26th - Toorloo Arm Primary School

TOORLOO ARM PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 3968
NEWSLETTER
26th April, 2016
LAKE TYERS BEACH RD, LAKE TYERS BEACH
PHONE: 5156 5517
FAX: 5156 5652
EMAIL: toorloo.arm.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
WEBSITE: www.taps.vic.edu.au
Internet Banking: Name: Toorloo Arm Primary School Council
BSB: 063 832 Account No: 1002 2188
Please enter details eg surname & description eg bus, uniform, fees etc
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 2 (subject to change)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Weekend
25
27
Healthy Lunch
Launch-Pumpkin
Soup and Fruit Cup
28
Nexus Arts 1:30
29
ANZAC DAY
26
Parent Club
Meeting
30/1st
Sunday SC Working
Bee 8am-2 pm
2
3
5
6
TAPS Cross Country
9
NAPLAN Tests
this week
10
4
School Photo’s
P & F Mother’s Day
Stall
11
12
13
16
17
18
School Council
Speech Pathology
Visit
19
23
Reconciliation
Week
30
Div Cross
Country Nagle
6
24
25
26
Speech Pathology
Visit
20
District Winter
Sports
27
31
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
13
Queens B’day
Holiday
20
14
15
16
17
21
School Council
22
PUPIL FREE DAY
23
24
Last day of term 2
Dear Parents and Guardians,
This morning at assembly, 2/3 W and 4O students treated us to a
delightful rendition of “Lest We Forget” to help commemorate ANZAC
day. Our P-2 classes participated in a variety of activities last Friday
including making some delicious ANZAC biscuits. We also had a large
contingency of students attend and participate in community services at
different locations yesterday. Congratulations to Chloe Leadbeater and
Bailey Kingston who participated in the Lakes Entrance Service and laid
a wreath on behalf of the TAPS community.
Well done everyone.
The generosity of our community never ceases to amaze me. For
example in the last we have had parents volunteer to wash our sports
tops, donate pumpkins for tomorrows healthy lunch launch, source
basketball coaches, get donations for our garden shed development,
continue to assist in classrooms for special occasions like the P-2
ANZAC activities and reading circles on a weekly basis.
School
councillors who continue to contribute to our school governance and our
parents and friends group are working tirelessly behind the scenes on
the next fundraising venture. We are extremely grateful of your time
and effort and it all goes together to make our school a vibrant,
energetic place to be. Have a super week, Kerry Hughes.
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
PARENTS CLUB NEWS
Remember our first Healthy Lunch day is TOMORROW. Thank you to everyone who has put in their orders early.
You can still bring your order and money tomorrow morning. Pumpkin soup with a roll $2 and Fruit cups $2.
As we set up our new kitchen there are still a few things we need such as :
BBQ tools
Plastic Bowls
Tea Towels
Plastic Containers
Frying Pans
Pots/Saucepans
If you have these or any other spare kitchen items you would be able to donate we would be very grateful.
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Mothers Day Stall will be held next Wednesday, May 4 .
JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL – The boardies and rashies day was a success. We raised $222. It was great fun.
The Surf Life Saving Club is happy that we raised the $222. JSC did a great job collecting the money. We
presented the cheque to Chelsea from the Surf Life Saving Club at assembly today. Ebony & Shae
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SCHOOL PHOTOS WEDNESDAY 4 MAY – Prepaid!!
We will be having our school photos in a couple of weeks so there is plenty of time to have the hair done!
Photo order envelopes will be handed out to students today. There is one envelope per child. If you would like a
family portrait taken the price is $20 and special envelopes are available at the office.
Please note that all orders are PREPAID and money must be returned on or before the day of the photos.
Please have correct money in the envelopes as the school gives these envelopes straight to the photographer on
the day. If you have more than one child the total $$ can be put in one envelope and they can be stapled together.
School Council Working Bee-Sunday 1st May 8.00-12.00 followed by a BBQ
We have a number of jobs around the grounds that we are hoping we can achieve at a working
bee this Sunday.
 Reconfiguring the playground border – need shovels
 Mulching under the play equipment – need wheelbarrows, rakes
 Painting the outdoor tables and chairs – brushes and paint supplied
 Construction of raised garden beds - put together, then shovels for gravel and dirt
 Establish a chook enclosure – need people who can construct a fence preferably
with a gate, fox proof the fence and roof
 Some pruning and staking of trees – need secateurs and garden stakes, rubbish
removal
This is a great way to get involved with our school and a chance to meet other school community members.
It would be great to see some new faces as the more people who come along, the more we will achieve for
our kids.
Nexus ARTS Performance this week is WALA
When the power of percussion meets dazzling
vocal harmony in the dance of life.
A dynamic fusion of drumming, dance, percussion and
soaring vocal harmonies. Three passionate, exuberant
and talented performers present audiences with an
exciting display of Ghanaian culture.
With 15 hand-made African drums, flutes and stunning
costumes, WALA engage their audiences in a call and
response song, invite them to try out different
instruments and to join in the dance. Their enthusiasm is
utterly contagious as they rejoice in the live sounds and
rich heritage of their people.WALA means “life” in their
local language and the perfection of the name becomes
clear as they explode into their breathtaking celebration
of the Ghanaian Spirit.
GRADE PREP NEWS!
I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend and had a nice rest. A big thankyou to all the parents who
helped during our ANZAC Day rotations it was a big success and the kids enjoyed every activity. Our
prep class are starting to go to the library and it would be greatly appreciated if student could bring along
a named library bag so they can start to borrow.
Congratulations to our award winners Oliver for his knowledge of days of the week and recognising we
do different things on specific days. Anikka for listening to her friends and following instructions in the
classroom.
This week we are looking at:
Reading
 Identifying initial sounds.
 Blending sounds together.
 Looking at rhyming and syllable words.
 Looking at the letter Pp
Writing
 Initial sounds – saying what they want to write out loud and concentrating on the sounds they
hear at the start of the words and matching the sound to a letter.
 Using golden words in their writing correctly.
 Red words – with a focus on then
Maths: Days of the week and numbers to 20
SOSE:
 Change unit – look at how thing change over time and things we can manipulate.
 Asking to join in
 Emotions – anxious
GRADE P/1 NEWS!
I hope everyone had a relaxing three day weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather!
Students of the week this week are: Lochlan Shankland for always helping out around the classroom
and for his amazing efforts in addition during maths. Jesse Johnson received an award for making
better decisions when sitting on the mat.
Reading circles: Reading circles are up and running Monday- Friday 9:00am. A big thank you to the
parents who pop in and listen to the students read. The students love when you come in and listen to
them read.
This week we are looking at:
Reading: Preps: Getting Knowledge Ready (GKR).
Grade 1: Revising and elaborating on our Getting Knowledge Ready (GKR) skills.
Word Study: Preps: Identifying initial sounds and focusing on the letter’Ii’
Grade 1: Understanding the short Ee sound.
Writing: Preps: narrative writing, letter formation directionality, full stops, capital letters and spaces
Grade 1: Narrative writing, including capital letters, full stops, spaces, who, what, when, where.
Maths: Prep: Addition and problem solving.
Grade 1: Addition and problem solving.
SOSE: Working together, bouncing back and change- why something changes and how it changes.
Ashleigh O’Brien
GRADE 1/2 M NEWS!
This week I gave an “awesomeness” award to the junior unit for a fantastic effort last Friday at our
ANZAC day rotations. It was a delight to see the children cooperating so well and enjoying the activities
we organized. Well done preps, grade ones and two’s, a terrific effort.
This week’s program.
Reading – Reading aloud - What do we do when we read aloud? How does the punctuation help us to
read aloud?
Writing – Continue writing narrative texts. Focus on re reading our writing aloud to make sure it makes
sense, making changes when necessary.
Sound investigations- This week we will be learning about the “short e” sound.
Handwriting- Starting points of letters – correct size and spacing of anticlockwise letters with a focus on
the letter “h”
Maths- Subtraction. Solve simple subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written
strategies.
SOSE – Continue our theme “Stimulating Science” with a focus on Change.
Have a great week,
Ali Mackie
GRADE 2/3 NEWS!
No news this week as Mr Waddell is away learning some new skills to bring back to the school.
GRADE 4 NEWS!
Awards: Kaeden Fitzgerald for 'stepping up' to the challenge of a writing task and providing a model for
his classmates; Jasmine Neak for settling in very successfully to our classroom and participating with
interest in all we do; Sonny Webb for questioning to clarify his understanding and to learn more.
Well done to all students for the manner in which they participated in our ANZAC commemoration this
morning. Their singing of "Lest We Forget" was respectful and offered a fitting moment of reflection for
us all.
The basketball clinic was enjoyed by all last Wednesday. This Thursday we look forward to African
music and dance from Ghana as part of the Nexus Arts program. I expect we will find the rhythms to be
infectious.
Literacy: reading, interpreting, evaluating and writing persuasive arguments; /a/ saying /ar/
Mathematics: 9x tables & tables fluency; problem solving involving addition and subtraction in the
context of time; predicting the probability of events using computer models
Integrated Unit - Change: questions posed by explorers
Deb
GRADE 5/6M NEWS!
Awards: Kate Royers- It’s great to see you working hard in class to improve your skills! What a great
work ethic you have, not to mention very good manners. You are a pleasure to have in the class Kate!
Jade Atkinson – It’s fabulous to see you so engaged in your work during class. Your pushing to produce
the very best you are capable of is definitely paying off!!Keep up the great work Jade!
ANZAC Ceremony – I t was lovely to see Chloe Leadbeater and Bayley Kingston represent Toorloo
Arm Primary School by laying the wreath at the Anzac Ceremony on Monday. It was a well-attended
event in beautiful autumn weather.
Reading - we are reading, analysing and evaluating persuasive texts.
Writing – we are focusing on persuasive writing, the structure and organisation of a written persuasive
argument, identifying the required features and vocabulary that help to articulate our views on an issue.
Spelling – we are focusing on frequently used homophones that are being misspelt in the children’s
work in maths, literacy and theme work.
Maths – This term we are focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages.
Integrated Studies/ Homework – The students have started work on their Australian Great mini project
which brings together their research they have been doing over the last two weeks. This is a small
project/ poster that will enable their peers to know about the person they are studying. This needs to be
written in first person so that when they present to their peers it is their Australian Great speaking! This
project is due on Monday 2nd of May.
Boxes- Both classes are collecting boxes for a diorama as part of our study of Australian Greats. A box
about double the size of a shoe box or larger would be suitable. The students can bring the boxes into
class as soon as they have them and we will store them.
Diaries – Please remember to continue signing your child’s diary as they read on a regular basis during
the week. Our expectations are that the students will read 3-4 times a week as part of their weekly
homework schedule.
Upcoming events:
 Cross Country - 6th May.
 Nexus Arts – 28th May
Enjoy the week,
Bev Mulcahy.
GRADE 5/6S NEWS!
Student of the week is Kayla McNamara. Kayla is working so very well and developing skills nicely. She
is showing improved maturity, resilience and a fantastic attitude.
Australian Greats:
This week the students will continue to research and develop knowledge of their allocated Australian
Great. They are to complete a mini information poster/project on their “Great” done in the first person, so
they get to know about their character by next Monday. The dress-up sessions will be later in the term,
date to be announced.
Homereading/reading diary:
Remember to keep up to date and return diaries for checking on Fridays.
ANZAC ceremony:
It was pleasing to see a good number of our students representing our school at the ceremony in Lakes
Entrance yesterday.
Nexus Arts:
Our next performance will on Thursday 28th May.
SPORT AND PE NEWS
Students of the week: Dylan Thode for a good effort in his Kids Choice activity, and Vernon Simpson,
for having a red hot go in his one on one contest with pro basketballer, Jordan!
Last week, pro basketballers Jordan Coleman from North Holllywood, and Raheem Lemons, from
Milwaukee, ran classes for the whole school in a series of workshops. Everyone had a ball, and a special
thanks to Katie Healey, and Myah Hammett-Healey, for organising the sessions as part of our sporting
schools program.
Just a reminder of the upcoming events for the term. Next week, on Friday 6th of May, is our school cross
country carnival, to be held at the Lake Tyers Recreation Reserve, starting at 11.30 am. This is a fun
event, and participation is the focus! Parent helpers, such as course supervisors and recorders are
required for safe running of this event, so if you are free, please let me know. You are also most
welcome to participate in the event yourself with the students! 9/10 year olds will do a 2 km course,
and 11 and 12 year olds complete the 3 km course starting at the Reserve, then out along Lake
Tyers Beach road bike track, turn around at the check point, and then back again to the Reserve.
At this stage, we have a football team, one netball team, one mixed netball and one mixed soccer team
for the Grade 5/6 winter sports. If you are able to coach a team, or score for winter sports on the day,
that would be very much appreciated, so please let me know if you are able to help out. The winter
sports are held on Friday, 20th of May at 9.30 am at the Lakes Entrance Recreation Reserve (football
and netball); and soccer at St Brendans. Please note, if your child has selected to play football, they
MUST wear a mouthguard or they can not take the field. Have a chat to them about what sport
they have chosen, especially regarding the mouthguard!
Winter Sports Team Selections:
Football – 5/6 M Cooper, Blayden, Jyah, Emmett, Lochie, Will, Zane, Vernon, Sabastian, Max I, Dylan
5/6 S Connor, Harry, Tom, Alex, Sam J, Dane, Cameron, Anthony (18 students)
Soccer – 5/6 M Bayley K, Max A, Baileigh G,
5/6 S Toby, Bailey S, Sam N, Abbi, Emily, Iman, Paris, Jas, Skye, Taylor (13 students)
Netball – 5/6 M Chloe, Chelsea, Kate, Rose, Brooklyn, Sophie, Piper, Layla, Jade, Anna, Bridie
5/6 S Myah, Kayla, Shayna, Daniel, Erin (16 students)
Important Sport dates for Term 2 2016
Fri May 6th TAPS Cross Country at school (back up Fri 13th May) 11.30 am – 1.00 pm
Fri 20th May District Winter Sports (netball, football, soccer) 9.30 am - 2.30 pm
Mon 30th May Divisional Cross Country Nagle College 11 am start
Fri 10th June TAPS Athletics Carnival (back up Tues 14th June)
Thurs 16th June Regional Cross Country Lardner Park
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PARENT HELPERS WANTED:
HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY, WINTER SPORTS AND HOUSE ATHLETICS SPORTS
I am able to help on: (please tick)
 Friday 6th May TAPS Cross Country Carnival (Recorders and course supervisors required).
11.30 am -1.00 pm At Lake Tyers Beach Rec Reserve (back up 13th May)
 Friday 20th May District Winter Sports (Netball/football coaches/scorers required).
9.30 am -2pm At Lakes Entrance football/netball courts. (outdoor) (back up 27th May)
 Friday 10th June Athletics Sports, held at Lakes Entrance Football Club oval (starts 9.30 am,
finish 2.30 pm). Helpers required all day or part thereof-please indicate time of availability below.
Recorders and age group managers required. (back up Tues 14th June)
Name: ______________________________________________________
Times available: ______________________________________________
Please indicate preferred role/s: __________________________________
ART
This week Junior Students will be further exploring how we look at our surroundings, continuing their
investigation into building shapes and mixed media such as collage and oil pastels. Middle School
Students are will continue their ‘Steam Punk Art’, while Senior Students will transfer their skills gained
from their ‘Polygon Art’, and apply them to their chosen ‘Australian Great’ that they are currently
investigating for their Integrated Studies unit in class.
Oil Pastel and collage piece by
Junior student Jae Smits
Gabby Bell exploring the idea of ‘Depth’ in
her artwork by strategically placing objects
and buildings in her composition.
“Polygon Portrait” by Alex Jerkins
Another ‘Polygon Portrait’ by Brooklyn Bell.
Artist of the week is Alexis Smart,
awarded for her enthusiastic approach towards her class work.
Jobi Laybourne.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
APRIL
29th
Shaye Pearson
Marissa Warfe
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PUMPKIN SOUP AND ROLL $2.00
FRUIT CUP $2.00
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