Newsletter 15th May PDF

TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 5985 2864

Email Address: [email protected] Issue 14 15th May, 2014

CALENDAR Friday 16th May - Gr 3-6 School Cross Country Monday 19th May - School Council 6pm

Education Week 19th – 23rd May 2014

Wednesday 21st

May - District Cross Country Book Fair – 23rd – 29th May

EDUCATION WEEK PROGRAM All schools across Victoria will be celebrating Education Week from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd May.

Education Week is a terrific opportunity for government schools to further promote the wonderful things that take place in schools every day of the year. We would like to warmly invite all parents to join in the Education Week celebrations through participating in:

Monday, May 19th - Assembly will be from 9-9.30 in the Multi Purpose Room. After assembly grandparents, visitors, parents and community members are invited to listen to the school band rehearse.

Tuesday 20th t May 8am Running Club for parents, students & teachers!

8.15am Breakfast Club in the School Kitchen – everyone welcome!!

Thursday 22nd May 8am Running Club for parents, students & Teachers –

8.15am Breakfast Club in the School Kitchen – everyone welcome!!

Friday 23rd May - CELEBRATION OPEN DAY

9am - Parents, friends and grandparents are welcome to visit Learning Areas

11.30 - Prep Information and Tour

1.30 Invitation to BBQ Lunch

DISCO

Prep-2 2.30 - 3pm

Year 3-6 3 - 3.45pm

MOTHER’S DAY THANKS I hope all mums had a lovely day last Sunday and were treated with some special moments with the family. On behalf of the school community I would like to express our sincere thanks to Simone Royle and Michelle Walker for coordinating last week’s Mother’s Day Stall. Our students really enjoyed choosing a special gift for mum at the stall. A special thanks also to Lisa Bateman who assisted with the sales at the stall.

FOOD ALLERGY WEEK Did you know that this week is Food Allergy Week?

We have students attending TPS who are either anaphylactic or have allergies to certain foods. In some cases these allergies can be life threatening and so

this is an area that we monitor very closely to ensure that these students are not inadvertently exposed to specific foods. We are grateful to many families (in classrooms that were notified earlier in the year) for limiting the presence

of nuts, diary, eggs, fish etc in lunchboxes. We also strongly discourage students sharing food during the school day. As part of Food Allergy Week, could

you please take a few minutes to discuss the importance of this area to your child/ren so that we can all continue to work together as part of our inclusive and supportive school culture?

To All Parents, As you are aware drop off and pick up times at Tootgarook can be rather busy. Please use the

designated drop off zones around the school as a drop off area only and allocated car

parking areas if needing to stay longer. I ask parents to be particularly mindful of

not compromising the safety of students in Wilkinson St by pulling into the Staff

carpark entrance or other driveways to drop off or to make a u-turn.

During school times the speed limit on Carmichael St, Wilkinson St and surrounding

roads is reduced to the school zone speed of 40km so please adhere to this.

I very much appreciate parents making this a priority and of being patient and

aware of surrounding traffic and pedestrians to ensure the utmost safety for all

members of our school community.

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In week 3 the Preps learnt the letter and sound for M. Our Literacy focus is the formation of the letter and the sound it makes, as well as the common words me, my and of course mum!

Some activities with the letter ‘m’ were: shop play with money, Post office with a class mail box, fishing for letters to make mum, my and me and making the letter ‘m’ with counters.

Students will be presented with certificates at Monday morning assembly.

Prep B – Mrs Bos – Tom Holbery – for improved participation in class. Tom is volunteering his knowledge in class now and contributes intelligent answers.

Prep P – Mrs Prossor – Tarkyn Silvester – for his great counting and number thinking.

1H – Mrs Hughes – Samantha O’Leary – for the great improvement she has shown in her reading and writing. You are an independent reader and writer. Well done and keep up the great work.

1P – Miss Perkins – Zoe Shevlin – you have been working so hard to improve your spelling and your confidence has grown greatly. Well done!

2B – Mrs Baird – Kira Boyle-Vella – for her effort in Numeracy, her great listening skills and her persistence when completing all tasks.

2J - Mrs Johnstone – William Bowden – for the great effort he is making with his writing. Keep up the fabulous, interesting Vocabulary choices!

3/4T – Miss Withers – Emiley McKenzie – for always trying her best and displaying a positive work ethic. Keep up the excellent work Emiley, you’re a pleasure to teach.

3/W – Ms Walton – Kayley Hazendonk – for her performance in her group’s dramatization of the hooded plover.

4/5S – Miss Staley – Samuel Alesci- Bateman - Samuel has been working very hard to improve his handwriting with fantastic results! His bookwork is much neater and it's great to see him taking pride in the presentation of his Integrated Studies project. Well done Samuel!

5Q – Mrs Clements – Emma Campbell – Congratulations, Emma, your persistence at learning long multiplication, improving your neatness of general work and handwriting is very please. Keep up the effort you are displaying and you will reap the rewards. Well done!

6B – Mrs Bruin – Wesley Bunker - For being such a reliable and helpful recycling monitor who is helping to create a better environment for our school. Keep up the great work!

Art / Craft - Miss Davey – Jacob Marthinussen – 5Q – for his dedicated effort towards the completion of his paper mache tiger. Jacob always works to the best of his ability and is producing some great results. Well done!

Music – Mrs Young – Emmie Li Moylan – 2J – for your dedication and enthusiasm towards piano lessons. You practise a lot at home and progress at super speed. Well Done!

BOOK FAIR Friday 23rd May - Thursday 29th May Once again our school library will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair. The fair will open after school on Friday and continue before and after school 8:45 until 9:00 and 3:00 until 4:00. Please support this event, feel free to browse the display of books and novelty items (If you wish to purchase during school hours just let me know and I will open the library). Our school receives

commission from every item sold therefore these Fairs are important fundraisers for our school library. Every child that purchases something will go into the draw to win a book and a novelty item. I look forward to seeing you at this Book Fair. Jackie Waycott