Gisborne Primary School CHALK TALK · Grade 2—Mad About Science Incursion Thur 16th Nov Gr 5 Open Afternoon for Parents “Animal & Plant Adaption” Presentations Fri 17th Nov

Gisborne Primary School

19th October 2017 Issue 32

CHALK TALK Diary Dates

Mon 23rd Oct Grade 5&6 STEM CERES Incursion

Wed 25th Oct Gr 5&6 Orienteering

Thur 26th Oct Crazy Sock & Shoe Day

Fri 27th Oct

World Teacher’s Day

First Pre-Prep Transition Session

Tue 31st Oct

Crazy Camel Orders Close

Choir Macedon Senior Citizens Performance

Grade 2 Western Water Incursion

Fri 3rd Nov T20 Cricket Blast

Mon 6th Nov Curriculum Day—Student Free Day

Tues 7th Nov Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Wed 8th Nov Gr5 Western Water Incursion

Mon 13th Nov Grade 2—Mad About Science Incursion

Thur 16th Nov Gr 5 Open Afternoon for Parents “Animal & Plant Adaption” Presentations

Fri 17th Nov Pre—Prep Transition Session

Mon 20th Nov

Prep—Birds of Prey Incursion

Gr 5 CBA Smart Start workshops

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear families, Welcome to another week. It has been lovely seeing the sunshine and we have had many students participating in the Walk to School month. Congratulations to the students who are participating. The bike shed has been quite full and I have been impressed with how many people are following the road rules and are wearing their helmets. Remember that helmets need to be worn when you are on a bike or scooter. After Hours School Care Following our previous information regarding the Before and After School Care option at Gisborne Primary School, through an expression of interest and interview process, we have appointed ‘Schools Out’ as the provider. This company is currently following the process to apply for relevant permits in the hope to start on site at Gisborne Primary School in Term 1, 2018. We will keep you informed of the process stages. 2018 Start Dates We are beginning to notify the community regarding dates and organisation for 2018 as we understand that families need to plan around work, etc. Monday January 29th Curriculum Day (Staff at school) Tuesday January 30th Curriculum Day (Staff at school) Wednesday January 31st Years 1-6 Start (Prep testing interviews) Thursday February 1st Years 1-6 (Prep testing interviews) Friday February 2nd Years 1-6 (Prep testing interviews) Monday February 5th Prep students commence (Early finish 1pm) Tuesday February 6th Prep students finish at 1pm Wednesday February 7th Years 1 to 6 (Prep testing interviews) Thursday February 8th Prep to 6 (Full day) Please note: Prep students have every Wednesday off for the month of February. Prep Interview times and days will be organised through our Sentral Parent Portal. (You will receive an email with further information during the Summer school holidays). Interviews will be approximately one hour per child with their classroom teacher for 2018. Students will complete initial testing which will provide indicators for the prep staff. Hay fever We ask parents of students who suffer from hay fever to consider administering their antihistamine medication at home before school as a preventative measure. We have been advised that this is a more effective way to manage hay fever symptoms. Western Water Awards All of our Year 1 students recently entered into a Western Water competition and Asher B & Erin K from 1B were selected as the finalists from Gisborne PS. Asher and Erin will be attending the Western Water Awards evening tonight where the overall winners will be announced. Well done and good luck! Have a lovely weekend. Regards,

Lisa Maxwell—Acting Principal

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING GRADE 5 & 6 STEM CERES INCURSION We still have many grade 5 & 6 families who have not given permission, or made payment for the STEM CERES Incursion taking place Monday 23rd October. Notes will be sent home again today to those who are outstanding. Please contact he

office if you have had any trouble using the Sentral Parent Portal for permissions. Payment can be made via Qkr, Bpay, CSEF or at the office.

Unfortunately, if we have not received payment or permission by tomorrow, students will be UNABLE TO ATTEND. This Incursion is very informative and supports the learning covered by our STEM program.

Please do not hesitate to contact the office should you have any queries.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS We have many students from our school who have made contributions to the community. Congratulations to Ellie C—2A and Lawson S—2C who have both earned the Joey Scout Promise Challenge. Well done!

We would also like to recognise the efforts of some thoughtful GPS students who helped a family in our community at the netball courts on Tuesday night. Abbi K—4C, Milly H—3A and Sophie M—4A assisted a family at a very stressful time, demonstrating our school value of Caring. Well done girls.

PARENT PORTAL ONLINE PERMISSION This term, permission for school activities will need to be granted via the Sentral Parent Portal. Payments can be made via

Qkr!, Bpay, or CSEF. Hard copy notes will no longer be sent home.

If you attempt to reset your Portal password, but have not received the email, please ensure you check your junk or spam folders. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office should you have any issues or any queries.

Sentral Parent Portal link: https://sentral.gisborneps.vic.edu.au/portal2/#!/login

PERMISSION & PAYMENTS DUE

AMOUNT DATE DUE

Grade 5 & 6 STEM CERES Incursion

Permission & Payment of $9.00

TOMORROW Friday 20th Oct

Grade 5 & 6 Orienteering Excursion

Online Permission & Payment of $5.00

TOMORROW Friday 20th Oct

Choir—Macedon Senior Citizens Performance

Online Permission Thursday 26th Oct

Grade 6 Camp Balance of payment Wednesday 22nd Nov

Subject Contributions & Class Materials (Fees)

$210.00 per student 2017

WALK TO SCHOOL Thank you to everyone that has participated in Walk to School so

far! It is wonderful to see the bike shed full of bikes and scooters

every day. On Tuesday we counted 66 bikes 18 scooters.

Here is some information for riding bikes and scooters:

Do children have to wear helmets?

All children – whether they are riding a bike or a scooter – must wear a properly fitting and fastened helmet that

meets Australian safety standard AS/NZS2063.

Where can children ride?

Children can ride on the road, but it may be safer for them to ride on the footpath. Children under the age of 12 can

ride on footpaths, bike paths, shared paths and separated footpaths. If you are an adult (18 years or older) supervising

a child under 12 you can ride with them on a footpath.

Happy walking, riding and scooting!

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Canteen News Lemonade Focus Water will be available again next week! Unfortunately, Raspberry Focus Water will no longer be available from next week.

Please note: should we not have enough helpers on canteen day, we will be unable to provide over the counter sales at recess and lunchtime. If you have a Working With Children Check and would like to help out, please contact the office.

Example

Canteen Roster

FRIDAY

20th OCT FRIDAY

27th OCT FRIDAY 3rd NOV

FRIDAY 10th NOV

FRIDAY 17th Nov

9AM - 11:30AM Natalie

Anderson HELP

NEEDED HELP

NEEDED Sophia

Floreani HELP

NEEDED

9AM - 11:30AM Megan Weller

Naomi Adams

HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED

9AM—11:30AM URGENT

HELP NEEDED

Kylie McDonald

HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED

12:30PM - 2:30PM Hannah Beasley

Hollee Chuck

HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED

Hollee Chuck

12:30PM - 2:30PM Renae

Simpson HELP

NEEDED HELP

NEEDED HELP

NEEDED HELP

NEEDED

NEW ITEM: - From next week we will have a new ‘Potato Bake’ available for

$3.50 — Potato, Cheese, Ham & Cream sauce. Gluten free.

Nacho Wednesday! On Wednesday 25th October the canteen will have a limited supply of Nacho samples

available for students to try over the counter for $1 each. Over the counter at recess until sold out.

Find the secret trail!

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CRAZY CAMEL ART FUNDRAISER

Orders can placed via Qkr until Tuesday 31st October. Crazy Camel

provide a variety of products featuring your child/children’s artwork

including calendars, notebooks, diaries, phone covers, greeting cards

and more!

WORLD TEACHER’S

DAY

We will be celebrating World

Teacher’s Day on

Friday 27th October

to thank our teachers for the

wonderful job they do.

We invite students to write a

card, letter, or poem; draw a

picture, bring flowers from the

garden, bake something

special, or just say thank you

to their teacher for all the hard

work they do.

Any parents who would like to

drop off a little something for

our teachers for morning tea

can leave it at the office.

Thank you.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Ordering needs to be completed online by 9:00am TOMORROW Friday 20th October via the following link:

www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

We hope you enjoy developing your children’s home library whilst supporting our school

(20% of all sales from Book Club goes to Gisborne Primary School).

Just a reminder that book orders will be sent home with students. If any orders are gifts and should not be sent

home with students, parents may contact the office to advise the PFA and make arrangements for collection.

Payments for the Shopping Tour can be made via the Qkr App.

Please note that the Shopping Tour requires you to choose a student before making

payment but this is just to enable the PFA to identify which family has made the

payment. You can make payments for multiple people once a student profile has been

selected. Please contact the office should you have any queries.

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Congratulations to our ‘Student of the Week’ award winners!

Maggie H—PA Isla H—PB Sierra S—PC Tom C—1C

Edward J—2A Brendan W—2B Max W—2C Holly B—3A

Ruby C—3B Lucas J—4B Charlotte D—4C Nathan G—5A

Jaike B—5B Ali K—5C Matthew D—6A Patrick H—6B

Emily D—6C

Happy Birthday!! to the following students who celebrate their

birthdays this week, 15th October—21st October:

Zali G—3B Olivia H—4C Lukas N—PC Stella M—4A Grace C—3A Evie B—4C Alice M—6C Owen E—PC Ryder M—2A Blake M—6C Ethan S—5B

Gisborne Primary School 35 Fisher Street Gisborne Vic 3437 PH: 03 5428 2022 FX: 03 5428 4280 Email: [email protected] Web: www.gisborneps.vic.edu.au

2017 Curriculum Days

Monday 6th November

Bell Times

8:50am Warning Bell

8:55am Class Bell

10:55 - 11.25am Recess

1:25pm Eat lunch inside

1:40-2:25pm Lunch

3:25pm Dismissal

Order Uniform ONLINE through Beleza

Click here

Or visit 42C Aitken Street Gisborne

2017 TERM DATES

Term 3: 17 Jul—22 Sep Term 4: 9 Oct—22 Dec

Caring

VISITOR On Tuesday, we had an unexpected visit from a koala at school. He wandered from the senior playground to a huge gum tree behind the netball court. Students were very excited to see him, however the magpies were not! They harassed him all day until he finally moved on overnight.

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