Pupil of the Week

Blake Adam and Milla Kennedy

for

Successful completion of more than 50% of this year’s Mathletics tasks

Keigan Ballard

For

Significant Improvement in his Handwriting

Principal’s Message

School Council elections

As we received only 2 nominations for the 2 vacant positions, Dimple Sandhu and Katrina McFarlane will begin their

2 year terms on School Council. Congratulations Dimple and Katrina.

Urban Camp

Information has been sent home regarding the upcoming grade 5/6 Urban Camp in Melbourne.

The camp will be held from 16th to the 18th of March. Students will travel to and from Melbourne by train.

Cleaning Roster

A new Cleaning Roster will be organised ready for the start of term 2. It is pleasing that all families have indicated a

willingness to be on the roster. The money we save enables School Council to subsidise our programs, excursions

and camps.

Lunch orders

Lunch orders will start this Thursday. Hopefully everyone has a lunch order form on their fridge. Thank you to

Dimple, Amrit and the team at the Lake Charm store.

Lake Charm Landcare

The members of the Lake Charm/Mystic Park Land Care Group have been busy cleaning up the school and will be

returning soon to do a bit more work. Thank you!

Clean Up Australia Day

Last Friday was Clean Up Australia (Schools) Day. The students did a wonderful job cleaning up around the school

and along our service road.

Wednesday 11th March 2020

Term 1 Week 7/9 Issue 4

March

6 Water Safety/Fun Day at Kerang Pool 9 Labour Day holiday 13 Environmental day at Reedy Lake 16-18 Gr.5-6 Urban Camp in Melbourne 27 End of term one.

April 14 Term 2 starts 17 Pupil free day – All staff PD 22-23 Sleepover at Ultima Primary School

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Reading really does Matter

Please read with your

child/ren every night, help

them to learn the joys of

reading.

What’s happening In The Classroom?

The senior students are finishing off the publication of their Magic Fish (theme) books. We look forward to

sharing these books with the wider community.

This term we have focussed on Mathletics. The students have enthusiastically worked through almost a

year’s work in the space of about six weeks.

In Respectful Relationships we have been working in the topic of Emotional Literacy.

In sport/physical education, to coincide with the Women’s 20 20 World Cup, one of our major activities has

been ‘cricket’. Sahej has proven to be a rather wily bowler.

All students are expected to read regularly (daily) at home. Please take the opportunity to listen to your child

read and ask them about what they are reading.

This month the students read and translated an Indonesian story book. They did a fabulous job translating and

reading to their peers. We also completed a role play and revised some songs.

From Miss Noonan

On Friday the 28th of February the students participated in Clean Up Australia Day by picking up

rubbish from in front of the school to the picnic stop. The students were amazed at some of the

items they found……lots of bits of tyres, smashed bottles.

At the end of Summer the students each wrote a poem titled “Summer”. Paige’s poem was based on

the five senses and how that connected to summer.

Concert News: If you are interested in a copy of the school concert/s from recent years, I have them all to copy. I

bought a bigger storage drive for myself so that I have all the concerts on one portable drive.

We have been given plums in recent weeks so

I decided to use some up in cooking. I settled

on a plum torte recipe, which the students

baked with supervision and help from Dimple

on Friday. Most of us enjoyed eating it!

Thankyou to Dimple for her help in making it.

Student Fundraising

ZOOPER DOOPERS for sale @50c every lunchtime. Miss Noonan and Mr. Millard are donating the Zooper

Doopers and the funds we raise will go towards those less fortunate than ourselves. Ms Noonan is looking for some small bits of poly pipe, tins or plastic containers that would fit a tennis ball through,

for science. If you have anything that might suit send it in and I will have a look at it. Thankyou.

Community Connections