Term 2 Week 9 14 June 2017

143 Bailey St Grovedale 3216 Tel: 5243 3902 Fax: 5243 0823

‘A Path to Success’

PRINCIPAL NEWS PIRATE DAY A big thank you to all the children and their parents/carers who went to such a huge effort to dress up for Pirate Day. It was great to see so many little pirates around the school so “un-pirate like”. We raised $293 for the Kids Cancer and we are very grateful to Mrs Baltetsch and the Junior School Council for organising such a successful event. CHOCOLATE DRIVE Today families who are participating in the Chocolate Drive will receive their box of chocolates. Please feel free to eat your way through the box yourself and then come up to the office and get another one! If you do not want your chocolate box, please return it straight away to the office. This is a great fundraiser for the school and we usually make $2,900 which is for the school to support the education of the students. UPCOMING SCIENCE OPEN DAY TUESDAY 27TH JUNE We have organised an Open Afternoon where we invite all parents into the school for students to share their learning over this term. We invite you on Tuesday the 27th June from 2:45 until 3:20 to make some time to come into your child’s room to see what they have been learning, and the work they have been doing. We look forward to seeing you here. MRS BROUGH While Kathy and Brad have been attending the Regional Principal Conference in Melbourne, I have had the pleasure of being the Acting Principal. It has been love-ly to have the opportunity to go into classrooms and see all the wonderful work the children have been do-ing. Watch out for the garden space out the front of the library as it is soon to be infested with mini beasts all shapes and sizes made by some of the younger chil-dren and their buddies. Mrs W’s big chair is very comfortable but I will happily give it up when she returns and go back into my class-room as I am missing my children. Thank you to the teachers for supporting me over the last few days. Sonya Brough Acting Principal

COMING EVENTS

JUNE 2017

Fri 16th June Gr 5/6 Grovedale College Science visit

Tues 20th June Lightning Prem Football Div finals

Wed 21st June Preps 2018 Activity Session 2.30pm

Wed 21st June Gr 5/6 Grovedale College Science visit

Tues 27th June Science Open Day 2.45pm-3.20pm

Fri 30th June Last day of term—2.30pm finish

FORMS / PAYMENT DUE BACK

Mon 17th July Payment and/or unsold chocolates $50 due

Thurs 20th July Lightning Prem Football Girls $9 due

JULY 2017

Wed 19th July Parents and Friends meeting 9am

Thurs 27th July Lightning Prem Football Girls

KEEP WARM

PARENTS AND FRIENDS FUNDRAISING CADBURY CHOCOLATES FUNDRAISER This terms fundraiser is our Cadbury's Chocolates. Chocolates will be sent home today, Wednesday the 14th June. Money may be returned to the front office at any stage once chocolates are sold, or by the 17th July (first day of term 3) at the latest, giving you the school holidays to get out and sell them. If you don’t want chocolates, please return box straight away. If you didn’t receive a box of chocolates and would like one, please come to the office. TWILIGHT FAIR- Friday 17th November, 4-8pm Thanks to those who have returned their Fair notes with kind offers of assistance and support and ideas on what you would like to see improved around our school. Taking all of your ideas on board, we will be looking to upgrade and improve our outdoor play areas with Fair Fundraising money, something that ALL students will benefit from. A large event such as our Twilight Fair requires many hands on deck. It would still be great if we could have one member from each family (Mum, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, Grandparent) to volunteer an hour of their time on the night to serve at stalls. We will have 8 stalls plus food that we need to fill rosters for, so we still need a lot more help. We have attached the note again to hopefully get some more families on board for this wonderful event. We will fill rosters closer to the time but if we could all give an hour it will really help out. Thank you. Market Stalls We have previously had Market Stalls at our Fair and we are looking for someone to organise and manage this again this year. There has already been a lot of interest for Market Stalls but we need someone to co-ordinate this- organise stall hold-ers, paperwork for stalls, contact stall holders, etc. Could you please contact the front office if you are able to assist with this and we will be in touch. Thanks. Sponsors/Donations We are seeking some major sponsors for our big raffle we will be running this year. First prize in our major raffle is a holiday for four to The Gold Coast!! If you or anyone you know may be able to help out with this, please contact the office. Sponsors logo will be printed on all 300+ raffle tickets and on all Fair advertising. We are also seeking Silent Auction items- vouchers, services, goods, etc, please let us know if you can help. Have a great week Gab Lewis

STUDENT AWARDS Mia PB For accurate tallying of data about the question “Do you have a sandwich for lunch?” Slater PB For working with independence when matching letters and pictures. Deana P1R For her detailed information report about ‘Snails’. Chloe P1R For expanding on her sentences to write interesting information about ‘Snails’. Jessica P1R For her detailed recount about her weekend. Sophie 12L For classifying two dimensional shapes. Archer 12L For his detailed explanation text on the lifecycle of a dragonfly. Abbey 12P For working co-operatively to create a 2D shape picture. Mason 12P For showing good time management and keeping his group on track to complete a 2D shape picture. Mitch 34D For writing a great first draft for his ‘wallaby’ animal project. Abbye 34D For the wonderful draft she has written for her information poster about penguins. Jemma 34B For always being a well mannered and respectful student in 34B. Thank you for being a great helper this week. Samantha 34B For having a wonderful week in 34B. Jye 34B For being a wonderful helper this week in the lead up to ‘Pirate Day’. Emily 34M For being a responsible learner and always striving to achieve her personal best. Sophie 34M For always putting a lot of effort into her school work. Maddie 56S For always following the core values of Respect, Responsibility and Safety. Daniel 56S For showing outstanding effort on his home tasks. Great work. Nathan 56C For representing the school positively and demonstrating our school values through great sportsman ship. Melissa 56C For always using her class time efficiently to complete work within a given time frame. Jack 56W For staying focused on his learning and independently completing tasks! Lenny 56W For being organised for learning and completing tasks independently!

NEW UNIFORMS: Deal directly with Coastal Uniforms. Phone: 5255 4897 Maureen will visit Grovedale Primary School : next Thurs-day 22nd June at 8.45am Order forms may be picked up from the school office. SECOND HAND UNIFORMS: in the Sick Bay on Tuesday afternoons only from 3:00pm-3:20pm. SCHOOL KILTS: Our kilt supplier is PSW located at 164 Malop St, Geelong just down from Officeworks. Please contact PSW on 9768 0383 to check availability. Alternatively, you can order online at www.psw.com.au.

ENROLMENTS FOR 2018 Do you have a child who will be starting Prep in 2018, or know of anyone who’s child will be starting next year? Now is the time to get them enrolled. Please come to the office for an enrolment form for 2018 and have them returned to school as soon as possible. We have already started the activity ses-sions for our 2018 Preps.

PREPS 2018—ACTIVITY SESSIONS We extend an invitation to parents and their children to come along and take part in fun and engaging activities with our team. All ses-sions run from 2.30 pm to 3.10 pm. Session 1 Monday 8th May. Session 2 Thursday 25th May Session 3 Wednesday 21st June. These sessions are a great oppor-tunity for your child to have some fun and to become familiar and comfortable with coming to school.

Extend OSHC at Grovedale Primary School Weekly recap Students got creative with their collage pictures and finger puppets last week, using a range of different materials to make monsters, food & seahorses! We learnt some fantastic card tricks to share with friends and family, participated in lots of games like scattergories and balloon tennis and finished the week off with some pirate activities. Alishea, Team Leader What’s on next week? Monday 19th June: Can you make lightning? Tuesday 20th June: Stitch Cards Wednesday 21st June: Melted Crayon Art Thursday 22nd June: Dinosaur Playdough Friday 23rd June: Music Challenge WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN AT A SCHOOL NEAR YOU! Book 14 days in advance to receive the lowest rate. Participate in our winter-themed activities, including science experiments to learn about animals with blubber, recreating a winter snowstorm in a jar, and participating in a snowman slam! Check out the daily schedule at your nearest program at extend.com.au and book via the Parent Portal.

URGENTLY NEEDED FOR SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

Larger sizes 10, 12, 14

All styles, jumpers, polo shirts, track pants.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a number of un-named jumpers in lost

property. Please come and check them if your child

has lost a jumper. At the end of the term they will

be put in with our second hand uniforms.

IGA DOCKETS Thank You to IGA for their contin-ued support of the school. IGA have requested that we only bring current dockets, preferably no more than a month old, so could you please send your dockets in as soon as you get them. If you have a collection of them at home at the moment could you please send them in and we will start fresh and regu-larly collect the current ones. IGA also support us throughout the year, supplying food and goods for many of our fundraisers.

MISSING SCHOOL ZIP FRONT JACKET SIZE 4/5 NAMED—DARCY TROTTER Please check your child’s jumpers to see if it hasn’t been picked up by mistake. Thank you.

TWILIGHT FAIR Fri 17th Nov, 4-8pm

Dear Parents/Guardians, As you are probably aware, this year is FAIR YEAR!! We are looking for suggestions on where this year’s fair money can be spent. Upgrades to facilities, new equipment, improvements to the school, etc. In previous years we have used funds to upgrade playgrounds, resurface the oval, replace shade sails and build an undercover bike shed. Our Twilight Fairs over the past 5 years have been an extremely fun and entertaining night for all of the family and have been very successful fundraisers for our school- last time raising over $12,000. Where would you like to see the money go???? Please list suggestions below: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ To make this a successful fair, we need your help. All families are expected to help in some way. We need help in many ways- to setup on the day, help to run activities or serve on stalls on the night, help to prepare or cook food, help in the lead up to the fair with organisation and so much more. We are also looking for help with sourcing donations. If you are able to donate anything (eg. food, vouchers, raffle prizes, silent auction items, supplies for the night), please either list details below on the form, or see the lovely ladies at the office. Alternatively, you may have contacts of business’ or organisations that may be able to make a donation. Your work place, someone you know who runs a business, a business you have an affiliation with- Please ask them!! We can provide you with a letter from the school with all necessary information. Please return the section below, indicating where you can assist, by next Monday, 8th May. We need to know there are enough helpers on board before we move ahead with the organising of the Fair. Thank you for supporting the school’s major Fundraiser that will benefit all of our children. The Parents & Friends Committee _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

TWILIGHT FAIR HELPER RETURN FORM

PLEASE TICK BELOW IN ANY AREA/S YOU ARE ABLE TO ASSIST (you may tick multiple boxes)

Set up on the day Serving at stalls on the night. Please circle time preferred: 4-5pm 5-6pm 6-7pm 7-8pm Package lucky dip items in lead up Help to organise rosters/make contact with parents Help in the lead up to the fair (in various ways)

Supply of donation/s for raffle or silent auction. Please list details if available_______________________________

Pack up/clean up

Contact business’/organisations for donations

Pricing of cake stall items morning of fair

Food prep day before/day of fair

Other. Please list_________________________________________________ PLEASE LEAVE YOUR DETAILS BELOW NAME:__________________________ PH. NUMBER:_______________________ CHILD AT SCHOOL:____________________________ GRADE:_________________ TEACHER:_______________________ CHILD AT SCHOOL:____________________________ GRADE:_________________ TEACHER:_______________________ CHILD AT SCHOOL:____________________________ GRADE:_________________ TEACHER:_______________________ CHILD AT SCHOOL:____________________________ GRADE:_________________ TEACHER:_______________________