TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 5985 2864

Email Address: tootgarook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 8 21st March, 2013

CALENDAR Saturday 23rd March - Community Market – 5/6Q rostered Thursday 28th March - Last Day Term One - 2.30pm dismissal Friday 29th March - GOOD FRIDAY Monday 16th April - 9.00am Return to School Term 2

Wednesday 24th April - School Photo Day Thursday 25th April - ANZAC Day

We welcome and value parent participation in

our school program and research tells us

that parental involvement helps children

achieve the best possible learning outcomes.

Understanding our Literacy program is an

important aim to share with parents this

year. The following topics will be unpacked

during the year.

* To explore how children learn.

* Recognise and value differences and

explore the role of classroom helpers when

assisting with reading.

* To consider how children learn to read.

* To explore the reading environment at

home and in the classroom.

•To explore how home and school can support

readers.

Our teachers ensure the children have

explicit instruction in reading by using

assessment. Teaching reading involves more

than determining a reading level and moving

students onto the next. We use a variety of

concepts to help students understand and

master different strategies used by

successful readers.

The Literacy program will consist of

Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and

Expanding Vocabulary, and includes goal-

setting with students in individual

conferences, developing small group

instruction based on clusters of students

with similar goals, and targeting whole-class

instruction based on emerging student needs

and fine tuning one on one by conferring with

students.

As of Term Two Tootgarook Primary School Newsletter is going paperless. The newsletter is put on the website www.tootps.vic.edu.au each Thursday afternoon. If you wish to be notified when the newsletter is available simply go to the above web address and click on the ‘subscribe to the newsletter’ on the front page – once approved by the office you will receive an email with a link direct to the newsletter each Thursday afternoon. Newsletters will be available from the office for parents who do not have access to the internet..

End of Term It's hard to believe we only have one more week of Term One. It certainly comes around so quickly. Thank you to everyone for your efforts over the term; it's been a busy and a very successful one. We’d love to see our families on Thursday 28th March at our final assembly which will be at 1.45pm in the Community Hall. Children will be dismissed at 2.30pm. The Easter Raffle tickets need to be returned by Thursday 9.30am so the raffle can be drawn later that morning and winners notified. Prize winners will be announced at the final assembly.

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ANZAC DAY 25TH APRIL 2013

An open invitation is extended to

Tootgarook PS parents, teachers

and pupils to attend the Rye RSL

Anzac Day Memorial Service

commencing about 12.15pm. Our

School Captains will represent the

school by laying a school wreath

during the Memorial Service. The

Official Memorial Service runs for

approximately 30-40 minutes. The

Anzac Day public holiday will be

Wednesday 25th April.

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Our Community Market for

March 2013 will be held this

Saturday 23rd March . Thank

you to our parents who have

offered to assist on the day

Darren Walker, Leanne McLeod,

Gary Barrett, Melissa Connelly,

David Milligan, Sue Benetti, Yvette Mersits,

Campbell Knox, Dianne Beagley, Megan Hojby,

Wendy Sharrock, Andrew Humble, Tania Stanbury

however more helpers are required – if you are

able to assist please let the office know!

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1/2P Reading Nights

25 nights

- Ben Walker - Jack Sterling

Student of the Week Students will be presented with certificates at Monday

morning assembly.

Prep B – Mrs Morssinkhof – Hazel Read- Always being attentive, answering questions and listening to others. Keep up the good work Hazel. Prep P – Mrs Prossor – Kyanna Coffey – for finding her voice and more confidently sharing her ideas with her teachers. 2/3B – Mrs Baird – Tyson Closter – for his celebration of our Multi-Cultural dress up day. Tyson made a g4reat Italian Chef!! 1/2H – Mrs Hughes – Taylah Hawley-Morsillo – for her great work ethic and self belief. She is always trying her best and has shown great improvement in all areas. 1/2P – Miss Perkins – Matthew Jones – for trying so hard in all areas of his school work. He finishes most of his set work independently and is beginning to make good choices within the classroom. You should be very proud of yourself! 3/4T – Miss Withers – Tom Connelly – for participating in all activities at the Briars and being a responsible role model to others. 3/W – Ms Walton – Kade May – for the enthusiasm and enjoyment shown throughout our excursion to the Briars for Environment Week. 5/6B – Mrs Bruin – Amber Haynes – for a fantastic start to your Melbourne project. You are well organised and prepared and ready to complete a sensational project. Keep it up! 5/6Q –Miss Quintin – Jessica Lazner – you’re a self-directed learner who comes to class everyday with a smile. You complete your work to the highest standard and help others to achieve their goal even if you’re busy. It’s a pleasure to have you in our grade. Art/Craft (Ms Lee / Mrs Campbell) - Brodie Nancarrow-Stewart - for improving every week. You worked so well on your Mirka Mora portrait, and helped out in class over and over. You are a delight to have in the artroom! Bernie Walsh Art Award - 1/2B - for displaying the RICH school values; working well together in class, taking such great care with your work. What a marvellous group you are! Music – (Mrs Young) – Sophie Holliss – 3/4W – you have practised long and hard and your efforts have paid off. Welcome to band, keep up your hard work!

LOST - Size 5 Windcheater and

School Hat with the name Hazel

Read – if found please return to

Prep room or school office –

thanks!

5/6Q

Kieren 20

Jem's 20

Max H 35

Samantha 20

Chloe 20

Aviaja 10

Miss Quinton 20

5/6B

EVA 10

Mikayla 20

Gus 10

Liam 10

Kiera 20

Zac 10

3/4T

Riley 35

Samuel 20

Tamaya 10

Sophie L 10

Isak 10

3/4W

Elise 10

Max R 10

1/2P

Austin 20

Jorja 20

1/2B

Bastian 10

Families

Lydia 10

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Art News This week in Art the students have been looking once again at Melbourne artist Mirka Mora, and the distinctive style she paints in. Children have enjoyed trying to create their own playful images in response to her work.

Some of grade 3/4’s work, haven’t they done an amazing job! The Preps completed of marvellous collage of

their work of ‘fishes in the sea’. We have been

looking at all the different kinds of fish there are

and how to paint them. They have been very

excited to paint stripy ones, thin ones, curly

ones, and many others.

Please come and have a look at their work

in the Prep area!

Tootgarook Primary School is again participating in the

It’s simple to participate: from Monday 8th April

until Sunday 9th June when your staff and parents shop

at Woolworths they can collect Earn and Learn points

from the checkout operator and place them on Points

Sheet. There’ll be 1 Earn and Learn point for every $10

spent*. Once completed, they can place their points

sheet in the collection box, either at your school or at

your local Woolworths. *excludes liquor, cigarettes, and

gift cards.

Same great partnership with MTA: we’re proud

to say we’re partnering once again with Modern Teaching

Aids – Australia’s biggest supplier of resources for

schools. Which means you can choose your resources

based on your unique needs, across every category

possible including mathematics & English resources,

science equipment, arts & crafts materials, sports gear,

etc.

We can’t wait to help your school earn valuable learning

resources, just by shopping at Woolworths.

We have received our resources from the 2012

program and the teachers and children are thrilled with what we received. This program is well worth supporting. Below is a photo of just some of the goods we received.

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After the success of Run Around Australia last year,

Rosebud Plaza Shopping Centre invites our school to

participate in 2013 for the chance to win thousands

of dollars worth of prizes!

When Does It Start?

Monday 15th April 2013 and will run for 6 weeks

ending on Sunday 26th May 2013.

Tomorrow is National Ride to School Day and we encourage all children to find an active mode of transport to school. For those children who live further away from school or do not have a bicycle there will be a ‘walking school bus’ leaving from Beach carpark opposite the Shell Petrol Station and Truemans Road Athletic Track Carpark at 8.25am with teachers supervising their journey to school. Your child should have returned their orange note to enable them to participate.

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