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Farrer Community News
Term 4 Week 6, 20 November 2014
Established 1970 - 44 Years of Quality Education
Phone: 62057911 (Adrienne Buckeridge) Email: [email protected] Principal: Deputy Principal: Linda Heath A/g Trish Foster A/g Web site: www.farrerps.act.edu.au School Board Chair: Arron Scolnik Senior Years Executive: Junior Years Executive: Sarah Reece Trish Foster P & C President: Ingrid Reimers Business Manager:
Maree Hardwicke
Events Calendar Update
Date
Event
Note Date
20/11 Mr Tim Concert 6.30pm 24/11 Board Meeting/P&C Meeting Yes
Yes
24/11‐5/12 Swimming Lessons Event
4/12 Possum’s Visit to Kindy 8/12 Echidna’s Visit to Kindy 11/12 27/11 Kindergarten Assembly 12/12 Yr 6 Graduation Assembly & Dinner Yr 6 Excursion 4/12 Term Award Assembly 17/12 Last Day of Term 4 Note
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents, Carers and Community, EXTRAVAGANZA TONIGHT! ‐ 6.30PM We look forward to seeing you all tonight for our end of year Extravaganza. All students have been working hard with Mr Tim over the past week and are very excited about showcasing their performance skills tonight. Students need to arrive at school at 6.00pm and go to the classroom with their class teacher. Parents, carers, family and friends are welcome to be seated in the hall. The show begins at 6.30. PRESCHOOL INFORMATION SESSION – Monday 24 Nov 3.30pm KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION SESSION –Tuesday 25 Nov 3.30pm  New preschool parents for 2015 are invited to join us next Monday 24th November at 3.30pm for a
Preschool information session. The session will be hosted in the current preschool classroom by our
Preschool teacher Ms Lana Dibb and Executive staff. We look forward to seeing you there.
 New kindergarten parents for 2015 are invited to join us next Tuesday 25th November at 3.30pm for
a kindergarten information session. The session will be hosted in the current kindergarten classrooms
by our kindergarten teachers, Ms Linda Hollier and Mr Les Longford. We look forward to seeing you
there.
SWIMMING BEGINS ON MONDAY Please remember that swimming begins on Monday Please ensure your child has their:  Swimmers  Dry underwear (to change into)  Towel  Goggles (if needed)  Slip on shoes to wear to and from the pool (change into at school)  Cap or long hair tied back  Swimming bag – preferably waterproof. Thank you to everyone who has already sent payment in for this wonderful program. Please send in your payment ASAP if you have not yet done so. PRESCHOOL NUMERACY DAY Next week, our preschool will be hosting a ‘Becoming Numerate’ day. Students will be working in small groups to work through and engage in a variety of numeracy activities. A ‘Being Numerate at Home’ pamphlet will be sent home. This is a fabulous opportunity to develop early number skills and strategies. All parents are welcome to come and help with the activities BANDSTRAVAGANZA CONCERT
Congratulations to the students in the Year 6 band who performed on Tuesday in the annual Bandstravaganza concert. It is an evening that showcases and celebrates the two years that our students have spent in the Instrumental Music Program. It was a fabulous evening with many very high quality performances. That was the final public performance for our Year 6 band for this year and I would like to take this opportunity to wish them all well in any future musical endeavours in High School and beyond. OUR GIVING TREE As we do every year, we have placed a tree in the foyer of the school for people to leave gifts and non‐perishable foods which will be donated to the Salvation Army. We have always been able to make a fantastic donation in the past and hope to be able to do so again this year. We are also collecting donations for our P&C Christmas raffle. Thank you to people who have already left gifts. QUALITY WORK I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following students: 5Q – Fantastic Information Reports Iwan K, Safa F, Bridget D and Tom D 1B Michael and Erin – Excellent Maths Ella – Great Handwriting Joshua ‐ Fantastic Homework 4R – Great Information about Ecosystems Jasmin & Alya Have a wonderful weekend Linda Heath
School Principal A/g Schedule and Requirements for Farrer Swimming Program
2014
Dates: Week 7: November 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Week 8: December 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Group 1. 6W, 6T, 5Q
You will need!
Leave School: 9.00am
 Swimmers
 Dry underwear (to
change into)
 Towel
 Goggles (if needed)
 Slip on shoes to wear to
and from pool (change
into at school)
 Cap or long hair tied
back
 Swimming bag –
preferably waterproof
Lesson: 9.30-10.00am
Return: 10.30am
Group 2. 5J, 4R, 4P
Leave School: 9.35am
Lesson Time: 10.05-10.35am
Return to school: 11.05am
Group 3. 3N, 3C
Leave School: 10.10am
Lesson Time: 10.40-11.10am
Return to School: 11.40am
Group 4. 2C, 2MS and 1X
Leave School: 10.35am
Lesson Time: 11.15-11.45am
Return to School: 12.15pm
Group 5. 1B, KH, KL and MAC?
Leave School: 11:10am
Lesson Time: 11.50-12.20pm
Return to School: 12.50pm
****PARENTS – PLEASE
LABEL EVERY ITEM WITH
YOUR CHILD’S NAME.
****CHILDREN NEED TO
WEAR COVERED SHOES
TO AND FROM SCHOOL
Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement
YEAR 1X
Celebrating Our Learning,
Valuing Our Differences,
Achieving Together!
We have been reading the story about the Adventures of the
Wishing Chair. We have written our own adventures of the Wishing
Chair by writing a short narrative about the adventures we went
on with the Wishing Chair. We hope you enjoy our fabulous stories. We dressed up as teddies and trees and
we saved trees from the wood cutter.
We had fun spotting and watching
REAL wildlife running around,
water dragons were everywhere
in all shapes and sizes.
After 2 false starts
Kindergarten finally got to go
on our Teddy Bears Picnic.
We had so much fun learning
about what animals (teddy
bears) need to survive in the
wild!
Some of us went to a rock concert where we listened to the sounds in the gardens.
We made a rainbow from all the
different natural colours we
found on the ground (leaves ,
The baby water dragons were so
cute, they watched us eat our
yummy Birrigai Bush Biscuit for
recess.
We had a Whiff Tea Party in the
rainforest.
flowers and seeds).
We had a great day!
News from the Kids' Kitchen SMOOTHIES $2.50
WK 6 Passion fruit and Strawberry
MEAL DEAL FOR TERM 4 – Friday 21st November
Yes we are here are the meal deal is tomorrow. We have an amazing 172 orders so thanks
Farrer for your support.
OUR CHRISTMAS WEEK
Yes we know it’s a bit early but it’s our last week in the canteen and we are going out with
Christmas cheer. We will have festive treats available over the counter and dressing up the
canteen. It’s going to be heaps of fun!
Available over the counter will be gingerbread men, Christmas themed cupcakes, chocolate
balls, white Christmas etc. We’d love to sell some of your family Christmas favourites over
the counter if you can. Please leave donations in the canteen.
See you in the kitchen.
Marnie Boreham-Smith and Gemma Spain
Hours: Wednesday to Friday (lunch & recess)
Mobile: 0418 196 529 Phone: 6205 7919
Email:
[email protected]
Online ordering: www.school24.com.au
School ID: 25128963 (this is required when setting up a new account)
Farrer P & C Fundraising and Fun Event News FABULOUS FARRER COIN DRIVE Farrer School – you are unbelievable! We have now collected more than 5000 coins, raising over $500 for the P and C. Our donations also include a very small number of coins from New Zealand, USA, the UK, and the Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand, Yugoslavia and 3 buttons. I wonder if there are still some Farrer families with unwanted stashes of silver coins… It’s also fine to donate any spare gold‐coloured coins too . Interesting Facts: The coins collected so far weigh more than 23 kg. Our line of 5 cent coins would now be over 60 metres long, that’s more than 31 times Mr Witte’s height. If we lined up our 10c coins, they would be over 36 metres long. That’s another 18 times Mr Witte. WEEK 3 ‐ TOP 5 COLLECTORS so far Class 4P 5Q 2MS 3N KH Number of Coins 1551 1161 628 347 292 KIDS – Keep bringing in your loose change each day and give it to your teacher in the morning. The class that collects the most money during November will win a special prize… PARENTS – There is now a money box at the school reception desk for any loose change donations from parents. Let’s see if we can fill it up during November. TEACHERS AND STAFF – There is a money box in the Staff Room for your loose change donations. Other Term 4 Events Salvation Army Giving Tree Appeal and P and C Christmas Raffles Collection points for the Giving Tree and Raffles have been set up in the front office foyer. Thanks to families who have started donating already. Suggestions for donations are:  Toys
 Decorations
 Seasonal Food items (non-perishable)
 Gift wrap
 Novelty Christmas Items
 Pre-packaged Christmas hampers
 Serving and table ware
 Gift vouchers
Seasonal Fruit Fundraiser If you love yummy mangoes and/or cherries, please order some for delivery in the last week of term. The order form is supplied in this newsletter. It was Sabrina's baby shower this week. OSHclub was filled with so much love and
sweet memories! We asked the children to bring their baby photos in, which we
placed on a board and invited everyone to guess who the babies were. It was so
amazing to see all the changes that time has brought to us as we grow up. We also
looked at our baby photo albums and shared all the funny stories from our early
childhood. The children had the chance to experience what it would be like to be a Mum or
Dad. Sabrina had a baby doll as her 'pretend baby' and passed it around for the
children to look after. The children showed great care and developed knowledge on
how to look after an infant, such as feeding, putting the baby to sleep, reading stories
and checking the baby when it’s sick. There were so many handmade presents from the children to Sabrina's baby, such
as cards, teddy bears, toys and baby books, Sabrina will keep all of them to
show her little baby as they were the most precious presents from her loved
children's hands!
The big belly race was fun the children also got to experience what it is like to have a
big baby belly!