From The Principal Dear Parents/Caregivers It has been a great start to term with students showing how capable and responsible they can be when they put their mind to it. Next week is Science Week and we are having a hands-on incursion with Australian reptiles. Very excit-ing!! Fifteen students last week visited Footscray North PS to learn more skills in working within the Ultra-net—our students impressed a number of people! Impressive! Have the BEST fortnight Leanne Sheardown PRINCIPAL

Dinjerra Messenger

Term 3, No. 10 Thursday, 11th August,

2011

Games, toys and equipment

from home are NOT

allowed to be brought

to school.

Morning Tea with the Principal

On Thursday 28th July I met with a hungry group of students

that included Bianca, Jhayden,

Jessica, Vina, Martina and

Logan. They each brought

along some of their learning to

share with me. Jessica brought

along a beautiful picture of a

swan that she had painted and

the writing that she did about

it. She used very descriptive

words. Logan showed us his

spelling work that he was proud of as well as his colourful paint-

ing of birds in trees. Jhayden is a maths superstar and shared his

maths work with us. Martina, Bianca and Vina all wanted to

show their Writer’s Notebook. Martina loves her Writer’s Note-

book and shared that she loves writing and art. Bianca read out

her Top 10 Moments about her family and Vina said she likes

her Writer’s Notebook because she learns lots of new things such

as new words and you can put lots of different things into the

Writer’s Notebook because it is your own.

Please see the Community Noticeboard for more information on: Meditation and Self-Knowledge Education Tax Refund 10TH Footscray Scout Group Dyslexia Support Group

A reminder to all that the Canteen and Uniform Shop are closed on Mondays and Tues-

days.

Please make sure that your child brings lunch to school on these days.

Parents, carers and children are not permitted in the car park for health and safety reasons. DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR INTO OUR STAFF CAR PARK

. P1B Keegan Kawahia-Tunui You are mak-ing good choices with your learning. Taha Mohammed You always try your best especially in Maths. 24A Chosyn Kawahia-Tunui You always have a positive attitude and put 100% effort into your work. Mahdi Mohamed You are sharing your ideas and understandings in maths—keep it up! Anne Tran You have made a great transition into our grade. 24B Ben Phillips-Trioli You are trying very hard in all areas of your work. Sabrina Chan You are becoming more willing to share your ideas and opinions. 46A Moses Batshoun You were patient when you taught your teacher how to shuffle. Isaac Jacob You displayed beautiful music skills when filming your performance. 46B Trung Nguyen You always put lots of effort into every task given. Katie Nguyen You consistently work hard in every lesson.

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Stars of the Week

01/08/11 and 08/08/11 SUPERSTAR

RIBBONS Congratulations to the

following students who have

been awarded Superstar

Ribbons for great behaviour

and Citizenship:

25 Stars: Peter Ngo, Keegan Kahawai-Tunui, Harshimi Shol-

inghur, Ilan Blenariu

50 Stars: Katie Nguyen, Tommy Barbara, Jonah Nosair, Es-

meralda Orellana, Erin Johanudin,

75 Stars: Kenneth Du, Kelly Ly, Tito Biar, Dustin Vu, Rosie

Forsberg, Hibak Abdi, Jhayden Le, Yassir Ahmed,

Krystal Coad, Tracey Chiem, Hibak Abdi, Suweyz

Abdi, Erin Johanudin.

100 Stars: Belis Uwingabiye, Yoonis Ahmed, Ayan Abdullahi,

Chosyn Kahawai-Tunui, Kirsty Ha, Hitarth Pithava,

Hassan Hayder, Johnson Le, Hayley Marsahall, Linh

Nguyen, Mahad Ahmed, Nuam Laiteng, Jhayden Le,

Tito Biar, Abigail Perez.

Over 100 stars Suong Batshoun 150, Jacklyne Biar 150, Rebecca

Chan 125, Khemis Jacob150, Liam Keeping 150,

Nayna Kumar 125, Bianca Lea 200, Anh Nguyen 175,

Trung Nguyen 125, Patrick Tam 175, Rocky Mand

125, Moses batshoun 150, Tra-Mi Do 150, Noah

Cunningham 175, Nghiem Le 175,Jason Leung 175,

Martina Tran 175, Matthew Duong 125, Hiba Muse

125, Lillian Keeping 150, Claudia Forsberg 125, Kim-

berly Salvedor 125, Hong Kowk 150, Shreyansh

Patel 150, Moses Batshoun 175, Jennifer Nguyen

175, Alice Nhan 175, Ms Tamara Scales 175, An-

drew Nguyen 125

200 stars Noah Cunningham, Nghiem Le, Jason Leung, William Orellana, Cindy Tran, Julie Tran.

Over 200 stars Ahmed Hassan 250, Charvante Kaiwahia-Tunui 275,

Hanadi Malik 275, Zak Sharif 275, Bradley Heffer-nan 225, Chin Chin Sangluia 225, Phoenix Kaiwahai-

Tunui 225, Tony Anthony 275.

If your children are sick, it is im-portant that you keep them at home until they are well enough to return to school. If they are going to be away for more than one day, please ring the school to let us know. When your child does return to school, please send a note to the class teacher which explains the absence.

Have you been to the Ultranet lately to check out what’s new and exciting in your child’s schooling?

Fast Facts

The word malaria comes from the words mal

and aria, which means bad air. This derives

from the old days when it was thought that all

diseases are caused by bad, or dirty air.

The names of all the continents end with the

letter they start with.

On every continent there is a city called Rome.

The oldest inhabited city is Damascus, Syria.

The first city in the world to have a population

of more than one million was Rome.

The most populated city in the world – when

major urban areas are included – is Tokyo,

with more than 37 million residents.

The Vatican is the world’s smallest country, at

0,16 square miles (0,44 square km).

The US flag displays 13 stripes – for the origi-

nal 13 states.

To most Americans, the orient is China, Japan,

Korea and Vietnam; to Europeans it is the area

of India and Pakistan.

Some 160 billion emails are sent daily – more

than 2 million per second – by 1,2 billion

email senders. 97% of it is spam.

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from

freezing.

Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his

left foot first.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps

over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the al-

phabet.

Lightning strikes men about seven times more

often than it does women.

Women make up 49% of the world population.

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Playgroup – Term 3 2011

Playgroup – Wed 9-11am. Anyone welcome anytime.

Date Activities

2oth July Welcome Back

Crafts, play, music, dance and storytime

27th July Painting, craft

Storytime.

3rd August Cars, trains and construction

Lego to build, train roads to create

Stories about cars and trains

Visit to the sandpit

10th August Dress ups, tea sets, puzzles

Visit to prep rooms – 9.50am Story and song

17th August Animals

Sea creatures in water

Animals in sand. Animal Pictures to color and paint.

Stories about animals

24th August

Outside play session

Ball sports and games

31st August Visitor – Childrens Librarian Storytime

Craft activities following storytime.

7th September Cooking – make muffins

Play, playdough, stories, song and dance

14th September Dietician Western Region Health Centre - Visitor Puzzles, Lego and train sets.

21st September Excursion Play Centre – Cost $2.00 per child.

Looking for Host Families A number of exchange students from Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, Japan and Brazil are hoping to be hosted by families who would be interested in enjoying their company for a half, one or two semes-ters and can afford an extra person at mealtimes. Please call Klaus Schumann on (03) 9758 4279 for more information if you are at all interested. Yours sincerely, Klaus Schumann

WEP Community Coordinator

Managing Your Asthma – Spacer Use Metered dose inhalers (MDI’s) or ‘puffers’ are a very common type of medication used for the prevention and treatment of asthma symptoms, yet many people are unaware of the significant benefits of using a spacer with their ‘puffer’, or when administering medication to another person. Spacers are easier to use and require less coordination for medication to be delivered properly to the airways, compared to using a ‘puffer’ alone Using a spacer ensures more medication reaches the airways rather than ending up in the stomach and mouth, and reduces the chance of developing associated side effects Spacers are affordable and are easy to use, clean and maintain. You can purchase one from your local pharmacy Spacers come in a range of shapes and sizes – including some that are designed especially for young children, are space-saving (can hold a ‘puffer’ inside) or are disposable Students who self-administer their asthma medication should be strongly encouraged to also use a spacer For further information, please contact the Asthma Foundation of Victoria on 1800 645 130 or email schools@asthma.org.au

Maintaining Spacers Personal spacers should be cleaned in the following manner at least once a month: Dismantle the spacer and wash in warm water with detergent Remove the spacer and components from the water and do not rinse Allow the spacer and components to air dry Spacers should not be rinsed after washing in detergent, as the soapy water leaves an anti-static coating inside the chamber. This coating prevents medication from ‘sticking’ to the inside of the spacer when the ‘puffer’ is used. More medication is then able to be breathed into the airways where it is needed. Spacers should always be re-placed if they become cracked or broken. Spacers are easy for any person to purchase and use in order to treat their asthma and manage symptoms as effec-tively as possible. For further information, please contact the Asthma Foundation of Victoria on 1800 645 130 or email schools@asthma.org.au

Whole School Photo

An envelope for ordering the Whole School Photo went home to each family earlier in the week. Please return the envelope with the correct money and your order by Friday, 19th August. There are some spares at the Office but not many so please be careful.

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From now until September 18th 2011, you can earn

one Earn & Learn point for our school for every $10

you spend at Woolworths (excluding the purchase of

cigarettes, alcohol and gift cards or purchases made

through Woolworths online or at Caltex Woolworths

co-branded fuel outlets).

Points automatically appear on your shopping dock-

ets, so all you need to do is bring those dockets to

school (Woolworths have even given us a special col-

lection box!).

The more points you bring in, the more we can re-

deem from a choice of more than 7,000 educational

resources including library books, classroom equip-

ment, art & crafts materials and much, much more!

Help Woolies to help our school. Collect as many

Earn & Learn points as you can!

Physical Education News Free sessions for badminton... Children from grades 4/5/6 took part in Bad-minton clinics last week. The students learnt

the skills and techniques for playing the game.

Some children had excellent, natural tal-ent. Everyone from 4/5/6 will take home vouch-

ers for some free time on the courts at the Al-tona Badminton Centre. Some children will re-

ceive a voucher for a free term of lessons at the centre. It would be wonderful for your children

to take up these free offers as they were very

enthusiastic about learning the game of bad-minton. We gave John Lim, our coach, a big

thank-you at the end of our clinics. Swimming Lessons.... Swimming notes are now coming in for the Din-

jerra 9 day Intensive Swimming Program which will take place in the first two weeks of term 4

from Tuesday 11th Oct until Friday 21st Oct. Please don't forget to send the permission note

along with the medical note and $97.00 back to school by Friday 2nd September. I cannot

stress enough the importance of your children

gaining confidence in water and learning how to swim.

Prep/1 Health.... Children in Prep/1 classes have been learning

about personal hygiene - in particular looking

after their teeth. They have been practising the correct procedure for cleaning and flossing their

teeth thanks to free kits sent to us from Col-gate. Please reinforce good habits at home - in

particular cleaning their teeth both morning and

night to practise what they have learnt. Debbie Domas - Health and PE teacher.

Coles has launched their 2011 Sports for Schools program and we are excited to announce that Dinjerra will be participating and collecting vouch-ers for much needed sports equipment. Vouchers are available in all Coles stores from 11 August to 19 Octo-ber and we ask that you get involved to help col-lect vouchers for our school. Our target is to collect vouchers to pro-vide our school with sports equipment. We are appealing to parents and guardi-ans to collect as many vouchers as you can. By donating and encouraging friends and family to do the same, you are helping to provide a