the bay. Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday if you can make it. Register at www.tryathlon.com.au/

Have a great week.

Jo Bayes PE Teacher & Sport Co-ordinator bayes.joanne.l@edumail.vic.gov.au Movie Night -Saturday 4th March Please note that tomorrow, Wednesday 1st March is the final day for purchasing tickets for the Movie Night. Tickets will be sent home this Thursday and Friday via the students.

Good Food Shop Term I Summer Menu - hard copies of the menu are available from the office. The menu is also available electronically on the website and the Skoolbag App. QKR - If you wish to use the online ordering system please refer to Hartwell’s website. There is more information about the app and how to order your child’s lunch. There are also several FAQs as well as how to download the app to your mobile phone. If you have any further queries please contact the school office. Please ensure that you choose the right dates and also click on the ‘Confirm’ button as your child’s order will not come through to us if the order has not been confirmed. Good Food Shop Rosters for this week

Roster Wed 1.3.17

1st Shift 9.15am-

11.15 Rachelle Connor

2nd Shift 11.15-

1.15

Full Session 9.00am-

1.00pm Marianne Duane

Roster Friday 3.3.17

1st Shift 9.00am-

11.00

Jacqui Hilton, Parul

Mahajan

2nd Shift 11.15-

1.15

Karen Madden, Sybilla

Boyd Fox

Full Session 9.15am-

1.15pm

Catriona McCraw Canteen Manager

Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop will also be open from 8.45 to 9.00am every Tuesday at this stage. All orders must be processed in the school office first. If you need to place an order, please pick up an order form from the office or download one from the school’s website and place the order through the office. There will be approximately a two-three week wait on all orders as we are unable to store large quantities of stock. Hats and folios are available to purchase from the office. Alison Watson Claire Lugger watson.ali@icloud.com dm.cl@hotmail.com

Sick Bay Washing Roster Thank you for volunteering to go on the sickbay washing roster. The roster for Term 3 2016 is below. If you are unable to do the week you were allocated, please swap with someone else on the roster. Could you please collect the sheets on Friday and return them some time the following week. If you require any assistance please see the office staff.

Term 1 Roster

03.03.17 Andrew Kegele

10.03.17 Kwai Lee

17.02.17 Ann Cornish

24.02.17 Amy Kimpton

31.03.17 Vicki Ford

Support Services, Rosters, Community & Social Events

Social Calendar

Prep M Parents – Coffee Morning Details are - Friday 10 March 9am onwards at Dish & Spoon (122 Highfield Rd, Camberwell)

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