VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Week 4, Term 4
VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL 6 November 2014 VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Week 4, Term 4 40-56 Ascot Avenue, VALE PARK SA 5081 PH: 08 8261 3733 FAX: 08 82616221 Email: [email protected] DIARY DATES Friday 7 November SCHOOL CLOSURE Tuesday 11 November Remembrance Day Tueday 25 November Governing Council Meeting 7pm Tuesday 9 December Canteen Festive Meal Deal Thursday 11 December Yr 7 Graduation TERM DATES 2014 Term 4 13 Oct-12 Dec. TERM DATES 2015 Term 1 27 Jan - 10 April Term 2 27 April - 3 Jul Term 3 20 July - 25 Sep Term 4 12 Oct 11 Dec Principal Anne Cannizzaro anne.cannizzaro614@ schools.sa.edu.au Deputy Principal Jo Catsas-Maroulis jo.catsasmaroulis493@ schools.sa.edu.au New School Logo After months of discussion with the children, staff and Governing Council, we will be launching our new school logo. The decision to change the logo has not been taken lightly, given it was our 50th birthday this year. However, the children have strongly supported the changing of the Tree logo as the tree as they knew it no longer exists on the school grounds. The new logo is a combination of many ideas taken from the children and the melding of many great designs provided as options to us from one of our talented parents Claire Lovelock who is a Graphic Designer of Clove Graphics. The logo will be revealed at the concert tonight for the whole community to see. We know that for some people losing the old logo will be sad, but we also believe that after fifty years we are moving forward with a logo that makes Vale Park stand out and utilises our state as the background. We think the new logo states “We are Vale park and if you didn't know us before, you will now”. There is not an expectation that people need to change uniforms in line with the change of logo, this will be phased in over the next two-three years. Hats will be the first part of the uniform to change as we have run out of bucket hats and so the new ones will have the new logo on them. 2015 Materials and Services Charges The polling process for the 2015 Materials and Services Charge has been completed with 89% support for the increase of the fees from $370 per child to $380 per child for the year. Our fees are still amongst the lowest in our area. The M&S fees are used for the children’s stationery needs (all their consumable books), to purchase library books, photocopying and art materials. Materials and Services charges do not pay for staff salaries. We thank parents for their support as we appreciate the difficulties all families are having with rising costs. Senior Students Visit to Parliament House On Wednesday our senior SRC Reps and our Ambassadors were fortunate enough to be invited to visit parliament House as guests of our local MP Steven Marshall. It was an amazing experience for the children and they have written a piece in the newsletter or you all to read. We would also like you to read a tweet that Steven Marshall sent yesterday that we have put upon our Facebook page. Find us on Facebook : Vale Park Primary School We will update this site regularly with information and news so please join, VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Week 4, Term 4 Week 4, Term 4 Parliament House Excursion On the 5th of November the Ambassadors, Deputy Ambassadors and Year 5-7 SRC Reps went on an excursion to the South Australian Parliament. The students had a tour with the Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. Steven showed the students the library, artwork of old South Australian Governors, the Upper House and the Lower House. He told us some fun facts about Australia’s History. Inside Parliament House was decorated nicely. We found out how much money was put into the building to make it look so wonderful. At the end of the tour, the Ambassadors, Deputy Ambassadors, SRC Reps, Anne, Jo and Danielle thanked Steven Marshall for the tour. It was a great day for the students and we hope to do another excursion like this again. Page 2 VALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL VALVALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Week 4, Term4,4Term 4 Week This year we are proudly supporting Vinnies by collecting gifts for children who would otherwise not have a present to unwrap on Christmas Day. Gift Suggestions; Girls & Boys aged 0-1 yr: Building blocks Hand-eye coordination toys Crawl & play mats Teething toys Musical toys Clothes Girls & Boys aged 2-5 yrs: Puzzles Dress-ups Barbie dolls Doll & clothes Action figures Toy cars (Hot Wheels or similar) Colouring pencils, pens & books Play dough Craft packs Bath toys Girls aged 5-10 yrs: Puzzles Dress-ups Craft packs Board games Stationery Backpacks Microscope / science kit Girls aged 11-16 yrs: Boys aged 5-10 yrs: Puzzles Dress-ups Sporting gear (soccer balls, footballs, cricket sets) Surf / beach equipment Backpacks Microscope / science kit Jewellery / jewellery boxes Perfume Diaries & pens Body lotions Music Clothing Hair & beauty accessories Gift vouchers Boys aged 11-16 yrs: Aftershave Electronic Games Sporting gear (soccer balls, footballs, cricket sets) Surf / beach equipment Clothing Music Gift vouchers Vale Park Primary School Please hand your gifts to the Classroom Teacher by Friday 5th December. ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS HAMPER APPEAL Due to last year’s success, Leadership has decided that Vale Park Primary School is once again supporting the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Christmas Gift Appeal. This initiative will help those who are marginalised and in need all over Adelaide this festive season. We thank you so much for coordinating this task for your classroom. You may also kindly consider and share the gift of giving and donate toys for this Christmas gift appeal too. A note will go home with suggestions for donations that will contribute to this gifts appeal. Boxes will be placed in each classroom to collect your donations. Collections will finish in week 8, Friday 5th December. We are really excited about this fantastic opportunity for the families at Vale Park Primary School to help others who are not as fortunate as ourselves, and to contribute to the wider community this Christmas. Thank you very much for support! Page 3
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