AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575

Principal – Corrina Hartland

Email: axedale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

RESPECT, PERSONAL BEST, RESILIENCE, COOPERATION

NEWSLETTER No. 42 December 18th 2019

Important dates:

Dec 18th School End of Year Concert 6.30pm

19th Last day of school –

1.00pm Assembly 1.30pm finish

20th Staff 2020 Planning Day – Student

Free Day

2020

Jan

22nd Book Pack Collection Day

9.30am – 2pm

28th Teachers resume

29th School starts for all P-6 students

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Ruby – For always being supportive and willing to help

a classmate in need.

Jayda – For showing great resilience in completing

tasks that were challenging in class to the best of her

ability. Well done!

Gr 2/3 – For working cooperatively together during

rotation sessions and for doing their personal best work

throughout the year. Well done everyone!

Logan – For being a co-operative and resilient class

member. Logan is always thinking of others and puts

others needs before his own. Well done Logan.

Riley R – For demonstrating an improved attitude to

learning and showing respect to his classmates.

Gr 5/6 – For being positive school leaders throughout the

year. You displayed our school values each day and were

positive role models within our school.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Danny – For always aiming to do his very best in all subject areas.

Danny listens carefully and always has a positive attitude.

Baylee – For continuously presenting excellent work in all of her

work books. Baylee takes great pride in what she accomplishes. She

will plan, review and edit her work to present a product ready to

publish. Well done!

Sydney – For her strong work ethic in the classroom and her ability

to get along well with everyone. We wish her all the

best as she moves to a new school in 2020. We will miss

you!

Gr 3/4 – For being the most wonderful class to teach in

2019. Every student has grown whether it be socially,

emotionally and of course academically. Well done

everyone.

Sadie – For her ability to consistently work at a

standard above the expected level for her age. Sadie is

always looking to extend her knowledge in all curriculum areas.

Gr 5/6 – For having a very successful year in all areas of their

schooling. May you all continue to build on these solid foundations

in the future.

HOUSE TROPHY

Congratulations to Campaspe, winners of this week’s House Award.

MAGIC and OXFORD WORDS

Congratulations to our students who have achieved a Magic or

Oxford Word Reading Certificate this week.

25 NIGHTS OF READING

Congratulations to Ruby, Abbie, Charlee, Taylah, Zac, Brock,

Madilyn, Irie and Leila-Jean who have completed 25 nights or

more of reading this term.

PEN LICENCE

Congratulations to Sam D and Chelsea who received their pen

licence at assembly on Monday.

2020 WHOLE SCHOOL ORGANISATION

The final pieces for our staffing profile have been put in place this week. I would like to congratulate Kaine

Marsh (Music), Shannon Leed (Art) and Liana Elias (Indonesian) on their appointment for 2020.

These appointments enable us to focus on our 2020 planning.

OUT OF UNIFORM DAY

Tomorrow we will have an out of uniform day for the last day of school. Students are encouraged to wear

Christmas theme. Remember to be sun smart, no singlet tops and shoulders should be covered.

THANK YOU

I would like to thank Sam Muscatello, Rylie Gloury, Lynley Jordan and Ben Connor for their work at Axedale

PS. As a school community, we greatly appreciate their dedication and work during their time at Axedale. I

would like to wish them all the best for their future endeavours.

FAREWELL

At the end of the year we have a few families or students leaving Axedale Primary School. We wish them all

the best for the future.

- Ruby Reid

- Kamryn Francis

- Oscar & Matilda Rutzou

- Matilda Wright

- Hugh White

GRADE 6 GRADUATES

Tomorrow we say goodbye to our current Grade 6 students – Mollie, Clarice, Brodie, Jodi, Callum, Amelia,

Deakin, Della, Kurtis, Lincoln, Lucy, Josh, Macy, John, Killeen, Abi and Travis. We wished Kristah farewell

earlier in the term. Amongst this group we have not only been lucky enough to have high level leadership

skills, academic skills, physical skills, performing skills and ICT skills, but some wonderful young people

who care about others, their community and their global environment.

We will certainly miss them next year but eagerly await our next crop of leaders coming through.

We wish our Grade 6’s all the best for Year 7 next year and look forward to them visiting us at some stage.

At our end of term Assembly tomorrow, we will farewell our Grade 6’s with a look through the power point

that was presented at their Graduation last night showing some of their favourite times at Axedale.

With Mollie, Travis, Della, John, Brodie, Lucy, Clarice, Kurtis, Macy, Killeen and Jodi finishing Grade 6,

we sadly say goodbye to their families and thank them very much for their support and friendship over the

years their children have been at Axedale. We look forward to seeing you out of school and

maintaining our friendships.

GRADUATION DINNER

Congratulations to our Grade 6’s and Ms. Bingham for a magnificent Graduation Dinner last night. The

students led the night very well and I know all of their parents were extremely proud of them. They were able

to enjoy a lovely meal together as well as watching each other on the big screen as we flicked back through

photos from the last seven years.

A big thank to Mel Bingham and husband Alex for the countless hours of time in preparing the music, power

points and presentation items for the students.

It was a magical evening.

END OF YEAR CONCERT

We are holding our End of Year Concert in the Axedale Hall TONIGHT. We ask for all students to be in the

hall by 6.30pm. Students are asked to wear something with an Aussie theme if possible, otherwise Christmas

clothes. The concert will begin at 6.45pm and will run for approximately one and a half hours. Each grade

will perform a number of items and we will also present our end of year awards. Families are

encouraged to bring water bottles as the temperature is very high.

CHRISTMAS HAMPER

Thank you to families for the donations of items for the Christmas Raffle – your support is greatly

appreciated. Thank you to PVF for their work in organising the Christmas Raffle. The raffle will be drawn at

the End of Year Concert tonight.

ATTENDANCE AWARDS

At Assembly tomorrow, Attendance Medals will be handed out to acknowledge those students with an absent

rate of 8 days or less for the year. In our Annual Implementation Plan, we have a stated target of an average

of 12 days or less per student per year to maximise student success. Research is clear that high attendance

rates improve the chances of academic success for students.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE LETTER

Attached to the newsletter last week were letters with unexplained absences. Please fill in details and return

ASAP.

2020 PARENT PAYMENT FORMS

These are now overdue. Please take the time to look through this information, fill out your preferred option

and return to school ASAP. Thanks for your assistance with this. Please note book packs are ordered for all

students from our supplier to ensure value for money and consistency with supplies.

The Book Pack collection day will be Wednesday 22nd January from 9.30am – 2pm.

FAMILY ACCOUNTS

Families who are still to pay for 2019 expenses are asked to settle these accounts by the end of November to

allow the school to plan for 2020. Accounts have been issued for

those families who have outstanding amounts. Please see Katrina

in the office if you have any queries.

BUILDING WORKS

Work is progressing on our inclusive area project. This week the

shipping container was delivered and is now in place. It is hoped

that the works will be completed by the time students return in 2020.

TERM DATES 2020

Term 1: 22nd Book Pack pick up day 9.30am-2pm

28th January (Teachers resume)

29th January (Students) to 27th March

Term 2: 14th April (Tuesday) to 26th June

Term 3: 13th July to 18th September

Term 4: 5th October to 18h December

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au

This week’s attached article is “Don’t get mad, get generous”

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I would like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing Christmas and school holidays. Enjoy spending time with

family and friends. For those who are moving on from Axedale Primary School, we wish you all the best in

your future endeavours. To those who will be with us again next year, we look forward to working together

in 2020.

Corrina Hartland

Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

2020 PARENT PAYMENT FORMS – Forms to be returned ASAP.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE LETTER – Please sign and return ASAP.

CLASSROOMS PASSION PROJECTS

Students have recently been presenting their Passion Projects in class. We

have had a variety of topics from animals, space, farming and even contagious

yawning? The students made posters, powerpoint presentations, videos and

fun outside games to enhance their work. Congratulations to all students on a

wonderful job and thanks to the parents who helped out.

MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING

Axedale Primary School is a keen supporter of

Zoos Victoria mobile phone recycling complain.

They're calling you aims to raise awareness of

the threats gorillas face from mining while

raising money to support primate conservation

and divert phones from landfill.

All smart phones, mobile phones, tablets and

accessories such as chargers in ANY condition

are accepted.

To protect data, it is recommended to conduct a

factory reset before donating your phone.

Let's support endangered species programs and

donate any phones that are hanging around your

house.....they are full of heavy metals that can be

recycled!! The phone collection tub is located

across from the school office on the sports

memorabilia display area.

Thanks

Lydia Fehring, Environmental Science Teacher

ATHLETE’S FOOT SCHOOL REWARD

PROGRAM

Please support this fundraising program. For

every pair of shoes purchased from the Bendigo

Store $5 is donated back to the school. This

applies to the whole family across the full range

of shoes.

COMMUNITY