26 March 2015 - Park Orchards Primary School
School Council President: Mrs Levi H: 9876 5522 SCHOOL CALENDAR 2015 MARCH Fri 27 Walk to School Good Friday Appeal Casual Dress Day Gold coin donation Assembly 2.15pm - Easter Raffle Drawn Last Day Term 1 - 2.30 Dismissal APRIL Mon 13 Tues 14 Fri 17 Tues 21 CURRICULUM DAY Term 2 Begins PA Meeting - 7.30pm School Tennis Trial Y1 Excursion to Coopers Settlement School Council Meeting –7.30pm School Tours are held on Tuesdays at 9.30am PRINCIPAL’S LETTER STUDENT LEARNING A Curriculum Day will be conducted on April 13 and students do not attend school on that day. Teachers will be involved in professional learning in the teaching of reading led by Lisa Keskinen, our literacy consultant. Childcare is available through OSHClub by ringing 0478 155 285 or booking online at www.oshclub.com.au STUDENT ENGAGEMENT The Harmony Day held last week was a fabulous day celebrating diversity. The performances by the senior and junior choir were wonderful and the opening ceremony with year three and four students with the flags was delightful. The presentation by the Sato family on Japanese martial arts with the Kendal was awe inspiring, thank you to Mihoko, Hiroki and Atsuki. The performances by the Japanese musicians and Warranwood Primary School Taiko drumming group were fabulous. Congratulations to Mrs Hunt, the teachers, students and parents who supported the day. 26th March 2015 Volume 43, No 9 COMMUNICATION The world we live in and the way we communicate is changing minute by minute and to ensure that we are effective and efficient we have introduced a number of processes over the last few years, including uploading the newsletter to the website, a communication App; Tiqbiz and a new website. We are now at the next stage of introducing an interactive digital communication system for teachers, students and parents, Compass School Manager. This system will allow parents to approve absences, excursion permissions, pay for extra curricula activities and school charges and view class schedules, calendars and student reports. We will begin to introduce this system next term and comprehensive information will be distributed to parents. The first step will be to make the newsletter solely digital. It will be uploaded on Thursday afternoon each week and available at www.pops.vic.edu.au Parents will not receive the PDF newsletter attachment and printed copies will not be distributed to parents. I know this change in process may take some time to adjust to and we thank you for your patience and support. There will be a limited number of copies of the current newsletter available in the foyer as we transition to the new system. COMMUNITY The School Council election has been finalised. Congratulations to the successful nominees: Mrs Draffin, Ms Taylor, Mrs Volk, Mrs Jeffery and Mr Kruger. It was very positive have such huge response to the election and I am pleased that so many parents took the opportunity to vote. On Tuesday evening the election of the Executive of School Council also took place; congratulations to Mrs Frost who will take on the role of President with Mrs Draffin as Vice President and Mrs Jeffery as Treasurer. I am looking forward to having a wonderful year working together. END OF TERM We will finish the term tomorrow by starting with a Walk to School from of the 3D locations, the walks will begin at 8.40am and parents and students are welcome to gather from 8.30am. There will be a final assembly at 2.15pm and we will draw the Easter Raffle during the assembly. 26/03/15_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Park Orchards Primary School It has been an excellent term and I would like to thank the staff for their hard work and commitment to our students and the parents for their support of the school. It is such a joy to be part of such a wonderful community. Best wishes for a safe, relaxing and enjoyable holiday break with your family and friends. Remember Active April is upon us and with this lovely weather it is a great opportunity to get outside and be active together. Care of the school and grounds during the holiday break If parents see any untoward happenings in the grounds during the holidays please call the Police on 000 if there is a need for immediate assistance and report to Warrandyte Police on 9844 3231 or Doncaster Police on 98841 9333. Mrs Daniel PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY NEWS ANZAC BADGES We are currently selling a variety of Anzac badges, wrist bands and bag tags in support of Anzac Day on Saturday the 25th April. Prices start from $1 -$5 although any donation is much appreciated. MERIT AWARDS Foundation D Olivia H Foundation O Indi C 1K Charlise D, Lucy G 1P Felix H 2G Bonnie S 2M Chris J 2W Tyson K, Ben S 3Q Lucas M 3/4D Charlie L 4D Amy H 5O Tanisha D 5W Ming Han L 6AB Hayley B 6CB Ryan K SNACK SHACK TERM DATES 2015 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 CURRENT NOTICES Y1 Coopers Settlement Excursion School Tennis Trials Reminder Tomorrow, Friday 27th March will be a normal Canteen day although some items may be unavailable due to it being the last day of term. I wish everyone a Happy Easter and look forward to seeing you next term. Mrs Schaper Canteen Manager 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 26/03/15__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Park Orchards Primary School Results Round 7 INTERSCHOOL SPORT Opposition SCHOOL Your SCHOOL Interschool Sport Round 8 POPS v - Wonga Park PS Friday 27th March, 2015 (Melways Map 24 H9) HOME: Open Basketball, Girls Basketball, Open Teeball, Girls Teeball AWAY: Kanga Cricket, Volleystars, Bat Tennis WONGA PARK RESERVE: Open Rounders, Girls Rounders Park Orchards PS SCORE 26 25 19 31 17 3 sets 55 34 12 versus BAT TENNIS TEE BALL OPEN TEE BALL GIRLS Dorset PS SCORE 26 5 28 ROUNDERS GIRLS ROUNDERS OPEN 17 VOLLEYSTARS 0 sets CRICKET BASKETBALL OPEN BASKETBALL GIRLS 6 67 12 22 26/03/15__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Park Orchards Primary School 26/03/15__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Park Orchards Primary School JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL CASUAL DRESS DAY GOLD COIN DONATION Friday 27th MARCH, 2015 All money donated will go toward the Good Friday Appeal. Thank you for your support of this worthy cause. 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