Newsletter - Pakenham HillsPrimary School

15 KENNEDY ROAD PAKENHAM 3810
3RD APRIL
DIARY DATES
APRIL
2pm finish on Friday April 4th
Just a reminder that the term is nearly at an end.
Easter Bonnet Parade
SCHOOL FINISHES AT 2PM
9.00am
4th April
End of term 1
April 4th
Easter Bonnet Parade
Once again we are holding our annual Easter Bonnet parade on Friday 4th April. We
plan to start at 9:00am. This will take place in the Gym/basketball courts (weather
dependent) and all parents/carers are very welcome to attend. The Parents and
Friends Committee will draw the Easter raffle.
Early Dismissal
2pm
‘Wrap up’ of Term 1
School resumes
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Our Prep children have made an excellent start to their schooling. Thank you
parents and teacher alike.
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2014 School Council members are: Mia Mills – President, Glenda ShanklandVice President, Kim Hancock- Community member, Rachael Interlandi, Bec
Wilkin- P&F President, Nikole DeLorenzo, Vanessa Lacunes, Rachel Foggo, Jo
McWhinney-Secretary, Chris Baker- Treasurer and Dale Hendrick.
MAY
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School Photos completed
Open Morning/ Afternoon
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Harmony Day/Bullying No Way Launch
13th May 9.30am– 11am
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24 members of Parents and Friends Committee. WOW!!
29th May 2.15pm– 3pm
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Senior sport held for Grade 5/6 students. They are excellent ambassadors for our
school.
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Parents and Friends Special Order Days
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Pakenham Hills PS involvement in District Swimming. Great effort to all involved.
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Fresh Fruit Market program
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School Cross Country
Pupil Free Days 2014
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Meet and Greet presentations by all classroom teachers for parent community
20th June ~ Fri
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School Leaders sailing day away
3rd September ~ Wed
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Mobile March
19th December ~ Fri
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Design a Helmet Competition
22nd April
Schools are extremely busy places. Let’s celebrate the many activities and
achievements at our school.
Anzac Day Public Holiday
25th April
Education Week
19th-23rd May
Book fair
22nd—28th
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Bike riders and crossing rules
Riding bikes and scooters across pedestrian crossings is a dangerous practice and sets a bad example for other students at our
school. In order to keep all students safe whilst moving to and from our school we require everyone to walk bikes, scooters
and skateboards when in the school ground. When at the crossing obey the rules and walk all bikes, scooters and skateboards
across the road.
Staffing changes
From Term 2 Prue Campbell will take up the role of teaching the class of 1/2T. Paul Taylor will be our Physical Education teacher for the remainder of the year. Congratulations to Rachel Mauger who has become an ongoing staff member at our school.
We wish Mr L. all the very best for Term 2 as he takes Long Service Leave to travel overseas. Wonder where this might
be?????????????
Best wishes and thank you
We’d like to acknowledge the peacefulness of our students as they started another school year, the determination of our parents/carers in getting our students to school on time and prepared to learn, the excellence of our entire staff in focussing on
our students’ needs through such engaging and targeted programs, the integrity of the many support services that we access
that creates a rich environment for our students.
We wish everyone in our school community a restful holiday. We are looking forward to an exciting Term 2 when we return on
the Tuesday 22nd April. We also remind parents that there is a public holiday on Friday 25 th April to celebrate ANZAC Day.
Have a HAPPY and SAFE HOLIDAY!
Dale Hendrick
Principal
Christina Baker
Lynelle Broekhoff
Assistant Principal
Assistant Principal
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STAR STUDENTS
Prep O
Tyla Phillips
For being so helpful in every aspect! You
constantly offer your help and we are so lucky to
have such a helpful boy in Prep O.
Prep L
Maddison Wratten
You are helpful in so many ways in the
classroom and are always keen to assist others.
1/2 T
Cjay Miller
You are always willing to help others.
1/2 K
Gidon Mataakama
For always offering a helping hand to staff and
students. You are a generous class member.
1/2 I
Paige Whitehead
Star student for being totally, absolutely
fantastically helpful to everyone.
3/4 C
Micheal Basile
For demonstrating the virtue of helpfulness and
being a good classroom helper.
3/4 L
Teaghan Lacey
For the understanding you always demonstrate.
Hayley Lawrence
For always being helpful to others.
3/4 R
Billy Anderson
For being an extremely helpful class member.
You often offer to help others making their lives
a lot easier-Thankyou from 3/4R
3/4 M
Izzy Brooks
For always showing the virtue of helpfulness by
giving up her own time to assist with cleaning
and organising.
3/4 S
Samara Evans
For being a helpful friend.
3/4 K
Emily Hole
For showing helpfulness when she is the group
team leader.
5/6 J
Jamison Mortimer
Always prepared to put herself out to help
others.
Adam Demir
5/6 W
Jessica Roberts
Always willing to help others.
For always being prepared to help others.
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STAR STUDENTS
Prep O
Skyler Coad
For always being so courageous and brave! You try your very
best to stay strong even when you are afraid. Awesome
effort!
Prep L
Madison Printz
You stay strong and brave when you get hurt and allow
people to try and help make you feel better.
1/2 C
Bailey Hamling
For demonstrating the virtue of courage.
1/2 I
Phynix Milnes
For courage shown in working with group three in maths.
1/2 K
Jamaique Mathieu
For displaying the virtue of courage. You have begun to find
your voice in class discussions. Congratulations.
3/4 M
Angelica Starakis
For demonstrating the virtue of courage through asking for
help when you need it and always being willing to try new
things.
3/4 L
Amos Mataakama
For your courage and willingness to have a go. Well done,
Amos.
3/4 K
Charlie Shankland
For showing courage and helping someone that needed help
when no one else was helping them.
3/4 R
All 3/4 R
For showing courage and trying new fruits and vegetables.
5/6 N
Tyson Hershaft
Showing courage when things are tricky.
Codie Vanderput
For demonstrating courage.
Shae Meadows
Standing up in front of class.
Kira Pendlebury
For becoming more confident in speaking in front of the
grade.
5/6 J
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Harmony Day was celebrated Australia wide on the 21st of March and is a day of cultural
respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from the traditional owners of this land to
those who have come from many countries around the world.
This year Pakenham Hills Primary School combined Harmony Day Celebrations with the National
Day of Action against Bullying and Violence called Bullying NO WAY Day.
This annual day provides a focus for all schools to say Bullying. No Way! and to strengthen
their existing everyday messages that bullying and violence at school are not okay at any time.
This year more than 2100 schools, with more than 960,000 students, across Australia
participated.
During the day students at PHPS participated in a range of activities promoting virtues such as
Harmony, Tolerance, Friendliness, Courtesy, Helpfulness, Love, and Peacefulness.
A huge thank you to the community and to Coles - Cardinia Lakes for supporting our school for
this event.
My favourite part about ‘Harmony Day’ and ‘Bullying No Way Day’ was all of the school being at
assembly and being able to all sing the ‘Be a Buddy not a Bully’ song. It was really good for
everyone to sing it together.
Georgia 5/6N
I really liked making the paper dolls. We got to work with lots of different younger students and
each make an individual doll with it’s own style. It’s really great to see all of the dolls up in the
office area. There are so many different designs!
Zali 5/6N
I enjoyed dressing up in orange. It was really cool to see everyone in the same colour. It was
great because it showed that everyone cared about Harmony Day.
Also when we were learning the ‘Be a Buddy not a Bully’ song we learnt a lot more about
bullying and realized that we could even be bullying our friends sometimes if we don’t include
them. This really helped me realize that people’s feelings can be hurt, so we need to be more
careful about what we do and what we say.
Charlee 3/4M
I did the paper dolls activity. It was fun because we got to be really creative. I also did the
freeze frame activity where we had to work in groups and make a message. My group’s
message was ‘Together 2014’. The other messages were ‘Take a stand’ and ‘Bullying No Way’.
That activity was fun because we were all working with lots of different people.
Jett 1/2C
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CHILDRENS CROSSING
1.
A children's crossing is a legal crossing when two flags are in place.
2.
Children and adults who are crossing at a children's crossing must comply with the
supervisors directions.
3.
You must always stand behind the yellow line until directed by a Supervisor to
cross.
4.
Never follow the children's supervisor out onto the crossing. A supervisor will
safely stop traffic, blow their whistle twice then pedestrians may commence
crossing the road.
5.
Do not ride bikes, scooters or skateboards across the crossing or bounce a ball.
Don’t fight, muck around or run. Please walk quietly and safely.
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