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From The Principal Dear Parents/Caregivers Welcome to Term 3. It was great to see such a positive response to the parent/teacher interviews at the end of last term. I trust that you enjoyed hearing about your child’s learning and achievements. We have lots of students that will be attending the camp in the last week of this term. There is much work to do before they go and I would like to thank parents who have been great in paying off the camp fees. Have the BEST fortnight Leanne Sheardown PRINCIPAL
Dinjerra Messenger
Term 3, No. 9 Thursday, 28th July,
2011
Games, toys and equipment
from home are NOT
allowed to be brought
to school.
Education Tax Refund (ETR) From 1st July, 2011 the Government is changing the Education
Tax so that people can claim their children’s school uniforms
and other education expenses, so start saving your receipts so
you can claim them next year. For all the information you need,
please see the community notice board near the office.
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) If you are the holder of a pension card or a Health Care card, or if you are a new family to the school, and you did not apply for the EMA at the beginning of the year, please bring your card to the office and sign an application. The closing date for new applications is: 5th August, 2011.
Ramadan Ramadan starts on 1st August which is beginning of week 3. Any student who is fasting during Ramadan must bring a signed note to school by the end of week 2.
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
.
P1A Crystal Ward You always have a great smile and try your very best with your work. Logan Patching You have completed your spelling activities each day. Well done!! P1B Eva Do You demonstrate a great atti-tude to learning and have made a gigantic im-provement in Reading. Elisha Johnston You read your Guided Reading book with expression and confidence. 24A Hiba Muse You always do your work with a positive attitude and are a good role model to others. Yassir Mohamed and Matthew Duong You put in great effort with your acting last week—well done!! 24B Vina Ininahazwe You showed a lot of feeling and creativity in your writing. 46A Anna Tran You have made a great tran-sition into the class. 46B David Ngo You have settled into your new classroom so quickly. Welcome!
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Stars of the Week
27/06/11 and 25/07/11 SUPERSTAR
RIBBONS Congratulations to the
following students who have
been awarded Superstar
Ribbons for great behaviour
and Citizenship:
25 Stars: Mahdi Mohamed, Anna Tran, Andrew Asafo, Jonah Nosair, Harshita Dang, Abanob Nosair,Tommy Barbara, Ms Karen Jones
50 Stars: Zainudien Johanudin, Anh Bui, Elisha Johns-ton, Hamda Muse, Dustin Vu, Suweyz Abdi, Suong Batshoun, James Beasley, Jacklyne Biar, Rebecca Chan, Kenneth Du, Khemis Jacob, Liam Keeping, Nayna Kumar, Hanady Malik, Patrick Tam, Cing Laiteng, George Efthimiadis
75 Stars: Par Tha Ding Co Pah, Mahad Ahmed, Nuam Laiteng, Charvante Kaiwahia-Tunui, Anh Nguyen, Trung Nguyen, Zakaria Sharif, An-nica-Yin Tran, Belis Uwingabiye, Jibriil Abdi, Eva Do, Ayse Aydin, Lilian Du, Ben Phillips-Triolo, James Beasley, Jacklyn Biar, Khemis Jacob, Liam Keeping, Nayna Kumar, Rocky Mand
100 Stars: Hiba Muse, Alija Demirovic, Yassir Mo-hamed, Shreyansh Patel, Kimberly Salve-dor, Hong Kowk, Danny Tran, Moses Bat-shoun, Kurea Adrian, Branden Chiem, Soren Chowhdury-Pearce, Nathan Le, Amy Chen, Suong Batshoun, Rebecca Chan, Bianca
Lea, Trung Nguyen, Zakaria Sharif,
SUPERSTAR RIBBONS
Congratulations to the
following students who have
been awarded Superstar
Ribbons for great behaviour
and Citizenship:
Over 100 stars Tra-Mi Do, Isaac Jacob, Ashish Kumar, Nghiem Le, William Orellana, Ayan Abdullahi, Jason Leung, Alice Nhan, Jennifer Nguyen, Matrina Tran, Ms Tamara Scales, Bradley Heffernan, Chin Chin Sangluai, Phoenix Kaiwahia-Tunui, Tony Anthony, Noah Cunningham, Cindy Tran, Julie Tran, Danny Leung, Danni Luu, Jasper Lu, Saleban Mohamed, Vina Ininahazwe, Sabrina Chen,Anh Nguten, Patrick Tam, Hendaya Malik, Charvante Kaihawai-Tunui,Ahmed Has-san
Over 200 stars Tony Anthony, Bradley Heffernan, Chin Chin Sangulai, Phoenix Kahawai-Tunui, Nicholas Batshoun, Jack Co Pah, The following children received an end of term prize as part of the Superstars pro-gram…….William Orellana, Lillian Keeping, Nastho Yusuf, Henadi Malik, Claudia Fors-berg, Noah Cunningham, Leena Tran, Jack Co Pah, Ayan Abdullahi, Tito Biar, Kristy Ha.
Fast Facts About Inventors
In 1894, Lord Kelvin predicted that radio had
no future; he also predicted that heavier-than-
air flying machines were impossible.
The word ―sneaker‖ was coined by Henry
McKinney, an advertising agent for N.W. Ayer
& Son.
Charles Macintosh invented the waterproof
coat, the Mackintosh, in 1823.
Air-filled tyres were used on bicycles before
they were used on motorcars.
The paperclip was invented by Norwegian Jo-
hann Vaaler.
Music was sent down a telephone line for the
first time in 1876, the year the phone was in-
vented.
Optical fiber was invented in 1966 by two
British scientists called Charles Kao and
George Hockham working for the British com-
pany Standard Telecommunication.
Joseph Niepce developed the world’s first pho-
tographic image in 1827.
The videophone was invented by Bell Labora-
tories in 1927.
The first vending machine was invented by
Hero of Alexandria in the first century. When
a coin was dropped into a slot, its weight
would pull a cork out of a spigot and the ma-
chine would dispense a trickle of holy water.
The can opener was invented 48 years after
cans were introduced.
The hair perm was invented in 1906 by Karl
Ludwig Nessler of Germany.
Leonardo da Vinci never built the inventions
he designed.
Traffic lights were used before the advent of
the motorcar.
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Physical Education News Please make sure your children wear runners to school when they have a Physical Education lesson.
Your children have Physical Education on the following days.
Prep / 1 – Wednesday; 2/3/4 – Thursday; 4/5/6 – Tuesday.
2011 Swimming Program The Dinjerra Swimming Program will run in 4th term this year. The children will be able to gain further confi-
dence in water and learn swimming and survival skills. The children will attend for 9 consecutive days from
Tuesday 11th October until Friday 21st October. The children will be travelling by bus everyday to the Maribyr-
nong Aquatic Centre near Highpoint West. Permission notes and the costing have already gone home and need
to be returned by 9th September. No late forms will be accepted.
The Dinjerra Sports Carnival Our Annual Sports Carnival will be taking place in 4th term this year. It’s a day of games and fun competition
between our green and gold houses. Children and teachers dress up in their house colours and parents are in-
vited along to join in the festivities. Our National Bank buddies also attend to help run events on the day. Last
year gold house won by only a few points. Good luck everyone!
Badminton Clinics for Grades 4/5/6 Grade 4/5/6 children will take part in Badminton clinics during their physical education lessons on Tuesday 2nd
August. John Lim from the Altona Badminton Centre will be coaching them on badminton skills and tech-
niques of the game.
School Council Annual General Meeting for 2011 will be held on Tuesday,
9th August at 6.30pm in the Staffroom. This meeting will be followed by
the normal School Council meeting. All are welcome to attend.
Parents as Volunteers in our Classrooms Thank you to all those parents who have been generously giving up their time to volunteer in the class-room. An extra set of hands to help with tasks, an extra ear, another person to assist and encourage a student and another role model in our classroom. Both staff and students enjoy and value the presence and support of our parents volunteering in our classrooms or around our school. There are a number of ways that you as parents can volunteer in the school. Perhaps you have a special talent or skill that you can share and teach. You may like to help with reading, during literacy or nu-meracy, in art or PE. You may just wish to be present in your child’s classroom to share in their learning experience.
Learning through Inquiry Inquiry learning is an active thinking and learning process. Students are problem posers and problem solvers within inquiry
learning.
Our classes have new inquiry topics for the term. I encourage all parents and carers to talk to your child about what they are
learning in class as well as visit the class and speak to the teacher about what the inquiry unit entails.
P/1 : Things constantly change over time and effect the way we live.
Grade 2/3/4/5/6: Around the world amazing events have taken place that have changed human existence.
10th Footscray Scout Group
If you would like any information please
don’t hesitate to either call one of the sec-tion leaders or visit us at the hall on a sec-
tion night. Location:
10th Footscray School Hall, Graham Street, West Footscray
Website:
www.10thfootscrayscoutgroup.org.au
Cub Scouts Thursday Night, 7:15pm – 8:45pm
7 ½ - 10 ½ Years Old Outings... Games … FUN ... Friendship ... Badges ... Call Kyal 0450 666 800
Joey Scouts NEW IN TERM 3, 2011
6 - 7 ½ Years Old Games … Friendship … FUN ... Craft Call Dragi 0422 225 145
Scouts Tuesday Night, 7pm – 9pm
10 ½ - 14 Years Old Adventure … Camping … FUN … Games … Friendship Call Dwayne 0412 324 887
Cottage By the Sea Camp
During the second week of the holidays we went to a Cottage By the Sea Camp in Queenscliff. We went with stu-
dents from Footscray West Primary School and Footscray North Primary School. We stayed at the camp for one
week. We had lots of fun and made some new friends.
The best part of the Cottage By the Sea camp was having a chance to see some of my old friends from Footscray
North Primary School. (Nuam)
What was exciting about the Cottage By the Sea Camp was that we went to ten pin bowling and to the Werribee
Zoo. (Bradley)
At camp l had so much fun when we made lots of new friends and when we went ten pin bowling. (Vina)
The Cottage By the Sea Camp was the best. I really like visiting Werribee Open Zoo. (Zakaria)
I enjoyed it when we played air hockey at the Cottage By the Sea Camp. (Kenneth)
When l went to the Cottage By the Sea Camp l made new friends and played air hockey. (Danny)
The Cottage By The Sea Camp was great because l got to make new friends and l liked watching movies in our
pyjamas. I had my birthday while l was on camp. (Jacklyne)
At the Cottage By the Sea Camp l got to do lots of things like go to the beach. (Ahmed)
What l enjoyed the most about the camp was seeing Puffing Billy which is an old fashioned train. (Rosie)
At the Cottage By the Sea Camp l enjoyed visiting the marine centre where we got to see and touch sea creatures.
(Charvante)
The students are congratulated for their excellent behaviour, for showing great leadership skills and courage by
attending the camp, meeting new people and learning new skills.
Morning Tea with the Principal
On 21st July I had 5 very happy students join me for Morning Tea. Taha shared his Flip, Slide, Turn maths work
and even showed us what each term means. Zakaria also shared his maths
with us and told us how much he likes to problem solve. Alice brought
along her Writer’s Notebook to share and showed us her Winter poem and
some faces she drew that were very cute! Lydia also brought along her
Writer’s Notebook and shared her Shadow writing and told me she loves
to do bubble writing! Saleban brought his Writer’s Notebook and his
Reading Response Journal. He shared some of the new words he found out
the meaning to when he was reading a crime book and from his Notebook
he read about the transformers film he saw.
Dinjerra Primary School No. 5450 PO Box 4005 WEST FOOTSCRAY 3012 44 South Road BRAYBROOK 3019 Telephone : 9311 1598 Fax : 9312 3182 email : [email protected] Web: dinjerra.vic.edu.au.sponsor-ed.com.au Principal : Ms Leanne Sheardown Assistant Principal: Ms Sharon Higgins
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It’s Not Okay to be Away or Late. Being at school everyday helps to create happy, con-fident and positive children! Just a reminder to all parents that children need to be
at school everyday unless they are ill. Children who
are frequently late or absent from school find it more
difficult to learn routines and have to work hard to
catch up on their learning. Being at school everyday
also helps children to develop good friendship and
have positive experiences with their peers. Please
contact the school or send a note if your child has
been unwell and absent from school.
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
dockets, so all you need to do is bring those
dockets to school (Woolworths have even
given us a special collection box!).
The more points you bring in, the more we
can redeem from a choice of more than 7,000
educational resources including library books,
classroom equipment, art & crafts materials
and much, much more!
Help Woolies to help our school. Collect as
many Earn & Learn points as you can!
Collection box in front office
Morning Tea with the Principal
On the 30th June I had a giggly group of
students join me for Morning Tea. Char-
vante, Claudia, Eva, Emi, Hitarth and Jo-
nah brought along some learning to share
with me. Charvante brought along her
Writer’s Notebook and shared some spe-
cial stuff about her friends, Claudia also
shared her Writer’s Notebook and said it
is the 2nd best thing about Dinjerra—
meeting me is the first!! Eva shared her
reading strategies, Emi showed us her
rainbow and sang us a song called ―A Lit-
tle Dog Named Tim‖. Jonah showed us
some of his work in his Writer’s Note-
book and Hitarth thinks his Writer’s Note-
book is fantastic for ideas!
