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DATES TO REMEMBER

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PREP ONLY PLAYGROUND

We know that many of the older students love the Prep playground but we would like our preps to have this area for themselves to develop their confidence and to provide a safe place before, during and after school. Please make sure that older siblings use the basketball court, oval, playground near the oval and also Central Plaza leaving the Prep playground for

Preps only.

Berwick Art Show

Congratulations to our school’s first entry into the show. I was proud to view the display on Sunday and the encouragement award that we received. There were over twelve Primary Schools and six Secondary Schools represented. Thank you to Miss Johnston and Mrs McNamara for getting everything ready

for display and of course our amazing artists with their work.

FEEDBACK

We wold love some feedback about how your child has settled into the school routine and their feelings about being a Tulliallan student. We hope they are now in routine at home with their reading each night, and various homework tasks as well as accessing the online programs with their username and

passwords. As part of our social skills program we ask students to rate how they are feeling at the start of each day in their

home groups and we talk about the value of the week.

The Value We Are Focusing On This Term From Our Four School Values Is Relationships.

Each week students will be looking at a related quality or value

that supports relationship building.

The Supporting Value of the Week is Tolerance

This week students are concentrating on the value of tolerance. Tolerance is about listening to and accepting others whilst being respectful towards others who have different opinions or ideas

from ourselves.

Congratulations to the students who received a values award at assembly on Monday this week for showing the last week’s

supporting value of consideration.

PARKING, NO STANDING SIGNS AND SPEED LIMITS AROUND THE SCHOOL

The YMCA Early Years Learning Centre has informed us that parents are parking in their carpark after school when picking up students from our school. Please do not park in this carpark

as it for the use of the EYLC only.

There are now new NO STANDING areas around our school and the Local Laws Officers have been patrolling the area. A

reminder that the speed limit around the school in 40km.

Have a wonderful week.

Kathy Sharp

Principal

Tulliallan Times 89 Wheelers Park Drive, Cranbourne North 3977

PO Box 4061, Narre Warren South 3805 P: 8766 3100 E: [email protected]

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Vol 2 Issue 5 Wednesday 28th February 2018

April Mon 16th Term 2 Starts May Thurs 10th 2019 Prep Information Night 6.30-7.30pm Sat 12th 2019 Prep Information Day Session 1 9am to 10.30am Session 2 10.30am to 12 noon

March Thurs 1st Students First Aid Information Session Fri 2nd District Swimming-selected students Fri 2nd ISS Rd.1 vs Lynbrook PS (home) Fri 9th Curriculum Day - student free day Mon 12th Labour Day Holiday Fri 16th ISS Rd.3 vs Rivergum PS (home) Wed 21st Harmony Day Fri 23rd ISS Rd.4 vs Lyndhurst PS (away) Wed 28th School Photo Day Thurs 29th Last day of Term, 2.30pm finish

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Melbourne Football Club Visit

On Monday three AFL players from the Melbourne Football Club: Max Gawn, Bayley Fritsch and Aaron Vandenberg conducted a football clinic plus a reading session. Melbourne Football club are part of the Read Like a Demon program which promotes Literacy within schools. We will be part of this program again this year, which opens up lots of opportunities for our students to improve their

reading skills.

George Ivanoff

George Ivanoff is an author and stay-at-home Dad residing in Melbourne, Australia. He has written over 100 books for children and teenagers, including fiction and non-fiction. He has written school readers, library reference books, chapter books, novelettes, novels and even a short story collection. His latest series are choose your

own adventure stories.

Today our Year 3-6 students where fortunate enough to hear author George Ivanoff talk to our students about writing and practising being an author. Authors use Writers Notebooks and at Tulliallan we encourage all students to have a Writer’s Notebook where they can keep ideas for writing to give them inspiration. It was great to see students so interested in George’s presentation and they were all

very keen to line up and get his autograph.

ICAS Exams

The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

is an independent, quality skills-based assessment program which

rewards and recognises achievement. ICAS gives you broad insights

into your child’s performance across English, Mathematics, Science,

Digital Technologies, Spelling and Writing. ICAS (sometimes referred

to as the UNSW assessments) has been developed by Educational

Assessment Australia (EAA) since 1981.

When your child takes part in ICAS assessments, we can track their

learning as they progress from year to year. It also helps us identify

potentially gifted students and those who may need more focused

and purposeful teaching to achieve their best.

Last week all the information and an entry form was posted onto Compass for students wanting to sit any of the ICAS exams. The exams are for students in years 3-6. If you wish your child to be involved in these exams, please fill in the paperwork and return to

school before March 19th.

Mad on Music Visit

This Friday Ash who conducts our Mad on Music Lessons will be visiting Prep and Year One students to discuss the private lessons that are conducted at school on a Wednesday. Any students interested in learning keyboard, guitar or singing are encouraged to

take a flyer home explaining the program.

Have a lovely week as we now head into Autumn

Lynne McDonald

Assistant Principal

Easter Raffle

As part of our first fundraising activity for 2018 we are conducting an Easter Raffle.

We ask all children to donate an Easter item to their home room’s collection by Thursday March 22nd. All donations will then be made

up into hampers which will be raffled off for $1.00 a ticket.

Raffle books are to be returned by Thursday March 22nd and the raffle will be drawn on Monday March 26th.

Please support Tulliallan Primary School’s fundraising activity by donating an Easter item and selling a book of 10 tickets.

SPECIALIST’S AWARD WINNERS

For the students who have made an outstanding effort during their Specialists class

SPECIALIST CLASS NAME

Art Diya A Prep B

Music Kayla B 1A

PE Shawn S 5/6A

Mandarin Isha S 1D

STEM Wade B 5/6D

TULLIALLAN VALUE AWARD WINNERS

Under our RESPONSIBILITY value the following students have best displayed the quality of CONSIDERATION

NAME REASON

PREP A Mason R

For being a thoughtful and considerate member of the Prep Learning Community. Mason is very attuned to the needs of others and will go out of his way to make others feel comfortable. Well done, Mason!

PREP B Diya A

For always being a kind and considerate member of our Prep Learning Community. You are such a thoughtful young girl and it is a pleasure having you at Tulliallan Primary School.

PREP C Maxine N For always being a thoughtful member of the Prep Learning Community. Well done, Maxine.

PREP D Tabitha H

For always being a considerate and thoughtful member of our Prep Learning Community. Tabitha is always looking out for the safety of her peers and making sure they are ok. Well done Tabitha!!

PREP E Mysha M For always being a kind and thoughtful member of Prep E. You are a Tulliallan STAR! Super work!

PREP F Ava M

For being a considerate member of the Prep Learning Community. Ava always shows her concern for others in such a kind and caring way. You are a Tulliallan STAR!

NAME REASON

PREP G Dylan L For being a considerate member of the Prep Learning Community and always looking out for those who need a friend.

PREP H Sayuni S for showing consideration to her friends by always looking out for them and making sure they are ok.

1A Makayla D

For always being a thoughtful and considerate member of our Learning Community and always helping those around her.

1B Chase F For always showing consideration for his friends and ensuring that everyone gets a fair go.

1C Joiada T For always showing consideration to all the teachers and students.

1D Isha S For always being a considerate member when working with others within the learning community

1E Isabella L

Isabella is one of the most considerate members in our Learning Community. Particularly this week during our Seesaw session on the iPads where she commented such positive remarks about others students work. Well done Isabella!

1F Eveline K For always showing consideration for others and for being the first to comfort those in need.

2A Chloe H For showing kindness and consideration; and for giving compliments to other members of our Learning Community. Keep smiling Chloe!

2B Sama M For consistently showing consideration and respect towards others and helping out whenever she can. Well done Sama!

2C Angleina S For being a considerate and caring member of our Learning Community. Your kind words and actions are greatly appreciated!

3/4A Jasmine M For being kind and compassionate towards others in our Learning Community

3/4B Safin A For always using kind words and caring for others within the learning community.

3/4C Yuvraj R For being a considerate and kind students to all members of our Learning Community.

NAME REASON

3/4D Cindy P For always being a kind, respectful and considerate member of the 3/4 learning community. Well done!

3/4E Andy E

For always using kind words and respecting others

3/4F Fatima A

For always being a kind, compassionate and considerate Tulliallan student. Your caring nature is greatly appreciated. Well done, Fatima!

5/6A Harji H

Harji displays a warm and considerate attitude when dealing with others. It is outstanding to watch him interact with his peers and teachers, treating them with a deep sense of respect!

5/6B Josh K

For considering the learning needs of his peers and showing kindness by offering to change working groups to ensure effective learning for the Learning Community.

5/6C Tyrek D

Tyrek is a caring student who always displays kindness and consideration to others. He is loyal to his friends and helps others when he can.

5/6D Mahin N

For showing kindness to others and developing new friendships since starting at Tulliallan. You always show respect to others and have a warm smile on your face!

5/6E Charlize D

For being caring and considerate towards others in our Learning Community. You are often prepared to put others needs in front of your own. It is such a pleasure to have you in our Home Group.

GRILL’D CASEY CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTRE

We’ve been selected to participate in Local Matters at Grill’d Casey this February!

Local Matters is the Grill’d community donation program that sees each Grill’d restaurant donate $500 back

into the community every month. The donation is split between 3 local community groups $300 / $100 / $100.

HOW YOU CAN HELP?

We’d love your support in receiving the highest $300 donation! Simply head to Grill’d Casey during February

for a burger and pop your Local Matters token in our jar. The group with the most tokens at the end of the

month receives the largest donation.

It’s a simple (and delicious) way to show your support!

You’ll find us on a jar at Grill’d Casey, Casey Central Cnr Narre Warren Cranbourne Rd & Littlecroft Ave, Narre

Warren.

Physical Education News Week 5

Cricket Gala Day

Well done to the 45 students who participated in the Hampton park Cricket Gala Day on Friday. The students had a great time competing against a

number of schools within our District. Congratulations to the Boys team and the Girls team who made the finals and came runners up!

Inter School Sport

On Friday 2nd of March our year 5/6 students will participate in their first round of Inter School Sport against Lynbrook. Tulliallan will be hosting this week and if any parents wish to come and support the students, the games will commence approximately 9.30am. If you do wish to come and watch

please ensure you sign in at the office.

District Swimming Team

Good luck to the following students who are competing at the Hampton Park District Swimming Carnival on Friday 2nd March at Koo Wee Rup Outdoor

Pool.

Bailee S – 50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle

Alyssa D – 50m Freestyle relay

Charlize D – 50m Freestyle relay

Sejal C – 50m freestyle, 50m Freestyle relay

Emily T – 50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle relay

Alex B – 50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle

Coles Sports for Schools

Thank you to the many families who have been supporting Tulliallan with the Coles Sports for Schools promotion. We have had an overwhelming response and appreciate all of your support! There are now collection boxes located at Eden Rise Shopping center as well as Casey Central, students

can also bring the vouchers to school and place in our collection box at the front office.

WANTED FOR STEM

“Science . Technology. Engineering . Mathematics”

Dear Tulliallan Community,

Our Year 3/4 and 5/6 students need your help. This term we have been exploring all the different forces surrounding Physical Science. Within the last

three weeks, we have investigated both aerodynamics and air resistance and now comes the time to put our theories to the test. We are using the six

step engineering design process to create parachutes…but that means we need materials…lots of materials. Examples include plastic bags, string,

cotton, boxes, cardboard, paper, cling wrap, toilet rolls and empty milk bottles. So, if you have anything that could be used in our creations could you

please send them into Tulliallan for your child’s home room teacher or give them to Mrs Kettle. This would be greatly appreciated and would mean a lot

to have a large variety of options when conducting our experiments.

Many Thanks

Mrs Kettle

Since starting at Tulliallan Primary School this term, our Preps have been learning all about our Learning Community routines. They have explored how to make and play with new friends, what a good student looks like as well as what a good teacher looks like. Prep students have been practicing writing their names correctly using upper and lower case letters, and are learning a number of key reading skills such as pointing to each word as they read and using the pictures to help them understand what they read. The Preps have also been exploring two dimensional shapes and improving their counting skills. It has been wonderful getting to know each other over our first few weeks at school!

The Prep Teaching Team