Dorset Primary School Diary Dates

Friday 26th October: French Day Grade - 3 to 6 Healesville Sanctuary - Gr 1 & 2

Monday 5th November: Curriculum Day - Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 6th November: Melbourne Cup - Public Holiday

Friday 9th November: Grade 2 Sleepover

Monday 19th - Friday 23rd November: Grade Prep - 2 Swimming Program

Monday 26th - Friday 30th November: Grade 3 to 6 Swimming Program

Wednesday 5th December: Book Selling Day

Tuesday 18th December: Grade 6 Graduation

Friday 21st December: Last Day of Term 4

Date: Thursday 25th October 2012

Issue No: 30

NOTICES SENT HOME

Notice Sent Home Recipient Date

Healesville Sanctuary Gr 1 & 2 8th Oct

Cooking Gr 1 & 2 8th Oct

Gr 6 Jacket 2013 Gr 5 8th Oct

Graduation News Gr 6 10th Oct

Swimming Whole School 12th Oct

Grade 2 Sleepover Gr 2 17th Oct

DATE CHANGE

The Grade 2 Sleepover will be held on Friday 9th of November NOT Friday 16th of November

Preps Visit Healesville Sanctuary

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News

• Can you believe we are halfway through Spring already. The vegetable garden is really taking off

with lots of plantings of radish, tomato, carrots,

beans and peas. Anna is doing a great job and the children are loving learning about growing all sorts

of vegetables. The Garden Club is a real hit. • Lil and the children will be harvesting lettuce,

celery, beetroot, spring onions, broad beans and

silver beet. Have a look at Lil’s fab recipes from term 3 on our website for some great ideas and

take the challenge of trying a recipe at home with your son or daughter. You might like to think about

joining in on one of Lil’s great cooking sessions. We are starting up a Friends of the Garden Group

(FOGG) and plan to meet once a month on a Wednesday evening or as suits all those interested.

(Talk to Anna or Chris if interested). Finally, if anyone has any limes or lemons to donate

to the kitchen it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Chris

Birthdays

Student of the Week

Zahra Easton Bonnie Haworth Hooker Eboni Rowe Flynn Davies Keneesha Walker Brian Mackie Emily Johnson Matthias Braun Mikayla Mackintosh Mikaela Haw Anthony Whitehead Zander Cunningham Riley Wilkins Kate Heriot

Josh Dingley Summah Dibble Brendan Ford Renee Haw Tate Hammond Brooke Winter Cooper Calderwood Tahlia Rowe Chantelle Jenkins Kira Giles Rhubee Spataro Ainslie Heriot Sergey Metlenko

Bradley Trapani Sienna Fiore Tori Du Buisson Perrine Sheridan Rancie Abby Holness Angel Papworth Sam Pachacz Ned McKenna

CANTEEN

Helpers Needed in the Canteen

Wednesday 14th November 9-10am

1-2pm 2 helpers

Friday 16th November 9-10am

1-2pm 2 helpers

Wednesday 21st November 9-10am

1-2pm 2 helpers

Friday 23rd November 9-10am

1-2pm 2 helpers

Friday 30th November 9-10am

1-2pm 2 helpers

Please phone 0412 144 974 if you can help.

Thanks Lynel

POPPY’S FOR SALE

Poppy’s, wrist bands, bag tags and badges are

currently for sale.

$1.00 Poppy $2.00 Badge

$3.00 Wrist Bands $4.00 Bag Tag

$5.00 Badge $10.00 Badge

Students will be visiting the classrooms

daily selling these items.

The apple man will be here this Friday 26/10/12

Approx. 5.5kg bags.

Fuji $10.00

Royal Gala $10.00

Gold Delicious $ 8.00

Green Pears $ 8.00

Granny Smith $ 8.00

Pink Lady $10.00

Please place orders along with payment at the office

by Friday morning.

Dorset Primary School results in the Australian Mathematics Competition 2012

The results of the 35th annual Australian Mathematics Competition held on 2nd August in primary and secondary school are now available. Hundreds and thousands of students from over 40 countries entered. Dorset Primary School entered 35 students. 1 obtained a Distinction, 11 achieved a Credit and 10 received a Proficiency Certificate. All other students who competed will receive a Certificate of Participation and every entrant is provided with an individual performance report. Congratulations to all.

Zone Athletic Results

Last Thursday Dorset had 8 children compete in the

regional athletics championships.

Congratulations to these children who managed to

qualify for this high level competition. This was a great

achievement.

Results – The girls 12/13 yr relay team (Patience

Amartey, Renee Haw, Bella Koikas and Chloe Batty)

came 4th in their heat. Many thanks again to Chloe

Batty who this time ran in Samantha Olsen’s place.

Unfortunately Samantha Olsen also missed competing

in the 200m and the 800m due to a leg injury.

- Samantha Triangelo came 3rd in the high jump

- Georgi Clarke came 6th in the high jump

- Thomas Sheridan continued to have great success

winning both the 1500m and the 800m events. Thomas

will now compete in the State competition next week.

This has been an outstanding achievement. We wish

Thomas luck and success in this competition.

BAT TENNIS RESULTS

Last week the Dorset Summer bat tennis team played

against Great Ryrie (winners of the Ringwood Nth

district). The competition was very tight and of a very

high standard. I was also particularly pleased with the

way that our children conducted themselves in respect

to sportsmanship.

Results - Dorset 3 sets, 38 games – Great Ryrie 3 sets,

46 games.

Congratulations to our team for their achievements over

the year.

Team members - James Heriot, Jackson McNicol,

Adam Alpert, Fion Stevenson, Gideon Davidson,

Riley McNicol, Jing Wu, Gillian O’Connor,

Daniel Rose’Meyer, Jin Rong Jiao and

Bailey Calderwood

French

Day at

Dorset

Industrial Action - Thursday 25th October

Thank you for your overwhelming support of the stop work action today.

You have supported the staff 100% in their industrial action.

Let’s hope a satisfactory outcome will be achieved in the very near future!

Grade Placement 2013

Plans for the 2013 school year are well advanced with Prep enrolments being finalised, budgets and

booklists prepared, supplied, ordered and grade lists completed. Placement of children in classes for

2013 will be considered in November/December. This is a complex process involving much time and

consideration by teachers to ensure children are placed in the most appropriate class settings. School

policy is such that the ultimate aim is to establish balanced classes throughout the school, balanced in the

sense that numbers of children in classes should be uniform and that a variety of abilities, interests, and

needs of students be similar. Criteria to be considered by teachers are age, academic ability, siblings,

friendship groups, behavioural and emotional factors. As usual, I am inviting parents who have concerns

regarding the placement of their child for the new year with particular reference to the above criteria, to

forward to myself, in writing, their views on this matter for consideration. Every effort will be taken to

accommodate genuine and substantial concerns, BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL

PARTICULAR REQUESTS FOR INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS BE CONSIDERED. Please note that

requests for consideration will be accepted only until Friday November 9th. Classes for 2013 and

teachers, where known will be distributed with the December report on Friday December 14th.

Curriculum Day - Monday 5th November

Just a reminder that Monday 5th November, the day before Melbourne Cup is a pupil free day. No

children will be required at school on that day.

School will recommence on Wednesday 7th November at 9.00 am.

Grade 2 Sleepover

This will take place on Friday 9th November.

Thank you to the many staff and parents who will be involved in this great activity.

Prep 2013 Transition

This program is well underway and its great to see the great number of new students coming to our

school. Thank you to the prep staff for all their hard work - I know our new preps will settle in very well

next year.

Grade Structure 2013

Work has begun on the structure for next year. This will be put into the newsletter when finalised by the

staff.

Notebook Evening - Wednesday 24th October

Thank you Justin Mackay, school councillors and staff who organised last nights meeting.

Great questions and discussions occurred. How exciting for our children to have access to notebooks

and the great outcomes which will follow.

A happy and productive week at Dorset.

I’ve been happy with the behaviour in the school. Well done girls and boys.

Regards,

John Jacobs Principal