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We are a small, friendly and focused on achievement within its
RICH Values. Showcasing the school buildings. Youre invited to see
for
yourself.
Monday, May 18th - Assembly + Cross Country - assembly will be
from 9-9.30. After assembly grandparents,
visitors, parents and community members are invited to watch our
House Cross Country with all grade levels involved.
Tuesday 19th May
8am Running Club for parents, students & teachers!
8.15am Breakfast Club in the School Kitchen everyone
welcome!!
Thursday 21st May - 8am Running Club for parents &
students
8.15am Breakfast Club in the School Kitchen everyone
welcome!!
Friday 22nd May - CELEBRATION OPEN DAY
9am - Parents, friends and grandparents are
welcome to visit Learning Areas
Autumn Theme Day Grade One + Two
12.45- Prep Information and Tour
1.30 Invitation to BBQ Lunch for School Community
DISCO
Prep-2 2.30 - 3pm
Year 3-6 3 - 3.45pm
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TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of
TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au
Telephone: 5985 2864
Email Address: [email protected] Issue 13 14th
May, 2015
CALENDAR
EDUCATION WEEK 18TH 22ND MAY (see flyer for more information)
Thursday 21st May Prep Gr 2 Seawinds Excursion
Monday Morning Assemblies will be held in the Multi Purpose Room
during Winter
After Assembly LOST PROPERTY will be laid out on the Basketball
Court
please feel free to take any items of clothing your child
might
require any items left will be taken to the Op Shop.
BOUNCE BACK is a Classroom Resiliency Program actively
implemented at TPS. The program contains resource materials and
strategies to teach young people the personal skills that
underpin
resiliency, that is, the capacity to bounceback after
encountering problems, difficulties and down times. Have you heard
your child talking about the five step rule? I thought I would take
the opportunity this week to discuss what the five step rule is at
school and how it supports student wellbeing. Firstly, we encourage
all students to use the five step rule when experiencing any
problems in the playground at recesses and lunchtimes. In skilling
students to use the five step rule, we are essentially
empowering
them to be positively assertive when interacting with their
peers. When a student is involved in a situation where they do not
want a particular behaviour to continue from another student, the
first step is to ignore the behaviour. If it continues the second
step is to move away. The third step is to simply say Stop it, I
dont like it when ... We normally find that when a student
verbalises this third step, thereby making the other student aware
that the behaviour is causing a problem, then this behaviour in
most cases ceases. If by chance an unwanted behaviour continues,
during the fourth step the student is then encouraged to say Stop
it, I dont like it, or I will need to tell the teacher. When using
the fourth step, a student is again highlighting the unwanted
behaviour, but also explaining that a teacher will be needed if the
behaviour continues. If an unwanted behaviour continues after a
student has verbalised step 3 and 4, then the student lets the
other student know that they are getting the yard duty teacher to
help sort out the problem. In encouraging students to use the five
step rule, we find that they are equipped to deal with most minor
infractions in the playground. We also find that they become more
confident at articulating their feelings and have a greater sense
of empowerment within their peer group. If you get a chance at
home, it would be great if you could discuss the five step rule as
strategy which can be used at school and possibly modified to use
in other contexts.
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Student of the Week Students will be presented with certificates
at Monday morning assembly.
Prep B Mrs Bos Tahlia Thompson Tahlia is a pleasure to teach due
to her genuine interest in learning and enthusiasm for all school
activities. Prep R Mrs Read - Abby Dickson for working so hard on
learning your common words at home, well done! 1H Mrs Hughes Tarkyn
Silvester for his fabulous writing and understanding of
multiplication. You are challenging yourself - keep it up!
1P Miss Perkins Suleiman Wiggett- What a fantastic worker you
are becoming Suleiman! You try your best at all tasks and you are
beginning to gain more confidence with classroom activities. You
are kind to others and always have a smile on your face. The
Resilience you have shown in the last couple of Months has been
incredible! Well Done! 2B Mrs Baird Mia Karolidis for great
Integrity in Literacy. Mia completed 22 Action Verb statements when
a minimum of 5 had been requested. Well done. We adore your
enthusiasm! 2J - Mrs Johnstone Tiahna Wyhoon for great reading
achievements. Tiahna is practising all levels of comprehension and
developing reading aloud skills. Well done!
3A Miss Arnold 3A to all the students in our grade for
concentrating and trying their hardest throughout the three days of
Naplan testing. Well done to you all. 3W Ms Walton - 3W to all the
students in our grade for concentrating and trying their hardest
throughout the three days of Naplan testing. Well done to you all.
4S Miss Staley + Miss McGhee Noah Davies - Congratulations Noah on
being a responsible and reliable computer monitor. You do your job
without being reminded and always make sure the computers are
locked up at the end of the day! Well done Noah! 5Q Miss Quintin
Dieter Heylbut your Naplan Persuasive Writing was outstanding you
truly convinced me to play a game of football with the Rosebud
Football Club. Congratulations Dieter! 6W Miss Withers - Geordan
Duncan - For being a great role model to others and taking on the
responsibility of Sports Monitor with pride. Geordan shows
integrity in all her work. Well done- Keep up the great work. Art /
Craft Miss Davey Leah Bailey-Veith 1H for listening carefully
during instruction time and working hard to finish her artwork in
the given time. Well done Leah! Great improvement. P.E Mr Kitchen
Jack Sterling for helping and encouraging all students in his class
and showing great leadership ability. Keep up the great work Jack!
Music - Mrs Young Chloe Pearce 3A for preparing a poster about the
singer Shakira to go with the song you shared with your grade. It
was really informative and we learnt a lot because of your efforts
at home! Thank You and well done!
Term Two in the Prep Classroom
This term in the Prep area we will continue to focus on the
correct formation of letters as well as number from 0-10. We will
also continue our Alphabet Study by focusing on a letter sound each
week, thank you to the children who have bought in items from home
to share on our alphabet table.
The children will explore numbers in the teens through songs and
games and have started to develop an understanding of place value
through the use of
tens frames and MAB blocks. In our Unit of Inquiry we are
learning about the concept of Sustainability with the big idea that
in our environment we experience
cyclic change.
We all enjoyed our nature walk recently where we collected
Autumn leaves from our local area to use in the classroom during
maths and literacy experiences. Our excursion to Seawinds will
provide the opportunity for the children to explore more Autumn
trees, as well as consolidate their understanding of the use of
numbers and letters in the environment on signs and maps.
This term we have also introduced weekly show and tell sessions
with a focus on our weekly letter, thank you to the families who
have helped their children prepare their show and tell each week,
this is a great way to develop your childs speaking and listening
skills and the children look forward to these sessions each
day.
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Attention all Catholic Children in Grade 4 and up!
Classes for Catholic children for the Sacrament of First Holy
Communion begin on
Thursday 21st May at 3.45pm in St Joseph's School. This is a
correction to the last
notice as we have changed the day and the dates.
Classes will then continue on the following dates:
Thursday 28th May 3.45 - 4.45pm
Thursday 4th June 3.45 - 4.45pm
Thursday 11th June 3.45 - 4.45pm.
To receive the Sacrament children MUST ATTEND ALL CLASSES.
The new Sporting Schools Program
(replacing Active After School) commences next week:
Tuesday 3.30-4.45pm
Baseball / Softball (six places still available)
Wednesday 8.00am 8.45am Boot Camp For Kids
(six places still available)
Please call at the school office if you would
like your child to be a part of either activity.