5 August 2015 Term 3

Twilight Fair

LUNCH ORDERS BY MISS PEPPERCORN We have had our first week of Miss Peppercorn lunch orders and judging by the comments we have heard and the number of orders the service has been well received. The children are certainly excited when they come down to collect the lunch order boxes. BPAY Parents have the option of using BPay for paying for curriculum based items such as fees, excursions and camps. The unique code is sent out to each family every year with the Booklist information. We are sending the unique codes home again today just in case the codes haven’t been kept. We recommend that you store the code for later use as, unfortunately the department’s finance package does not enable us to generate it with each notice sent home. WAKEFIELD ST TRAFFIC ISSUES We are receiving more and more complaints about parents parking and leaving their cars in the two minute zone, people doing three point turns in dangerous circumstances and most horrifying children exiting the family car onto the road instead of onto the footpath. These concerns are all raised with the safety of all children in mind. Currently, we are seeking help and advice from the local council to try and address some of these issues. In the meantime, I implore all our community to be caring, thoughtful and considerate of the children in our community. To cause the injury or death of a child would be a trauma that cannot be recovered from. HOUSE ATHLETICS At this point in time we don’t have an outcome from the House Athletics. This is because the wind became too strong on the day and the hurdles events could not be held. So watch this space for the results.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT August

9 Family Portraits Fundraiser

10 Poetry Incursion - Grades 5 & 6

12 3/4A Showcase Dinner

19 3/4C Showcase Dinner

20 Instrumental Concert

26 3/4B Showcase Dinner

26 Senior Hoop Time

28 Summer Sports

September

2 District Athletics

4 5/6 Movie Night

4 Father’s Day Stall

17 Whitehorse Science Expo

October

19 Curriculum Day

November

20 Twilight Fair

NOTICES HOME TODAY

100 DAYS OF FOUNDATION It is hard to believe that the Foundation (Prep) children have been at school for more than 100 days. A wonderful event was put on by the Foundation staff to celebrate the children being 100 days smarter! It was a short but joyous event and we thank all that were involved in the organisation and presentation including the wonderful volunteers. SHOWCASE DINNERS - GRADE 3/4 The very special Showcase Dinners start next week. We have received many bookings which is wonderful. We look forward to seeing you on the night!

H2O SCIENCE EXPO – THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER The children and staff are preparing for the Science Expo at the moment. You will see there are requests for donations of materials such as containers and bottle tops for the preparation. ‘Professor’ Fly has included a list in this newsletter. If you can send along some materials it would be greatly appreciated.

Kerry Wood

Whitehorse Footy Tipping Competition

In Round 17 the only tipper to select 9 winners was Ethan H!

Ethan won a fantastic set of Essendon tattoos. Well done!

There were no winners in Round 18.

The leader board is: Toby A 113

Jo M 111

Hannah B 110

Heloise C 110

Chris C 110

Steve O 109

Good luck next week!

Mandy Lewis

100 DAYS OF FOUNDATION

JUNIOR CHOIR - HELP NEEDED

Junior choir is looking for someone to be a

piano accompanist on a Thursday at

2:00pm. If you are able to help, please see

Miss Ranson or Mr Merriweather.

KITCHEN GOINGS ON First of all, a HUGE thank you to Kathy Zouglakis, Kath Clarke, and Tracey Ervin for coming in and doing some cleaning in the kitchen at the end of last term. It is hard for me to find the time to do a thorough clean, so it was greatly appreciated. A good laugh was had by all! This month the 3/4s are having their showcase dinners. The children are wildly excited by this and we are busy preparing for them in our regular kitchen classes. For those of you that don't know much about the program, it is a great opportunity to see just how capable your children are in the kitchen. I would also encourage you to let them cook at home. I do stress the importance of cleaning up afterwards; they do learn dishwashing and all sorts of skills in the kitchen garden, so don't let them fool you into thinking otherwise! We have also started to contribute to the Stephanie Alexander kitchen garden website. Get on it and have a look with your children, there are a lot of schools uploading stories and recipes from their classes. We are always looking for helpers and we usually have a lot of fun in the kitchen, and the kids love having someone special come in, so please think about volunteering your time. KNIFE SHARPENING Knives - $7.00 each Axes, Secateurs, Hedge Clippers & Tomahawks - $9.00 each Please wrap items securely and bag with the correct money and your name. Leave at the office or in the kitchen. Sharpening will be done on Thursday 6 August and will be available for collection after school in the kitchen. Deborah Kilpatrick Kitchen Specialist

UNSW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITION AND SCIENCE COMPETITION

Some students have recently participated in these competitions and the results of their efforts are:

Digital Technologies:

High Distinction: Cynthia S

Distinction: Maneesha K

Credit: Jamie E

Participation: Brett D, Cameron B and Oskar T

Science Competition:

High Distinction: Cynthia S and Maneesha K.

Distinction: Theodore A, Georgia R, Felix C, Peter H and Jamie E.

Credit: William H-C, Jonathan O, Ethan H and Julia W.

Merit: Cameron B and Harrison F.

Participation: Alexandra I, Madeline S, James C and Oskar T.

Congratulations on your efforts.

Whitehorse Primary School will be holding a Science Expo showcasing the Science program at

the school and in the wider community on Thursday September 17th. We require a variety of

materials to be collected to be used in hands on activities leading up to the night and also for

sessions during the Expo. The Science Team would really appreciate families helping to collect

these materials and sending them to school. Materials required are:

Newspapers

Milk bottle lids

Tins of various sizes (soup, dog food)

Old wire hanging baskets

Smaller plastic plant pots (ten centimetre diameter)

Yoghurt containers

All materials can be sent to school and placed in the collection boxes outside the Science

room.

Thank-you from the Science Expo Team

Kerry Wood, Juliette Hirons, Richard Fly, Dianne Keats, Elyse Henderson, Bonnie Stubbs,

Ellie Bird

Friday 4 September 2015

Annual Father’s Day Stall

NEW! Father’s Day Breakfast

Full details soon

Grade 5/6 movie night

Friday 4th

September

This year the grade 5/6 students will hold a movie night as a fundraiser venture

towards their Grade 6 jumpers for 2016 and the 2015 end of year activity.

The Movie Night is for ALL students from Kinder to 6.

Both movies will be screened at the Whitehorse Cinemas, located in Pod 4. The

night will be divided into 2 movie sessions times and tickets are $10, which will

include snacks, drinks and the movie.

Kinder to Grade 2

Movie – TURBO (G)

Time - 4.30pm to 6.30pm

Grade 3 to Grade 6

Movie – HOME (PG)

Time – 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Be on the lookout for your booking notice later this term and make sure your

child secures a seat at the Movie Night.

Thank You

Lisa Hume, Renee Waters and Elyse Henderson

Teachers of Grade 5 & 6 students