Friday 3rd May 2019 The yard will be supervised before school from 8.45am and after school until 3.45pm Please do not drop children at school before 8.45am

Important Dates

Wednesday May 8th

6.00pm Foundation 2020 Parent

information session

Thursday May 9th

Year 4 excursion

Friday May 10th

3.00pm Assembly

3.15pm Second Hand Uniform Stall

Tuesday May 14th – Thursday

May 16th

NAPLAN – Year 3 & 5

Saturday May 18th

Election Day BBQ fundraiser for

FPS– Gilmore Girls college

Wednesday May 22nd

9.00am Parent Forum

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope all families had a restful and

relaxing holiday break. The following are reminders and follow

up from last term.

Building School Pride

We would also like the community’s support with the following

operational matters. These are all connected to encouraging our

students to strive to be the best that they can be. High

expectations from all members of our community will support

our students to achieve these.

Being on time is a life skill. Students must arrive to

school on time. It teaches students the important value of

reliability and punctuality. The impact of children arriving

late is that they are missing out on explicict learning time.

An average of 25 children are arriving late each day. This

also impacts on the workload of office staff.

Wearing the school uniform. I request that all students

wear the school uniform. To foster a sense of pride in being

a Footscray Primary School student means being proud to

wear our uniform.

Taking care of our school and environment. At the end

of Term 1 school staff stayed back to help create an orderly

school environment. The appearance of our school and

classroom spaces can enhance or hinder our perception of

order. I request parents talk to students about the

importance of caring for our school. This includes not

damaging school property and doing our personal best to

take pride in everything we do. Thanks to all of the teaching

staff for the extraordinary effort.

Partnerships with parents to enhance student learning

Last term one of the parent forums focused on ways we can

continue to build and develop positive partnerships at Footscray

Primary School. When parents are engaged in school learning

programs and teachers support the establishment of these

partnerships, students are more likely to experience an inclusive

education at school.

In the school’s Annual Implementation Plan we have prioritised

the development of positive partnerships between home and

school.

Election Day BBQ Fundraiser for FPS

Saturday May 18th

10am – 6pm

Gilmore College for Girls

298 Barkly St Footscray

For 2019, the office will be open at

the following times.

*Monday 8.30am – 4.00pm

Tuesday 8.45am – 4.00pm

Wednesday 8.30am – 4.00pm

*Thursday 8.30am – 4.00pm

Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm

Uniform Sales*

Mondays 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Thursdays 8.30am - 9.30am

If you require uniforms and cannot

make these times, please email

footscray.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au to

make other arrangements.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND

EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

If you are in receipt of a

concession card, you may be

entitled to an annual payment of

$125.00 to be used for camps,

sports and/or excursion

expenses. This amount is paid

directly to the school and will be

allocated by the school for your

child.

BANK DETAILS

Commonwealth Bank

Footscray Primary School

BSB:063 132

Account number 10090179

Please include a reference with the

student(s)’ names.

EFTPOS available at the office

Our Key Improvement Strategy is:

The school will work with parents/carers through regular

communication about what their children are learning at school.

Some key actions we are taking towards achieving this goal are:

1. Recognise the roles of parents and carers as first

educators and engage them with school learning

programs. Therefore students are more likely to

experience an inclusive education within and beyond the

classroom. Principal and Assistant Principal will plan a

range of ways to support communication about the

school's learning programmes in the form of:

Communication Tool Up to date information

Parent Forums (monthly) In Term 2 the following forums will be held: May -Presentation to Foudantion 2020 families on Wednesday 8th May at 6:00pm - The Primary Years Program- A Curriculum for the 21st Century- Wednesday 22nd May at 9:00 am June – School Wellbeing at F.P.S Friday 14th June at 9.00am

Curriculum Overviews sent home at the beginning of each term. These will be sent home on Monday.

These were shared at the Parent Information session in Term 1. The Term 2 Overview will be sent home shortly.

Home learning to support practice at home

The Home Learning Policy has been included in this newsletter.

Celebrations of Learning Teachers will communicate their Celebrations of Learning in advance so parents can attend.

Student-led Conferences and the sharing of learning by students.

A permission form about Seesaw has been sent home to all 3-6 families. Please ensure this is completed and returned to school.

School newsletter and website.

The Policy for Communication has been shared with the community. Please read and follow this policy

2. Community members including students and staff were

involved with 'The Wellbeing Summit'. This was held last

term and a report from the day is currently being

written. Teachers will facilitate parent/carer involvement

in education within the classroom, school and beyond.

The application of SeeSaw will support ongoing school-

wide communication about student learning. This is an

exciting online tool that uses technology to document the

learning for families.

3. Communication with teachers- While appointments are

required to discuss your child’s learning or any concerns,

it is important to build positive relationships by getting to

know your child’s teacher. This can be a quick hello and

brief conversation.

OFFICE NEWS

Upcoming Dates Key School Dates for May

Date and Time Event

Wednesday 8th

May

6pm

2020 Foundation Information Session

Friday 10th May at

3pm

School Assembly

Second Hand Uniform Stall

Wednesday 15th

May at 6:00pm

School Council Meeting

Wednesday 22nd

May at 9:00am

Parent Forum: Unpacking the Primary

Years Programme

Warm regards,

Philip Fox

Principal

Second Hand Uniform Stall

There will be a second hand

uniform stall on Friday May 10th

3.15pm near the canteen. Please

bring small change/ cash if you

would like to purchase second

hand uniforms. Items start at $2.

A big thank you to our parent

volunteers who are sorting through

donations and will be running the

stall.

Toothbrush Recycling

This term, the Green Team will

continue to collect used plastic

toothbrushes and toothpaste

container to recycle, so we avoid

sending them to landfill! Please

bring your used toothbrushes to

the office, where the Green Team

has set up a collection point.

Democracy Sausage

volunteers - we need you!

Election Day BBQ fundraiser

When: Saturday 18th May

Time: 10am - 6pm (2hr shifts)

Where: Gilmore Girls College

(opposite Footscray PS)

Please sign you and/or your

partner up for a 2hr shift

here: https://signup.com/go/L

hjSXHG

All funds raised will support the All

Aboard program.

Year 4 News

Year 4 have hit the ground running this term, having already

started clinics in P.E, a new Unit of Inquiry and an Excursion

to look forward to next Thursday.

We have started our new Inquiry unit, “Ecosystems are

Interdependent” by exploring biotic and abiotic factors that

make up an ecosystem, identifying these factors in our own

school environment and discussing how these affect each

other. The students have also really enjoyed integrating

literacy into this unit, combining our current unit on

summarising, with a focus on sketchnoting to think about

our learning. Sketchnoting involves visually representing

concepts and ideas through words, drawing, symbols, lines

and diagrams. We are also very excited for our excursion

next week where we will travel to Rickett’s Point Marine

Sanctuary to learn about intertidal rockpools and sandy

beaches.

We have also been fortunate to begin working with the

Western Bulldogs this week in P.E as part of our unit on AFL.

Students have been able to further develop their skills under

the guidance of industry professionals and we will continue

to be working with the Bulldogs for the next two weeks.

School Calendar – Term 2, 2019

Term 2 2019

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week

3

6 7 8

6pm Foundation

2020

Information

Session

9

Year 4 excursion

to Ricketts Point

Marine Santuary

10

3.15pm Second

Hand uniform

stall

Assembly

Week

4

13 14

NAPLAN

15

NAPLAN

6pm School

Council

16

NAPLAN

Year 6 Excursion

to Melb Museum

17 Saturday

May 18th Election day BBQ

fundraiser at Gilmore Girls

Week

5

20 21

Foundation

Excursion to NGV

5pm Vietnam

study tour info

night

22

9am Parent

Forum: PYP

23 24

Assembly

Week

6

27

Reconciliation

Week

28

Foundation 2020

Information

Session

29 30 31

Week

7

3 June 4

5 6 7

Assembly

Week

8

10

Public

Holiday

11

12

6pm School

Council

13 14

Parent Forum

Week

9

17

Year 3

Excursion to

Arts Centre

18

19 20 21

Week

10

24 25

26 27 28

Last day of term