File - Apsley Primary School

PO Box 68
46 Laidlaw Street
Apsley VIC 3319
0355861231
26th May
2016.
Issue 8
Cooperation -Enthusiasm -Honesty -Responsibility -Respect
Principal: Mrs Tanya Turner
School Council President: Mr. Mark Cross
What’s Coming Up
SUN
30th
Monday
31st May
After School
Activity - Lets
Ride
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
SAT
1st June
2nd June
3rd June
4th June
5th June
Playgroup 10am
MARC Van
*School Photos
S.A.K.G
SUN
6th June
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
SAT
7th June
8th June
9th June
10th June
11th June
12th June
After School
Activity - Lets
Ride
Playgroup 10am
Newsletter
Report writing
Day
Principals Report
Week six is nearly over, which means we are well and truly half way through the term. Staff will be busy working on
school reports over the next few weeks for distribution on the last week of term. There is a day pupil free report
writing day on Friday 10th June, which also connects with the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday 13th June.
Over the last few weeks we have had students absent with colds and the vomiting bug. Please remember to
complete the absentee forms that are sent home and return these ASAP for our record keeping.
Last week we welcomed Suesan Krisch to our team. Suesan will be working in the office one day a week
completing various administration tasks, including the publication of the newsletter. Her days will alternate between
Wednesdays and Thursdays. If you have anything that needs to be put into the newsletter if has to be to her by
Wednesdays please. If you see her please introduce yourself - I am welcoming her with open arms!!
Education Week activities were in full swing last week. Thank you to all families that participated in the
Progressive Stories activity. There were some very creative ideas, the final products are on the following pages. This
activity also linked in with National Families Week and it was great to see families sitting down at night “talking”
and sharing ideas. We also had a families morning tea with the Apsley Alligators and it was great to see not only
mum and dads here, but some aunties and grandparents.
The parent club are busy raising funds for the annual school camp and for extra things for the students. A
huge thank you must go to the families who attend the wood chop. It was a great social day aswell as it was nice to
see our school community coming together. They are also running a major raffle, with fantastic prizes. Each ticket
sold means something more for our little school.
Please don’t forget our SURPRISE farewell and thank you dinner for Mrs Pretlove on Friday night at the
monthly schnitzel night. I am sure she would love to see all the students - past and present. Kitchen is open from
6.00pm. Presentations will be at approximately 7.00pm
Tanya Turner
Education Week &
National Family Week
Progressive Story Number 1
My hair stood on end, a shiver raced down my spine and a lump came to my throat. It was him….
The big black cat that roamed the high country, I had him lined up in my scope but he was too quick.
This could now get very scary. If the rumours were right I might not walk out of this forest alive . The rustling in
the near by prickly acacia bush made us freeze in the one spot. My legs felt like concrete pylons as the ants
started to crawl up my shins. I glanced over at my best mate Jimmy and I could see the fear in his eyes. “Grab
the backpack” I whispered to Jimmy…
Jimmy quickly and quietly grabbed the backpack. We starred at each other while hastily trying to make
a new plan, in our heads. We ran, hearts pounding, our legs feeling like jelly. If we ran the same speed we
know we would make to the end of the forest in time and alive, but the big black cat followed at speed. Suddenly we both fell down through a hole in the earth and we were faced with a whole new dilemma, we had
fallen into a abandoned mine shaft and landed in an underground river. We both tumbled, twisted and turned
in the icy water and before I knew what was going on Jimmy and I were separated.
I was so dark I couldn’t see anything. I reached into my back pack and got my torch. I turned it on and
looked round. The water was so rough and I couldn’t see Jimmy. I could feel the water rushing faster and faster then all of a sudden I was sucked out o hole and into daylight into a great big river. The river was lined with
lots of trees and there was a lot of fish and frogs on lily pads. I swam to edge …
I shouted for Jimmy but all I could hear was….
A baby lamb bleating in the distance. As I fought through the rapids keeping my head above water, I
managed to get stuck on a dead limb by the back of my flannelette shirt. I only had one arm holding my backpack so had to make sure it didn’t escape me. I wriggle along the branch with both my shivering hand and
made it to the waters edge but had ripped a huge hole in the back of my shirt. Laying exhausted face down on
the bank, I felt something cold touch my left earlobe. I took a quick peek out of my left eye which was dripping
with water to see the cutest little lambs nose I ever did see. Gazing further afield I noticed the green rolling
hillsides and the top of the…….. The End.
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Progressive Story Number 2
I heard the music as I entered the room, but all that was there was a violin, lay there on it’s back on the
bare floorboards…..
As I looked around the room I saw a little hole in the wall, I looked in the hole and saw three blind
mice, nibbling on a piece of cheese, wondering if they were the ones playing the violin. I tip toed out of the
room quietly and looked back carefully and sad the mice creeping towards the red violin. At that moment I
heard the violin play another sweet tune “Amazing Grace”. Then Grandma called me for lunch, as I went
to get lunch I started to think “Can 3 blind mice play the violin or not”…….
As I sat down to eat my peanut butter sandwich, I thought to myself “How can I prove that 3 blind
mice could play the violin?” I wonder if Grandma still has her old video camera, that she told me about on
my last visit to her house?.....
So I quickly ran and washed my hands after I finished my sandwich and stated hunting, under the
bed in the spare room for the video camera. Grandma poked her head around the corner to see what I
was doing. I lied and said I was liking for some socks, she thought it was odd but didn’t question me
again. AH HA I found the camera! I ran straight to the room with the violin in it and quickly set up the camera. In the morning I ran straight to the camera and OH MY GOODNESS I couldn’t believe my eyes….
We had intruders!!!! 2 people wandered through the room. They didn’t take anything or damage
anything. Although on person must have been on something because they kept on running into stuff. I
knew they were crims just by looking at them and look I’m not the sort of person to judge another by their
looks, nor do I pigeon hole them nope! I DO NOT STEREOTYPE, but in saying that, these crims had saggy
pants, black clothes, caps on backwards, DC hightops and those Dr Drebeat head phones. You could hear
through the camera, Jay Z’s “99 problems” was blasting. God only knows why anyone would need rap music that loud. These guys were definitely thugs…… But, the question about the violin remained. Where was
it coming from and even more to the question …. Why?. The 2 intruders opened our front door and let
other people in!!!! In came through an orchestra! Then, we had some Jazz players enter. They just kept on
coming all sorts of people but all music artist. Then a women came rushing through the door her long
curly blonde hair was flying behind her she was running so fast. She wasn’t just yelling and sobbing, she
was wailing and howling and there was a constant stream of tears pouring down her face. You couldn’t
understand what she was saying through each of her hyper ventilated breaths. She seemed to know the
house as she dared through the hallways and rummaged through every room. The thugs chased her, probably trying to beat her up, trying to keep her quiet so no one knew they were about to rob our house. They
started yelling, everyone started yelling and I began to wonder how I slept through it all. Just then one of
the thugs turned around and I could see his face! AH HA! Gottch ya, I picked up my phone and began dialling triple zero, just as the operator answered I realised the thug was actually my half blind—half deaf
Grandpa! “What is your emergency” said the operator, I pinched my nose and tilted my head back “OH
yes darling” I said in a high pitched voice “ I thought my cat was dying but it was just a furball, all is ok
goodnight” I quickly hung up the phone, as I watched Grandpa grab the violin and rushed it to the inconsolable woman. The other thug turned the women around and it was at this point that I realised the 2
thugs were in fact my grandparents. The women lunged at the violin and grabbed it from Grandpa “OH my
baby Thank goodness” I sat there bewildered, whilst this recording had answered my question about the
violin, it begged so many more! Why were my grandparents dressed the way they were and since when did
they like Jay Z? How did I sleep through all that noise and what about the 3 blind mice? And most of all,
do I talk to anyone about this or will people think I’m a major freak?
I guess I got 99 problems and m family is one……
The End.
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Progressive Story Number 3
He opened the safe and it had gone. No one had the code , who could have opened it?
His mind was racing— what would happen now that is was gone? Would they ever trust him again? How could
he ever get it back? He looked wildly around the room, his gaze resting on the portrait of his great—great
grandfather. As a child he had been afraid of the painting, always feeling as though the eyes were following
him around the room….
As he was looking at the painting he noticed that the eyes looked like real eyes. He ran up to the painting just
as he got close the eyes turned to painted eyes. He pulled the painting off the wall , it was ever heavy. It revealed a hidden doorway with the eye holes in it, maybe someone really was watching him? Maybe this person
is responsible for the empty safe!....
Right now he was faced with making the decision of following this person beyond this hidden doorway or call
for help but he thought by calling for help he would surely get into trouble. If he followed this person he could
become a hero. With a big deep breath he opened the door. Behind this door was a very short tunnel with a
hole that lead downwards. Upon looking down the hole, there was a ladder to climb down. He could see a
small glow of light down the bottom. Once he had climbed down, the small glow of light was still moving, but
now down another tunnel. He still had to follow this light, down this tunned to try and catch this person. As he
was going down this tunnel he came across a clue, this person may have dropped…..
He decided that he would follow the clue. The clue pointed hem in a direction he was a bit unsure if he was
making the right choice. As he headed through a door it lead him into a big open room. He then found another
clue which said “ I may be in this room”! He looked around the big room to see if he could see it, at first he
couldn’t find it, then suddenly he saw a big black objet that was covered with silky cloth. He thought it looked
unusual, so he lifted the silky cloth off and there was the person responsible for emptying the safe. He proceeded to question the man who had opened the safe. He was relived that he caught the person
The End
As part of Education Week and National Families Week each family was
asked to contribute to a progressive story. The stories below are what was
produced. The table below also indicates what families complied each
piece. Thank you all for participating!
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Turner
Ellul
Mueller
Law
Ewer
Moritz
Treglown
Nikiesha
Maddern
Cross
Grigg
Claire
Mr Bruce
Braithwaite
Herrod
Hunn
Progressive Story Number 4
Bleary-eyed I, I went downstairs for breakfast, the house was empty, even the furniture had gone….
The rooms looked so big now, with nothing in them. There were the grubby marks on the wall where
the couches had been and the bugs squashed to the wall where they had rested behind pictures. The indents
in the carpet clearly marked the position of the coffee tables and the television unit. Of course there were the
little pathways in the carpet where we had walked daily, like a nest of ants following the ant ahead. The house
looked so different this empty.
As I
walked from the living room along the passage I noticed a strange odor, something similar to burnt hair. Then
looking into the office a weird, zig zag, orange “burn” marks were on the walls. Out of here and into the
workshop and the garage and half of the paneled door was nowhere to be seen. Now the odor was much
stronger, it would be best to describe it as a stench. Part of the workshop door missing was nothing as in the
workshop, the whole west wall was gone and there was a crater on the floor like a World War 2 bomb had
gone off. Yet we didn’t hear a thing, sleeping peacefully all night.
In shock I turned and ran into the house to wake my family up. The first room I got to was my older
brothers room, he is 14 and sleeps like a log! I shook him and shook him bit no luck, he just rolled over and
grumbled. Hump! Teenagers. The next room along was Mum and Dad’s. I woke them both and started telling
them what was going on. Mum groaned and told me she needed coffee before I said another word. Dad said to
stop making up stories to get them out of bed on a Sunday. Oh My God! Why wont anyone help, just as I was
shutting my parents bedroom door my little sister came out of her room , she looked at me and wrinkled her
nose “Pooh, What stinks”!
“I don’t know, but we’re going to find out! Where’s Grandpa?” I knew I had to find him. He would
know what to do.
I took my sister’s hand and we walked down the hall to Grandpa’s bedroom. I was a bit scared. Grandpa was usually in his workshop on Sunday mornings. Actually, Grandpa was always in the workshop. Last
nigh he didn’t even come in for dinner, he had been talking to himself about his experiment. No one really
knew what he was working on. Could Grandpa’s experiment have caused this mess?
Had he invented a bomb? I held my breath and opened the door.
Grandpa was sitting in his beg over stuffed armchair and sitting opposite him was a fat little creature
covered in fur with a face like a puppy with huge saucer shaped eyes.
The end
Apsley Market—Sunday 30th May
10am - 2pm
Education Week Activities – Visit to Edenhope
Written by Rachael Maddern
On Friday 20th May we went to Edenhope for Education Week.
First we got on the bus and travelled to Edenhope. We arrived at
11.00. When we got there we had a tour around the school. We
went to the science room and split into two groups and did a range
of experiments. The group I was in had to collect things from outside
and made a little creature out of it and then we had to hide it from
the other group. After that we had lunch. For entrée we had soup,
for main we had roast meat and vegetables and for desert we had
chocolate mousse. Then we played games and went back to school.
We had a very good day.
On Tuesday 24th May we had Japanese, where we made rice balls.
First we had to cook the rice, which Nikiesha did in the rice cooker.
We then had to wet our hands and put salt on them. We then got a
couple of scoops of rice and had to make them into a ball. We had
to decorate them with seaweed sheets. I attempted to make a panda and penguin. It was really fun, then we got to eat them!
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Trip to Edenhope for Education Week
Parent Club News
Parent Club News
A huge thank you must go out to all the families who were able to make the wood cut a couple of weekends
ago. We cut and delivered 10 loads of wood to some happy customers. We not only had school families
attend, but a couple of community members came along to help. Thank you to McGinty / Cross families for
providing the location, to all who help cut, split, stack and deliver, the BBQ cooks and babysitters and to
Cindy for providing the afternoon tea.
Our major raffle is up and running at the moment, with excellent prizes to be won. Each Family have been
sent home a book to sell. Each book contains 10 tickets to be sold at $10.00 each. Please do not feel obligated to purchase all these yourself. If you can’t sell them all to family and friends please return them to
school ASAP We only have 1500 tickets to try and sell by the 26th of June as it will be drawn at the school’s
garage sale. All books are due back at school before the school holidays which start on the 24th of June. If
your family would like more books please contact myself or the school.
Parents Club meeting on Monday the 30th of May @ 4pm, hope all
can be present, apologies to Michelle on 0417 187 748. Don’t
forget your $5.00 membership please
School Photo’s are on Tuesday 1st June. Please fill out attached order form and return
the completed form along with the money to the school ASAP
“Luke’s World”
Interviews by Luke Braithwaite
New member of staff - Suesan Krisch
Full Name: Suesan May Krisch
Favourite Colour: Yellow
What AFL team do you barrack for?: Collingwood
What is your favourite food?: Stroganoff
Do you have any pets? 2 dogs Jack and Cino
Who do you live with? Sister Kerren and nieces
Paige and Bailey
Do you have any other job? I work at Woolworths
Do you have a hobby? Scrapbooking
Where is your favourite place for a holiday? Robe or
Kingston.
Trinity
26th May 2016
Act of Kindness Award
This award goes to…….
Luke Braithwaite
For always being helpful to others. He
cleaned my desk up for me.
Nominated by Matthew
Well Done Luke
This week the Principals Award goes to
student
Damon Grigg
For always handing homework in on time and
Completing it to a high standard
Nikiesha Pilgrim
For completely cleaning and tidying our art room in her
own time!!
Thanks Nikiesha