AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575

Principal – Corrina Hartland

Email: axedale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

RESPECT, PERSONAL BEST, RESILIENCE, COOPERATION

NEWSLETTER No. 13 May 2nd 2019

Important dates:

May 3rd Book Club orders due

3rd Hot Lunch Orders – Gr P-2

7th Mother/Special Person’s Day High

Tea & Raffle Draw

8th District Cross Country (Gr 3-6)

9th Mother/Special Person’s Day Stall

May 10th Hot Lunch Orders – Gr 3-6

14th MARC Van

14-17th NAPLAN Week

20th Grandparent & Special Person’s Day

21st Werribee Zoo Excursion

23rd 2020 Prep Info Session – 9.30am

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Danny – For always being kind and gentle and a friend to

everyone. Danny’s caring nature is a great example for others.

Alexis – For demonstrating an awareness of others and their

feelings by cooperating with other students in the classroom

and in the yard.

Olivia – For being cooperative throughout the first week of

Term 2 and for her enthusiasm to participate in classroom

discussions, bringing interesting ANZAC Day memorabilia to

show and share.

Will B – For showing respect and resilience in the classroom

and yard. Will you are doing a fantastic job at being a great

friend.

Mia – For showing a caring nature and getting along well with

her classmates.

Mollie – For showing resilience and perseverance when

completing all set tasks.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Zac K – For enjoying his reading time and working hard to

learn his Colour Words.

Paddy S – For working with confidence and determination in

reading tasks and completing all levels and tests in Reading

Eggs.

Mekayla – For the way she approaches her writing tasks by

using her time wisely and completing work with detail and

care.

Grade 3/4 - For making a magnificent start to Term Two.

Grade 3/4 have jumped into Term Two with a great attitude

and respect towards their learning.

Brianne – For completing some tremendous work in addition

and subtraction last week.

Abi S – For writing an engaging recount about her experiences

at the Dragon Mile during the holidays.

HOUSE TROPHY

Congratulations to Campaspe, winners of this week’s House

Award.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Congratulations to Grade 1/2 who won the Golden Brush this week.

MAGIC WORDS

Congratulations to our students who have achieved a Magic Word

Reading Certificate this week.

CROSS COUNTRY – GRADE 3-6

The Bendigo District Cross Country event is on next Wednesday 8th

May.

With increased numbers attending the Cross Country we will be

attending in two groups to reduce the amount of non-involved time for

students.

Students in the 8, 9 & 10 years age groups will be leaving school at

9.00am and returning to school at approximately 12.45pm.

Students in the 11 & 12 year age groups will be leaving school at 11.45am and returning before 3.30pm.

A note with full details was sent home last week.

Cost is $5 per student for Grades 3-6 students and is due prior to the event.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALES

We will be setting up the 2nd hand uniforms we have in stock next Friday 10th May and will be leaving them

set up through the following week. If you have any items at home you no longer need please drop them in or

maybe do a swap.

WERRIBEE ZOO EXCURSION

On Tuesday 21st May, we are taking the WHOLE school to the Werribee Zoo. Attached is a parent

information page, which includes parent permission. We have a grant that covers the entry to the Zoo, which

is $18 per child, leaving the cost of buses to be paid by students. The cost per child for the bus is $20. I

realise that this cost may be difficult for some families. If you are concerned about the cost, please come and

speak to me.

To maximise our time at Werribee Zoo, we need to leave school at 7.30 and won’t return until

approximately 5pm. We understand this is an extremely long day but believe the experience is beneficial for

all students.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the excursion.

SCHOOL UNIFORMS

With the cooler weather, we have had an increase in our lost

property. Please check that family names are on all jumpers/jackets.

MOTHER/SPECIAL PERSON’S DAY HIGH TEA & RAFFLE

Once again we are holding our Mother/Special Person’s Day High

Tea on Tuesday 7th May at the Axedale Town Hall from 9.30-11am.

Please RSVP tomorrow if you are coming along.

Earlier this week raffle tickets were sent home for the

Mother/Special Person’s Raffle. Please return sold tickets by

Monday ready for the draw at the High Tea.

MOTHER/SPECIAL PERSON’S DAY STALL

Our Mother/Special Person’s Day Stall this year will be held on

Thursday 9th May. Items will be priced from $2 - $5.

TERM 2 CALENDAR

Attached to the newsletter today is a calendar of events for Term 2.

BABY CONGRATULATIONS

Very exciting new for Abbie D who has a new baby brother.

Congratulations to Narelle, Glenn & Jack on the birth of Henry.

GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIALS PERSON’S DAY

Just a reminder that we are holding our Grandparents and Special Person’s Day on Tuesday 20th May for

families who need to organise visits from relatives or special people.

EDUCATION WEEK – 2020 PREP PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

Education Week is on in all Victorian schools from May 20th – 24th.

One of the events we will be running is our 2020 Prep Parent Information Session. This session will be on

Thursday May 23rd from 9.30am.

If you know of any parents who may be interested in coming along, or may not know about the session, please

contact them, or let us know and we can make contact.

An Information Flyer will be provided to the Axedale Pre-School and all Pre-School parents have been

provided with a booklet outlining details about all of Bendigo’s government primary schools.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

We will be participating in this collection this year. Ask your family and friends to

pass on their stickers to us. We will have a box set up for collection in the office area.

STUDENT BANKING

Our school banking day is Tuesday. Interested students can apply online, at any Commonwealth Bank branch,

over the phone, or via a paper-based application available from the office.

SCHOOL APP

If you haven’t already signed up to our school app we ask that you take the time to download it.

The majority of our families have now signed up for our school app and are finding it is a great way of staying

in touch with easy access to newsletters, receiving calendar updates direct to your phone and entering absence

notes. It is also the way we send our alerts and reminders.

To download the app just visit the App Store for iPhones or Google Play for Android’s.

Search for Updat-ed and from the menu select our school. We’ll receive your registration

request and will need to approve you before your app is up and running.

FRUIT DUTY

Fruit will be provided during lunch and afternoon recess each Friday. Thanks to our volunteers for preparing

the fruit.

Friday 3rd May – Angela Jago & Hannelie Schutte

Friday 10th May – Melissa McKean & Tara Coffin

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast Club is run on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. All students are welcome to come along and

share breakfast with some of their school mates from 8.30-8.50am.

Our Student Well Being Worker Ricky Cawley runs this most beneficial program.

Tuesday 7th May – NO BREAKFAST CLUB

Thursday 9th May – Sam G

Tuesday 14th May – Shannon R

Thursday 16th May – Hannelie S

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au

This week’s attached article is “Helping kids feel good by doing good”

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Turnip

Turnip who?

Turnip for school tomorrow or Mrs Hartland will be annoyed.

Thanks Kaiya for this week’s joke.

Corrina Hartland

Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

MOTHER/SPECIAL PERSON’S DAY RAFFLE – Raffle tickets to be returned by Monday 5th May.

FRUIT TREE ORDERS – Order forms & payment due by Thursday 13th June.

BLANKET PERMISSION FORMS – Please return the PG rated movie permission form ASAP.

CLASSROOMS

PREP/1

The Kinder students will be joining us next Thursday 9th May for the Mother/Special Person’s Day Stall. We

will be doing some fun activities and sharing lunch.

PREP/1S & 1/2F AXEDALE TOWN WALK

As part of our learning about Axedale the students will be going on a town walk to observe all our special

buildings and places during next week. The day we go will depend on weather and our timetable.

MUSIC REPORT

It was a hectic term one in music, with a dose of djembe and tribal beats occupying the first half, followed by

some bucket drumming in the second half. Due to a range of reasons, most grades didn’t get to finish the

bucket drumming workshop, so for the first 3-4 weeks of term two, each grade will finish this activity off

(except grade 4-5).

Band also had a crazy start to the year. There were a range of interruptions (holidays, excursions, illnesses)

and then children trying getting back into the swing of practising at home, meant a fairly uneventful term one.

However, all children should now have 2 songs to work on and we are moving full steam ahead this term.

When the kids start to do their musical instrument sessions later this term (grade 4-5 start next week!) feel

free to follow or check out the YouTube page we will be using in class. In conjunction with Daniel Mayes of

Epsom Primary School, we have made 50+ lessons for the 5 main instruments the children learn at school

(guitar, drums, bass, keys and ukulele). Kids follow these lessons at school, but can also access them at home.

Go to YouTube, type in Daniel Mayes, and check out Mr Mayes Music Studio YouTube page.

Things to note for Band Members:

1. There is a Facebook Group created for all band members parents/guardians. This page has a range of

things that will assist your child in succeeding in band such as reminders, upcoming gigs and dates,

short video lessons on a range of instruments for each child to practise, general information, queries

answered, timetable for which band is on at what time, song lyrics and chords and also expert advice

from the specialist music teachers.

2. Books – Band members MUST bring their books to band every single week – no excuses! Please help

your child to remember this as I hand out music sheets, timetables and a range of other information

almost every week. Much of it gets left behind, unless they bring their books. It’s also used to

communicate with parents (or vice-versa), particularly if you don’t get on FB much.

3. Shed Open For Practice. A number of band kids have said they can’t practise at home due to other

commitments, busy schedules, lack of equipment etc. So, I am going to open the music shed up at

8:15am Monday mornings for any BAND kids only to come in and use my gear (or the schools gear)

to get some much needed practise in. I may not be able to give them all one-to-one time, but they will

have everything they need in the shed and my instructions.

Keep singin’, strummin’ and swingin’ those hips!!

Mr Marsh

LEARNING DIARIES

We hope families have enjoyed sharing their children’s learning diaries. We ask that the learning diaries are

now returned so we can start putting in this term’s work.

MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING

Axedale Primary School is a keen supporter of Zoos Victoria mobile

phone recycling complain.

They're calling you aims to raise awareness of the threats gorillas face

from mining while raising money to support primate conservation and

divert phones from landfill.

All smart phones, mobile phones, tablets and accessories such as

chargers in ANY condition are accepted.

To protect data, it is recommended to conduct a factory reset before

donating your phone.

Let's support endangered species programs and donate any phones that

are hanging around your house..... they are full of heavy metals that can

be recycled!! The phone collection tub is located across from the school

office on the sports memorabilia display area.

Thanks

Lydia Fehring

Environmental Science Teacher

PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS & FRIENDS

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE DRIVE

This year, our PVF group is again running the bare rooted FRUIT AND ORNAMEMTAL TREE DRIVE.

Families who are wishing to purchase trees can order from a wide range of options. The school will receive

$5 for every tree ordered. The trees are sourced from Valley Trees in Ardmona near Shepparton.

Order forms are attached to the newsletter

today. Please contact the school if you

would like further copies.

Orders with money need to be in at the

School Office by Thursday 13th June.

Thanks for supporting the school.

ATHLETES FOOT A reminder to mention Axedale

Primary School when purchasing

from the Athletes Foot. They will donate $5

for every pair of shoes purchased. We

recently received a cheque for $310, in

recognition of our 2018/2017 purchases.

TRIVIA NIGHT

The PVF committee are looking for

volunteers to be involved on the Trivia

Night sub-committee. If you are interested

in helping out with this event please contact

the school and we will put you in touch

with one of the members. Thanks for your

support.

COMMUNITY