05 March 2015 - Fountain Gate Primary School

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FOUNTAIN GATE PRIMARY
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Prospect Hill Road, Narre Warren 3805 Tel. 9703 1187 Fax. 9703 2001
School No. 5072
Email: fountain.gate.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Website: http://www.fountaingateps.vic.edu.au
05 March
2015
DIARY DATES
Monday 16th – 27th February
Monday 9th March
Tuesday 10th &
Wednesday 11th March
Wednesday 18th
Tuesday 24th March
Wednesday 25th
Friday 27th March
End of Term
All prep students start at 9.00am to 3.15pm.
No school on Wednesday.
Labour Day Holiday – No Students at school
Ricketts Point Excursion – Grades 1 & 2
Tuesday 10th March: 1M, 1V and 1P
Wednesday 11th March: 1/2C, 2H, 2M AND 2W
Vet visit - Preps
Casey Cup Soccer Tournament – Selected Grade 5/6 students only
Waste Management Session – Preps 11.30-1.15pm
All students will be dismissed at 2.30pm.
Compulsory wearing of hats in Term 1
All students must wear a school hat during
term 1 for recess, lunch and any outdoor activity
YMCA School Holiday Program – Book now!
The YMCA will be running an Autumn School Holiday Program in Strathaird Primary School,
offering heaps of awesome activities, including Swimming Adventure, Circus Extravaganza,
Crafty Wood Work, and more!
Bookings open on 24 February, for full details and to book,
visit: www.childrensservices.ymca.org.au.
EBM Student Cover – Individual Personal Accident Insurance Policy.
Information is available at the school office for interested parents/guardians.
Principal’s Comments
What help can I get?
The school can offer a range of support options:
 teacher working with the student in a
supportive, counselling role
 school student welfare co-ordinator working
with the student
What is my responsibility as a
 provide a mentor for your child
parent/caregiver?
 home visits to identify the problem and help
work it through with parents
Make sure your child:
 identify reasons if your child doesn’t want
 attends school on ALL school days
to go to school
 is on time every day
 strategies to help you encourage your child
to go to school
Make sure you:
 develop an incentive program to encourage
 provide the school with a written explanation
your child to attend school
if your child is away
 link with community agencies
 contact the school if your child does not
want to go to school
Must I send my child to
 arrange doctor and dentist appointments out
school every day?
of school hours
Yes, unless:
 arrange personal shopping trips with your
 your child is too sick or injured
son/daughter or birthday celebrations out
to go to school
of school times
 your child has an infectious disease
 do not allow your child to stay at home for
 the principal is provided with any other
minor reasons
genuine and acceptable reason for
absence.
Is regular attendance at school
important?
 Yes – from the first day. If your child misses
the basic skills in primary school they can
experience difficulties with their learning
Do I need to let the school know
if my child has been away?
Yes – for the wellbeing of your child,
Department of Education & Training has an
attendance policy and teachers and schools
 Regular attendance is essential to make
are required to follow up student absences.
sure learning is not disrupted. Regular
learning provides building blocks for the
future. Students who come late also Thank you
and kind
disrupt the class when they arrive.
..
 Schools help children to develop important
social skills, such as friendship building,
teamwork, communication skills and a
healthy self-esteem
What can I expect from the school?
 Monitoring of student attendance and
review progress on a weekly basis
 Strategies to help you as a parent
encourage your child to go to school.
Regards,
Jenny
Duggan
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Prep B
Yakta Abduhahi
Being a thoughtful
helpful class member.
Congratulations!!
For always completing
his best work.
3G
Prep R
Keegan Lay
4M
Nick Nazeri
Prep S
Areeb Riyaz
Always working hard to
follow classroom rules
and routines. Well
done!!
4P
Roohbina Khan
1M
Holly Anderson
Being a great
“Rebecca Rainbow”
helper.
4R
Ebrahim Obaid
1P
Zenat Fazal
Grouping objects
together and creating a
simple graph.
3/4E
Neefisa Yaqub
1V
Serenity DizonManai
Always using beautiful
manners.
5/6B
Jessica Gogan
5/6C
Erik Williamson
Confidently sharing
how to read a two digit
number with the class
during learning
sequences.
Showing respect when
learning in the library,
by returning his books
carefully and always
cleaning up.
Being thoughtful and
kind to the other
students in the grade.
You should be proud of
yourself!
5/6J
Lachlan Lim
5/6L
Deakin Moon
Attempting all tasks
asked of him in the
class. A great start to
the year! Well done!!
5/6M
Taneesha Ireland
For really contributing
valuable ideas during
class discussions.
5/6T
Bonnie Kennedy
Being persistent and
demonstrating an
understanding of
estimating the position
of numbers on a
number line.
Using her deep
thinking when
visualising scenes
from “The Chonicles
of Narnia”
2H
2M
Tahsin Fazal
2W
Hayden Moore
1/2C
Suliana Faaea
3C
Bailey Asquith
For the wonderfully
enthusiastic attitude
he displays on all
classroom activities.
Keep up the great
work!!
Staying on task and
working so well to
practise the concepts
on the ‘place value’
maths learning
sequence.
For settling in well to
FGPS and taking a
positive approach to
Writers’ Workshop.
Good job Ebrahim!!
Confidently explaining
her thinking during a
learning sequence
launch.
Thinking about the 5
senses when
visualising to help her
create a mental image
of what is happening
in the text. Fantastic!!
Working hard and
making terrific
progress on his place
value learning
sequence. Keep it
up!!!
Independently
learning a variety of
ways to rename 3 digit
numbers.
ATTENTION JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENTS
Dear Junior School Parents,
Over the last couple of weeks the children
in Prep have been learning “Advance
Australia Fair” (our national anthem). This
is sung at Assembly every Friday, so it is
important that they feel part of the group.
All Preps have been given a copy of the
anthem and I hope the rest of the family
can help them to learn it as well. The
children in grades 1 and 2 have been
revising the anthem and a copy is in the
newsletter. Hopefully all the family can
work together to learn the anthem.
Meredith Dinsdale
Performing Arts
BOOK CLUB
PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO BOOK CLUB FOR 2015.
We have decided to support a company called Lamont for our book club this year. This is the same company that we used for our
Book Fair last year.
Lamont is a 100% Australian family owned company and Victoria’s largest school library supplier with 25 years’ experience
supplying books to schools.
Being an independent distributor, they are free to choose the best books from every publisher.
We will be participating in one issue per term, namely Issue 2, 4, 6 & 8.
Issue 2 brochures will be distributed to students next week.
There are only 3 brochures available in easy to browse age groups –
•Prep to 2 – Junior
•Grade 3 & 4 – Middle
•Grade 5 & 6 - Upper
Two options for ordering :•Students hand in order with a cash payment to the School Office
OR
•Parents order online using their credit card at www.lamontbookclub.com.au
CLOSING DATE FOR ISSUE 2 MONDAY 23RD MARCH
All orders will be delivered to the school for distribution to students at the beginning of Term 2.