8 Irymple South Primary School Newsletter, Issue 31, Week 1, Term 4, 2013

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Irymple South Primary School Newsletter, Issue 31, Week 1, Term 4, 2013

NEWSLETTER Irymple

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Primary

School October 10th, 2013

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Assembly

There will be NO assembly

tomorrow due to the

swimming program. We will

have assembly as per usual

on Monday morning. All

‘Students of the Week’ will

be presented on Monday next week.

Naplan

The NAPLAN results arrived at the beginning of

term. We are very proud of all our students’

results, many of whom achieved well above

other students in their grade level across the

state. All students in Grade 3 and 5 who sat the

NAPLAN test will bring their results home next

week.

Swimming

This week, all students have participated in a

swimming program at the Mildura Wave Pool.

Each day the children have participated in a 45

minute lesson which has included water

familiarisation, stroke technique and water

safety. Tomorrow is FUN Friday, when the ‘waves’

will be turned on for the students to play in.

Prep Information

We will be holding an information evening for

parents of 2014 Preps on Thursday 24th October

from 7:00pm to 8:30pm in the current Prep Room

(Room 1). This will be a great chance to ask

questions and meet other Prep parents.

Welcome

We welcome Declan Belsham and his family to

Irymple South PS. Declan has joined 1T with Miss

Thompson.

Uniform

Lowes at Centro are now the sellers of our

school uniform. From the start of this term they

will be supplying all uniform items. T-Shirts will not

be available for a few weeks as we are currently

redesigning them. We hope that you have

enough uniform to get you through! Hats will still

be sold from the Office.

Please ensure that your child wears correct

school uniform to school each day. Black shoes

are recommended and your child will be

informed which day they have PE so that they

can wear appropriate footwear on that day.

Remember that ALL students need to wear a

hat whenever they are outside.

AASC

This term we are conducting a CRICKET and

SWIMMING program on Wednesday night. The

Cricket program will run for 4 weeks and the

Swimming will run for 3 weeks at the Irymple

Pool. These activities will commence on

Wednesday 23rd October. If you wish your child

to participate please return the form at the end

of this week’s newsletter.

Catholic Religious Instruction Excursion

All students involved in the Catholic Religious

Instruction program will be visiting St Joseph’s

church in Red Cliffs on Monday 28th October. All

students will receive a permission note at their

next RI session on Monday. Parents and

guardians are also welcome to attend.

Communication

We believe that communication between

parents and the school has a positive impact on

the educational experience of all students. Due

to this we have been proactive with updating

how we communicate with you. We now have a

school Facebook page, school app, website

and of course our newsletter. All of these provide

you with up to the minute information about

what is happening at school. Please take the

time to like our Facebook page, install the app,

NEWS FROM

THE PRINCIPAL-

Robyn

Brooks

Responsibility Acceptance Respect Honesty Cooperation Resilience

Office: 50245345

Postal Address: P.O. Box 716, Irymple South 3498

Email: irymple.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.irymplesouthps.vic.edu.au

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Prep R

Emma Norris

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Rhiannon Jack

1T

Declan Belsham

1M

Michaela Whitehead

2/3C

Will Shore

2/3G

Mia Mayne

2/3D

Jesse Orsinin

4/5S

Lily Milsom

4/5F

Brodie Dalla Santa

5/6O

Logan Mazza

5/6M

Aiden McKinnon

Art

Elana Howard

Environmental

Cooper Milsom

ICT

Will Hayes

P.E.

Keenan Wade

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Will Hovenden (7th)

Chantelle Lynch (7th)

Brooke Vadlja (7th)

Joshua Puleio (9th)

Jesse Orsini (11th)

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y CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER

We have a fantastic opportunity to raise funds for our new

playground with Phoenix Cards. A catalogue and order form

will come home with today’s newsletter.

There will be a prize for the highest fundraiser in each class.

Pop into the office foyer to check out a sample of Phoenix

Cards products.

All orders are due back on Thursday 31st October and orders

will be delivered by the 15th November.

For more information contact Michelle Szeto 0430934648

To all the Students, Parents and Teachers of the Irymple South Primary School Community, We, the School Captains, would like to make a change to our School Houses. We believe that it is necessary that the house names are changed from Red, Green, Yellow and Blue to something that is a bit more exciting and may connect to our history. Some of our ideas are Newton, Dewry and Belar but feel free to provide us with your suggestions and opinions. A box will be at the office where you can drop off your ideas. The last chance you have to drop off your suggestion is on Wednesday the 23rd October. From there the best suggestions will be chosen, along with its colour. Ms Brooks will finalise the changes and they will be announced at Graduation. Thankyou for your help Jake, Olivia, Phyllis and Vinnie

visit the website and read the newsletter.

Facebook Our page is “Irymple South Primary School”. This

page will allow you to connect with what is

happening at school on another level.

App Our app is available for both Android Mobile

and iPhone users. It contains school newsletters,

school information and notices, latest events,

direct links to classroom blogs, photo galleries of

whole school events and much more. You can

also receive timely reminders about school

events through push notifications.

Both apps are available free. The Android app

can be down loaded from the Google Play

Store and the iPhone app can be downloaded

from the iTunes App Store. In both stores just

search for Irymple South. Or you can use the

direct links below.

iTunes Store

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/irymple-south-

primary-school/id653222232?mt=8

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?

id=com.irymplesth

Website Our school website has a lot of information

about what has been happening at ISPS. PDF

copies of the newsletter are also available on

the website. If you would like an electronic copy

of the newsletter, subscribe to the newsletter on

the web page.

http://www.irymplesouthps.vic.edu.au/

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Calendar of Events

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Fruit and

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Parent

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RI Excursion

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Transition

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Excursion

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Prep 2014

Transition

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TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG SISTER

Give your children the wonderful opportunity to have an international big brother or

big sister by hosting one of our exceptional international students arriving in Australia

in February 2014 for their 3, 5 or 10 month programs. Our international students from

France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Finland, Canada, the U.S.A, Colombia,

Mexico and Japan will live as a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with

their own spending money and comprehensive insurance cover – all arranged by

Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Visit us at www.scce.com.au,

email jeh1313@bigpond.net.au or call Jenny Hanson 08 85562208 request our

international student profiles, and capture the spirit of family and friendship!

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At the end of last term students in 4/5 and 5/6 worked on making and finalising their

board games about using the chook, recycling and rubbish bins. This week 2/3C, 1M

and 1T made information posters explaining how people waste water as well as how

people conserve or save water.

Our next Fruit and Vegetable market morning will be Wednesday 23rd October from

8:15am til 9am. Any donated produce can be left at the front office either the Monday

or Tuesday before.

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Exciting happenings at Irymple South P.S in Term 4!

We will be running the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program

again this term. The program will run on a Wednesday after school for 7

weeks from Wednesday 23rd October. This Australian Government program is run by the Australian

Sports Commission and provides opportunities for primary school children to participate in free sport

and other structured physical activity, after school. The students will be provided with a healthy

afternoon snack before each session.

During Term 4 the AASC has put together a Cricket and Swimming program for the students to

enjoy. The program will be run by a coach and supervised by Penni next term at school. The

activities focus on increasing physical activity and improving skills in a fun, safe and inclusive

environment.

To ensure children can take advantage of this excellent opportunity, we encourage parents to

allow them to participate for the full hour and to pick them up after the program concludes.

If you would like to enrol your child in the AASC program please fill in the expression of interest

below return to school as soon as possible. The numbers of participants is capped at 20 and places

will be filled on a ’first come, first served’ basis.

TERM 4 PROGRAM IS FOR ALL STUDENTS

I would like my child/children to participate in the AASC program in Term 4, 2013

Child’s name:.............................................Grade ………………………………………

Child’s name:.............................................Grade ……………………………………….

Signature of Parent or Guardian: …………………………………………………………

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter, Issue 31, Week 1, Term 4, 2013 3

Athletic Championships

The following students will be representing our school at the Loddon Campaspe Zone

Athletic Championships in Bendigo on Monday. The students will be accompanied by

Mrs Carmel Casale and Mr Tim Smith. We wish them the best of luck!

Georgia Smart 12+ Girls- Discus

Kathryn Morey 12+ Girls- 80m Hurdles

Jordan Stephen 11yrs Girls- Long Jump & 100m Sprint

Eliza Banks-Purcell 11yrs Girls- 80m Hurdles

Lachlan Kellett 11yrs Boys- 800m Long Distance Run

Oskar Faulkhead 9/10yrs Boys- 100m Sprint

Sam Hayes 9/10yrs Boys- 1500m Long Distance Run

Eve Kellett 9/10yrs Girls- 1500m Long Distance Run

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Everyone played very well. The first game we played was

against St. Pauls and we won 2 sets to 1 set. The second

game was against Mildura Primary and we lost 3 sets to 0. We

won our game against Irymple Primary School 3 sets to 0. In

the grand final we played Mildura Primary and we lost 3 sets

to 0. Congratulations to Mildura Primary for proceeding

through to the next round. VO

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On Wednesday the 5/6 girls went to the Mildura Hot House to play in

the second round of the Summer Lightning Prems. Everyone gave it

110% but unfortunately we couldn’t win a game. We played against St

Pauls, Mildura South and Nichols Point. Nichols Point won overall and

get to go onto the next round in Swan Hill.

Kate Bennett, Olivia Putland and Sharni Robinson BA

SK

ETB

ALL

On Wednesday 9th October we went to the Aero Ovals to

play softball. The first game we played was against Mildura

West, we won 12 to 14. Our second game was against

Ranfurly, we won 7 to 11. Our third and final game was

against St. Pauls and we won 8 to 10. We are all looking

forward to competing in Swan Hill soon. We would like to

thank all the parents for encouraging us and Hannah’s dad,

Steven, for umpiring our third game. All up it was a great day,

it was very enjoyable just to be there, but it was great that we won overall.

Georgia Smart

On Wednesday we participated in the Softball Summer

Lightning Prems. We all did our best and tried our hardest. We

would like to thank all the teams for coming and participating,

Terri for scoring and Shanhan for coaching us. We played

against three teams and won all our games; Mildura South 10

to13, Ranfurly 22 to 8, Trinity Lutheran 11 to 17. We will be

playing in Swan Hill soon.

Liam Dinnage

SO

FTB

ALL

District Summer Lightning Premierships Congratulations to all the students who competed in the District Summer Lightning Premierships

yesterday. We had four teams that progressed to this level of competition. Great sportsmanship was

displayed by all the students on the day. Thanks to all the parents who supported and coached the

teams.

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On the last day of term all students dressed up in their favourite football team’s colours.

The school was a sea of colour on the day. Throughout the day the students participated

in a variety of activities.

The Grade 6 leaders organised a series of footy skills activities that all students

participated in.

In classes the students designed their own footy jumper and created a team name.

The Student versus Teacher football match was the highlight of the day. With the

students narrowly beating the teachers by less than a goal.

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PREP P Ned Bottams

PREP R Harry Lawn

1M Natalie Tabacco

1T Harry Smith

2/3G Mia Andronescu

2/3D Harry Bottams

2/3C Patrick McWilliams

4/5F Tiah Barone

4/5S Metisse Bennett

5/6M Rebecca D’Amico

5/6O Maya Anderson

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