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FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Phil Cox will be continuing in the role of Acting Principal

at Beverford District Primary School, for Term 1, next

year. We wish Phil all this best in this role. Justin Condely

will continue in his role as Acting Assistant Principal at

Swan Hill Primary, in Phil’s absence. Justin has done an

exceptional job in his role as Acting Assistant Principal.

Cailie Skinner will continue in her role as Sub-school

Leader for Term 1. Cailie has also done a fabulous job in

her role as Sub-school Leader and has become a valued

member of our Leadership Team.

We recently elected our House Captains for 2020 and

congratulate the following students:

We know our newly elected House Captains will do a

wonderful job!

Justin Condely and I have been meeting with our new

Preps and their families this week. It has been terrific

getting to know our new students and their families and

we wish them all the very best as they become part of

the Swan Hill Primary School community.

Hayley Doyle

PRINCIPAL

Term 4, Week 8— Wednesday 27 November 2019

What’s Coming up at Swan Hill Primary?

NOVEMBER

Fri 29 2020 Prep Interviews Second Whole School Transition Session 2020 Year 6 Polo Shirt Orders Close

DECEMBER

Sun 1 Kids Artworks Orders Close

Mon 2- Fri 13

Year Prep, 1 & 2 Swimming Program (Timetable pg

Fri 6 Third Whole School Transition Session

Tue 10 Peer Mediator Break Up

Wed 11 Swan Hill College Parent Information Night

Fri 13 Final Whole School Transition 2020 Year 7 Swan Hill College Orientation Day

Mon 16 Prep & Year 4 EOY Celebration Days

Tue 17 Year 1 & 5 EOY Celebration Days Year 6 Graduation Evening

Wed 18 Year 6 EOY Celebration Day

Thu 19 Year 2 & 3 Celebration Days

Fri 20 No Canteen Lunch Orders—Counter Sales only Last Day of Term 4 - 1:25pm dismissal

123 Gray Street / PO Box 798 Swan Hill VIC 3585 Ph: 03 5032 1336 F: 03 5032 4437 E: swan.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.swanhillps.vic.edu.au

School Office Hours 8:30am—4:30pm Mon-Fri

2020 ENROLMENTS If you have a child planning to start at Swan Hill Primary

School next year, please collect an Enrolment Form from

the General Office & return forms ASAP to avoid missing

out on upcoming Transition Activities.

2020 DEPARTURES If your child (other than Year 6 students) will not be

attending Swan Hill Primary in 2020, it would be most

appreciated if you could advise the Office to assist with

class planning.

Curlewis Mitch Hinton

Heidi Paroissien

Beveridge Jobe Roberts Elsie Russell

Mitchell Hunter Barber Imogen Lusty

Eyre Harry Brown Janae Wood

NEW SIGN IN PROCESS Our commitment to being CHILD SAFE and OHS compliant, means that all Visitors, Helpers and Contractors must:

sign in using the ‘Passtab’ iPad at the Office. (signing in for the first time takes a few minutes to complete)

wear a SHPS lanyard

sign out when finished.

Thank you for helping us stay CHILD SAFE.

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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK This term we are focussing on the school value:

COMMITMENT Well done to the following students, who were awarded ‘Student of the Week’ for displaying this value during last week.

Our Year Prep, 1 & 2 SOW recipients: Back L-R: Indiana, Tyler, Maurie, Paige, Mityen.

Front L-R: Gilbert, Nikyrah, Jayla, Noah & Elijah.

Prep B Jayla Chilcott

Prep C Nikyrah Bamblett

Prep N Noah Ayars

1B Elijah Day

1G Mitch McInnes

1M Paige Humphrey-Pike

1W Gilbert Russell

2B Indiana Futter

2J Maurie Day

2R Tyler Everett

2S Imogen Futter

3B Charlotte Stevens

3K Anna Reni

3O Rosie Russell

4C Jacob Smith

4L Thomas Hatcher

4S Ava Bennett

5B Monique Clune

5M Mitchell Taylor

5S Wade Hamilton

6B Amber King

6H Kayla Kendrick

6K Charlotte Logan

Music Lachlan Chalmers

Computers Jackson Doolan

PE Joe Russell

Science Amber Nicholls

Indonesian Jye Stone & Mason Bradley 2020 STUDENT AND CLASS MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

The 2020 Student and Class Materials & Supplies charge of $200 can be made anytime from now, either in full or in instalments, provided the amount is PAID IN FULL by the start of the 2020 school year before collecting the Student Stationery Packs. These will be ready for pick up at the General Office between 10am and 3pm on Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Tuesday 28 January. Parents who have a current Healthcare Card/Pension Card on the first day of school, 28/01/2020 listing the student’s name, are eligible to apply for a $100 subsidy per child on their Materials and Supplies Fee. The remaining $100 must be paid in full before collecting the stationery packs. Full information was included in the Yellow Parent Payment Information accompanying the Newsletter last week. If you have any queries, please contact the General Office.

2020 TRANSITION PROGRAM

Last Friday we began our Transition Program which gave the whole School and our 2020 Preps the opportunity to get comfortable with the notion of starting school next year and a chance to mingle with peers in their year level.

Feedback from previous whole-school transitions have been positive from both students and staff. Staff are using these sessions to observe how students get along with others in their year level. Students were also given the chance to make a sociogram of their friends – each student’s 2020 class will have at least one person from their sociogram.

This Friday, and the following Fridays, parents will bring their Pre-Schoolers to the Office and are welcome to stay with them or take advantage of the varied informative sessions on offer in our Library.

The last Transition Session, Friday 13th December, will have students spending from 9am-12.30pm in their 2020 classroom with their 2020 teacher. On this day, a Parent Information Session will be held from 11:30am-12:15pm, for 2020 Prep Parents. If you have any queries regarding the Transition

Program please contact Hayley Doyle or Janene Thompson.

2019 Preps Current

Students

Parent

Sessions

Fri 29/11 9-10:30am 9-11am 9:30-10am

Numeracy

Fri 6/12 9-10:30am 9-11am 9.30-10am

Wellbeing &

Specialist Subjects

Fri 13/12 9am—

12:30pm

9am—

1pm

11:30am-12:15pm

Getting Ready for

School

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CANTEEN ROSTER Week 8—November Week 9—December

Mon 1 HELP NEEDED

Tue 2 HELP NEEDED

Wed 3 HELP NEEDED

Thu 28 Gretta Benfield Thu 4 Dianne Steer

Fri 29 Kylie McFarlane Fri 5 Yolande Logan

Week 10—December Week 11—December

Mon 8 HELP NEEDED Mon 15 HELP NEEDED

Tue 9 HELP NEEDED Tue 16 HELP NEEDED

Wed 10 HELP NEEDED Wed 17 HELP NEEDED

Thu 11 Tamika Skelsey Thu 18 Kerri Curran

Fri 12 Carol Fitzpatrick Fri 19 No Lunches

KIDS ARTWORKS PRODUCTS

Parents’ Club are providing families with the opportunity to purchase ‘Kids Art Works’ products. Artworks have been completed by each child at school and sent to ‘Kids Art Works’, where it will be copied onto a quality product. The products available for purchase include: Calendars, diaries (spiral bound), mouse mats, greeting cards and a sketch pad. The company again has provided online ordering. Last week, each student received a form providing a unique code, so that parents/carers can log on to view completed artwork and/or place an order.

*ORDERS CLOSE THIS SUNDAY 1/12/19*

PE REPORT

Swimming Year Prep, 1 and 2 Swimming will begin next Monday 2 December at the Outdoor Swimming Pool.

How’s your oral health?

Do you know that any child under 13 has access to free

dental care from the Swan Hill District Health Dental

Service? Regular dental check-ups are important to en-

sure healthy teeth and gums. It’s important for children

to regularly visit a dentist from an early age to prevent

dental issues as well as to develop healthy habits. Call

the clinic on 5033 9336 or drop into 30 High Street Swan

Hill to book your appointment.

LIBRARY STOCKTAKE It’s that time of the year again! Library Stocktake started this week, and this means no more borrowing and all borrowed out library books must be returned to the Library.

Mrs K is running the usual competition for the first class with ALL books returned. The winning class has the option of either a chocolate cake or Zooper Doopers!

WALK OR RIDE ON WEDNESDAY

This week’s ‘Walk on Wednesday’ winners are Ruby from PC and Ajim from 3K. They said it is great walking to school because it keeps you fit.

Dates 11am 11:55am 1:30pm

Mon 2/12 2S &2R PB & PC 1B & 1G

Tue 3/12 1M & 1W PN 2J & 2B

Wed 4/12 2S &2R 1B & 1G PB & PC

Thu 5/12 2J & 2B PN 1M & 1W

Fri 6/12 1B & 1G PB & PC 2S &2R

Mon 9/12 2J & 2B PN 1M & 1W

Tue 10/12 2S &2R

Wed 11/12 2J & 2B PB & PC 1B & 1G

Thu 12/12 1B & 1G PN 1M & 1W

Fri 13/12 1M & 1W

AUSSIE OF THE MONTH Congratulations to our Junior Aussie of the Month for September, Nikyrah from Prep B. Nikyrah was presented with her certificate and voucher at Assembly on Monday.

Nikyrah is a kind and helpful student who loves coming to school and walks in with a big smile on her face every morning. She is always looking for an opportunity to help her teacher and her classmates.

Nikyrah works very hard on her

school work. She enjoys all

areas of the curriculum and

puts in 100% effort into every

lesson and task.

Nikyrah is always willing to take on new challenges every day. She has an amazing amount of respect for others and does her best to make sure everyone feels welcome. Miss Correnti has greatly enjoyed getting to know her this year and can’t wait to see her future achievements.

Well Done Nikyrah!!

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0402 243 098

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