Stevensville Primary School 52 Kings Road, St Albans, 3021. Tel: 9366 1381 Fax: 9367 6775 Email: stevensville.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.steveps.vic.edu.au

From The Principal

We are nearly at the end of the school year and to celebrate our year of learning the

whole school is visiting Sovereign Hill next Thursday 8th December. See page 4 of

this newsletter

Breakfast Club for 2016 will be finishing next Wednesday 7th December. Thankyou

to all the Parents and Staff who have volunteered their time to set up and run the

Breakfast Club this year. As a thank you to Foodbank, who have provided us with

the supplies for the Breakfast Club, the Grade 3/4 students have organised a Food

Drive. See page 2 of this newsletter for more details.

The Uniform Shop will be closing for the year on Monday 5th of December.

Transition

Next Tuesday 6th December is a state-wide transition day. All Grade 6 students will

attend their Secondary School on this day. It is the parents responsibility to take

their child to their new school and to pick them up. Grade 6 students do not come to

Stevensville on this day. This day is also the third and final Foundation (Prep)

Transition Day. A 2017 information pack will be given to parents after the session.

Teaching allocations for 2017 are as follows:

Foundation - Tracey Muscat

Year 1/2 - Julie Cameron, Michelle Hunter, Jo Mazzarino

Year 3/4 - Amanda Ackerman & Yvonne Arnell, Liz Fournaris, Rob Slatter

Year 5/6 - Anita Flack, Jo Smith, Trevor Faure

PE - Tania Crook LOTE (Italian) - Amanda Lyons

Visual Arts - Rita Lombardo Intervention - Kylie Bonello

Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held on Thursday 15th December. Please see the

School’s website for the link to book your interview times. If you do not have

access to the online booking system, please see Gail in the Office for assistance.

Regards,

Michelle Huggan

Newsletter 30th November, 2016

Dates To Remember

Term Dates 2016 Term 1: 01 Feb - 24 Mar Term 2: 11 Apr - 24 Jun Term 3: 11 Jul - 16 Sep Term 4: 03 Oct - 20 Dec December 6th Transition 7th School Council 8th Sovereign Hill Excursion (P-6) 9th Parent Helpers Morning Tea 13th Hub Cooking Demo & Christmas Party 15th Parent/Teacher Interviews 16th Pasta Lunch Day 16th Grade 6 Graduation 20th Last day of school 1.00pm dismissal (No Lunch Orders)

General Notices Breakfast Club is open every morning at 8.30am. Last day Wednesday 7th December. Homework Club has finished for this year.

The Uniform Shop Last Day Open This Year Monday 5th December

Mission Statement - DREAM

At Stevensville we Develop confidence, Resilience and

Empowerment to Achieve our full potential and

Master lifelong learning.

OUR VALUES

Trust Respect Honesty

Teamwork Responsibility

Term 4 Program - New Families Welcome! Day Time Activity Where Mon 9.15am - 10.30pm Zumba Community Hub Mon 10.00am - 11.00am Conversational English Speech Room Mon 9.30am - 12.00pm Vietnamese Parenting Meeting Room Tue 9.00am - 11.00am Playgroup Community Hub Wed 9.30am - 12.30pm St Albans Learning Together Meeting Room Thu 9.30am - 2.30pm WCIG EAL English Cert 1 Meeting Room Friday 10.30am - 1.30pm Gardening Club, Cooking & Sustainable Playgroup Westvale Community Centre

Special Lunch Day

Pasta, Juice & Icy Twist! Friday 16th December - $7.00

Order forms have been sent home. Last day

for ordering is Monday 12th December.

Westvale Men’s Shed Opening Soon!

Westvale Men's Shed

Westvale Community Centre 45 Kings Road, St Albans, 3021

Ph: 03 9367 6647

Foodbank Collection Grade 3/4’s have organised a food drive to donate to Foodbank as a thank you for our Breakfast Club supplies throughout the year. We are collecting canned and packaged food, like pasta, breakfast cereal, canned food, spreads, and UHT milk. Please do not send any fresh fruit or vegetables, anything from the fridge or unpackaged food. Tally sheets have been set up in the Library to track donations. The class that donates the most food will win a Mystery Prize! The food drive will finish on Friday 9th December. Foodbank is Victoria’s largest independent Not For Profit food relief organisation delivering nutritious healthy food to individuals and families in need. Thank you for your donations.

School Captains

Redya Mudesir

Dan Nguyen

Lighthouse Team

Redya Mudesir

Dan Nguyen

Andrew Ha

Tai Morgan

Zain Ashraf

Stacey Manukau-Tipene

Bethseba Hlawn Chin

Winsphil Tuuau

Tina Trang

Merrylin Thang Eng

Yen-Nhi Do

Good Citizens

Merrylin Thang Eng

Mohamed Wanouche

Prep C Manav Mann 3/4B Omar Omar

Prep M Suhaib Hadbah 3/4F Merrylin Thang Eng

1/2A Weaver Al Shabee 3/4H Frehiwot Gebremeskel

1/2B Kenan Tursic 5/6B Menmain Tokpa

1/2C Duong Luc 5/6M Anh Ho

Art Suwetha Sureshkumar 5/6S Kathrin Walia

Italian Justin Sourivong PE Winsphil Tuuau

Reading Recovery Japman Singh

House Captain Vice-Captain

Red Anh Ho An Tien Mai 5/6M 5/6M

Yellow Wendy Truong Lian Thang Eng 5/6M 5/6M

Green Lejla Redzic Ceejay Holland 5/6S 5/6M

Blue Kayleen Utia Loang Aweng 5/6S 5/6S

Great Habits Make Great Leaders

Leaders of the Week To be presented at Assembly this Friday.

Assembly Hosts - Prep M

End of Year Experience - Sovereign Hill

As part of our end of year celebrations, the whole school will be going on an excursion to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, on Thursday December 8th. Buses will be leaving school at 9:15am (please be at school on time) and returning at 3:00pm. Sovereign Hill is a living museum with working exhibits brought to life by costumed characters and over 40 horses. Set on 25 acres of an original mining site, Sovereign Hill is a goldfields town with shops, hotels, a theatre, schools, factories, a gold diggings and underground mines to explore. Notes regarding our end of year whole school excursion to Sovereign Hill have been sent home with every child. We ask that you please return these to your child’s classroom teacher or the office as soon as possible. As part of the day, our students will also get the opportunity to participate in some of the activities that Sovereign Hill has to offer such as a gold mine visit, gold pour demonstration, a session in the Education Centre and watching confectionary (lollies) being made. On the day, all students must be dressed in full school uniform including school Sun Smart hats. Students will also need to bring their snacks, lunch and drinks in a suitable carry bag (e.g. a small backpack or bag) which they will be responsible for on the day. No glass to be brought along.