Newsletter Term 3 Week 9 12th September 2019

Templestowe Heights Primary School Values

Persistence Respect Courage Responsibility “inspiring learners for life”

Term 3 Ends Friday 18th September Students Will Be Dismissed From Their Classrooms At 2.30pm

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Sharing is caring…unless it’s a germ

In recent weeks we have several reported incidents of children being unwell with influenza, slap cheek and chest infections. It is so important that you do not send your child to school if they are unwell as this places all other students, staff and parents with the significantly greater risk of contracting these illnesses. If your child is presenting with any symptoms associated with any illness please do not send your child to school.

Hats on…for the past 25 years

You may have read in the local Leader newspaper that we have recently been acknowledged as one of the first schools to be accredited as a Sun Smart school 25 years ago. It is pleasing to think that the Slip Slop Slap message is something engrained within Australian society and that our students are aware of the importance of being sun smart in the dangerous Australian sun. From 1st September to 30th April all students must wear a school wide brimmed or legionaries hat outside at recess and lunch play times. Please ensure your child brings along their hat and encourage all children to slap on sunscreen before they come to school.

Planning week

This week all teachers participated in planning days. The purpose of these days was to provide year level teams and specialist teachers with time to collaborate and plan teaching and learning programs for term 4.

RU OK?

Today is national RU OK day. It is a day to encourage anyone who has someone they care about that is not behaving as they normally do to start a conversation using the prompts to the left.

Art Show

Commencing today, students will be bringing home their art work from our Art Show. This may take some time so please be patient. At Friday’s assembly we will be drawing our Art Show raffle and Scavenger Hunt prizes from our opening night.

Assembly on last week of term 3

Just a reminder that next week’s Friday assembly will be held at 1:30pm in the gym. Students will be dismissed early at 2:30pm due to it being the last day of term 3.

Welcome new students

This week we welcomed Ben (1/2R) and Yass (5/6C) into our learning community. Both Ben and Yass have settled in well and we look forward to seeing you grow at Templestowe Heights Primary.

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Sept to May “Hats On” Day

New Fence

In the coming days we will be construction a new fence, continuing on from the bottom of our community garden. The space inside the new fence will be used to develop an outdoor learning space to develop a new environmental/sensory garden. This new venture will be planned in collaboration with the student Environmental Leaders and our Buildings & Grounds School Council committee.

Rhys Coulson

Principal

FROM THE OFFICE

User Tips Notices and Payments

Current excursions can been seen in the Green Box on the home screen of your Compass app or in the

green box on your browser on your laptop/computer.

To give consent and make payments, click on the green box, go to the excursion, fill in the appropriate

fields and give consent. If you are then prompted to make a payment continue doing so as directed.

If there is NO OPTION TO MAKE A PAYMENT this means that the excursion has already been paid for.

(Please do not make a Bpay payment).

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2019

Term 3

Friday 13th September Year 3/4 Wheel Talk Excursion

Wednesday 18th September School Council Meeting – 7.30pm

Friday 20th September Term 3 Ends – 2.30pm Dismissal

Term 4

Monday 7th October Term 4 Commences

Wednesday 16th October School Council Meeting – 7.30pm

Thursday 17th October Foundation and Year 1/2 Dinner

Thurs 17 to Tues 22nd October Book Fair – In The 5/6 Leaning Space

Thursday 24th October THPS Parent Wellbeing Workshop - 2.30pm and 6.30pm

Friday 25th October Fairytale Fiasco Incursion - Foundation

Monday 4th November Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 5th November Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Weds 6th to Fri 8th November Year 3/4 Camp - Forest Edge

Monday 11th November Remembrance Day

Weds 20th to Fri 22nd November Year5/6 Camp - City

TERM DATES 2019

Term 3 Monday 15th July to Friday 20th September

Term 4 Monday 7th October to Friday 20th December

Pupil Free Days 2019

Monday 4th November

To see a list of all excursions and their status click on this button on the top left hand corner of your home

screen. Choose ‘Events’, browse the list and click on the event to see all the details pertaining to it.

Term 4 P&F activities

Term 4 events for Parents & Friends will kick off with the Activeathon

in October. Activeathon has been moved to term 4 due to this term

being too busy. A flyer and sponsorship form will be sent home early

next term.

P&F will be organising the annual gingerbread house decorating night in December, which is always a fun night

for families.

The Christmas Stall will be held in mid December so kids can secretly buy gifts for their special people.

We will be teaming up with Bakers Delight for a christmas tart drive in December.

P&F Team - Cecile, Fiona, Oula & Sarah thpspaf@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=thps%20social%20events

Year Name Received Award….

FN Alia We are constantly spotting you demonstrating the character strength of creativity in your writing! Your ideas are original, your publishing is detailed and you have been working hard at putting adjectives into your work! Keep writing, we love reading it!

1/2L Rose Congratulations Rose! You have been showing your leadership and teamwork skills. People in our class look up to as you as a role model. You share your ideas and listen to others’. You have been making others feel included in the class, helping us to create a positive and friendly environment in our classroom. We know we can come to you for help in our learning. Keep being a positive role model in our classroom!

1/2P Xenia This week, you were nominated for demonstrating our school value persistence. It has been great to see you persist with your learning goals. In Reading, you have listened to feedback and applied this to improve your fluency. As a result, your confidence when speaking or reading in front of the class has increased. It has been pleasing to see you share your work happily with others. I’m so proud of you and hope you. Keep persisting and being confident in yourself Xenia

1/2R Homa Congratulations for being our high flyer this week in Grade 1/2 Rossi. We are so proud of the way you have settled in this term and the way you continually show courage and persistence in all aspects of your school life.

3/4A Anicia For showing character strengths of Teamwork and Kindness during inquiry and writing sessions. You consistently show empathy and social intelligence when working with your peers. Your kind heart and positive interactions with peers does not go unnoticed. We appreciate your thoughtful words and welcoming smile. Congratulations Anicia, keep it up!

3/4J Emilia Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful that you have found the courage to speak up, so we can hear your ideas, Emilia. We love to hear what you have to say. Keep it up!

3/4W Chloe Chloe consistently demonstrates a positive attitude towards her learning, always striving to achieve her best. She uses the Success Criteria to honestly reflect on her learning and set future goals. Chloe’s peers enjoy her friendly and kind nature. Thank you for looking out for your classmates.

5/6G Natassia for always doing her best and showing the school value of persistence when completing tasks. We love how you use the Writing Traits and enjoy listening to your great stories. Well done Natassia.

5/6P Judy For displaying the character strength of ‘Teamwork’. When participating in Reciprocal Teaching, Judy is actively involved in discussion with her peers and listens to other’s perspectives when using strategies such as questioning and clarifying when reading a text. Judy’s teamwork skills extends to working on class projects together with her peers and school sports events. Well Done Judy

5/6T Grace For displaying the character strength and school value of PERSISTANCE. Grace has shown this wonderful trait throughout this year in areas of school that may not be her favourite. She has worked very hard and never stopped trying to learn and improve, no matter how difficult something may be. Grace approaches tasks with a positive, have-a-go attitude, something we all admire. Keep it up Grace!

Jonathan For displaying the character strength of TEAMWORK. Jonno has been nominated by the class after being a great team mate and also for displaying leadership and kindness. He has cooperated well with his group on their Videocast, and has ensured they are focused and on track. He has also shown great kindness to classmates by patiently helping them in PE. Well done Jonno, we love your teamwork!

5/6W Zack Zack Ferguson for displaying the school value of persistence. Well done Zack, you achieved your goal by relentlessly tackling some very challenging Maths Games competition problems. Being persistent has paid off and you should be very proud of your achievements!

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