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3rd November 2016 Newsletter No.20

FHPS Gets Fencing Upgrade

It is with great excitement, Mr Paul Edbrooke, local State MP, announced at our school fair on Friday, that FHPS

will be one of 10 schools to receive funding under a School Pride Grant, to upgrade the existing wire and wooden

paling fences. I know how incredibly well this news will be received by the community who I’m told, first started

this campaign 8—10 years ago. I thank all families who signed Mr Edbrooke’s petition to seal FHPS’s vote. Our

new fence will lift the appearance of the school facilities and provide additional security and safety for all.

Fair Update

Last Friday 28th October, Frankston Heights Primary School

successfully achieved its promise to deliver the ’Best Fair’ yet to the

280 FHPS students and their families and friends. With the weather

glorious, the community arriving in their dozens, stalls were quickly

erected, food and drink started flowing and the music performances

soon entertained the masses who stopped to enjoy the great atmosphere

and variety of stalls on offer. The music performances over 2 stages

were a stand out, from secondary school bands, FHPS musical students, music teachers and

other talented artists, the crowd was most fortunate to witness this talent on

show. All stalls were constantly busy throughout the afternoon with

bargains to be purchased on the White Elephant /School Uniform stall,

silent auction and toy raffle. Food was popular with the BBQ and canteen

working solidly all day to keep everyone happy. Unlimited rides

continued all afternoon with many children keeping a tally of how many

goes on the ‘cha cha’ they’d had. In reflection, we could not have been

happier with the glowing reviews from all the visitors who attended and

for the amazing vibe and great community spirit demonstrated all day. The

success of the fair is directly attributable to the superb teamwork of all

staff, parents, students, office / administration, volunteers and family and

friends who worked hard to deliver a most memorable fair for the school.

We will soon know if the fair reached our targeted fund raising efforts

once final calculations are completed in the next week or so. Again, I

sincerely thank the whole school community for contributing to the

success of our 2016 FHPS Fair. I hope you enjoy some of the comments

from visitors who said: “Great day for a fantastic fete run by fantastic and caring staff. You should all

be proud for what was an awesome day.”

“Great fete today and music from the kids from McClelland College.”

“I know my family had a great time. Definitely the best fair yet!”

“A great day was had by all and the comments from people outside the school

have been full of praise for our little school! It was also lovely to see all our

children being so happy and conducting themselves so beautifully!

Kind Regards, Cheryl Clark, Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

Fri 4th Nov 5/6 Cricket Gala &

Mt Erin Market

Wed 9th Nov Ready Set Prep

Fri 11th Nov Remembrance Day

Mon 14th—Fri

18th Nov BOOK FAIR

Wed 16th Nov Ready Set Prep

Wed 16th-Sun

20th Nov RACV

A message from the Assistant Principal.

SCHOOL FAIR

I honestly couldn’t be more thankful for all the hard work and dedication prior and during our school fair, by all our

staff, students and parents. The fair was a huge success, with the sunshine beaming down on us. As our major

fundraiser for the year it has been a very worthwhile event. The vibe, fun and laughter all round was fantastic, and

the students had a great time. But no matter what the outcome, I was proud to be part of this event with all of you.

We have a wonderful school community. It was great to see people from outside the school attending. From the

bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!!!

CHILD SAFETY

It’s everyone’s responsibility.

Adults at school must listen and respond to concerns about child abuse. If you suspect abuse of any child or young

person, you have a responsibility to report it, even if you are unsure. Further information & resources

www.education.vic.gov.au/protect

REPORTING AND ASSESSMENT This is a busy time of year with students sitting both On Demand and PAT testing. It is important for students to get

plenty of sleep and to maintain good homework routines.

READY SET PREP

Ready Set Prep is well underway with all our 2017 Prep Enrolments attending. It has been great to have the help and

support from the team at Hope’s Early Learning Centre. There are many new families joining our school community

and it is great to hear that the word is getting around about the great things that are happening at our school.

Enjoy the weekend!

Jodi Craig

Assistant Principal

REMEMBRANCE DAY—POPPY’S FOR SALE

Next week our Senior School students will be selling Poppy Appeal

items for Remembrance Day on Friday 11th November.

Items include badges, wristbands & key tags and range from $1-$4.

Please return your order to the office

by:

Wednesday 9th

November

CANTEEN NEWS:

Friday 11th November Special Lunch:

Chicken Taco Bowl Plus

Slushie

Plus

Cookie

$6.50

NOVEMBER

Shauna S

Joel H

Stewart F

Angel T

Keira B

Lucas D

Cooper A

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS: Congratulations to the following students who received a Success Award for the week:

21st October

PH: Aidenn C

PS: Jaii T

1/2B: Lacey G & Riley B

1/2M: Matthew D

1/2S: Flynn M-M

3/4D: Bella G

3/4H: Taniya B

3/4R: Aidan A

5/6B: Bree B

5/6L: Cole C

5/6M: Zane K

CENTREPAY is now available at our school. Any parents who hold a pension/health

care card can arrange to have deductions made from their fortnightly payments towards

educational expenses. 2017 booklists have been sent home and are due back by 26th October.

Payment for these is not due until 8th December. If you hold a pension/health care card and

would like to utilise CENTREPAY towards payment of the booklists, please complete a form

(available at the school office) or contact Centrelink to have payments deducted. CENTREPAY

can also be used towards payment of excursions/ incursions (including swimming), camps,

uniforms etc. If you have any queries about CENTREPAY please speak with Maria on Tuesday,

Thursday or Friday.

SENIOR HOMESTEAD Report from 5/6L students!

CAFÉ Reading This term reading has been filled with many topics that all help 5/6 students to read using expression and to keep

track of their thoughts.

In CAFÉ reading, we have been practising reading as the author intended and using mood voices. We have been

practising reading children stories with a partner and with varying intonation of different emotions being relayed

in the text. For example, the child was REALLY HAPPY! (Excitedly).

For the second half of reading, we have been taking notes of videos, like reports from Syria and statements from

children who have survived bad experiences, or taking notes from text. One of the main points of this is to keep

track of thoughts by writing them down.

Maths This term we have been focusing on the challenging topic of algebra. Forming formulas, rules and balancing 2

sides of a problem (10=5+5). We have also been trying to find relations between algebraic patterns. This topic

of maths is really improving our ability to problem solve and to think critically.

Formulas Some example of the formulas student have created are for complex problems. All of these rules/formulas were

created by students.

Formula: B=N2+ (N-1)

Formula: D= (Nx4) +1

Writing:

Writing, this term has been filled with exciting procedure pieces explaining how to make truffles and to clean

your teeth.

- Adverbs: we have learnt about adverbs and how and when to use them. Adverbs can be used to explain

the frequency, where, how and when. We have played an adverb game where we act out a verb using an adverb

etc. vigorously stir.

- Interactive learning: we have made truffles and rubbed icing all over our teeth and cleaned them. We

then had to explain how we did it, helping us with writing.

We have learnt a lot about writing procedures and using adverbs this term and we are excited to learn more.

Inquiry: Our inquiry this term is investigating how jobs have changed and evolved throughout the years and how they

might change and what they may be like in the future.

So far we have investigated past, present and future, then we select a job. For example a pilot, then in the past

box we write about being a pilot in the past (flying small single engine-prop planes) then in the present (working

with a team of pilots to fly larger commercial planes with lots of electronic equipment), and how pilots may

work in the future (as a back up emergency pilot for a self-flying GPS controlled plane).

Number-n 1 2 3 4

Bricks-b 1 5 11 19

Number-n 1 2 3 4

Dots-d 5 9 13 17

Middle Homestead Bike Education

Last week, Middle Homestead students peddled their hardest through what

was an intense but rewarding Bike Education program. Held every year for

year 3 and 4 students, a range of activities and tasks were provided, aimed

mostly at furthering skills and improving awareness of risks when riding.

With a range of riding skills spread throughout the classes, staff and students

worked hard together to ensure everybody learnt something new from the

sessions. Mrs Robinson and Mrs Rolfe explored bike parts and scanning for

potential risks, while Mr Kight, Mr Herley and Miss de Valle ran the practical

component.

Students were taught correct riding technique, road rules including

roundabouts and right of way, riding in groups, and ventured around the

school grounds on draining cross-terrain rides.

All students involved must be commended on their tremendous efforts. The

level of persistence you showed was mirrored by the care you took for other

students who may have fallen off, but continued to pick themselves up and

keep on riding. Well done!

Thank you Mr Kight for organising what all would agree to be an excellent Bike

Ed Week!

This year Frankston Heights Primary School is once again sending a team of Year 5 and 6

students to Maryborough in regional Victoria to compete in the RACV Energy Breakthrough.

This event involves students creating a presentation about sustainability and their role

preparing for the event. It also involves a 14 hour endurance race, during which the students

ride human powered vehicles (HPV’s). The students have spent many hours training and

preparing for this event, arriving at school early, staying late, well after the last bell, and even

going for group rides on Sundays. They have also met and worked with a mentor from

Holden, coming up with their own designs for improving the HPV’s.

Students involved are:

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the families of the students involved for

their hard work and commitment to the program, this is very much a whole family program

and without their contribution it could not go ahead.

There are a number of businesses and people within our community who have helped us

through sponsorship of the program, we would like to thank them all and acknowledge their

contribution to helping our students.

Charlie C

Connor H

Beaux-Maddi J

Noah K

Zane K

Mya P

Ayla T

Jocelyn W

Joshua C

Sarah D

Alesha P

Vani M

Tyler P

Eddie S

Matty S

Rani T

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filling breakfast

Bananas, strawberries or tinned fruits can be blended

along with milk, yoghurt or juice for a delicious fruit

smoothie

English muffins topped with diced vegies and cheese

can be turned into a quick mini pizza: a great idea for the

lunchbox!

Have low fat dips with carrot and celery sticks instead of

crackers

Add lots of vegies to stir-fry, casseroles and curries

Beans or lentils taste great when added into soups

Chop different fruits and mix them with natural yoghurt for a sweet and healthy

dessert

More great ideas can be found at www.gofor2and5.com.au