1 Warranwood Primary School www.warranwood.vic.edu.au Term 4, Week 4 Thursday 30th October, 2014 WHAT’S ON? October 30 31 Adidas Fun Run Year 6 T20 cricket competition November 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 24 27 28 Curriculum Day - No School Melbourne Cup Day Foundation Information Parent session Big Day in Ipad Information night Foundation Orientation Middle school Reporting day Kurburoo Kinder visit by school leaders Foundation Reporting day Senior school Reporting Day Junior school Reporting Day Specialists Reporting Day Foundation Production Foundation Production Parents Assoc meeting Keyboard concert @ lunchtime Foundation Orientation This week’s Principal Awards Congratulations to this week’s recipients: Angus H FS Tahlee D FS Mitchell P FS Paige P 1/2M Erin F 1/2P Grace j 1/2P Madeleine F 1/2M Kalan C 1/2S Zahlia D 1/2S Saria K 3/4H Baylan E 3/4W Sophie S 3/4A Aiden B 3/4A Leila H 3/4H Harley W 5/6S Curriculum Day, Monday, 3 November Principal JAPAN Our trip to Japan was a huge success! the more I reflect on the experience the more I realise what an amazing opportunity the trip was for the fortunate few students who attended. The challenges they faced in staying with their host families, attending the Lily Vale School, touring around the country, using their Japanese in real-life situations and more will have created memories to last a lifetime. They also made new friends with the Kalinda students, as we operated as one big group. It was great to see the number of families and student who followed our blog, and most of the classes back here at Warranwood participated in at least one Skype session. As adults and teachers we made great connections with the Japanese school and past interns, as well as connections with potential future interns, as well as some wonderful experiences. Of course, keeping 20 excited students occupied as well as coping with all their needs in a strange country, was exhausting but it was a wonderful experience for us! We would love to be able to include this tour, or similar, as a regular event on our calendar. We will certainly be trying to make it work, but of course we rely on it working from the Japanese end as well, especially from a host school point of view. 2 MADAGASCAR Tuesday night’s Middle School production of Madagascar was a wonderful night, full of singing, dancing, acting and laughter. It never ceases to amaze me that these nights are made special by 8-10 year olds, who do a fantastic job of remembering lines, songs and dance moves. And they went from 6:30 until after 10:00! Of course all this was put together by the indefatigable and enthusiastic Jacinta O’Leary! An amazing effort Jacinta!! FUN RUN The Fun Run was just that - fun!! Thank you to Kellie Spiden, Jess Chalmers, Jen Brown and all the support parents for their organisation this morning. It all went very smoothly and everyone had fun dressing up as well as running! And a big thank you to everyone who has supported us financially! SEMESTER 2 REPORTS ONLINE!! As part of our transition to the COMPASS online system, we will be using a new reporting system this semester. This report will be available online and NOT printed off for each family. The process will allow families to print or share the reports with other family members. Similarly to the move to online newsletters the online reports is a sustainable practice in place in many schools (most of those families with secondary students will be familiar with such a system). As well as the environmental benefits, reduction in paper and printing costs, there will be many hours of work saved for our office staff and teachers. The reports will follow a similar, but hopefully improved format to previous reports. Assistant Principal Long Weekend I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend. It is the last break before the onslaught of Christmas so relax and enjoy. Reporting Week The 10th November sees the first of our reporting days. Students have specialists all on one day of the week and staff will spend the day working on student reports. This semester we will be moving over to the Compass format. The report will be similar in many ways to the current report, but will divide teachers’ comments into English, maths and generalist comments and then specialist comments. The new format will be available to parents on line. This is quite an innovation for us and supports our attempts to reduce paper wastage. Parents will be able to print their reports if required. 3 Reporting Days are as follows: Monday – Middle School Tuesday – Foundation Wednesday – Senior School Thursday – Junior School Friday – Specialists Fun run What a hoot seeing everyone running in their sport gear! Such a positive way to encourage good health, community spirit and raise funds at the same time. Congratulations to the Parents’ Association for their hard work and all students for their fundraising and participation. Well done. Middle School Production What a wonderful night we had on Tuesday night at the middle school production of Madagascar. The students were great and demonstrated the development of so many stage skills. Well done to all parents helping with costumes, staff and or course Mrs O’Leary. Evacuation Drill We had an evacuation drill on Wednesday to ensure everyone is familiar with the appropriate procedures. Well done to students for complying in an orderly fashion and following instructions as required. These drills form an important part of our Emergency Management Plan. To all parents- if you are in the school at the time of evacuation or lock down you will be checked off the sign in book, however if you have just arrived like yesterday please make sure you go the evacuation area. Curriculum Day Next Monday we are having our last curriculum day for the year. We will be working towards the development of our new School Strategic Plan. Students are not required at school on Monday November 3 rd. Sue PARENTS ASSOCIATION REPORT School Fun Run! It was a beautiful day for the first ever School Fun Run! Thank you to everyone who participated (include the teachers) and to those who got dressed up. Everyone had a fantastic day and there will be photos to come in next week’s newsletter! Thank you to Kellie Spiden and Georgie Gowling for organising such a wonderful event and we can’t wait to see how we top this year’s for next year! Just a reminder that ALL forms and collected money for the school fun run MUST be handed in by 12 th November to be able toclaim your prizes!!!! Cooking Companion Tomorrow is the last day to get your tantalising recipes in for the Warranwood Cooking Companion! We can’t wait to read what the MasterChefs of Warranwood are able to create! Christmas Disco We promised it would be back by popular demand, and it is! Save the date - 12th December for the School Disco, more information will follow but there will be dinner, drink and icy pole provided. We will also be selling show bags, which were a hit at last years disco! Saturday 29th November - Election Day BBQ Friday 5th December - Twilight Market Friday 12th December - Christmas Disco 4 Canteen News Canteen is now open for over the counter sales on a Wednesday, there are no lunch orders available on this day. A reminder, Tomato Sauce now comes in a squeezable sachet at a cost of 15c per sachet. We continue to offer Meal Deals in the canteen until the end of Term 4 ~ Meal Deal 1~ Hot Dog with a BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry milk and a Homemade Choc Chip Mini Muffin $5.00 ~ Meal Deal 2~ MINI Steamed Dim Sims 4 per serve (soy sauce on request) with a BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry milk and a Homemade Choc Chip Mini Muffin $3.50 If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered please contact me in advance. On 0419 387 370. Canteen Roster, Term 4, 2014 Monday, 3 November Tuesday, 4 November Curriculum Day Melbourne Cup Day Wednesday, 5 November Canteen Closed Thursday, 6 November Luisa Pentland Peta Pennel Friday, 7 November Robyn Abicair Megan Deayton Monday, 10 November Kate Braunthal Bec Parry Tuesday, 11 November Sonia Greaves Wednesday, 12 November Thursday, 13 November Friday, 14 November Canteen Closed Luisa Pentland Connie Panagiotopoulos Jody Oakley Cara Mooney Shauna McIntosh Monday, 17 November Sylda Jones Tuesday, 18 November Jacqui Coia Wednesday, 19 November Matoula Gatsoulis Canteen Closed Thursday, 20 November Joanne Hales Friday, 21 November Leigh Church Regards Megan Parker Jenny Brown Lisa Marshall Kerrin Naismith 5 6 Community Announcements….. 7 8