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DATES TO REMEMBER

February 2017

► Fri. 24th School Photos—Staff & Students

March 2017

► Mon. 13th Public Holiday—Labour Day

► Tues. 14th Whole School Cross Country

► Fri. 31st Term 1 Ends - 2.30pm finish

April 2017

► Sun. 23rd April 2017 Yakkerboo Festival

2017 SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 2: 18th April—30th June 2017

Term 3: 17th July—22nd September 2017

Term 4: 9th October—22nd December 2017

USEFUL NUMBERS

PCS Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) 5945 7117

Pakenham Secondary College 5945 1433

2 Rundell Way School Phone: 03 5941 1511 Pakenham Victoria 3810 School Fax: 03 5941 1541 www.pakconps.vic.edu.au pakenham.cs@edumail.vic.gov.au

Pakenham Consolidated School 17th February 2017

Cross Country Training Starts Tues 21st Feb.

Tues. mornings (8.30am) Interested!

Meet Basketball end of the Gym

School Photos Friday

24th February

2017

Hat On

Check out PCS Website

www.pakconps.vic.edu.au

This is where you will find this newsletter

PCS School Times

9.00am School Starts

11.00am - 11.20am Recess

12.20pm - 12.30pm Lunch Eating Time (Juniors)

12.30pm - 1.20pm Lunch Play Time (Juniors)

1.20pm - 1.30pm Lunch Eating Time (Seniors)

1.30pm - 2.20pm Lunch Play Time (Seniors)

3.20pm School Ends

Students that have not been picked up after school

by a responsible person will wait in Room 2

(opposite Office) for collection.

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Hello Everyone,

Thank you to all the people who attended our Meet and Greet this week. It was great to see so many people walking around our school. The teachers get a lot out of meeting their students’ families and it helps to build the relationships within the school.

This week I had a parent put a written suggestion in to the office. I really appreciated these suggestions and will contact anyone who puts one in. The thing that I was most happy about was that I could read the suggestion, follow it up and then contact the parent with all the relevant information. This parent asked for work to be done on the student toilets. Although I was aware that there needs to be some work done in this area, I was unaware that there was a problem with the door locks. Handy Andy was able to fix these the next day. This is a big school and I can’t get everywhere so this feedback is really appreciated.

This week the Grade 5 and 6 students had a visit from three Richmond footballers. They spoke about leadership and resilience. The students enjoyed seeing the players and hearing about how to be successful. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the AFL and Richmond in particular. I think that this visit could have only been better if the players were from Essendon.

School Council nominations are now being accepted. School Council meets twice a term on a Monday evening at 6:30pm in the staffroom. The objectives of the School Council are to:

Assist in the efficient governance of the school

Ensure that its decisions affecting students of the school are made having regard, as a primary

consideration, to the best interests of the students Enhance the educational opportunities of the students at the school and

Ensure the school and council comply with any requirements of the Act, the Regulations, a Ministerial

Order, direction, guideline or DE&T policy.

If you would like to be on our School Council, pick up a nomination form from the office. Nominations are due in by Friday 3rd March.

Please remember that school photos will be taken next Friday. The photographers are an external business from the school, so all money needs to go directly to them and CSEF cannot be used.

School staff are on duty each day, to provide supervision for students, from 8:45am until 3:35pm. Our Breakfast Club starts at 8:30am and children are welcome to attend the Breakfast Club. It is very important that students are not in the school grounds before 8:30am and are picked up by 3:35pm.

We have an Out Of School Hours Care program (OSHC) at our school if you need to drop your child earlier or pick up later than these times. Please contact either Gayleen or Jasmine on

5945 7117 for more information and enrolment forms. Have a great week.

Katrina Stewart Principal

From Our Principal

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Curriculum Page

New Roof between the Gym & Performing Arts Centre This will provide a sheltered pathway to the Visual Arts Room, Gym,

Computer Room & Performing Arts Centre linking in with the Sensory

Student Banking

Every Tuesday

Replacement Shade Sail All Year levels play equipment near the bike shed

is again under shade.

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Curriculum Page THE BREAKFAST CLUB

Available and FREE for all students

Breakfast Club Details: When Monday to Friday Where Wellbeing Centre Time 8:30 am to 8:45am

DONATIONS of the following would be much appreciated:

Weet-Bix Bites (NOT Weet-Bix), Margarine, Vegemite, Jam and Cream Cheese Spread.

Donations can be left at the front office or at the Wellbeing Centre

THANK YOU

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We value our PCS Volunteers

Curriculum Page

If you are interested in assisting PCS as a Parent Volunteer; please speak to your Child’s Class Teacher to see how you can help and to discuss possible roles that may be available.

Parent Volunteers support PCS in many different ways, here are some examples:

Before School Starts Breakfast Club program

During the Day

Library * Gardening

Listening to reading * Making Resources

Assisting with displays * Excursions

Out of School Hours Working Bees during the year (usually a Saturday or Sunday)

Yakkerboo Festival Float And much, much more.

Getting Started Have a chat with any PCS Staff member about a possible volunteer role that suits you and the school. You will need to obtain a Working With Children Check (WWC), if you don’t already have one. All the information about WWC and how to apply on line can be found on the following link:

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au

Once you have obtained your WWC card, bring it to the office where we will take a photocopy and sight the original. You are now ready to start your agreed volunteer role at PCS.

Happy Volunteering

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Take this form to your next visit to your Child’s Doctor

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YA K K E R B O O F E S T I VA L In 2016, the PCS float was crowned the ‘Champion

Float’. We hope to continue this tradition in 2017 and

win back to back awards.

We need a team of enthusiastic, adult helpers to plan,

design and make this award winning float.

The 2017 Yakkerboo Festival will be held on

Sunday 23rd

April, 2017. The theme is ‘Disney’.

Meetings are scheduled for every Thursday at 3.40pm

in Room 2, unless otherwise advised.

If you are interested in getting involved or just want to

find out more about this meeting, please speak with

Mrs. Woodfine. (Room 2—opposite School Office)

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PCS Canteen will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays only.

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Complete this form for any prescribed or chemist medication to be stored &/or administered at PCS.

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School Council Elections 2017

What is a school council and what does it do?

All government schools in Victoria have a school council. They are legally formed bodies that are given powers to set the key directions of a school within centrally provided guidelines. In doing this, a school council is able to directly influence the quality of education that the school provides for its students.

Who is on the school council?

There are three possible categories of membership:

A mandated elected Parent category. More than one third of the total mem-bers must be from this category. Department of Education and Early Child-hood Development (DEECD) employees can be Parent members at their child’s school as long as they are not employed at the school.

A mandated elected DEECD employee category. Members of this category may make up no more than one third of the total membership of school council. The principal of the school is automatically one of these members.

An optional Community member category. Its members are appointed by a decision of the council because of their special skills, interests or experi-ences. DEECD employees are not eligible to be Community members.

The term of office for all members is two years. Half the members must retire each year, creating vacancies for the annual school council elections.

Why is Parent membership so important?

Parents on school councils provide important viewpoints and have valuable skills that can help shape the direction of the school.

Those parents who become active on a school council find their involvement sat-isfying in itself and may also find that their children feel a greater sense of belong-ing.

How can you become involved?

The most obvious way is to vote in the elections, which are held in Term 1 each year. However, ballots are only held if more people nominate as candidates than there are positions vacant.

In view of this, you might seriously consider

standing for election as a member of the school council

encouraging another person to stand for election.

School Council Elections Information for Parents

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School Council Elections 2017 (Continued)

Do I need special experience to be on school council?

No. What you do need is an interest in your child’s school and the desire to work in partnership with others to help shape the school’s future. What do you need to do to stand for election?

The principal will issue a notice and call for nominations following the commence-ment of Term 1 each year. All school council elections must be completed by the end of March.

If you decide to stand for election, you can arrange for someone to nominate you as a candidate or you can nominate yourself in the Parent category.

DE&T employees whose child is enrolled in a school in which they are not em-ployed are eligible to nominate as parents for the school council where their child is enrolled

Once the nomination form is completed, return it to the principal within the time stated on the notice of election. You will receive a Nomination Form Receipt in the mail following the receipt of your completed nomination.

If there are more nominations received than there are vacancies on council, a bal-lot will be conducted during the two weeks after the call for nominations has closed.

Remember

Ask at the school for help if you would like to stand for election and are not sure what to do

Consider standing for election to council this year Be sure to vote in the elections.

Contact the Principal for further information.

School Council Elections Information for Parents

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0KW Lachlan Ava, Jeremy, Lyra, Zach, Natalia.

0AR Elijah Alier, Mya.

0BA Samuel Jack, Joel.

0BH Caitlin Brax, Alexis, Ricki-Leigh.

1ZK Brock Mia, Raine, Scarlett, Sam, Emmi, Mason,

1CC Bailey Ben, Liam.

1EA Dakota Jayla, Anthony, Ben.

1JA Jaime Mayen, Nadia.

1KS Tarryn Jack, Marley, Lachlan.

2JP Allyra Ava, Charlie, Kai.

2CA Kayden Lily, Kayden, Isabelle.

2FL Lykan Thomas, Murad, Becky, Lycan, Audrey, Renee, Leon.

2JM Tony

3SL Delwyn

3CR Ebony Sean, Joshua.

3HC Taj Annabelle, Charlotte, Ryan.

3JZ Aiden Codey, Leah, Maya, Jorja.

4JE Isabella Aneyen, Riley, Taj.

4CM Trinity Kiarra, Lachlan, Oscar, Stephanie, Tony, Trinity, Charlie.

4KP Paige Melanie, Achieu.

4LD Luke Katie, Tyler, Jacob.

5NF Alice Dominic, Beau.

5DS Harlym Ajar, Kayden, Nei.

5JD Dakoda Carly, Dakoda, Riley.

5MG Caleb Felicity.

6SD Jaide Jordan, Isabelle, Bella.

6DM Matthew Lorelei, Ryan, Rileigh, Sienna.

6JS Lachy Tyler.

6OH Lachlan Jessica, Emma, Kassi, Bliss.

1st Jan to 17th Feb. 2017