PORTARLINGTON PRIMARY

Peanut & Cashew Free School Newsletter

Friday 15th Dec 2017

Issue 20

Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Kind Learners

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The Foundation students performed for families and friends last Friday. It surely cemented the magic of Christmas at our school. Thank you Mrs. Primmer, Ms Bannam, Beth, Mel and Karen for all your support and encouragement of our children.

2017 We have had a fantastic year at Portarlington Primary. Our work was acknowledged through the Report of the independent School Reviewer, Mandy Dunn who congratulated us on the learning achievement and learning growth of our children. Our curriculum processes and documentation was reviewed and we are proud to be delivering the Victorian F-10 curriculum effectively for all of our students. Thank you to the staff, the children, the school council and the parent focus groups who contributed to the feedback that informed our school review process. Our facilities have gradually taken shape over the past year. We will now have the physical environment to match our teaching and learning programs and instructional practice. Staffing We would like to say a fond farewell to Katlyn Marchbank who is temporarily moving to Warrnambool as her hubby Matt has been posted to a new position with the fire brigade. We wish Katlyn and Matt every success for 2018 and look forward to Katlyn returning to Portarlington Primary in the future. We welcome Michael Campbell who is coming to us from Tarneit P-9 College. Janine Elias (speech pathologist) has been part of the Department of Education restructure process for Student Support Services Officers. Janine will be working full-time in the Geelong North Network of Schools. We would like to thank Janine for the commitment and professionalism that she has shown to our children, staff and to our families. We welcome Melissa Edwards to our school as our new speech therapist . Melissa will be on site at Portarlington PS for 2 days per week. Melissa will continue to strengthen our speech therapy program and provide valuable to support for our children, parents and our staff.

School Calendar of Events 2017/2018 -See Page 2

REMINDERS-2017 /2018 School Calendar

Please check the calendar regularly as some events are subject to change.

Keeping our Beautiful Children Safe in the Sun! Hats must be worn outside commencing the 1st of September until the 1st of May each year.

Child Safety Standards Enter at the Office only-To maximise safety we request

that parents and visitors do not use other doors to enter

the school. Parents and visitors are not permitted to go

directly to classrooms at any time without signing in at

the office and discussing their needs with an office staff

member. Thank you for your understanding.

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2017 Term 4 20th December Final Assembly– 12 noon Year 6 Graduation 7pm 21st December Year 6 Excursion to Aerodrome 22nd December Last day of School - 1.30pm

2018 (further dates will be added as they come to

hand) Term 1 26th Jan Australia Day 29th Jan Teachers Start 30th Jan Years 1-6 students start 7th Feb Foundation Students start 27th Feb Parent Teacher Interviews 12th Mar Labour Day (No School) 27th Mar PARENT information Session– Anxiety

in Children with Jules Haddock (6.30- 8.30pm)

28th Mar School PHOTOS 29th Mar Last Day of term at 2.30pm 30th Mar Good Friday Term 2 25th Apr Anzac day (No School) 6th –8 Jun MLC Camp Anglesea 11th Jun Queen’s Birthday (no School) 29th Jun Last Day of term at 2.30pm Term 3 16-20 Jul NAIDOC Week for PPS 23rd Jul Student Led Interviews 30 Jul-1 Aug SLC Camp to Phillip Island 17th Aug Book Week Parade 21st Jul Footy Dress Up Day Last Day of term at 2.30pm Term 4 19th Oct Buddies Excursion 24th Oct Geelong Cup Day (no school) 2nd Nov Pink Day 23rd Nov White Ribbon Day Year 2 Sleepover 7th Dec F-2 Carols at Parks Hall 19th Dec Final Assembly Year 6 Graduation 21st Dec Last Day of Term at 1.30pm

2018 TERM DATES

2018– School Procedures & Operations There will be lots of changes to our school operations and procedures for 2018 due to the changes in the school facilities and the changes to the school yard. We will endeavour to distribute some information to families by the end of the year. However if there are changes to the building and site schedule this will delayed and will email all families with the processes for the beginning of the school year. 2018 School Starting Time

We are pleased to be announce to you that our school grounds will be supervised from 8.30am commencing on the 30th of January 2018. This will support many of our parents and caregivers who have work or appointments first thing in the morning.

Classes will start at 8.50am and children will be required to be on time each day.

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Period Start Finish Length

Term 1 Tuesday, January 30 2018 Thursday, 29 March 2018 9 weeks

School Holidays Friday, 30 March 2018 Sunday, 15 April 2018

Term 2 Monday, 16 April 2018 Friday, 29 June 2018 11 weeks

School Holidays Saturday, 30 June 2018 Sunday, 15 July 2018

Term 3 Monday, 16 July 2018 Friday, 21 September 2018 10 weeks

School Holidays Saturday, 22 September 2018 Sunday, 7 October 2018

Term 4 Monday, 8 October 2018 Friday, 21 December 2018 11 weeks

2018/2019 Summer School Holidays

Saturday, 22 December 2018 Tuesday, 29 January 2019

7.15am Kelly Club-Before School Care

8.30am Drop off Yard Supervision by a Teacher Breakfast Club on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

8.50am Classes Start Session 1

10am Session 2

11am Eat/Play

11.30am Session 3

12.30pm Session 4

1.30pm Eat/Play

2.15pm Session 5

3.15pm Classes End Kelly Club-After School Care Yard Supervision by a Teacher until 3.30pm

3.30pm Yard Supervision ends

6pm Kelly Club-After School Care finishes

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2018 School Staffing

2018 School Structure

11 Home Groups

Prep x 2 home groups Year 1-2 x 3 home groups Year 3-4 x home groups Year 5-6 x home groups

Principal Lesley-Ann Allbutt

Assistant Principal Jackie Kaiser

Business Manager Lisa Gale

Primary Welfare Manager Margaret Browne

Technical Support Brendan Beattie

Teachers- Home Group Michael Campbell

Jasmine O’Brien

Brad Greenwood

Christopher Hester

Lauren Bannam

Mel Meaney

Brooke McLaren

Mike Nelson

Michelle Primmer

Rhiannah Sgarbi

Lisa Waterman

Teachers- Specialist Program Renee Aloi

Kim Mikelsons

Tim O’Hara

Morgan Lee-Hickey

Education Support Staff Wendy Newton

Bec Pavez

Beth Rogers

Mel Singleton

Mary Minogue-Bolton

Teacher Coaching, Educational Consultancy and Speech Therapist

Melissa Edwards

Andrea Hillbrick

School Groundsman Neil Sheard