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Respect
Relationships
Responsibility
Resilience
CONTACT US:
89 Wheelers Park Drive,
Cranbourne North 3977
PO Box 4061
Narre Warren South 3805
P: 8766 3100
W: www.tulliallanps.vic.gov.au
Tulliallan Times Weekly Newsletter
Wednesday 4th September 2019
Vol 3 Issue 27
DATES TO REMEMBER
September
Tuesday 10th Prep Production 2:15pm & 6:30pm
Elm Stadium Prep
Wednesday 11th Year 3/4 Hoop Time 9am - 3pm Casey Stadium Year 3 & 4
Wednesday 11th Year 5 Inquiry Expo 2:30pm - 3:20pm Year 5
Portables Year 5 students and parents
Thursday 12th I See I Care Ambassador
Workshop 8:45am - 3:20pm Warneet Selected students
Friday 13th ISS Away vs Rivergum PS 9am - 11am Year 6
Tuesday 17th Year 6 Inquiry Expo 12pm - 4pm Year 6 students and parents
Tuesday 17th Tulliallan Picnic 11:30 - 1pm Year 2
Wednesday 18th Year 6 Inquiry Expo 8:30am - 9:30am Year 6 students and parents
Wednesday 18th Division Athletics 9am - 2pm Casey Fields
Athletics Ground Selected students
Friday 20th Jump Rope for Heart - jump
off day Prep - Year 2
Friday 20th LAST DAY OF TERM 2:30PM FINISH ALL STUDENTS
Saturday 21st September -
Sunday 6th October SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
October
Monday 7th FIRST DAY OF TERM
Assembly
9AM START
9am - Elm Stadium
ALL STUDENTS
Parents welcome
Tuesday 8th - Friday 18th Swimming Program 30 minute lesson daily All students
PAYMENTS DUE Thu 27th August -
Tue 10th September
Prep Production tickets on
sale
$5 per ticket / Children under
4 free, must sit on parent’s lap Prep
Thu 5th September I See I Care Ambassador
Workshop Consent due Selected students
Tue 10th September Tulliallan Picnic Consent due Year 2
Wed 11th September Swimming Program $80 All students
Wed 11th September Division Athletics $12 Selected students
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
PREP PRODUCTION – ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PREP’
TUESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER IN ELM STADIUM
AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE 2.15PM EVENING PERFORMANCE 6.30PM
Our Prep Production is nearly here. I visited the rehearsal last week, all was going extremely well and I have been impressed with how well the Prep students have learnt their songs and actions.
Last Tuesday, a notice was sent home outlining all of the important following information:
Pick up and drop off points at school for students
Arrival times
Tickets purchases
No filming or photography during the show
DVDs
Attached to this newsletter are the final reminders for Prep Parents for the day and evening performances.
TICKET PURCHASING - Parents can purchase tickets through Trybooking via the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=516483&
Tickets cost $5 each and parents must present their ticket at the door where you will be ushered to your allocated seat number. Children 4 years and under do not require a ticket but will need to sit on a parent’s lap. You will not be allowed entry without a ticket, these must be purchased by you online prior to the show.
THE VALUE OF MANNERS
The supporting value this week for students to focus on as part of our social skills program is Manners.
Manners are used towards others so they know you respect them
Showing your manners means you demonstrate positive expected behaviour
Using your manners means that you know how to speak to people politely
Manners is a way of demonstrating that you know the right way to do things.
INQUIRY INCURSION AND EXCURSIONS
Over the last two weeks, our students in Years 1 and 3 have had the opportunity to be involved in extra experiences to support their understanding of their Inquiry Learning. Year 1’s visited Scienceworks where they learnt about toys as inventions and the use of natural forces. The interactive exhibitions they viewed, ‘Think Ahead’ and ‘Ground Up’, highlighted the future of inventions. The Year 3 students were treated to an exciting Aboriginal cultural incursion where they learnt about how Australia’s First People hunted, made music, told stories and made art and craft from the resources of the land. Our students were excited to share with me their thoughts about these experiences.
YEAR 6 ‘WELCOME DAY’ VISIT TO ALKIRA SC
Yesterday our Year 6 students visited Alkira SC to provide our students with what a typical day looks like at secondary school. They experienced tabloid sports and a science lesson in an actual science lab. This visit allows for familiarisation prior to the state-wide orientation day that will be held on Tuesday 10th December.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
FATHER’S DAY STALL AND RAFFLE
A huge thank you to our parent helpers that worked at our Father’s Day stall on Friday. Without your support we would not be able to hold such important events. We trust that all our Dads had a great Father’s Day and enjoyed the gifts that were chosen for them
Thank you to:
Heidi and Brooke (Leah), Judy (Lillian), Tanya (Billie, Cassie and Mileigha), Sonya (Sienna Rose), Melanie (Mia), Christine (Aiden), Nicole (Jack and Evie), Kate (Oliver and Zachary), Ansa (Tara), Moana (Tabitha), Angie (Walter), Brad (Aidan) – apologies to anyone that we missed.
Father’s Day Raffle Winners
Thank you to the families that supported the Father’s Day raffle and congratulations to our winners:
1st Harsahib Prep F
2nd Arun 5B
3rd Kirana 1B
4th Unique 5A
5th Rory Prep B
6th Luke 4A
VICSPELL COMPETITION
On Thursday last week Tulliallan Primary School hosted the Regional Vicspell Competition. Our four competitors represented our school extremely well. A huge congratulations to Kamesh who won the Year 6 section and is representing our school in Traralgon today. We hope to have some good news.
MATHS GAMES NIGHT
Thank you to all of the families who supported the Maths Games Night, even though the weather was cold and wet. Again, it was a great success with lots of smiling faces and family fun. Families were able to take games home to play with each other and increase student confidence and fun in learning maths. Thank you to the Maths team who put the night together, our whole staff and of course our supportive families.
FRIENDS OF TULLIALLAN ELMS COMMUNITY GROUP WORKSHOP – Thursday 5th September 4pm to 6pm Tulliallan PS Administration and Resource Room
In 2019, our school has been working alongside the Friends of Tulliallan Elms Community Group. This group is holding a workshop to create an Action Plan for the future. The workshop will be held tomorrow night at TPS in our Administration and Resource Room from 4pm to 6pm
The group would love to invite more families that would be interested in joining them. You can contact Robyn on 0458 762 960 or by email [email protected] to join.
If you have any suggestions for the committee, please send them to our school email on [email protected]
Have a lovely week.
Kathy Sharp
SWIMMING
This is a friendly reminder that swimming money and notices need to be finalised by next Wednesday, September 11th. All details for the program are located on Compass. At present we have only 272 students attending. Please finalise arrangements for your child to attend swimming ASAP.
PRODUCTION FEEDBACK
Thank you to the parents who have responded to the survey located on Compass in regards to our School Production. We appreciate all feedback as it certainly guides us in decisions for future years.
LEARNING TO READ – WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW
Reading begins at a very early age when children start to take notice of the print that surrounds them and the talk that includes them. Children begin to engage with reading and writing experiences that attract their attention and interest before they go to school. Children notice street signs and most can recognise a large yellow ‘M’ sign from a kilometre up the road because it benefits them! They pay attention to books they like and often insist on many re-readings of their favourites. They learn quickly to find aps on mobile phones and electronic devices because it benefits them to do so.
Talk is a key to literacy learning. Children need opportunities to interact. Recent research indicates that children are becoming more adept at communicating in the language of commands and demands rather than being competent in extended conversations. I suspect electronic devices may be inhibiting the time parents spend talking with their children. Children need to be included in interactions with significant others and to ensure that happens, electronic devices need to be turned off. Parents need to talk with their children! It is in the context of engaged conversations that children expand their vocabularies, increase their understandings of the world, learn about themselves, and learn the nuances of the language and effective communication.
Let children make decisions about the books they choose to read. This implies that there is a well-stocked and suitable range of books from which to choose. It is essential that there are lots of books in the home and that they are readily available. Create a book-flood by borrowing weekly from the local library, buying from garage sales, finding supermarket specials, making your own, and sharing books in the community.
Look at how books are stored in the home, for example, bookshelves, book boxes, or shoe boxes. Are the books visible or tucked out of sight? Do the children have a bed light to read at night? Keep introducing children to different kinds of books — humorous books, books with beautiful illustrations, rhyming books, pop-up books, electronic books, graphic novels, and factual texts. With your children, visit places such as the local library, markets and bookstores to find books that are interesting and fun to share. The number of books, the care of books, and the storage of books are all messages regarding how books and reading are valued in this household. What message are you marketing? (PETTA – Primary English Teaching Association Australia)
Have a good week
Lynne McDonald
SCHOOL NEWS
TULLIALLAN PRIMARY SCHOOL HAS RAISED $4000 FOR THE HEART FOUNDATION
We have 49 students signed up, if you are yet to register your child, it’s not too late: https://jumprope.heartfoundation.org.au/register
A message from our new Assistant Principal...
YEAR 1 SCIENCEWORKS EXCURSION On Friday the 23rd of August, the Year 1’s set off for a day at Scienceworks. They were very excited and the bus ride through the city proved to be amazing – especially going through the Burnley Tunnel. The students participated in a science show led by the museum staff about ‘Toys and Natural Forces’ and explored a variety of interactive exhibitions including the ‘Think Ahead’ exhibition, the ‘Ground Up: Building Big Ideas’ exhibition and the ‘Sportsworks’ exhibition. The ‘Think Ahead’ exhibition has assisted children in their inventions for our Inquiry topic, ‘Where we are in Space and Time’. It was a jam packed day and the students were tired – some even falling asleep on the bus on the way home!
YEAR 3 ABORIGINAL CULTURAL INCURSION
On Thursday the 29th of August, the Year 3 students and teachers participated in an Aboriginal Cultural Incursion. The day included a session with Herring, an Aboriginal expert, who taught the students about the ways Aboriginal people hunt, make paint, create and play didgeridoos and even how to throw a boomerang. It was a wonderful day and everyone learnt something new about the Aboriginal culture.
DID YOU KNOW?
Didgeridoos are traditionally made from tree branches that have already been hollowed out by termites.
The returning boomerang was only created by the Aboriginies.
There are over 200 tribes or language groups in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander culture.
The Australian Indigenous culture is the longest living culture in the world, this means that people are still doing things the same way they were done over 65,000 years ago.
SPORTS REPORT Last Friday, we had interschool sport against St Francis De Sales Primary School. Our kickball, European handball and basketball teams travelled by bus to St Francis, but our badminton and AFL football teams stayed at Tulliallan to compete. In badminton, we had lots of great points and long rallies. We were lucky to win a total of 18 sets, with St Francis winning 6. The best doubles team for Tulliallan were Rebecca and Januda, who easily won all their matches and showed good sportsmanship. We had lots of fun! The kickball team played incredibly well but in the end, we lost one game 12-16 and the other game was a tie (16 all). Sarvi gave his all during the game and tried his very best. He skillfully tricked the opposing team by waiting for them to turn around and then he made a run for it. Shiv also did a huge kick into the air which allowed 4 people to make home runs. We laughed a lot during the game and we’re looking forward to our next match. The European handball teams won both games. Our mixed team won 7 goals to 1, and our girls team won with a score line of 8 to 4. One of the best players in the mixed team was Emily, and in the girls team, Somaya played really well. Our basketball team also had an exciting first game. Tahleah and Elijah organised the girls and boys basketball teams strategically to see the girls coming away with a strong win 14-2. The boys and the mixed team drew their
games, but thoroughly enjoyed the great sportsmanship of both schools. During the football match, it was a pretty close game at the start. Tulliallan worked hard, showed great sportsmanship and never gave up. Tulliallan held strong and came out with a win. The final score was 23-9. Best on ground was Gene because he showed great teamwork and his goal kicking was on fire. We would like to thank Miss Tobin for managing subs and Mr Kilgour for umpiring and coaching. We would like to thank all of our coaches for supporting us throughout the games and in helping us to develop our skills in training sessions. We are looking forward to our next round of interschool sport before the end of term. By Mia D, Riley, Tara, Angelina, Leanne, Irin and Jaya
BIODIVERSITY TIP OF THE WEEK - BE ENERGY EFFICIENT
Climate change is causing global temperatures to rise and we all need to find ways to be more energy efficient to keep it below a 2-degree increase. We can start by reducing our consumption of power. Try doing an energy audit at home and switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, turn off appliances at the wall and don’t use air conditioning or heating when you are not in the room.
Stay tuned for the Green Team’s next top tip next week!
ICT GUEST SPEAKER
On Thursday, Sam from ‘Here Technology’ came in to talk to the Year 5’s and 6’s about the company he works for. He showed us the ‘Here We Go’ app they have developed which is a map navigation system. This system is used in 4 out of 5 cars worldwide. He talked to us about how they use planes, surveyors, satellites, drones and lasers to make a map of locations all around the world. It was really interesting to learn about how technology is something you can study at university, and how it can lead to having a career in ICT.
By Elisha and Darcy (Digital Technology Captains)
BYO CUP AND MUG LIBRARY AT TULLIALLAN PS
To help reduce the waste we send to landfill or to overflowing recycling facilities, we are working with the school canteen to run a BYO Cup Scheme and Mug Library. Disposable coffee cups are lined with plastic and near impossible to recycle so they are usually destined for landfill and sadly often end up in our environment. Reducing and reusing are far better options, so we are encouraging all students, parents and staff to bring their own cups for coffee or hot chocolate. If you bring your own large cup, you will receive extra coffee/hot chocolate as they are larger in size and help protect our environment. Some students are already doing this which is great to see! For parents who forget their cup in the morning we will have a limited amount of donated mugs available to use and return.
NUDE FOOD NINJA OF THE WEEK
Congratulations Max from Prep B for being a Nude Food Ninja and bringing an
excellent lunch to school. Well done!
COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY - CHILD SAFE STANDARDS Tulliallan Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and members of the school community. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all students. We have a zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously.
Jaya from Year 6 being a
waste warrior and
bringing her own cup
COMMUNITY NEWS
