DIARY DATES

NUMBER 15 – 26th May 2016

Friday 27 May Yr 6 Lightning Premiership cancelled

tomorrow due to poor weather. It has

been rescheduled to 17th June.

Yrs 3 - 6 ICAS English and Maths

Competition - Forms returned along with

$8 today

Monday 30 May Senior School Assembly 2.55pm

Yrs 3/4Z, 4A & 4C Visiting Artist -

Michael Duncan

Tuesday 31 May Yrs 3 - 6 students ICAS Sitting Date:

Science Competition

Yrs 4B, 4C & 2D Visiting Artist - Michael

Duncan

Wednesday 1 June Division Cross Country (Selected Yrs 3

- 6 students only)

Yrs 2A, 2B & 2C Visiting Artist - Michael

Duncan

Thursday 2 June Yrs 1A, 1B &1D Visiting Artist - Michael

Duncan (1C date to be confirmed)

Friday 3 June CSEF Forms/Applications close today

Patto’s Got Talent - Thompson

Tornadoes Auditions 12pm in the school

hall

Monday 6 June Patto’s Got Talent Wells Wildcats

Auditions 12pm in the school hall

Junior School Assembly 2.55pm

Wednesday 8 June Yr 2B & 2D Excursion to Como House

9am

Yr 3B & 3D Excursion to the Patterson

Lakes Library 9.30am

Thursday 9 June Yr 2A & 2C Excursion to Como House

9am

Yr 3A, 3C & 3/4Z Excursion to the

Patterson Lakes Library 9.30am

Yr 4 Cultural Infusion Incursion

Friday 10 June Curriculum Day - No students at school

Monday 13 June Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Friday 17 June National Buddy Day

Yr 6 Lightning Premiership 9am - 3pm

Patto’s Got Talent Finals to be

rescheduled to another day

Monday 20 June Reports go home to parents today

Yrs 5/6 Swimming Program at PARCS

Tuesday 21 June Yrs 5/6 Swimming Program at PARCS

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Acting Principal: Paul Clohesy

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

DONATIONS TO THE PHILIPPINES

Prep A and 2A have been contributing donations towards a charity organisation called Shellsocial which began four years ago in Dubai as a way for Rashelle Leahy, one of our parents, to give back to the Filipino community.

Rashelle started by collecting second hand kids and baby clothes and shipping them to volunteers in Al Bataan. Shellsocial now supports 9 areas and has 15 volunteers across 3 countries. They run various initiatives throughout the year to provide much needed educational supplies and day to day items to the people in remote villages. "We are always grateful of community support. I think it’s worked so well as 100% of any donations actually get to the people who need it. There is no middle man." (Rashelle Leahy).

Through funds raised by our Junior School Council the school has now committed to shipping 4 boxes of school supplies and goods to Bicol, Al Bataan and Camarin in the Philippines. The Patterson Lakes community is looking forward to continuing their support of Shellsocial in the future. Thank you to students in Prep A and 2A who have been learning about charity and donated many items to the cause.

STAFFING NEWS

Over the past four weeks three of our staff members have had additions to their families.

On the 30th April, Amber Ryan and her husband Daniel had their first child who they named Liam.

On the 12th May, Hannah Hunt and her husband Jarrod had their second child, Annie Jane, a sister for Hudson.

This week, on Tuesday, 24th May, Meaghan Bainbridge and her husband Jarrod also welcomed a second daughter into their family, Eliza Teresa, a sister for Eve.

Congratulations to our three staff members on the arrival of the new members of their families.

EVACUATION DRILL

Yesterday our school held a practice Evacuation Drill for all staff and students. We practise this process so that our staff and students are prepared if we have to evacuate our premises if the need arises. Each practice provides the school with valuable feedback to ensure that best procedures are adhered to. We were very pleased with the way the students conducted themselves as they made their way to the evacuation assembly area.

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NAME BIRTHDAY

Kobe B 26 May

Zachary G 26 May

Angela F 26 May

Oscar R 26 May

Aiden T 26 May

Kieran R 26 May

Gabriel I 27 May

Pippa L 27 May

Alexander S 28 May

Jaimee P 30 May

Savannah R 31 May

Joel B 31 May

Heath T 31 May

Hayden K 1 June

Ava C 1 June

Sapphire H 1 June

SCHOOL DISCO

The hall was alight last Friday night, students were dancing and the music was pumping. All in all, the night was a great success. Many thanks are extended to Karen Donovan, Louise Lees, Sam Marston and the fantastic team of parents and staff who generously gave up their time to help make this a very successful event.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our ‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 7 of this term. Students will receive their certificates at their next assembly. Keep up the terrific work everyone!

Prep A – Cheyenne T for always being a kind, caring and respectful friend to everyone. Thank you for being a wonderful member of our Prep A team!

Prep D – Amelia G for showing determination and excellence in your learning and school behaviours. I am incredibly proud of your hard work, especially when coming into the classroom each morning! Keep it up superstar.

1D – Jack T for writing an excellent weekend recount. Awesome effort Jack!

2B – Maddy C for her excellent report on life in her great grandma’s day. Great job Maddy!

2C – Antonio M for working really hard to improve his writing. Keep up the great effort Antonio!

3A – Juliette G for always being a kind, gentle and thoughtful person with a generous heart. Thank you for being such a great student to have in the classroom. You are always looking out for others and offering a helping hand whenever you can. Well done Juliette!

3C – Justine L for always showing excellence in her work by taking great pride in everything she does, particularly her classification table which included detailed descriptions and scientific labelling. You are an excellent role model in our class. A fantastic effort Justine.

4A – Sean R for his great effort and striving for excellence in class.

4B – Lucy H for consistently displaying the values of Excellence, Integrity and Respect. Great job Lucy!

5A – Kiera S for her respectful and diligent manner.

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS cont.

5C – Steffani S for always showing excellent manners, doing outstanding work and being a great classroom helper.

5D – Tayla J for her enthusiasm in our Science unit and her fantastic experiment. Loved the bath bomb. Well done Tayla!

6B – Karlee S for a well prepared and engaging oral presentation. Excellent work Karlee!

SPECIALIST CLASS AWARDS for last week were: Art – 2D, P.E – 1A and Spanish – Prep D. Congratulations to these classes on their super efforts with our specialist teachers.

PLPSPLPSPLPS

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2016ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2016ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2016

TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2016TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2016TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2016

Last Friday, Patto participated at the Districts Cross Country at Cornish College. A total of 60 students from Years 3-6 represented our school. We had some impressive results with half of our team making the top 10 and going onto the next level at Divisions. It was great to see students supporting one another as the 2km and 3km course was very difficult and the level of competition was very high. Thanks to Miss Conway, Mrs Laughlin and Mr Penney for helping out and to all parents who supported our kids on the day. Division Cross Country will be held next Wednesday 1st June at Cornish College.

District Cross Country Team 2016

AGE NAME CLASS PLACE

12/13 Jackson M 6C 1st

12/13 Ty L 6B 7th

12/13 Kobe M 6D 8th

12/13 Dylan A 6A 5th

12/13 Joshua B 6C 4th

12/13 Cooper F 6D 13th

12/13 Connor J 6C 19th

12/13 Adam F 6C 10th

12/13 Lachlan O 6B 6th

12/13 Taz W 6D 17th

12/13 Sapphire H 6B 1st

12/13 Maddi C 6D 4th

12/13 Tiffany C 6A 5th

12/13 Talzyn R 6C 24th

12/13 Ayla T 6B 15th

12/13 Ellie C 6D N/F

12/13 Maisy N 6C 26th

12/13 Alina S 6A 14th

12/13 Lena F 6B 10th

12/13 Abbey T 6A 19th

AGE NAME CLASS PLACE

9/10 Lucas R 3/4Z 8th

9/10 Hayden S 4C 3rd

9/10 Brayden Z 4A 6th

9/10 Toby F 4A 7th

9/10 Lucas M 4A 16th

9/10 Kieran R 3/4Z 10th

9/10 Jamie M 3/4Z 11th

9/10 Sean R 4A 31st

9/10 Kanye C 4D 29th

9/10 Fletcher R 4A 9th

9/10 Isla P 4B 2nd

9/10 Agen V 4A 1st

9/10 Katie T 4C 6th

9/10 Charlotte K 4B 18th

9/10 Jennifer T 4A 16th

9/10 Jasmine M 5B 13th

9/10 Jemma M 4C 35th

9/10 Heidi C 3/4Z 9th

9/10 Alanah S 3B 11th

9/10 Tahlia C 4D 12th

AGE NAME CLASS PLACE

11 Nikita D 6A 2nd

11 Jonathan W 5C 10th

11 Liam R 5A 15th

11 Bj A 5C 6th

11 Jackson L 5C 7th

11 Archer M 5D 9th

11 Camdyn H 5A 12th

11 Josh A 6A 35th

11 Isaac T 5C 13th

11 Lochlan O 5B 11th

11 Olivia P 6D 4th

11 Amarli M 5A 13th

11 Holly B 5D 6th

11 Jessica A 5D 10th

11 Mack M 6B 7th

11 Eden T 5D 25th

11 Keira S 5A 24th

11 Charli B 6B 31st

11 Isabelle E 6B 30th

11 Tayla J 5D 17th

CANTEEN

COMMUNITY NEWS

Patterson Lakes Community Centre

Art+Craft=Fun. Grandparents, parents and carers are

invited to come along with their young children 18 mths +.

Mondays 9.30am - 11am. For details phone: 9772 8588

Lunch Orders are available online on Monday, Thursday and

Friday.

How do I set up an account to order online:

Go to: www.munchmonitor.com

Click LOGIN then REGISTER

Enter School Id: plps and Password: munch3197

Then follow the 4 easy steps to create your account:

STEP 1: Create a Parent Profile by entering information

about yourself.

STEP 2: Add your Students to your account.

STEP 3: Transfer money to your account by clicking the

Account Top-up button

STEP 4: Click MY ORDERS and you’re ready to Order

lunches!

Orders can be cancelled on the day as late as 8.30am and

should you have any concerns with your lunch order, please

call Bellbrook Catering direct on 9796 5888.

Patterson Lakes Community Centre

Looking for 8-12yo that want to learn chess. Join Branko

on Tuesdays from 4.30pm - 5.30pm. Sessions are $8 each

and bookings are essential on 9772 8588.

Australia’s Biggest Playdate - Silly Seahorse Play Centre

Saturday 28th May 2016, 10am - 3pm. Mini golf, animal

farm, fairy floss, popcorn, face painters and much more. For

details phone Vanessa on 0402 407 990. All proceeds from

entry fees & activity fees go to Monash Children’s Hospital.

Mordialloc Community Centre - School Holiday Program

Quality fun, great value holiday entertainment for primary

school kids. Booking are essential on 9580 3675 or email

gemma@mordicc.org.au

Fish For Life - Raising Funds To Cure Cancer

Mark Ratchford is taking on a challenge by travelling

16500kms around Australia by water in a little 22ft boat

raising funds for cancer. Log on to fishforlife.org.au under

My Angel page for details.

City of Kingston - School Holiday Program

June/July School Holiday Program, enrolments accepted

from Monday 30 May and close Friday 17 June. Call Julie

on 9581 4846 or Kim on 9581 4875 for details.