March 19 - Port Fairy Consolidated School

Thursday 19th March 2015
The guiding principle for Port Fairy Consolidated School is to provide a high quality education for all
students and an opportunity for all students to grow to their full potential – creatively, socially, physically
and intellectually.
Our children are our future and we are honoured to be a partner in a child’s journey through life.
Tuesday – Ham Salad Wrap
Thursday – Sausage Rolls
School Photo Day – Tuesday 24th March
Envelopes have gone home this week. If you wish to order a family photo, please collect a
family order from the office. All envelopes must be returned with full payment prior to the day.
Principal’s Award – Archie Van Engelen
For making a wonderful start at Port Fairy Consolidated.
00C – Leila Gibson
For using her problem solving skills when sorting out our lost jumpers. Fabulous thinking
Leila!!!
00W – Lucy Sanderson
For being such a happy and caring member of our class.
1/2D – Talya Yildirim
For bringing fantastic ANZAC resources to help us in Inquiry Learning.
1/2A – Alec Morton
For working hard to stay focused in class and always trying his personal best.
1/2T – Jed King
For his hard work during Reading sessions at school and at home, well done Jed!
3/4B – Daniel Pogson
For being motivated and excited by his inquiry investigations.
3/4H – Jono Taynton
For outstanding commitment to his ANZAC inquiry.
4/5M – George Brayshaw
For showing great leadership skills in the classroom and beyond. George has been a
great representative of our school and values.
5/6D – Mitchell Sholl
For being a terrific helper all day at the Moyne Athletic Sports.
5/6M – Isaac Ferguson
Great persistence and determination at the Moyne District Athletic Sports.
A SAFE SCHOOL - I HAVE A RIGHT TO A SAFE SCHOOL AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP KEEP IT SAFE
PRINCIPAL’S COLUMNMATERIALS AND SERVICES CHARGES
At Port Fairy Consolidated School Council we are committed to maintaining quality programs, which are
accessed by all students at a minimal cost and I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the efforts of
our school community to support our school with prompt payment of their individual parent contributions.
These parent contributions contribute to ‘Essential Education Items’, which include stationery, text books,
classroom materials, ICT support materials, visual/performing arts resources, physical education equipment and
for students in years 4 to 6, requisites for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. This is a good news
story that once again demonstrates the exceptional qualities of our positive and enthusiastic school community.
Thank you also to the School Council, Parents & Friends Group, and the Folk Festival Committee for their
ongoing support and fundraising efforts.
NORTH OVAL RE-SURFACE
Last week we had the oval on the north side of the school scraped and re-sown. We are hoping that we can
establish an even surface that will be more suitable for ball games. It is now a matter of keeping it moist and
hoping for some decent rain.
SWIM SPORTS
Congratulations once again to the students who represented our school at the regional swimming sports in
Ballarat last Friday. By all accounts it was a great day and despite the chilly conditions much fun was had by all
involved. Thanks to the parents who transported students and helped on the day.
MOYNE DISTRICT ATHLETIC SPORTS
On Wednesday we sent a team of over forty students to compete in the ‘Moyne District Athletic Sports’. The
students were selected after their performance at our house athletic sports in February. A big thank you to
Deanne Elliot for her district coordination of this event! As we are the host school it has meant many hours of
administration work for Deanne. Thank you also to Jill Gibson for running the canteen and to all parents who
assisted with this event. A great school community effort!
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Please take note that our annual ‘School Photos day’ will be held next Tuesday, March 24. It would be much
appreciated to see all students shining and in full uniform.
AIR CONDITIONERS
Our eight new air conditioners have now been installed and are ready to go. A big thank you to Sean Spence for
donating his time to complete the electrical work and to our Folk Festival Fundraising for supporting this project!
PAPER PLANES MOVIE
On Friday, March 27 (last day of term) all of our students will be attending a movie at the Port Fairy Cinema. The
movie is called ‘Paper Planes’. We ask all students to pay $2, with all proceeds going to Belfast Aquatics. A very
worthy community facility!
GEELONG PLAYERS VISIT
On Tuesday we had the pleasure of hosting a visit from two Geelong footballers. Thanks to the Geelong Football
Club for arranging this event. Many autographs were signed!
FOOTY COLOURS DAY
Our junior fundraising team, headed by Xavier Cassidy are organising a ‘Wear Your Footy Colours (or soccer, or
rugby, etc) Day, to be held on Friday, March 27. This is the last day of term and the eve of the AFL season. Gold
coin donations will be gratefully accepted and given to a local charity.
ART GALLERY EXCURSION
Last Tuesday twelve students attended the Warrnambool Art Gallery to view the Renaissance exhibition, ‘From
the Sacred to the Profane’. Many thanks to Agostina Hawkins for her assistance and knowledge and to our
wonderful art teachers Jenny McCarthy and Maree Stewart for their organisation and enthusiasm! The
exhibition showcased work from the National Gallery’s collection, featuring pieces from Rubens and Durer.
FAMILY NUMERACY PROBLEM
Don’t forget to ‘have a go’ at our weekly ‘Numeracy Problem’ in today’s newsletter. Winners to be announced at
Monday’s assembly. Thanks again to Mr Twycross for organising this.
INTERSCHOOL EQUESTRIAN
Thank you to Jade King, who admirably represented our school at last
weeks inter-school equestrian competition. Well done Jade!
SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT
Last night we held our Annual General Meeting and our March meeting of
the Port Fairy Consolidated School Council. I would like to take this opportunity
to welcome new councilors; Judi Fitzgerald, Dominique Quirke, Seona Dance,
Adison Cognian, Tracy O’Connell and Emily Clark. Some of the items reported
on and/or discussed were: School Governance, NAPLAN results and our upcoming school review. Thank you
to everyone for their attendance. The next meeting is on Wednesday, May 20, at 7pm.
BUS TRAVELLER AWARD
This year we will be recognising our best bus travellers with a weekly award. This award will be nominated by
Mr Matt Hoey and it will be given to those students who contribute to the safety, comfort and well-being of
their fellow passengers. Congratulations to Harriet Tweedly and Shona Martin who received their awards at
last Monday’s assembly. Well done Harriet and Shona!
HEALTHY LUNCH AWARD
Each week we recognise a student with good food for lunch that is packed in a way that reduces our rubbish.
Each of these students receives a free lunch from our school café as a prize. The winners for the last two
weeks, as announced at Monday’s assembly, were Jack Perrin and Jorja Edwards. Congratulations Jack and
Jorja!
PLEASE REMEMBER
‘We aim for every child to be the best that they can be – without exception!’
‘MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN’
Regards, Mark
Fresh Fruit Friday Roster for Friday 20th March
Kym Huggins & Debra Inns
Upcoming
Events
Every Tuesday
Walking School Bus
from Elizabeth Street,
followed by Breakfast
Club in the Café .
Every Thursday
Walking School Bus
from Elizabeth Street,
followed by Breakfast
Club in the Café.
Friday 20th March
Regional Tennis
Tuesday 24th March
School Photos
Tuesday 24th&
Wednesday 25th March
5/6 Dinners
26th
Thursday
March
District Athletic Sports
Friday 27th March
Whole School to see
“Paper Planes”.
Last Day of Term One
Dismissal at 2.30pm.
Monday 13th April
First Day of Term Two
May 12th, 13th & 14th
NAPLAN Testing
Friday May 15th
School Cross Country
Friday May 22nd
Moyne Cross Country
Homeroom Happenings
Prep’s – This week we have been continuing our work on the
word 'went' and the letter 'W'. We have also been building our
stamina in Read to Self. Can you believe we are up to reading
for 4 minutes independently! In Numeracy we are continuing to
work on recognising numbers in different ways, such as
recognising the number in dot form, as a numeral and on a tens
frame.
1/2’s - ANZAC Inquiry is our focus for Reading and Writing. This
will include a trip to the Port Fairy War Memorial. In Maths we are
focusing on place value and understanding about 100’s, 10’s
and 1’s.
3/4’s –The end of the battle with addition is in our sight.
Number lines and formal addition has been conquered, but the
Generals have reported that it won’t be the last combative
encounter of its kind. In Reading we have been able to link
something to the wider world by making a connections with
television, the internet, newspapers or magazines. Fictional
narratives are now the focus for Writing. It has been fun building
a character and developing their traits, personality and
appearance - ‘King Malcom was fat and greedy. He wore
thongs, a purple cape and loved his golden toilet’ Can you
picture him in your head?
4/5M – Again it has been a busy week. The grade fives have
been working closely with 5/6M and 5/6D to prepare for the
dinners next week.
We were very lucky to have many of our students represent
our school at the Moyne Athletics on Wednesday.
In Reading we have begun our paper chain of prior
knowledge. We have been able to relate to self, text and world.
We are continuing our narratives and turning these into picture
story books. And in Maths we are learning new games to help us
with addition and strategies.
Mrs Green has been helping us learn about ANZAC and
Gallipoli and we are looking forward to our ANZAC
Commemoration day at school on 24th April.
5/6’s - 5/6 have enjoyed listening to the final chapters of our
class book 'Gallipoli'. Their knowledge and ability to identify with
the main character (Victor) enabled them to write a Portrait
Poem from Victor's perspective in the trenches. The poems are
amazing! Every class member has done an amazing job. We will
complete publishing them this week for all to share. We are now
preparing for our class dinners next Tuesday and Thursday so
much multiplying of recipes as we are expecting 80 guests on
each night!
Update Kitchen
Garden News
Student name, class and day of order –
Student/s
Class
Tuesday Thursday
Café Lunches for next week are:
Tuesday – Ham Salad Wrap
Thursday – Sausage Rolls
Orders can be placed at the office up until 9am on the day at a cost of
$5 per child, which includes a piece of fruit at snack time and a
delicious home made meal, with a treat at lunchtime.
Meals on
Wheels
Two Geelong players, Jackson
Thurlow & Tom Read spent time
with our children on Tuesday.
Once again PFCS
is contributing to
this invaluable
service. We are
now seeking
volunteers to assist
with this program
in the second
week of Term 2.
Please leave your
name at the
office, if you are
able to help.
While Melissa is on leave
for Term 2, Trudy Rickard
will take over the position
in the Café -(Trudy is a
former parent and
previous Assistant in the
Kitchen Garden program).
For our dinners next week,
we would greatly
appreciate donations of
any of the following:
Filo Pastry, Lamb (shoulder
or leg), Chicken Thighs,
Eggs or Spinach.
Consolidated Challenge
Source: http://nzmaths.co.nz/sites/default/files/Marbles.pdf
Marbles
On Sunday Katie was given one marble. For
every day after Sunday Katie received 2
marbles. By Friday how many marbles will
Katie have?
How many marbles will she receive in a week?
Show & Tell .... with Scott Twycross
The best advice I ever received was….to be nice to your mother.
The most important things I take into the classroom every day are……JoJo my toy Gorilla,
his great at keeping an eye on the classroom, my whiteboard markers and my sense of humor.
The most important lesson I've been taught by students is…..patience and understand that
everyday is a new day.
The most memorable moments in my teaching career is … anytime I take students on camps
or excursions. It's great when students get to experience new environments and learning
opportunities.
If I had a magic wand I would…..create more National Parks.
Physical Education
Congratulations to Mitchell Sholl and Tenae Mounsey
for their amazing efforts and sporting attitude to participate
in the Division Tennis Championships in Tennis last Thursday.
Congratulation also to our swimmers who travelled with their
dedicated family and friends to Ballarat last Friday to compete
at the Regional Swimming Carnival. It is great to see our Port
Fairy students training, qualifying and competing at higher
levels in sport. Well done!
Our Moyne Athletic Sports Carnival was held yesterday and
I will let you know all the results in next week’s newsletter, but
here is one “sneak preview”!
… Deanne Elliott
Port Fairy Playgroup
Attention babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers of
Port Fairy (and Parents/Carers!!): you are invited to
come along to the…
Port Fairy Playgroup
On Wednesday the 15th of April (the first
Wednesday of Term 2 and every Wednesday during
school terms thereafter)
From 9.30 to 11.30 am
At the Port Fairy Community Services Centre
Please bring a piece of fruit to share and a gold
coin donation.
If you have any questions, contact Brooke on
0437002624 or Virginia on 0412354536.
Robins School of Dancing
2015 Term 2 Port Fairy
Hi my name is Riahna Byron I am the new at teacher at The Robins
School of Dancing Port Fairy branch.
I have been dancing and doing calisthenics for 17 years and have
been teaching for the last 8 years. Dancing in Melbourne and South
Australia, I am also a qualified acrobat’s teacher and excited to be
incorporating this into the Port Fairy School. I will be teaching ballet,
tap, jazz, hip hop song and dance as well as Acrobatics in all classes at
all levels and ages.
New Night !! Friday Night and new venue!!
Dancing will be commencing in term 2 at the senior citizens hall in
Barclay Street from 4pm every Friday night.
If you are interested in dancing with us in Port Fairy please give me a
call on 0481392250 or Helen Hadden 0438622917 for further
information or to book your class.
This is an exciting year ahead and I look forward to you joining us!