Dorset Primary School Diary Dates

Friday 8th November: Grade 2 Sleepover

Tuesday 12th November: Prep 2014 Information Night

Wednesday 13th November: Grade 6 Graduation Photo 10.30am

Friday 22nd November: Dorset Trivia Night

Monday 25th to Friday 29th November: Swimming Program - Grades Prep - 2

Thursday 12th December: Christmas Concert 6pm

Friday 13th December: Reports Sent Home

Wednesday 18th December: Grade 6 Graduation

Thursday 19th December: Last Day of Term 4, 1.30pm Dismissal

Friday 20th December: Curriculum Day - Planning Day - PUPIL FREE

Date: Thursday 7th November 2013

Issue No: 32

NOTICES SENT HOME

Notice Sent Home Recipient Date

Grade 2 Sleepover Gr 2 9th Oct

Graduation #1 Gr 6 9th Oct

Swimming Prep to 2 15th Oct

Myuna Farm Gr 1 21st Oct

Off this Planet Gr 5 to 6 30th Oct

PRODUCTION PHOTOS Production photos are now available for viewing.

Photos are displayed in your child's classroom window.

Order forms will be sent home at a later date.

Canteen News

Toasted Sandwiches on Tuesdays only!!Tomato, ham, cheese

(make your own combo) $3.00

Fruit Salad Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Custard Optional $1.50

SOCIA MEDIA Cyber Safety and Internet Usage expert Susan McLean recently spoke

at a Professional Development where Dorset Primary School staff

members were present. Her advice and experience was an eye opener

for many.

Some of Susan’s tips for parents were:

Get all internet based devices out of the bedroom, these are

generally poorly supervised areas. Have these devices in

common room areas where you can see what your child is

doing. This includes, iPhones, iPads, Laptops, & Gaming

consoles (PS3 & Xbox etc).

Parents should take the opportunity to work with their

children and learn about what their children are doing/using.

Internet filters and Surfing software (Net Nanny etc.) are not

the answer to cyber safety, they are a good start but are not

fool proof.

Over the last few weeks, children in year 2

have been busy in their maths sessions using

the balance scales. They have been weighing

items from around the classroom to balance

evenly at 100 grams, 200 grams and 500

grams. They have thoroughly enjoyed this

activity, finding many great discoveries.

Birthdays

Student of the Week

Emily Hurst Campbell Latimer Emily Kirwan Chloe Fordham Madison Piez Shash Ambekar Mitchell Vella Corey Rennison Kate Archer Bonnie Haworth Hooker Josh Watson Brayden Franken Kira Giles Ethan Del Monaco

Cody Stielow Jackson Sherren Kate Kirwan Angelika Chaplin Crystal Simpson Kaden Burch Captain Sustainability Elley Steenhuizen Alexandra Banci Lexi Stafford Amy Moss Emilia Elphick Leo Tzilves David Francesca

APPLE MAN

The Apple Man will be here Friday 25th October.

Orders must be placed along with payment at the

office by the Friday morning of the delivery.

Approx. 5.5kg bags.

Fuji $10.00 RoyalGala $10.00

Gold Delicious $ 8.00 Green Pears $ 8.00

Granny Smith $ 8.00 Pink Lady $10.00

Brett Hendy Shakaya Gray Braydon Barry Juliet Tetlow

Tessa Findlay Mitchell Vella Aaron Doyle Emily Stokes

The Dorset Trivia Night!

Friday 22nd of November

7:00 – 10:30pm

Dorset Hall

$15 admission or

$100 for a table of ten

Book a table yourself or we’ll organise one for you!

BYO Food and Drinks or Order a Pizza through the office

(alcohol permitted)

See the office for more details

Any donations can be left in the trivia night box located

outside the office

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News

Finally we are getting warm weather so summer crop seeds are germinating well. Old crops such broad beans are being removed to make way for summer plantings . If you'd like to have some broad beans (5 bean pods for $1) you can make a donation to the office SAKG money jar. The irrigation work will begin next week and this will be a big job to lay drip line in the beds. Any help from the school community would be greatly appreciated. The chooks will need a home over the holiday period. If anyone is interested, please contact the school with your details. You will need a secure enclosure and preferably no other chooks at home.

Thanks Anna

POPPY’S FOR SALE

$1.00 badges $2.00 badges

$3.00 wrist bands $4.00 bag tag

$5.00 badges $10.00 badges

Students will be visiting the classrooms daily

HOOP TIME FINALS

Last week seven girls from grade three and four

competed in the Hoop-time (basketball) finals.

They qualified for this competition by winning

the grand final in the Hoop-time competition

earlier in the year.

The team – Soraya M, Bree W, Samantha T,

Hayley W, Mikaela H, Jaimee J and Chloe B.

Many thanks to Mrs Barkwith who trained and

coached the children.

The girls performed well and are to be

congratulated on their efforts and

achievements with this high level of competition.

The girls won 2 of the 4 games played during

the day and made it into the final where they

were defeated 8 points to 2.

Secondary Transition News

Last week, all the Grade 5 students visited

Mooroolbark Secondary College to take part in their

‘Red Earth All Rounder Day’. We competed against

students from other local primary schools in a round

robin and participated in German, P.E, Maths, Spelling

and Science activities. Dorset Primary School did

exceptionally well and was awarded five of the twelve

trophies at the end of the day. Both Mooroolbark and

Dorset staff were very impressed of the way our

students conducted themselves throughout the day.

Well done!

Regards,

Sarah Tilley – Transition Co-ordinator

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CAMP FOR BUILDING SELF ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE FOR KIDS!!

On the weekend of Fri. 14th February - Sun. 16th February 2014 $55 Full Fee*

This is a camp for kids who’ve never been to a Kids of Gold Camp before. This is called a Level 1 camp, and we already have a number of kids booked in. You can ring for a prebooking, which will hold a space for 21 days, giving enough time to formally confirm the booking. See www.kidsofgold.org.au for further info, pictures, slideshow etc. WHAT IS IT? A camp designed especially to build confidence and self-esteem for Primary Kids in Grades 4-6 ( & 9yr olds only in Gde 3). Students going into Year 7 in 2014 are still eligible, as well as Grade 3s going into Grade 4 in 2014. There are 4 Levels that kids can ultimately do if they continue to come! Overcoming issues like shyness, bullying and inability to make friends are some of the areas that parents have seen their kids ‘winning through’ on through this camp. Fun games, low ropes and initiative activities, wall climbing, dramas etc are all in the program. WHERE IS IT? In the Yarra Valley at the safe and attractive setting of the Lyrebird Park Camp, 510 Beenak Rd Yellingbo It is found in Melways Map 308 K10, and is marked as 1km further along Beenak Road.. COST? $55 per child. There are full sponsorships available to some on application ( $55 is only 40% of the full price), and will be met through subsidies received through fundraising efforts and Kids of Gold sponsors. Bendigo Bank, Bunnings and the Shire of Yarra Ranges support our cause as much as they are able. CONTACT - Enquiries/prebooking to ‘Kids of Gold’ on 0418 170 027 ( Jenny) or 9737. 9475 (Gary) or 0415 427 396 (Gary).

KIDS OF GOLD, 323 MONBULK RD SILVAN VIC 3795 ABN 57 327 231 83

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION Congratulations to the following students for participating in this year’s competition. It was not an easy task and all children should be proud of their efforts. Jodi Wilkins, Maths Co-ordinator Certificate of Participation Jordan Bowden Reuben MacCartney Amy Moss Kateryna Korobeyko Jackson McNicol Daniel Rosemeyer Certificate of Proficiency Liam McNicol Jordyn Rennie Aaron Fantin Ethan Fitzsimons Campbell Latimer Emily Nancarrow Jinrong Jiao Mark Spataro Certificate of Credit Kevin Nguyen Sam Roberts Chloe Barkwith Abby Holness Cameron Whitehead Rebecca Jackson Ryan Mallinson Brayden Stokes Cody Wake Certificate of Distinction Nathan Rancie

Dear Parents,

Grade Placement 2014 and Transfers Out

Just a reminder that these are due to me by Friday 8th November at 4.30pm.

Requests can be left at the office or delivered to me personally.

Grade lists are being prepared for next year so it is very important that these

requests are in by Friday.

Thank you for your support with this matter.

Grade 2 Sleepover

This will be held on Friday night in the hall.

Thank you to the staff and parents who will make this activity very memorable. The children are very excited.

Please make sure you’re on time picking up your child on Saturday morning, no later than 7.30am. All the

staff want to get home for some sleep!!

Sun Smart Policy

Just a reminder that all children must have their hats on whilst outside, in accordance with the school policy.

No hat, children will be playing under the covered area, outside the canteen.

Prep Transition

An excellent program is well underway and it is tremendous to see so many new families coming to our great

school.

If you have not enrolled your prep child for 2014, please do so straight away, so that they can be included in

all transition activities.

Prep Garden

A new prep garden will be taking shape outside the prep classrooms over the next few weeks.

I can’t wait to see the finished product.

A very short week at Dorset. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. I certainly got heaps of work done on

Monday - it was great.

Kind Regards,

John Jacobs Principal