3rd February, 2021

Term 1 Issue 2

The Communicator

Principal’s Message

Diary Dates

2021

FEB

8 Teacher Parent

Interviews

9 Teacher Parent

Interviews

8-19 Grade 3&4

Swimming

On Monday, 1st February, students in Grades 4 - 6 travelled to

Oakleigh Pool for the annual House Swimming Carnival. The weather

forecast was kind to us this year and made for great swimming

conditions. Students participated in a range of 25m and 50m events

to earn points towards their house.

The atmosphere was fantastic with students, and teachers all

supporting our brave swimmers during events, with words of

encouragement and cheering. This week at assembly the results for

the winner of our House Swimming Carnival will be announced. We

look forward to seeing which house will hold up the cup for 2021.

House Swimming Carnival

It has been a smooth start to the year and students have settled

back into school very nicely across all year levels. Our Preps have

also done a brilliant job and have started school with vigour and

confidence. Last night our Prep teachers held individual information

sessions with our new parents and had the opportunity to meet their

child’s teacher. We know that due to the current pick up

arrangements that the Grade 1 parents have also had opportunities

to meet their child’s teacher in person, but other year levels have

not. So, in addition to the Teacher-Parent Interviews via Zoom that

are occurring next week we are also going to run some grade level

meet and greet sessions at 3.30pm, whereby you can come in at

pick up time and connect with other parents and say hello to your

child’s teacher. These events will take place outside in the yard

(location TBD) and social distancing must be adhered to, along with

the 15 minute time limit. These events are optional and we also un-

derstand that the timing may not suit everyone, but we want to pro-

vide this important opportunity to help build positive relationships.

These events will occur on the following days:

Grade 2: Thursday 4th February 3.30pm-3.45pm

Grade 3: Friday 5th February 3.30pm-3.45pm

Grade 4: Wednesday 10th February 3.30pm-3.45pm

Grade 5: Thursday 11th February 3.30pm-3.45pm

Grade 6: Friday 12th February 3.30pm-3.45pm

We look forward to seeing you there.

Michael Jones

Principal

Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you, via The Communicator, to

the various teams that help make Coatesville tick. This week we are going to

begin with our Principal Team who have been working together since 2014 in

different roles and in our current roles since 2017.

Michael Jones- Principal

Michael has been at Coatesville since 2013 and manages

the school finances, governance and operations

including School Council, strategic planning, human

resources, performance and development, building

infrastructure and capital works.

Marg Kennedy- Assistant Principal

Marg has been at Coatesville since 2006 and manages

student wellbeing including the program for students with

a disability and external health services liaison, the

implementation of Positive Education and the Student

Representative Council.

Kirsty Page- Assistant Principal

Kirsty joined us in 2014 and her roles focusses on managing

assessment and reporting, daily organisation, school

transition and the graduate teacher program.

The Principal Team have different roles and responsibilities but work closely

together and are in regular communication to ensure oversight and consistent

approaches that put student wellbeing, engagement and achievement at

the centre of all decisions and directions.

Meet Team Coatesville - The Principal Team

SUB COMMITTEES :

Convened by a Council member Meet monthly for approximately one hour a month Task oriented with delegated roles Report & recommend to School Council

Sub committees have both parent and teacher representatives. It is important that representation is spread across the school community so that the views of our community are represented fairly. We seek parents from Prep to Year 6 on Subcommittees. Subcommittees consist of approximately 8 members. This form applies to new members & renewal for 2020 members. If you wish to join a Sub committee please indicate on the form below and return to the School Office by Tuesday, 9th February.

2021 SUB COMMITTEES

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

SUB COMMITTEES FOR 2021

During JumpStart the Prep - Grade 6 teachers and students will be exploring our School

Values of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILTY, COOPERATION, HARMONY and ACHIEVEMENT to give

us direction about how to behave towards each other. Our School Values help us to

identify what we believe is important to do, say and how to act in building a positive

climate for learning in our school community.

Below is a list of the values that will be covered in each week and the associated songs

connected to the Value, which will be played in class during JumpStart.

Week Date School Value Song Lyrics Video

Week 2 W/C 1 Feb Respect I Believe - Yolanda

Adams

'I believe' Yolanda

Adams Lyric

Video

Week 3 W/C 8 Feb Responsibility Together - Ziggy

Alberts

'Together' Ziggy

Alberts Lyric

Video

Week 4 W/C 15 Feb Cooperation Lean on Me - Glee

Cast

'Lean on Me' Glee

Cast Lyric Video

Week 5 W/C 22 Feb Achievement Get Back Up

Again - Anna

Kendrick (Trolls) -

move to respect

'Get Back Up

Again' Lyric Video

‘Get Back Up

Again’ Trolls Movie

Clip

Week 6 W/C 1 March Harmony Faith - Dolly Parton

& Galantis

'Faith' Dolly Parton

& Galantis Lyric

Video

During Learning@Home, your child might ask you questions about each value and how they are ex-

pressed in the home and community. We look forward to hearing your input.

Marg Kennedy

Assistant Principal

Instrumental lessons have begun on-site at Coatesville for 2021.

Places are limited so if you would like to enrol your child into drum

OR guitar lessons, please complete the form below and return it the

COVID-19 has meant we have to change our “normal”.

Despite the return of students to school, we are continuing to ensure the health and safety of our

students and will NOT be distributing hard copies of book club catalogues.

What does this mean?

All orders will be placed via the LOOP ordering system with Scholastic.

If you don’t have an existing account, you will need to register.

How does it work?

Follow this link Issue 1

Browse and note the items you wish to purchase

Click here and it will take you to the LOOP login page

Log in or Register and Place your order

Submit payment

Once ordering has been closed off, Scholastic will send the orders to school.

I will then collate the orders and they will be sent via the classroom teacher to your child.

IF you wish to order, but have items delivered directly to your home, you can do so after

the orders have been closed off. Delivery to your home costs an additional $5.99 for

postage costs.

ALL ORDERS DUE BY

Monday 15th February 2021