At Heathcote PS we value... Respect Learning Teamwork

HEATHCOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL
31 Herriot St, Heathcote. Vic. 3523
Telephone: (03) 5433 3090
Fax: (03) 5433 3091
Email: heathcote.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Website: www.heathcoteps.vic.edu.au
Issue No. 30
24th October 2013
At Heathcote PS we value...
Respect
Learning
Teamwork
Responsibility
Friday 25th October
World Teacher’s Day – Take this opportunity to thank our teachers for all their hard work!
Tuesday 29th October
Mrs. Bruechert attending a Literacy Leaders PD Session Mrs. Robinson Acting Principal
Wednesday 30th Oct
Heathcote Pre School students will be visiting our school 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Monday 4th November
Family Fun Day All family and friends are welcome to come and join in the day’s festivities
Tuesday 5th November Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup and Heathcote Show Day No students required at school
Monday 11th November Pupil Free Day Teachers attending Professional Learning Session Please note this new date
Wed 4th - Fri 6th Dec
Sunnystones Camp, Bacchus Marsh Year 3 - 6 students are invited to attend this great camp
Thursday 12th Dec
Thankyou Morning Tea for all our Wonderful Volunteers
Tuesday 17th Dec
Grade Six Graduation Ceremony Family members are invited to attend this celebration
Thursday 19th Dec
End of Year Concert and Basket Tea Come and celebrate the years achievements with us!
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents and Friends,
Welcome to another week of news from Heathcote PS!
THANK YOU TO THE FLEMING-BULLS
FAMILY FUN DAY
I would like to say a huge thank you to the
Fleming—Bull family who have very kindly offered
to mow our lawns and keep our garden beds
weeded and looking nice. They have done a
wonderful job over the last few weeks and I am
very appreciative of their efforts.
On Monday 4th November we will be holding our
annual Family Fun Day where our family members
will be invited to come along to school for the day
and participate in lots of fun activities with their
students such as Fashions on the Field, a Hat
Parade, and several different multi-age games and
races such as egg and spoon races, three legged
races, sack races and hobby horse races.
DATE CHANGE FOR PUPIL FREE DAY
Due to a change in the date of the Professional
Learning Session that all our teachers will be
attending, we have had to alter our planned Pupil
Free Day from 22nd October to 11th November.
Please note that children will not be required to
attend school on Monday 11th November.
An outline of the events and
proposed timeline will be sent home
next week. Please put some time
aside to come along and join in the
fun with us on this special day.
Kind Regards,
Cindi Bruechert
bruechert.cindi.l@edumail.vic.gov.au
SUN HATS REQUIRED
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP AWARDS
Congratulations to our Civics and Citizenship
Award winners for this week:
Miss O'Neill's Grade
 Ty Boyd
 Rhys Milian
Mrs. Parry’s Grade
 Daniel Butler
 Payton Guy
Mr. Morris’ Grade
 Lachlan Rudland
 Elizabeth Butler
 Jordy Marcroft
Mr. Clayton’s Grade
 Logan Jaroslawski
 April Taylor
Ms. Koeleman’s Grade
 No awards due to Mrs Koelman’s
absence on Monday
STUDENT ATTENDANCE
Congratulations to
Miss O’Neill’s grade who were the
winners of our
Attendance Champions
trophy this week.
FAMILY STATEMENTS
Ambulance Cover
Families are reminded that the Education Department does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents
and guardians of students, who do not have
student accident insurance/ambulance cover,
are responsible for paying the cost of medical
treatment for injured students, including the
cost of ambulance attendance/transport and
any other transport costs. These costs may be
recoverable from the Department where an
injury is caused by the negligence
(carelessness) of the Department, a school
council or their employees or volunteers.
Student accident insurance/ambulance cover policies
are available from some commercial insurers,
and can be obtained by parents/guardians for
individual students.
As part of our Sun Smart Policy we
require all children to wear wide
brimmed hats at school during Terms
1 and 4.
If your child does not have a hat with them at
school they will be required to stay under the veranda area and they will not be permitted to play
outdoors. Hats are available from the office for
$10.00 each.
PARENTS CLUB NEWS
ICY POLE DAYS
Every Friday the Parents Committee will be selling icy
poles to the children for 50 Cents each. These will be
sold in the lunch break period. We are seeking
donations of Zooper Dooper style icy poles. Please
make sure you don’t forget to send 50 cents with your
children for this week’s icy poles.
FAMILY FUN DAY
The Parents Committee are providing a BBQ for the
Family Fun Day on Monday the 4th of November.
Drinks and food will be for sale at the cost of a gold
coin.
MOVIE NIGHT
The Parents Committee will be hosting a movie night at
the school :
Junior Unit – Friday the 15th of November
Senior Unit – Friday the 22nd of November
Movie, Drink and Pop Corn will be provided.
Movies will start directly at the end of the
school day. Children can be collected from the school
at 6pm.
Cost will be $2 per child
Lyn Edwards
President
HEALTH ISSUES IN HEATHCOTE
Heathcote Health and La Trobe University would
like to hear about the health topics that are
important to you.
A Community Meeting is being held on Monday
11th November from 10 am to noon at 59 High
Street Heathcote (rear entrance on Hospital St)
and everyone is welcome to attend.
BANDANA DAY
We have bandanas available at the school office for $4 and
children are able to wear them to school tomorrow Friday
25th October.
There are also pens to purchase for $3.
All money goes to CANTEEN—supporting young people
living with cancer
GRADE 3-6
SPACE EXPO
On Monday my mum drove me to
school. When I got to school we
had to set up for our space expo.
For the space expo we put sixteen
tables in a row. The two hosts were
Liz and Jordan. First we had Kody
and Riley with a word search.
Second were Grace and Kenz with
a poster on Uranus. Third was
Georgia with a Saturn poster.
Fourth was Eve with her diorama
space hotel. Fifth was Hayley with
her space solar system mobile.
Then it was Lachlan with Earth Q
& A cards. After that were Victor
and me with solar system Q & A
cards. It was funny when Victor’s
dad wasn’t getting the answers
right. Brady was next with his Mars
poster and then Jordan and Liam
with who wants to be a millionaire?
After that was Kenz, Georgia and
Liz with a dance. Then it was Grace
and Eve with a dance to the song
Rocket Man. Then it was Grace and
Eve with a dance to the song Star
Ships. Then it was the whole class
singing the song Rocket Man and
music of Rocket Man too. When it
was over everyone left the gallery
and went home.
By Zac Schmidt
On Friday the 10th it was the day to
finish our space work. I was doing
my Venus poster. I also wrote what
I was going to say. Venus is the
second planet from the sun. It was
named by the Romans after their
goddess of love and beauty.
On Monday the 14th of October we
had our expo. Mum was working so
Tammy came instead but then
suddenly mum was there which
made me happy.
By Jarrad Kirkpatrick
On Monday at 2.00 pm Mr Morris’
class had a school expo at school in
the gallery. The parents had a look
at the tables with space info with Q
and A cards and much more things
were on each table.
Later on we had performances.
First we had Victor and Riley with
the word search.
After a few performances it was my
turn to go up with my q and a cards.
Jordan did q and a cards.
After that Jordan did a space word
search and then more q and a cards.
After that there were 2 dances.
Later we waited for a while for the
bell and went home.
I had a great time at the space expo.
By Lachlan Rudland
ON MONDAY WE HAD OUR
SPACE EXPO. WE SET UP OUR
TABLES AND PUT OUR STUFF
UP. EVERYBODY HELPED
OUT. THE PLAN WAS TO
MAKE EVERYBODY WALK
AROUND TABLES AND LOOK
AT THE SPACE STUFF. NEXT
WE PERFORMED OUR SPACE
WORDSEARCHS, DIORAMAS
AND POSTERS. I PERFORMED
MY DANCE WITH GRACE.
WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR
INVITATIONS WE HAD TO PUT
THE DATE ON (MONDAY THE
14) AND TIME (2:00) AND
WHERE THE (GALLERY). LIZ
ANG JORDY WERE OUR
HOSTS.
BY EVE LILY BEEDLE
On Monday at 2:00 pm I stood outside the
galley handing out pamphlets to the
parents so they would know what time
each act was. When everyone was inside
they walked around to look at the kids
work. First up was Kody and Riley with
their interactive word search. They asked
people to come up and find words. Alan
Buttter had to find a new word because
someone stole his word. Next was Makenzie and Grace with stuff about Uranus they
couldn’t help but laugh. Later on Liz,
Makenzie and Georgia with their dance to
Rocket Man. After that Grace and Eve did
their dance to Starships. Both groups were
really good. Then Jordan and Liz said
thank you for coming and said good bye
parents were welcome to stay and have a
another look around at the kids stuff. I
really enjoyed the space expo. I thought it
was really fun.
By Hayley Cox
HEATHCOTE PRESCHOOL
There are positions available for 2014
enrolments. Please contact the Pre
School on 5433 2068 or call in at Corner
Herriot & Camp Street,
Heathcote for more
information.
Young Carers
The Young Carers Program is a program
within Carer Support Services.
Who are young Carers?
A young carer is someone
between the ages of 5 and 25
years, who looks after or helps to
look after a family member or
friend who is frail aged, has a disability, chronic illness, mental
health issue or a drug or alcohol
problem, and who is attending
primary/secondary school up to
the completion of VCE or
equivalent.
For further information please
contact:
Chris Slattery - Ph: 1800 068 978
Bendigo Health
SOCIAL COMPETITION EVERY
THURSDAY NIGHT
STARTING TIME 5:30
COST $3 TO PLAY
EVERYONE WELCOME
NO TENNIS EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED
A FUN NIGHT FOR PEOPLE OF
ALL AGES
SAUSAGE SIZZLE FOR DINNER SO
BRING YOUR FAMILY
AND A PLATE
REDESDALE ART SHOW
Art Show featuring at the “Discover
Redesdale” weekend on Friday 1st
November to Sunday 3rd November.
Enquiries to Gloria 5425 3123, 0408 307
105