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Ferntree Gully North Primary School |111 Forest Road Ferntree Gully|9758 1662|www.ferntree.vic.edu.au

CALENDAR 2017 Dates to remember...

TERM 4 DATES: Monday 09 October – Friday 22 December

END OF TERM 4: Please note school finishes on Friday 22nd December at 1.30pm, following assembly at 1pm.

If necessary, please make arrangements to collect your child/ren at the earlier time.

OSHC will be open from 1.30pm.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Please note: School starts in 2018 on:

Wednesday 31st January for Year 1-6 Thursday 1st February for Prep.

Thursday 21 December 2017 Newsletter number 30

Excellence: High expectations of the whole school

community

Respect: For self and others

Resilience: Engaging in challenges and learning from

mistakes

Integrity: Choosing a course of action that contributes to

the greater good

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Merry Christmas To you and yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday. Spend some happy time with your family and talk. It’s always a busy time in December, so the holidays are an important opportunity for sharing. Thank you to all our families who so generously support us in developing a positive education for our students. Our final assembly will be at 1pm tomorrow, Friday 22nd. Junior Rotary Jemima and Jett presented last week at the Rotary committee meeting after their successful completion of their Junior Rotary program. They were articulate and did an outstanding job of representing our school and its great program. Well done. Art Walkthrough and Christmas Celebration Congratulations to both Gin de Benedetti and Louise Strauch for the art walkthrough and the Christmas celebration. The art pieces were beautiful. All were a standout and the carols certainly brightened the evening. It’s a lovely warm up to the festive events. Autobahn Project Gin has worked with a year 5/6 group to complete an indigenous pole that is now on display at the front of the school. Congratulations to the team on their collaboration and follow through. Great work Gin and the team.

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111 Forest Road, Ferntree Gully 3156. P. 9758 1662 E. [email protected]

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Graduation We celebrated seven years of schooling for our year 6 students on Tuesday evening. It is a lovely transition time seeing these young people move on in their lives, particularly knowing they are well prepared for the future. Well done to all parents and families and we wish you well in whatever the future holds. Thank you to our senior school team for their preparation and hard work for the night. A very special thank you must go to the parent and ES team for all their efforts.

School Captains 2018: We had many quality applications for Captaincy roles for next year. Congratulations to the following students who were successful in being voted leadership roles by their peers in 2018. School Captains: Douglas S and Aria W-D Vice Captains: Jack P and Jade R Green House Captains: Luke A and Macy A Red House Captains: Riley M and Madi M Gold House Captains: Scarlett H and Carly S Blue House Captains: James P and Jasmine B Mrs Wilson Jill Wilson is retiring after many years of supporting our students, staff and families at Ferntree Gully North. Jill has done an amazing job and should be very proud of her efforts and her service to the school. Everyone comes to school each day to do their very best and this certainly has been the case for Jill. The difference she has made to so many students is testament to her fine character and dedication. Working though, is only one part of our lives, and we hope Jill can enjoy the next part of her life as that develops. We know you join us in wishing her well for the future. Call in and see her or speak to her after assembly tomorrow. Swimming

The swimming program was a big success. Swimming is a vital life skill and we know the program will help keep our students safe. Thank you to Lara Atkinson and staff for their dedication to the program. Well done to all students.

Allergies Plan Students who have allergies will need to have an Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Plan (ASCIA) kept at school. These plans outline an action plan if a child does suffer from an allergic reaction. The plans are available on line at www.allergy.org.au or you can pick one up at the office for 2018. The student’s forms need to be updated annually. Medical Plans The Department of Education and Training has also developed a student health management plan. If you child has a significant medical condition the plan needs to be completed by the parent and school upon medical advice and support. If your child has a significant condition please contact the office so that we can have all the relevant information on hand to support your child. .cont/3

http://www.allergy.org.au/



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Important Dates DECEMBER 22nd School finishes 1.30pm, assembly 1pm. 2018 January 31st Students grades 1-6 return February 1st Preps start (preps don’t attend on Wednesdays in term 1 due to school based assessments by teachers) Staffing Cory Pearce has been asked by the region to continue his secondment until March 2019. We wish Cory well in this position. We would also like to welcome Mrs Pauline Molenaar and Daniel Fielding to our staff. Pauline is our new art teacher and will be working Monday to Thursday and Daniel will be working in year 5/6. Pauline has been teaching art at Camelot Rise Primary School and Daniel joins us from Woori Yallock Primary School where he has been teaching year 5. Daniel will be visiting the school tomorrow to meet his class. 2018 STAFF: Principal – Sue Dean Assistant Principal – Priscilla Salter (Acting) Prep C – Jess Cichowicz Prep Z– Tamara Zebisch Prep/One L – Becky Locking 1/2I – Lauren Iverach 1/2K – Claire Keltie 1/2C – Josh Chamberlain 1/2O - Georgia O’Brien 1/2G – Louiza Gonzales 3/4S – Anita Sutherland 3/4A – Mirren Alenson LSL Term 1 replaced by Sam D’Argenio 3/4F - Libby Flanagan 3/4S - Robyn Scanlon 3/4D - Julie Denman Term 1 5/6S – Matt Sutherland 5/6K – Lina Kabris 5/6F – Daniel Fielding 5/6B – Chloe Brown Art – Pauline Molenaar PE – Lara Atkinson, Science and Technology Year 5/6 Music – Louise Strauch Japanese – Marian Collins P-4 Intervention: 1/2 - Wendy Barr 3-6 – Glenda Beard Parent Payments for 2018 2018 Parent Payment information has gone home. Supplies for students in years 1-6 are available at the office. If you have any queries please feel free to contact Kimberly Larkin, our business manager. Payment plans are available if parents would like to contact us. We would also encourage families to contribute to the voluntary contributions in the form of Library / Building funds. These funds are vital to support the running of additional programs and purchase of resources, and we thank you in advance for your contribution. School Council Thank you to School Council for their support of the school, staff and administration and we look forward to working together in 2018.

Thank you, Sue Dean and Priscilla Salter



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ENVIRO CENTRE THANKS: A big thank you to the parents who bought seeds to

support the Enviro program. Not only were we able to

buy 8 new chooks we were able to buy lots of other

equipment to replace broken equipment.

Thank you. Marian Collins.

CONGRATLUATIONS EVERYONE!!!! We have collected the following batteries in term 4 for 2017:

Boronia Police – 15 St Bernadette’s – 294 St Joseph’s – 13 Boronia Scouts – The Basin CFA - Goodwin Estate Preschool – 10 Ferntree Gully Nth Primary - 95 The Basin Primary – 154 The Basin Preschool – 392

That’s a total of 973 batteries for term 4! Which makes a grand total of 2,356 batteries collected for the 2nd ½ of 2017. What an awesome achievement for our environment Thankyou al for your sustainability and community spirit. We can do amazing things when we all band together!



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SOME YEAR 3/4 REPORTS ON THE EXPO LAST FRIDAY:



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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Congratulations to the following students who received Student of the Week: (Ending Friday 08th December 2017)

UNIFORM SHOP 2017: The uniform shop will reopen for back to school sales on Tuesday 30th of Jan 2018 from 11am - 1pm and from 8.45am on Wednesday 31st Jan 2018. We will resume usual operations from Friday 2nd February 2018.

Class Student Reason

5/6S Mr Sutherland

Jett W For a well prepared and presented Rotary presentation. Well done!

5/6O Miss O’Brien

Caleb A For being persistent in his maths this week. Also for having the courage to ask for extra assistance

5/6K Ms Kabris

Jaxson L For being brave enough to encourage others to make strong decisions and own their behaviour

5/6F Ms Graham

Jack P For working very hard on his leadership speech and helping others improve their own speeches

3/4S Mrs Sutherland

Georgie C For showing tolerance and compassion to her classmates and teachers. Thank you

3/4R Mrs Scanlon

Bella P For her outstanding effort in the quality and presentation of all her school work

3/4O Ms O’Neill

Tarryn G For excellent work in writing and maths

3/4C Miss Cichowicz

Hayden D For putting in a great effort in all tasks in the Enviro Centre this week

3/4A Mrs Alenson

Manny B For putting his best effort into his Australia book

1/2Z Miss Zebisch

Jordan P For going out of his way to be helpful in the classroom

1/2W Mrs Wilson & Mrs Beard

Jackson M For being such a great worker in the grade

1/2M Miss McGrath

Cam W For being a good classroom role model. Well done Cam!

1/2K Ms Keltie

Lachlan S For his fantastic letter to Alvin the class elf – fabulous work Lachlan!

1/2I Ms Iverach

Will H For making a great effort with all his learning this week. Well done!

Prep/1B Miss Brown

Summer T For continuing to be brave at school and reading at Prep Information night

Prep L Miss Locking

Leif A For always asking questions in class to do his personal best

Prep G Miss Gonzales

Tyler Z Well done for using good reading strategies this week

Prep F Mrs Flanagan

Sam W For being a great classroom role model



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