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Key Dates for Term 2 2017
ARARAT PRIMARY SCHOOL 800
PO Box 225 / 70 —78 Moore St
Ararat VIC 3377
P: 03 5352 1253 F: 03 5352 4926
W: www.araratps.vic.edu.au
The Winter Sports Carnival held on Tuesday was a great success for our 5/6 Students. Congratulations to our footballers, netballers and soccer players on the way they represented the school, exhibiting our school values and high level of sportsmanship. Our Division 1 boys football team won two of their four games, and our Division 2 boys team managed to have one victory. Our boys soccer team came 3rd overall with one win and one draw, while our girls soccer team also recorded a victory and a draw. Our netball Division 1 team managed a draw and our Division 2 team scored one win. Thanks to our family supporters, the Senior School staff team. An extra special thank you needs to be extended to Mick Jennings for his support of the football teams. Mick supplied a set of jumpers and helmets to all our players, and I know they all enjoyed the oranges and lollies made available. Another special mention to Helen Spencer who stepped up on the day from a spectator to an umpire. Her assistance was greatly appreciated. Looking back to last week, NAPLAN for our Year 3 and 5 Students concluded on Friday with remaining catch up tests completed. Results will be made available in Term 3. On Saturday our NICA team enjoyed a day out in Melbourne refining existing skills and learning new ones. It was a big day but very worthwhile and enjoyable for all. Special thanks to Mr Collins, Miss Vernon, Mr Kean, Mrs Jerram, Mr Johnson, Karen and Marg. Attitudes to School Surveys will be distributed to students next week for students in Grade 5 and Grade 6. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to have a voice about things happening at school and can help provide us with future direction. Finally, a reminder that Monday, June 5th is a student-free day at Ararat Primary School; our staff team will be involved in report writing on that day. Grampians YMCA will be offering childcare, please contact them on 5358 1100 for details. Kind regards, Adrian Pilgrim
May 25th, 2017
Dear parents, students and community members,
We have been enjoying Education Week celebrations, and I would like to thank all of our students, families and staff for your enthusiastic support. It started with a Buddy Classroom Read-In on Monday in the Learning Centre where students got to share their favourite books. Tuesday saw
our senior school head to Stawell for the Winter Sports Carnival. We held our Mid-Term assembly, which was a great way to showcase our talented Bamboozle Troop, and recognise our student award winners. Congratulations to the following students who received these very special Education Week awards: Prep S: Robbie Elder and Natalie Nicholson Prep D: Nate Rhodes and Shania Atkins 1-2T: Kade Bond and Zia Van Straaten 1-2V: Nate Boyd and Ruby Cavanagh 1-2FJ: Maggie Croft and Blayde Moyle 3-4C: Aleara Madex and Jakobi Cooper 3-4K: Kobe Herbert and Ashton Moyle 3-4H: Connar Barrie and Mia de Been 5-SP: Navasha Madex and Lachlan Cranstoun 5-6C: Darnell Naawi and Tamika Moyle 5-6KF: Crystal Thomas and Tyson Cartwright Specialists: James Johnson, Alana Carver and Lachlan Cranstoun Specialist Grade Award: 5/6SP Well done, everyone! Mrs Kelly and her student helpers did a fantastic job Wednesday evening demonstrating some of the VCOP games we have been using at school. The Library swapped books for maths resources as it played host to our students, who did a great job teaching 5-minute maths games. Today we all enjoyed our mystery reader, Tracey Townsend, whose public-address-system story telling was greatly appreciated by students and staff – and nearby residents! On Thursday, our Grade 5/6’s ventured off to Ararat College to enjoy some transition activities with a musical and scientific flavour. At 10am we had many new families take up the opportunity to participate in school tours and I hope they got a taste of what we have to offer here at Ararat Primary. We will round out the week with a Buddy Family Activity on Friday, which will be lead by our Earthlings team. The focus will be on Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Healthy Environments which has been the theme for Education Week 2017. A special selection of students from the 3/4 area enjoyed a fantastic Arts experience when we were treated with a special visit from artist, Emma Davies. She delivered a workshop as part of Education Week celebrations, which was opportunity we could not pass up on . Students walked down to the bush block behind Ararat College to collect branches, bark and leaves. Their carried them back to school to create Tee Pee’s in small groups and discussed the importance of different cultures and how they can be expressed through art.
Term Dates for 2017
Term 2 April 18th to June 30th
Term 3 July 17th to September 22nd
Term 4 October 9th to December 22nd
Monday, 5th June - Pupil Free Day - Report Writing
Tuesday, 6th June - Dental Checks
Monday, 12th June - Pupil Free Day - Queen’s Birthday Holiday
Principal’s Report
School values: Respect Honesty Self Awareness Learning Belonging
The middle school is deep into our Mappen task this term. The task is all about creativity, and are creating a ‘Stage Play’ with a view of a sales pitch and display for our showcase at the end of term. The students are working in groups to design a script, and design and make some props that would go with their play. We are kindly asking for some donations to help with our prop making. Below is a list of some things we can use now, however anything you think might be of help we would gladly take:
Boxes
Long cardboard tubes
Sheets of materials like cotton, satin etc
Tins
Planks of wood
Josh Tremelling : “This is the first time I have made something like this, it’s really fun to make props.” Luka : “My group is creating a story about a Captain who has his cargo ship taken over and he has to solve a problem to get out of that.” Thanks, very much from the Middle School Team.
We have been learning about Statistics and Probability Data Collections, while cleaning up our school yard! Congratulations to all of our Prep World members for their effort, and well done to our 6 Prep World representatives who spoke at assembly. We were all really impressed with your effort! On Wednesday, the Prep’s picked up rubbish in our school and we counted how much we found. (Shania) We picked up 287 bits of rubbish. (Byron) There was lots of rubbish on the oval. (Ada) We found some strange things like band aids, pens, plastic drink bottles, foam, forks and a coat hanger. (Robbie ) Can you please stop leaving rubbish in the yard. (Salem) We helped the world because we cleaned it up. If you drop rubbish the world gets sick. (Natalie) Katie Sanford
Prep World...
Middle School…
Senior School...
Students from Grades One and Two have been focusing on multiplication. We’ve been practising our skip counting, making equal groups of things, placing them in arrays, and sharing out collections equally. This is what some of us have found out Malik shared eight lollies, between two teddies. He found out they would get four lollies each. Levi discovered that twelve lollies shared between four teddies is three. Ruby made an array from her twelve lollies. She made 6 twos. Cayden made 12 ones. Hugh made 2 sixes. Lacey made 4 threes. Lilli-Rose made 3 fours. We discovered there were many ways to make an array using 12 objects. Can you think of more?
Buzzy Bees...
It has been a busy and productive Education week in the Senior School. On Tuesday we had the privilege of participating in the Black Ranges Winter Sports Carnival. Students nominated to play either netball, football or soccer. Although we did not come home with a shield, all the students played incredibly well, and were able to talk about successes in each of their games. There were many examples of a growth mindset and respect for each other and their opposing teams. Thank you for the support of our first homework task for this term. It was great seeing the Maths’ that our students were able to identify in the community and there were some challenging problems that were presented to each of the classes. Please remember that students should be starting to work on their second homework assignment, which is due at the end of the term. If your child has lost their sheet, they can easily be given another by their respective teacher. Production is going really well, we are progressing through Act 2 and our budding actors and singers are enjoying the roles they are playing. We will be sending out a call for help with costumes and props in the near future, so keep an eye out for that. Any help will be appreciated. The Senior School
Little Stars
Education Week Read In...
Mathemagicians...
Puzzles? Why are they good? Puzzling can build skills at every developmental stage. As children attempt to solve a puzzle, they learn to feel a sense of mastery. It also teaches them to persist, in order to accomplish a goal. Puzzles are fun too! They are a great way to spend quality time with your child. Try this one:
Move the Fish
Move three sticks and make the fish swim in the opposite direction.
26th May Tatum Schirmer
28th Seth Pagram Tayla Foster Joe Pearce 30th Krystos Plunkett
Prassopoulos
31st Jorja Ramsey
Hugh Toner
MON TUE WED THU FRI
School Banking is
processed on Tuesdays
25th Breakfast Club
Ararat College Expo
Production Practice
3:20 - 5pm
26th LUNCH ORDERS
Buddy Family
Activities
29th Assembly
30th Breakfast Club
31st
Preps to Gorrinn House
Bamboozle 3:20 to 4:45pm
1st June Breakfast Club
School Tours
Production Practice
3:20 - 5pm
2nd LUNCH ORDERS
5th Student Free day
Report Writing
“Art is…”
Festival
6th Breakfast Club
Dental Checks
7th
Preps to
Gorrinn House
Bamboozle 3:20 to 4:45pm
8th Breakfast Club
9th LUNCH ORDERS
12h
Student Free day
Queen’s Birthday
13th Breakfast Club
14th
Preps to
Gorrinn House
Bamboozle 3:20 to 4:45pm
15th Breakfast Club
Production Practice
3:20 - 5pm
16th LUNCH ORDERS
Bear Buddies
Breakfast Club every
Tuesday & Thursday morning at
8:15am Come and enjoy a delicious
breakfast in the Learning Centre. Enjoy porridge, weet bix, baked beans, muesli or fruit along with
a warm cup of Milo.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS
Expressions of interest for music lessons, during school time in 2017, are now
being taken for all brass instruments, flute & violin.
Please contact Sandra Pope on 0413 624 175