19th March 2015 Volume 43, No 8
School Council President: Mrs Levi H: 9876 5522
SCHOOL CALENDAR
2015
MARCH
Thurs 19
Fri 20
Sat 21
Sun 22
Fri 27
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Cultural Respect Day
Walk to School
Storytime - Easter
Warrandyte Festival - Junior & Senior
Choir Performance
Farmers’ Market at POPS
Warrandyte Festival Duck Race
Walk to School
Good Friday Appeal Casual Dress Day Gold coin donation
Easter Raffle Drawn
Last Day Term 1 - 2.30 Dismissal
APRIL
Mon 13
Tues 14
Fri 17
Tues 21
consultant, Lisa Keskinen, will facilitate the day. Parents
who need child care can contact OSHClub on 8564-9000 or
at www.oshclub.com.au to enrol their children in the
Curriculum Day program.
CURRICULUM DAY
Term 2 Begins
PA Meeting - 7.30pm
School Tennis Trial
Y1 Excursion to Coopers Settlement
School Tours are held on Tuesdays at 9.30am
Congratulations to the Active Travel team for planning and
implementing such a wonderful Ride2School event last
Friday. It was a successful and enjoyable event and fabulous
to have so many students, teachers and parents actively
travelling to school. Teachers and parents will be at all 3D
walks tomorrow at 8.30am and will begin walking to school
at 8.40am.
Storytime will be conducted for pre school children
tomorrow from 9am in the library; the theme is Easter. The
Library Team and I look forward to a happy and engaging
session.
On Saturday, March 21, both the junior and senior choirs
will perform at the Warrandyte Festival at 1.45pm on the
stage at Stiggants Reserve. Thank you to Mrs Hunt and Mrs
Bowen for their work in preparing the students for this
performance. Ms Weatherburn will take place in the parade
representing our school with the Warrandyte Community
Bank.
STAFF NEWS
PRINCIPAL’S LETTER
Mrs Hunt will be on leave from tomorrow and will return on
May 5. The music program will be not operate while Mrs
Hunt is on leave.
STUDENT LEARNING
COMMUNITY
Next week the specialist program will be suspended and all
teachers, class and specialists will work with their teams to
evaluate the learning program for term one and plan the
program for term two. The teachers look at their students’
achievements and use this information to plan the next
level of learning activities in conjunction with the
prescribed curriculum. I believe this is very important in
supporting the continuous improvement of learning
programs.
Congratulations to the PA Fundraising Team led by Mrs
Honan and Mrs Albers for the Welcome Back Picnic last
Friday. It was a delightful evening and I enjoyed chatting
with parents and students in such a relaxed and enjoyable
atmosphere. I especially enjoyed watching the children
participating in the activities and catching up with their
friends so joyfully. I was also pleased to see some of our
senior students leading activities and would like to see this
become an annual event at the beginning of each year.
On Monday April 13 we will hold a Curriculum Day;
students do not attend school on this day and teachers are
involved in professional learning. The focus for the
Curriculum Day is the teaching of reading. Our literacy
Ballot papers for our School Council election were
distributed to all families on Monday this week. The ballot
closes at 4pm on Monday March 23.
Mrs Daniel
PRINCIPAL
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MERIT AWARDS
TERM DATES 2015
Foundation D
Michael M
Foundation O
Gabrielle G
1K
Jesse B
1P
Georgia T
2G
Harry C
2M
Zindzi C
2W
Erin W
3Q
Emily M
3/4D
Imogen M
CURRENT NOTICES
4D
Emily D
School Council Ballot Paper
Raffle Tickets
Winter Tunic Order Form
Y1 Coopers Settlement Excursion
School Tennis Trials
5O
Indi D
5W
Dylan K
6AB
Matthew F
6CB
Tessa K
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
29/01/15 - 27/03/15
13/04/15 - 26/06/15
13/07/15 - 18/09/15
05/10/15 - 18/12/15
CURRICULUM DAYS
Monday, 13th April
Monday, 13th July
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Good Friday - 3rd April
Easter Monday - 6th April
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AUSSIE OF THE MONTH
Elise M is our Aussie of the month for March.
Elise is a most trustworthy, industrious and co-operative
student who displays a conscientious attitude to all
aspects of her school work.
She is always positive and polite and consistently observes
all POPS rules and incorporates the six school values in her
daily work and play.
Elise demonstrates
excellent leadership
qualities and a
responsible attitude
as Gibb House
Captain.
Well done Elise!
SNACK SHACK
CANTEEN ROSTER
Thursday 19th Mar
Mrs Ross
Friday 20th Mar
Mrs Ting
Wednesday 25th Mar
Mrs Wakefield
Thursday 26th Mar
Mrs Hamilton
Friday 27th Mar
Mrs Woollands
ASSEMBLY PHOTOS
If you would like a photo emailed to you of your child
receiving an award at assembly, please contact Mr Paul
via email [email protected]
Please allow two weeks for the photos to be sent to you
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JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL
GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL
CASUAL DRESS DAY GOLD COIN DONATION
INTERSCHOOL SPORT
Interschool Sport Round 7
Friday 27th MARCH, 2015
All money donated will go toward the Good Friday Appeal
We are currently setting up a link where you can donate
online and will forward on to the community next week.
Thank you for your support.
POPS v - Dorset Primary School
Friday 20th March, 2015
(Melways Map 50 K7)
HOME: Open Basketball, Girls Basketball,
Volleystars, Open Rounders, Girls Rounders
AWAY: Open Teeball, Girls Teeball, Bat Tennis
BENSONS OVAL NEAR DORSET PS:
Kanga Cricket
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PARK ORCHARDS FARMERS MARKET
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Don’t forget to vote for your favourite duck while
you’re at the festival as there are some great prizes
to be won.
Voting is open until 11am Sunday.
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