File - Seville Primary School

Warburton Hwy
Seville, Vic 3139
(T) 5964 4557, (F) 5964 3001
seville.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
www.sevilleps.vic.edu.au
Hotline
26th Feburary 2016
Principal’s Report
School Leaders Assembly
Hello everyone.
Another great fortnight at Seville Primary School.
Our Before and After School Program is growing steadily as more of our families
take advantage of the program that they have wished for so long. Olivia is
adding more and more exciting activities to her program. We are now having to
turn interested students away from joining in the program after school. They are
very welcome to join in the program if parents would like them to join.
Olivia has advertised her hours on her web page and in her documentation - her
hours are negotiable upon parent request but her regular hours are 7:00am 9:00am & 3:30pm - 6:00pm.
We still have some families choosing use UYCH service and so their bus will still
pick their children up from the school as per DEECD request.
Parent Information Sessions were held by staff during the week. The feedback I
have received form staff and parents will help us to continue to provide parents
with the information that they would like - improvement is a never-ending
process.
As you can see from the above photo our Federal member of Parliament, and
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Mr. Tony Smith, spent
Friday afternoon at our assembly presenting our Young Leaders with Leadership
Certificates. He also spent plenty of time after school with photos and having
friendly chats with the many parents that attended the assembly. He has always
been a very strong and enthusiastic supporter of our school.
Yesterday our Yr 5&6 went off to Lilydale Lake for Kayaking. We have plenty of
photos - I hope you might see some of these on your child’s classroom blog
(they are running on the office foyer TV).
We have a small working bee next Friday night after school in preparation for
next Saturday’s Car Boot Sale. A list of jobs will be sent home to families on
Tuesday. Following the jobs the school invites parents to stay and enjoy some
refreshments and nibbles. The working bee should run from 4 - 7pm. Please feel
free to give what ever time you are able to give.
Until next hotline let’s keep working together to keep Seville the greatest place
to Grow and Learn Together.
Pat
Monday 29th February
First School Council Meeting 7:00pm
Wednesday 2nd March
Young Leaders Day
Saturday 2nd March
Young Leaders Day
Friday 4th March
After School Working Bee
Saturday 5th March
Car Boot Sale
Wednesday 9th March
Twilight Sports
Monday 14th March
Labour Day public holiday
Thursday 24th March
Last Day of Term 1
Messages To Parents
School Notices
To view school notices that have gone
home go to applications on the Parent
Portal site or go to notices on the
webpage.
Please note that notices will be sent
home on Tuesdays with a return date
on Fridays.
Camp/Sport/Excursion Fund
If there are any families that believe
they are eligible for the camp/sports/
excursion fund (formally know as
EMA), please see Lee in the office so
that this years payments can be
made.
Permission Notices
Just a reminder to all families wishing
to use their CSEF funds to please
write this on their permission notice.
Also if wishing to pay by BPay to
please advise the office either on the
permission notice or please send an
email or notice.
School Hats
As we are a sun smart school we
need to be wearing our hats from the
start of September until the end of
Term 1 next year.
Icy Poles
Icy poles are again for sale. They are
50cents each and the money raised
goes towards the grade 6 graduation.
Remember only 2 icy poles per
student at a time.
Congratulations
A huge congratulations to the
Nouwens family on the safe arrival of
their new baby boy.
Ashton Ross 7 pound 10
A new brother to Ryder
Uniform Shop
The uniform shop is open Monday
mornings and Thursday afternoon s
Order forms are also available on
our website and can be sent to
office in classroom tubs.
Mini Working Bee
Friday 4th March we will be having a
mini working bee at school from
4pm –7pm. We invite families to
join in and help if you are able to,
there will refreshments and nibbles
supplied.
Car Boot Sale
Saturday 5th March will be holding a
car boot sale here at school from
9am –2pm. There will be lots of
yummy food as well as a crazy hair
stall, sand art and snow cone
machine. We looking forward to
seeing you there.
Twilight Sports
Wednesday 9th March is our
annual Twilight Sports Night.
Labour Day Public Holiday
Monday 14th March is Labour Day.
This a public holiday and there will
be no school on this day.
Last Day of Term
Thursday 24th March is last day of
school for Term 1.
Friday 25th March is Good Friday.
CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
Hello Seville Primary School community.
I hope you and your household are travelling well.
This edition I wanted to look at the
difference between peer conflict and
bullying. Peer conflict is a common thing
amongst children and can be a great
learning ground for life skills such as
being assertive; resilient, and learning to
say “no” and “stop”. Bullying, on the
other hand, is ongoing, persistent targeting by one child toward another, and
is generally less common.
It is hard to hear your child say that
‘Sally’ or ‘Simon’ did something they
found upsetting. However, as parents
we have a crucial role to play in supporting our child, but we may first need
to let the feeling of wanting to rush to
their aid and sort the problem out pass.
One of the best ways we can help our
child is to be non-reactive. Giving your
child time to talk about what has happened and how they feel is important. It
may be that they do need some adult
help to solve the problem, but as we all
know talking about a problem often
brings it back into perspective and helps
us work out what we need to do next, if
anything. Another thing we may need to
do is, depending on the age of our children, ask them if they are just wanting
to off load; are they needing some advice or ideas about how to solve the
problem; do they want us to inform the
teacher?
It can be hard to remain calm and simply
offer support or ideas rather than solving the problem for them, but in doing
so we give our children a strong message
that we have confidence in their ability
to ‘use their words’ and solve their problems themselves - a vital life skill.
Rich blessings til next edition,
Elissa White
Chaplain
We have a lot of mulch in the school
grounds, and we invite school families
who are interesting in using the
mulch to please help themselves.
SCHOOL LEADERS PRESENTATION
Irabina’s School Holiday Program
March/April 2016
For more information click link below
Community Announcements
To view any of these upcoming community events please
click here.
http://irabina.com/
Rock Berry Jam
Hatrick Communications
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http://www.hatrickcommunications.com.au/
Saturday 27th February 2016
Gates open at 1pm
Wandin East Reserve
For more information click the link below
http://www.rockberryjam.com.au/