National Day Against Bullying Last Friday, our staff and students recognised the eighth National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (NDA). The National Day of Action is Australia’s key anti-bullying event for schools and FHPS participated with a variety of multi-age activities, culminating in a whole school assembly. At the assembly all classes shared a range of posters, displaying pertinent anti-bullying messages and all area levels sang a range of beautiful and emotionally moving songs that contained relevant lyrics, fitting the theme of the day. I thank the school community for supporting this special day, and encourage all families to continue to discuss and promote anti-bullying messages, as we aim to ’Take a Stand Together’ and say, “Bullying. No Way!” Easter Parade—Last Day Thursday 29th March Next Thursday week, is our last day of Term 1, with school finishing on Thursday 29 March at 2.30pm. To conclude our first term of school for 2018, we will hold a special assembly at 9am. Students are encouraged to wear a ‘home-made’ Easter Bonnet for our parade at 9am. Children are encouraged to make their own Easter bonnet and I’m sure families will lend a hand to encourage all to participate with a hat of some description. We ask for a gold coin donation on this day, to support our fundraising efforts. Our assembly will conclude with the drawing of our Easter Raffle Baskets. We have many baskets again, thanks to the generous donation of our school community. All families have a wonderful chance of winning a basket treat on Thursday. If you are able to join with us on the last day, we would love to see you at our Easter Bonnet Parade and final assembly, commencing at 9am in the school hall. Facilities Update As we quickly approach the term holidays, there will be a number of building projects undertaken during this time. The school hall will be completely repainted to freshen up its look. A number of classrooms will also be repainted to sharpen up their look. The last ‘old building’ will be demolished in the holidays and upon our return to school in term 2, our school will be preparing for our new buildings to arrive onsite for construction to commence. PREP ENROLMENT 2019– DUE TO THE OFFICE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK A reminder to all of our families with children commencing Prep in 2019, your enrolments are due into the office by the end of next week. When we return after the school holidays, enrolments will open up to all external families. Make sure you secure your child's enrolment, as we have extensive enquiries and tours booked. We don’t want anyone missing out on a Prep place for next year. As this is our last newsletter for this term, I wish all families a very ‘Happy Holiday’. Congratulations to all on a most successful term of learning at FHPS. I look forward to seeing this continued learning engagement and enjoyment from all of our students in term 2. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL FAMILIES. Mrs Clark Principal Frankston Heights Primary School

22nd March 2018—Issue 5

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

IMPORTANT DATES

Fri 23rd March

District Track Athletics

Mon 26th March

Whole School Aladdin Incursion

Thurs 29th

March

Prep Afternoon Tea 1.30pm

Thurs 29th

March

LAST DAY TERM 1—2.30PM FINISH Assembly—9AM

Easter Bonnet Parade

Mon 16th April

Term 2 Commences

Mon 16th-Fri 20th

April

1/2 Swimming at PARC

Wed 18th-Fri 20th

3/4 CYC City Camp

Tues 24th April

ANZAC Assembly 9AM

Wed 25th April

ANZAC DAY HOLIDAY

Thurs 26th April

STUDENT FREE DAY

STUDENT FREE DAY:

Thursday 26th April

HOPE ELC CARPARK Please be aware the Hope ELC Car Park is not for FHPS parents to use for school drop off or collection. These parking spaces are required for the Kinder staff and families. We ask parents to respect this request and make alternative arrangements.

1/2M’s CYBER SAFETY TIPS:

Keep your passwords private (except from your parents and trusted adults)

Don’t talk to strangers

online Don’t give out personal

details Only share and say nice

things online

RITCHIES COMMUNITY BENEFITS—We received $73.91 in March from the Ritchie Community Bene-fits program. Thank you to all our supporters of this program.

PREP 2019 Planning is already underway for 2019 Prep admissions. Families with younger brothers or sisters coming to FHPS next year are asked to complete your child’s enrolment form and submit it the school office. We ask current families to complete this process by the end of Term 1 to secure your child’s place prior to enrolments opening to new families in Term 2.

Health Alert

We have received notification of a case of Shingles within the school. Could all parents please be aware of this and if you have any concerns check with your doctor. Please notify the school office if your child has this illness. Your child should be excluded from school until they have been granted medical clearance to return to school. Thank you for your co-operation.

Year 6 to Year 7 Transition To parents and guardians. Both Frankston High School at Mount Erin are having information sessions. Please make sure you make a booking with the high school to attend these sessions. I do recommend you go to the high school and see for yourself what programs they offer. I have had a few questions about the transition forms. We haven’t received the forms as of yet. Last year it was at the beginning of Term 2. They will be handed out as soon as I receive them. If you have any queries about your Year 6 child and high school please make an appointment to speak with me. Thank you Miss Deb Donoghue

Dear Parents, Easter is upon us and it is now time to seek donations

for our Traditional Heights Easter Raffle Prizes. Donations of Easter eggs, rabbits etc, soft toys or any Easter themed products along with baskets, cellophane, ribbons etc would be gratefully accepted. Please have all donations to the front office by Friday 23rd March, 2018. Raffle tickets have been sent out to all families this week and prizes will be drawn at our final assembly for Term 1 on Thursday 29th March at 9am.

We will also hold an Easter Bonnet Parade at the final assembly on Thursday 29th March. Entry will be a gold coin donation & we will have prizes for ‘best efforts’.

Our final day of Term 1 will be Thursday 29th March with school finishing at 2.30pm.

16th March

Prep H: Ivy P

Prep M: Will B

Prep R: Jai C

Prep S: Chasey K

1/2G: Indi M

1/2H: Tarkin C

1/2M: Heath J

1/2K: Jessica T

3/4J: Nadhiya B

3/4M: Keira B

3/4O: Maddi F

5/6D: Stewart F

5/6L: Jayden P

5/6V: Clemence R

JUNIOR SCHOOL EXPO

Dear 1/2 Parents,

Just a reminder that the Junior School will be having their expo

this coming Monday on the 26th of March at

3:00pm in the 1/2 building near the

office. All grades will be showing off their work in this building

together.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Kathy Goodwin, Callum Herley,

Taylor Kealy and Naomi McIntosh

LOST PROPERTY

We have several items in our lost

property basket! If your child has

misplaced an item, please come to the

office to have a look through our

lost property.