23rd August 2019 Edi t ion Thirteen

Pakenham Consolidated School Empowers students to become respectful and resilient lifelong learners

Dates to Remember

August

28th Swimming Program for Foundation

to Year Four

29th Father’s Day Breakfast

30th Father’s Day Stall

House Meetings

Don’t forget to wear your house colours

31st Bunnings Cake Stall

September

2nd Book Club Issue 6 Closes

4th LAST DAY of the Swimming Program

for Foundation to Year Four

5th CURRICULUM DAY

NO STUDENTS REQUIRED AT SCHOOL

6th Foundation Transition Program

9th Footy Pie Day orders due

11th Student Leadership Conference

12th—13th Year Three Mt Morton Camp

16th Year Three Zoo Excursion Payment and

Permission due

17th ICAS English Assessment

18th Divisional Athletics

19th ICAS Mathematics Assessment

20th LAST DAY OF TERM 3

Students finish at 2.30pm

Footy Pie Day

Footy Dress Up Day

October

7th FIRST DAY OF TERM FOUR

From the Principal

This week has been full of wonderful Book Week activities. I hope you all enjoyed looking at different books and dressing up as a book character. This week the Children’s Book Council of Australia names the books of the year. The winner of picture story book of the year is Shaun Tan’s book called Cicada. It is a beautiful book with a great story. I highly recommend it.

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of parents using the staff car park to collect their children. I understand that parking around the school is difficult but we must provide a safe environment for our students. Children from our Out of School Hours program use the car park to get to the service. It is not ok for parents to be parking in the staff car park.

During this cold weather we understand that it can be difficult to get washing dry and sometimes it is necessary to come to school out of complete uniform. When these times occur we ask that you try to match our school colours as closely as possible. We also need to remind you that hoodies are not to be worn at school so please look for a jumper without a hood if you cannot locate a school jumper.

There is a story in this week’s Pakenham Gazette about Nobelius Land Surveyors and the very generous scholarship that they will be awarding to one of our Year Six students this year. Ben Nobelius was a student at PCS about 20 years ago and has decided he wants to give back to the students at this great school. I hope the Year Six students are working on their applications for this award.

Congratulations to our Year Three aerobics team who went to Casey radio on Monday and were a part of the live show. This was a great experience for our students as they spoke wonderfully and represented our school so beautifully.

Last of all we wish all of the students who are competing in the athletics today the best of luck. I hope you all enjoy yourselves.

PO BOX 120 PAKENHAM 3810 T: 03 5941 1511 F: 03 5941 1541 E: pakenham.cs@edumail.vic.gov.au

WEEK FOUR STARS

0CA— Ellarose 0JP— Madison 0KP— Armaan 0RW— Hope

1CM— Cooper 1DF— Brodie 1JA— Ben 1KW— Jobe

1ZK— Billy 2JZ— Aleaha 2LR— Ava 2SM— Samuel

2TS— Eleanor 3AB— Chevy 3CC— Lincoln 3ER— Ayla

3HC— Marley 3MG— Jay 4JS— Kay 4KW— Audrey

4SC— Priyansh 4SL— Lucas 5JD— Violette 5JK — Sienna

5MW— Vanessa 5SN— Jai 6DS— Lachlan 6LD— Mikayla

6OH— Tina

WEEK FIVE STARS

0CA— Kayla 0JP— 0KP— Levi 0RW— Kayden

1CM— Chase 1DF— Thomas 1JA— Hugh 1KW— Sky

1ZK— Harmony 2JZ— Seth 2LR— Scarlett 2SM— Joel

2TS— Jekaylah 3AB— Robyn 3CC— Sam 3ER— Leyton

3HC— Raine 3MG— Kim 4JS— Emmarson4KW— Hollie

4SC— Ben 4SL— Lily 5JD— Emily 5JK — Cam

5MW— Jacob 5SN— Ashleigh 6DS— Navisha 6LD— Chloe

6OH— Trinity

WEEK FOUR BUCKET FILLERS

Foundation— Ellie

Year One— Alouera

Year Two— Scarlett

Year Three— Jack

Year Four— Gemma

Year Five— Lachlan

Year Six— Oscar

WEEK FIVE BUCKET FILLERS

Foundation— Isabel

Year One— Lexie

Year Two— Kenndrick

Year Three— River

Year Four— Jaxon

Year Five— Ryan

Year Six—

Have you notified the school of your child’s absence?

We now have a new feature on our phone system. You can

now leave a message on our Absence voice mail line. Dial

5941 1511 and press 2, then leave your child’s name and

reason for their absence.

Staff Carpark

Parents can you please refrain

from using the staff car park

as a drop off and pick up zone.

It is extremely dangerous for

children to be walking in the

car park unattended.

Gravel Carpark

We understand that car parking around all schools is difficult.

We are asking that if you park in this particular car park to

please be considerate on the way your park your vehicle.

Please ensure that your vehicle is not blocking other vehicles

or the driveways to enter and exit the carpark.

What can I use my Centrepay Payment for….

Centrepay is a great way to have fortnightly payments paid into your school account. We have

endless families that have taken up this payment option.

Your Centrepay payment can be used to pay for all expenses that are incurred at school. For

example you can use this money for Essential Learning Items, Incursions, Excursions, Camps,

Special Lunches etc…

If you would like to set up Centrepay please contact our Administration Office and we will be

more than happy to help.

What can I use my CSEF (Camp, Sports and Excursion Fund) for…

CSEF is a payment that is given to eligible families that apply and qualify yearly.

Your CSEF payment can ONLY be used for CAMPS, INCURSIONS, EXCURSIONS and SPORTING

EVENTS. This payment can not be used for any other items.

We would love your help!!!!

Our Footy Pie Day is Friday 20th September and we are looking for volunteers to help

Donna in the Canteen. Please contact 5941 1511 if you are available to assist.

Father’s Day breakfast is on Thursday 29th August from

8.00am to 8.30am.

Hot drinks will be available for sale from the School

Canteen during breakfast.

Our Father’s Day Stall will be on Friday 30th August.

Items range from 50 cents to $10.00.

Remember to bring a plastic bay to put your goodies in.

As part of our aim to encourage and instil a love of reading in our students at PCS, we will be opening the library on Thursday mornings from 8:30am-8:45am for Reading Club. Students will be able to come in and cosy up with a good book, and chat about what they are reading

with other students and staff. Please note this does not link to nights of reading, but rather is to provide students with extra reading opportunities.

This week we have celebrated Book Week at PCS. Staff and Students were able to share their amazing book character costumes with a parade in the gym which was enjoyed by all that came along to watch. The students also engaged in a range of Book Week activities celebrating the theme, ‘Reading is my Secret Power’.

We also ran a Book Swap Activity, every recess from Tuesday to Friday of Book Week. Children were invited to bring in a book that they no longer wanted or needed and ‘swap’ it for a different book. As our Book Swap was so successful we have decided to continue this every Tuesday for the rest of the term. We are also happy to accept donations to add to our collection of books available for the Book Swap.

Recount

By Alannah C

Breakfast Club

Just a reminder that breakfast club is open from 8.30am to 8.45am Monday to Friday. If you

would like to help keep this program running we are always in need of margarine, strawberry

jam, cream cheese spread and cereals other than cheerios or weetbix. Weetbix bites, Nutri grain

and rice bubbles are always greatly appreciated.

Bucket Fillers

We would like to thank all our students, families and staff for all the donations received during

Bucket Filler Helping Hands Week. We received some goods that will help a number of families

in need.

Thank You for spreading kindness and filling other peoples buckets.

Uniforms – Attention Grade 6 parents

Applications for Year 7 CSEF uniform packages for 2020 can be submitted by contacting the

Secondary College that your child will be attending.

Applications open from Monday the 7th October, 2019. ***Get your application in early so your

child is ready for the New Year***

Colouring Club

Colouring Club runs every Monday and Wednesday for second half of Junior lunch – this is a

great opportunity to help with social skills.

Bunnings Cake Sale

Saturday 31st August

8.00am to 1.00pm

Father’s Day Stall Friday 30th August Volunteers Required

If you are available to help out we would really appreciate the extra set of hands. You must hold a current working with children’s check. Stop by the office to register your available hours to help!!

This Term in Physical Education

students completed a unit on the skills

of gymnastics. This included, floor

routines, high beam, trampoline jump,

the vault, the parallel bars and

exercises such as bunny hops, crab

walks and body balances.

The Pakenham Cricket is now taking online registrations for junior cricketers for the upcoming

2019/20 season!

We have places available in our U10's (8 y/o and above) , U12's, U14's & U16 sides & our Woolworth's

Blasters Program (5 y/o and above).

If you would like to be a part of the fun, get onboard and register online at

https://www.playcricket.com.au

Any queries, contact Rod

(PCC Junior Coordinator) on 0424595198.

Crossing the road safely Pedestrians have to share the road with vehicles so it is important they take care when crossing the road. As a pedestrian, plan where you will walk and always choose the safest place to cross a road.

Stop, Look, Listen, Think

Follow the safe road crossing procedure – STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK.

STOP one step back from the kerb or shoulder of the road if there is no footpath. LOOK in all directions for approaching traffic. LISTEN in all directions for approaching traffic. THINK about whether it is safe to cross the road – when the road is clear or all

traffic has stopped. When crossing, walk straight across the road. Keep LOOKING and LISTENING for traffic while crossing.

This information is particularly relevant to young people learning to cross roads. But it also provides a useful reminder to everyone particularly to those who may be distracted when crossing the road.

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/pedestrian-safety/crossing-the-road-safely