NEWSLETTER No 5 – 9th March, 2018

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CHALCOT WEEKLY

Growing a Supportive Community of Active Learners

Woohoo- The Carnival is coming to Chalcot – Thursday 15th March

The Chalcot family fun night this year is a CARNIVAL.

Chalcot students & their younger siblings, Kinder Club & Little Frogs Play Group are invited to join the fun.

I hope everyone has bought their children a $10 wristband which allows them to ride the Cup & Saucer, slide the inflatable Shark, jump on the Tiger Castle, play Mini Golf and get their face painted. Other Carnival favourites such as the Clown game, Fairy Floss, Pop Corn and cold drinks will be available to purchase for between $1-$2. L J Hooker Bear will be visiting and providing a hamper to raffle along with other fantastic prizes, tickets will be for sale on the night. The bigger kids may also enjoy the Coffee Van!

Please select the number of wristbands for Chalcot students & younger siblings and make payment via Qkr

by Monday 12th March, or contact the office to make alternate arrangements.

Wristbands will be sent home with students on Tuesday 13th March.

For catering purposes, please indicate via Flexibuzz how many family members will be attending as

one sausage in bread per person will be provided for free.

Easter Special Effort – Casual Dress Day

Parent Club are holding a Casual Dress Day on Thursday 15th March (carnival day).

Children are encouraged to take part in the casual dress and bring along an Easter egg

(one item per family) that can be used to enhance the Parent Club Easter Hamper

Special Effort. Please ensure that eggs are recently purchased and are within the used

by date. All items donated will go into creating hampers that will be drawn on

Wednesday 28th March. Special Effort tickets for the Easter Hampers will be

distributed to all families on Monday 19th March.

Pie, Pastie and Sausage Roll Lunch Day – Friday 23rd March

Our Parent Club are organising a Pie, Veggie Pastie and Sausage Roll Lunch Day for Friday 23rd

March. Please place your orders through Qkr and ensure you complete a separate order for each

child.

Please make payment via Qkr by Thursday 15th March or contact the office to make alternate

arrangements. A reminder that payment must be made by the due date, orders and payments after the due

date will not be accepted.

2018 Peer Mediators

The Peer Mediation Program is an important part of our Student Wellbeing Program, which runs during

Terms 2, 3 and 4. During Term 1, students in Year 5 who wished to be peer Mediators were trained by Mr

Evans about how to listen to other students and how to assist them in dealing with problems such as: ‘I

can’t find my friend’ or ‘I have lost my toy’. Peer Mediators are rostered to be available in the junior

playground and wear brightly coloured tops so that they are easily spotted by students in the playground.

The 2018 Peer Mediators will be presented with their badges at a special ceremony on Friday 23rd March

at 2.45pm in the hall. Many thanks to Mr Evans for his ongoing work in coordinating this valuable program

at Chalcot Lodge.

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend

activities like:

School camps or trips

Swimming and school-organised sport programs

Outdoor education programs

Excursions and incursions

Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.

Please contact the office for further information.

Parent Club Disco

The Parent Club will be holding their end of Term Disco on Thursday 29th March (last day of Term 1).

The disco ball will be flashing from 9.15am to 10.45am for Years 3 to 6 and 11.30am to 12.30pm for

Foundation to Year 2.

Students may come along to school in casual dress; however, as the disco will be held during

the school day, casual dress must consist of footwear, which is appropriate and safe for school.

A reminder that no jewellery, hair colour sprays of any description or makeup is to be worn at

school.

The cost is $2.00 per child to attend the disco and a further $2.00 per child to come along in

casual dress ($4.00 per child total), Parent Club has put a cap of $10.00 per family.

Information will be distributed to all families via Compass (and Flexibuzz) next week. A reminder that

payment can be made through Qkr or cash payments will be accepted on the day. Cash payments will not

be accepted before the day of the disco.

Labour Day Holiday

Just a reminder that Monday 12th March is the Labour Day public holiday for all Victorians. Have a great

long weekend everyone!!

Monica Ghirxi

Principal

Attention all future authors! Write4fun.net is running a writing competition for all students across

Australia.

You are invited to enter a SHORT STORY or POEM for your chance to win cash and amazing prizes such

as; an Xbox, Ipad, Fitbit, stationary packs and book packs.

Entry is free! All you have to do is create an imaginative short story (500words or less) or poem (16 lines

or less).

Entries must be typed or neatly hand written, must be original work and cannot be co-written.

If you would like to enter or would like some more information please see Miss Keay.

All entries must be submitted to Miss Keay by Wednesday 28th March 2018.

Good luck and happy writing!

Ally Keay

Monday 12th March Labour Day Public Holiday No School

Thursday 15th March Casual Dress Day Donation of one egg per family

Thursday 15th March Family Carnival 4.30pm – 7.30pm Wristband orders via QKR & BBQ

RSVP via Flexibuzz by 12th March

Sunday 18th March Environmental Bunnings BBQ Dandenong 8.00am – 4.00pm

Monday 19th March Parent Club AGM 6.30pm – Staffroom

Wednesday 21st March Junior Assembly – Froggy Awards 2.45pm – Library

Thursday 22nd March School Council AGM 6.00pm – Staffroom

Thursday 22nd March School Council 6.30pm – Staffroom

Friday 23rd March Parent Club Pie Day Order via Qkr by 15th March

Friday 23rd March Senior Assembly – Froggy Awards 2.45pm – Hall

Tuesday 27th March Fun Run 11.30am – 1.30pm

Wednesday 28th March Resilience Student Session TBA

Thursday 29th March Parent Club Disco Senior: 9.15am – 10.15am

Junior: 11.30am – 12.30pm

Thursday 29th March End of Term 1 2.30pm dismissal

Monday 16th April Term 2 Commences 9.00am start

Monday 23rd April Parent Club 6.30pm – Staffroom

Tuesday 24th April Senior ANZAC Day Assembly 9.15am

Tuesday 24th April Junior ANZAC Day Assembly 2.45pm

Wednesday 25th April ANZAC Day No School

Monday 30th April Resilience Parent Session TBA

Wednesday 2nd May Junior Assembly 2.45pm – Library

Friday 4th May Senior Assembly 2.45pm – Hall

DIARY DATES

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate available for

all families.

Morning: 7.00am – 8.45am Monday to Friday during

school term, excluding all Victorian Public Holidays.

Permanent/casual: $ 15.00.

Breakfast is provided until 8.30am.

Afternoon: 3.30pm – 6.00pm Monday to Friday during

school term, excluding all Victorian Public Holidays.

Afternoon snack and drink provided.

Permanent/casual: $ 19.00.

For program information, bookings or cancellations,

please contact Kristy on

0400 194 859 on weekdays.

Y.L.V Team

UNIFORM SALES

School uniform items can be purchased directly from

the Beleza School Uniform Store at shop 7, 151 – 159

Princess Hwy, Hallam, phone 9702 3181. Mastercard

and Visa are accepted.

Beleza order forms are also available at the school

office. When placing your order you will need to make

payment to the school either by cash or by completing

your credit card details on the order form. Beleza staff

will then deliver your order the school.

SCHOOL BANKING

Don’t forget that EVERY FRIDAY is School Banking

day and students should hand in their deposit book first

thing on Friday.

IMPORTANT DATES: 29/3/18 School Banking on Thursday (last day of

Term 1)

REWARDS NEWS: Rewards can be ordered as soon

as your child has 10 tokens. NEW REWARDS

AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST: Secret Scratch

Pad & Twister Power Handball – use the order slips

provided in the ‘For Parents’ leaflet, or you can

download and print order slips at

https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-

banking.html. OLDER REWARDS STILL

AVAILABLE: 3D Chalk Set (1 left), Colour Change

Markers, Deep Sea Savers Money Box (1 left), Epic

Earphones, Outback Pat Bag Tag, Outer Space Savers

Money Box (2 left), Pencil + Tech Case, Smiley Emoji

Keyring, Tablet Case & Volt Handball - use the separate

slip (on white paper) which has been distributed.

REWARD NO LONGER AVAILABLE: Shark

Keyring. Let us know if you need replacement order

slips, for either the new or older items.

MAJOR COMPETITION: Every banker aged 4-13

who makes a minimum of 15 deposits before the end of

Term 3 will be eligible to win a family trip to Hawaii

with spending money! There are 30 banking weeks in

that time, so there’s plenty of opportunity to be in the

running. For further details go to

https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-

banking.html.

SCHOOL BANKING CO-ORDINATOR NEEDED:

If there are any parents who are interested in

volunteering their time to process School Banking,

please come and join us on a Friday morning from 9

a.m. It usually takes around 1½ hours. Please ask at the

school office for directions to our work space.

NEW ACCOUNTS: Our School Banking program is a

fun way for your child to develop the knowledge and

confidence to handle their money, combining a savings

Rewards Program with great activities throughout the

year. If you would like your child to participate in our

School Banking program please follow the links to open

an account at

www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-banking,

or by visiting a Commonwealth Bank branch. We do not

keep application forms at the school office. If you’ve

signed your child up online, and their book hasn’t

arrived yet, we can still get them going if you have been

given the account number by the bank. Just ask the

school office for directions as soon after 9 am as

possible on a Friday morning, or leave a message at the

school office.

Ingrid Williams

School Banking Coordinator