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SCHOOL COUNCIL

Principal Cindi Bruechert

President Jennifer Hurrell

Vice President Ivan Crisp

Treasurer Peter Lodewijks

Secretary Pam Keily

Minute Secretary Jen Rogers

Members Julie Brady Nicole Stephens Helen Rodda Sharon Kemp Nic Hargreaves Sam Muscatello Ed Castle

Community Members

9 Uxbridge Street, Strathfieldsaye, 3551 Phone : (03) 5439 5207

email : strathfieldsaye.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

website : www.strathps.vic.edu.au

Principal’s Report Dear Families and Friends, The Learner’s Journey ~ Throughout this term our Year 5-6 students have been working together to create a series of performances to help launch our Strathfieldsaye PS Learner Profile to our school community. When creating their performances, our students had to: Understand the learning journey students take at Strathfieldsaye Primary School Come up with effective ways to tell everyone else about their journey Ensure their performance would entertain an audience from a wide range of age groups Use their skills, strengths and interests in creating a unique way to demonstrate how the learner profile is

part of our learning journey The Year 5-6 students would love you to come a see their performances as they launch the Strathfieldsaye Primary School Learner Profile on Thursday 23rd June from 9am to 4:30pm. These performances will be held at various times throughout the day in a number of locations in the school. A program outlining the details of each performance was emailed to all our families yesterday. Please make your way to as many different performances as you can and show your support for the great work our students have done in preparation for this launch. Foundation Students Model our New Uniforms ~ At our School Assembly last Friday, our Student Leadership Team and Junior School Council members invited our Foundation (Prep) students to hold a little ‘fashion parade’ in order to model how wonderful our new school uniform looks and they took the opportunity to encourage everyone to wear their new school uniform when they start back at school next term. These students are such great role models and I am very proud to have them as leaders of our school! School Review Preparations and Parent Reflections ~ Thanks so much to all the parents and community members who have contributed their thoughts and reflections on what has worked well and what hasn’t worked so well at Strathfieldsaye PS in the last 4 years. With your assistance we have been able to gather together the information we need to prepare an accurate Self-Evaluation of our school’s achievements. In early August, our School Review Panel will meet with an independent reviewer and some challenge partners to discuss our Self-Evaluation and to initiate conversations around the development of our new 2017- 2020 Strategic Plan. If you would like to learn more about this process, please feel free to contact me. BSE Athlete Development Program ~ An invitation has been extended to all Grade 6 students who are interested in the BSE Athlete Development Program at Bendigo South East College, to attend some "Come and Try" sessions on Monday 20th June and Wednesday 22nd June from 6.45am – 8.15am. For more information please contact BSE College. Student Learning Reports and Interviews ~ As I mentioned last week, on Thursday 24th June, your children will be bringing home their Learning Portfolio which will contain samples of the work they have completed throughout the term. Your child’s Semester One report will also be available on Compass for you to view or download on this day. During the second week of Term Two, we will be holding our Student Learning Interviews. These interviews are a very important part of our reporting process and they allow time for you and your child to talk with the classroom teacher about your child’s current academic achievements and to outline your child’s learning goals for the remainder of the year. This year, registration for the interviews will be managed though our Compass platform. Special Religious Instruction (SRI) Lunch Time Activity ~ After receiving a number of enquiries from parents, students and community members over the last few weeks, I am very pleased to be able to offer our students the opportunity to attend a 30min lunch-time SRI activity session once a week, starting in Term 3. The SRI Lunch Time Activity Session will be led by Mrs. Jess Hollows, who has a long association with our school, and it will be supervised by me, or by other teacher volunteers. If your child would like to attend the SRI Lunch Time Activity Session, please fill in the Permission Form which will be housed on Compass, or ask your child to collect a form from the Office. End of Term - Assembly and Early Dismissal ~ As next Friday 24th June is the last day of school for Term 2, we will be holding our assembly at 9.15am, instead of the normal 2.30pm timeslot. To ensure that we don’t use up too much precious learning time, we will be shortening our assembly by only presenting our Special Awards. We will be saving the presentation of our class awards until next term. Please note that students will be dismissed from school at 2:30pm next Friday. For all bus travellers, the school buses will leave an hour earlier than normal. School resumes again after the holiday break on Monday 11th July. Regards,

Cindi Bruechert

bruechert.cindi.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

mailto:bruechert.cindi.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

VOLUNTEER CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2

DAY & DATE 9.00AM—11.30 AM 11.00 AM—1.30 PM

Friday 17 June

Special Lunch Day Pizza Volunteers from 12.30 to 1.30 please

Lyndall Joiner Helen Rodda Carla Mayman

Wednesday 22 June

Amber Wallace Amber Wallace

Thursday 23 June

Kylie Morrison Tara Neville Amber Wallace

Friday 24 June

Jo Bell Melissa Butler

Eve Ritchie Megan Underwood Jacqui Flett

PARENT CLUB ~ The next meeting of Parent Club will be held on Monday 20th June at 2.30 pm in the staffroom. All parents and toddlers are more than welcome to attend. CAROLYN WHITFIELD, PRESIDENT

LIBRARY ~ Books to be returned All library books must be returned to school by Monday 20th June (last Monday of Term 2). Accounts will be sent home for books 30 days overdue. Thanks for your help. Keep the date On Tuesday 16th August, the Blurbs will be coming to Strathfieldsaye PS for a whole school performance based on the short-listed books for 2016. The performance includes songs, drama and mime about the loved books. Books will be familiar with the children as they will be covered in Library, Art and Music. THIS WILL BE A DRESS-UP DAY. ALL CHILDREN CAN COME AS THEIR FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER. CHERYL FITZPATRICK, LIBRARIAN

Blankets and coats for the Homeless and Refugees Two of our senior students, Sarah and Sophie, are being very community minded and collecting blankets and coats for the homeless and refugees who don’t have winter clothes. If you have any of these items sitting around and not being put to good use, please bring them to room 023 between 8:50 and 9:00am. All old blankets and clothes will be washed before they are distributed. The 1st Strathfieldsaye Cub Scout group will look after them until Friday 24th June and then they will be given to Bendigo Health. After that date no more donations will be accepted. Thank you—Sarah & Sophie

UNIFORM UPDATE

The Uniform Shop will be open each

Wednesday morning from

8:45 – 9:15am, commencing next

Wednesday 22nd June.

Please keep in mind, we will not always have a full compliment of stock available and there can be a 4 – 6 week turnaround from our suppliers.

We are currently waiting on an order from our suppliers for size 8 and 10 short sleeve polo tops, size 8 and 10 long sleeve polo tops, size 8 and 10 rugby tops, size 12 skorts and size 8 bootleg track pants. As soon as the order arrives we will distribute items to families who have ordered them.

Uniform Order Forms are still available from the school office for anyone wishing to make a purchase. Please leave completed forms with payment at the office and your order will be delivered to your child’s classroom.

With thanks, Cath Schintler & Kim Elkington Volunteer Uniform Shop Coordinators

0408 149 252

Calendar of Events

Term Dates : www.education.vic.gov.au/about/keydates/termdates.html Public Holidays: www.vic.gov.au/Victorian-Public-Holiday-Dates.html

NO CANTEEN ON MONDAYS & TUESDAYS

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP OPEN WEDNESDAY MORNINGS ONLY

8.45 AM—9.15 AM

JUNE

Monday 20 Parent Club Meeting—2.30 pm in staffroom

Monday 20 Grade 2 Confectionery Capers Excursion

Monday 20 Grade 2 Work Celebration 2.40 to 3.10 pm

Tuesday 21 School Council Meeting 7.00 pm

Thursday 23 Grade 5/6 Performance—The Learner’s Journey

Friday 24 Assembly—9.15 am

Friday 24 Out of uniform day—”Future Me” theme

Friday 24 Term 2 ends—Early dismissal 2.30 pm

JULY

Monday 11 Term 3 commences

Monday 11 School Council Executive 5.45 pm

Wednesday 13 Management & Finance 8.00 am

Wednesday 13 Parent & Community Liaison 4,.00 pm

Tuesday 19 School Council 7.00 pm

AUGUST

Tuesday 16 Blurbs performance

SEPTEMBER

Thurs & Fri 1 & 2 EBT Camp

Monday 5 Grade 2 Zoo Excursion

Monday 12 Music Performance

Friday 16 Term 3 ends—Early dismissal 2.30 pm

OCTOBER

Monday 3 Term 4 commences

Monday 10 to Friday 14

Grade 5/6 Camp to Roses Gap

Monday 17&24 2017 Prep Transition Days

Tuesday 18&25 2017 Prep Transition Days

Thurs 20 & 27 2017 Prep Transition Days

Wednesday 26 PUBLIC HOLIDAY—BENDIGO CUP

NOVEMBER

Monday 7 to Friday 11

Swimming program—Grade 3 to 6 Bert Graham Pool (Bendigo East)

Monday 14 to Friday 18

Swimming program—Prep to Grade 2 Bert Graham Pool (Bendigo East)

Wednesday 23 to Fri day 25

Grade 3/4 Camp to Camp Curumbene (near Corop)

DECEMBER

Tuesday 6 Orientation Day –2016 Grade 6 (all day) & 2017 Preps (9.30 to 11.00am)

Thursday 15 Grade 6 Graduation

Tuesday 20 Term 4 ends—Early dismissal 1.30 pm

Parents and friends are encouraged to become a member of the IGA Community Rewards Program. Families simply nominate the school and 1% of their purchase is donated back to the school. Application forms are available from the school office, as well as a key tag.

Sizes 4, 6 & 8 navy track pants that your child has grown out for spares at school. Please leave at

school office.

THE CHILD DENTAL BENEFITS SCHEDULE IS

STILL GOING ..At least until the current election. If your child is eligible, please book an appointment now as the new Government may scrap this incentive altogether.

CALL STRATHFIELDSAYE DENTAL ON 5439 4777 TO BOOK YOUR TIME NOW.