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Fish Creek and District Primary School
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Fish Creek and District Primary School
Newsletter
Yesterday Grade 1 and 2 got 7 new fish. We like
the fish. We called one Goldy. I hope the second
fish is called Snowy and the third fish is called
kissy fish!
Term 1, Issue 7
Important Dates
What fish eat? Fish food!!! Tyson
March
Wed-Fri 19–21st
Tuesday 25th
Wednesday 26th
Thursday 27th
Friday 28th
April
Tuesday 1st
Friday 4th
Tuesday 22nd
Friday 25th
To Goldy,
I am 7 years old. How old are you? Are you 10?
Are you 18?
How much food do you eat? Have you had a
birthday? I ride motorbikes, what do you do all
day? Do you like to go through the tunnels?
Hope you have a nice day. From Tyler
I Love Where I Live”
Exhibition at Foster Family Fete
Entries are being sought for this exhibition. Take a
Mr Farrell getting in
to the St Patrick’s
Day spirit on Monday
photo, make a video, write it down or draw a picture
to explore this theme. Further information is
available at the office. Entries close Tuesday April
15th.
Term 1, Issue 7
Grade 3/4 Wilsons Prom Camp
Waratah Athletics—SGSC
Life Ed
Coastal Ambassadors
Back Up day for Waratah Athletics
Science Show Nexus Arts
Smile Day—dress as something funny
Last Day of Term 1—2.20pm Finish
Term 2 begins
ANZAC Day
Principal Comment
Community Noticeboard
:Why
20th March 2014
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This week I will be out of the school from Wednesday to Friday
attending the Grade 3/4 Camp. I will have the school mobile with me
so please phone the school directly for any absences or bus changes.
Students have settled in well, attended an outdoor cinema session and
organised duty groups. This afternoon they have surfed and tonight
we head off on a night hike to spot the ‘drop bears’! Tomorrow
morning we will be heading off to another education session with the
rangers followed up by lunch before heading back to school. I know
everyone will have a fantastic time and come home ready for a big
sleep in—in their own beds. Thank you to everyone who has helped
with the organisation of the camp, especially to Mr Farrell for giving
up three days away from his young family to attend the camp. Thanks
also to the parents who are preparing and delivering our meals!
Without your assistance we wouldn’t be able to offer these great
extra curricula activities for our students.
RESPECT
FAIRNESS
COMMITMENT
Appointments Please
PREP-2 READING HELPERS
It is great to see so many parents in the morning, after
school and throughout the day. A friendly reminder that if
you wish to discuss anything about student learning and
behaviour. then please make an appointment for a time that
is convenient for both you and your child's teacher.
Equally you need to make an appointment to discuss
issues related to school policy, management, staff members
or more complex student issues with Michelle.
Without an appointment. we can not guarantee that
Michelle or any of the class teachers will be available to
talk to.
Thank You to the parents who have already
volunteered to help out with reading each morning. We
would like to get a few more helpers involved. You do
not have to commit to the same day each week, just
come along whenever you can. If you can give up a half
hour or so first thing in the morning, one day a week,
please let Kerri or Ashleigh know. A reminder to all
helpers, you must sign in and out at the office when
you are helping in the classrooms.
Waratah Athletics
This is almost a picnic day at SGSC.
Many parents from Fish Creek, Tarwin
Valley and Tarwin Lower come along to
watch and help. Just bring along a picnic lunch and a blanket. If the event
has to be cancelled due to bad weather,
it will announced on 3GG between 7.30—8.00am if needed
Back Up Day for the Aths is Friday 28th March.
Please make sure you have returned your Signmee or hard
copy permission slip.
Tea Cosy Festival
The school has been asked to do the catering for the Elders Day during the Tea Cosy Festival. We have been asked
to supply 10 plates each of :
* sandwiches
* hot food
* cakes/biscuits/slices
and waiter for the event. More details to follow, but please
keep Wednesday 21st May free as many hands make light
work!
PnF
The PnF held their AGM last Friday and the following
people were elected as office bearers:
President—Janine Taylor
Secretary _ Peta Hamlett
Treasurer— Colleen Williams
Thanks you to the outgoing committee who had a fantastic year ensuring our children were able to enjoy
the disco, hot lunch, Mother/Father day stalls and
Christmas Lunch, just to name a few.
It was decided that the committee should have
financial members in line with the current PnF
constitution so anyone interested in being a member
is asked to pay 50c. This enables a vote for those
who are paid up but in no way prevents people from
coming to any meeting and sharing their ideas and
thoughts. Payment is due by 28th March.
Meeting dates have been set as the 1st Friday of
each month from 9.00am in the staffroom. Next
meeting is Friday 4th April and all are invited and
encouraged to attend as we organise our part in the
Foster Fete and the Charlie Brown Back to Day.
Pop Top Bottles Needed
Mrs Banikos is looking for 250ml bottles to use in a
National Smiles
Day Tuesday
science experiment in the coming weeks so if you
have any, please send them along to school.
KidsMatter Primary
Sports Report
Research Based Practice
KidsMatter Primary is underpinned by decades of solid research about mental health and wellbeing and the benefits of
social and emotional learning in schools.
It is informed by major international frameworks such as the
World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools approach. World Health Organization
It also draws upon the strong research base indicating that
greater mastery of social and emotional learning improves
students’ personal development, readiness to learn, classroom behaviour, and academic performance. This has been
well summarised by CASEL Collaborative for Academic, Social,
and Emotional Learning.
KidsMatter Primary is committed to ongoing research and
evaluation to ensure that we're providing the best outcomes
for Australian
children.
Council
On Tuesday the 1st of April (April Fool’s Day) the school
will be dressing up as funny, colourful, wacky things! It’s
a gold coin donation to raise money for the clown doctors
who brighten sick children’s day in hospital. It is a great
foundation for sick kids. Make yourself as wacky as you
can!! By Phoebe & Mia
Term 1, Issue 7
Stingrays Football
On the weekend all the U
11s?U13s went to a BBQ sign up
training session and had lots of
fun.
Fish Creek Netball Club.
U11s and U13s have been training hard
for their first game of the season
against Dalyston in two weeks.
BASKETBALLS
Students are asked to limit the bringing
of basketballs on the buses as they can be
a bit dangerous. If students wish to bring
their basketballs to school, the bus drivers have
asked that they bring them in on a Monday and leave
them here for the week, taking them home on a
Friday
News from the Grade 5 classroom
Thank you to everyone who is using
Signmee to return their permission slips
promptly and efficiently.
We encourage you to respond to the Signmee notification
as soon as possible once you have received it as this helps
cut the cost to the school since every reminder we send to
you costs the school. Some of the reasons we decided to
use this system were to cut down on the amount of paper
we were wasting and reduce the time staff spent chasing
up unsigned permission notes. If Signmee permissions are
not returned by the due date, students may miss out on
the activity. I’m sure you will agree Signmee is a great
time saving tool and is very cost efficient if all parents
respond promptly to the notification.
1st April
Junior School
By Kairon & Zali
This week’s award
goes to Emily Wilson
for letting me use
her computer to
print my name tag.
The news is out! Mrs King is expecting her first
baby in September.
Congratulation to her and Gaz
Grade 5/6 Melbourne Camp
Mrs King is currently spending a lot of time
organising the itinerary for a great camp in
Melbourne. Various options are being looked at and
all efforts are being made to keep the cost of the
camp down as much as possible whilst exposing our
students to a wide range of activities. If any
parent can drive a mini-bus and is able to go on the
camp, we would love to hear from
you.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN WITH WRITING
As a follow-up to our session on helping students with reading, Kerri will be running
Nominated By Lara
a similar session about writing next Thursday, 27th March at 2:30 in the Prep/1
classroom. If you want to know how you can help your child learn how to write and
spell, come along.
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