TALLYGAROOPNA PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3067 TERM 4 NO. 39 9th December 2013 Victoria Street, Tallygaroopna Phone 03 58298264 Fax 03 58298244 [email protected] Website - http://www.tally-ps-3067.vic.edu.au/ Mobile 0403625625 / 0411960164 Facebook Page – Click here SCHOOL VALUES – RESPECT, HONESTY & INCLUSION News from the Principal’s Desk Hi everyone, A morning tea will be held on Thursday, 30th Last week was an eventful one with some great extra curricula January 2014 to welcome new and existing families activities taking place. On Tuesday, the Grade 2/3/4 students were lucky to get some good weather and participate in the T20 into the new school year. This will be held in the new Cricket Tournament at Shepparton. Both girls and boys teams school kitchen straight after assembly from about did a great job in the heat and I was extremely proud of the girls, 9.15am to 10am. Could families bring a plate to whom many had never played cricket before. To win their final share if possible and tea and coffee will be provided. game of the day was a great achievement. The boys, under the guidance of Andrea Walker, were very competitive all day and were able to knock off Guthrie St. PS in the final, winning by a THE LAST PLAYGROUP FOR THE YEAR WILL BE single run. What a game and what an effort by all of our kids. th HELD ON THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER. WE LOOK Special thanks to all the parents who assisted with transport and FORWARD TO THIS GROUP CONTINUING IN 2014. came along to support the children on the day. Our End of Year excursion to Echuca was a success despite the unpredictable weather and many photos are in this edition of the A Brochure and Enrolment Form went home for newsletter. It is always great to see all of the families attend this After School Care for all children last week. This day and interact with their kids and I look forward to another big must be filled in by all families before being excursion in December next year. I welcome any feedback in relation to this. enrolled in this program before the school Tomorrow is our Orientation Day and I wish all of the Grade 6’s holidays. These 2 documents can be a rewarding day at Wanganui Secondary College. Our new downloaded from our school website - here Preps will be at our school for the whole day also and I look forward to seeing them start to build relationships with the other children at our school. Our final excursion for the year is at GRADE 6 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS MUST Aquamoves on Thursday as well – please return permission BE HANDED TO MR BRODIE BY FRIDAY. forms before this day. Last week all individual children received an Enrolment form for After School Care (OSH) and it is imperative that all families fill these in for each child. This will enable all children in the school to be part of the program if needed. This is a requirement SCHOOL STARTS IN 2014 before all families book a casual or permanent place – no children can participate in this care unless this is filled in. Finally, school reports go out on Monday in sealed envelopes and staff are available for an informal interview if needed. Feel TH THURSDAY 30 JANUARY FOR free to contact the office if needed to organise a day and time. Have a great week everyone. Karen will be at the office until ALL STUDENTS FROM Thursday as always if any matters need addressing. I will be away on Friday at a Principals Meeting unfortunately. FOUNDATION YEARS (PREP) David Brodie (Teaching Principal) TO GRADE 6. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. SCIENTISTS OF THE WEEK – Teagan / Connor Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013 School Facebook Likes – 51 and growing 1 Photos of the Week – End of Year Excursion (Echuca) TALLYGAROOPNA PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A COMMUNITY SCHOOL 2 Photos of the Week – End of Year Excursion (Echuca) – and some more!!! ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE END OF YEAR EXCURSION FOR 2014 WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THIS IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY 4th DECEMBER. 3 Photos of the Week – Grade 2/3/4 Cricket Tournament 4 BIRTHDAY’S AT TALLYGAROOPNA PS – great work Mums!! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – LAST SESSION 5 SCC is looking for junior riders! Come & try track cycling for children aged 7 years & over. The club conducts trainings & try days on Mondays 4.30pm-6pm at the Velodrome in Packham St, Shepparton, with racing on Wednesday evenings for all to watch & participate when ready. Junior members are able to have a go at cycling with minimal expense, first year membership is FREE, and we provide the bikes, helmet & gloves for new members. For more info contact Edward at [email protected] or come down on Monday night for a go! LAST YEAR FAMILIES MADE A DONATION TOWARDS THIS CAMPAIGN OF ANY AMOUNT THEY THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE AND THE STUDENTS DID A JOB AT HOME IN RELATION TO THIS. WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS AGAIN AND THEN MRS HABERFIELD WILL PURCHASE SOME NEW TOYS FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. 6 STUDENTS OF THE WEEK – Term 4 / Week 9 All students received a certificate and also a free icy pole voucher to use this term. Foundation / Grade 1 Terrific Turtle’s Jade Klein for her leadership skills that she shows in the classroom and the playground. Jade is great at helping other students in her grade. Great work Jade. Grade 2/3/4 Freaky Frogs Liv Burgess for the kindness and care she always shows to her classmates and for the persistence she shows in completing her work. Well done Liv! Grade 5/6 Mad Monkeys Harri Ring for the way that he has assisted with Playgroup this year and for the conscious effort he is showing with finishing the year on a good note. Values Vault Winners for Week 9 are Taylah Groves, Cohan Hall and Tom Haberfield. 7 1. Grade 6 Scholarship Applications – DUE FRIDAY Spade Computers has kindly offered a Scholarship for a Grade 6 student to the value of $500. All students are encouraged to submit an application which will need to be given to Mr Brodie by Friday 13th December. The Scholarship will be awarded to the student on Tuesday 17th December at the Christmas Concert / Graduation Night and presented by David Steigenberger from Spade Computers. A lot of consideration has been made in regard to making this process fair for everyone, but to make it meaningful only one award will be given. Staff at school will have the hard task of selecting the recipient of this scholarship and Spade Computers will be involved in the decision process as well. We hope this partnership may continue for years to come. The application should be between 250 and 500 words and typed up. The application should be completed at home and students will need to follow the guidelines below: Application: 1. Comment on your time at Tallygaroopna Primary School. 2. Comment on what have been your highlights at Tallygaroopna Primary School. 3. Comment on what makes Tallygaroopna Primary School unique. 4. Comment on how you have demonstrated behaviour and a work ethic that reflects our school values of Respect, Honesty and Inclusion. All grade 6 students received a formal letter in relation to this. 2. Class Structures for 2014 Next year again promises to be a very exciting one at Tallygaroopna Primary School. We anticipate starting the year with 47 students, with the aim of building on this for the future. We will continue to provide well-structured and resourced literacy and numeracy blocks along with a variety of specialist subjects as well. Art, Library, LOTE (Italian), Science, Information Technology and Physical Education will continue to be implemented. Next year, we will be still keeping our 3 grades and I will continue teaching in a Full Time capacity. Prep / Grade 1 – Mrs Wallace (12 students – 7/5) Science – taught by all class teachers Grade 2/3/4 – Mrs Haberfield (21 students – 11/8/2) Bounce Back – taught by all class teachers Grade 5/6 – Mr Brodie (14 students – 10/4) Information Technology – Mr Brodie / Mrs Haberfield School Business Manager – Mrs Armstrong Physical Education – Mr Brodie / Mrs Wallace We hope Library will continue to be held on a Thursday, with Art also on a Friday – to be confimred. These days will alternate each week. 3. School Reports As stated previously, school reports will be distributed in sealed envelopes next Monday. If parents would like some more feedback about individual student performance at school feel free to contact class teachers to arrange an informal meeting once reports are distributed to families. Teachers spend a lot of valuable time putting these together so please take the time to read these before the school year ends. Remember that these reports can be placed in the green report folders which every student at school should have. The report cards have: a chart with an A-E rating, showing your child's current progress against the expected state-wide standard as well as the progress they have made since the previous year a chart showing your child‘s level of effort and class behaviour details about attendance easy to understand comments from teachers outlining what your child knows and can do, any areas in which your child needs to be given further help or extended, and how this will be done suggestions for how you can help at home 8 4. End of Year Excursion A huge thank you to the many families who attended the Echuca excursion and helped with supervision.