Newsletter Drouin West Primary School

'Nurture, Enrich, Inspire, Achieve'

Issue 6/17 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3:45pm 15th March, 2017

P.O. Box 176 Phone: 03 56 251971 535 Main Neerim Road Drouin 3818 Fax: 03 56 252175 Drouin West 3818 Email: drouin.west.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

IMPORTANT DATES EVENTS TO REMEMBER

Mondays Lunch orders and Student Banking

Fridays Assembly will be held at 3:00pm in the multi-purpose room. Parents/guardians/carers and interested community members are most welcome to attend.

Thursday March 16th Senior school athletics day. Students in years 3 to 6 are able to take part in the athletics day from 9am to 1:30pm.

Sunday March 19th

School ‘FAIR’ 4 more sleeps!!

Monday March 20th SRI sessions commence this afternoon at 3:15pm in the library

Friday March 24th Whole school photo day. Class photos will begin at 9am, so please ensure you are at school on time with your best smiles.

Extra Curriculum Activities Activities that are available to students during recess or lunch time.

Mondays Lego Club P-6 in the Multi Purpose Room

Tuesdays Fun and Games - All students are welcome to attend the music room during lunch time.

Wednesdays Beginner Recorder Group - At first play students in years 3 to 6 are able to join the Beginner Recorder Group.

Advanced Recorder Group - At lunch time students in years 3 to 6 are able to join the Advanced Recorder Group.

Recorders are available to purchase at the office for $10.

Fridays Choir - Students in years 3 to 6 are welcome to join the choir with parent written permission. Permission forms are available from Mrs. Brown.

Senior School Athletics Tomorrow The senior school athletics will be held on tomorrow Thursday 16

th March. All children in grades 3-6 will participate

from 9.00-1.30. This event is held on the school oval with the children rotating through 8 athletic events. This day is used to select children for our school athletic team. It is appreciated if children can wear clothing and shoes suitable for jumping and running. Tops must cover shoulders and midriffs (no short sleeve football jumpers) and school hats are to be worn. Children are encouraged to wear their team colours on this day; Baw Baw-yellow, Strezlecki-blue, Tarago-red. If you are unsure of which team your child is in please check with their classroom teacher. All children from the same family are in the same team. For the day to run smoothly and for children to gain the most from the experience parental help is needed. Please lend a hand even just for a short while.

IT WILL BE A HOT DAY TOMORROW SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND SIP. SLIP ON A SHIRT, SLOP ON THE SUNSCREEN, SLAP ON A HAT AND BRING YOUR REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLE TO SIP.

From The Principal’s Office

It was a bonus to have some amazing sunsets and sunrises and an extra day to enjoy last weekend. I hope families enjoyed some extra time together to do something special. Munch, Munch, Munch Pack Goodness in your Lunch Box

Planning ahead is the key to providing a healthy lunchbox for your children when they are school. Like most of us, children appreciate some variety: sandwiches, wraps, rolls, cut up ready to eat fruit and vegies, yoghurts, pieces of cheese, dried fruit, as well as muffins, slices, and the occasional treat. There is some interesting and alarming data from the Gippsland area which is well worth considering …

Only 54.2% of children aged 4-12 are meeting daily recommendations for fruit intake and 3.9% meeting recommendations for vegetable intake. 18.8% of children aged 5-12 years exceeded the recommended screen time of two hours. We know healthy children learn better so let’s give all children the chance to achieve their very best by eating well and getting active.

Gearing Up for the School Fair The excitement of the School Fair is building every day this week with donations and final arrangements been put in place in this last week of preparations. Thank you to those hard working parents who have put in many hours to plan and organise for this event this year. This is a major fundraiser for this year and has been well supported by local businesses. The money raised from the fair will go directly into purchasing more technological devices to enable all students have easy access to reliable equipment across the curriculum. We really do need more helpers on the day to lend a hand rather than expect the few to do all the work. Please let us know if you can help out, if even for a short time.

Vocal / Singing Tuition This is available to students

in year 5 & 6. Singer, songwriter and pianist

Jemma Michael 0449 022 570

Music Lessons Violin, Cello, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxo-

phone, Trumpet and Trombone. Phone Mathew to arrange a lesson at school

on Wednesdays 0497 258 950 Instrument hire is available.

Happy Birthday !!!!!! Happy Birthday to the following students who will

celebrate their special day during the week Monday 13th March to Sunday 19th March 2017

Jai PrepA, Ayden 5/6A, Reese PrepA, Kobi 1/2A

and Shelby 5/6A Don’t forget to come to the office to collect your

birthday sticker.

PrepA Leeah

P/1A Unable to publish

1/2A Kirralee

2A Tearnee

3/4A Jessica

3/4B Whole class

4/5A Aleisha

5A Evelyn

5/6A Brock

Super ‘B’ Award Winners Super ‘B’ award winners for week 6, term 1

Our Chaplain Hello everyone! I was at a church gathering on Sunday and the question was asked- what do you do when faced with difficulties? It was an interesting question because it did not say what do you do if you are faced with hardship, but when you face difficulties. As you can imagine the responses were varied. There was one response though that has stuck with me. An older lady started to share about the difficulties her parents (now passed away) faced living through a world war. She shared how her parents had a shortage of food, the loss of life and the general upheaval to family life during those years. This lady shared that her parents faced the difficulties by supporting each other and supporting others in their local community. No –one could take the hardships away, they had to learn to get through the very trying times and needed each other to do it. There is so much talk about building resilience in children. But what I think it means is supporting kids when they are going through hard times, so they can bounce back and take on life. It doesn’t mean, taking that hard time away or ‘fixing’ it so that everything is right. It means giving our children the skills they need to get through the situation. Because we are all different, we are all going to have different ways of coping in life and different areas we need support in. One of your children may need support with their maths, one may need support separating from you at school, one may need no support at all (at the moment!) but what we need to do is to support our children through it. Primary schools generally and particularly Drouin West welcome the opportunity to partner with you with whatever situation your child needs help with. Please come and talk to us if you need some help getting your child through some tough times. Building resilience can result in raising courageous and independent children. Thanks to all those who have returned parenting notes. I will let you know as soon as I hear from Parentzone-Anglicare when our parenting course will be starting. Thanks to those who have returned their children's Seasons for Growth permission notes. I am placing children in groups now and these groups will take place over term 2, 3 and 4. I will send home confirmation notes when it is sorted.

Take care! Wendy Ronalds School Chaplain

If you have any questions please contact me at the school on a Tuesday or Thursday or email me on ronalds.wendy.w@edumail.vic .gov.au I do check emails regularly.

Acknowledgement: National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program have been funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Drouin West School

Fair

Sunday 19 March

2017 11am – 3pm

4 Sleeps to

go!

The countdown is on and we need your help to make the day a success.

Roster of Helpers

Attached is the roster of helpers so far. There are a lot of gaps! So please nominate a ½ hour slot or two to help out on one of the stalls. We desperately need parking attendants! Let the office know or text Catherine on 0432 868 304 if you can help.

Raffle A reminder to place your donations for the raffle in the boxes in each classroom by tomorrow Thursday. Raffle tickets have been sent home and will also be on sale on the day.

Cake Stall Calling all bakers! Forms and containers have been sent home. Extra containers are available at the office.

Pre-purchase

Tickets As with previous years, you will be able to pre-purchase your Fair tickets and save $$$$. Tickets can be used for just about everything on the day. Tickets on the day are $1 each. Pre-purchase via QKR for 25 tickets for $20 SAVE $5 or at the office $24 tickets for $20 SAVE $4. Pre-purchase closes tomorrow Thursday 5pm.

Sponsors A BIG Thank You to all the businesses and community groups who donate goods and services for our Fair. Please support the people who support our school.

With everyone’s help

we can make this a

great day! Follow us on Facebook @DrouinWestPrimarySchoolFair

Drouin West Primary School Fair Sunday 19th March 2017

ROSTER As you can see we still have a lot of spaces that need to be

filled. Please support this exciting event. A helpers

availability sheet is on the back of this page. Please fill it in

and return to the school ASAP. TIME SLOT

ACTIVITY 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 – 12.00 12.00 – 12.30 12.30 – 1.00 1.00 – 1.30 1.30 – 2.00 2.00 – 2.30 2.30 – 3.00

Ticket Booth Nicky McDonald

Nicky McDonald

Nicky McDonald

Nicky McDonald

Casey Tuck Casey Tuck

Julie Thomas Julie Thomas Julie Thomas Jumping Castle

Susan McLeish Larna Easton Ms Rendall

Combat course

Trevor Alexander

Pete Reiher Pete Reiher Gerard O’Riley

BBQ & Drinks

Taking orders Krystal Upton Fiona Hansen Fiona Hansen Mrs Finger

Jaison McIntyre

Jaison McIntyre

Cooking Luke Vanderplight

Luke Vanderplight

Luke Vanderplight

Luke Vanderplight

Warwick Bone Warwick Bone

Warwick Bone

Warwick Bone

Serving Meagen Sawyer

Meagen Sawyer

Darren Lilley-man

Duane Cunnington

Duane Cunnington

Darren Lilleyman

Louise Sedgman

Louise Sedgman

Cake Stall/ High tea

Taking orders Kim Vanderplight

Kim Vanderplight

Kim Vanderplight

Kim Vanderplight

Megan Munckhof

Megan Munckhof

Megan Munckhof

Megan Munckhof

Tea & Coffee Elizabeth Kelly Elizabeth Kelly Serving Kate Reiher Krystal Hill Lanaea Bone Kate Reiher

Priscilla Ludbey

Priscilla Ludbey

Priscilla Ludbey

Priscilla Ludbey

Priscilla Ludbey

Priscilla Ludbey

Beauty Parlour Face painting Meaghan

McNeill Meaghan McNeill

Tanya White Tanya White

Crazy Hair Sophie White Sophie White Nail painting Kasey White Kasey White Krystal Upton Lanaea Bone

Tattoos Lanaea Bone Declan Thomas Grace Thorpe

Slushies Lesley Lilley-man

Miss Reid Ayden Narayan

Ayden Narayan

Showbags Tanya Roberts Narelle McIn-nes

Brendan Re-gan

Miss Winter Michelle Rochford

Michelle Rochford

Fairy Floss/Lucky dip

Larna Easton Samantha James

Samantha James

Mrs Barson Mrs Barson

Raffle / Silent Auction

Megan Munckhof

Megan Munckhof

Courtney O’Riley

Julie Thomas

Julie Thomas

Parking Attendants

Andrew Dalzell Andrew Dalzell Phil Stammers Phil Stammers

Photographer Sarah Welch Sarah Welch Miss Bills Miss Bills Sarah Welch Sarah Welch

Sarah Welch

Sarah Welch

11.00 - 11.30 11.30 – 12.00

12.00 – 12.30

12.30 – 1.00 1.00 – 1.30 1.30 – 2.00

2.00 – 2.30

2.30 – 3.00