19th - Alberton Primary School

Alberton PS Number 1 News
http://www.albertonps.vic.edu.au/
No 1
Principal’s Page
Principal:
Mrs Malissa Nicol
Telephone:
5183 2412
Email:
alberton.ps
@edumail.vic.gov.au
Webpage:
www.albertonps.vic.edu.au
Alberton PS
Values:
Pride in ourselves
and our surroundings
Empathy for other people
Effort
in everything we do
Respect for people and property
Remember
It’s not OK
to be away
Make Every Day
Count!!
Issue 36
19/11/2015
Hello
It’s wonderful to be back at Alberton Primary and to receive such a warm welcome from everyone,
particularly the students. Thank you to Mrs Ireland who was Acting Principal during the time I was on
leave. She did a wonderful job. I would also like to thank the staff for their support during this time.
When I was out and about in our community during the last 6 weeks, I would meet people here and
there who knew of our school and had only fabulous comments to share about our students. I loved it
and was so proud of them and the way they presented themselves. It’s also wonderful to be able to
share these comments with people in our own school community.
Generous Donation: I have the privilege of letting you know about a significant and very generous donation made to our school by the Robertson’s Beach Progress Association this week. The
retiring members were at school for the presentation on Wednesday. There is a long list of assets
as well as the sum of $5000 which will be invested
to generate income for an annual scholarship with
a community involvement focus. President Graeme Carrison and members Robby Rowell, Graeme and Janet Atkins and Kevin Paxton met with
me to work out the details of the donation. We are
thrilled about this and look forward to the support it
will offer the children at Alberton Primary School.
School Visit: We had a very successful day on Tuesday when we were joined by Woodside Primary
to attend a police visit and see the Scientwists presentation. The police woman, Senior Constable
Sarah Reggardo, from Sale addressed Cyber and Personal Safety as well as issues like bullying, theft
and assault. From time to time these things all happen at school and our young students have to be
educated in appropriate ways to deal with these situations. There was a lot to cover in just 45 minutes
and the messages she was sharing were the exact same ones families teach their children every day.
After this the children went on to enjoy the Scientwists
presentation before having a sausage sizzle provided
by our wonderful PFA. Thank you to Mrs Ireland for
organizing this program and also to Woodside Primary
for visiting our school. I believe we are reciprocating
with the Rock Band visiting Woodside for a combined
music day and concert next Thursday. Please check
the newsletter for more details about this event.
Bitter Sweet News: Congratulations to Vanessa Banik, our Business Manager, who has recently been
appointed to Yarram Secondary College in the same role. This is a new challenge for her with more
students and different age groups, but it is one I am sure she will take on with enthusiasm. Vanessa
has been at our school for nine years. She has worked very closely with me during my time here and
she supports the staff, students and parents in many ways. Her unfailing loyalty to the school and her
ownership of the Alberton Primary School badge are two of the things that we all recognise about her
and although she is not going far, she will missed greatly at our school. I want to mention so many
other things but I think I will save them for later.
I hope you have a wonderful week and that I see you around the school.
Regards
Malissa Nicol - Principal
Alberton PS Number 1 News
Page 2
Prep/One/Two Adventures
Miss Hurrell
What a busy week it has been! We have had plenty of activities
this week. Our cultural performance on Monday was all about
juggling and that it is okay to get things wrong as long as you try.
Miss H even got up to have a
go at juggling! On Tuesday we
had Woodside Primary School
visit us. They joined in on a
police visit and a awesome
science show. It was filled with
spectacular questions and
laughter. The children all behaved beautifully and really
enjoyed having special visitors. We are looking forward to
getting back to a normal week next week!
Two/Three/Four Happenings
Mrs Thomas
Week 7 has been a very busy week so far, with several extracurricular activities that the children have thoroughly enjoyed. It
was particularly lovely to see the
Woodside PS and Alberton students playing together in our
school grounds on Tuesday at
recess and lunchtime. Our students proudly showed the Woodsiders around our beautiful
school and introduced them to
our guinea pigs and
chooks. This week in English
we are working on double-entry
journals for comprehension and in Maths we are calculating
change, worded money problems and practicing our addition
and multiplication skills. We have lots of Super Spellers this
week! Great work Gr 2/3/4s! 100% Bri, Charlie, Francis, Sen,
Katelyn, Hector, Ruby. 80%+ LuLu, Mick, Jack, Jaidyn, Josh,
and Will.
Five/Six Gossip
Mrs Ireland
Wow! I am so happy to be in with my beautiful grade again. It’s amazing
to realise how much I missed teaching them and how much they have
grown in such a short time. This week we have had our heads down and
our tails up getting our work completed and polished. Our work on money is continuing and I am confident
that the children could now do my
shopping for me and get me the correct change too. Our combined day
with Woodside was a huge success
and the children were fabulously behaved and I have heard lots of positives from Woodside about
our children as well. Our Big Write prompt this week generated
lots of discussion about possible writing ideas and I am very
excited to see what our minions get up to. Just a quick reminder
that homework is due on Wednesdays and gets handed out on
Thursdays. Keep reading and remember it’s not ok to be away!
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School Wide Positive Behaviour Support:
Our First Silver Star!
Our students have been working extremely hard this semester earning Class Dojo points
towards their Alberton No. 1 Stars. Last week we finally were able to award our first Silver
stars. These go to students who have at least one star of each value; Pride, Effort, Empathy and Respect. Congratulations to our very worthy Silver star recipients! Emma Van de
Lustgraaf, Nash Jacobson, Alicia Jones, Egon Brinker, Shynel Bowtell, Norbit Tucker, Tobie
Adams, Madison Avery, Jack Mattern, Bindi McInnes, Flik Baird and Jordan Brooks.
Prep
Transition
Dates
November:
November
Friday 20th
Friday 27th
December
Tuesday 1st
Gr 5 Bowls
November:
Friday 20th
Friday 27th
HOT LUNCHES NEWSFLASH!!
There will be hot lunches on these days:
23rd November, 30th November & 7th December
There will be NO hot lunches on the following days:
16th November & 14th December
XMAS Hamper Raffle
The end of the school year is fast approaching and our PFA are running their
annual Xmas Hamper raffle once again. We
are kindly asking for each family to make a
donation towards this hamper. Goods can
be left with Vanessa in the office.
Raffle books have been sent home with
this week’s newsletter. Tickets are $1
each. This raffle will be drawn on Tuesday
15th December.
Thank you for supporting Alberton PS!
Gr 6/Yr 7
Transition
November:
Friday 20th
December
1st, 2nd & 3rd
Free to Good Home
Kittens
1 x Ginger & White
(Male)
1 x Grey & Black
(Male)
Please phone Megan
0416 534 417
Term Four Events
November
Friday 20th & 27th
Prep Transition
Gr 5 Bowls
Friday 20th
Gr 6 Yr 7 Transition
Alberton Primary School News
Weekly Student Awards
As part of the Alberton No. 1 Star Awards, all Students of the Week will receive 20 points
across the values th
Gr P/12: Jaimee Baird & Alexis Ireland: for always upholding the school values
beautifully in both the classroom and playground.
Gr 2/3/4:
2/3/4: Daniel
Daniel Avery:
Avery: for
for his
his excellent
excellent effort
effort and
and determination
determination in
in his
his Maths
Maths work.
work.
Gr
Gr 5/6: Whole class acknowledged for their fabulous effort in the classroom over the last
6 weeks.
After School Care
Available
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & Friday.
afternoons.
For more information
please phone Vanessa
on 5183 2412.
Regular Events
Every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY &
FRIDAY
After School Care
Every MONDAY
9.00am Full School Assembly & Student
Awards/ Hot Lunch Day
Every THURSDAY
Instrumental Music
Homework Club 4.30pm
finish
Every FRIDAY
Weekly “Round Up”
Assembly
3.10pm
IMPORTANT EVENTS COMING UP
Grade 6 Graduation:
Beach Fun Day:
Pool Fun Day:
School Reports Home:
Awards Evening:
Last Day Term 4:
10th December
15th December
16th December
17th December
17th December
18th December