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Farrer Community News
0000000000000 Term 2 Week 4 19 May 2016
Established 1970 - 46 Years of Quality Education
Phone: 6205 7911 (Adrienne Buckeridge) Email: info@farrerps.act.edu.au Principal: Deputy Principal A/g: Linda Heath Michael Hatswell Web site: www.farrerps.act.edu.au School Board Chair: Arron Scolnik P & C President: Stacey Rippon Senior Years Executive: Junior Years Executive: Business Manager:
Kate Quemard Sarah Reece Sharlot Holmes
Date 25 May Events Calendar Update Event Note Date
Event Yes 2 June Year 1 Excursion to Dinosaur Year 3 Assembly Museum 27 May 31 May` 1 June Kindergarten Health Checks
ICAS Science Test Athletics Carnival Yes 6 June
14 June
15 June
Year 5 Combined band ICAS Writing ICAS Spelling test Note
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents and Carers, ROSTRUM SUCCESS! On Tuesday, Farrer Primary held their school Rostrum final. I was extremely proud of the excellent speeches presented and the way in which our students appropriately addressed their audience and used speaking techniques to engage and impress the audience. We would like to congratulate Erin McKinley and Tilly Andrews from Year 3, Harry Nielsen and Jessica Tonna from Year 4, Sophia Rutledge and Hayden Steele from Year 5 and Ziggy Marin and Madison Sargeant from Year 6 who represented their classes. They all presented fabulous speeches and were fantastic representatives for their classes. Jessica Tonna was chosen as our school winner and will be representing Farrer Primary at the quarter finals later in the term. Sophia Rutledge is our runner up. Congratulations Jessica and Sophia! TUGGERANONG CROSS COUNTRY On Monday, the following students represented Farrer Primary at the Tuggeranong Cross Country. All the students did such a wonderful job and were great ambassadors for the school. Particular congratulations to the students who qualified for the ACT carnival on the 6th of June. Madison Sargeant Jasmine Cramond –6th and Dylan Boreham‐Smith Abbey Scolnik Pax Ramadan Ella Pettiford Addison McKinnon qualified for ACT Rachel Walters –3rd and Elleri Mills Aiden Baker‐Gabb Jessica Tonna qualified for ACT Hailey Tonna Alastair McGregor Joshua Ford Risild Jakaj Heidi Ryan Athena Rutledge Koby Aumont th
Sebastian Horn –5th and Hiba Rasheed Ava Mooney –7 Kurt Linder st and qualified for ACT Imogen Horn –1
qualified for ACT Lara Davidson‐Torr and qualified for ACT Brodie Hill Sorawat Dachapipatkhon Lauren Oosterwyck Isaac Cookson Chloe Gniel William Van Duran ‐8th Liam Exall – 4th and qualified for ACT and qualified for ACT Jamie Rogers Cody De Vries Lily Ahmad‐Davis Xavier Reed Cohen Cookson ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Our athletics carnival will be held at Chapman Oval on Wednesday 1st June. Students and staff from Kindergarten to Year 6 will participate in a range of track, field and novelty events. We welcome the participation of parents as spectators and thank those parents who may volunteer their time to act as officials for the day. Students are reminded to wear their house colours and the canteen will be available on the day. We are still looking for volunteers to help with the canteen and with marshalling events. Please contact the school if you are available to assist on the day. CAR PARK SAFETY For the safety of all our students, we would like to remind parents to please drive carefully around our school particularly at drop off and pick up times. We have had a number of cars parked in ‘No Stopping’ and on our grass island areas, including right near our school crossing which makes it difficult for our children to cross with safety. We urge all drivers to park only in allocated parking areas around the school and take care at the school crossing. Watch out for children STUDENT SUCCESS Parliament of Youth – Radio interview Congratulations to our year 6 student, Amanda Chek, who participated in a radio interview about her role in our school’s Parliament of Youth team last Friday. Amanda discussed her team’s idea to reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint with the presenter, along with a student from a high school, Harleen. The interview was on 'Voice of the Valley', FM 89.5. Amanda and Harleen spoke with confidence and clearly explained their teams’ ideas. Apparently the radio station’s social media was inundated with messages praising the girl’s eloquence. The interviewer has asked if the girls can come back after the event, on the 30th May, to discuss how their presentations went. Well done Amanda! UPGRADE TO OUR PLAYGROUND As many of you are aware our playground surface is very uneven on the basketball court and Ellyard areas. We are relaying a new surface in both these areas and work will begin next Saturday. Please ensure students do not enter the fenced off areas. Once work is completed we will be line marking the basketball court and adding some handball squares for students to enjoy. One of our parents has volunteered his skills to upgrade our preschool with some paving artwork and we thank him and look forward to this wonderful addition to our Preschool environment. YEAR 6 VISIT TO MELROSE Our Year 6 students visited Melrose High School yesterday to experience a day in the life of a high school student. They all had a wonderful time and even had some hands on learning. QUALITY WORK I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following students on their quality work this week:‐ KH Alister M ‐ Excellent Reading William, Ruby and Ella – Fantastic writing 1R/O Hunter O – Fantastic writing 4Q Ishita, Luke and Charlotte – Wonderful descriptions for scene setting Have a wonderful week Linda Heath
Principal Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement Ride or Walk to School Program Today all students have received a refreshed map of Farrer to take home which outlines suggested cycle and walk routes to school. Research indicates that students who regularly choose active transport as a means to get to and from school are more engaged in their learning. We encourage as many students as possible to ride or walk to school each day or if parents need to drive their children, to drop them at a suggested ‘part way drop off point’ which is outlined on the map. This helps our kids to be active and reduces car park congestion around the school. Our bike program continues to be a huge success with many students now able to ride a bike that previously couldn’t. A big thank you to Jo Laver and Andrew Steel for their continued support with the maintenance of our bikes and Jodie Cochrane for the coordination of the Ride or Walk to School program. Farrer P&C news A short message this week to ask families to please fill out and return the P&C contact and parent representative form that was sent home with your child. We’d love to build the informal P&C network but we are unable to do this unless you OPT IN to being part of the conversation. Another great way to get in touch with us is at pandcfarrer@gmail.com. Ideas and offers of help are still welcome for the next disco; planning is underway! See next week’s newsletter for a ‘save the date’ and a call for helpers. A huge thanks to those who wish to purchase an Entertainment Book through the school for an excellent fundraising margin. If you would prefer a digital membership, just return your book to the front office and follow the payment link provided with the book to purchase a digital copy instead. If you choose not to purchase a book please return yours, in the packaging provided to the front office so they can be marked off and sent back to the company. For anyone interested in broader P&C policy, communication and education issues, the next ACT P&C Council General Meeting is at 7pm Tuesday 24 May and commences with a presentation on cyber bullying and safety. Just send us an email if you would like more information. Hope you have a great week ahead; from the 2016 Committee! THE KIDS’ KITCHEN your School Canteen News from
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL WEEK 6 – WEDNESDAY 1ST JUNE Last week you received your order form for this year’s athletics carnival. Please note all orders must be returned to your teachers by FRIDAY 27TH MAY for collation and ordering. This year attending families can also place orders via the order form (or online) just note the “FAMILY” instead of your child’s class! Please use a separate form and spares are available at the front office or please copy at home. The athletics carnival meal deal tends to have the largest response each year with over 200 orders being placed. This means Gemma and I need your help! If you are able to assist we’d would appreciate it, below are the allocated times when we need helpers. This roster will be updated each week leading up to the carnival. LUNCH ORDER PREPARATION (before school in the canteen) 7.15‐8.30 (make up to 60 chicken & salad wraps)
1.Marnie Boreham‐Smith 2.
POP UP CANTEEN ROSTER
9.00‐10.30 10.30‐12.00
12.00‐1.00
Gemma Spain Gemma Spain
Gemma Spain 1. 2.
3.
LUNCH ORDER PREPARATION (at carnival)
9.30‐10.30 1. 2.
BBQ (9.45‐10.45) 3.
LUNCH ORDER SERVICE from 11am to 12.30pm
1. Marnie Boreham‐Smith (burger maker)
1. Judy Menzie 2. Trish Foster 3.
4.
BAKING FOR SALE AT SPORTS CARNIVAL This is the one event that we ask for sweet or savoury donations to sell over the counter. We are giving plenty of notice so over the next few weeks when baking for your family you can make a little extra and store in the freezer for convenience. If you are not a baker we are happy to accept cupcakes/lamingtons/slices etc. from the supermarket (woollies, Aldi, Costco etc.), this is our term treat day so let’s go crazy and of course the kids LOVE IT! Donations can be left in the canteen from Monday 1st June any time before or after school. THANKYOU A special thanks to Peem H (yr 3) and Amali W (yr 6) for donating stick blenders to the canteen. See you in the kitchen, Marnie Boreham‐Smith and Gemma Spain Phone: 6205 7919 Mobile: 0418 196 529 Email: thekidskitchenfarrer@gmail.com Online ordering: www.school24.com.au Hours: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Farrer School ID for account setup: 25128963 School Banking will be on Fridays at recess 1.30pm – 2.00pm