6 March 2014 - Issue 3 - Wheelers Hill Primary School

Issue 3– 6 March, 2014
A Word from our Principal …….
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Don’t forget to check the School
Website for all essential dates
MARCH
7th Summer Sport R4 (Bye)
10th – LABOUR DAY HOL
12th – School Photos
13th – CURRICULUM DAY
14th Summer Sport R5
21st – Summer Sport R6
21st – Harmony Day
24th – School Council AGM
25th – Level 3 Coach
Approach 9.-3.30pm
28th – Summer Sport R7
31st – Yr 3-6 Athletics
APRIL
2nd & 3rd – Murrundindi
Workshop Yrs 3&4
4th – END OF TERM 1
18th – GOOD FRIDAY
21st – EASTER MONDAY
22nd – START TERM 2
25th – ANZAC DAY
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Please enjoy a safe and restful long weekend.
Sally Kennedy
Presented at assembly on Monday 24th February, 2013
Eva
00A
Callum
1A
Jonathan
Eric
Kerenza
1B
1C
2A
Evangeline
Jaida
Pratheep
2B
2C
3B
Chloe
3C
Matthew
4A
Sophie
4B
Vanessa
4C
Nicholas
5A
Kristopher
5B
Kaitlyn
Will
5C
6A
David
Adyn 2A
6B
PE
Samantha 4C
Art
Ella 5A
Lakmalie 5A
Alison (6B)
LOTE –
Mandarin
LOTE –
French
Performing
Arts
For her impressive ‘Show and Tell’ on our sound of the week ‘M’. We loved the
magic trick!
For his persistence all week, and producing some fantastic graphs. Well done
Callum, keep up the great work!
For great improvement in his handwriting. Well done Jonathan!
For doing his very best work in all classroom activities this week. Keep it up Eric!
For thoughtful sorting, classifying and labelling of everyday and sometimes food!
Well done, Kerenza!
For her excellent organisational skills. Keep up the great work!!!
For being a caring and helpful class member. Well done Jaida!
For his excellent start at Wheelers Hill Primary. Congratulations on approaching all
new experiences with enthusiasm!
For clever thinking, testing and analysing during science lessons. Great creative
thinking Chloe.
For working well and being a cheerful, enthusiastic member of our class. A great
start to the year. Well done Matthew!
For being caring and helpful with our new student in 4B. Always kind to others.
Well done Sophie!!
For being a quiet, conscientious worker in all areas. You have completed some
excellent work interpreting graphs, Vanessa. Congratulations!
For working so conscientiously on his thinking skills in literacy- great answers
Nicholas!
For interesting and detailed writing about the different feelings that you have.
Super work.
For a great week’s work in all areas and for becoming the Queen of the Tables.
For being such a helpful leader. You have shown great initiative and organisational
skills. Well done Will.
For being an organised and enthusiastic student. Impressive start to Year 6.
For making up such funny and creative wolf actions during our warm up games in
PE!
For taking extra care in trying to accurately draw herself and her friend in
proportion. A technical skill you are on your way to master!
For the great effort you have put into all Mandarin tasks. Hen hao (很好) Ella.
For the analytical way Lakmalie approaches all new vocabulary. Great work making
all those connections Lakmalie!
For a great demonstration of skill and enthusiasm against all odds!
Presented at assembly on Monday 3rd March, 2013
Alexander
00A
For sharing his knowledge about shapes with Prep A. Thank you, Alexander!
Owen
00B
For a very interesting Show and Tell presentation on Space and Sea Monsters. We
loved the pictures and the quiz!
Benedict
1A
For his fantastic recount about our SunSmart sausage experiment. Excellent work
Benedict, keep it up!
Nicholas
1B
For always completing tasks quietly and efficiently. Well done Nicholas!
Bailey
1C
For being a happy, helpful and very hard working member of the class. Great work
Bailey!
Adyn
2A
For being a great classroom helper, willing to assist other students when needed.
Thank you, Adyn!
Hasini
2B
For being calm and focused during all classroom tasks and producing work of a
very high standard. Keep it up Hasini!
Sophie
2C
For her persistence when completing her work. Well done Sophie!
Chiara
3A
For her detailed and accurate written description of one of the dragons from our
class collection. Chiara also produced an excellent drawing to represent the detail
she outlined. Great work Chiara!
Ashleigh
4A
For working well in class, trying her best and asking good questions. Keep up the
great work Ashleigh.
Seth
4B
For working hard on his tasks and helping others in the classroom. Well done Seth!
Nirujan
4C
For being an enthusiastic learner – especially with Maths – and for working
efficiently on your face profile. Keep it up, Nirujan!
Ethan 2B
PE
For demonstrating accurate technique and lovely style during running activities.
Kaitlyn 2A
Art
For her well-proportioned self portrait and her beautifully presented artwork.
Keep it up!
Prithish 6B
LOTE –
Mandarin
For challenging himself and putting great effort into practising the writing of
Chinese characters. Henhao!(很好)
Leonie 4A
LOTE –
French
For her great focus and attention in class. Leonie is very observant and makes
excellent use of learning time. Bravo!
Poppy
Performing
Arts
For using some very clever musical terminology.
Summer Sports – Round 3
Friday 28th February
Sport
Wheelers Hill PS
St Scholasticas PS
Bat Tennis
51 games
6 games
won
Basketball
6 points
33 points
lost
Cricket
118 runs
88 runs
won
Kickball
No game
No score
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Softball
14 runs
0 runs
won
Volleystars
2 games
0 games
won
Total won
4/5
Highlights/special mentions include
Bat tennis- most games were won 6-0 this week, a great effort
by everyone in the team.
 Basketball- our team was two men down this week with Riley
and Cooper absent. A very tough opposing team with one
particular player who score all 33 points himself! Blake and
Jordan scored our team points this week, well done boys.
 Cricket- Aingha showed terrific sportsmanship this week
helping even the numbers out for the opposition, great effort.
 Softball- Jack Lucas had a wonderful catch this week and Hunter
was pitching well. Alex and Andy filled in this week helping the
soft ballers out. Thanks to those boys.
 Volleystars- Welcome to Wheelers Hill Kailin, who had her first
game of sport with us today. Annie, Jennifer and Alison served
well this week and both games were very close in score.
Next week is Round 4- a bye for us as our senior students are all away
in Canberra on their study tour.... We play at Jells Park for round 5
once we return.
Wheelers Hill
Swimming Squad
2014
We have now completed our Swimming Carnival for 2014 with 57 students involved in this
event. Most were Year 5 and 6 students, but we also required a few 9/10 year-old Year 4
students to join us. Most students competed in two or three events each and the trials were
held at Swim World in Glen Waverley on Tuesday February 11 th. The actual competition
was held at the Nunawading Pool on Wednesday February 19th.
The 50m events are competitive races for more experienced swimmers. The 50m pool events
include: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, as well as freestyle and mixed medley
relays. Overall we came third amongst eight schools for our efforts in the 50m pool.
Leisure pool activities are designed to add a little bit of fun in a more relaxed pool
environment. This allows everyone to participate for enjoyment and further their skill
development in the smaller pool. The 20m leisure pool activities included: wading races,
piggy back races, freestyle, backstroke, kickboard swims, and ring collection. This year we
again came third for the events held in this pool.
All students who came first or second in their 50m ‘A’ event race were then given the
opportunity to compete at the Division (Zone) level on Thursday, February 27th at the
Monash Aquatic & Recreation Centre. Thirteen of our students achieved this result.
Special congratulations to:
 Hunter Morgan- boys 9/10 freestyle relay
 James Dixon - boys 9/10 freestyle relay
 Ryan C- both boys 9/10 freestyle & boys 9/10 freestyle relay
 Qwyn Q – both boys 9/10 breaststroke & 9/10 freestyle relay
 Mack H- boys 11 freestyle relay
 Kristopher K- boys 11 freestyle relay
 Matt A – both boys 11 backstroke & boys 11 freestyle relay
 Changmin L –both 11 old boys freestyle & boys 11 freestyle relay
 Joshua B- boys 12 medley relay
 Jack Lucas K- boys 12 freestyle & boys 12 freestyle relay
 Aidan B- boys 12 medley relay & boys 12 freestyle relay
 Bailey P– boys 12 medley relay, boys 12 backstroke & boys 12 freestyle relay
 Joshua L- boys 12 medley relay, boys 12 breaststroke, boys 12 butterfly & boys 12
freestyle relay
This year there were no clashes between the Year Six Canberra study tour and the Division
competition, so everyone listed above was able to attend. Our team did us proud and we had
quite a cheer squad of family member support. We did not have anyone move through to the
next level, (Regional) this year and competition was tough, but all students swam well with
lovely stroke technique. Qwyn placed 4th in his individual breaststroke event and Joshua L
came third for his butterfly effort. The boys 10 year old freestyle relay team also came fourth
on the day.
Many thanks to Sally Kennedy and all senior school staff for their continued support and
assistance during the carnival this year. Also thanks to those parents who volunteered their
time to assist, supervise, time and support all our wonderful WHPS students.
Finally, well done to all those students who participated in the 2014 Swim Squad. I was
especially proud of the enthusiasm, peer support, manners, behaviour and sportsmanship
displayed by all our students. Well done, thank you and I hope that many of you will
volunteer to be involved in the Carnival again next year in 2015!
Nicole Thompson
Physical Education & Sport Co-Ordinator
On Tuesday February 25th two senior players from the Richmond football club came
out to run an AFL clinic with our Year 5/6 students. This year we were lucky enough
to have Alex Rance and Todd Elton participate in the annual clinic.
The weather was beautiful and our students made the best of this opportunity,
demonstrating their current ability and learning new games and ball handling skills.
Thanks to Richmond and the AFL for providing this opportunity to our
students.
More Auskick style clinics will be run this year during Term 2 for all
those students in Prep to Year 2.
We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education
begin with students coming to school each and every day.
Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future – a student missing one day a fortnight
will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of
school.
There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them
behind, and can affect their educational outcomes.
Coming to school every day is vital, but if for any reason your child must miss school, there are
things we can do together to ensure they don’t fall behind:
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Speak with your classroom teacher and find out what work your child needs to do to keep
up.
 Develop an absence learning plan with your teacher and ensure your child completes the
plan.
Remember, every day counts. If your child must miss school, speak with your classroom teacher
early as early as possible.
From 1 March 2014, new laws will mean that parents can be fined for not sending students to
school without an acceptable reason.
If you’re having attendance issues with your child, please let your classroom teacher know so we
can work together to get your child to school every day.
CURRICULUM DAY
Thursday 13th March 2014
7.00AM – 6.00PM
COST - $40 PER CHILD
Multicultural Cooking Day
The children will be preparing and cooking 4 different cultural based
recipes to experience and enjoy.
For lunch
: Stir Fry Noodles (chicken and vegetarian option) (Asian)
: Spanakopita (Greek)
For afternoon tea:
Lamingtons and Scones (Australian and English)
Please supply a snack for morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch will be
provided through the children’s cooking
If your child is not registered with OSHC please collect and complete an
enrolment form before your child can attend.
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CURRICULUM DAY NOTICE
Thursday 13th March 2014
CHILD ‘S NAME __________________________________________________
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COST $40 PER CHILD ________ @ $40 = $________________________
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER ON THE DAY
NAME ______________________________PHONE____________________________
NAME ______________________________PHONE____________________________
WHEELERS HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION
TWILIGHT PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS
It was wonderful to see so many families at our Welcome to 2014
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Twilight Picnic. The dismal weather earlier in the day cleared just in
time, giving us blue sky, dry ground and a light breeze. The students enjoyed the Earth Ball, Parachute
and novelty races in addition to free play and everyone enjoyed the traditional Tug of War to end our
picnic.
A big thank you goes to Luke Purcell, Josh Crozier and our School Council for providing the sausage
sizzle. Thanks also to the teachers who were helping out. It was great to see so many teachers able to
come along too.
Thanks to our parents who helped with the entry tables and donating prizes for our lucky draw.
We hope you all had an enjoyable time and will come again next year.
AGM REMINDER: Parents’ Association Annual General Meeting will be held on March 19, 7.30 pm
in the Staff Room. All welcome. Please consider joining our committee. Great door prizes to be won,
including a Tyre Balance and Alignment Package (valued at $110) courtesy of Beaurepaire Mulgrave and A
Party Lights candle gift pack (Valued $50) courtesy Party Lights.
SOCIAL CONTACT LISTS:
Year level reps will be issuing these very soon to those families who
submitted their details. If you don’t receive a copy in your email box, please contact your rep.
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
P - Kim Thompson
1 – Gurleen Marwah
2 – Sudha Ramesh
3 – Jodie George
4 – Stacey Bent
5 - Jo Gorgen
6 – Estelle Bowman
Notice of Annual General
Meeting
All parents and caregivers are invited to attend the 2014 AGM of the Wheelers Hill Primary School Parents’
Association:
Time: Wednesday, March 19 at 7.30 pm
Place: Wheelers Hill Primary School, Staff Room
Lucky Door Prizes
Refreshments will be provided
Agenda
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To deal with any business relating to the Constitution.
To confirm the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held May 29, 2013.
To receive the President’s Annual Report.
To receive and adopt the Treasurer’s Annual Report.
To elect the Committee for the coming year.
To set the Subscription Fee for the coming year.
To deal with any other business, including suggestions for the coming year.
Nominations for the Committee
Nominations for the Committee may be received in writing or email by the President before the start of the
meeting or presented in person at the meeting.
The nominee must be a financial member, in accordance with the constitution.
Nominees may be elected in absentia.
Please note: It is not essential for Committee members to attend all meetings, as much of our
communications are to be made using internet.
Voting Rights
Only financial members are eligible to vote, in accordance with the constitution.
Parents and caregivers may become financial members by paying a $5.00 subscription fee to the Treasurer
(Regine) any time before or during the meeting. All current and new financial members will remain
financial until March 30, 2015.
Constitution – 2013 Update
A copy of the Parents’ Association constitution may be found at:
https://sites.google.com/site/parentsassociationwhps/parents-association-committee
Does your child need a dental checkup?
1300 552 509
Monashlink Community Health Service, Dental Clinic is currently offering
dental examinations and treatment to children attending this school and
their families.
The service is FREE for children of parents with a valid pensioner
concession or health care card.
Non card holder children pay a FEE of $31. per child which includes a
check up and all general treatment.
For holders of a Medicare $1000 CHILD DENTAL BENEFITS
VOUCHER - costs are bulk billed to Medicare with no out of pocket
expenses, please call MonashLink for an appointment.
If you would like to book an appointment or check to see if your child is
already on our recall system please complete the forms provided and
return to school by the due date.
Monashlink now has a private dental service (FEE FOR SERVICE) which
runs on Saturday mornings for adult non pensioner or non health care
card holders and optional for children. For enquiries please contact us
on:
1300 772 372 or [email protected]
Monashlink Community Health Service Limited
Rear, Level 1
9-15 Cooke Street
Clayton 3168
1300 552 509
Our teeth are with us for a long time so it is important to have regular
check-ups to keep our teeth and gums healthy
Waverley Netball Centre
Net Set GO! Programs
Net Set GO! Skills & Activities- 5 – 7 year olds
Net Set GO! Skills & Activities- 7 – 10 year olds
Net Set GO! 50/50- 7 – 10 year olds
For 5 – 10 year olds
Have fun with your friends learning Netball.
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The Program will run over 13 weeks starting Tuesday 11 March
2014.
Sessions start at 4pm and 5pm.
For further information or an Application Form visit
www.waverleynetball.com.au
or phone 9560 7023.
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Applications close Friday 21 February 2014.
A better start!
Jells Park Preschool
Established for 30 year in the beautiful area of Wheelers Hill, at Jells Park Preschool we can offer your child an exciting and
rewarding kindergarten program.
Please contact our preschool on 9560 8035 to make an appointment or discuss any enrolment enquiries.
Alternatively you can view all the information about us on our website on www.jellspreschool.com.au
The current 4 year old group timetable is:
Monday – Friday’s
9.15 am - 2.15 am (3 rotational sessions)
Lauren, Kerryn & Nicole
Staff at Jells Park Preschool
37 Petronella Avenue
Wheelers Hill Vic 3150
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further information
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