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TOORA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Issue Thursday 03rd August, 2017

2017 CALENDAR BELL TIMES 9:00am School starts 11:00am - 11:20 Recess 12:20pm—1:00pm Lunch 2:00pm—2:15pm Recess 3:20pm Dismissal AUGUST 4 –16th Mrs Gilbertson away 4th School Assembly 3:00pm 7-25th Parent Opinion Survey Online 08th Year 6 Students visiting Aged Care, Foster 08th Kindergarten visit to School 10:00am 10th Prom Coast Basketball Team try-outs 11th Canteen Lunch order day 14th School Council Meeting 4:30pm 16th Scholastic Book Fair Sale 17-18th Mr Haustorfer at Prin Conference 21st Junior School Visit Kindergarten 10:00am 22nd Year 6 Students visiting Aged Care, Foster 23rd Book Week dress up day and parade 24-25th Mrs Walker at Admin Conference 30th Mr Haustorfer at Finance PD Traralgon SEPTEMBER 07th Kindergarten visit to School 10:00am 07th Division Athletics at Wonthaggi SC 13th Mr Haustorfer at Finance PD Traralgon 19th Kindergarten visit to School 10:00am OCTOBER NOVEMBER 6th Curriculum Day PUPIL Free 7th Melbourne Cup Public Holiday 15-17th Wilsons Prom Camp Yrs 3-6

School Mobile Number: 0475 605 437

Be Safe, Be Fair, Think, Learn & Care

Principal News It’s been a very busy first few weeks of Term 3, with lots happening in and around the school. Here’s a few snippets of what has been happening: PFA Barbecue Last Thursday the PFA held a very successful Market Day barbecue at Toora Foodworks. I walked down with Grade 6 students Scarlet and Mackenzie, who spent a couple of hours assisting with cooking, serving, money handling and cleaning up while I slacked off chatting to community members. A massive thank you to all parents who gave up their time to help out on the day and to two grade sixers who did an amazing job of representing the school. Corner Inlet Learning Alliance (CILA) For those of you who aren’t aware, the CILA is a network of small schools who come together on regular basis to participate in professional learning and share teaching strategies. The schools in the CILA are: Welshpool, Toora, Tarwin Lower, Tarwin Valley (Meeniyan), Foster and Fish Creek. Myself, Mrs. Gilbertson and Mr. Whittle have been busily working away with our CILA colleagues already this term, with Mrs. Gilbertson visiting Foster to explore strategies for teaching Maths and Mr. Whittle visiting Fish Creek to see how they put together Maths and Literacy groups. Leave We very warmly welcome back Mrs. Walker this week who extended her school holidays to travel central Australia. It has been great having you back in the office Di, although you have made us all very envious of your travels with your stories. We bid farewell to Mrs. Gilbertson this afternoon who will be on leave as of tomorrow (Friday) until the 17th of August. Safe travels Louise we look forward to hearing your amazing travel stories when you are back. Ms Zeb Brierley will be in the Junior classroom for Mrs. Gilbert-son while she is away. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend. Mr. H.

COW ONESIES Could the families who borrowed a cow onesie for the School Disco in Term 2 please return them to the office ASAP. There are quite a few names not returned.

A reminder that community members are encouraged to

raise any concerns about child abuse with the Principal or

report directly to Child Protection or Police

PREP 2018 INFORMATION: Our Kindergarten to Prep transition program is well underway with visits from the kinder to school and vice versa. School information sessions will take place in Term 4 for Kindergarten students - when Enrolment Packs etc will be distributed. If you know of families who are interested in the school, at any grade level, please encourage them to phone the school on 56862 283 to arrange an individual tour or pop into the school to collect a 2018 enrolment form and to leave their contact details.

Term 3 Kindergarten/School Transition Dates:

Tuesday 8/8, 10am - Kinder kids to School Monday 21/8,10am - School Kids to Kinder Thursday 7/9, 10am - Kinder Kids to School Tuesday 19/9, 10am - Kinder kids to School

PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2017 We are conducting a survey to find out what you think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is conducted annually by the Department Of Education and Training amongst a sample of randomly selected parents (in large schools) and every family (in small schools) at every school in Victoria. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The survey helps our school gain an understanding of how you view our school climate, student engagement, and relationships. Our school will use the results to inform school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes approx. 15 minutes to complete. It can be accessed from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August. The survey is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha) and Hindu. Results will be sent back to our school at the end of September. For further information, please speak to you child’s teacher or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx School computers are available for those families needing to access from school. Please contact Di in the office if you wish to complete your Parent Opinion Survey at school.

P12 Classroom News

This Term we began our gardening club thanks to Kerry Duroux and Juneen Schultz. In small group students have enjoyed going out and getting their hands dirty. Potting seedlings, tidying garden beds and getting ready to plant vegetables. Thank you to Troy Allott for the donation of old hay for mulching our garden beds. Next week the senior grade will start adding some muscle work to our vegetable garden. Writing - We have been learning to write “How To” texts (Procedural Text) below are some great examples from our students. In investigation we have been learning about Minibeasts and all sorts of bugs, insects and other creepy crawlies. Quiz your kids on their knowledge - you may be surprised that they know what Metamorphosis is! Next week I am away for 10 days returning on Thursday 17th August, in my absence our class will be in the capable hands of Ms Zeb Brierley - feel free to pop in and say hello, I’m sure Zeb would appreciate the same assistance you give me. Pete Snell has been coming into our classroom on a fortnightly basis to impart his musical prowess upon us. Students have been really enjoying these sessions and are currently making musical instruments. Watch this space fur-ther into the Term, I’m sure we will witness some AWESOME stuff at assemblies over coming weeks. WANTED: Anyone who may have scrap pieces of 90mm PVC downpipe that they don’t need and would like to do-nate to our musical instruments - we are hoping to make a “Thongaphone” and would love your donations. - Mrs Gilbertson

Pictured L-R: Hamish, Ella and Tess with their handmade

musical instrument

Next week our sound focus is on Z z z as in Zebra- Start thinking about Show and Tell ideas!

How to make a book By Tess H You will need 2 pieces of paper and a pencil and a glue stick Steps 1. get a glue stick

2. get a pencil

3. get a glue stick

4. write something

5. put a line of the glue stick down the left side of the paper

6. stick the paper together

7. read your book

How to Make a Recycle Robot By Tom D Goal: To make a recycle robot. Materials you will need: 2 big tins, 1 lid, Paint, Scissors, Tape 2 egg cartons, 2 cardboard tubes

Steps: Get one tin, 2 cardboard tubes and 2 egg cartons Using the scissors cut the top off both egg cartons Paint the 2 tubes Glue the lid on the top tin Tape the second tin to the top tin Glue both cardboard tubes to the bottom tin for legs Now you have made you very own robot.

How to Train a Calf By Ella B Goal: To train a calf Materials: 1 x Calf Steps: 1. Pat the Calf 2. If it doesn't listen.. 3. Try saying ‘Sit’

YEAR 6 STUDENTS VISIT PROM COUNTRY AGED CARE AS PART OF FOSTERING THEIR LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the guidance of Mrs Jenni Delaney, our Year 6 students have been involved in visits to the Prom Country Aged Care facility in Foster. For many of the residents at PCAC a visit from our students has been the highlight of their day. Even residents with serious memory loss or cognitive limitations have enjoyed the visits, even if they don’t remember it later. For our students, it has been a valuable opportunity to make a difference in an older persons life. Our students have had to learn how to interact with people different than themselves and they learn responsibility. With the ongoing visits happening each fortnight it allows for understanding and trust to develop which is essential for a real connection between people of any age.

Scarlet - We engaged with the residents of PCAC by using Balloon Therapy. Mackenzie - Most of the residents were happy with Brodie, Scarlet and myself visiting. Brodie - Amused the residents with his cartoonish dance moves. (had them in fits of laughter)

Limerick - noun a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba. 3-6 Classroom News

There once was a girl called Milly Who liked to play and be silly She ran over a log And tripped on a frog And now they all called her Free Willy By Amiliah

There once was a boy named Chea Because he was never okay He could never go to jail But he always got mail So all he does now, is just play By Chea Roelink

There once was a girl named Maddy Who for lunch always had a burger patty She went to a rat then ran to a cat then she was saved by her daddy By Cheyenne

There ones was a boy called Django Dyson His brother Tex looked like a Byson Tex was really fat Like a massive bat This was the story of junior Django Dyson By Dyango

There once was boy named Jayden Who liked to eat really big Cayden with a star who wanted to be pro but she was not a pro but the star got eaten Madden By Jayden

There once was a cat called bat, Who had never harmed a rat. The cat could be crazy, And quite often lazy. This is the cat called bat. By Mackenzie

Once there was a girl called Rose She liked to strike a pose She had a big frown That made her fall down That was the story of Rose By Tom

There once was a boy called Logan Who liked to speak in slogan. He had a pet cube And watched youtube And that is the story of Logan. By Sunday Plowright

There once was a girl named Sarita And everyone wanted to meet her She wondered away And fell in some hay Then no one was able to see her. By Sarita Toner

There once was a boy called Tom He had a hat with many a pom-pom He was 41 years old and he had some gold but he blew it all up with a bomb-bomb. By Rose Brown

There once was a rabbit called Lola Who like to drink coca-cola. She jumped each day She jumped all though May. And that is the story of Lola. By Olivia

There once was a boy called Jake Who lived right next to a lake Although he was thin He fell in the bin Then he got eaten by a snake By Myunah

There once was a boy called Wesley Who was very feisty he lost his yoyo he was a dodo He was known to be quiet pesky By Monty

There once was a class at Toora Primary School Who thought they were all really cool Some students were big and some were little Their teacher was the amazing Mr Whittle Instead of Maths they’d rather go to the pool. By Anonymous

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REMINDER: Bus travellers must have a note handed to either the of-

fice or Bus Duty teacher or a note in the communication book if they are not travelling home on the bus.

Bus Students are Supervised from 8:15am until 3:50pm. All other students are supervised between 8:45am - 3:30pm.

Sick students will be placed in the sick bay and a phone call home will be made. The alternative to ringing home, is calling an ambulance.

THANK YOU FOSTER IGA Late last term Mr Tinker was presented with a cheque for $307 from the Foster IGA as part of the their ‘giving back to the community’ program. We would like to thank Paul and the team at Foster IGA for their generous support. The funds will be put towards valuable resources for our school.

THANK YOU FOSTER BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toora Primary school students are happy recipients of two sets of Basketball Singlets, kindly donated to us by the Foster Basketball Association. A very kind thank you to Wendy Vitols for her thoughtfulness and for delivering the singlets to our school.

WANTED! Volunteers for our 2017 swimming

program.

We are looking to continue our very successful swimming program in Term 4

2017 and Term 1 2018. To make this possible we are calling on the help of parent

volunteers. While the times and dates of swimming sessions are yet to be finalised, Kerry D.

has arranged a training day for volunteers on Tuesday 15th of August, which will be run

by Kemp Aquatics. Training fees will be covered by the school. If you are interested please see Kerry D. or

Di in the Admin office for further information.

DET requires that volunteers also have a current Working With Children Check.

SUCCESSFUL 2017 GIPPSLAND BRIGHT FUTURE GRANT Esso, together with BHP Billiton on behalf of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, is pleased to confirm a Bright Future Grant of $3000 (plus GST) to fund the purchase of Lego Mindstorm Robotics and expansion kits for the students of Toora Primary School.

Providing our students with opportunities to access a range of physical construction and design tools for robotics, programming and engineering, aligning perfectly within our Vic Curriculum—Maths, science and Technology strands.