Term 4 Friday 19th October 2018

Flowerdale Primary School

3377 Whittlesea– Yea Rd, Flowerdale, Vic 3717

Ph: 5780 1264 Fax: 5780 2064

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

http://www.flowerdaleps.vic.edu.au

October Jake W

Keira-Rose Mrs Zala

Jake S

Compassion . Bouncing Back . Respect . Personal Best . Teamwork

OCTOBER

22nd FPS celebrates WORLD

TEACHERS’ DAY

24th F-2 Elf Day

25th Yr 3-6 Orienteering

26th Assembly 9am

29th Yr 6 Young Leaders’ Day

31st Preschooler Music &

Art session 9.30-

10.30am

NOVEMBER

1st Outdoor Classroom Day

2nd Yr 6 Puberty education

5th REPORT WRITING

DAY –No school

6th MELBOURNE CUP

DAY– No school

7th Preschooler Music &

Art session 9.30-

10.30am

9th Grandparent & Special

Friends Day

Garden & Sculpture

Launch

SRC Disco

Dear parents and carers, CURRICULUM NEWS Term 4 is upon us and the classrooms are a buzz with learning their new inquiry topics. In the F-2 class, the students have been studying fairy tales, fables and stories from other cultures. They have explored what is the same about stories across the world and what is different. Some deep thinking about what makes us human and what are our basic human needs have been part of class discussions. If you scratch the surface, we can discover that we all need the same things love, family, shelter, food, water, safety, friendship and education. The children have also examined what is a story and how can it be told. The students identified books, song, dance, sign language, tablet apps and art as ways that people can tell their story. If you have stories from other cultures to tell, please let Mrs McDonald know and she would love to invite you to speak to the students. The Year 3-6 class have spent time posing questions about how aboriginal Australians connect to their country. An exploration of the history and political agendas that have occurred since colonisation have been part of class readings during the literacy block. Through this unit, the children will explore the different languages groups, the stories that connect them to the land, the tools used from the land, and how European settlement has affected Indigenous Australians. An excursion to the Melbourne Museum to see the First People exhibit has been organised for November 16. A note will be sent home shortly. GARDEN & SCULPTURE LAUNCH, Friday November 9th at 9:00am Over the course of last term, we completed the construction of the

memorial and sensory garden. The plants are starting to grow and the flowers are blooming. The children help regularly to plant, weed,

mulch, water and feed our gardens. There is nothing better than some good clean dirt on your hands. The garden provides a place of peaceful

activity where children get close to nature.

We are very grateful to Demmi Kerr who has organised a family member to carve a large king parrot sculpture to place in our garden. It

will be cemented onto its base very soon. I have asked Cindy McLeish our local member to open our completed garden and unveil the

OUR SCHOOL VALUE FOCUS THIS FORTNIGHT IS

COMPASSION ‘Demonstrating concern for others and a desire to help’

Upcoming events at FPS– All students

Grandparent & Special Friends Day– All

students

ELF Day– F-2 students

Orienteering– Yr 3-6 students

Book Club– Due 2nd November

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT CONT…

sculpture on Friday November 9 at an outdoor school assembly. This is also the changed day for Grandparent’s Day, as we thought it would be lovely for our grandparents and friends to be a part of this special assembly. It would be great to have as many of our families as possible attend on this day, so please keep this date free. REMEMBRANCE DAY Sunday November 11, 10:30am commencement The students will be writing some items to present at the Flowerdale Memorial Service and will be singing some songs on the day. The students will be looking into the role of animals in the war and will be contributing to some messages to be attached to a carrier pigeon that will be released on the day. This years’ service commemorates one hundred years since the armistice was declared in World War 1. We have even received a special teddy that is wearing the full uniform that would have been worn at this time. Check it out in the front office. MATHS OLYMPIAD 2018 I would like to acknowledge the achievements of three of our Year 6 students who participated in the MATHS OLYMPIAD this year. The students worked with me to learn a range of problem solving strategies each week that they applied to a monthly test consisting of five timed problems. Over the time, I worked with the students I observed an enthusiasm to persist with solving the problems provided. It was great to see the children showing one another the strategies they used to solve the problems and revelling in the times when they called out “I’ve got it!” James Simpson and Abigail De Vir were awarded with certificates at assembly for completing all of the set

tasks. Ashlee Antolos was the top scorer for Flowerdale and came in the top 30% in the state. She was awarded with a certificate and trophy. Congratulations to them

all on completing this challenging competition.

-Sandra Horwood

PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN ARE

SIGNED IN AND OUT AT THE OFFICE WHEN ARRIVING LATE OR LEAVING EARLY.

Thank you– Cherie

CAN YOU VOLUNTEER SOME TIME ON NOVEMBER 24TH AT THE POLLING

BOOTH AT OUR SCHOOL BY HELPING TO RUN A

Please see Sandra Horwood to sign up!

Friday 9th November

9am-11am *Includes participating in our Garden and Sculpture Launch

*Morning tea after 11am

*Participate in classroom activities with students

ALL WELCOME!

Friday 9th November from 6pm-7.30pm Bring a friend or family member along

$2 entry and snacks for sale for $1 each FUNDRAISER FOR THE SCHOOL GAGA PIT!

FOUNDATION– GRADE 2

Kaylee– Personal Best Honey– 75 Nights of Reading

Honey– Personal Best

GRADE 3-6

Kayla– Teamwork Ashlee– Teamwork

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Mark Yaacoub

Week 1 & 2

Pumpernickel has flown off to visit a new place in Australia. Can you guess where he went?

1. When naming this place these were some options that were rejected- Sydmelperadbrisho, Kangaremu or Gonebroke.

2. You will find the Australian War memorial here. 3. The Prime Minister lives here. 4. This place is Australia’s largest inland city. 5. The name of this place is thought to mean ‘meeting place’. 6. Lake Burley Griffin was nearly a disaster – the initial filling was attempted

during a drought, which attracted swarms of mosquitoes. Research in books and the internet and be ready to be called upon at assembly with your answer. Good luck!

In a Basket

Flowerdale Primary School is appealing to families for donations

of foodstuffs so we can create some

Christmas hampers. These baskets will then be gifted to families in our

community who might need a extra helping hand this Christmas.

Donations can be left

at the office.

Thank you! -Ms Davis

A shout out to James for coming first in his motorbike race on the weekend!

Mark came 6th in his class.

Well done lads!

SENTENCE STARTER STORIES

The little old woman found a golden egg. It was tiny and in it there was a little boy. She found it at the end of the rainbow and she took it home to show her husband. Then the little boy came out of the egg and they loved him. By Dekota-Lee

The little old woman found a big non-blooming flower. She took the flower back to her house and each time she watered it the flower opened. As soon as it opened a baby came out and the woman was shocked. By Keira-Rose The boy opened the box and rainbow butterflies flew out . Unicorns and rainbows and they all came out. Rainbow water came out of the box and the boy was excited about the box and some fairies came out. By Kaylee

What we like about our school…

Ashlee– Getting lots of different opportunities.

Kayla– Learning interesting things.

James– Seeing my friends, learning new things and going on good excursions.

Jack– I like that it’s small, it’s easy to find people and I get extra help. I also like the camps and excursions and our new school song.

Abby– It’s fun, not too big, it’s easy to make friends and easy to find classrooms.

Mark– Good teachers. Jake S– Like my classmates and being able to be friends with the junior kids– who are cute! I like that Ms Davis is here.

Anna– The nice teachers and the country setting.

Ruby– I like the teachers and my friends. I also liked it when we did activity rotations.

Olivia– Everyone is kind, caring and funny. I like that all ages play together and we get to do extra activities like excursions.

Jake W– I like whole school sports and how different ages play together.

Violet– The teachers and my friends.

Keira-Rose– I like that all the teachers are nice and girls. I like that the school is small and everyone is so nice.

Harley– Everything and Yvonne!

Honey– I love going on the bus to school and that it’s a small school with a female principal.

Joey– I love school and Annie. Oscar– Playing sport and getting to play on computers and iPads.

Jordan– I like doing puzzles, snack shop and Buddy of the month ice cream reward. I also think the

teachers and people are nice. Dekota-Lee– The teachers are helpful and friendly. We do great activities, excursions and sport. I also love using iPads.

Kaylee– I like writing, using computers and iPads and

playing with my friends. I like my teachers and getting hugs.

Yaacoub– I like ice cream, sport, art and music. Also my teachers and friends.

Sunday, 21st October 9 AM -1PM in the Flowerdale Hall plus outside

Variety of stalls, Crafts ,Jewellery, Soaps, Hand knitted , New & Pre-loved goods, ,BRIC-A-BRAC, BBQ / Devonshire tea & more

Come along & have a browse (remember Christmas is not far away)

Code Club We are taking new enrollments for Wednesday night Code Club starting Nov 14th 3.30 - 5.30 PM Learn about computer programming with Scratch and Python and create your own games and apps. For young people aged 10 and over.

Ellimatta

Code Club

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

15 16 MACC 17

Yr 6 Yea High

Transition Day

18 19 20 21

22

FPS celebrates

WORLD

TEACHERS’

DAY

23 24

F-2 ELF DAY

25

Yr 3-6

Orienteering

26 MARC 27 28

29

Yr 6 Young

Leaders’ Day

30 MACC 31

Preschooler

Music & Art

session

1 NOVEMBER

Outdoor

Classroom Day!

2

Yr 6 Puberty

education session

Next newsletter

3

YEA

BILLY

KART

DERBY

4

5

REPORT

WRITING DAY

(No school!)

6

MELBOURNE

CUP DAY

(Still no

school!)

7

Preschooler

Music & Art

session

8 9 MARC

Grandparents

& Special

Friends Day &

SRC Disco

10 11

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 Stick on your fridge!

Flowerdale Primary School

For our school concert on December 14th we

would like to borrow a few items. If you can

help, please see Shelley Davis.

Some push brooms

Large plain or flannel

work shirts or kids sized overalls

Kid sized hooded towels for all the F-2

students

A science set (Eg test tubes, beakers etc.) We

have a microscope.

A white or light pink Mohawk wig (It’s a long

shot I know!)

Thank you!