Important Dates

& Upcoming

Events

Thursday May 18th:

Parent Forum, 7pm

Friday May 19th

Whole School

Assembly 2:55pm

Friday May 19th:

Walk to School &

Whole School Big

Breakfast

Friday May 19th:

Moyne Cross

Country

Championships

Sunday June 11th:

Movie Fundraiser,

2pm

Sunday June 11th:

PFCS Twilight

Market, 4 - 7:30pm

Thursday 18th of May 2017

PARENTING SUPPORT Welcome to our weekly newsletter. This week’s ‘Positive Parenting Support’ article is called, ‘Parenting the in-between years’ This article focuses on the age from 8 to 12 years old. This time bridges childhood and adolescence. I particularly like the reference to parents to ‘shift gears’. Often as parents, we can become a bit static in our approach to our children and we need to constantly reflect and adjust our parenting style. UPDATES

Walk to school/Big breakfast: Please note our annual ‘Walk to School/Big Healthy Breakfast’ will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 19. Please see information in this newsletter. Thanks to Brooke Griffiths for coordinating this event.

Early Arrivals: Just a reminder to all families that children should not be arriving at school before 8:45am unless they are booked into before school care. Please support us with this school rule, as we are unable to provide adequate supervision before this time.

Cross Country: Tomorrow is our annual ‘District Cross-Country’ event. Students in years 3 – 6 who were successful in last week’s school event will be representing PFCS. Good luck everyone! Thanks to Brooke Green for her district coordination.

Parent Forum: Our next ‘Parent Forum’ will be held tonight at 7pm. My guests will be our specialist teachers. This will be a great opportunity to learn about what the students are doing in the arts, science and physical education. It would be wonderful to see you there!

KidsMatter: The ‘KidsMatter Framework’ is coming to Port Fairy Consolidated School. KidsMatter unites all the people that influence children’s well-being the most – families, school staff and the wider community. If you would like more information about this great initiative, please come and see me.

NED before BED: Please support us by encouraging your children to spend some time away from any electronic devices (including television) for at least 30 minutes before they go to sleep each night.

Parent Teacher Interviews: Parent/Teacher interviews took place this week. Thank you to my teaching staff for their time and commitment to the students at our school.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

This week’s ‘Principal’s Award’ goes to: Jake Boyd ‘For showing great interest in learning new things and always being friendly to everyone!’

Quote of the Week: ‘Yearn for the impossible.’ (Johann von Goethe) Remember my door is always open! Regards, Mark

0/1 C - Taitum Raitt

For always putting in his best effort with his class work. Keep up the great

work Taitum.

0/1 W - Grace Haldane

For her wonderful enthusiasm every day and her willingness to help others.

Well done Grace!

1/2 A - Ella Smits

For being friendly and kind and always doing her personal best.

1/2 D - Charlotte Artis

For being a great helper in the classroom and to others.

3/4 D - Mykayla Grande

For being friendly to others and displaying a positive attitude when

approaching her school work.

3/4 H - Sienna McKenzie

For her thoughtfulness and helpful attitude in the classroom.

Thankyou, Sienna.

3/4 M - Cassie Peterson

For taking control of her learning and making excellent choices in the

classroom.

5/6 B - Emily Hawkins

For working like a Mathematician and persisting with her work.

5/6 D - Angus Hogan

Applying to all aspects of the curriculum, including public speaking, cross

country and soccer representative.

5/6 M - Taleah Matthews

For outstanding efforts in all school areas with fantastic results. Thankyou also

for being a happy, friendly class member to everyone at all times!

Please note these awards will be given out in tomorrow’s assembly

starting at 2:55pm

Well done to last weeks

award winners!

Foundation/Grade 1

In Reading we are learning about cause and effect in stories through books and real life

situations. In Phonics/Spelling we are learning sounds “L” & “V” and learning about

silent-e words (eg, bike). In Writing we are learning to write simple persuasive texts and

in Maths we are learning how to represent information in a picture graph.

Grade1/2’s

This week we had Parent/Teacher Interviews, thank you to all parents who made

appointments. In Writing we are learning how extra information is added to texts via

labelled diagrams. In Maths we are learning how to recognise, model, read, write and

order numbers up to 100 and beyond. This involves knowing how to break numbers into

tens and ones (36, 3 tens and 6 ones).

Grade 3/4’s

In Reading we have been exploring the comprehension strategy 'finding the main idea'.

Students are determining what a story is mostly about. In Writing we have continued to

explore persuasive techniques by examining different forms of advertisements and the

techniques they use to persuade us. Students have also been discussing the effects

modern day technology is having on the way consumers are viewing advertisements. The

students have particularly enjoyed comparing older advertisements with ads they see

today. In maths we have begun exploring measurement, with a focus on length this

week.

Grade 5/6’s

This week students have completed further testing tasks and reviewed their work books.

Year sixes have their geography project due tomorrow. We welcome back Ms Smith to

5/6D on her 3 week teaching round. Good luck to our Cross Country representatives and

our socceroos!

Grace Joosen

FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

Thank you to those people who have offered to help with the

preparation of our fresh fruit each Friday morning.

We are looking for parent helpers just for an hour or two each Friday

morning preparing fruit platters and taking them to classrooms.

Please let Jenni or Bianca know of your preferred day/s or write your name down on the roster

at the front office.

TERM 2

Please note there is no Fresh Fruit Friday this Friday (May 19th) due to the

Whole School Healthy Breakfast.

Term 2 Menu is available at the front office.

If you would like to preorder your lunches for Term 2 please come to the office and fill

out a form.

Orders can be placed on a casual basis by sending $5 in an envelope that is clearly

marked with “Café Lunch” and the child’s name.

Next Week-

Tuesday: Cheese, Mint & Spinach Pie (Spanakopita)

Wednesday: Fried Rice

Thursday: Shepherd’s Pie

SAKGP Cooking Classes: Please also note that when your child is participating in the

SAKGP cooking classes each fortnight, it includes the child’s lunch for that day.

Week 6: May 26th Melina Glynn Amanda Dixon

Week 7: June 2nd Kristi Else Kristy Byron

Week 8: June 9th Amanda Dixon Korrina Brown

Week 9: June 16th Amanda Dixon Kristi Else

Week 10: June 23rd Ashlee Wilkie Amanda Dixon

Week 11: June 30th Melina Glynn Amanda Dixon

Congratulations to Eric smith who represented the school at the

Division Golf Championships in Warrnambool last Friday. Eric scooped

the pool and won his division! A fantastic effort Eric and thanks to

Tracy (mum) for being his caddy for the day, great team work! Eric

will go on to compete in the Regional finals later in the year.

The school soccer teams will also be competing this Friday in the

District Soccer at Southcombe Park, directly after the cross country.

Good luck to our two teams consisting of;

Jack Lee, Mai Srisurak, Seth Beardsley, Ella Gray, Angus Hogan, George Hogan, Strahan

Robinson, Dom Grande, Charlie Bartlett, Sam Connellan, Jackson Sobey, Jackson

Hughes, Riley Doherty, Reign Batty, Lucy Kennedy, Phoebe Reaburn, Laura Gibson, Cai

Sheppard-Wright, Cory Dalton, Daniel Pogson, Sam Olivier and Bailey Drewry.

Well done to everyone that tried their personal best at the school cross country last week. The

age group placings were as follows;

Foundation Boys- 1st Hugo Perrin

2nd Jack Kelly

3rd Sam Marshall

Foundation Girls- 1st Beatrix Clift

2nd Willow Lancaster

3rd Grace Haldane

Year 1 Boys - 1st Lucas Harper

2nd Fergus Reaburn

3rd Rohnan Vankempen

Year 1 Girls – 1st Lexie Dwyer

2nd Nina Hoey

3rd Stella Sobey

Year 2 Boys - 1st Max Dance

2nd Jerry Dixon

3rd Ethan Hill

Year 2 Girls - 1st Edie Clift

2nd Ela Campbell

3rd Amalia Little

Year 3 Boys- 1st Bailey Griffiths

2nd Dom Cassidy

3rd Thomas Ward

Year 3 Girls- 1st Kirra Beardsley

2nd Chloe Adams

3rd Ela Fraser & Mirakye Evans

9/10 yr Boys- 1st Oscar Hill

2nd Xavier Tweedly

3rd Bailey Else

9/10yr Girls - 1st Izzy Shorter

2nd Bridie Sinnott

3rd Charlotte Dance

11yr Boys - 1st George Hogan

2nd Daniel Pogson

3rd Seth Beardsley

11yr Girls - 1st Elsie Adams

2nd Lily Carbury

3rd Phoebe Reaburn

12yr Boys- 1st Angus Hogan

2nd Sam Olivier

3rd Jackson Sobey

12yr Girls- 1st Amber Ferguson

2nd Ollie Dixon

3rd Yasemin Yidirim

The above students from 9-10 years through to 12-13 years have qualified for the District Cross

Country this Friday at the Wetlands, along with;

Adam Lee, Lachie Payne, Matilda Lu, Blair Grande, Strahan Robinson, Sam Connellan, Lucy

Kennedy, Arianna Matthews, Laura Gibson, Bailey Drewry, Reign Batty and Jack Lee, GOOD

LUCK to you all!

It will be a very busy day for PFCS on Friday. ALL competitors please remember to bring a

change of clothes. The cross country and the soccer will go ahead in the rain!

Brooke Green

Physical Education

Meals on Wheels—Volunteers

The Meals on Wheels program is coordinated from the hospital with volunteers from the

community. The school has taken on this program as it fits with our philosophy of being

involved in our local community.

It is a valuable program for our school to be part of and involves our school community

and the year 5 students.

Our turn for Meals on Wheels is the week starting Monday May 29th to the Friday. We

need a minimum of 10 volunteers. Each volunteer is required to have Working With

Children Check.

Below is the current meals on wheels roster, if there is anyone who want to assist the driv-

er feel free to put your name down on a day that suits.

I would like to thank the students and members of the community that will be taking

part in the voluntary program.

Thanks, Bev Holcombe - Meals on Wheels Coordinator

WALK TO SCHOOL BREAKFAST

This coming Friday (May 19). Please bring your own, bowl, plate, mug and cutlery if you

would like to participate in this year’s ‘Walk to School Breakfast’. Breakfast will be served

in the hall from 8am. A coffee van will be an added attraction this year. A regular

coffee will cost $4 each with $1 from each coffee sold being donated to PFCS. Thank

you very much to Ian Davies and Sandra Love.

Parents, carers, grandparents, etc. are very welcome to join us. A gold coin donation

will be appreciated.

ADMIN NEWS:

Out of School Hours Care – School Council have determined that all accounts for OSHC

must be settled at the end of each term. If there is any amounts remaining outstanding,

no further bookings will be taken for that family, in the new term.

If anyone is experiencing financial difficulty, please make contact with either Jenni or

Mark.

Grants - We would love to hear from anyone who may be interested in writing grant

applications on behalf of the school. Please contact Mark or Jenni for further

information.

IT IS NOT OKAY TO BE AWAY

It is a legal requirement that children of good health attend

school everyday! If your child is absent from school at any

time please let us know so that we have a record of the

absence. The school strongly advocates full attendance and

being on time. ‘Teaching Time starts at 9!’

KINDER VISITS AND PARENT TOURS

Next Wednesday May 24th and Thursday May 25th children from the Port Fairy Kinder will

be coming to PFCS for their first visit. There will also be parent tours from the school office

starting at 9:15am. All 2018 perspective parents are welcome to attend these tours.

PRINCIPAL RECRUITMENT PROCESS UPDATE

Dear all,

Following the recent news of Mr. Chapman’s resignation from the position of principal,

the school council met with Lindy Sharp, Senior Educational Improvement Leader with

the Department of Education and Training, to discuss and plan the process of finding a

new principal.

The appropriate process has been commenced, with the appointment of a five member

interview panel, and advertising of the position. Applications will be reviewed by the

panel, followed by interviews of short listed candidates. The timing of the process has

been put in place such that, if a suitable candidate is found, an appointment can be

made ready to commence in the role by the beginning of term three.

Brendan Condon

School Council President

Eggs for Sale

Chicken eggs for sale at $4

per dozen. Please speak to

Angus Hogan or phone his

dad on 0428304743.

COMMUNITY NEWS

The Film Fundraiser coordinator is Ebony Perrin

Dear Parents,

On Friday the 19th of May, we are encouraging all students living in Port Fairy to

walk to school. Students living out of school are more than welcome to join in.

There is several starting points and children may join in along the way (please refer

to map on reverse). The walk to school will be led by the teachers and they will

leave their starting points at 8am. Children can join in anywhere along the given

path.

Bus travellers will be involved in the Walk to School Day as well. The buses will drop

the Port Fairy Consolidated School bus students at the front of St.Pat’s, to be met

by a teacher. We will walk to school from there.

To coincide with Walk to School Day, a healthy breakfast will be provided for all

students at Port Fairy Consolidated School. The breakfast will be run by our

Parents & Friends Group and will begin at 8am in the hall. The breakfast will

consist of a choice of cereals served with fruits and yoghurt, toast with a choice of

spreads and egg & bacon rolls, with a mug of hot milo, chocolate or milk.

Any queries or concerns please see your class teacher.

The school would like to thank the Moyne Shire for providing funding for students

to enjoy the healthy breakfast.

Parents are encouraged to join in for the cost of a gold coin donation.