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1050 WANGARATTA WHITFIELD ROAD, OXLEY, 3678

Phone: (03) 5727 3312 Fax: (03) 5727 3686

Principal: Jeremy Campbell Email: oxley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Bank Acc: Oxley Primary School BSB: 063-531 Act: 10089185

*OXLEY PS WEBSITE - www.oxleyps.vic.edu.au *SKOOLBAG APP – search Oxley PS

NEWSLETTER 36 – 27th OCTOBER 2017

PRINCIPALS REPORT Remembrance Day

One of the many amazing traditions that we have at our school is participating in the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Oxley Park. Each year our school rehearses two songs along with the Milawa Primary School students to sing at the ceremony and our captains each play a role in participating in the ceremony. This year Remembrance Day falls on a Saturday so we are asking parents to bring their child/ren along to the ceremony. Thank you to the parents who have already responded to let us know that you child/ren will be at the ceremony. Date: 11th November 2017 Venue: Oxley Park Time: 10:30 am

Program Remembrance Day

10:30am Assemble at Oxley Memorial -programs distributed

10:40am Welcome/Intro-Lindsay Cummins, Oxley Residents Assn. Songs: Oxley/Milawa Schools

“Spirit of the Anzacs"& "Lest We Forget” Flanders Poem: Addisyn Miller

Response: Lucy Gardner Address: Lindsay Cummins - Oxley Resident Association and Hall Committee

Remembrance Prayer: Peter Cardwell, Wangaratta RSL (words next page)

The Ode Lee Hughes and Milawa Student Bugle: “Last Post” Graeme Beale

11.00am One Minute Silence for the Fallen. “Lest We Forget” Bugle: “Reveille” Graeme Beale

A.N.Flag raised to masthead – Imogen Currie and Milawa Student

Wreaths: Laying of Wreaths Oxley/Milawa School: Xavier Laverty and Milawa Student

Piper Australian National Anthem

Families that have indicated that they are attending the event are as follows: Neu, Smith, Byrne, Uebergang, Bennett, Philpott, Fraser, Morris, Leask, Hughes, Box – Corsini, Mullins and Miller. Please let us know if you are able to attend the day so that we can add you to the list.

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Fox Run A huge thank you to both the Oxley and Milawa communities who did a fantastic job preparing, hosting and cleaning up the Fox Run event. It was great to see so many families either helping or competing in the event. This was the committee’s goal – to hold a community event that families can compete in together while supporting our local businesses. I have had many positive comments about the event and one that struck me was ‘Gee, this beats your average school fundraiser’. On behalf of the students and staff at the school, thank you Oxley community for your wonderful support in helping, make this event possible. Canberra Camp

What an amazing experience we had on the recent camp to Canberra over the last 4 days. The behaviour of the students, but particular the Oxley students was impeccable. The camp itself was action packed and we were on the go each day from 6:30 am to 9:30 pm. A highlight for many of the students and myself was our visit to Parliament house in which we actually witnessed the voting process of a new bill directly after role-playing our own bill.

I would like to thank the students and staff (Mrs Francis and Mr Shaw as well as all of the cluster staff) who attended the camp for making it such a memorable experience. Classroom Structure 2018 At School Council last week I released our classroom structure for next year, however as I discussed it still may change depending on numbers. This week we picked up another student who will be starting with us just after the Melbourne Cup weekend and he will be in the year 1 and 2 class, which will give us a possible enrolment of 93 students in 2018. At this stage, we are going to go with the 5-classroom structure in 2018, which gives our students the best possible student to teacher ratio possible, however it is vital that we know confirmed numbers so that we are sure that we can support this structure. We will also have plenty of support for both our students and staff next year with both Julie and Nadia playing supporting roles with the junior classes as well as Mr Shaw expressing an interest to increase his hours to an extra day to mentor our senior students and teachers at the school. Please call in and let us know if you are aware of any students who are still to enrol in a school for 2018 or if you are moving from the area. Transition Days Our final two transition days will be on Thursday 23rd November and Tuesday 12th December with a predicated class size of 17 students. Jeremy Campbell - Principal Oxley Primary School is committed to Nurturing confident, lifelong learners, in a friendly rural community.

Upcoming Events

PUPIL FREE DAY A reminder that Monday 6th November is a pupil free day. Staff will be attending a professional development day with Karen Starkiss learning about Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment. OOSHC unfortunately will not be operating on this day. MELBOURNE CUP PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tuesday 7th November is a public holiday. There is no school on this day.

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Remembrance Day Ceremony See above in the Principal comments. Remembrance Day Speaker On Monday 30th October, Alistair Cox from the Wangaratta RSL will be speaking with students about Remembrance Day. He will be here during Monday morning’s assembly. If you would like to stay for this speech, please feel free. There are poppies, badges and bands available for purchase from the office foyer. Prices range from $1.00. Prep – 2 Library Visit On Tuesday our year prep, one and two students will be travelling to the Wangaratta Library to experience how a library operates. This fits into our PASSION program, as they will discuss the passion for reading. Permission forms need to be back before Tuesday. There is no charge for this excursion. Passions Day – Wednesday 1st November Students from all classes will participate in Passions Day. After recess, staff will discuss what passions they have in life as well as sharing them through activities and group games. Bush Market 2017 – Saturday 4th November

This year’s market is fast approaching and we are thankful again this year to Jean Box as our team manager! Included in this newsletter is a copy of the confirmed roster. If you cannot make it or have some spare time, your help will be greatly appreciated – on the day and before. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the parents and friends of Oxley PS. Their fundraising efforts again this year have well exceeded expectations and this has meant that they have subsidised all camps for all students as well as support programs within the school.

Embrace Night (For women) Sheree Hallinan is a host of the EMBRACE movement that encourages all women to embrace the body they were given. To understand we are all different and to feel confident, happy and amazing in our own skin. We will be holding a film night at school on the 17th November at 7.30pm where we will show Taryn Brumfitt’s documentary EMBRACE. We will post more information next week on ratings etc. as we have had some parents hoping to bring their daughters along to this night. Members of the OPS community are asked to bring a plate to share. Cost of the night is expected to be $10-$15 per head. Embrace is a 2016 Australian documentary film directed by Taryn Brumfitt. It concerns women's body image and is a response to surveys showing that 90% of women are "highly dissatisfied" with their bodies. It includes interviews with Mia Freedman, editor of the Australian Cosmopolitan and television talk-show hosts Amanda de Cadenet and Ricki Lake.

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Red Room Poetry Object 2017 This year during Term 3, the entire school focused on writing poetry. The grade 5/6 and 3/4 students entered a poetry competition open for students in years 3-6. The Red Room Poetry Object is a poetry writing competition inviting young writers and their teachers to submit poems about special and curious objects. It is open to students in Years 3-10 and teachers from Australia and New Zealand. In 2017, Poetry Object connected 190 school communities across Australia and New Zealand. Students and teachers from Jabiru to Launceston published a staggering 3,412 poems! The students worked very hard on their poems to submit for the competition. We are extremely excited to announce that out of all of the entries, two Oxley Primary students’ poems were shortlisted! The winning poems will be announced on Wednesday 29 November 2017. Congratulations to all of our students for entering. The poems are available to view at https://redroomcompany.org/poetry-object/poems/ A big thank you to Angella Francis for organising this excellent opportunity for our students to show off their poetic talents!

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TERM DATES 2017 TERM FOUR 9th October – 22nd December Pupil Free Days & Public Holidays Monday 6th November Pupil Free Day – Professional Development Tuesday 7th November Melbourne Cup Day – Public holiday IMPORTANT DATES

October

Monday 30 Remembrance Day Speaker 9am Library / Science Yr. 1 - 6

Tuesday 31 Library Excursion P-2 Piano Concert, 2:00 pm

November

Wednesday 1 Passions Day

Thursday 2 Italian P.E.

Friday 3 Library / Science Preps Sat 4 Bush Market

Monday 6 Pupil Free Day / Staff PD

Tuesday 7 MELBOURNE CUP PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Wednesday 8 ART

Thursday 9 Italian P.E.

Friday 10 Regional Principals Meeting Saturday 11 Remembrance Day Ceremony

Monday 13 Library / Science

Tuesday 14

Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Embrace Evening with Sheree 7 pm Library / Science (Preps)

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BUSH MARKET ROSTER 2017

4th November 2017 TIME BBQ SCONES DRINKS

7am-8am Jean Box

1. Jason Boulton 2. Parker Family 3. Warwick Philpott

1. Vanessa Bennett 2. Millis Family 3. Williams Family

1. James Parker 2. Jesse Parker

8am– 10am Jean Box

1. Simon Byrne 2. Hill Family 3. Currie Family 4. Mullins Family

1. Sally Day 2. Jacqui Strack 3. Kellie Course

1. ??? 2. Box Corsini

10am-12pm Jean Box

1. Kelly Jackson 2. Kylie Morris (monies) 3. Baguley Family 4. Panagiotakis Family 5. Retallack Family

1. Ang Francis 2. Tobin Family 3. Vincent Family 4. Jasmine (Ang’s sister)

1. Detroit Francis 2. Lily Mullins 3. Larissa Benci

12pm-2pm - BUSY Jean Box

1. Franco Corsini 2. Butts Family 3. Cook Family 4.McDonanld (Logan) 5. Pete Day

1. Melissa Costello 2. Jenny Elkan 3. Siperki Family

1. Chelsea Elkan 2. Logan McDonald

2pm to 3pm (close) Jean Box

1. Franco Corsini 2. Leticia Box-Corsini 3. Parker Family (Jack) 4. Wayne Cook

1. Fiona Fraser 2. Sheree Hallinan

1. Sienna Box-Corsini 2. Ruby Cook 3. Lee Hughes

DONATIONS OF SCONES: DONATION OF EGGS: DAY 2 doz JACKSON 2 doz HILL 2 doz (gluten free) HUGHES 2 doz MILLER 2 doz BYRNE 5 doz BENNETT 4 doz Lindenwarrah 6 doz (on the day) MILLER 2 doz Morris (Cheryl) 6 doz (on the day)

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