21 August 2017

Dear Parents, We are now over half-way through Term 3, and as we approach September we

look forward to some kinder weather. It is also a time when the school staff begin planning

for the following year. We ask if you or any family or friends intend to enrol children for 2018

could you please complete the enrolment form as soon as possible to help us with our for-

ward planning.

Friday August 25: Grade 3/4 excursion to Scienceworks. Once again our students will be

visiting the excellent Scienceworks as part of their Integrated Studies program. The children

and staff are really looking forward to another exciting trip to Scienceworks.

Monday August 28: Our Foundation grades are very excited about their upcoming trip to

Essendon Traffic School. The children will be learning about what they can do to help them

be safer around traffic. This is a great learning environment where children are able to expe-

rience lots of the dangers of everyday traffic whilst being in a safe, simulated environment.

Literacy and Numeracy. Every year we enjoy the great events that we take part in as part of

the state-wide Literacy and Numeracy Week. Please see the attached sheet which sets out all

the dates. Please note these have changed since the last information sheet went home.

Grade 3-6 school camp. This year children from Grades 3-6 have the option to take part in

our camp to Golden Valleys Lodge in Flinders (near Rosebud) The week-long camp is a great

opportunity for children to experience some time in a different environment while doing fun,

educational activities. Apart from the enjoyment aspect the experiences the children gain

from being one of a large group interacting with their school mates and teachers is invalua-

ble. The children who attend always say that camp was one of the most enjoyable and mem-

orable experiences of their time at primary school. Each year we do different activities and

have different memories from each previous year and we encourage all children to attend.

The cost for the 5 day camp is $250. This cost covers transport to and from the venue, ac-

commodation for 5 days/4 night in comfortable, supervised rooms with their own toilet and

showering facilities, food for all meals except the first day’s lunch, (all meals are cooked by

our own school staff, and all are healthy and suitable for children from all backgrounds and

cultures), all activities while on camp etc. Usually we have about 35-40 children attend with 5

-7 staff members. We ensure the venues we stay at are of the highest quality and meet strict

safety standards as set out by the Education Department. The children are always fully super-

vised and safety is always of the highest importance.

Upcoming events:

Friday August 25: Grade 3/4 excursion to Scienceworks.

Monday August 28-Friday September 1: Literacy and Numeracy Week

Monday August 28: Foundation students visiting Essendon Traffic School.

Tuesday August 29: Fathers Day stall

Friday September 8: Book Character Parade

Thursday September 14: Glenroy District Athletic Sports day

Friday September 22: End of Term 3, 2.30 finish

Fawkner News Telephone: 03 9357 3579

Email: fawkner.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.fawknerps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Roger Pell

Assistant Principal: Maria Weston

Important Dates

August 2017 25—Scienceworks Excursion

34A & 34G 28/8-1/9 Literacy & Numeracy

Week 28—Essendon Traffic School

Excursion FDA & FDC 29—Fathers Day stall

September 2017 4 & 11—Family Life Sessions

Grades 5 & 6 8—Book Character Parade 14—Glenroy District Athletic Sports 15– Melbourne Zoo Excursion

Grades 1 & 2 22—End of Term 3 2.30pm finish

October 2017 9—Start of Term 4 13—Swimming Program begins 16—Prep Orientation Begins 23—Prep Orientation Session 2 30—Prep Orientation Session 3

November 2017 3—Kanga Cricket 6—Curriculum Day NO SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN 7—Melbourne Cup

PUBLIC HOLIDAY NO SCHOOL 12—Fawkner Festa 20—24 Grade 3-6 Camp

TERM DATES 2017 Term 2: 18 April—30 June Term 3: 17 July—22 September Term 4: 9 October to 22 December

Monday October 9: Term 4 begins

Monday October 13: Swimming program begins. Limited to 55 children

Monday October 16: Prep. Orientation program begins, session 1

Monday October 23; Prep. Orientation, session 2

Monday October 30; Prep. Orientation, session 3

Friday November 3: Grade 5/6 Kanga cricket tournament

Monday November 6: Curriculum Day. Children are not to attend school.

Tuesday November 7: Melbourne Cup public holiday

Sunday November 12: Fawkner Festa

Monday November 20-Friday November 24: Grade 3-6 Camp.

Monday December 11- Friday December 15: Fawkner P.S. Arts Festival

Friday December 15: Fawkner Family Day/Night

Tuesday December 18: Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony

Thursday December 21: Last day for students. 1.30 finish.

Friday December 22: Curriculum Day

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

Would all those parents who were randomly selected to participate in the survey please

complete the survey as soon as possible.

If you require any assistance please contact the school office.

Essential Student Learning Items

For those parents who elected to pay in instalments your next payment is now due.

If you opted to pay at the beginning of each term $25.00 is now due.

If you opted to pay half yearly the final payment of $80 is now due.

Payments are welcome at the office at any time.

Up-to-date statements are available on request.

AFL 9’S & HOOP TIME On Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th of Au-

gust, some of the grade 5/6s had very big days. On

Wednesday we went to AFL9’s and on Thursday we

had Hoop Time

There were two teams that played in AFL which were

the mixed that had mainly all boys and two girls and

the only girls team. The games were held at Charles

Mutton Reserve. Unfortunately the mixed team wasn’t

successful and didn’t get any wins but on the other

hand the girls team got two out of six wins. It was a

very windy day so it was quite hard to play in such a

weather but we tried our best. Everyone had very good

behaviour, sportsmanship and importantly had an awe-

some time! We would like to thank Miss Kelly, Mr Ri-

cardi, Miss K and Paula for coming along to support us.

The next day after AFL was Hoop Time which was on Thursday the 17th of August. Hoop Time was held at the

Broadmeadows Basketball Club. We had three teams where were: Fawkner Falcons, Fawkner Firebirds and Faw-

kner Flames. Fawkner Falcons won 3 out of 4 games and got into the finals but sadly lost but still came 4th out of

ten other teams. Fawkner Firebirds won 1 out of 3 games and one was a tie. Fawkner Flames won 2 out of 4

games. The competition was absurd and very tough and the tension was very high and I believe that we all tried

our best and we all should be extremely proud of ourselves. We would again love to thank Miss Kelly, Mr Ricardi

and Miss K for coming along with us and also organising this special event.

On last note I myself had a ton of fun and I’m certainly sure that everyone else who went did too which totally paid

off training in extremely freezing weather and getting bossed around. Be we were extremely lucky to have amazing

teachers coach us and we cannot thank them enough for their efforts.

Hajrah 56R

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Combined Book Week (2017 Theme: Escape to Everwhere) and Literacy and Numeracy Week

Monday 28th August

11.30 – 1.30 Rotational Maths Activities Grades 1-2 & 3-6: Multi-age Groups

Also in classrooms during the day:

Students celebrate by reading together, sharing stories and listening to the stories of others under the theme: “Escape to Everywhere”. This will be followed by activities relating to the books studied.

The books featured in this week’s ‘SUPER DUPER’ performance have been selected from the Children’s Book Council (CBC) 2017 & Short List for the Picture Books, Early Childhood and Younger Readers categories in consul-tation with Librarians and several classroom teachers.

The books selected from the 2017 & CBC Shortlist that will appear in ‘SUPER DUPER’ are:

MECHANICA by Lance Balchan

OUT by Owen Swan (Text by Angela May George)

HOME IN THE RAIN by Bob Graham

ROCK HOPPING by Trace Bella

Tuesday 29th August

10.00 – 1.30 ‘ICT ACTIVE STATIONS’ in the BER building.

ICT workshop activities including; coding, robotics and animation. Parents and friends are invited to attend.

10.00-11.00 Session 1 Foundation

11.30-12.30 Session 2 Grades 1&2

12.30-1.30 Session 3 Grades 3&4

2.30-3.30 Session 4 Grades 5&6

Wednesday 30th August

9.15 ‘SUPER DUPER ‘Performance in BER Building

“Echelon Productions” produce high quality performances for Primary students which inspire literacy and reading. Using quirky and imaginative storylines, these highly talented performers energetically entertain and enthral audiences with come-dy, role-play, storytelling and imaginative escapades.

SUPER DUPER is a brand new educational musical for schools with an exciting, dy-namic and interactive narrative created to celebrate Book Week 2017, the CBC shortlist and its 2017 theme Escape to Everywhere. Exploring the themes of striving to be your best and not underestimating people’s potential, SUPER DUPER also literally gets students involved in the story as deci-sions made by the audience during the show help determine what happens. Plus there is a surprise at the very end that reinforces the themes of inclusiveness and understanding every individual’s potential to achieve.

Learning Areas: English, The Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education General Capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understand-ing Themes: Inclusiveness, Acceptance of Others, Reading and Literacy, Imagination, Drama, Music, Dance Testimonial: Wow! The show was amazing AGAIN this year. This really is the best show I have found for Book Week each year. I think we are up to our 4th or 5th year now. Thursday 31st August:

11.30-12.30

Children’s Writing and Book Cover Display and Shared Story Session: Book covers and writing created by the stu-dents will be on display outside classrooms. Prizes will be awarded at Friday’s Assembly.

Parents, grandparents and friends are invited to join in the fun

2.30 – 3.30

Whole School Class Presentations

Class presentations in BER based on the Book Week theme: ESCAPE TO EVERYWHERE.

E.g. story re-enactment, poems, Aussie songs, Powerpoint presentations.

Friday 8th September: ***** CHANGE OF DATE *****

9.15 – 10.15 Book Character Parade in the BER building.

Students, teachers and visitors are asked to dress as their favourite book character. Children participating will not require their uniform on the day. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Lots of prizes for the best dressed!

2.30-3.00 Whole School Quiz

Students will compete in a whole school quiz based on all four books featured and used during the week.

Cost per child to cover the performance organised during the week of celebration is $7.00

As these are whole School Activities and part of our School Program, we would like all children to participate.

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO SCHOOL BY 28.08.2017

I hereby give permission for my child to attend Literacy & Numeracy activities which will be run from Monday 28th

August until 3rd September 2017

Child’s Name: Class:

Parent / Guardian’s Signature

Amount $7.00