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Ferntree Gully North Primary School |111 Forest Road Ferntree Gully|9758 1662|www.ferntree.vic.edu.au

CALENDAR 2018 Dates to remember...

TERM 4 DATES: Monday 08 October – Friday 21 December ____________________________________________________________________________________

YEARS PREP – 4 SWIMMING PROGRAM: Monday 3 – Thursday 13 December

WHOLE SCHOOL TRANSITION: 2019 CLASSES: Friday 7 December

UNIFORM SHOP FINAL DAY OPEN 2018: Friday 7 December, 8.45-9.15am

PREP 2019 HALF-DAY AT SCHOOL: Tuesday 11 December, 10.40-11.30am

END OF YEAR REPORTS AVAILABLE ON COMPASS: Friday 14 December

YEAR 6 GRADUATION: Monday 17 December

YEAR 5/6 END OF YEAR MOVIE EXCURSION: Tuesday 18 December

YEAR 5/6 LIFE SAVING EXCURSION: Thursday 20 December

END OF TERM 4 and FINISH OF SCHOOL 2018: Friday 21 December Final Assembly: 1.00pm, Dismissal: 1.30pm

*PLEASE NOTE EARLY DISMISSAL TIME*

2019: ________________________________ UNIFORM SHOP RE-OPENS: Wednesday 30 January, 10.00am – 12.00noon THEN Friday 1 February 8.45am-9.15am

OFFICE OPEN: Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 January, 9.00am - 4.00pm

SCHOOL RESUMES TERM 1, 2019: Thursday 31 January 2019, 9am

Thursday 06 December 2018 Newsletter number 21

Excellence: High expectations of the whole school community

Respect: For self and others

Resilience: Engaging in challenges and learning from mistakes

Integrity: Choosing a course of action that contributes to the

greater good

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER

It’s Been a Busy Year This year has seen us, as a school, achieve many great things together as our students have had many experiences and learning opportunities to grow. As the year is coming to an end we thought we’d share some of them with you; Opportunities for our Student School Leaders ( Grip Leadership Program ) Rotary Program ( Grade 6 ) Junior School Council Fundraising EGGStravanganza Opening of our Gallipoli Garden /Remembrance Day Memorial Service Mother’s/Father’s Day Stalls Market Day ( Grade 5/6 ) Letterland Parade ( Preps) Buddy Programs Healesville Sanctuary Excursion ( Preps) 1/2 Ambleside Excursion 3/4 Camp to Briars Hill 3/4 Bike education Program Ned’s Kindness Adventure 5/6 Camp Melbourne City Escape Play Is the Way Parent Information Session 1/2 Science Expos 3/4 Expos Maths Open Night Art Show Preps Woolworth Excursion Premiers Reading Challenge Swimming Program African beat Incursion Parent helpers GNPA fundraising House Athletics Grandparents Day Tree Planting Day Ride to school And of course amazing learning at all levels. Just to mention a few! …cont/2

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Ferntree Gully North Primary School

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Parent Helper’s Morning Tea Our parent helper’s morning tea was lovely. It was great to see some new faces there. Thank you to those who were able to attend and for all your contributions for the year. Swimming Our prep to 4 swimming program began this week. We have been down to see some groups and the program is running beautifully. This is a great opportunity for our students to practice not only their swimming before the summer months, but also their independence skills. 2019 Grade Structure Next year our grade structure will remain the same as this year. We will have : 2 X Prep Josh Chamberlain, Libby Flanagan 1X Prep/1 Jess Cichowicz, 5 X 1/2 Hannah DiFalco, Louiza Gonzales, Claire Keltie, Georgia O’Brien, Alyssa

Roubicek 5 X 3/4 Alana Aiello, Lina Kabris, Robyn Scanlon, Nicole Snelleskz, Ben Robinson 4 X 5/6 classes Chloe Brown, Daniel Fielding, Lauren Iverach, Matt Sutherland Music – Louise Strauch PE P-6 and 5/6 Science – Lara Atkinson Art – Ilona Bennett Japanese P-4 - Marian Collins Intervention – Glenda Beard and Wendy Barr Education support staff – Steph Rodgers, Tania Marshall, Naomi Roach, Lynne D’Eramo, Jo Doherty, Pip Allen, Jenni Kashnitz Julianne Wilson will be taking a year’s leave to explore some travel options. We look forward to hearing of her travels. Sam D’Argenio and Pauline Molenaar will be moving on to try some new things. Tamara Zebisch is teaching prep at Milgate PS in Doncaster. This is a great opportunity for her to further develop her skills. Becky Locking is moving to Park Ridge as their new literacy Learning Specialist. Chris Seymour is retiring and whilst we will miss her skills and great strengths here, she is moving on to the next exciting part of her life. We wish all these staff good luck. On Friday all our class teachers, with the exception of Robyn Scanlon, will be here to go through our transition session with their new students. Robyn is unfortunately ill and unable to return until the new year. Christmas Celebration and Art Show Our Christmas Celebration and Art Show was held on Monday. Thank you to both Mrs Strauch, Mrs Molenaar and all our staff for their hard work. It was lots of fun. It was a lovely night and it always feels like the real start of Christmas celebrations. Our raffle was drawn on the night. Congratulations to GNPA for sourcing wonderful prizes and to all families who supported it and prize winners. The Final two Weeks We have two weeks to go and we are looking forward to some fun activities in all classrooms. We have a number of activities planned for the final days of year 6. Don’t forget that school finishes at 1.30 on the final day with assembly at 1pm.

Book Packs Book packs are now available for collection at the office. Please remember that drop off and pick up times can be busy so we appreciate your patience. …cont/3



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Dogs in the School Grounds Just a reminder that while we all like walking our dogs to school, we ask that your dogs stay outside the grounds. We do have students who have a fear of dogs and students who may be allergic to dogs. Thank you. Parking There is no parking available on school grounds for parents. We have had a number of parents using the driveway and the carpark at the back of the school. This can mean that we have students arriving and parents driving in the school. A bad combination. Please follow the parking restrictions in nearby streets and help protect our children.

Sue Dean and Priscilla Salter

THANK YOU LETTER FROM SCHOOL COUNCIL:

Ferntree Gully North School Council would like to say a thank-you to all members of our school community who have volunteered at our school in 2018. Without your contributions there are many programs and activities that couldn’t run at our school. So, a big shout-out to all the people who help:

- In classrooms

- With excursions

- With BBQs

- At working bees

- Looking after the enviro centre on weekends and holidays

- In the library

- Run programs like book-club and reading challenge

- Fruit bowls

- GNPA

- Sport coaching/driving to sports events

- Uniform shop

- Canteen

- Breakfast Club

- Garden Club

- Disco

- PMP

Merry Christmas to you all. See you in 2019.



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PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: Book Pack collection for 2019 (Parent Payments)

We have recently made available the 2019 Parent Payment information referred to in Compass as Course Confirmation. We hope you have had a read and if you have any queries please feel free to contact Skye Thornton, our business manager. Payment plans are available through your Compass access or you may prefer to contact us directly. We would also encourage families to contribute to the voluntary contributions in the form of Grounds & Facilities fund and/or Library & Building fund. These funds are vital to support the running of additional programs and purchase of resources. The School Assistance fund provides an opportunity for parents to support others in need within the school. We thank you in advance for your contribution. Once 2019 payments have been made, book packs can be collected from the office from Wednesday 5th December. Please note that pick up and drop off times are the busiest time of the day for office staff so your patience is appreciated.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS:

Please note the last day for Uniform Shop in 2018 is THIS FRIDAY 7th December. The Uniform shop will re-open in 2019 on the following dates:

WEDNESDAY 30 January 10.00am-12.00noon FRIDAY 1 February 8.45am-9.15am

VALE ‘TINY TEDDY’:

Tiny Teddy, you were such a good Guinea Pig. After you died it was so devastating; I really felt bad when you were walking on your side. When Mrs Casey told me you had died I was so sad. I wish you had lived longer

but you were pretty old. You lived a good life. By Molly



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Visuals Arts - Term 4 A BIG THANK YOU to those who helped set up the Art Show. Congratulations

to all the P-6 students/artists, it was a huge collaborative success and celebration.



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NOTICES AVAILABLE ON COMPASS THIS FORTNIGHT: YEAR 5/6 LIFE SAVING EXCURSION NOTICE YEAR 5/6 END OF YEAR MOVIE EXCURSION NOTICE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL LUNCH ORDER FORM (due by 12th December) GNPA ‘Helpers Required’ LETTER



Gully View STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Congratulations to the following students who received Student of the Week: (Ending Friday 30 November 2018)

CANTEEN HELPERS FOR 2019 NEEDED! If you are able to help out in the Canteen on Fridays during school terms in 2019, please collect a form from the Office and return with your details.

Class Student Reason

5/6S Mr Sutherland

Diane L and Aria W-D

For supporting the class throughout the weekly and recognising others need help. Well done! Thank you!

5/6K Ms Kabris

Zach M For being so brave and challenging himself to do better. Well done!

5/6F Mr Fielding

Jack P For taking responsibility and helping while Mr Fielding was out

5/6B Miss Brown

Scarlett H For being a positive role model both in and out of the classroom. You’re a gem!

3/4S Mrs Sutherland

Jackson C For writing and editing a wonderful text focussing on transitional language

3/4R Mrs Scanlon

Grace J-P For creating her own net and 3D shape. Well done

3/4F Mrs Flanagan

Tarryn G For the persistence she always shows during maths

3/4D Ms Snelleksz

Ela B-S For fantastic improvement in your fractions – Well done!

3/4A Mr D’Argenio

Dylan N For always being respectful and hard working

1/2O Miss O’Brien

Maddie R For always being brave and stepping into the unknown

1/2K Ms Keltie

Angus S For his persistence and resilience while doing ‘Investigations’

1/2I Ms Iverach

Daphnie P For writing an interesting letter to Crystal the Elf

1/2G Miss Gonzales

Amelia M Well one for working extra hard on your writing. Keep it up!

1/2C Mr Chamberlain

River G For being brave and giving all learning tasks her personal best. Keep it up!

Prep/1L Miss Locking

Jesse A For doing his personal best in writing, by writing 1 whole page of work! Well done Jesse!

Prep Z Miss Zebisch

Kirra F For making such fantastic progress with her writing

Reuben C For doing his personal best in writing by writing a funny speech to new parents

Prep C Miss Cichowicz

Keira W For doing fantastic sorting and number matching in Investigations

ART Ms Molenaar

Ben B For his thoughtful description when responding to Van Gogh’s ‘Café Terrace’. Well done!



Gully View Grade 3/4 Excursion to The Metro Cinema and Arboretum. On Friday, the Grade 3/4 students went on an excursion to see the movie ‘The Grinch’ and to have lunch at the Tim Neville Arboretum. This excursion was designed to allow students to practice Play Is The Way life rafts, explore their local community, make connections with each other and as a prompt for literacy strategies for the rest of the term. We walked 6.4 kms and took 8000 steps in a moving convoy that stretched over 40 metres. The students demonstrated

‘It takes great strength to be sensible’ as their behaviour across the day was responsible and respectful. They were considerate of people they met by moving to one side on paths and greeting people and thanking them where appropriate. They took turns and were patient when waiting for food and drinks. The students were respectful of the cinema and the Arboretum by ensuring these places were left in the manner they found them. They talked as they walked and shared what they knew about our local community and

discovered many new things. We look forward to exploring this excursion in literacy by using it as a prompt for retelling and recounting strategies. A big thank you to the parents who volunteered their time to support this excursion and a huge well-done to the students for their behaviour on the day.

Autobahn We are currently looking for helpers to concrete in our Autobahn

pavers for our Bee Garden path, if anyone has the time skills to help

please let Ms Molenaar know, or contact the office. It would bee greatly

appreciated. The path will be short but stunning and aims to reflect the

students’ visual knowledge of native bees.

Ms Molenaar, P-6 Visual Arts / Autobahn Teacher



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Gully View FERNTREE GULLY NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL’S CHRISTMAS ‘GIVING TREE’

As per the past few years, our Christmas tree in the foyer is the place to drop off

donations of gifts for local, needy families. We have called this our ‘Giving Tree’.

Donations will be collected on the last day of school and distributed at the Christmas

lunch provided and hosted by Foothills Community Care (see advertisement and

invitation below). Please donate your gift from Tuesday 4th December when our tree

will be put up in the office foyer. Please note: it is preferred that gifts remain

unwrapped so they can be given to the correct age group on Christmas day. Thank you for your

continued generosity and support. The response in the past from Ferntree Gully North has been very

generous which has helped to support the 200+ people who come along on the day.



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