Respect: Be Thoughtful

Integrity: Do the Right Thing

Excellence: Do your very best

Responsibility: Be in charge of

yourself

Newsletter Week 5 Term 2 2018 - 15th May 2018

Dates to Remember May 15th School Photos NAPLAN 16th NAPLAN 17th NAPLAN 25th Come & Try Morning June 4th 150th Yr Community Meeting 8th Curriculum Day 11th Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 13th School Council 22nd School Reports Sent Home 29th Last Day of Term July 16th First Day of Term 3

BREAKFAST CLUB

FRIDAY MORNINGS 8:40am—8:55am

In the Blue Room

Principal’s Report MOTHER’S DAY STALL I hope all the mother’s had a wonderful day on Sunday and enjoyed the gifts the children gave you. I would like to thank Cath, Jules, Jodie, Carly and David who helped at the Mother’s Day stall on Friday. SCHOOL COUNCIL We held our School Council AGM last Wednesday. The structure of our School Council for 2018 is: Heather Sandlant—President Cath Koros—Vice-President Lauren Bourke—Secretary. The other members of our council are Luke Molloy, Eileen Davidson, Peta Clark, Leonie Allen, Tim Haase, Soraya Hepburn and myself. I would like to thank Karen Molloy for her many years of service to School Council. CURRICULUM DAY Just a reminder that the school will be closed for a curriculum day on Friday 8th June. There is no school for students on this day. COME & TRY DAY—FRIDAY 25TH MAY On Friday the 25th of May we will be having a ‘Come & Try Day’ for children who will be attending primary school in 2019. The opportunity will provide parents and children to see how our school operates. The morning will run from 9:15am—10:15am. TREE LOPPING With the wild weather last week we have had a tree branch break off and go into a neighbour-ing paddock. If anyone has a chainsaw and some time can you please come in and cut it up. Cameron Landry Principal

PRINCIPAL’S DIARY

May

31st PLC Approach—Melbourne

June

6th & 7th Principal’s Conference

Walk Safely to School Day

Friday 18th May

Meet at the Waubra Bus Stop at

8:30am

A Big Write Celebration!

Amazed, I walked through the vast gardens at the country fair, looking at all the roses, poppies and more. I

explored all the nooks and crannies.

I was looking at a particular beautiful rose when I saw a foal eating pure green grass. Following it, I stum-

bled over bushes and around statues until I went through an apple orchard. I realised that I had lost my full

sense of direction. “OH NO, I’M LOST!” I yelled.

I started wringing my hands in worry until I yelled “MUM, DAD, where are you?” As I turned around a lepre-

chaun appeared in a puff of green smoke wearing a little green top hat, a little green vest, long black pants

and a belt with a gold buckle. He said, “If you beat me in a game of chess I will give you a coin to toss in

that wishing well.” I laughed at his little high voice but he pulled off his hat and he pulled out a chessboard

and pieces, and we started to play.

It was almost night when I yelled out “I WON!” He handed me a coin and I tossed it in the well. I got sucked

into a vortex and I could hear weird noises and it felt like my body was going to get ripped in half. I opened

my eyes and I was in front of the fairy floss stand looking at a huge bowl of fairy floss. As I drooled, my

mum and dad came up behind me and said, “Having a nice day?”

Author: Flynn Sandlant (Grade 4)

Oh No, We’re Lost

It was a sunny day in the village of Greenvill and most families were happy, including this one.

Mathew, Rachel and Mia were all splashing about in the pool, Rachel was on the diving board, Mia was

sitting on a pink swan float, and Mathew was swimming. “It’s time to come in for lunch,” proclaimed their

mum, so they went inside and had lunch.

They were so tired from their pool time they almost fell asleep! But despite their tiredness they asked their

mum if they could go on a walk. On the way they smelt a sweet scent that led them into the forest. By the

time they couldn’t smell it any more, they were lost! It was dark and scary, it was as if the trees were alive,

at every step it felt like the trees were closing in.

“How about we do animal calls?” said Mia.

“Great idea!” replied Rachel.

So they started making animal noises of all kinds. Deer, rabbits, birds and more. It worked, they used a wolf

to sniff their house out. As soon as they saw their house they said thank you to the animals and they ran to

their house.

Ever since that day they never went into the forest again!

Author: Adele Hepburn-Swadling (Grade 5)

It has been fabulous to have Sarah Trengove in our class

for the past 4 weeks! She has taught us many things, and

we wish her well in her future teaching career! Well done

Sarah and thank you for choosing us to complete your fi-

Term 2: Week 3

F/1/2

Maths: We have begun our

unit on Shape. We have

looked at two-dimensional

shapes so far talking about

how many sides and corners

they have. We have also

looked at three-dimensional

shapes, looking at the faces,

edges and vertices.

Reading: Our focus this

coming week is to look at

words with the same end-

ing letters and sounds.

When reading a word, we

use the sounds at the

ending of the word to

help us read fluently.

Writing: This week we are continuing to write Narra-

tive texts. We have no Big Write this week due to

NAPLAN.

We structure our Narratives as follows:

Title: This is often chosen after we have developed the

story.

Orientation: This is where we introduce the characters

and the setting of the story.

Problem: This is where our story is told, something hap-

pens with the characters, often a problem that needs

solving.

Resolution: This is the part of the story where the prob-

lem is solved.

Conclusion: Although not required, this is where you

might explain a moral of the story.

Pictures from Big Write this week!

On Friday, Sarah, Tim, Soraya and myself travelled to Bacchus Marsh PS to have a session with staff

from other schools around the topic of literacy. We have come back with more great ideas for

teaching and learning, and further developing our literacy block.

Please make sure that your children are coming to school with a jumper, it is starting to cool down!

Grade 3/4 Weekly News

Term 2, Week 5

It’s NAPLAN Week!

Here are some tips on how to help your child through test-

ing time:

Make sure your child gets enough sleep. Most chil-

dren need between 9—11 hours a night.

Provide your child with a nutritious and filling break-

fast. Try to avoid high sugar cereals which can make

children hyper and unfocused.

Make sure your child arrives to school on time.

In Mathematics we are

learning about fractions.

We will be able to explain

what a fraction is and how

to make and compare dif-

ferent sized fractions.

This week in writing we are learn-

ing to create and save documents

on our computers so we can pub-

lish our work! We will also be

learning how to stay safe online

and be a respectful digital citizen

HELP! Over the next

few weeks we will need

your help for Inquiry.

We have some ideas on

what we are hoping to

achieve in our garden,

but we need you to

come and help us re-

move some plants. If

you think you might be

able to help please let

us know!

In Reading this week we are continuing to learn how to look for

context clues to help us understand new words.

What’s happening in grade 5/6?...

Have a great week everyone!

Tim Haase

On Wednesday during week 3, the grade 6 stu-

dents attended the GRIP leadership conference

at Federation University in Mount Helen. It was

a very insightful experience for the students and

I think they all took a lot out of the day! The pre-

senters gave the students plenty of information

in regards to becoming a successful leader and

also gave them some strategies that they can

use at school to put their leadership skills on dis-

play.

As it is now Term 2, school reports are not far away

so over the next few week students will be undertak-

ing a number of mandatory tests in both literacy and

maths. Also this week, grade 5 students will be com-

pleting NAPLAN. The NAPLAN tests run over three

days and the students will sit four tests including;

writing, language conventions, reading and numera-

cy.

Grade 5/6 footy tips leader board:

1st: Will Brand, 52

2nd: Will Machin, 51

2nd: Bailey Briody, 51

2nd: Tom Lyons, 51

3rd: Logan Sandlant, 50

Student of the Week: Responsibility

Teacher Student Reason

Ms Hurse Peggy Davidson Always working on making your

learning a positive experience. You

get the work done with a smile on

your face and your positive attitude

shows in your great results. Well

Ms Hepburn Alex Bourke Working incredibly hard to achieve

your writing goals. You use your time

in Big Write to carefully look over yur

work, checking that it makes sense

and you have used full stops and cap-

ital letters correctly. Keep being a

learning sensation!Alex!

Tim Tom Lyons By actively contributing to all class

discussions. It is great to see you be-

ing confident and sharing your an-

swers and opinions with the class.

Well done Tom!

Mr Landry Daniel Ferguson By engaging in all aspects of your

education. It is great to see how you

work, learn and participate in all

school activities. Well done!

Newsletter Item No.3 May 9th

“Understanding politics and how democracy works helps students become

active citizens in the future.”

We have been learning about Federation of Australia. In 1901 the 6 separate British Colonies joined to become one nation. They needed to decide on a set of rules called a Constitution, which helped govern this new nation called The Commonwealth of Australia.

Mrs Bawden

MARC History

FUN FOOD FRIDAYS: Vegetable Soup $3!

(Please compete order by Thursday)

Family Name:______________________________________

Child’s Name Class Quantity Cost

Football Tipping Competition—Leader Board

Position Name Total

1st Cath Koros 50

2nd Bailey Briody 49

3rd Tim Haase 47

3rd Hugh Briody 47

Monday Munchies

For Sale!

Monday $1

School Banking Day IS

Wednesday Contact the office if you would like to open an account!

Great Rewards for

saving

Date Name Soup/meal

Week 1 20/4 Leonie Allen Pumpkin Soup

Week 2 27/4 Jayne Briody Lamb & Veg Soup

Week 3 4/5 Jules Wheeler Roast Lamb Rolls

Week 4 11/5 Cath Koros Baked Potato

Week 5 18/5 Brad Sandlant Veggie Soup

Week 6 25/5 Heather Sandlant TBA

Week 7 1/6 Di Dean TBA

Week 8 8/6 Curriculum Day

Week 9 15/6 Kelly Briody Sausage Rolls

Week 10 22/6 Lauren Bourke Fried Rice

Week 11 29/6 Last Day of Term Sausage Sizzle

Date Name

Week 1: 16/4/18 Cath Koros

Week 2: 23/4/18 Narelle Grail

Week 3: 30/4/18 Jodie Seare

Week 4: 7/5/18 Leonie Allen

Week 5: 14/5/18 Carli Koros

Week 6: 21/5/18 Peta Clark

Week 7: 28/5/18 Kelly Machin

Week 8: 4/6/19 Eileen Davidson

Week 9: 11/6/18 Queens Birthday Holiday

Week 10: 18/6/18 Laura Molloy

Week 11: 25/6/18 Junior School Council