Swan Reach Primary School School No: 1631

Newsletter 19/17 22nd June,2017 Ph. 5156 4287 Mobile: 0488 693 790 E-mail: swan.reach.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.swanreachps.vic.edu.au

School Council Members: Executive officer - Andrew Kenyon - School Council President - Simone Spykers Vice President - Matt Rowland Secretary - Callie Young Treasurer - Jaime Savory Dept. Representatives - Tess Cloak, David Pachl & Cheryl Lieuwen Publicity Officer - Cheryl Lieuwen Grants & Community Liaisons - Simone Spykers Scholastic - Tess Cloak Fundraising Members - Claire Whitfield, Carmen Stephenson, Christina Porter,

Jo Naylor, Callie Young, Matt Rowland.

Swan Reach Primary is a CODE RED SCHOOL This means on Code Red Days our school will be completely closed and unstaffed.

- IMPORTANT DIARY DATES -

JUNE

Mon 26th - Special lunch orders DUE BACK

Today. Fri 30th - Last Day of Term2 (2:30pm

Finish).

JULY Mon 17th - Term 3 Starts.

Mon 24th/Fri 28th - Book Fair Week.

Fri 28th - Book Character Dress up Day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students who will be celebrating their

Birthdays

Zara DeDonato 23rd June Riley Lieuwen 26th June

We hope you both have a fantastic day.

Special wishes go to River Willmann for 22nd June.

Happy Birthday to our amazing staff member Caroline for 28th and our

wonderful teacher Mr P who

celebrated his Birthday yesterday, we hope you had a fantastic day.

Early next term we have our annual Scholastic Book Fair.

This coming holiday break is the perfect time to start

thinking about and sourcing your book character

costumes for Dress Up day which is always held on the

last day of our book fair.

For all the new families at Swan Reach this year,

Scholastic (our book club organisation) provides the

school with a big selection of amazing books at

fantastic prizes. Our book fair runs before school and

after school on designated days for a week with the last

day being a dress up day where students and staff

come to school dressed as their favourite book

character and participate in a parade around the

basketball court, with prizes awarded and a special

surprise visitor.

SPECIAL LUNCH ORDERS

DUE BACK THIS

MONDAY 26TH JUNE

PLEASE RETURN BY THE

DUE DATE SO YOU DON’T

MISS OUT.

Pickingupkids.

Forsafetyandsupervisionreasons,thereareonlytwospotswhereparentscanpickuptheirkids—Thegateatthebasketballcourtandthebottomgate,nearthereboundwall.

Bothareashavebeenselectedasallthekidscanwaitsafelyinsidetheschoolgroundsorhavethesupervisionoftheteacheronduty.

Parkingisbecomingmoreofanissue,attheschool,asweincreaseinsize.WehavebeenworkingcloselywiththeEastGippslandShire,constructingfootpathsandconnectingtheschoolwiththerestofthetown,aswellaslookingatthebestoptiontoimprovethe$lowoftraf$icpasttheschool,suchas‘Kissanddrop’zonesandextradesignatedparkingareas.

Weallcoulddoourbitwithafewsimplesteps:

• Ifyouhavetoparkontheoppositesideoftheroad,pleasewalkacrosstopickupyourchild.Childrendonothaveadevelopsenseofperceptionandmaynotseevehiclescoming.Also,kidsarehardtoseewhentheroadisbusy.

• Practice‘kiss&drop’infrontoftheschool.Ifwecankeepthefrontoftheschoolclear,traf$icwill$lowsmoothly.

SchoolFees.

Schoolfeesareanimportantaspectsofallgovernmentschools,astheysupplementmanyoftheprogramswetakeforgranted.Forexample,theschoolspentover$25,000oncomputers,in2016,justtoupdatemachines.EvenifeveryfamilypaystheTechnologypartofthefees,thetotalwillonlybejustover$5,000.Atbest,thefeespayfortheprogramsweuseandnottheactualmachines.

Also,thecostsofexcursionsandtransportkeepgoingup—Whereoneshortbustripcosts$600,weneedtwobusestomovethewholeschool.

Wehaveanumberofpaymentoptionsavailable,ifyouwouldliketoseeusand$indout.

LongServiceLeave.

Afteracoupleoffalsestarts,I’llbeheadingofftoEuropefor5weeks.Iwillmissthe$irstthreeweeksofTerm3,butwillleaveyouinthecapablehandsofAmyTripp,currentlyworkingatTamboUpperPrimarySchool.

Principal’sForum.

Lastweek,IattendedthesouthEasternRegionPrincipal’sforum,inMelbourne.Wehadanumberofguestspeakers,fromCanadaandEngland,speakingaboutthelatesttrendsineducation.

Developingstudentvoiceandimprovingteacherswerethemainthemesoftheweek.LookingatwhatwearedoingatSwanny,Ifeelweareontherighttrack.

From under the bridge.

BASKETBALL FINALS Wishing the following students Toby Mchale, Jake De Donato, Ford

Willmann, Charli Stephenson, Liam Phillips & Ben Cross the best of luck

for their Basketball Finals that are being held on Monday night.

SCHOOL FEES A reminder to families that payment of school fees are due,

Statements have been attached and sent out with this weeks

newsletter.

LIBRARY BOOKS & READERSLIBRARY BOOKS & READERS Could all Students please have all Library books and readers Could all Students please have all Library books and readers

returned to school by Wednesday 28th June, Thank you. returned to school by Wednesday 28th June, Thank you.

PEDESTRAIN REFUGEPEDESTRAIN REFUGEPEDESTRAIN REFUGEPEDESTRAIN REFUGE It is fantastic to see the new pedestrian refuge in

Swan Reach it makes a very visual impact for road users.

Please be aware that the pedestrian refuge is a safe crossing area where pedestrians must give way to

oncoming traffic.

LOTS OF LOST PROPERTY

Due to an ever expanding

amount of lost property we will

be displaying all items on the

basketball court area on the last

day of term 2. We ask all families

to please come and have a look.