FOUNTAIN GATE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER School No. 5072

24 March 2016

Prospect Hill Road, Narre Warren 3805 Telephone: 9703 1187 Fax: 9703 2001 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.fountaingateps.vic.edu.au

DIARY DATES

Thursday 24th March

END OF TERM STUDENTS FINISH AT 2.30pm

Monday 11th April

START TERM 2 8.55AM – 3.15PM

Wednesday 13th April Wednesday 20th April Friday 22nd April

Year 5 Discovery DayLeaving school at 8.40am Grades 3 & 4 Camp Information Night 6.00-7.00pm Prep excursion to Myuna Farm.

TERM DATES FOR Term 1 – Friday 29th January – 24th March 2016 Term 2 – Monday 11th April - 24th June Term 3 – Monday 11th July – 16th September Term 4 – Monday 3rd October – 20th December

Principal’s Comments ☺ Make your own board game using a setting that is relevant to your family, e.g. a soccer game, a game about a favourite TV show etc. I am very pleased to announce the winner of our ☺ Grow some seeds, watching this happen is always competition to name our new breakfast club. fascinating. ☺ Make some musical instruments out of empty Well done Jackie Simandl, with the name containers. ☺ Smile! Get the camera out and let the kids take some photos – download them on the computer and create a slide show. ☺ Play dough – buy some or make your own – this Jackie wins $100 uniform voucher. will provide hours of fun for you and the kids. ☺ Lots of Local Libraries hold story-telling workshops during school holidays, and then the The term has flown by and here we are at school kids can borrow some new stories to read. holiday time again. Here’s a list of things to do with ☺ Make Paper Dolls - make a chain children during the holidays that I found on the of paper dolls and colour them all in internet. different colours. ☺ Create a puppet show, use soft ☺ Make an assault course, use boxes, chairs, toys or make small puppets from scooters, skateboards etc, time how long it takes socks or wooden spoons and put and aim to improve. on your own show. ☺ Hide a treasure inside or outside. Write some ☺ Do some leaf rubbings, collect an clues or make a treasure map for kids to follow. assortment of leaves and place Then ask them to make one for you. them under paper then use a ☺ Allow your children to make a movie on your crayon/pencil to rub over the top. smart phone. ☺ Have a Picnic or BBQ lunch at the ☺ When your children have sorted out all their toys, local park – let the kids help pack have a garage sale. their favourite lunch and snacks. ☺ Make paper dolls of your family using cut out ☺ Do some gardening with the kids – make a herb or photos. Cut out clothes from magazines to dress strawberry garden pot, they are fantastic and the “family” in. useful too! ☺ Have a mini Master Chef session with pita bread ☺ Weather permitting, set up a water play area with and pizza toppings. lots of different containers and things for water to ☺ Ask your child to teach you their favourite run down. Especially good in conjunction with a computer game. sand pit. ☺ Create a backyard golf course. ☺ Have a game of hide and seek - lots of fun for the ☺ Learn magic/card/circus tricks and put on a show. little ones. ☺ Use 2 litre bottles as bowling pins. ☺ Kick a paper soccer ball, set up some goals and ☺ Go to a local cycle way/bike track and go try your luck. rollerblading. A great way to get out in the fresh air ☺ Create an indoor car track with hills, curves and and enjoy the sunshine and straights using cardboard, cut up pool noodles or exercise. any materials matchbox cars can roll along. ☺ Camp Out in the back yard – ☺ Teach children some old games such as kids of all ages will love this hopscotch, knuckles, elastics, clapping games, experience marbles (you may need to google these or ask ☺ Buy some big chalk and your parents!) create a driveway masterpiece Looking forward to seeing everyone back next ☺ Save boxes and containers of all sorts and make term! a box city on a spare table. Add toy cars and people. Kind Regards, ☺ Make an indoor or outdoor cubby with a sheet, tarp, cushions, cd player, food etc.

Dear Parents,

“Tucker Time”.

Jenny Duggan

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Using “Stretchy Snake” to find out how to spell new words. Well done Evelina! For developing new strategies to identify large numbers and count on. Congratulations Ben! For learning how to hold his pencil correctly and write his name. Congratulations Adam! Attempting to write a sentence. Great effort Saniya.

3C

Sahar Ali

1P

00B

Evelina Pemba

Dylan Johnston

Drawing an excellent map of his house.

00M

Ben Lenscak

00R

Adam Quraishi

3/4H

Fawaz Mohammadi

Using feedback from his peers to help him plan the main arguments of his exposition.

00V

Saniya Tahiri

4D

Rohin Sidiki

Reading your work and improving your writing so that it makes sense.

4W

Maddison Griffin

Madeleine Heffernan-Green

Recognising the features of a letter. Well done!

5C

Donia Kakar

Planning some good arguments in preparation for expository writing. Demonstrating how to be a good friend to her peers. You should be very proud of your efforts Maddison. Well done! Working cooperatively with others in the classroom. Keep up the great work!

1S

1/2M

Danora Araiti

5D

2C

Isidora Colevic

For her great ideas for making things at the collage table. Well done! For writing a wellstructured and detailed Pen Pal letter. Well done!

2H 2M

Sitara Kakar

3B

Monique Maireroa

Working hard to learn her Red 1 words and sharing rhyming words during reading. Well done! Working hard to recognise and create strong arguments for his exposition. Fantastic Effort!

3S

5H

5/6T 6H

6S

MATHLETICS AWARD Prep to Grade 2 Name: Turongo Hapuku Grade: 2H Reason: For an excellent start on his Place Value Learning Sequence.

Grade 3 – 6 Name: Manuela Puoch Grade: 4D Reason: For the process and thinking she displayed when renaming 3 digit numbers

ENGLISH AWARD Prep to Grade 2 Name: Ariela Sprague Grade: 1/2M Reason: For writing some interesting stories and using capital letters and full stops.

Grade 3 – 6 Name: Hasty Taee Grade: 4W Reason: For making great deeper level text-to-self connections whilst reading. Well done Hasty!

Welfare

Welfare Consistent Rules and Consequences Most good parenting books tell us that we need to create rules and be consistent in enforcing them. According to this straightforward advice, we need to control our own tempers and calmly follow through with the rules that we ourselves set if we want our children to behave. Not only is it difficult to stay calm in the face of ‘meltdowns’, but following through with rules and consequences is not always enough. However, creating rules and consequences is an important starting point! Most of us understand that kids need structure and discipline to help them learn and behave. We set rules so they know what is expected. We have consequences, both rewards and punishments, to make clear the importance of following those rules. Without rules and consequences, our lives would be chaotic. A book I read a little while ago had a perfect example to illustrate this point about consistency. A family had some difficulty getting their 2 children to eat dinner with them at the dinner table. After some discussion, they acknowledged that their rules about eating dinner had been unclear and inconsistent for some time. If the husband and wife were tired after working late, they sometimes gave in and let the children eat in front of the TV. Then, when they wanted everyone to eat together, it became a battle to get them to the table. With some coaxing, they agreed to make eating together at the table a consistent rule. The positive consequence of following the rule was some TV time later. If the children violated the rule, there was no TV later. This consistency brought order to their home after 2 days, during which the children tested the new rule……a triumph for good old structure and discipline! Cheers

Maryse Mannix

First Aid Information Dear Parents, Please remember to check your child’s hair frequently for head lice and eggs. While head lice do not cause serious health problems, they can be very hard to manage, and cause children to miss school. It is the department’s policy that children who have live lice will be sent home for treatment. Children with eggs in their hair will receive a letter asking parents to remove them. The “condition and comb” method is very effective when done regularly:  Comb the nit treatment/conditioner onto dry, brushed hair  Comb the hair in sections using a fine tooth comb  Wipe conditioner onto paper towel from comb  Continue until all eggs and live lice are gone Head lice take 6 to 7 days to hatch, and when you treat it’s easy to miss an egg or two. By treating again in 7 days’ time, you are aiming to kill and comb out any head lice that have since hatched from eggs which were missed. Please check every member of the family. Re-infection is the least likely reason for head lice returning in a weeks time. If eggs do not die, or were not removed during the original treatment they may hatch and the lifecycle starts all over again. Thank you for your co-operation and patience, Joanne Sickbay Caretaker

Payment for essential items (school books)* This year all books were delivered in bulk to classrooms. This saved families a significant amount of time by not having to search the shops to purchase their child’s stationery. THE SCHOOL NOW NEEDS TO PAY FOR THESE BOOKS SO WE NEED ALL FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT YET PAID TO PLEASE DO SO. Thanking you for your cooperation

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MESSAGE FROM THE LIBRARY Students must transport library books to and from school in an appropriate library bag. Our school library bags are very important to our school as they protect our library books. They are water resistant but NOT water proof. It is preferred that water bottles be carried separately from library bags.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) Families holding a Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or those who are temporary foster parents are eligible. The amount payable is $125 per year for primary students. This will be paid to the school and then can be used for camps, sports or excursions. Payments will be made during Term 1. Parents need to complete an application form and bring it to school. This can be downloaded at www.education.vic.gov.au/csef or picked up at the school office.

THIS SHOULD BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO PAYMENTS CAN START. Eligible families can use this grant to pay for Camps, Excursions and Sports.

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