Volume 19 Issue 17 Guthrie Street PS “Gazette” · Report will be available to read on the school’s website: Good Sleep Habits I have summarised an interesting article (by par-enting

Guthrie Street PS “Gazette”

Volume 19—Issue 17— 12th June 2018

Guthrie Street PS “Gazette” Principal— Mr Brendan Bicknell

Assistant Principal—Mrs Maureen Munro Assistant Principal— Mr Michael Donovan PO Box 1310 Shepparton Vic 3632 Ph 582 11944 Fax 5821 3202

Our Vision: To develop in our children a zest to become life-long learners and caring, valuable members of society.

Mission: To make a positive difference in children’s lives.

Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

Gaming Last week I touched on the use of technology and the fine line between technology being a useful learning tool or an addictive distraction. One area of technology that has become extremely popular for many reasons is gaming. If you are experienc-ing challenges in regards to your child constantly gaming and need strategies to help then this up-coming seminar might help. On Monday 2nd July the Bridge will be holding a seminar for parents dealing with their child’s bad habits around gam-ing and provides an insight into the psycholo-gy and culture of gaming. This seminar will also help provide parents with strategies and re-sources to help reduce family conflict. Please re-fer to flyer inside this gazette for further details. Mid-Year Reports – delivered electronically Mid-Year Reports will be available after 4pm on Monday 25th June. The reports outline what chil-dren have achieved, areas that will be developed in the future and the role school and home has to play in this development. The reports provide par-ents with an opportunity to celebrate with their children their achievements while at the same time setting goals for future learning. Again, school reports will be delivered to fam-ilies electronically through the compass plat-form. A detailed note explaining to parents how they will access their child’s report will be provided in the coming weeks. Please make sure you have updated your email and contact details. This will make accessing com-pass easier. Annual Report to the School Community The Annual Report to the School Community is an opportunity for Guthrie Street Primary school council to share the year’s achievements, mile-stones, and improvements. It is also an opportuni-ty to reflect on the school’s performance and un-derstand where and how the improvement agen-da has impacted student outcomes. The Annual Report will be available to read on the school’s website: www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

Good Sleep Habits I have summarised an interesting article (by par-enting expert Michael Grose) about creating good sleep habits for our children. The article men-tioned that many children today are sleep de-prived and struggle to receive the recommended nine to ten hours of sleep per night. The concern with this is that research has proven that sleep maximises brain growth, consolidates the day’s learning and ensures children are fresh for any future learning the next day. What was most alarming was that the links between sleep debt and poor mental health including anxiety and de-pression were indisputable! It was noted that children who develop good sleep patterns early in childhood tend to carry these into adolescence. If you are a parent of a young child and you are struggling to get them to sleep, Michael mentioned the following good sleep habits may be useful. Good sleep habits include: 1. Regular bed-times. Kids may fight this, but

be regular and let kids stay up a little later on weekends.

2. A wind-down time of up to 45 minutes prior to bed. This includes removing TV and other stimuli, calming children down and limiting food intake.

3. Bed-time routine such as story-telling and teeth-cleaning that signals psychologically that it is time for sleep.

4. Keeping bedrooms for sleep and not for TV. Bedrooms that resemble caves seem to be recommended.

Reminders:

School Photos - Friday 15th June

Brendan Bicknell Principal

http://www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au


INFORMATION BOARD

IRON ON TRANSFERS are now available from the School Office. Red for Polo Shirts and Blue for windcheaters - $2 each.

If you would like any pre-loved Guthrie St uniforms please ring Ronika on 0458 281833 to arrange a time to view any garments.

We are always in need of more stock.

Please deliver any donated items to the office.

Community

Billboard Our Community Billboard is lo-cated in the main passage near the school office. Please feel free to view upcoming events, educational / welfare courses. More information on the follow-ing are now available to view on the Community Billboard.

Guthrie St Primary School ‘Tweets’ Follow Us On Twitter @guthriestps

for Important Announcements. A twitter feed with updates is available on the Guthrie St app and website.


Emotional Intelligence

Students of the Week

The following Students received their Emotional Intelligence

Certificates at Assembly.

Strong people make good choices

Classroom EQ Awards

Calendar of Upcoming Events 15 June—School Photos

19-27 June —Somers School Camp

20 June—Pizza orders due

20 June —Region Cross Country—Yr’s 5/6

25 June—Final Assembly

25 June —Student Reports

available on Compass Portal from 4pm

26 June —Dance Festival Yrs 3/4

27 June—’Braveheart’ Incursion F/1

29 June—Pizza Day

29 June – Term 2 Ends at 2:15pm Buses leave 1 hr earlier

to coincide with early dismissal.

Parent Downloads Available on our website in PDF Format

www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au

Student Information update

Parent Information Booklet updated 28th May 2018

OSHC Brochure

2016 Annual Report

WWC Check — Parents / Volun-teers

Social & Emotional Wellbeing Manual

Guthrie St PS Uniform Policy

Homework Policy

Sunsmart Policy

Parents’ guide to online safety

SafeKids.Com—Family Contract for online safety Bus Travellers Permission form and School Bus Code of Con-duct Term 1 Vacation Care Planner Vacation Care Booking Form

2018 Calendar as at 28/5/2018

2018 Medication Request Form

2018 Lunch Order List

2018 OSHC Enrolment Form

2018 School Fees

2018 CSEF

2018 ICT Grades F-2 form

2018 ICT Grades 3-6 form

2018 Permission Form

2018 Instrument Music/Singing Tutoring Enrolment form

EMF Ridaa Jafari

NWF Amir Khan

KRF Manseerat Kaur

1AG Jake Chircop

1LV Tierre Morrison

1AP Hope Daniels

1LK Kobe Freer

2PH Zoe Gleeson

2MG Sally Nolan

2DM Lucas Daldy

3CJ Daisy Brassil Shawn Tulimafono

3CH Dylan Turner Zahra Ghorbani

3JH Iyla Bathman

4CR Jyren McCarty-Walker

5SO Mia Cook

5NC Harry Beckingham

6NF Harry Leishman

6FP Cara Seddon

School Fees School Fees are $310. Form is available on www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au INSTALMENTS—Reminder—if you are paying School fees by instalment that the 2nd instalment of $77.50 per child is due 27th April 2018.

Funding CSEF Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund—If you hold a valid means tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent you may be eligible for $125 per child. Eli-gible families are encouraged to return the CSEF form as soon as possible.


Parent’s Association Our next meeting will be on Monday 23rd July 2018.

Pizza Lunch On Friday 29th June, the Parents Association will be hosting a pizza lunch.

$3 for one piece of pizza $5 for two pieces of pizza $7 for three pieces of pizza

You will have the choice between:-

Cheese (margarita), Ham and Pineapple, Ham and Cheese or Meat Lovers.

Order forms were distributed to each child on 7/6/18

including Gluten Free (blue) order forms to students at request.

Please return to the classroom teacher by Wednesday 20th June 2018

Please make sure to fill out one form per child (money can be together)


A Credit Card payment form is provided below for those who are not ordering on-line and wish to pay/order and send directly to Arthur Reed.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS Arthur Reed Photos will be taking

school photographs at the school

on Friday 15th June 2018

All photo orders are on-line Student orders up to 11:59pm on Monday 25th June

Family orders up to 11:59pm on Thursday 14th June

If you are not able to order on-line, please complete order SENT HOME 22nd May and return with correct payment directly to Arthur Reed Photos.

Individual Packages range from $25 to $59 and Family $24—$36.

Students are to be well groomed wearing correct school uniform –

No badges, broaches or jewellery No flowers/bows/headbands No black tights No long sleeved tops under dresses

All students to wear a school red wincheater or bomber jacket.



School photo day is on

Friday 15th June 2018




Guthrie Street PS Free App - iOS and NOW Android

In our continuous pursuit to improve communication with our school community we now have available our very own Android Guthrie Street App in addition to our existing iOS Guthrie Street App. This app contains our school newsletter, various documents (forms, policies etc), a current school calendar, contact infor-mation and our Twitter Feed used for reminders and news etc. To download this free app please follow the steps below: On your phone; go to our website: http://www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au Scroll to the section as below and click on the app that you wish to download (either iPhone or Android): (You can also search directly for ”Guthrie Street” in your phones App Store)

The Guthrie Street App will appear in either the “App Store” or “Play Store” Select “Install” -> Then enter either your “iTunes” or “Google” account password. Wait for the app to download and install -> Select “Open”

VIDEO—EQ Awards presented at Assembly On COMPASS parents can now view EQ awards that were presented at assembly. A short video shows stu-dents receiving their certificates each week. Open COMPASS on your computer (computer only, phones don't work), click on the pencil icon in the top left hand corner, then click school resources. Videos are available on the menu on the left. Any is-

sues please contact Michael Donovan at the school office.

Student Absences To advise of your child’s absence from school, please use the Compass Par-ent Portal and click on the link- ‘Add Attendance Note/Approval’ remem-bering to select the correct date if completing this after or before the absence day. Student Absence Text Messaging Service (0417994620) - No longer available!!! As previously advised in the Gazette on 10th October 2017, the school will no longer be using the Absence Text Messaging Service.

http://www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au


Area News

Foundation Literacy:

Word of the Week: ‘yes’

Sentence of the Week: ‘Mum and dad said

yes.’

Big Write: ‘Yo Diddle Diddle’

Math Focus:

Number: Before and After - We are learning

how to identify what numbers come before

and after a particular number (0-20).

Capacity - We are learning to compare the

capacity of different containers.

Reminders:

Australian Early Development Census: If you

haven’t returned the ‘Australian Early Develop-

ment Census Parent Questionnaire’, please do

so ASAP.

School Photos are on this Friday the 15th of

June. Orders can be made online (up to

11:59pm on Monday 25th June for student

orders and 11:59pm on Thursday 14th June

for family orders). All students are to wear a

school red windcheater or bomber jacket.

Homework Books: Homework Books should

live in student’s reader bags, they can then

be handed in each Friday.

Notes: Please make sure you are checking

your child’s reader bag each night for

notes.

Karen Kelly, Natalie Ralph, Naomi Wright and

Emily Meagher.

Year One Spelling: The graph /a/ making the sound “o” as in swan. Words: swan, wasp, was, wash, want, what Big Write: Information Report about the kangaroo. Numeracy: Place Value, Time-o’clock and half past, measurement. School Photos: School Photo Day is this Friday 15

th June. Please make sure that your child has the

correct school uniform including a red windcheater. Pizza Day is Friday 29

th June the last day of

school for the term. If your child is having pizza the order forms need to be returned to your child’s classroom teacher by Wednesday 20

th June with

payment.

Year Three Billabong Ranch Camp Thanks to all the people who have returned their camp form and paid their deposit. There are still a few families that we are waiting on. Contact will be made with you in the coming weeks as we need to have numbers confirmed by the end of term. iPads Just a reminder that students require their iPads at school daily for learning tasks. It is quite challenging for teachers to plan activities that require the use of iPads when children are not bringing them to school. It is also essential that iPads are charged over night as we do not have the ability to charge them all at school.

Year Five An information note about Year 5 camp to Lorne went home at the end of last week. The note out-lines dates for the camp as well as a payment plan leading up to the camp in October/November. A deposit needs to be deposited by Friday 22nd of June to confirm your child is attending camp this year. If you have not seen this note contact a Year 5 teacher. We are not completing a Big Write this week as we will be conducting our debate speeches in class instead.

LUNCH ORDERS If your child has any food allergies please write in red on bag. ie . Food Allergy to dairy products. Please do not wrap money (place loose in bag and fold into four). For any queries please phone 5829 2362 or email [email protected]


Area News

Year Six Last week the Grade 6 students participated in a debate on a variety of topics from, ‘should signal blockers be used in cars?’ to ‘Is Nepal better to holiday than China?’ (below images) Notes for Lorne Surf Camp have been sent out. Please note the deposit payment is due on the 22

nd of

June. This will ensure your child gets a spot on this camp.

Alex Barca and Emily Butcher as speakers Savreen Kaur First speaker of the negative team

Fayzah speaking about “Australia having its own recycle plant”











Documents

Volume 19 Issue 17 Guthrie Street PS “Gazette” · Report will be available to read on the school’s website: Good Sleep Habits I have summarised an interesting article (by par-enting