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ISSUE NO. 4 20th March 2017

Dear School Community, What a busy few weeks we’ve had at TPS and the final two weeks of this term may prove to be even

busier.

Apology to Student Leaders In the rush to complete the last newsletter, I accidentally left off the names of two of our wonderful

student leaders. My apologies to Karli and Navleen who are our Recreational Leaders for 2017.

Annual General Meeting and 2017 School Council The Annual General Meeting will be held prior to next week’s School Council meeting on Wednesday

29th March 2017. The Annual Report will be presented at this meeting and we invite members of the

school community to attend the Annual General Meeting portion of this evening.

Directly following the AGM, the new School Council will meet for the first time to elect the 2017

office bearers.

The timing of the meetings on Wednesday 29th March 2017 will be:

5:15pm Annual General Meeting—all parents welcome

5:45pm School Council Meeting—School Council members only

The 2017 School Council members are:

Our

thanks to Kiymet Ozbilgin and Melissa Ascenzo for nominating for the vacant parent positions on

School Council . Thanks also to Jane Compton-Robins for filling the 12 month casual vacancy that

was created due to a parent resignation from School Council

Attendance –‘Every Day Counts’

At Thomastown Primary School we are committed to providing your child with an excellent

education. The foundation of an excellent education begins with all students attending school each

and every day. Regular school attendance is vital and missing school days can have a big impact on a

child’s future. Missing one day a fortnight will equate to missing four full weeks by the end of the year.

Each day a student misses school puts them behind and can affect their educational outcomes.

If for any reason your child must be absent from school, parents or guardians are required to

provide written notification, stating the reason for their child’s absence. This information will be re-

tained by the teacher and archived by the school. This is a DET requirement. If you are having attend-

ance issues with your child, please inform your child’s teacher so we can work together to get your

child to school every day.

Timeline

2017

TUESDAY

21st March

Homework Club

3.30-4.30pm

THURSDAY

23rd March

Years 5 & 6

excursion to Thomastown SC for Science Week

activities

WEDNESDAY

29th March

5:15pm Annual

General Meeting

5:45pm School

Council Meeting

FRIDAY

31st March

Last day of term

School finishes at

2:30pm

MONDAY

17th April

Easter Monday

Public Holiday

TUESDAY

18th April

First day of Term 2

TUESDAY

25th April

ANZAC DAY—

no school

Co-operation Excellence Honesty Respect Responsibility

Parent Representatives Co-opted Community

Representatives

DE&T Representatives

Lisa Amos

Sundus Cinar

Jane Compton-Robins

Melissa Ascenzo

Kiymet Ozbilgin

Robyn Harrison

Kerryn Holland

Lou Gualano

Amanda Henning

Dale Saliba

Caroline Sismanes

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Congratulations to all these students and their families on a wonderful achievement.

February Attendance By Grade Grade PREP V achieved the best attendance record for the month of February as determined by the

percentage of children who had no absences. Congratulations to Prep V and Miss Vescovi

Amanda Henning

Principal

P.E. Report Monday

20th March 2017 Excellence in P.E. Award

In Week 6, for the first time this year, we had a clear winner……….by half a point!

The winner of the “Excellence in PE Award” was: Prep V.

Congratulations Prep V. Well done! Cross Country Training - Wednesday 17th May This week I will be conducting training sessions for Cross Country. Students who are interested in trying-out for the team, can join the training sessions on the soccer pitch on Monday mornings before school at 8:30am, and Friday lunchtimes at 1:30pm. Please eat your lunch after Friday’s training session! Children turning 10 this year will be required to run 2km, while children turning 11 or 12 this year, you will be competing in a distance race of 3km.

An early start to training is needed so that children can continue to build-on their fitness over the term break.

Reminder Quite a few sporting items are being handed-in to me at the end of recesses and lunchtimes. This is an indication that students are not looking after the equipment they are taking out at with them. Please make sure that you take back inside any equipment you take out with you. Students should never come inside to help themselves to any sporting equipment I might have outside the library, as this equipment is needed for my lessons.

And remember: You don’t have to be perfect when

it comes to sport and fitness…..you just have to make progress!

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Prep V - Shahd & Taha Prep 1/D - Aseel & Taazveer 1/2C - Keanu

1/2W - Sahaibdeep 2/3M - Jez 2/3C - Sara & Anma

3/4Y - Sotiria 4/5G - 5/6K - Mohammad, Ansa & Omid

5/6T - Jessica & Lara Language School - Laila & Lama ART -

LIBRARY- 1/2W PE -

Value Stars for week ending : 17th March 2017

HELP URGENTLY NEEDED We urgently need volunteers to keep our canteen open for lunchtime sales. Children love to see someone from their family helping at school and it is also a way of meeting other parents. If you could possibly help weekly, fortnightly or monthly, please con-tact Anne at the office on 9465 2225.

Prep V - Prep 1/D - Zainb & Fadhil 1/2C -

1/2W - 2/3M - 2/3C -

3/4Y - 4/5G - Maria 5/6K -

5/6T - Language School - ART -

LIBRARY - PE -

Value Stars for week ending : 10th March 2017

Our thanks to Gursel Akatay from Erdem Halal Meat Butcher for his

very generous donation of the sausages for our recent Welcome

Fair BBQ.

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Homework Club

Homework sessions at school for students in grades 4,5 and 6 run every

Tuesday from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

Children are able to stay at school and work in their classrooms on homework or

unfinished assignments. Teachers will be available to help your children.

Students will be able to use classroom resources, including computers, but only for schoolwork.

Welcome Fair

Thank you to: Gursel Akatay, owner and Master Butcher at Erdem Meats

8 The Boulevard Thomastown

Mr Akatay is also Ms Yon-tankir’s Uncle. Mr Akatay donated all the yummy sausages we ate at the fair so please support his business.

Also a huge thank you to these lovely parent helpers who helped make the day such a great success:

Pradeepa Welgamage, Helen Ronaldson, Uma Singham, Saideh Negravi, Asam Mam Ghaderi, Matthew and Belinda Briggs, Navjot Kaw Gill, Wan Chin Low, Karen Lee, Kranthi Chakilam

Judith Venables

What a lovely

afternoon!

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