Dorset Primary School Diary Dates

Friday 8th February: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6

Tuesday 12th February: Canteen

Thursday14th February: Canteen

Friday 15th February: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6 Canteen

Friday 22nd February: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6

Friday 8th March: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6

Friday 15th March: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6

Wednesday 20th March: School Council meeting 7pm

Friday 22nd March: Interschool Sports Grades 5&6

Monday 25th March: Grade 5/6 Camp EMA application forms due

Tuesday 26th March: Grade 5/6 Camp

Wednesday 27th March: Grade 5/6 Camp

Thursday 28th March: Grade 5/6 Camp Last Day of Term 1, 2.30pm dismissal

Monday 15th April: Term 2 Commences, 9.00 am

Wednesday 11th September: School Production

Thursday 12th September: School Production

Date: Thursday 7th February 2013

Issue No: 2

NOTICES SENT HOME

Notice Sent Home Recipient Date

SAKG Program Gr 3-6 31st Jan

School banking every Wednesday with Ringwood East Community Bank®

EDUCATIONAL MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE

The first instalment of the Educational Maintenance (EMA) is now being processed. EMA is provided to assist low income families with the cost of essential educational items. To be eligible parents/guardians must either:- Hold a Centrelink pension or allowance card Be a veterans affairs pensioner Be a foster parent Please collect an application form from the office and complete and return it by Monday 25th February 2013 if you have not already done so. We will require a photocopy of your card.

Debbie Payne Business Manager

Relay for Life is coming up

soon!

Saturday 23rd 4pm to

Sunday 24th 10am March 2013

John Gardiner Reserve,

Hawthorn

Teachers, Parents & Friends are

invited to volunteer an hour or two

when Dorset Primary School takes part

in raising funds to support research

into Cancer.

If you’d like more information, don’t

hesitate to contact

Marnie Blakeman (Prep D).

The canteen will be operating Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this year.

Outside School Hours Care

(OSHC) is run by

Camp Australia.

Please make sure you register your

details with us

www.campaustralia.com.au

or phone our customer service

team 1300 105 343

Birthdays

Student of the Week

Dylan MacDonald Shakaya Gray Katia Korobeyko Jacob Cottom Zach Jensz Michael Iudice Darcy Roberts Clarke Emily White Jesse Brown Kassie Hendy Tahlia Franken Patryk Swannel Mia Bailey Matthew Geddes Bella Mees Jolie Nguyen Olivia MacDonald Brayden Franken

Laila Bielenberg Taylor Viney Bailey Smoors Pouneh Abedi Jay Stafford Heilyn Allsop Callum Billimoria Jarred Kershaw Mikaela Haw Emma Fitzgerald Mackinley Bruce Sophie Wells Jorja Keays Amanda Huang Nathan Rancie Riley Wilkins Sam Roberts

Brock Simpson Isabella King Mary Gospel Zander Cunningham Mikayla Mackintosh Johnathan Rooks Joshua Watson Gideon Davidson Liam Wilson Ryan Williams Darcy Roberts Clark Charlotte Whelan Cody Stielow Ben Machray Aidan Gasson Alexandra Banci Stephanie Banci Mackenzie Ryan Indianna Page Ferguson Kira Giles Benjamin Livingston Heilyn Allsop Emily Hurst Breanne Heath Keegan O’Donnell Rhubee-Mae Spataro Laila Bielenberg Jade Taylor Blake Almanzi Mia Bailey Lara O’Shea Isabella Williamson Vanda Amin Moayyed Charlie Bartlett Sienna Matthewson Alysha White Zachary Bartlett

Chaplain’s Chat

I do hope your holidays were

enjoyable and fun as you spent

quality time with your children.

It was great to return to Dorset after my wife

Val & I did some minor home renovations

over the break. Seeing students with smiling

faces, hearing their stories and enjoying

engaging once again with the school

community.

If you are a parent of a girl, a new book is

now in stores which is highly recommended

‘a must read’. I bought mine and read it -

great value.

Steve also authored RAISING BOYS his

earlier book, still in stores.

Title : RAISING GIRLS

Author : Steve Biddulph

From babyhood to womanhood – helping

your daughter to grow up wise, warm and

strong.

May you always make the right moves.

Instrumental Music Lessons Clarinet, Saxophone and Flute lessons are

being offered after school hours at Dorset

Primary School by an experienced teacher and

parent of the school. A strong emphasis of fun

music making is a priority in the 30 minute

lessons.

Individual lessons are $15.

Shared lessons are $9.

Group lessons are $7.

Please contact Jayne Setford on 0413 269 293.

Lucas Boord Stewart Benjamin Tickell Zak Birznieks Cooper Vella Mitchell Sanders Dylan West Fraser Sheridan Thomas Sheridan Ryan Timson-Farrell Robert Vosmansky Maddison Nash Scarlett Rancie Marcus Green Noah West Hannah Whitehead Liam McKeown Keira Billimoria Sophie Mees Damon Prothero Declan Williamson Tyler Pfeiffer Hunter Bendall Greta Chiminello Daniel Rose’Meyer Cooper Sagar Cooper Calderwood Chloe Barkwith Nathaniel Trottman Kallan Robertson Rhianna Overson Georgi Clarke Mia Fiore Jemma Du Buisson Charlee Rennie Jakob Anderson Jade Pogonowski

Billanook College

Academic Scholarships Year 7, 2014 Applications are now invited from students currently in Year 6. Examination will be held on Saturday 23 February 2013. Apply online at > www.billanook.vic.edu.au

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 15 February

Saturday Morning College Tour 23 February 10.30am > RSVP Essential

For further information, please contact our Registrar Tel: 9724 4237 Email: registrar@billanook.vic.edu.au

John Vander-Velde

(Mr Vann)

School Chaplain

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News

•Welcome back to an exciting year in the Kitchen and Garden. The children planted an amazing amount of veggies at the end of term 4, which have thrived mainly due to the hard work of Anna and our wonderful volunteers Julie Rodriguez and Sue Clark whom spent many hours over the holidays watering. Thank-you! Your efforts are very much appreciated. •Lil and the students will now have lots of fun cooking up a storm with this lovely produce. All of Lil’s 2012 recipes are now on the school website under the SAKG tab if you missed any. •Volunteers are a very important part of the success of the SAKG Program and pleasingly we have already had offers from parents willing to help. This could be as little as 1 or 2 hours per fortnight on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and we’d love to have you on board. Please leave your name and contact details at the office if you think you can help. Happy gardening and cooking!

Chris Clark

SAKG Coordinator

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School for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them. All advertisers must supply a WWC with

their advertisement.

Summer Inter School Sport

This Friday children in grades 5&6 start the first of the inter

school games in the Summer competition. This first round is

against Park Orchards Primary School.

Parents are most welcome to come along to watch and support

our children.

Games commence at about 9-30am and conclude at 10-30am.

Some games are played at Dorset (and Benson Oval) and other

games at the other school or nearby ovals.

All children in grades 5&6 need to be in the gym at 8-40am each

Friday for a roll call. Children arriving late may delay the bus

departure.

GAMES AND VENUES FOR THIS WEEK

Cricket at Benson Oval

Bat tennis at Park Orchards Primary School

Boys T-Ball at Dorset PS (oval)

Girls T-Ball at Dorset PS (oval)

Boys Rounders at Park Orchards Primary School

Girls Rounders at Park Orchards Primary School

Volley Stars. at Park Orchards Primary School

Boys Basketball at Dorset PS (gym)

Girls Basketball at Dorset PS (gym)

All Stars at Dorset PS (tennis court)

DRAW FOR INTER SCHOOL SPORT 2013

Round 1 Feb 8 PARK ORCHARDS PS

Round 2 Feb 15 HEATHMONT EAST PS

Round 3 Feb 22 YARRA ROAD PS

Round 4 Mar 1 BYE

Round 5 Mar 8 TINTERNVALE PS

Round 6 Mar 15 BAYSWATER NORTH

Round 7 Mar 22 WONGA PARK PS

Dorset Primary School is

now registered with the

School Recognition

Program at the Athlete’s

Foot. Please mention our

school to earn points when

purchasing any shoe from the Athlete’s Foot.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden There has been negative comments on Facebook etc in regard to this program. The Stephanie Alexander foundation provide a one off grant of $60,000 for the building of infrastructure for the program ie the kitchen and garden. This school spent $120,000 in the infrastructure, in order to have the best possible facilities for the children. The foundation does not provide any further funds. The running and staffing of the program is a school expense. Salaries, food and gardening requirements must be financed at the school level - hence the termly fee of $15.00 to help with the expenses. The children receive 5 lunches per term from the kitchen, plants etc are bought to plant in the gardens. A fantastic program and our children are very fortunate to have the opportunity to be involved. Thank you for supporting the program and we could do with a great many more parent helpers to facilitate the program!! Book List / Fees Thank you to the parents who are paying fees and booklists. When books are paid for, children will receive their supplies. The non-payment of fees etc will effect the programs run by the school and it would be great to avoid this outcome. School Council Elections The school council year concludes on March 31st. Notices of elections will be distributed next week. Please come and see me if you are thinking of standing for council and I can answer any questions you may have. School Grounds Much work has been done over the holidays and the grounds look great. The vegetable gardens have survived the heat and lack of rain. Thank you to the volunteers who watered the gardens during the holidays. The Peace garden is beautiful and the children are really enjoying that environment. The back car park looks great also. A twilight working bee will be held shortly! I think we need to construct a green house for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden. The children are working exceptionally well and tone and discipline of the school is excellent. Keep up the great work. Regards,

John Jacobs Principal