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Warranwood

Primary School www.warranwood.vic.edu.au

Term 4, Week 3

Thursday 23rd October, 2014

WHAT’S ON?

October

20-24Foundation Swimming 24 Say G’Day Walk to school day Leadership Team Photo order due Cricket Clinic with senior school Middle school production dress rehearsal 2-3.30pm Scholastic Book Orders to be returned 25 Students return from Japan 27 State Athletics Day 28 Middle school production of Madagascar 30 Adidas Fun Run 31 Year 6 T20 cricket competition

This week’s Principal Awards Congratulations to this week’s recipients: Lucas B FS Rayan R FR Sasha G FS Lloyd A FD Luke D FD Megan S 1/2D Charlotte J 1/2S Jacob T 1/2S Cambell S 1/2M Ashlee W 1/2J Madeleine F 1/2M Brody P 3/4 A Cooper D 3/4H Codi C 3/4M

Assistant Principal Foundation Swimming I enjoyed the chance to watch the foundation students swimming yesterday. The students have been fantastic and prac-tising their independence skills to manage themselves so beautifully. Congratulations to parents for their preparations, staff for organising the program and our students. I saw lots of happy faces at the pool! Scientist in Schools Program We have been lucky enough to secure a scientist to visit school through the Scientists in Schools Program. In our case we are even more fortunate because our scientist is 2015 foundation parent, Jessica Holien. Jess is a medical researcher specialising in cancer research and has worked with students in the senior school already and will be operating in the school on a consultancy basis in a number of ways. The senior school loved their experience and we are looking forward to

Angus E 3/4M Mikayla H 3/4M Brooke C 3/4B Rylee C 3/4B Emma C 3/4H Jarrod G 3/4A McKayla B 3/4H Ryan A 3/4A Baylan E 3/4W Tristan S 3/4H Natasha P 5/6P Emma W 5/6P Cody C 5/6P Alex P 5/6P

Curriculum Day, Monday, 3 November

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many more great sessions. Thanks Jess! Japan Tour I have seen some absolutely fantastic photos on the blog and the skype system has had a workout this week. I know the students will be exhausted by the time they get back but what a wonderful experience for them. If you haven’t had a look at the blog you can do so at http://japan2014wwps.blogspot.com Car Park Safety Despite our continual pleading and explanations about this issue, the safety of our stu-dents is being compromised by parents parking in the staff car park in the mornings and the afternoons. In fact, this week, there have been more offenders than ever before. PLEASE DON’T USE THE STAFF CAR PARK AT PICK UP AND DROP OFF TIME. PROTECT OUR STUDENTS! Click App You may have seen in the media the latest app for families to access second hand uniforms at affordable prices for a range of different schools. I have attached the flyer at the back of the newsletter for anyone who might be interested. Parents Victoria Online Conference October 2014 & May 2015 First four days: 6am Monday 27 October 2014 to 11pm Thursday 30 October (Australian Eastern Stand-ard time) Register (for no cost) at: http://www.straighttothepoint.co/pv/register/ PARENTS of primary and secondary students, in all Australian States, Territories and countries, in government, Catholic and independent schools, are warmly invited to take part in the Parents Victoria (two-part) online confer-ence, which will be held over four days in October 2014 and a further four days during Education Week in May 2015 (there will be no need to re-register for the second section). No special software is needed, other than an internet-connected computer and a browser (speakers are an ad-vantage but are optional). The online discussions will be very easy to join in; online resources will be provided, and guidelines about how to participate will be available. *You don’t need to be a member of Parents Victoria to take part. Join in for all of the eight days, just some days, or even a few hours, depending on your lifestyle and other commitments. The conference is open 24/7 and is moderated between 6am to 11pm. Posts outside 6am to 11pm may not appear on the website until the following day. Topics The four one-day topics are Homework, Access, Reporting and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). The ongo-ing topic of Funding, an additional topic, will run for the entire four days. There will also be an opportunity for par-ticipants to raise other issues. How to register Register and confirm your participation (for no cost) at: http://www.straighttothepoint.co/pv/register/

UNIFORMS - get you bargain now Just a reminder I still have some old style uniformsat 50% of original retail price. Older style can be worn until the end of 2015. I am open Mon 9-10 and Fri 3.00 -3.3.45pm at the Uniform shop which is located at the Canteen. I still have track pants and bootlegs in all sizes. Windcheaters in 4.6.8, S/S Polos in Size 6, 10,12,14,16. L/S po-los in all sizes. Also some beautiful tunics. New Logo school bags at the fantastic price of $35.00 and 2 old logo bags for $10.00. Yes, I do have skorts in 4,6,10,14 and a few shorts in 4,6,14. Hats at only $5 dollars and school dresses at only $13 each. Bargain prices all around.

LOST PROPERTY Please make sure you clearly mark your child’s uniforms and anything else your child brings to school with laun-dry marker or printed labels so they can be returned when lost. Thanks

Jill Hansen Uniform Co-ord

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Student Banking Rewards – Shark Pencil Case and Penguin key ring – no more stock. They were on offer term 2 and 3 as long as there was stock. Please direct your little bankers to other rewards. Projector cup and Pool streamers now available for term 4 .

Year 5/6 Incursion Dr Jessica Holien Jessica is a biologist/chemist working at St Vincent's and designs drugs or medicines for cures for cancer. She taught us about how to make crystals and she taught us about micro/litres which is 1000th of a millilitre. It is billions and billions of dollars to reduce and improve the drugs and medicines. When she was at University, she wanted to be a vet. Then she found out that to be a vet, you had to study at least 6 different animal bodies and to be a doctor/scientist you only had to study the human body so she chose the easier one. She also told us about the PH paper which is Litmus paper. Litmus- used for the first time about 1300 AD by Span-ish alchemist Arnaldus de Villa Nova.

Micropipette- first used in 1957 Germany when sugar or salt with water and mixed, sugar dissolves and turns into crystals Salt is sodium chloride Crystallography phosodiestorade Acid Micrometer 1000 times smaller than millimetre Use mice to test on because they are mammies like humans and are cheap

Beth Mc

Health Centre Update with Gay Head lice... An ongoing alert The school is aware this is a sensitive issue and is committed to maintaining student health and wellbeing. As part of the school community, we encourage all families to be vigilant with checking their children’s hair weekly to be proactive in minimizing this common problem. Head lice are crawling insects, wingless, that is they do not fly. They live on the scalp and lay their eggs on the hair shaft close to the scalp. Females louse lay up to 5 eggs a day (nits), the eggs hatch 6-7 days after being laid .Transmission is through head to head contact. If head lice are found, please notify the school to ensure that further checks can be followed up, to prevent fur-ther infestation. With all families being proactive we will control this problem from our classes. Finding lice can be difficult as they move quickly. The easiest way to find lice and nits is to use the “conditioner and comb method “.

Apply the soaking layer of conditioner to dry hair

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Detangle using regular comb, wrap up hair in gladwrap or shower cap , leave 20 mins Comb the hair with the nit comb Wipe the conditioner onto paper towel to check for insects, continue over total of head, particularly near ears and back of the neck. Note -eggs may need to be removed with finger nail along the shaft of the hair. Rinse hair If insects are present, you may choose to use a chemical treatment and following instructions or continue to use the conditioner method Repeat any chemical/ natural treatments 5-7 days after first treatment or Repeat conditioner treatment daily /2

nd daily until there is no sign of nits or lice

REPORT TO THE SCHOOL IF THERE IS A CASE OF HEADLICE IN YOUR CHILD HAIR…………..AND IF THERE IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM ………

There are a multitude of products on the market, seek advice from your pharmacy regarding these, if they are su itable to your child’s personal needs. The conditioner treatment is certainly the most economical , but it takes a little more time... it can be quality time. Let’s all be diligent to rid the school of these annoying and uncomfortable pests. Gay Brown Health Centre

PARENTS ASSOCIATION REPORT

School Fun Run - ONE WEEK TO GO!!!! As discussed last week the run will be split over two time frames: 9:15am - Foundation, Grades 1, 5 and 6 10:00am - Grades 2, 3 and 4 The students are able to dress up in their best running gear or as their favourite sports person. We would love to see you all there and for further information please see the attached flyer. Cooking Companion There is one more week for you to get in your mouth-watering family recipes. Recipes need to be in by Friday 31st October. Christmas Disco The Christmas Disco will be back in 2014, by pop-ular demand! Keep your eyes out for further infor-mation in the coming weeks.

Thursday 30th October - School Fun Run

Saturday 29th November - Election Day BBQ

Friday 5th December - Twilight Market

Friday 12th December - Christmas Disco

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Canteen News Canteen is now open for over the counter sales on a Wednesday, there

are no lunch orders available on this day.

A reminder, Tomato Sauce now comes in a squeezable sachet at a cost of 15c per sachet.

Look what’s new, fresh from the kitchen…………………..

Freshly Baked Mini Quiche’s Freshly Made Chicken Caesar Salads

Homemade Hamburgers Zucchini Bake Homemade Mimi Muffins

We continue to offer Meal Deals in the canteen until the end of Term 4

~ Meal Deal 1~ Hot Dog with a BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry milk

and a Homemade Choc Chip Mini Muffin $5.00

~ Meal Deal 2~ MINI Steamed Dim Sims

4 per serve (soy sauce on request) with a BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry milk and a Homemade Choc Chip Mini Muffin

$3.50

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If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered please contact me in advance. On 0419 387 370.

Canteen Roster, Term 4, 2014

Regards

Megan Parker

Monday, 27 October Belinda Humphreys Joanne Kinnane

Tuesday, 28 October Shona Booth

Wednesday, 29 October Canteen Closed

Thursday, 30 October Mandy Dunlop

Friday, 31 October Jane Fletcher Sally Martin Sylda Jones

Monday, 3 November Curriculum Day

Tuesday, 4 November Melbourne Cup Day

Wednesday, 5 November Canteen Closed

Thursday, 6 November Luisa Pentland

Friday, 7 November Robyn Abicair Megan Deayton Jenny Brown

Monday, 10 November Kate Braunthal Bec Parry

Tuesday, 11 November Sonia Greaves

Wednesday, 12 November Canteen Closed

Thursday, 13 November Luisa Pentland

Friday, 14 November Connie Panagiotopoulos Jody Oakley Cara Mooney

Shauna McIntosh

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Program Update

Active After School Sports starts again this week. The children are very excited, as is the staff! We will be

trying to do a cooking activity every Wednesday afternoon with the children as this was very popular last

term and the children really enjoy it.

Please also be reminded that there is a curriculum day on Monday 3rd November for Melbourne Cup

Weekend. The program is only run if we have 15 or more bookings.

Erin & Amira making chocolate mousse tarts

Evelyn & Sidney put on a puppet show for the other children

Next week’s focus: Discovering Nature and the Environment

EVERY SESSION OFFERRED ACTIVITIES: group games, drawing, painting, craft, construction, reading, home corner and dress ups, music, board games and free choice activi-

ties in the gym, basketball courts, playground and surrounding areas and opportunities for leadership

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before care ac-tivities

Number Soccer Block Building Ball Games Nature Craft Lego Challenges

Breakfast Cereal, toast, muf-

fins, fruit and juice

Cereal, toast, muf-

fins, fruit and juice

Cereal, toast,

muffins, fruit

and yoghurt

Cereal, toast, muf-

fins, fruit and juice

Cereal, toast, muf-

fins, fruit and

juice

After care ac-tivities

Playground obsta-

cle course ABC Basketball

AASC – Multi-

skills Kick-It Cricket Soccer

How to draw

Pokemon charac-

ters

Ninja Star – Origa-

mi

Cheese & Vege-

mite Scrolls

Pom Pom

Pokemon

Design a Colour-

ing In

Afternoon snack

Pasta with sauce

and cheese and

fresh fruit platter

Wraps with tuna,

lettuce, mayonnaise

and fresh fruit plat-

ter

Saladas with

cheese and

spreads and

fresh fruit platter

Rice crackers with

dips and fresh fruit

platter

Cheese toasties

and fresh fruit

platter

Parent Information

WARRANWOOD OSHCLUB program phone: 0411-656-031

Staff: Casey Hare, Jill Hansen & Robyn Dam

BOOK AND CANCEL ONLINE TO AVOID AN EXTRA FEE To make changes within 24hrs please ring the program directly on

0411 656 031. To guarantee your ASC booking please finalise by 9am

on the day of.

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember enrolment is free!! Please create an account online at

www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings

please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

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Community

Announcements…..

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