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FROM THE PRINCIPAL Diary

Wednesday 9th May

Mothers Day Stall

School Council Meeting

Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th May

Gr 3 & Gr 5 NAPLAN

Friday 18th May

Division Cross Country

Monday 21st - Friday 25th

Education Week

Friday 25th May

Whole School Photos

Walk-a-thon & Oval Opening

Wow! What a wonderful way to celebrate the opening of our oval! We had celebrity guests, including Steve Moneghetti and royal family members, we had 350 dancers, dancing up a storm and we raised $4500 which will go towards further improvements of our school grounds. Thank you so much to Travis Poyner who coordinated the opening ceremony and to Simone Byrne, the convenor of the School Council Fundraising group, for coordinating the Walkathon!

National Conversation with Principals

Karen will be in Canberra for the remainder of the week, participating in the third national principals’ forum, A National Conversation with Principals 2012. This event will be an opportunity for a number of principals to meet and engage with the Australian Government Minister for School Education. It will also provide an opportunity for the Australian Government to further outline its policies for school education and facilitate discussion and feedback. The one and a half day event will explore key topics of the education reform agenda. I am sure Karen will have lots to share with us on her return!

Mothers’ Day Stall

Our Mothers’ Day Stall is on again, and we are asking for donations of gifts with a value between $2 and $5 to be left at the office. Thank you for your support.

Kaye Bennett Assistant Principal

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 2nd May, 2012 Issue 11

Pleasant Street, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350

Telephone: (03) 5332 2598

Email: [email protected]

Drum Lessons

John Wood has been teaching drums for over 20 years. His lessons are very popular at Pleasant St. At the moment he has a couple of vacancies.

So if you have ever wanted to learn drums, or to find out more give John a call on :

0427 185 736

The Ship

Have you seen or heard about our beautiful new ship? This exciting new play area – a grounded timber boat in a sea of sand - was built by the 15 members and 4 team leaders from the Ballarat/Wimmera Worldskills National Team. The project was a team building exercise, in preparation for the Worldskills National Competitions, which will be held in Sydney in September. The members of the team volunteered approximately 400 hours to build our boat and we are thrilled with the result! A huge thank you to Danielle Masters, and Travis Poyner, as the convenor of the Grounds committee from School Council, for all the hours, energy and enthusiasm they put into making the project so successful!

Fun in the sand!

rincipal’s ward

Sophie Lambourn For always trying 100% and being caring and sharing.

Ivy Clark For being a fantastic listener and always trying to ask and answer questions. Great work!

Lucia Styles For being a kind and caring Bumblebee who is a wonderful helper to her teacher and everyone in the class. She doesn’t even have to be asked.

James Harwood For his creative thinking and teamwork when planning and making his buggy for our Zoo.

Isabelle Kimber For making fantastic progress with her home reading by being dedicated and persistent.

Amber Paton For independently writing a persuasive text on why we should go to school. It was very detailed and most convincing.

Byron Keene For his terrific work when working with acute, obtuse and right angles.

Victoria Cooper For her tremendous effort during the walk-a-thon on Friday. Victoria completed ten laps of the oval, making it all the way to London!

Sophie Walters For a very persuasive, neat and well written exposition on - “Is Public Transport the way to go”?

Tristan Maple For completing a wonderful persuasive piece, totally convincing the class that Public Transport is the way to travel.

Annellyse Keddy For displaying persistence and showing off her super swimming skills during our swimming program at the YMCA.

Elisabeth Richardson

For her performance at Sovereign Hill where she was awarded the class medal.

Angus Faull For his enthusiasm, willingness to share, ability to be an independent learner and great problem solver during our Mathematics lesson.

Sarah Ham For demonstrating brilliant mastery of Microsoft Powerpoint when producing a wonderfully creative visual presentation on her visit to China.

Jack Squire For always finishing his homework on time and for being a mature and hard working Senior Unit student.

Nick Fidler For his great win in the School Cross Country race and his humility and wonderful sportsmanship as a winner. He’s a great role model for his peers and younger students.

Attention all Grade 6 parents

It’s not too late!!

We will be having a Parents’ Dinner on :

Thursday 3rd May — 7.30 pm

at the Mallow Hotel, Skipton Street.

we hope you can come along to make the

most of our last year!

Phone : Jan Muzik 0407-847 344

A date for the diary …

SCHOOL PHOTOS

FRIDAY 25th May

Envelopes will be sent home soon.

Mothers’ Day Stall will be held on Wednesday 9th of May

We are asking for gift donations - by tomorrow!

valued between $2.00 & $5.00. Each gift will be sold for $2.00

If you can help with the wrapping and selling on this day please leave your name at the office.

There is more information on today’s flyer.

Thank you - Kim Conheady

Education Week Pleasant Street Primary School along with all other Victorian schools will be celebrating

Education Week from 20th to 26th May. A team from University of Ballarat; Miss Fallon,

Miss Maxwell, Miss Sundblom, and Miss Timmins, who are fourth year teaching students,

are helping us to deliver various activities. Education Week is about celebrating what

makes Pleasant Street Primary School a fantastic learning community, focusing on the

importance of the child’s learning and their educational journey. Throughout the term to

highlight education and learning there will be tips and games included in the newsletter.

Education Week Word Search

Tomodachi, education, activities, maths, literacy, music, art,

sport, Japanese, learning, community, fun, enthusiasm,

reading, computers, creativity, school, friends, games, media.

Junior School Council News

Icy-pole sales On

Wednesdays!!!

Icy Poles are still for sale only on Wednesday

at the canteen for Grades 3 – 6 at lunchtime and

we will be taking the Icy Poles around to the

Junior Unit to sell. Until further

notice.

They are 50¢ cents each.

So remember to bring along 50

cents if you would like an icy pole

on Wednesday!

5x4xF Child and Family Services (CAFS) Fundraiser

On the last day of term JSC held a casual clothes day to raise money for CAFS Foster Care Program in Ballarat. We raised a fantastic $346.00, The money will buy some new toys for the Family Room where children in foster care go to spend time with their birth parents and siblings.

JSC will continue to raise money this term for this program with our campaign 5X4XF. Standing for "5 cent coins for Foster Care". We have had some generous donations of coins already. So please continue to send any spare 5 cent coins along to school.

Save your 5¢ pieces and send them along!

An invitation to Grade 1 parents The grade 1’s, as I’m sure you have

heard, have been working very hard as a

team, planning and turning our

classroom into a zoo!

Crazy I know- but there has been a lot

of meaningful learning and discoveries

along the way. Here’s a note from the

People at the front desk of the zoo.

Would you like to come

to the Zoo? It is at the

Dragonflies and

Bumblebees in Room 1

and 2. It is open at

11.30 am on Friday 4th

May. See you there!

Community News

Ballarat High School

Year 6 to 7 Information Night

Thursday 10th May at 7.00 pm

at Ballarat High School

Phone : Kate Aitken on 5338 9000 if you would like more information.