Principal’s Report Amanda Williams Education Week and Open Morning next Tuesday 21 st May 9.15-11am To celebrate Education Week, FPS will be holding an Open Classroom morning. Come along to our Open Morning next Tuesday 21 st May from 9.15-11am. This is a great opportunity for you to see our classrooms and learning in action! If you would like a more formalised tour of the school with the Principal and our Student Leaders, please come to the school office where a tour will commence at 9.15am. These tours are attended by many prospective families, but our current families are always welcome to attend as well. School Tours are a wonderful opportunity to hear about the teaching and learning programs that happen at FPS and to also ask questions. 2019 NAPLAN Well done to our Year 3 and 5 students who completed NAPLAN- National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy testing this week. NAPLAN is made up of 4 assessments over 3 days with a focus on Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation), Reading, Writing and Numeracy. This year the writing genre was Narrative, with students writing to prompts about “beyond the gate”. There were some really interesting stories written by our students. The NAPLAN assessments are nationwide and occur for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The assessments are marked externally and we receive the results later in the year. To ensure our students are prepared for the NAPLAN testing experience and to also reduce student stress levels, FPS teachers introduce practise samples prior to the testing and set up the classroom in a special seating plan a few days in advance. This year we were visited by a NAPLAN assessor to ensure that all processes and the administration was being correctly implemented by teachers and our NAPLAN Coordinator – Assistant Principal Laura Boylan. We passed with flying colours! Whilst NAPLAN is a part of National assessments and can cause anxiety for some, we also remind our students and families that NAPLAN is a snapshot of how students work on one particular day. Our FPS based assessments are ongoing and based on many opportunities and a variety of rich experiences for students to show and celebrate what they have learnt. Flemington Education Plan- The Flemington Education Plan is an opportunity to contribute your ideas about how to support and create outstanding educational opportunities for ALL students being educated in Flemington. This incorporates Mount Alexander College, Ascot Vale Special School, Debney’s Park PS and of course Flemington PS. Feedback from the community is currently being sought so as to inform future planning for educational delivery. This week DET consultants have run workshops with staff and students to seek their input into the plan. Consultants will be attending our FPS Coffee Club on Tuesday 28 th May 8.30-9.30am and will also be present after our school assembly on Friday 7 th June 3.10-3.30pm for FPS parents and carers to offer input. If you are unable to attend these sessions, your input can be provided on the following link. In addition, a flier has been sent home with your child. www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au >>>>>Cont. Flemington Primary School, Corner Mt Alexander Road & Flemington St, Flemington 3031 P.O. Box 7, Flemington. 3031 Tel: 9376 7137 http://www.flemingtonps.vic.edu.au Email: [email protected] Fax: 9376 2230 email: [email protected] In Touch Newsletter Thursday, 16 May 2019, Issue 8 Mission: We will provide learning opportunities in supportive and collaborative learning environments. Vision: Students will realise their full potential, contributing to our school, our community and our world. CALENDAR FRI, 17 MAY District Cross Country MON, 20 MAY Grade 3/4 Footy Clinic MON TO FRI, 20-24 MAY Lamont Book Fair TUE, 21 MAY School Open Morning 9-15-11am WED, 22 MAY Classroom Helper Workshop MON, 27 MAY School Council Meeting Grade 3/4 Footy Clinic WED TO FRI, 29-31 MAY Year 5/6 Camp THUR, 30 MAY 2020 Prep Information Evening 6-7pm FRI, 7 MAY Melbourne Victory Soccer Clinic MON, 10 JUNE Queen’s Birthday – No School WED, 19 JUNE Mid Year Instrumental Music Concert MON, 24 JUNE School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance WED, 26 JUNE AOK & Secret Spy Celebration FRI, 28 JUNE House Sports Day Last Day Term 2 – school finishes at 1.30pm Term 3 MON, 15 JULY Curriculum Day – No School MON, 29 JULY School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance TUE, 6 AUGUST Whole School Photo Day MON, 26 AUGUST School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance MON – THUR, 9-12 SEPTEMBER Grade 1/2 Swimming MON – THUR, 16-19 SEPTEMBER Grade 1/2 Swimming Term 4 MON, 28 OCTOBER School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance MON, 25 NOVEMBER School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance
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Principal’s Report Amanda Williams
Education Week and Open Morning next Tuesday 21st May 9.15-11am
To celebrate Education Week, FPS will be holding an Open Classroom morning. Come along to our Open Morning next Tuesday 21st May from 9.15-11am. This is a great opportunity for you to see our classrooms and learning in action! If you would like a more formalised tour of the school with the Principal and our Student Leaders, please come to the school office where a tour will commence at 9.15am. These tours are attended by many prospective families, but our current families are always welcome to attend as well. School Tours are a wonderful opportunity to hear about the teaching and learning programs that happen at FPS and to also ask questions.
2019 NAPLAN
Well done to our Year 3 and 5 students who completed NAPLAN- National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy testing this week. NAPLAN is made up of 4 assessments over 3 days with a focus on Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation), Reading, Writing and Numeracy. This year the writing genre was Narrative, with students writing to prompts about “beyond the gate”. There were some really interesting stories written by our students. The NAPLAN assessments are nationwide and occur for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The assessments are marked externally and we receive the results later in the year. To ensure our students are prepared for the NAPLAN testing experience and to also reduce student stress levels, FPS teachers introduce practise samples prior to the testing and set up the classroom in a special seating plan a few days in advance. This year we were visited by a NAPLAN assessor to ensure that all processes and the administration was being correctly implemented by teachers and our NAPLAN Coordinator – Assistant Principal Laura Boylan. We passed with flying colours! Whilst NAPLAN is a part of National assessments and can cause anxiety for some, we also remind our students and families that NAPLAN is a snapshot of how students work on one particular day. Our FPS based assessments are ongoing and based on many opportunities and a variety of rich experiences for students to show and celebrate what they have learnt.
Flemington Education Plan-
The Flemington Education Plan is an opportunity to contribute your ideas about how to support and create outstanding educational opportunities for ALL students being educated in Flemington. This incorporates Mount Alexander College, Ascot Vale Special School, Debney’s Park PS and of course Flemington PS. Feedback from the community is currently being sought so as to inform future planning for educational delivery. This week DET consultants have run workshops with staff and students to seek their input into the plan. Consultants will be attending our FPS Coffee Club on Tuesday 28th May 8.30-9.30am and will also be present after our school assembly on Friday 7th June 3.10-3.30pm for FPS parents and carers to offer input. If you are unable to attend these sessions, your input can be provided on the following link. In addition, a flier has been sent home with your child.
www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au >>>>>Cont.
Flemington Primary School, Corner Mt Alexander Road & Flemington St , Flemington 3031
P.O. Box 7 , Flemington. 3031 Te l: 9376 7137
ht tp: / /www.f l emingtonps.v ic .edu.au Email: Flemington.ps@edumai l .vic .gov.au Fax: 9376 2230
email: f lemington.ps@edumail .v ic .gov.au
In Touch Newsletter Thursday, 16 May 2019, Issue 8
Mission: We will provide learning opportunities in supportive and collaborative learning environments.
Vision: Students will realise their full potential, contributing to our school, our community and our world.
CALENDAR
FRI, 17 MAY District Cross Country MON, 20 MAY Grade 3/4 Footy Clinic MON TO FRI, 20-24 MAY Lamont Book Fair TUE, 21 MAY School Open Morning 9-15-11am WED, 22 MAY Classroom Helper Workshop MON, 27 MAY School Council Meeting Grade 3/4 Footy Clinic WED TO FRI, 29-31 MAY Year 5/6 Camp THUR, 30 MAY 2020 Prep Information Evening 6-7pm FRI, 7 MAY Melbourne Victory Soccer Clinic MON, 10 JUNE Queen’s Birthday – No School WED, 19 JUNE Mid Year Instrumental Music Concert MON, 24 JUNE School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance WED, 26 JUNE AOK & Secret Spy Celebration FRI, 28 JUNE House Sports Day Last Day Term 2 – school finishes at 1.30pm Term 3 MON, 15 JULY Curriculum Day – No School MON, 29 JULY School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance TUE, 6 AUGUST Whole School Photo Day MON, 26 AUGUST School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance MON – THUR, 9-12 SEPTEMBER Grade 1/2 Swimming MON – THUR, 16-19 SEPTEMBER Grade 1/2 Swimming Term 4 MON, 28 OCTOBER School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance MON, 25 NOVEMBER School Council Meeting 6-8pm - Visitors must register attendance
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Debney’s Park Community Plan
The Moonee Valley Council is seeking community input into 3 options for the development of community facilities at Debney’s Park. Consultation has been taking place at FPS with visits to our FPS Coffee Club on Tuesday mornings. Our Student Representative Council also provided their feedback on the 3 development options. Please see https://yoursay.mvcc.vic.gov.au/Flemington to provide your input and feedback.
And finally… Padman Lane morning drivers, A huge thank you to those drivers who drive slowly and safely and drop off their children in a safe manner. We do understand that mornings can be very busy for families but safety comes first and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that FPS students’ safety is a priority. I receive complaints and even photos about parent’s bad driving on a weekly basis! Please, please, please drive slowly and safely. In addition, please do not park in the staff carparks or the disabled carparks. We have students in wheel chairs who need those carparks! We also have parents who require and have authorised access to disabled car parks. To the parents who are rude and abusive to our staff who are trying to help, please stop! Our staff are doing their duty of care and are looking out for the safety of our children. To those drivers who do the right thing, thank you and please keep doing the right thing. The Buildings and Grounds Subcommittee is discussing options to ensure a safer drop off for students. Until these improvements are made, please adhere to all traffic rules and staff requests and instructions. Thank you for your assistance with this- I know that we can do better!
Happy Learning!
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Pupil of the Week Week begin 6 May 2019
Grade Student Grade Student Grade Student Grade Student
Prep A Prep B Prep C Neika N
1/2A Salmaan A 1/2B 1/2C Abdullahi J 1/2D Ava P
3/4A Abdisamid A 3/4B Dante D 3/4C Lockie C 3/4D
5A 5B Adam F
6A Thomas K 6B Specialist-Music
Fiona C
Week begin 13 May 2019
Grade Student Grade Student Grade Student Grade Student
Prep A Abdulahi M Prep B Prep C Joe W
1/2A Barry S 1/2B Reuben C N 1/2C Karthika K 1/2D Owen K
3/4A Conor K 3/4B Aarya S 3/4C Harry G 3/4D
5A 5B Umalker D
6A 6B Charlie M Specialist-Art Zoe P
Office News Office Hours, 8.30am – 4.00pm Monday to Friday
Secondary Transition Forms - Grade 6 Students
Parents are reminded that secondary school transition forms are due back to the office by tomorrow, Friday May 17th. If you need another copy of this form, could you please see the office.
Please be advised that all Grade 6 students need to return a form. 2020 Prep Enrolment
Applications for Prep 2020 enrolment are now open. School tours take place each Tuesday during Term 2 at 9.15am led by the Principal. Application forms and Parent Information Handbooks are available from the office.
If you have a child due to commence school next year, please collect the enrolment forms and enrol your child by the end of Term 2, this being 28th June. Should you know of a child due to start school next year, who lives in our enrolment zone (refer to the school website for details), please remind parents to hand their enrolment forms in during Term 2.
PE News Fiona Theman
Interschool Sport: Term 2 Interschool Sport kicks off this Friday, with the sports of Netball, Football and T-ball. A reminder that all students playing football must have their own mouthguard. You can buy these at your local chemist or supermarket.
The Term 2 fixture is as follows: Round 3: 24/05/19 – Ascot Vale West (Debneys Park) Round 4: 31/05/19 – BYE (CAMP) Round 5: 07/06/19 – St Margaret’s (Debneys Park) Round 6: 14/06/19 – Moonee Ponds (Debneys Park)
Melbourne Victory Soccer Clinics On June 6th and June 7th our grade 5/6s will be participating in 2 Melbourne Victory Soccer clinics each. Students will focus on the fundamental skills involved in soccer such as: Passing, Dribbling, Shooting. Each participant will also receive an item of Melbourne Victory merchandise at the conclusion of the program.
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