February 22, 2011 Ashby Primary School Newsletter

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Tuesday 22nd February 2011Tuesday 22nd February 2011Tuesday 22nd February 2011Tuesday 22nd February 2011 Issue 3Issue 3Issue 3Issue 3

Principal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny OmachenPrincipal: Jenny Omachen School emailSchool emailSchool emailSchool email ---- [email protected]@[email protected]@edumail.vic.gov.au www.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.auwww.ashbyps.vic.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER DATES TO REMEMBER DATES TO REMEMBER DATES TO REMEMBER Wednesdays: February 23rd March 2nd, 9th, 16th.Prep children do not attend school on these days.

Wednesday 23rd February Lightning Premiership for Grade 5/6’s.

Saturday 26th Saturday 26th Saturday 26th Saturday 26th February February February February Pako Festa Pako Festa Pako Festa Pako Festa Wednesday 2nd March Interschool sports for Grade 5/6’s.

Due to renovations throughout the school Before School Care will be held in Mrs Sawyer’s classroom. On Mondays and Fridays After School Care will be held in Mrs Slade’s classroom. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays After School Care will be held in the combined Prep/1 classrooms. Because there is no phone access in these classrooms, if I am needed during these times please

ring or text me on my mobile - 0406366844.

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We are now into our third week of school and the “Waratah Street bus” is settling in well.

A big welcome to new passengers Archie and Arlo from our Prep grades. The boys are enjoying the walk to school, looking at different things happening in the street, as they practise their road safety rules. As we arrived at school one day last week, Archie call out “Look at me, I’m on the Walking School Bus!” We love having Archie on the Bus and his enthusiasm is infectious. Net month there will be Ride-2- School Day on Wednesday 16th March, so watch out for more information on this. We hope to see the whole school walking, riding or scooting on that day. Our Ashby program is very lucky

to have enlisted the support of Kartina Eadie as the new co- ordinator. Welcome aboard Kartina. For further information please call Katrina on 0403910063.

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On Thursday nights Ashby is playing netball at the Geelong Netball Courts, starting at 4.15pm. The cost is $3.00 per game. We are looking for players for Netta Year 1, 2, & 3 Netball Year 3 - 4 Netball Year 5 - 6. If your child would like to play, please return the slip below as soon as possible. Competition starts this week.

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I would like my child ____________________________ To play in the circled team Netta

Year 3 - 4

Year 5 - 6 team

Signed:

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Next Meeting The Next FOA Meeting will be held Friday, March 4 th in the staff room after the Annual General Meeting. All are

welcome! FOA Annual General Meeting On Friday, March 4th at 9:00 am in the staff room FOA will hold its Annual General Meeting to elect its 2011 officers and set the annual membership fee. Officer positions include President, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations for the positions will be accepted before hand (you may place them in the FOA box at the front office) or at the meeting. In order to vote at the Annual General Meeting you must become financial member before the start of the meeting. Current membership fee is $1 and may be paid to any of the current officers (Cynthia Scherer, President, Tracy Raby, Secretary or Di Gillick-Thompson, Treasurer). Save the Date for Pako Festa, Saturday, February 26th One of our first activities of the year will be Ashby participation in Pako Festa, the largest diversity festival in Australia,held right here in our own neighbourhood of Geelong West. Sponsored by Diversitat, this year’s theme is ‘The Beat of

Pako.’ This year Ashby will be participating in two ways: Parade - Participating in the parade provides Ashby students a way to show the Pako Festa community how cool ourschool is! We encourage all students to participate in parade. This year in addition to wearing our student uniforms,carrying our school banners and signs, we will also be encouraging students to walk with their decorated bikes orscooters to show our commitment to active travel. Balloons and streamers will be provided to decorate bikes andscooters and we will also have face paint to create face stripes in the Ashby colors. Senior students are needed to helpcarry the banners, and junior students must be accompanied by their parents. Look for a separate flyer with apermission form, parade meeting time and location. Supplies to decorate your bike/scooter will be provided at theparade meeting time/location. Stall – Due to a generous donation from Third Ecology, Ashby will again have a stall on Pakington Street. This willprovide us with an opportunity to both raise awareness of our school and money to support our activities. At the stall

families will be able to purchase face masks kits for $2. We will also have our 2009 Ashby School Cookbook for sale.Parent volunteers are needed to help man the stall from 7:30am to 4pm (including set up and take down). It’s easy andfun - the more people that volunteer the less everyone has to do! If you can volunteer for an hour, please complete theform below and return it to your child’s teacher or the front office by Wednesday, February 23rd. Volunteers will benotified on Thursday, February 24th regarding their confirmed time and will receive additional information on working atthe stall.

Ashby Pako Festa Stall Volunteer Sign-Up Form

YES, I can volunteer to help man the Ashby Stall at this year’s Pako Festa on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Best time for me is:

Name: _______________________________________ Phone number: ___________________ Email: ____________________________________________

7:30- 9am (set up)

9-10am 10-11am 11am- 12pm (during parade)

12-1pm 1-2pm 2-3pm 3-4pm 4-5pm (take down)




Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser Help Ashby raise funds by supporting our Hot Cross Buns Fundraiser this Easter season. It’s easy, simply purchase a Brumby’s Hot Cross Bun Voucher from the school for $6.50 (the same price you pay in store), and the school gets to keep $2! The vouchers can be used until Easter at any of the five Brumby store locations in Geelong:

• Pakington Strand: 95 Pakington Street, Geelong West • Westfield: Bay city Plaza (next to Coles), Geelong CB • Garden St: 70 Garden Street, Geelong East • Minerva Rd: 19 Minerva Rd, Herne Hill Belmont: Belmont Shopping Village (next to K-mart) To order your Hot Cross Bun Vouchers complete the tear off form below, put it in an envelope with the amount due and return to the office ASAP (the sooner you submit your order the sooner you can start using your vouchers for hot cross buns). Ordered Vouchers will be sent home with your child the same day they are received (beginning February 23 rd ) in the envelope you provide.

Ashby Primary School Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser

Yes, we would like to order Brumby’s Hot Cross Bun Vouchers to help Ashby raise money! Student Name/Grade: ____________________________________________________ Parent Name: ________________________________ Contact: ___________________

_____________________ X $6.50 = _______________Number of Vouchers Total Due Can You Help? There are many ways you can get involved at Ashby. Below are some current activities we are seeking assistance with:

• Tutti Fruitti Thursday, 9-10am – Tutti Fruitti Thursday for this year has begun. This program provides the childrenwith fresh fruit and vegetables once a week. Assistance is needed to prepare the fresh fruit and vegetable trays foreach classroom. If you can help, join us for about an hour at 9am in the staff room every Thursday for the rest of theterm.

• Digging Garden Shed Foundation, Saturday, February 26 th , 7-8am – we are looking for just a couple of volunteers to assist with helping to dig out the foundation for the garden shed in preparation for the laying of concrete the following week. Yes, it’s the morning of Pako Festa, but any assistance would be appreciated. Please contact Cyndy Scherer or [email protected] if you can help as we will only move forward with this activity if we have a couple of volunteers.

• Changing the Waratah and Lawton Street School Signs – Can you help change the messages on the schoolsigns on Waratah and Lawton Street? We are looking for volunteers to sign up to change the signs for each month ofthe school year. The street signs are generally changed once a week (about 4 times a month). It takes less than anhour to change both signs. If you are willing to be on the school sign roster you can sign up on the FOA bulletinBoard across from the staff room or send a note through your child’s teacher or the front office.

• Washing Sick Bay Linens – Can you volunteer to help out with washing the school sick bay linens? While not

needed regularly, they do need to be washed at the end of each term and as needed. If you are willing to be on thesick bay linen roster you can sign up for a month on the FOA bulletin Board across from the staff room or send a notethrough your child’s teacher or the front office.




This is our German Corner (Deutsche Ecke)

While chatting to parents on Tuesday at the barbecue, I was mentioning a wonderful website that you and your child can

visit and have some German fun together. Not only is German there, but also Chinese, French, Italian, Indonesian and English as a Second Language. This is the site- www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline Our focus in class is on communication in German, as well as attending to cultural aspects, including the geography and climate, customs and festivals.

The Junior school is working on the topic of colours, singing songs, playing games and expressing their like or dislike for certain colours.

Mrs Thomas' class is working on their profile and on dialogue, asking for information about another person and also to find their way around a town.

Mrs Biscan's class is studying the fairy tale about the "Heinzelmaennchen von Koeln". Mrs Slade's class is about to

embark on a story by Johann Wofgang von Goethe (the German equivalent of out Shakespeare). You might be surprised by the familiarity of the title.

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Change and loss are issues that affect all of us at some stage in our lives. At Ashby Primary School we

recognise that when changes occur in families through death, separation, divorce or related circumstances, young people may benefit from learning how to manage these changes effectively. We are therefore offering a very successful education program called Seasons for Growth which will commence during Term 2. This program is facilitated in small groups and is based on research which highlights the importance of social support and the need to practise new skills to cope effectively with change and loss. The program focuses on issues such as self-esteem, managing feelings, problem-solving, decision-making, effective communication and support networks. If you think your son or daughter would benefit from Seasons for Growth we would encourage you to talk to him - her about participating in the program. Ashby Primary School is please to be able to offer this important program and we are confident that it will

be a valuable learning experience for those who request to be involved. If you require further information please contact Denise Turner. Please complete and return to school by Friday 25th February. A confirmation letter will be sent to parents before the end of Term.

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I ____________________________________________ (PRINT NAME) am interested in my child / children attending the Seasons for Growth Program in 2011.

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