From the Principal

Principal: Christine Owen

Phone: 5857 2514 Mobile: 0419 548 318

stanhope.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Friday 16th February NO ASSEMBLY Students bring extra clothes

to swim in for water safety.

Monday 19th February Assembly 9am Wednesday 21st February School Council 7pm

Thursday 22nd February ART Friday 23rd February Swimming Sports Assembly at Stanhope Pool

3pm Friday 2nd March Schools Clean Up Day

DATES TO REMEMBER

Stanhope Primary School

Inspiring Lifelong Learning

From the Principal Assembly

There will be no assembly this Friday, 16th February as most of the students will not have returned from swim-ming in time. Instead we will have a short assembly at 9.00am this coming Monday morning. The following Fri-day 23rd, assembly will take place at the pool at approxi-mately 3.00pm. BYOD

Yes, it does seems to be a never ending stream of paper-work! But once in place, the end result will be worth it. For your child and you! Today we’re sending home the Acceptable Use Agreement. And this year, there are two! They both apply to students with BYOD and to students using school owned devices. One is aimed at students from Prep through to Grade 3 level and the second is designed for students in grades 4, 5 & 6. The intent is the same, but the wording is slightly different. Teachers will go through these documents in class and we expect families to go through them at home, so everyone is completely familiar with the expectations and responsibilities. Also attached is a document outlining consequences for breaches of the AUA. As part of BYOD, students will be able to access a wide range of DET’s eduSTAR services & Microsoft Office 365 Education services. These are cloud based and families need to be aware of the privacy information surrounding these. Hence the forms! For those families wanting to ask questions or are unclear about any aspects of the BYOD program, I will be available for an info session next Tuesday, 20th Feb, after school at 3.30pm in the 3-6 classroom. Hopefully, I can clear up any questions you may have!

Learning

Success

Respect

Citizenship

ISSUE 3: FEBRUARY 15th 2018

Please make sure you read through ALL of the newsletter and any

attachments each week. This is where important information and details will be the vast majority of

the time and where permission forms will be attached.

Swimming

Thank you to all families for your payments or indication of a Pool Pass. Dealing with the admin around payments can be a nightmare and by having forms and payments in on time, makes this task much easier and more efficient. The program itself is running smoothly and we appreciate the effort from families in making sure students all have the necessary clothing, bathers etc on a daily basis. It’s quite a job! Tomorrow (Friday) students need to bring extra clothing (chlorine friendly) to swim in, as there will be a focus on safety. Early Collection

Following advice from the Department, families who wish their children to remain at the pool, can do so, but only when they themselves are in attendance. The school’s legal duty of care remains in place during school hours. This means that parents are not able to give permission for their children to be unsupervised by school staff or themselves, during school hours. Parents may follow the usual procedure for early collection from school (including school activities, such as the swimming program, excursions etc), by completing the Early Collection form. While the Shire’s policy for children to be allowed at the pool without direct parent supervision, is for children to be ten years and up, this only applies outside school hours. Hair

Please make sure that your child’s hair is tied up or back, away from the face and out of the eyes, if it is longer than collar length. This is important during swimming particularly, but also at all times at school. Uniform

A reminder that our school uniform policy re-quires that shorts be worn under skirts and dresses. Clean Up Australia Day

Our school is registered as part of this program and will be doing our bit for Clean Up Schools Day on Friday March 2nd. Making our school an inviting and pleasant place for your chil-dren to learn is our ongoing aim. We have a list of jobs we need volunteers for, so if you know you’ll be available at any time during that Friday, please put your name down on the list at the office. Please note that we will require you to com-plete a ‘registration form’ as part of the volunteer process, and alert you to any foreseeable dangers and/or is-sues. Volunteers who will be here over the school lunch time (1.30 -2.15pm) are invited to bring their own picnic lunch to eat with their children. Clean Up Day will continue after lunch

FROM

THE

Business Manager

Mica is happy to help families with payment options for school fees. For any queries, please contact the school on 5857 2514. Mica will be in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Did you know:

Learning

another

language like

Indonesian, helps our

vocabulary and grammar

knowledge in the English

language.

Word of the week: Sampai Jumpa = Bye Selamat Pagi = Good morning

Try at home: The 3-6 students had a brainstorm this week to see if they could decide on what would be the top 10 words that you might need if you travel to Indonesia. We came up with these 5: 1. Ya (yes) 2. Tidak (no) 3. Bantu (help!) 4. Saya (I or me) 5. Hospital (Rumah Sakit)

What other words do you think would be most important to know?

WITH ELLIE

Mrs D & Mrs Foley

Mrs Sheedy

by Mick

In the 3-6 room we have been learning about the features of Persuasive Texts. Here is my 1st Persuasive piece titled “Homework should be banned!” I super strongly agree that homework should be banned. I hate it. Here are my reasons why.

Firstly, homework is time-consuming. People who live on farms have to do farm work. Others have chores like:

Dishes Washing TV Other

Secondly, homework is pointless. Work is for school. All that work we do at home is pretty much school work. Home isn’t for work, it’s for relaxing. Thirdly, People don’t like homework, I surveyed 4 peo-ple, including myself, and half of them don’t do their given homework. Plus, you can’t be expelled for not doing homework. This is why I think homework should be illegal.

Our deepest sympathy and caring thoughts

are with Mary and Andrew Hipwell and their

families on the passing of Mary’s dear sister

Jan and much loved auntie of Belle, Jim and

Bill.

from the

Stanhope Primary School community.

Please help us, help your children become strong, independent people. Teachers

support students through providing structures and routines so students know when

things have to be done. We support them, but we don’t do things for them. You can

help your children by allowing them to do things for and by themselves. Such as;

Carry their own bags

Find their own ‘lost’ items

Look after their own belongings

Make and learn from their own mistakes

They can do these things! And they will be the better for it and end up helping you!

You might have their best interests at heart but doing

everything for your kids and protecting them from

mistakes is actually not in their best interest – or yours –

says parenting expert Michael Grose.

(https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/family/article/2017/01/27/how-raise-independent-kids)

Students can come dressed in their house colours. Time TBA.

Parent helpers are needed on the day to give out ribbons, write down winners, etc.

Please write your name on the sheet at the office if you can help.

Friday 23rd February

Our newsletter is published each Thursday and will generally have any permission forms and information sheets attached. Families can also re-quest to have this sent via email. Final-ly, a reminder to keep an eye on our Facebook & Twitter page, for updates and interesting events. Twitter: @StanhopePSVIC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanhopeps/

Nagambie On Water – March 3

Make time for the good life together as a family.

Saturday March 3, Nagambie On Water Festival invites you and the kids to two new family oriented and family friendly priced events.

Passport to Play is an unlimited pass to over 20 different land and water events. Aqua Orbs, Dunk Tanks, canoe-ing, paddle boards, pedal boats will keep the kids busy, active and enjoying the great outdoors in a safe friendly en-vironment. Parents may like to take ad-vantage of a short water cruise on the Goulburn Explorer, or take a break at the Don Lewis Wine Bar. For all includ-ed activities and online registration please see www.nagambieonwater.com.au Elloura Colour Splash will have the fami-ly, walking, running, jogging or jumping all the way through a 2.5km winding track, past the shores of Lake Nagambie and ending at the Nagambie Recreation Reserve, where an after party filled with family fun will be awaiting. Enjoy a stress reliving day outdoors with the kids!

DISCLAIMER The Department of Education & Training, and Stanhope Primary School do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. No responsibility is accepted by the Department or the School for the accuracy of information contained in advertisements.

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Weekly Awards

Learning: Lilyanna, Marcus, Taylah, Cerese. Citizenship: Shaun, Jack, Ethan. Respect: Braxton, Bohdi, Elayna, Isabelle, William W.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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