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Templeton Primary School
Crestdale Road, Wantirna 3152
Telephone 9801 7450 Facsimile 9800 3547
Email [email protected]
www.templetonps.vic.edu.au
Term 1
Week 5
28th February 2020
Pride in Performance
2020
Term 1
Wednesday 4th March Parent Helpers Reading Course 2.15pm
Friday 6th March Parent Helpers Reading Course 2.15pm
PEEP Surfing
Monday 9th March Labour Day Public Holiday
Wednesday 11th March Grade 4 Excursion to Fitzroy Gardens
Parent Helpers Reading Course 2.15pm
Friday 13th March Parent Helpers Reading Course 2.15pm
Tuesday 17th March School Photos
Thursday 19th March Grade 3—6 Athletics Day
Friday 20th March Sibling and Special Group Photos
National Young Leaders Day
Thursday 26th March Prep to Grade 2 Sports Morning
Friday 27th March End Term 1—Finish 2.30pm
Term 2
Monday 13th April Easter Monday Public Holiday
Tuesday 14th April Term 2 starts
Saturday 18th April Templeton turns 40! Birthday Celebrations
10.00am—5.00pm
Saturday 25th April ANZAC Day
Calendar
mailto:[email protected]
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CLASSROOM VISITS—PREPS FIRST ASSEMBLY
This morning we welcomed the newest members of our
community to their very first assembly. The Preps were
listening beautifully before rain interrupted us!
BLOGS ARE READY!
https://templetonps.vic.edu.au/communication/#blogs
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, staff have been working on their
grade level blogs and I am pleased to
say that they have reached a stage where they are now ready to
be viewed by parents.
Communication with parents has been a focus of ours over the
last couple of years. With the
introduction of Xuno and now with the Blogs, we have listened to
the needs of our parent community
and we have put together a suite of initiatives that will meet
your needs.
Blogs will continually be updated throughout each term with new
information and parents will be
reminded via the Newsletter and Xuno to log into their
child/ren’s grade level blog on a regular basis.
Curriculum outlines, excursions, notices, expectations and a
multitude of other relevant information is
now ready for you to view. Simply log on to our website, go to
the communication tab at the top of the
page and click on Blogs which will take you to the grade level
you are after – or simply click on the link
above!
Speaking of our website, I take this opportunity to commend Mr
Crilly on the outstanding work he does
on our Website. Without question, our website leads the way in
content, presentation and organisation
and I encourage you to take the time to browse through our site
if you haven’t done so recently.
Principal
https://templetonps.vic.edu.au/communication/#blogs
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XUNO APP: MESSAGES TO TEACHERS
As Mr Crilly mentioned on Xuno last Wednesday, it is wonderful
to see so many parents using the new
app to communicate with our school. However, with any new
system, sometimes we can go overboard
initially. Although our teachers want to communicate effectively
with our parents, some parents have
been sending in far too many messages and inundating some
teachers with well-intentioned, but time
consuming messages. These are taking up too much of our
teacher’s time and taking them away from
other, more student directed tasks. I know, like me, you would
prefer your child’s class teacher focussed
on the students and their work.
The purpose of the App is to relay absences and inform the class
teacher of critical issues regarding their
child. Seeking a time to meet with the class teacher is also
within these guidelines.
Please be aware that messages need to be short, succinct and
respectful at all times. Teachers will
continue to monitor messages between the hours of 8am and
4.00pm, however, we want our teachers
focussed on our students and not on their phones continually
reading messages from parents. We simply
ask that you are mindful of the messages you are sending and
that they are within the guidelines
outlined above.
FUNDRAISING 2020: REFURBISHMENT OF STUDENT TOILETS
We have a number of fundraising events planned for 2020, the
first of which will be our annual
Chocolate Drive coming up next week.
I’m very pleased to announce that the focus of our fundraising
for 2020 will be directed towards the
refurbishment of our student toilets. Every student in our
school will benefit from our efforts this year so
I encourage all our families to get behind and support our
fundraising events in 2020.
If you are in a position to offer additional support in the way
of a tax deductable donation to our Building
Fund, please contact our Business Manager, Pam Raines in the
office for details. See below for a taste of
what is to come …..
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BEFORE SCHOOL SUPERVISION
I take this opportunity to express concerns of our teachers that
there are a number of students arriving at
school very early and left unattended. It is important for
parents to be aware that there is no supervision
of the playgrounds before 8:45am. It is not safe for students to
be left unattended whilst parents go off
to work. Before School Care commences at 6.45am each morning
where your children are looked after
safely.
The school takes no responsibility for incidents that occur
prior to 8.45am.
The after-school process is that all children should meet their
parents at the agreed locations. At 3.45pm,
any children who have not been collected will be brought into
the office foyer by the teacher on duty. If
students have still not been collected by 4pm they will be taken
to After-School Care. Parents need to
register at Camp Australia to ensure your child can be
supervised at this time.
Last week we had a little girl left outside on Crestdale Road at
8.00am in the morning wondering around
by herself. I wouldn’t want to be the person who left her there
unattended if something had happened to
her! Older siblings are not responsible for younger
siblings.
The safety of our students is paramount to me and it scares me
when parents put our students in
potentially dangerous situations.
Camp Australia: www.campaustralia.com.au or ph: 1300 105
343.
STUDENT TOILETS & CHILD SAFETY
In recent times I have become aware that parents and other
adults sometimes use our student toilets
either during the day or at drop off or collection times. For
obvious reasons this cannot happen. It is
critical that our students feel safe to use our toilets and it
is inappropriate for adults to be entering them
at any time of the day.
If adults need to use the toilets please use the accessible
toilet next to the staff toilets in the photocopy
hallway. Please ask at the office for directions if you get
lost.
http://www.campaustralia.com.au
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
School Photo Day: On Tuesday 17th March we will be taking our
2020 class photos. Please ensure
your child/ren have clean uniform and polished all black shoes
on this day.
Xuno App: please make sure you have the notifications turned on
in your settings to ensure you
are receiving appropriate alerts for messages that concern
you.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Rod McKinlay
Principal
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Prep
Aiden L—PF for wonderful writing about your baby brother.
Ayvah T—PF for your positive attitude at school.
Gordon L— PG for being kind and friendly to others.
Lacey S— PG for coming to school with a positive attitude.
Xander E—PS for trying your best at school.
Prep
Zoe H—PS for lovely manners you display at school.
Benson W—PV for your enthusiasm during Maths.
Ella F—PV for fantastic listening in class this week.
Alexander Y—PZ for displaying lovely manners.
Diya D—PZ for your enthusiasm and positive attitude.
Grade 1
Ian T—1C for great effort in class with your broken arm.
Alex D—1C for demonstrating outstanding manners.
Reyansh K—1N for your positive attitude in class.
Skylie T—1N for great writing about Como House.
Emma S—1S for fantastic work in Literacy this week.
Sophia J—1S for great writing about Como House.
Thomas D—1W for beautiful handwriting.
Liana W—1W for great courage to ask questions.
Izaan A—1W for a positive attitude at Como House.
Grade 2
Hope J—2D welcome back to Templeton!
Sri J—2D for your terrific work during Maths.
Selina W—2J for always asking questions in class.
Faith J—2J for taking your time to form your letters.
Eshan O—2M for being a Geography superstar!
Elsa C—2M for great effort with our Number Challenge.
Meer S—2W for great sharing in our classroom.
Grade 3
Myra C—3A for putting in great effort with her writing.
Aarav G—3A for a great start to Grade 3.
Sadie B—3M for a pop-tacular music performance!
Joanne C—3M for an outstanding start to Grade 3.
Sophia Z—3P for beautiful book work.
Rachel L—3P for a great start at Templeton.
Chelsea D—3S for your excellent attitude. Well done!
Ayesha R—3S for excellent work during reading this week.
Grade 4
Akshika S—4F for writing a wonderful recount.
Samantha B—4F showing determination and maturity.
Niev S—4K for outstanding effort with homework.
Olivia C—4K for great work during Maths this week.
Jocelyn H—4S for using a great sizzling start!
Liam W—4S for showing kindness to others.
Abel D-T—4W for being respectful and kind to others.
Khushdip K—4W for showing great determination.
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Grade 5
James S—5H for being an inclusive member of 5H.
Alexia B—5H for being a times tables wizard.
Shawrya S—5L for your fantastic effort with reading.
Nathan D—5L for being a focused student in class.
Jesse L—5M for being a great member of 5M.
Sahir H—5M for showing great enthusiasm in class.
Isaac H—5S welcome to Templeton.
Cooper S—5S for working hard this week in class.
Grade 6
Jake T —6D for working hard to improve your skills.
Ella H —6D for trying your best at all times.
Ryan J—6H for being an absolute delight in class.
Elijah V—6N for starting 2020 with a sensational attitude!
Christian P—6N for being a sensational helper.
Max H—6P for your enthusiasm during musical rehearsals.
Christopher K—6P for being extremely organised.
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MUSSOP AWARDS
“Being Helpful”
Congratulations and well done to the following students:
Lleyton T—1N
Joshua K—1S
Summer A—1W
Selwyn B—2M
Lexi N—2W
Ollie T—3A
Alyssa C—3M
Holly A—4S
Alyssa J—4W
Lucy S—5H
Katherine T—5M
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Attention all Templeton Families – with your support we
can build exciting new student toilet facilities in 2020
Templeton’s annual chocolate fundraiser commences on Monday
March 3rd. One box of
delicious Cadbury chocolates will be sent home with the eldest
student in each family. If
we all sell our 60 chocolates we will raise valuable funds to
support our school building
plans. Please make your best effort to sell all chocolates as
every dollar raised is one small
step closer to reaching our goals.
All money or unsold chocolates must be returned to school by
Friday March 27th
(the last day of Term One).
This year all fundraising money will be directed towards the
total renovation and
replacement of the student toilets. This is an exciting but very
expensive undertaking that
will ensure our toilet facilities for all students are new and
modern.
Your support in raising funds towards this building program
would be gratefully
appreciated.
Mrs Andrea Edwards and Mrs Pamela Raines
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TEMPLETON IS TURNING 40!
SAVE THE DATE
Saturday April 18th 2020
Celebrating 40 years of Templeton Primary School at our
Family Fun Day on Saturday April 18th 2020
Where: Templeton Primary
Time: 10am -5pm
Rides, BBQ, Food Vans, Devonshire Tea, Market Stalls, Lucky
Dips, Entertainment (Local and Global), Raffles, Games,
Competitions, Craft Activities and a Petting Zoo
As you know plans for our 40th Birthday celebrations are well on
the way. If you are someone who is interested in purchasing a
market stall site on the day (Saturday 18th April, 2020) please
contact Ange Van Grondelle on [email protected]. We are seeking
stall holders from our community who sell quality homemade items or
self-made business initiatives. The market will be one of many
great attractions at our Family Fun Day.
Wristbands are now on sale via XUNO and the school office
A wristband will allow you unlimited rides ALL DAY for the
bargain price of $25.00!
Turbo Tubs, Fantasy Island, Chair-o-Plane, Atomic Drop Slide,
Mega X Treme, Inflatable Basketball Comp, Dunk
Tank (with Mr McKinlay and Mr Crilly in their Richmond and
Collingwood jumpers) and a Petting Zoo
Our enthusiastic committee of parents and staff are working
hard. There will be plenty of opportunities for families to help
out on the day. Our volunteer coordinator is Sharon Swalling and to
sign up to help please contact her via email on
[email protected] We are calling for volunteers who are
handy with the BBQ tongs, happy to sell drinks, snacks, ride
tickets and run games. Mr Crilly will be in charge of local and
global entertainment. Any ideas are welcome!
Mrs Andrea Edwards—Assistant Principal
mailto:[email protected]
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SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING
SCHOOLPIX will be at Templeton Primary School on
Tuesday 17th March – Class & Individual Photos
Friday 20th March – Sibling & Special Group photos
PHOTO DAY TIPS:
Dress: Clean and tidy as per school uniform guidelines.
Hair: Neat and swept off face.
Online Orders: To pre-order online, take your personal Order and
ID Numbers found on your order form and go
to www.schoolpix.com.au. Orders can be placed online up to 2
working days after photography.
Orders placed 3 days after photography onwards will incur a
$7.95 postage fee, as orders will be
sent directly to the nominated address. You do not need to
return the order form if you order
online.
Sibling Orders: For a special photo of your children together,
orders must be placed before 8am on photography
day. Only siblings that place an order will be photographed and
can be added when ordering.
For any further queries, please contact the school office.
Trudy O’Neill—Enrolment Manager
PO Box 5222, Hallam VIC 3803
Ph: 1300 766 055
Email: [email protected]
http://www.schoolpix.com.au
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"MENTAL ARITHMETIC WITH ABACUS" PROGRAM
FOR PRE-SCHOOL & PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
This is a “Whole Brain Development” program, students will learn
mental and manual calculations ( addition, subtraction,
multiplication & division ) by using abacus with speed and
accuracy. We organise Annual International Abacus Grading
Examination with ISO 9001 : 2008 award certificate.
The program will help the young school children (age 4 – 12
years) :-
Increase their Interest and Understanding in Mathematics
Enhance their Imaging Ability, Memory Power & Creativity
Exploring their Intelligence in the early age stage
Train to achieve Concentration of Mind
Enhance Thinking Skills, Reasoning, Judging and Application
Abilities
Enhance Speedy and Accuracy in Learning Habits
Time: Tues 3 : 45 pm - 4 : 45 pm (School Term)
Thurs 3 : 45 pm - 4 : 45pm (School Term)
Fri 3 : 45 pm - 4 : 45pm (School Term)
Venue: Templeton Primary School, Crestdale Road, Wantirna, Vic
3152
Instructors: Jasmine Loh & Samuel Low (Experienced since
2008)
If you are interested in this program for your child, please
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Jasmine : 04 3528 7324 Email: [email protected]
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兒童珠心算新班招生
兒童學習珠心算學, 有助左右腦均衝發展, 可剌激兒童腦力, 增強兒童的
記憶力,形像力及思考能力, 使兒童的計算能力, 反應力, 專注力有很大的幫助.
每年辦理一次國際珠心算檢定考試,並頒發國際鑑定 ISO 9001 : 2008 證書.
時間: 逢星期二 (學期間) 3:45pm–4:45pm
逢星期四 (學期間) 3:45pm–4:45pm
逢星期五 (學期間) 3:45pm–4:45pm
地點: Templeton Primary School, Crestdale Road, Wantirna, Vic
3152
語言: 英語 對象: 4-12 歲
導師: Jasmine Loh 及 Samuel Low 自2008年,有多年珠心算教學經驗 有興趣者請電 : Jasmine
04 3528 7324
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GRADE ONE
TOYS PLEASE!
Dear Parents The Grade One classrooms are running low on toys
and games for developmental play/wet day timetables. We would
appreciate if you would have any toys or games that you are no
longer using at home that you can donate to our year level eg.
Dominoes, toy cars, dolls, dress ups, blocks, jigsaw puzzles, lego,
board games (with all pieces in tact). These items can be dropped
off inside the Grade One gallery any morning before 9am or after
school until 3:45pm. We appreciate your support. Grade One
Teachers
Miss Corrie Mrs Nicholas Miss Nelson Miss Walsh