DIARY DATES

NUMBER 36 – 17 November 2016

Mon 21 November Senior School Assembly 2.55pm

Tues 22 November Foundation (Prep) PMP Program 9am

Foundation (Prep) 2017 Student

Information Evening in the school hall

7pm - 7.45pm

Wed 23 November Nude Food Day Wednesday

Yr 3 & 34Z Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Yr 2 Hands on Science Incursion

Thur 24 November Yr 4 Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Yr 6 Be The Best You Can Be Excursion

at PRSC 9.15am - 12pm

Parent Information Evening 7pm at

Patterson River Secondary College (see

attached flyer)

Friday 25 November Yr 3 Celebrations Incursion - African

Drumming

Yrs 2 - 5 Australian Youth Choir Visit

Sun 27 November Final Working Bee for 2016, 10am -

12.30pm (with a BBQ afterwards)

Mon 28 November Junior School Assembly 2.55pm

Wed 30 November Nude Food Day Wednesday

Yr 3 & 34Z Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Thurs 1 December Yr 4 Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Yrs 5 & 6 Making Our Mark Market Day

Fri 2 December Yr 3 Celebrations Incursion Part 2 -

Chinese New Year

Junior School Athletics Carnival 9am

Second Hand Uniform Sale 3pm - 4pm

outside the Yr 6 rooms

Monday 5 December Senior School Assembly 2.55pm

2017 Environment Leaders excursion to

Sorrento

Tues 6 December Foundation (Prep) 2017 Orientation Day

10.30am - 1.30pm

Foundation (Prep) - Yr 5 Up Day

Yr 6 Transition to Secondary School

Wed 7 December Nude Food Day Wednesday

Yr 3 & 34Z Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Christmas Concert on the school oval

6pm - 7.30pm

Thurs 8 December Yr 4 Little Devil’s Circus Incursion

Yrs 5 & 6 Beach Day 9am

Mon 12 December Junior School Assembly 2.55pm

Tues 13 December Foundation (Prep) Graduation and Carp

Productions Show 9.15am - 11am

Wed 14 December Nude Food Day Wednesday

Yrs 3 & 4 Little Devil’s Circus -

CONCERT 9am - 2.14pm

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Principal: Carole Mayes

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PORTSEA CAMP - YEAR 3

The teaching team at Patterson Lakes Primary School were

privileged to take on camp, a group of outstanding students

from Year 3. The students very clearly demonstrated the

schools values of Integrity, Respect and Excellence and

represented themselves, their families and their school

proudly.

On behalf of the school community I would like to extend my

thanks to Mr Zarb, Mrs Morris, Mrs Murphy, Mrs Canavan, Mr

Milgate, Mrs Edgar, Mr Clohesy for their thorough organisation

and preparation of the camping program and willingness to

leave their families for no further remuneration, so that the

students of our school have the opportunity to participate in

such an wonderful extra curricula program.

I would also like to thank Andrew Pring, Afonso Lai, Steve

Lewis and Travis Over for their support with the program!

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Combined Schools Parent Information Evening

Andrew Russell has been invited by our local school cluster

to present an information session to families on :

Life Balance

The Power of Diet

The Power of Sleep

Stress Management

The Power of the Mind

Andrew is the Hawthorn Football Club

Elite Performance Manager.

This is a free event for families, but is limited to available

tickets. Please make your booking online using the school

code PattersonLakesPS at: -

https://andrewrussell.eventbrite.com.au - see attached flyer

Thursday November 24th at 7pm -

Patterson River Secondary College

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PARENT REQUESTS FOR 2016

Last week the school invited parents to submit requests for class placements for 2017. Please be mindful that when placing your child in a class, the school considers a range of issues including the academic and social needs of your child, the mix of student groupings, class sizes and previous class and teacher placements. Parent requests must be submitted by Wednesday, 23rd November to be able to be considered.

STAFFING

Michelle Conway has commenced her Family Leave four weeks earlier than expected. James Nicklen will be replacing Michelle in the Physical Education role for most of the time until the end of the year.

NEW COOLING SYSTEM FOR OUR HALL

As a result of our fabulous fundraising efforts this year we have ordered a new evaporative cooling system for the Hall. Works will commence on Monday 28th November.

WORKING BEE

The Facilities and Grounds committee has organised a Working Bee for Sunday, 27th November from 10am-12:30pm. A notice with further details was sent home to all families yesterday (see attached letter).

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL & ENVIRONMENT

LEADERS PRESENTATION

Congratulations to our Junior School Council and Environment Leaders who provided a very informative presentation to School Council on Tuesday evening. School Council was very impressed with the achievements and commitment of our 2016 JSC and Environment teams. Thanks to Mr Koppens and Ms Lamaro who have done a fantastic job in co-ordinating these leaders throughout the year.

ENVIRONMENT LEADERS FOR 2016/2017

Thank you to our outgoing Environment Leaders who have

done an excellent job representing our school over the past

12 months. Max W, Victoria G, Beth R and Lena F will

hand over the reins to our four newly selected leaders for the

next 12 months. The task of selecting our new leaders was

extremely difficult with the high quality of the applicants who

applied. Congratulations to Madison S (5A), Sarah B (5C),

Cameron C (5B) and Keira S (5A) who were selected for

2016/2017.

These students will be participating in their first activity on

Monday, 5th December which will be an introductory activity

comprising of a boat trip on Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento to

hopefully swim with dolphins and seals. We look forward to

hearing from them about their experiences over the next 12

months.

Thank you to Ms Lamaro who will continue as the co-

ordinator of our Environment Leaders.

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE

On Friday, 11th November, I attended the Remembrance Day Service at the Longbeach RSL in Chelsea with our school captains, Charlotte and Joshua. Tributes were laid by our captains on behalf of the school.

InSPIRE

A fun Boot Camp activity was held for InSPIRE last Friday

afternoon. Our students enjoyed the activity on the basketball

court area in their house teams.

MATHS OLYMPIAD

Congratulations to all the students from Yrs 4, 5 and 6 who

competed in the Maths Olympiad Games. These students

gave up a lunchtime each week for 2 Terms to compete

and be coached in mathematical problem solving.

All students involved were dedicated and committed to

improving themselves and showed growth throughout the 5

competitions. The students included: James N (6B), Adam

S (5B), Ben S (6A), Max W (6C), Charlotte F (6D), Jessikan

B (5A), Lucas M (5A), Cameron C (5B), Ethan L (4A), Lily

M (6D), Lucas M (4A), Josh K (6A), Eden T (5D), Isabella D

(5D), Victoria G (6D), Nikita D (6A), Caytlin R (6A) and Beth

R (6D). Outstanding results were achieved by James N

(6B) and Adam S (5B) by placing in the top 10% of

Australasia. The majority of students achieved within the

top 50% of Australasia.

Certificates will be given out at the next Senior School

Assembly. I would also like to give a huge thanks to Mr

Koppens, Mrs Bowly and Miss Davis for their coaching

support.

Congratulations once again, Mrs Sandra Murphy.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our ‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 7 of this term. Students will receive their certificates at their next assembly. Keep up the super work everyone!

Prep A – Kaydn D for being persistent and working really hard on his writing. Well done Kaydn!

Prep B – Emily F for always trying her best at everything she does and for always showing so much enthusiasm. Keep up the wonderful effort Emily!

Prep C – Ashlee-Rose C for always trying her best. You are a superstar!

Prep D – Finn E for working hard at getting organised for his learning, staying on task and showing the right classroom behaviours. Well done Finn, keep it up!

1A – Jake F for working hard to complete his Maths assessments.

1B – Eleanor L for striving to do your best in Maths.

2A – Mason S for being a great friend and being thoughtful and kind.

2B – Sienna O for being a considerate and patient Maths tutor. Great job Sienna!

2C – Liam V for always coming to school with a positive attitude and showing persistence in all areas of his learning. Keep up the great work Liam!

3A – Amy S for being a reliable, enthusiastic and trustworthy student who regularly displays the school values of Respect, Excellence and Integrity. Keep up the fantastic work Amy. Well done!

3B – Augustina M for working well in her camp activity group and having a go at all activities.

3C – Finn O for working really hard to improve in all areas in the classroom. You have shown excellence in your atti-tude to your class tasks. Fantastic effort Finn!

3D – Ryan T for being an inspiration to his teammates on the Portsea camp. Sharing his vast knowledge of marine life and providing advice was really appreciated and well received by ‘The Dragons’.

4A – Lachie M for his consistent effort. Well done LMc2!

4D – Achuol G for doing her very best in Mathematics and achieving great results! Well done Achuol!

5A – Jessikan B for his consistently excellent effort in all areas of school. You’ve been a star student Jess!

5D – Izzabelle S for continuing to show initiative, integrity and leadership skills. Well done Izzy!

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

BOOK CLUB ORDERS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating

their birthday during the next week. We hope you have a

lovely day.

NAME BIRTHDAY

Lelani T 17 November

Alexander G 18 November

Mitchell S 18 November

Alina S 18 November

Niels P 19 November

April T 20 November

Zac B 20 November

Luke C 21 November

Archie H 22 November

Kaidan T 22 November

Rhett T 22 November

Jenna N 23 November

HEAD LICE

SEVERE HAY FEVER SEASON

HAY FEVER SEASON IS UPON US

Hay fever, also called allergic rhinitis, is common in

spring because it is often caused by an allergy to grass

pollen. Hay fever can occur at any time of the year as

an allergic reaction to dust mites, mould and animal fur

or hair. Symptoms include a running nose, sneezing

and itchy, watering eyes. Medication including

antihistamines can help symptoms. Allergen

immunotherapy may be a suitable treatment for

some people.

For those children who suffer re-occurring hay fever,

now might be a good time to look into administering a

24 hour antihistamine, giving some relief to these

students on high pollen days.

Head Lice just love warm weather? Why - because head lice

can reproduce more quickly in the warm weather; it actually

takes less time for the eggs to mature and the lice to molt.

This all adds up to more head lice!

If you find lice, do not worry or be embarrassed. Head lice

are a normal part of childhood - nearly 1 in 10 primary

school children could have head lice at any one time.

Most of us know what a hassle it is to treat head lice and

just how frustrating it can be when your child comes home

scratching their head yet again. But parents can fight the

spread of head lice by working together.

Check your family's hair for lice regularly - once a week is

ideal!

NUDE FOOD DAY WEDNESDAY’S

Every Wednesday for the remainder of this term we are

asking all Patto families to support Nude Food Day.

Nude Food Day is a nationwide initiative developed to encourage kids and parents to eat well and live well, and eliminate all unnecessary packaging and wrapping that goes into schools.

Choosing whole fresh food with little processing and packaging is good for the environment and is also the best choice for our health.

Patterson Lakes Primary School is committed to ensuring good health for our children and for our planet. We hope our “Nude Food Day Wednesdays” encourages a sustained healthy and environmentally friendly change to our children’s lunches and their future.

SUMMER SALE SECOND HAND UNIFORM

ALL ITEMS $5.00 in VGC and

washed prior to sale

Friday 2nd of December

3.00pm AND 4.00pm

OUTSIDE THE YEAR 6 ROOMS

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE

PLPS Leaders in Digital Technologies

1. Games & App Challenge Finalists

On Monday 7th November, the boys from “Operation Distraction’ went into the city to ACMI to pitch their game to

representatives from Microsoft, Unity, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and the Department of Education.

They were one of three finalists in the Games and App Challenge in their age group, where the teams had to research a

real-world problem, design a game or app to address this problem and code a working prototype. The finals process

was to pitch their idea to industry leaders for it to become produced. In the morning and early afternoon they were

coached by Jon Yeo of Ted talks Melbourne and quizzed by the many teacher delegates at the Games and Apps

conference before moving into the large auditorium for the pitches from all the finalists and the announcements. It

was long day arriving at Carrum station by 7:30am and arriving home at 5:30pm.

They were amongst the other year level finalists from Years 6-10, who accepted the challenge and made it to the finals

as budding coders and digital innovators. The winning boy from Year 10 will have his game ‘Anxiety’ developed by

Unity into a full working game/app that will be available in the app store in the near future. The boys had a thrilling day.

PLPS entered two teams into this competition. The children gave up their free time to work at lunchtimes with Mrs

Bearup to learn text based coding languages using Touch Develop to produce their working prototype. They also had to

document every team meeting, design idea and coding knowledge using Office 365 and OneNote and a pitch video

advertisement as part of their submission.

Operation Distraction Prototype: (The boys created all their own graphics)

Check it out! https://www.touchdevelop.com/xcykgs

2. Addressing the crowd and running workshops at the Kids Digital

Conference at Carrum Primary School

On Thursday 10th of the same week Mrs Bearup took 15 students from Year 6, Year 5 and 34Z to the Kids Digi Conference. These students had been working with Mrs Bearup and were asked to show and inspire other students about the fun projects in Digital Technologies they had been working on in class, lunchtime groups and during class time. Students from both Games and App challenge teams presented to all student delegates and their teachers and showed their games to this large audience (over 130 people). The Year 5’s ran a workshop in Kahootz 3D which was about how to make 360 degree virtual worlds and how to add a further dimension by building game play with several levels into a Hide and Seek type platform. Year 34Z students challenged students to think about robotics and the basics of coding as an introduction to the possibilities of the future with robotics that they could explore back in our own schools. They involved students thinking about robot vacuum cleaners, coding syntax and later in hands on activities with BeeBots and NXT robots.

The students did a fabulous job in running their workshops and presenting to large groups. They conducted themselves like real professionals.

The Year 3 Portsea Camp

There was an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation when the Year 3 students and their

families arrived at school in preparation for their first official camp to Portsea. Some children

were exuding energy, some were understandably a little nervous because it was their first time

away from home and some just could not wait to get there!

On arrival, the students were informed of their sleeping arrangements and activity groups before

meeting with the camp staff. The students got to rotate through a variety of activities over the

two-day camp. They included snorkelling, swimming, rock pool rambling, the Portsea explorer,

fishing from the Portsea Pier and beach activities.

Many of the activities were first-time experiences for the children. It was obvious by the energy

levels and the smiles on their faces how much enjoyment everyone had.

Every student was taken out of their comfort zone at various times throughout the camp and

each student accepted the challenges placed before them and passed with flying colours. The

amount of resilience, support, encouragement, friendship, courage and empathy exhibited was

pleasing to witness.

In the evening the students got to bust out some moves at the disco. Prizes were awarded to

the best dancers and it was really entertaining to see everyone having fun and enjoying

themselves. There was lots of talent on show from the boys and the girls and even some of the

teachers and parents!

Both days were action-packed which made the time go very fast. Students were constantly on

the go and were exposed to a number of unique experiences such as witnessing the super

moon and watching a variety of cargo ships and ocean liners entering and exiting Port Phillip

Bay.

The school is very reliant on receiving extra assistance from parents and without their help going

on school camp would not be possible. On behalf of the year 3 staff, we would like to

acknowledge and sincerely thank the parents, Steve Lewis, Travis Over, Afonso Lai and Andrew

Pring who graciously volunteered their time to assist on the camp.

The feedback received from the students has been overwhelmingly positive. It is fantastic to see

the amount of personal growth the children have shown since the experience. Friendships have

strengthened, confidence and self-belief has increased and many students have learned to

become independent problem solvers. The staff are very proud of the students for showing a

number of characteristics that will benefit them now and in the future.

Congratulations on a hugely successful adventure. Well done!

The Year 3 Portsea Camp

WORKING BEE – SUNDAY, 27TH NOVEMBER

16th November, 2016

Dear Parents/Carers

The date set for our school’s final working bee this year is for Sunday, 27th November.

We are looking forward to having as many families involved as possible to help with a tidy up of the school prior to our school Christmas concert on the 7th December.

The working bee will commence at 10:30am and conclude with a sausage sizzle at 12:30pm. The school will provide sausages, soft drinks and water at no cost to helpers. We will be meeting at the undercover area outside the Staff & Science Rooms.

The Facilities and Grounds committee have identified a number of items that need attention around the school that we are hoping to achieve. These include:

Weeding around edges of paths and buildings.

Trimming back of trees hanging over paths & seating areas.

Clearing of garden beds.

Clearing of drains.

Redistribution of softfall mulch in playgrounds.

Sweeping dust & cobwebs from portable classroom walls & walkways.

Washing some walls of portable classrooms & steps where needed.

To complete the tasks we are hoping that families may be able to supply some tools, i.e. pruning shears, bow saws, secateurs, yard brooms, rakes, spades/shovels, wheelbarrows.

If you are able to assist with the working bee, even for a small amount of time, could you please indicate on the return slip below or email me at clohesy.paul.d@edumail.vic.gov.au by Thursday, 24th November.

Regards,

Paul Clohesy

Assistant Principal (on behalf of the Facilities & Grounds Committee)

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WORKING BEE – SUNDAY 27th NOVEMBER, 2016

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PLEASE RETURN BY THURSDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Principal: Carole Mayes

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

CANTEEN

COMMUNITY NEWS

Lunch Orders are available online on Monday, Thursday and

Friday.

How do I set up an account to order online:

Go to: www.munchmonitor.com

Click LOGIN then REGISTER

Enter School Id: plps and Password: munch3197

Then follow the 4 easy steps to create your account:

STEP 1: Create a Parent Profile by entering information

about yourself.

STEP 2: Add your Students to your account.

STEP 3: Transfer money to your account by clicking the

Account Top-up button

STEP 4: Click MY ORDERS and you’re ready to Order

lunches!

Orders can be cancelled on the day as late as 8.30am and

should you have any concerns with your lunch order, please

call Bellbrook Catering direct on 9796 5888.

COMMUNITY NEWS

City Of Kingston Summer School Holiday Program

Enrolments for the Dec/Jan Holiday Program open Mon 21 Nov and close Fri 9 Dec. Go to kingston.vic.gov.au/schoolholidayprogram to download the brochure and enrolment forms.

Belle Cose Interiors and Giftware NEW LADIES CLOTHING HAS JUST DROPPED!

PLUS PLENTY MORE ITEMS ARRIVING DAILY

& CLEARANCE ITEMS 50% OFF

Come check out our beautiful store full of Christmas cheer to get in you inspired!

Shop 12/21 Harbour Plaza, Patterson Lakes

Mordialloc Community Centre January Holiday Program

Excursions to Gravity Zone, Bowling and Don Tatnell and lots of cool activities at the centre such as gymnastics, cooking and lots more. Book early to avoid disappointment contact Izzy and Mikayla @ holidays@mordicc.org.au or call the office on 9580 3675.

Olympic Figure Skate Club’s 45th Annual Show

Saturday 17th December. Adults $10, Children $5. Please be seated by 4.45pm for a 5pm start. All ages on ice from 4yrs to 80yrs. Olympic Ice Skate Centre, 1080 Centre Rd, South Oakleigh. Visit www.ofsc.org.au for further details.

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