Thursday 26th March 2015
The guiding principle for Port Fairy Consolidated School is to provide a high quality education for all
students and an opportunity for all students to grow to their full potential – creatively, socially, physically
and intellectually.
Our children are our future and we are honoured to be a partner in a child’s journey through life.
Please find attached our menu for term two.
Café for the whole term can be ordered in
advance, for either just one or both days, or
we can also accept orders on a daily basis
providing they come in before 9am.
Last minute chook helpers
We are looking for a family to help look after the chooks in the second week of the holidays. The chooks need their
water and food replenished and for you to collect their eggs. We need help from Sunday the 5th to the 12th April. If
you are able to help out please leave your name and number at the office.
Thanks,
Tracey Gray
Principal’s Award – Max Green
For always setting an excellent example for other students to follow.
00C – Ella Smits
For being a kind, caring class member and a friend to everyone.
00W – Ellie O’Connell
For always being a fantastic listener and trying her very best. Keep it up Ellie!
1/2D – Toby Watkinson
For excellent attention to detail drawing the Port Fairy War Memorial.
1/2A – Nathaniel Olsen
For working hard on his writing and completing excellent Star of the Week writing.
1/2T – Declan Howard
For his wonderful drawing of the Port Fairy War Memorial. Well done Declan!
3/4B – Strahan Robinson
For being a kind and considerate class member
3/4H – Bridget Carbury
For an excellent work ethic and commitment to her studies.
4/5M – Amber Ferguson
For being a fabulous representative of our school at the recent Moyne Sports.
‘You Go Girl!’
5/6D – Jack Charnley
Making a terrific effort throughout the term, especially with his handwriting.
5/6M – Meg Dixon
Constantly using her initiative, always striving to do her best and to be helpful. A
wonderful leader for the grade 5/6 dinner.
A SAFE SCHOOL - I HAVE A RIGHT TO A SAFE SCHOOL AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP KEEP IT SAFE
PRINCIPAL’S COLUMNFAREWELL
Sadly Daneel Robinson will be leaving our staff at the end of term. Daneel has gained full term employment
teaching at TAFE. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Daneel for her wonderful work at our school.
Daneel is driven by a desire to improve the outcomes for all students and we have been privileged to have her as
part of the Port Fairy Consolidated team over recent years. All the best Daneel with your new career path!
KEEPING PLACE
You may have noticed some changes taking place with the internal space outside the art studio. This corridor,
which is home to our ‘World War 1 Honour Board’ is being re-designed as a ‘Keeping Place’ to house the school’s
significant historical items. The ‘Keeping Place’ will be officially opened on Friday, April 24 (ANZAC Day eve) as
part of a commemorative day to recognise the one hundred years anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. Thank
you to Jenny McCarthy and Maree Stewart for their work with this project.
HARMONY DAY
Last Saturday was ‘National Harmony Day’ and to mark the occasion all students and staff joined hands on the
lower oval to symbolise the importance of looking after each other and being in harmony. Hopefully many
students followed up with positive actions over the weekend to bring harmony to their families.
POP UP RESTUAURANT
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings saw our science room turned into a first class restaurant. All of the students
in Years five and six sustained a huge effort to prepare a five star meal for all of their parents. This year the
theme of the meal was ‘Turkish Food’ to mark the one hundred years anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.
Many thanks to the students, the parents and the staff (especially Kirsty Marwood for her co-ordination), for
ensuring the success of this prestigious annual event!
KOORIE CULTURE DAY
On Wednesday I attended a ‘Koorie Culture Day’ at Warrnambool West Primary School with some of our
indigenous students. This day provided a great opportunity for Koorie students in our network to catch up and
spend some significant time together. Thank you to Steve Young our Koorie Engagement Support Officer for
organising this event.
AIR CONDITIONERS
As previously stated our eight new air conditioners have now been installed and are ready to go. A big thank you
to Sean Spence for donating his time to complete the electrical work and to our Folk Festival Fundraising for
supporting this project!
PAPER PLANES MOVIE
Tomorrow, Friday, March 27, all of our students will be attending a movie at the Port Fairy Cinema. The movie is
called ‘Paper Planes’. We ask all students to pay $2, with all proceeds going to Belfast Aquatics. A very worthy
community facility!
FOOTY COLOURS DAY
Please remember that tomorrow is a ‘Wear Your Footy Colours (or soccer, or rugby, etc) Day. Thank you to our
junior fundraising team, headed by Xavier Cassidy for organising this event. Gold coin donations will be
gratefully accepted and given to a local charity.
FAMILY NUMERACY PROBLEM
Don’t forget to ‘have a go’ at our weekly ‘Numeracy Problem’ in today’s newsletter. Thanks to Mr Twycross for
organising this.
BUS TRAVELLER AWARD
This year we are recognising our best bus travellers with a weekly award. This award will be nominated by Mr
Matt Hoey and it will be given to those students who contribute to the safety, comfort and well-being of their
fellow passengers. Congratulations to Daniel Pogson who received this award at last Monday’s assembly. Well
done Daniel!
HEALTHY LUNCH AWARD
Each week we recognise a student with good food for lunch that is packed in a way that reduces our rubbish.
Each of these students receives a free lunch from our school café as a prize. The winner for this week, as
announced at Monday’s assembly was Tenae Mounsey. Congratulations Tenae!
END OF TERM
As tomorrow is the last day of term one I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of our
school community for ensuring a positive start to the school year. We are very privileged at Port Fairy
Consolidated School with an outstanding school community that continues to step up and support each other.
Have a great vacation period and we look forward to seeing everybody on Monday, April 13. Please note
school will be dismissed tomorrow at 2:30pm.
PLEASE REMEMBER
‘We aim for every child to be the best that they can be – without exception!’
‘MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN’
Regards, Mark
Fresh Fruit Friday
No fruit this week due to “Paper Planes” outing.
A roster has been prepared for term two, but if you wish
to be involved, please let the office know.
Upcoming
Events
Every Tuesday
Walking School Bus
from Elizabeth Street,
followed by Breakfast
Club in the Café .
Every Thursday
Walking School Bus
from Elizabeth Street,
followed by Breakfast
Club in the Café.
Friday 27th March
Whole School to see
“Paper Planes”.
Last Day of Term One
Dismissal at 2.30pm.
Monday 13th April
First Day of Term Two
Thursday 16th April
District Athletics
May 12th, 13th & 14th
NAPLAN Testing
Friday May 15th
School Cross Country
Tuesday May 19th
Finance Meeting @
5.30pm
Wednesday May 20th
School Council
Meeting @ 7pm
Friday May 22nd
Moyne Cross Country
Homeroom Happenings
Prep’s - In Prep land we have been learning the word ‘to’
and practicing the letter ’t’ in our handwriting. In Maths we have
been continuing to practice our counting and making numbers
on ten frames. We are excited about seeing the Paper Planes
movie on Friday. All the students have had a fantastic first term
and we are looking forward to all that term 2 holds!
1/2’s - Well done everyone on a fantastic first term! The term
has been very busy and all students have settled into school and
homework routines with persistence and positive work habits.
All the children enjoyed their visit to the Port Fairy War Memorial
and were very respectful and interested in learning about Port
Fairy’s war history. No Spelling Stars testing tomorrow due to our
movie.
3/4’s – In Writing we have examined how and when to use a
paragraph properly. We are trying to refine and improve our
orientation before tackling the events. In Reading we are
focusing on the comprehension strategy of ‘re-tell the story’. The
Generals have commanded us to try and remember the main
points at the beginning, middle and end of a text. In Maths,
subtraction has entered the battlefield and has teamed up with
addition. We have identified them as having direct relations with
one another, therefore we must now utilise some known
strategies to assist us with problems involving numbers/
collections/quantities that decrease in size. Over and out.
4/5M – What a busy week again. The grade 4s had a great
day out in Warrnambool watching ’26 Story Treehouse’ and
playing at Lake Pertobe. We had school photos and we are
looking forward to seeing Paper Planes.
We have also fitted in some dinners for the grade 5s.
We are finishing off our narratives which we have made into
picture story books. We looked for word endings (suffixes) in our
reading and realise that this can help us with spelling and
understanding words. In Maths we played Total Recall and
worked with BODMAS to solve equations.
We will be sad to see George go at the end of this week and
wish him well back at his old school. We hope to see him again
in school holidays.
We also wish our Somers Camp travellers all the best early
next term.
Mrs McLaren will be away first week of next term and Mrs
Green will be taking our class.
5/6’s - What an amazing job our 5/6s did to produce two
outstanding ‘Pop-up Dinners.’ The effort and enthusiasm shown
by all the students made all the work worthwhile. The actual
dinners were a culmination of all the work the students
completed in the and out of the classroom over the last two
weeks. We hope all the families and friends of our 5/6 students
enjoyed the experience. From all the 5/6 students, we hope
everyone has a safe and restful holiday.
Physical Education
A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped make our Moyne Athletics carnival run so
smoothly and successfully. An extra special thank you to Jill Gibson for overseeing and running the cafe
for the day. Our students showed great sportsmanship and tried their personal best in all events. Well
Done! Many were very close to breaking Moyne records.
The following students have qualified to compete at the District Athletics in Warrnambool on
Thursday 16th April.
PFCS Division Athletics Team representing the Moyne District
Marcus Matuschka
Brody Scott
Reign Batty
Mason Ward
George Brayshaw
Ollie Dixon
Amber Ferguson
Margo Hocking
Charlie Cooper
Benjy Hawkins
Cooper Fraser
Harry Parrett
Dru Dalton-Flanders
Finn Sheppard-Wright
Alyssa Maher
Maddie Green
Harrison Hocking
Max Green
Eren Zehir
Bob Lang
Meg Dixon
Niamh Howard
Millie Kenna
Audrey Gibson
100m
800m
Relay
Relay
Relay
Hurdles
Relay
100m
800m
1500m
Relay
Relay
Hurdles
800m
Long Jump
Relay
Relay
Long Jump
Triple Jump
100m
Relay
High jump
800m
Relay
Relay
100m
200m
Hurdles
Relay
Relay
Relay
Shot Put
Relay
1500m
Relay
1500m
Relay
Relay
Relay
1500m
1500m
Relay
Congratulations!
Meals on Wheels
Once again PFCS is
contributing to this
invaluable service.
We are now seeking
volunteers to assist
with this program in
the second week of
Term 2.
Please leave your
name at the office, if
you are able to help.
Consolidated Challenge
Ms Pelar threw 3 bean-bags. Each
bag went into a bucket. More than
one bean-bag can go in a bucket.
Q. Find 3 ways to score 9.
LOST JUMPER
A new jumper
has been lost.
Size 10, with the
name “Peterson”
on the label.
If found in the
holidays, please
phone 55683011.
Show & Tell .... with
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The most important lesson I've been taught by students is…..
The most memorable moments in my teaching career is …
If I had a magic wand I would…..
PORT FAIRY
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KICKS OFF: SUNDAY 12TH
APRIL @ 9.30AM
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GARETH 0418104917
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YOGA CLASS TIMES
KIDS - Tuesday's during school term at 3:45pm in the multi-purpose room St Pat's Primary
School Pt Fairy.
ADULTS - Monday evening's at 7pm in surf club meeting rooms (next to Charlie's on
East) Pt Fairy.
ADULTS - Thursday morning's (only during school terms) at 9:30am Venue TBC, Pt Fairy.
To register your interest in this class & to be informed of venue please call Donella on
0428654570.
Port Fairy Playgroup
Attention babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers of
Port Fairy (and Parents/Carers!!): you are invited to
come along to the…
Port Fairy Playgroup
On Wednesday the 15th of April (the first
Wednesday of Term 2 and every Wednesday during
school terms thereafter)
From 9.30 to 11.30 am
At the Port Fairy Community Services Centre
Please bring a piece of fruit to share and a gold
coin donation.
If you have any questions, contact Brooke on
0437002624 or Virginia on 0412354536.
Robbins school of dance will be holding a acrobatics class
on Wed 1st April 52 Fairy st Wbool
Depending on Interest.
8yrs under 1-2pm
12yrs under 2-3.30pm
12yrs + 4-5.30 pm
Wear leggings or leotards.
Cost $10 per student
Bring water bottle and fruit.
Ph Rhianna on 0481392250