Strathaird News

GRADE 5 CAMP—SOVEREIGN HILL

Just a reminder our grade 5 camp will be on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

of 29th, 30th and 31st May.

GRADE 6 CAMP—PHILLIP ISLAND

Our grade 6 camp will be on the Wednesday to Friday, 1st, 2nd and 3rd November.

A note went home to families last Friday regarding a non-refundable camp deposit of

$20 which is required to be paid no later than Thursday the 1st June. CSEF funding

is available to assist students with camps if they meet the criteria.

RECENT SPORTS PROGRAM RESULTS

District Swimming

8 competitors from grades 4, 5, 6 competed in 2 separate events. We were able to

field 1 boys relay team. We had 2 students place 2nd

. In the past this has advanced them to the divisional level, however this year only 1

st went through.

School Cross Country.

Held at Strathaird and around the reserve. Students from grade 3-6, therefore 475

students, competed in their age groups for district selection and an in school house

competition. The 10 competitors for each age group then advanced through to the

district level. This was held in March and the 60 students who made it into the school

team have been training at weekly training sessions at recess.

District Cross Country

59 students attended district cross country. Majority finished in the top half of their

races. 10 children finished in the top and will compete at divisional cross country,

being held on the 1st June. Taya McDonald came 1st, Jai Hendricks 3

rd.

Interschool Sport (against St Catherine's)

Held on May 5th Strathaird hosted Netball, Newcombe, Teeball and Soccer. Football

was held in Beaconsfield. Grade 6 students competed against St Catherine's in their

sport from 9-11. All reports back were positive. Students thoroughly enjoyed it and valuable practice for Lightning Premiership. Possibly another sport session against

St Catherine's in term 4.

PREP ENROLMENT 2018

Enrolment of Prep students for 2018 has commenced. Enrolment is dependent on the provision of proof of age and a council provided Immunization Certificate. Prep

students must turn 5 by the 30th April 2018.

Enrolment forms are available from the office. Parents who are aware of families

intending to enrol students at Strathaird Primary School for 2018 are asked to

please pass on this information.

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY Tuesday 1st August 6.30pm

School Council would like to invite members of the school community to Strathaird

Primary School’s Annual Reporting Meeting. The purpose of annual reporting is to

inform parents and the wider school community of the school's last years’

performance for 2016. Unfortunately child care facilities will not be available on this

night. It is anticipated that the duration of this meeting will be approximately 30

minutes. Our normal August School Council Meeting will then follow.

Edition 7 24/5/2017

20 Sherwood Rd, Narre Warren South 3805 P.O Box 4124 Narre Warren South 3805

Phone No: 9705 3800 Fax: 9705 3811 E-mail: strathaird.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.strathairdps.vic.edu.au

Strathaird News

Dates to Remember

May

Wednesday 24th May

Money Due For Prep

Safety Village Excursion

Prep Responsible Pet

Ownership Incursion

9am– 12:45pm

Friday 26th May

Water Education Day

Saturday 27th May

Parent & Friends

Bunnings BBQ Day

Monday 29th May

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Prep A & Prep C

Casey Safety Village

Excursion

Money Due For Grade 1

Silly Science Incursion

Tuesday 30th May

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Prep B, D & E

Casey Safety Village

Excursion

Wednesday 31st May

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Grade 1 Incursion

Silly Science

June

Thursday 1st June

Divisional Cross Country

$20 Deposit Due for

Grade 6 Camp

Monday 12th June

QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC

HOLIDAY

Wednesday 24th

$ due Prep Safety

Village Excursion

Prep Responsible

Pet Ownership

Incursion 9am-

12:45pm

Thursday 25th

Student Banking

Canteen

Friday 26th

Water Education

Day

Sat 27th & Sun 28th

Strathaird Parents &

Friends Bunnings

BBQ– Saturday

Monday 29th

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Casey Safety

Village Excursion

Prep A & C

$ Due Grade 1

Incursion Silly

Science

Junior Assembly

2:45pm-3:15pm

Tuesday 30th

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Casey Safety

Village Excursion

Prep B, D, E

Canteen

Wednesday 31st

Grade 5 Camp

Sovereign Hill

Grade 1 Incursion

Silly Science

Thursday 1st

Divisional Cross

Country

$20 Deposit Due

Grade 6 Camp

Student Banking

Canteen

Friday 2nd

Sat 3rd & Sun 4th

Monday 5th

Senior Assembly

2:45pm-3:15pm

Tuesday 6th

Canteen

Wednesday 7th

Fundraising

Chocolates sent out

Thursday 8th

Student Banking

Canteen

Friday 9th

Sat 10th & Sun 11th

Monday 12th

Queen’s

Birthday

Public

Holiday

Tuesday 13th

Canteen

Wednesday 14th

Thursday 15th

$ First Instalment

due of $60

Grade 6 Camp

Parent & Friends

Meeting 7pm

Student Banking

Canteen

Friday 16th

Sat 17th & Sun 18th

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Tuesday 1st August 6.30pm

Date: Tuesday 1st August Time: 6.30pm Venue: School Staffroom (depending on numbers)

To assist with planning we ask that you complete the response form below if you will be attending.

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Annual Reporting to the School Community

I / We will be attending the Reporting Meeting on Tuesday 1st August at 6.30pm.

Parents’ Name/s: _________________________________________________

Number attending:________

Child/ren Name & Grade/s:_________________________________________

Student of the Week

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED STUDENT OF THE WEEK

STRATHAIRD PRIMARY SCHOOL

Week Ending 19th May 2017

Prep A Kallen

Prep B Mia

Prep D Allana

Prep E Lucy

1A Yalda

1B Zahra

1C Deep

1D Erin

1D Wisnu

1E Nathan

1F Charlee

2A Anastasia

2B Asma

2C Aaliyah

2D Amir

2E Shiya

3A Sadaf

3B Zainab

3C Ella

3D Ali

4A Ella

4B Andre

4C Lorayah

4D Mehdie

4E Jasim

5A Ashley

5B Azura

5C Grace

5D Tyler

5E Sana

6A Zarifa

6B Ben

6C Beth

6E Husna

Week Ending 12th May 2017

Prep A Nila

Prep B Agamjot

Prep D Marcelino

Prep E Jamie

1A Deacon

1B Sanowbaar

1C Ruby

1D Anisa

1E Kiara

1F Daniel

2A Nazanin

2B Kaleb

2C Nia

2D Husna

2E Ava

3A Ethan

3B Edward

3C Lucas

3D Smit

4A Hashir

4B Tayleisha

4C Nida

4D Mitchell

4E Erfan

5A Jet

5C Madeline

5D Georgie

6A Daniela

6B Yohann

6C Tristan

6D Charlotte

6E Natel

Sustainability News

Our Resource Smart Journey

Our resource of focus this term is Water. Fresh water is a

precious resource. By saving water at school and at home we

can reduce our water bills and improve the health of our rivers and creeks.

Here at SPS we are wising up our water use by enlisting the help of the School

Water Efficiency Program, otherwise known as SWEP. Since

2014, SWEP have been helping to monitor our water usage and

provide us with easy to interpret data. This has encouraged us to

become mindful of our water consumption, identify leaks and call

in the plumber to help when the need arises!

The best ways we can save water at school are by making sure

all taps are turned off and by reporting any dripping taps or

constantly running toilets to the office.

It’s also important to send your child to school with a full drink bottle of water. Not

only does this give our body the fluids it needs to operate, this also reduces the

amount of water we use at school and prevents water wastage when using the

bubble taps.

Here is our current SWEP data...

Stay tuned for more sustainability news!

Helen McDonnell

Friday the 26th of May is…..…

SPS

Water Day

Help us to celebrate water by sending your child to school with a full drink bottle of

water. Students will be participating in a range of activities that will help to re-

mind us to save water.

What could you do at home with your child to teach them about this precious

resource?

As part of Education Week 2017, Strathaird Primary School will be taking part in an

afternoon of activities inspired by this year’s theme: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body on:

Friday 26th May Year levels will take part in a range of games, craft activities and workshops designed to

impart tools and strategies to our students aimed at developing:

Resilience, and Mindfulness,

and managing: Stress and Anxiety .

Activities will differ across year levels and range from: mindful meditation, yoga, making

stress balls and deep breathing tools, as well as look at anger management, coping

strategies, sensory release and developing growth mindset. Students will have the

opportunity to explore the value of giving compliments and expressing gratitude.

We hope the day will provide rewarding, practical and beneficial experiences for all our

students and will work hand-in-hand with our welfare program and our work with

‘The Resilience Project’.

We are delighted to announce our success in applying for a $1,200 grant from

Telstra.

Telstra Kids funds the little things that can make a big difference to kids’ lives,

helping kids to play and learn. Our Telstra Kids grant will be used to purchase a new

class television and mounting set which will replace old equipment in one of our

portable classrooms.

Huge thanks to Kelvin Bennell from Telstra, who is relative of one of our Strathaird

Parent & Friends Committee Members for endorsing our application, which was

kindly prepared for us by Paula Dumesny from Strathaird Parent & Friends.

We are very excited to share in the million dollars the Telstra Foundation provides

each year to help kids across Australia to learn and play.

Great news! Telstra Kids grant

The kids say

Hooray!

The 2017 Attitudes to Schools Survey

We want our student to tell us what they think Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes

to School survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and

Training. The survey assists schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and

experience of school.

Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's

schooling experience.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 5th of

June through to Friday 23rd June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and

occurs during your child's class time.

Students from Year 4 to 6 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete

the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.

The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3. Last year we used the survey

results to plan and implement The Resilience Project, to better support students and our

community.

The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are

known to influence student engagement and performance.

Students privacy is our priority Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an

assigned identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes

only. Your child’s privacy and the confidentiality of your child’s survey responses will be

protected at all times. No identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file.

Want to know more? Please speak to David Tapp if you would like any more information.

How do we communicate with

Keep up to date with events happen-

ing in your child’s year level.

View the fortnightly newsletter

Notify the school of student absences

View the school calendar

View the Canteen Menu

Link to the SENTRAL parent portal

Link to the QKR Payment App

This app translates in over 80 languages!

Pay for School Canteen

Tuesday & Thursday Lunch Orders, Forgotten Lunches

Order Special Treat Lunches (step by step instructions on back)

Pay School Payments

Camps, excursions, incursions, swimming, School Fees

School Uniform & Booklist Items

Items can be delivered to student classroom or

collected at the office.

Select Child from the grey

bar, then click Canteen

Burger Day.

Select Canteen Treat

Lunch on the home screen.

This page will appear.

Select burger and drink

option. Add to cart.

Cart now has a value of

$5.50.

Select the next child from

the grey drop down arrow

at the top. Click Canteen

Burger Day to order for this

child.

Select burger and drink

option. Add to cart. Cart now has a total of

$11.00, click Checkout.

Log into the app either with

Touch ID or password. Check order—make sure all

students are listed (Do not

order all the meals to only

one student.)

Select the Bank card you wish to pay with and click Sub-

mit Payment.

This will take you to a receipt screen. Payment is

confirmed once you see the receipt screen.

Receipts can be viewed under the activity tab on the

home screen.

VISION STATEMENT AND MISSION

To provide a safe, caring and engaging environment where students strive for personal

achievement, are encouraged to take risks and develop skills and values to enable them to become

lifelong learners in a changing society.

OUR VALUES

We value Wisdom, Respect, Self Esteem and Happiness.

Wisdom – Growth through the acquisition of knowledge skills and experiences. It encompasses the

qualities of independence, responsibility and goal setting.

Respect – The valuing of people’s worth and qualities and treating everyone in the school community in a polite and friendly manner. It encompasses the qualities of friendship, cooperation,

courtesy, honesty, trustworthiness, compassion and consideration.

Self Esteem – A feeling of self worth and confidence. It encompasses the qualities of confidence,

achievement, enthusiasm, patience, and positive attitude.

Happiness – Appreciation of life and ability to see the positives in most situations. It encompasses

the qualities of fairness, forgiveness, safety, and kindness.

Our school motto is: Success, Pride, Self Esteem, chosen by school council as fitting attributes that

reflect our underlying values.

HOW WE ENACT OUR VISION STATEMENT AND MISSION

School Council provide Governance and direction through School Policies, the school’s Strategic

Plan and the implementation of that plan through the Annual Implementation Plans.

The philosophy of our curriculum delivery is based on our vision statement and mission.

We promote our values across the school and include specific presentations on values through

whole school assemblies and Strathaird TV.

Extra curricula activities during lunch times include: library time, gardening, music/choir, Years 2

sports fun, chess for grades 3, 4 and grade 5 and 6 camps, are all aimed at developing this

philosophy.

Our Vision Statement and Mission