Newsletter June 27th 2012 - Drouin West Primary School
Newsletter June 27th 2012 - Drouin West Primary School
Newsletter June 27th 2012 - Drouin West Primary School
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<strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
<strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Issue 18/12 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3.45pm <strong>27th</strong> <strong>June</strong>, <strong>2012</strong><br />
IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS TO REMEMBER:<br />
Mo n d ays<br />
Lun ch o rd ers an d St ud en t Ban kin g<br />
Wed n esd ay Jun e 27t h<br />
Paren t /Teach er/St ud en t learnin g co n f eren ces.3.40-6.00p m<br />
Frid ay<br />
Jun e 29t h<br />
Fr ee Dr ess Day f or<br />
Gif t<br />
All st ud en t s are ab le t o co m e t o sch o o l in f ree d ress f o r a go ld co in<br />
d o n at io n . All f un d s raised w ill go t o h elp sup p o rt o ur sp o n so r ch ild Gif t .<br />
Gif t is t h e yo un g girl t h at o ur sch o o l sp on so rs t h rough Ch ild ren s’<br />
Rest o rat io n Care Cen t re in Ugan d a. Th e f und s en sure Gif t is ab le t o<br />
at t en d sch o o l an d h ave b asic f o o d , clo t h in g and reso urces.<br />
LAST DAY OF TERM 2<br />
EARLY FINISH 2.30PM<br />
Wed n esd ay July 4t h<br />
Sch o o l Ho lid ays m o vie sessio n o f Ice Age 4. Session Tim e 10.40am<br />
Mo n d ay July 16t h First d ay o f t erm 3.<br />
Frid ay July 27t h Tree Plan t in g Day - $2.50 p er st ud en t t o p urch ase a t ree. Wear Green .<br />
Mo re in f o rm at io n in t erm 3.<br />
Sat urd ay/<br />
Sun d ay<br />
July 28t h<br />
& 29t h<br />
Wo rkin g Bee. 9am un t il 2p m If an yo n e has sm all m achin ery t h at can<br />
m o ve m ulch aroun d t h e sch o o l p lease co n t act t h e o f f ice.<br />
LAST WEEK FOR IPad VOUCHERS<br />
Competition closes <strong>June</strong> 30th<br />
All vouchers must be in the collection box at <strong>Drouin</strong> Central by<br />
5pm this coming Saturday<br />
When you shop at Woolworths take your docket to the Lotto Agency and<br />
ask for the vouchers. Don’t forget to write our school name on the voucher.<br />
P.O. Box 176 Phone: 03 56 251971 535 Main Neerim Road<br />
<strong>Drouin</strong> 3818 Fax: 03 56 252175 <strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> 3818<br />
Email: drouin.west.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
From The Principal’s Office<br />
What a busy and exciting term it’s been! We<br />
started with the Life Education Program, athletic<br />
sports, school photo day in the first two weeks.<br />
This was followed by Active After <strong>School</strong><br />
Community events, Zone Athletics, NAPLAN,<br />
Education Week cross country events, winter<br />
school sports, A.F.L. footy clinic and special<br />
assembly performances.<br />
Selected students also joined in the DRUMBEAT<br />
and Lego Club program at lunchtimes and we had<br />
the CASEA team working with a student and<br />
parent support group each Wednesday morning.<br />
I know that most students, families and staff are<br />
looking forward to having a holiday break.<br />
Hopefully all of our families can share some<br />
quality time together while recharging their energy<br />
levels. Keep safe and have fun!<br />
Parent/Teacher/Student Learning Conferences.<br />
It has been fantastic to have most families come in<br />
for their conference on Tuesday afternoon/<br />
evening. Teachers appreciate the interest shown<br />
by parents to find out how their child is going as a<br />
learner.<br />
Parents are encouraged to contact their child’s<br />
teacher or contact me at school any time there<br />
may be a concern. Parents do not need to wait for<br />
interview times.<br />
Active After <strong>School</strong> Communities<br />
Term 3 Programs<br />
Gymnastics<br />
Wednesdays in Multi Purpose Room for<br />
students in Year levels Prep-3<br />
Dates: Aug 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29<br />
Sept 5 & 12<br />
Coach:<br />
Leanne Rickhuss<br />
Supervisor: Paul Mahoney<br />
Time:<br />
3.15pm-4.15pm<br />
Badminton<br />
Thursdays in undercover area for students<br />
in Year levels 3-6.<br />
Dates: Aug 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30<br />
Sept 6 & 13<br />
Coach:<br />
Jean Nielson<br />
Supervisor: Paul Mahoney<br />
Time:<br />
3.15pm – 4.15pm<br />
If you have missed the opportunity for an interview<br />
and would like to chat about your child’s progress,<br />
please make an appointment directly with your<br />
child’s teacher.<br />
End of term Reminders - No assembly on<br />
Friday. Early dismissal at 2.30pm<br />
Parents of students in Judi Collins and Karyn<br />
Thomas’ class will be able to have interviews in<br />
the second week of term 3.<br />
Thank you to those parents who have filled in and<br />
returned the Parent response page on their child’s<br />
report to school.<br />
Leaves Leaves Leaves<br />
We have a fantastic team of students helping to<br />
rake leaves around the school ground. Please<br />
take the leaves from the front of the school for<br />
your compost at home.<br />
During the Week of <strong>June</strong> 18th to<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22nd<br />
On average<br />
91%<br />
of students arrived at school on time each day<br />
Let’s aim for 100% of children arriving on time!
Super ‘B’ Award Winners<br />
Super ‘B’ award winners for week 10, term 2:<br />
PrepA<br />
Prep/1A<br />
Keegan Jeffrey Molan<br />
Amber Otten<br />
1/2A Ashla McMaster<br />
2/3A April Boxshall<br />
3/4B Zachary Dumergue<br />
4/5A Bethany Zelley<br />
5/6A Olivia Allan<br />
5/6B Marlie Hoskins<br />
Happy Birthday !!!!!!!<br />
Happy birthday to the following students who<br />
celebrated their special day during the week of<br />
Sunday, 24th <strong>June</strong> to Saturday, 15th July.<br />
Fletcher R-E 4/5A, Erica O 1/2A, Courtney B 5/6B,<br />
Tom S 1/2A, Connor W 00A, Emma B 0/1A, Ruby H<br />
1/2A, Marlie H 5/6B and Mrs. Ware.<br />
Joke of the Week<br />
Why do kangaroo mums<br />
hate bad weather?<br />
Their joeys have to play<br />
inside.<br />
Remember to come to the office and collect a<br />
birthday sticker.
Hi Everyone!<br />
Chaplaincy News<br />
We have just about made it to the end of the term. We have a fantastic teaching staff and I would<br />
just like to say thanks for all of their hard work this term. Thanks too, to Kerry our principal, to<br />
Ann in the office, to our aides, to our after school team and all of the parents who come in to help<br />
across the school. We couldn’t do it without you!<br />
Have you ever tried to learn something new? Sometimes it is so easy...other times, it takes<br />
forever. But we need lots of opportunities to practice, patient and caring teachers and<br />
opportunities to do fun things as well, because it’s jolly hard work learning new things!!<br />
I have been thinking about my children’s reports and I saw this little story and it really encouraged<br />
me to keep encouraging my children. “Keep trying, keep paddling. Something will happen, keep<br />
paddling.”<br />
Two frogs in the milk<br />
This is the story of two frogs. One frog was fat and the other<br />
skinny. One day, while searching for food, they<br />
inadvertently jumped into a vat of milk. They couldn't get<br />
out, as the sides were too slippery, so they were just<br />
swimming around.<br />
The fat frog said to the skinny frog, "Brother Frog, there's<br />
no use paddling any longer. We're just going to drown, so<br />
we might as well give up." The skinny frog replied, "Hold<br />
on brother, keep paddling. Somebody will get us out." And<br />
they continued paddling for hours.<br />
After a while, the fat frog said, "Brother Frog, there's no<br />
use. I'm becoming very tired now. I'm just going to stop<br />
paddling and drown. It's Sunday and nobody's<br />
working. We're doomed. There's no possible way<br />
out of here." But the skinny frog said, "Keep trying.<br />
Keep paddling. Something will happen, keep<br />
paddling." Another couple of hours passed.<br />
The fat frog said, "I can't go on any longer. There's<br />
no sense in doing it because we're going to drown<br />
anyway. What's the use?" And the fat frog stopped.<br />
He gave up. And he drowned in the milk. But the<br />
skinny frog kept on paddling.<br />
Ten minutes later, the skinny frog felt something solid beneath his feet. He had churned the milk<br />
into butter and he hopped out of the vat.<br />
Take care everyone!<br />
Wendy Ronalds (<strong>School</strong> Chaplain Tuesdays/Wednesdays)<br />
Acknowledgement: National <strong>School</strong> Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program have been funded by the Australian<br />
Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed herein do not<br />
necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace<br />
Relations.
Warragul Youth Theatre<br />
Proudly Presents:<br />
(By arrangement with Adlib Entertainment)<br />
‘The Wind in the Willows’<br />
<strong>West</strong> Gippsland Arts Centre Warragul – July<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Extra curriculum opportunities.<br />
Parents can contact individual musical<br />
teachers to arrange private lessons.<br />
Drum Lessons— Peter Brown. Monday<br />
afternoons. Phone: 0437 595 490 or<br />
email: monkeydrum@live.com.au<br />
Piano Lessons– Karen Thomson. Mondays<br />
11am onwards Phone: 0356 299 268<br />
Tuesday 10 July: 11am & 2pm<br />
Wednesday 11 July: 11am & 2pm<br />
Thursday 12 July: 2pm & 7pm<br />
Friday 13 July: 11am<br />
Tickets available online, at the door<br />
Or PH: 5624 2456. Tickets $9.00<br />
Singing Lessons— Tammy Patrick<br />
Thursdays 9.15am. Phone: 0356 233 948<br />
or 0428 233 948<br />
Guitar / Violin Lessons—Renee Patrick<br />
Tuesdays 9am Phone: 0356 233 948 or<br />
0428 233 948<br />
Flute Lessons - Anne Bridgeman<br />
Wednesdays 0418 356 020.<br />
Guess for Gift<br />
Congratulations to Dallon Jeffrey<br />
Molan and Jared Mills for<br />
correctly guessing the number of<br />
lollies in the jar. Both students<br />
said 184 lollies were in the jar.<br />
5 Cent Challenge<br />
Please collect all your 5 cent coins to<br />
fill our guess jar. Once we have<br />
enough to fill the jar, then we will<br />
have a guessing competition to see<br />
how many 5 cent coins are in the jar.<br />
<strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Primary</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
Congratulations to 2/3A who with<br />
$23.70 have moved to second place.<br />
1st and 3rd place are very close so<br />
keep collecting those 5 cent coins.<br />
Friday, July <strong>27th</strong><br />
0356 251 971
THE SEARCH FOR ‘DROUIN WEST’S GOT TALENT COMPETITION’ IS ON…<br />
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DESIGN A POSTER!<br />
Can you sing, break dance, juggle, tell jokes, play African drums or do the worm? We<br />
are on the hunt for the best talent for our .....<br />
DROUIN WEST’S GOT TALENT COMPETITION<br />
to be held at our Fete in March 2013,<br />
but first, we need a<br />
super design<br />
for our<br />
advertising poster!!<br />
Come up with the best designed poster advertising the<br />
‘<strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong>’s Got Talent Competition’<br />
and if you are the winner, you will receive a<br />
FREE WRISTBAND<br />
Which entitles you to as many rides as you like on fete day.<br />
Please submit your entries in the box at the office by 31 st August, <strong>2012</strong><br />
The winner will be announced at the last assembly of term 3, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Details on how you can perform your act on the day will be coming soon, so start<br />
practicing and keep your eyes open for more information!<br />
Be a Worker Bee<br />
<strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
10am-3pm Saturday 28 th and<br />
Sunday 29 th July<br />
Come for an hour or come for the day,<br />
You are sure to have fun along the way.<br />
Bring the kids, some gloves and tools (racks, shovels,<br />
wheelbarrows) too.<br />
We will share a sausage from the BBQ.<br />
If you are around for lunch please RSVP.<br />
Or let us know if you can bring afternoon tea.<br />
Many hands make the jobs light.<br />
To have your company would be a delight.<br />
Response forms will be sent home in term 3.
AFL Footy Clinic Reports<br />
By Grade 3/4B<br />
AFL Richmond Tigers Super Clinic<br />
By Jordan D<br />
Hi, I’m Jordan D and l am going to tell you about the AFL Richmond Tigers Super<br />
Clinic which was on the 19/6/<strong>2012</strong> at 1:00 to 1:40. We were going to the <strong>Drouin</strong><br />
football ground but it was too wet so the Richmond players split up to go to all the<br />
schools. They arrived on a bus. Only the grade 3/4’s from 3/4B, 2/3A and 4/5A<br />
were invited and got to see the players.<br />
Firstly, the 4’s from 4/5A and the 3’s from 2/3A came to Ms Barson’s class to eat an<br />
early lunch. While eating our lunch, some children looked through the window and<br />
saw the Richmond players arrive.<br />
Secondly, we then went to the multi-purpose room and got to asked the Richmond<br />
players questions. Then we went outside and practised handballing and then we<br />
had to play poison ball. We had to handball the<br />
football at people in the circle to get them out.<br />
Finally, we got to get autographs from the players.<br />
We said goodbye and then we went to lunch<br />
play.<br />
AFL Footy Clinic!<br />
By Ruby<br />
On Tuesday the 19th of the 6th <strong>2012</strong> at 1:00 to<br />
1:40, 6 of the AFL Richmond players came to<br />
<strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong> for the grade 3’s and 4’s. We were<br />
sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lucky! First we asked questions in the multipurpose<br />
room and then we went to the undercover area and practised handballing<br />
and we played poison ball with the footballs. It was GREAT to meet AFL players.<br />
The Richmond Players<br />
By Kaitlyn<br />
On Tuesday the 19th of <strong>June</strong> we were lucky enough to have players from Richmond<br />
to come to our school. First we asked questions. Then we did footy skills<br />
outside. After that we got signatures from the players. Then they went home on the<br />
bus.<br />
I felt great to meet more than one famous person.<br />
AFL Footy Clinic<br />
By Hudson<br />
On the 19-6-<strong>2012</strong>, 6 football players came to our school and played lots of games<br />
and football skills. They also signed autographs for our school.
AFL Football Clinic<br />
By Tahlia<br />
On Tuesday the 19th of the 6th of <strong>2012</strong> from 1:00PM until<br />
1:40PM, 6 of the Richmond football players Luke McGuane,<br />
Jack Riewoldt, Addam Maric, Trent Cotchin and Kelvin<br />
Moore came to our school, <strong>Drouin</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Primary</strong>, to take the<br />
3/4’s for a football clinic.<br />
Firstly, we were supposed to go on the bus to the <strong>Drouin</strong><br />
Football oval but luckily the ground was too wet so we<br />
couldn’t go. At first we were sad but in the end we were<br />
happy because we got to get signatures in person.<br />
Secondly, we got question time and l built up the courage to<br />
ask one. Then we did games such as poison ball and handballing.<br />
When we finished we got signatures.<br />
AFL Footy Clinic<br />
By Jack<br />
We couldn’t go to the <strong>Drouin</strong> Football oval because it was too wet. We were lucky<br />
enough for the players to come to our school.<br />
AFL Footy Clinic<br />
By Jake<br />
On the 19th <strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong> we went to see the Richmond footy players in the multi-purpose<br />
room at 1:00.<br />
First we asked questions then we went out to play some games like handball, poison ball<br />
and octopus. At the end we could ask the players for their signatures.<br />
AFL Footy Clinic<br />
By Brydie<br />
On Tuesday at 1:00 to 1:40, the Richmond players, Jack Riewoldt, Luke McGuane, Trent<br />
Cochin, Kelvin Moore, Addam Maric and Nathan Foley, came to our school.<br />
Firstly, we paid $5-00 for a bus to take<br />
us to the <strong>Drouin</strong> Football ground. The<br />
football ground was too wet so we had<br />
to cancel the bus. Six of the players<br />
came to our school.<br />
Secondly, the Richmond players came<br />
on a bus. We went to the multipurpose<br />
room and asked questions<br />
and then we went outside and played<br />
games.<br />
Thirdly, we got all of the players to sign<br />
stuff for us. We got all our play time but<br />
it was a confusing day all day.