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‘From little things, big things grow’
Issue No. 20 7th December, 2017
186 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Tyabb 3913
Phone (03) 5977 4584 Fax (03) 5977 4519
Email: [email protected]
Web address: www.tyabbps.vic.edu.au
Principal’s Report
Principal’s Report
EXTREME WEATHER WARNING
We would sincerely like to thank all parents and relatives who helped us on Friday afternoon by picking up their students early. Weather warnings had predicted a large storm at student pick up time so we made the decision to send out a request via the school SMS alert system for parents who were free to pick up students early. The aim of this was to avoid massive congestion at 3.30 and ensure the safe pick up of our students during the predicted storm. Whilst this storm arrived earlier than expected and cleared by pick up time, this support definitely helped to stagger the pick up time and reduce traffic issues. I would like to thank parents for their support and the staff who assisted in the coordination of the pick up ( some barefoot in the rain!) It is sometimes difficult to make a decision such as this when our weather is so unpredictable but hope you will all agree that it is better to be ‘safe than sorry!’
SMS SYSTEM
Friday was a helpful test of our SMS alert system. This Education Department system allows us to send SMS alerts and instructions to parents/guardians using the mobile numbers entered on to our student data base. This alert system is an important communication tool for emergencies such as storms, fires, traffic incidents, bomb threats and other rare but significant events. We may need to inform you of such an emergency and give you instructions for either picking up students or waiting until the
emergency has passed. If you did not receive an SMS alert on Friday please contact the office so that we can check that we have your mobile number on our system. We will only use this SMS system for important matters.
2018 preparation
It is hard to believe that we only have 2 more weeks left and 18 days until Christmas!! During the next couple of weeks we will have many events to celebrate the fabulous year students have had. While we celebrate we will also start preparing for the new year and would like to assist parents with the following information:
Dates for the Beginning of year
Monday 29th January - Teachers start - pupil free day Tuesday 30th January – Teacher Curriculum Day – pupil free day Wednesday 31stJanuary – Children in grades 1 – 6 start Thursday 1st February – All new preps start - 9.15am Friday 2nd February – The second day of grade prep - 9.15am start
Forward Dates
December
Friday 8th Parent Helper Morning Tea
Tuesday 12th State Orientation Day
Wednesday 13th Grade 5 Movie Night
Friday 15th Middle School End of Year Excursion
Friday 15th Carols By Candlelight – Somerville
Tuesday 19th Grade 6 Graduation
Wednesday 20th Reports to go home
Thursday 21st Grade 6 End of Year Excursion
Friday 22nd Last day of Term 4 – Dismissal time 1.30pm
January
Monday 29th Teachers Start – No Students
Tuesday 30th Teacher Pupil Free Curriculum Day – No students
Wednesday 31st Grades 1 -6 Start Back – No Preps
February
Thursday 1st Preps Start at 9.15am
Friday 2nd Preps Start at 9.15am
PARENT HELPER MORNING TEA
FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER IN THE BER BUILDING
FROM 11.00AM
BOOKLIST PAYMENTS
ARE NOW DUE PLEASE
MAKE PAYMENTS ASAP
STATEWIDE
ORIENTATION DAY
TUESDAY 12TH
DECEMBER
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 2 ‘From little things, big things grow’
2018 Staffing With approximately 405 students and in an effort to keep grade sizes low we have decided to increase to 18 grades in 2018. To accommodate 18 classes this has meant that many grade levels have had to move to other areas of the school – please refer to the map. Whilst this may not be ideal, I am sure you will agree that having smaller grades is the preferable option. You will also notice on the lists provided that the names of some of our 2017 staff members do not appear as we are sadly losing several of our fabulous teachers. We sincerely thank Hannah Nelson, Tobi Hailey and Karina Bartlett for their hard work and commitment to the school and the students in their care. All of these staff have had a great impact on our students and school and will be sadly missed. We wish them all the best for their new endeavours. With staff leaving we have new appointments and will be welcoming a new teacher to grade prep – Sarah Wilde and a new teacher to grade 2. We look forward to these new teachers joining our fabulous staff and being a part of the Tyabb Primary School Community.
Last Day
As parents will be aware the dismissal time for the end of term 1, 2 and 3 is 2.30pm. Department of Education & Training regulations allow dismissal time to be 1.30pm on the last day of the school year (Friday 22nd December) if four hours of school time have been conducted. As such school will operate on the last day as follows: 9.00-11.00am Class time 11.00-11.30am Recess 11.30-1.30pm Class time
There will be a whole school assembly at 12.30pm until about 1.15pm (venue to be advised depending on the weather and the availability of the hall which still contains the artroom). Students will then return to their classroom for dismissal. As we will not be having a lunch break it is suggested that students be provided with a large snack to consume at recess.
Camp Dates – put in to your diaries for 2018
Classes for 2018
Camp Name Cost (2017) Please note costs may vary slightly in 2018
Dates
Somers Camp – Grade 3
$ 210 Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th July
Phillip Island Camp – Grade 4 $ 240 Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd March
Camp Rumbug – Grade 5 $ 270 Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th May
Woorabinda Camp – Grade 6
$ 220 Monday 5th to Friday 9th February
Grade Staff Rm Staff
PA Debbie Hamilton 1
PB Kylie Baker 2 Art – Sharon Wright
PC Damian Brennan 3 PE – Cobi Davies
PD Sarah Wilde 4 Music – Merran Wyatt
1A Christina Tropeano
5 Science – Miranda Dummett
1B Meg Huther 6 Studies of Asia – Leanne Day
12A Anne McDonald 7 Reading Intervention – Libby Morgan
2A New Teacher 8 ES - Yashmin Beaumont
2B Tania Matthews 11 ES - Kimberly Cox
3A Bronwyn Rogers 13 ES - Kerry Fleming
3B Kathie Toft 14 ES - Maria Annal
34A Kathy Woff 12
4A Jess Riley HB2
4B Jonathan Fitt HB3 Business Manager – Cathie Fulton
5A Amy Monea HB1
5B Ashleigh Simon/Rachel Everard
HB6 Office Staff
- Sue Weymouth
6A Matthew Emmett HB4 - Karen Jacob
6B Sally Watson HB5
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 3 ‘From little things, big things grow’
HPV – HUMAN POWERED VEHICLES
Last week I travelled to Maryborough to see some of our Grade 5 and 6 students compete in the annual RACV Energy Breakthrough. This is an exciting program designed to provide opportunities for students, teachers, parents and local industry to work together to design and construct a vehicle, a machine or innovation in technology that represents an energy breakthrough. Thousands of students ranging in age from primary to secondary competed in a variety of events including creating water vehicles, building bridges, making machines from recycled material and racing pushcarts and human powered vehicles. This year our students competed in the Primary Triathlon event. This involved scrutineering and checking the safety of the vehicles and answering detailed questions about the trike. The children then competed in an obstacle course, time trials and an eight hour endurance race. Our teams, called the Tyabb Pythons and Tyabb Cobras did extremely well. Congratulations to the following children – Tyabb Cobras – Emily, Zoe, Brianna, Charlotte, Miller, Jagg, Ben and Jackson and Tyabb Pythons – Mia, Mercedes, Billie, Milly, Georgia, Logan, Riley and Sean. You can all be very proud of yourselves.
NEW ADDITIONS
Our students were very excited to see our new additions to the playground. We recently had some new games painted on our concrete and asphalt including snakes and ladders, hop scotch and four square. Next year we hope to add to these with further four square, giant chess board and alphabet snake. Thank you Mrs Grinsted for organising new games for our students to play at playtimes.
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 4 ‘From little things, big things grow’
Graduation
On Tuesday the 19th December, our Grade Six students celebrate the conclusion to their seven years of primary school. Many of our students being at Tyabb PS for the whole seven years. I wish the students all the best for their graduation and also thank the year six teachers for organizing this special evening.
Let’s Celebrate !!
Congratulations to our Student of the Week award recipients for the week beginning 27th November. GRADE NAME
PREP A Taj
PREP B Oscar
PREP/1A Heidi
1A Harriet
1B Thomas
2A Sophie
2B Heath
2/3A Matthew
3A Emma
3B Shaya
4A Harry
4B Sway
5A Hannah
5B Layla
6A Emma & Corey
6B Evie & Allie
6C Hannah & Ben
Let’s Celebrate !!
Congratulations to our Student of the Week award recipients for the week beginning 4th December. GRADE NAME
PREP A Jack
PREP B Zach
PREP/1A Loli
1A Max
1B Sienna
2A Amy
2B Max
2/3A Will
3A Will
3B Benny
4A Logan
4B n/a
5A Piper
5B Jessica
6A Jagg
6B Mia
6C Harriet
‘From little things, big things grow’
Curriculum Corner
An Important Note About Reading
Dear Parents, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE read with your children over the Christmas break and have them read to you. I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you that when you stop practising important reading skills, children find it difficult to maintain the skills that they have developed throughout the year and can regress.
Read with your child every day
Regular reading routines are essential to developing effective reading habits.
Set aside a time every day when you and your child can read together, and another time when you can discuss your favourite parts of the book. Being a reading role model by reading to your child is also an important aspect to reading. This is regardless of how old or independent at reading your child is.
If you are reading with your child and they come to a word that they don’t know or aren’t sure of, remember the following simple rules:
Wait: Give your child a chance to figure out the word on their own. Don’t be the instant word factory and supply the word – help your child to be a resourceful reader by allowing them time to gather more information and clues. Ask: Does that make sense? Does the picture give you a clue? Could you read on for more information? Asking these questions reminds your child of the different strategies they can use to figure out what the text is saying. Then: If the child is still stuck on that word, ask them to skip it and read on. You can always drop that word into the conversation as you turn the page. This supplies the unknown word and has the added advantage of not shaming the child for being wrong. One of the best gifts that you can give your child over the festive season is to spend time with them finding, sharing and exploring exciting books.
Happy Christmas
Anne McDonald
(On behalf of the Tyabb Literacy Team)
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 6 ‘From little things, big things grow’
Tyabb Primary School would like to offer parents/guardians the opportunity to pay their school expenses using Centrepay. What is Centrepay? Centrepay is a voluntary bill-paying service that is free for Centrelink customers. Through Centrepay, a Customer can authorise Centrelink to deduct regular amounts from their Centrelink payments to pay their bills and expenses to a School or Business. Centrepay deductions of $20 or more per fortnight per child can be used to pay for:
Fees and charges for Book packs and Essential Items and any related educational expenses including equipment, incursions and excursions, camps and swimming. Benefit to parents: The money is debited from their Centrelink payments and sent to the school before being deposited into their bank account. The school receipts and allocates to outstanding charges in consultation with the parent. This eliminates the need for parents to ‘put money aside’ or use a credit card and there is no requirement for them to come to the school to pay their account. $20 per fortnight per child in years P-2 and $30 per fortnight per child in years 3-6 for a full year will cover Essential Items and together with the Government’s Camps, Sport & Excursion Funding (CSEF) should also cover the cost of camps/excursions/incursions. Parents can include an end date, a target amount or keep it open-ended. The deduction can be amended or cancelled at any time by contacting the school and completing a new form. What next?: Please contact the school office (phone or email [email protected]) for a form to be sent home or to answer any questions you may have. Please return the completed form to the office and your application will be processed through Centrepay. Your deductions can start immediately or a date of your choosing. Please don’t send your application directly to Centrelink as your unique account number is required for identification when the school receives the fortnightly reports from Centrepay.
CENTREPAY INSTALMENTS THROUGH
CENTRELINK
‘From little things, big things grow’
This term P1/A, 1A, 1B and P1/A have been learning
about Community Helpers and the different types of
people that help out in our local community. We were
lucky enough to have a visit from the Tyabb CFA who
taught us about the importance of fire plans, the
uniforms worn by firefighters and what to do if
there is a fire near you. The students got to explore
the fire truck, sounding the siren and the horn and
were even able to have a go of the big fire hose! We
would like to say a big thank you to David Strang and
the other members of the CFA for coming to visit
and teaching us about fire safety.
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 8 ‘From little things, big things grow’
GRADE 5 POETRY
Dance by Abbi
Stomp, clash, bang! “Sorry for party rocking…”
The song sang, it was time to start dancing.
In dance class
The air is full of energy
As we look in the glass,
Gorgeous faces we see.
Finally we finish the dance.
It’s time to go home now.
We march to the door like little ants.
I wake up with sore muscles… Owwwww!
Snow by Gabby
Snow falls now and after.
Children’s laughter; here and farther.
Fire lit
Crackle. Burn.
As it grew warmer, the flames rose higher.
Fire sizzle. Snow melts.
Morning glow a surprising sight,
The shimmer from the flurry’s light
My happiness starts to shine through the darkness.
Friendship by Mason
Friends bend, doesn’t matter
We won’t lose each other.
Friends link like an invincible chain.
Invincible, unbreakable, unbendable.
Camping by Ava
Peaceful, quite Summer night,
Sitting relaxing under the moonlight.
Feet in the water, being a daughter,
Riding on the bikes all day.
Broom! Broom! The engine starts,
As I jump on the bike, getting ready to dart.
Fast, the slow and off I go,
Speeding on the bikes all day.
Dreams come true?
The bush is a loo!
Exploring the deep dark forest all day.
We are playing ball and bat,
When we see a wombat.
Bursting with excitement,
As we treasure it all day.
Sunsets by Ruby
Although the sun is setting
And you’re right here by my side
I don’t know everything is going to be alright
And the truth to the matter is still unknown.
We tried and tried
But nothing was on our mind.
Strength is what we need but it’s hard when we’re so far
From the truth being told
To ourselves safe and alone
This is our home.
The Fallen by Henry
Cherry blossom,
Flowers fall,
Fire crackles,
After a hero’s final breath,
Time to mourn.
Time for sorrow,
The battle field painted red.
After a battle of mass distress.
Life by Harrison
Lava surrounded the Blossom tree,
Sunset in the distance; a warning to flee.
Smokey clouds hurting me.
Survival is important, can’t you see.
Building a house in a tree,
Sad little mouse come with me.
With some friends,
Lots of bends,
Now we’re here.
We give a cheer but something’s near.
We run and hide,
Scared and terrified.
We realise it’s just the tide.
We live and breathe with a strife,
Thankyou for giving me this life.
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 9 ‘From little things, big things grow’
Music News: A Busy Time. Instrumental Concert: Well done to all the
students who performed in the Instrumental Concert
on Wednesday 29th November. It was a hot, but
great evening showcasing the varying abilities,
talents and improvements made throughout the
year. This is due to the wonderful efforts of the
teachers. My thanks to Julia Furneaux – piano,
Kristen Furneaux – piano, Mark Berry – guitar,
Catherine King – flute, Noel Tenny - drums and
Jordan Mills – vocals. A big thank you to our grade
6 announcers who did a fine job at the concert.
Elderly Excursion: On Friday 1st December the
Choir and Band visited two elderly villages to
spread some Christmas cheer to older members of
our community. Accompanying us were Mrs
Bartlett, Kym Barker and Kirsten Lindsay. Many
thanks to these ladies. We firstly headed off to
Craigcare in Mt Martha. This was our first time
there and we were very well received. The students
were given some morning tea with homemade
shortbread. Very yummy and festive. Due to the
very wet weather we could not go to the park for a
break, but continued on to Somercare in
Somerville. We had our lunch there before
performing. Again the residences loved to see the
children and the performance went well. We had a
lovely time with both groups of senior citizens and
the children enjoyed meeting them, singing and
having a chat. The children were complimented on
their performances and behaviour. Great work
everyone.
COMING UP:
Carols By Candlelight: On Friday 15th
December the Carols Choir comprising students
from grades 2 to 6 will sing at the Somerville
Carols which will be held at the Fruit Growers
Reserve, Jones Road, Somerville. This evening will
begin with a Fire Safety Show at 6:30pm and then
the Carols at 7pm. This is a family event and all are
invited to attend. Those performing please be
dressed in your finest “Christmasy” clothing and
accessories. We are singing 2 songs and have
practiced on Tuesday lunchtimes. Thanks to all
those students and families who are coming along
and to support the Carols and Tyabb Primary
School.
Instrumental Forms will be coming home soon
for 2018. Please read the information on the
back about our teachers.
Merry Christmas
Merran Wyatt.
Sports Arena
On Thursday, 30th of November, students from Grades 4, 5 and 6 represented Tyabb at the District Triathlon held at the Crib Point Swimming Pool and Oval. It was an extremely hot day with the temperature getting above 30 degrees. Students either competed in the individual leg where they did the riding, swimming and running parts themselves or competed as part of a team doing one of those legs. All students put in a fantastic effort with some great team finishes and individual results. For everyone to be as committed as they were and doing their best during the heat was fantastic to see. Well done to Ben of 6C who competed in the individual race, coming first overall. Fantastic job to all Grade 6 participants as this is the last event they will do for Tyabb Primary. Thank you to all the family members who came out to support everyone. There were many of you and it was great to see. Thanks to Yas, Miss Riley and Miss Hailey for doing a great job looking after everyone, making sure they had plenty of sunscreen on and staying hydrated.
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 10 ‘From little things, big things grow’
Junior School Council During December, our Junior School Council is asking
our school families to donate packaged, non-perishable
food and items/toys to families in need over Christmas
time. The items will be distributed by the Salvation
Army to families in our area. The JSC team members
will collect these items from classrooms each day, so
please be generous.
Parent & Friends Association
(PFA)
"Working together to better our school for the benefit of
our children"
$21, 811.34 raised in 2017!!
Thank you to everyone who has supported the
fundraising efforts of the PFA this year by purchasing a
gifts, donating or by giving you time and energy to help
organize and volunteer at events. These funds will go
back into the school to help make improvements to the
grounds and educational services our kids receive.
I want to especially acknowledge our committee
members who are a small group of working mums who
value our school community. Robyn Bull has been the
Treasurer for the PFA for the past 8 years and is
finishing up at the end of 2017 with her youngest
daughter moving on to high school in 2018. Thank you
Robyn for your time and commitment to our school and
kids. Ysra Sebode has been the Secretary for about 4
years now and Joss Irvin and Bron Cox are general
committee members. These ladies have done a stellar
job and it has been great working with them and their
enthusiasm and can do attitude is always encouraging.
Remember over the holidays that when you shop at:
Rebel Sport
Richies
You spends can turn into $$$ rewards for our school
which is very easy.
On behalf of the PFA, have a great Christmas and
summer break.
Jenny Johnson
President
2018 Bulletin Goes Paperless!
In an effort to be more environmentally friendly and lower our paper/photocopying costs, our newsletters are going paperless from 2018! As from 2018 our newsletter will be available;
- On our website www.tyabbps.vic.edu.au - Via Flexibuzz
Tyabb Primary School Bulletin:7th December, 2017 Page 11 ‘From little things, big things grow’
Briars January Holiday Programs:
“Nature’s Treasure Hunt” Junior Ranger
Program for 6-10 year olds on 5, 8, 10, 12, 16 & 17 January 2018, 9:30am–midday. $18.50 per child. https://jnr-ranger-prog-tickets.eventbrite.com.au Join Ranger Fi for a fun summer orienteering challenge in The Briars Wildlife Sanctuary. BYO drink and snack (no nuts). Hat and closed shoes to be worn.
Briars Bush Fairies for 3-5 year olds on 9 & 18
January 2018. Two sessions per day, 9:00-10:00am and 10:30-11:30am. $12.50 per child. https://briars-bush-fairies-
tickets.eventbrite.com.au Child must be accompanied by an adult. Come along on a magical mission and discover what The Briars fairies get up to in the warm summer months. You’re your very own fairy to take home. Dress in your fairy best and boots (or closed shoes) – we’re bush fairies after all.
After-dark Wildlife Walks in the Sanctuary with Ranger Fi on 4, 9, 10, 11, 15 & 16 January 2018,
8:30-10:00pm. $15 Adult, $12 Child/Concession. https://after-dark-wildlife-walk-tickets.eventbrite.com.au Walks will be cancelled on days of Total Fire Ban and when wind strength is at and above 35kph. These will be rescheduled or a refund provided.
All programs commence at the Visitors Centre. Booking and prepayment is essential. For more information call The Briars on 5974-3686 or email: [email protected]
