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ISSUE 35

November 13 , 2014

PRINCIPAL: Chet Dervish

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: Amanda Hetherton Monday 24

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Hooptime State Championships at Dandenong Stadium

2014 CALENDAR

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Monday 17

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December Catholic College Sale Orientation Day

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Student Council Carnival Day from 2.00pm – 3.00pm – Casual Dress

Tuesday 9

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Zooper Dooper Sales at Recess – 50c

Wednesday 10

LAST SESSION: Swimming Program at Kemp Aquatics - 1.00pm – Prep C; 1.30pm – Prep T; 2.00pm – Grade 1/2B; 2.30pm – Grade 1/2A – bring your long sleeved / long pants PJ’s.

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Active After School Program for Prep 2 from 3.25pm to 4.45pm.

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Instrumental Music Concert from 6.30pm.

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Year 6 Graduation from 6.30pm

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Student Reports Distributed

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Last Day of Term 4

Friday 12 Friday 19

Twilight Soccer – Round 6. Tuesday 18

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Zooper Dooper Sales at Recess – 50c Kanga Cricket Regional Finals in Traralgon. Maffra SC Supa Coaches with Year 5/ 6 from 2.00pm – 3.00pm.

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Prep to Year 2 Disco from 4.30pm – 5.30pm and Year 3-6 Disco from 6.00pm – 7.30pm in School Gym.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Remembrance Day It was with a great deal of pride that I stood alongside our student councillors at the Maffra RSL Remembrance Day service on Tuesday. School captains Mac and Meg lay a wreath which was kindly donated by florist, Robyn Horn. Jye and Hayley held the flags in place throughout the ceremony.

LAST SESSION: Swimming at Kemp Aquatics – 2.30pm – Grade 1/2S bring your long sleeved / long pants PJ’s. Thursday 20

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Buildings and Grounds Subcomittee Meeting at 2.30pm. Year 6 Excursion to Federation University Gippsland. Finance Subcommittee Meeting at 8.00am. Year 4 and 5 at Maffra SC Year 10 Carnival from 1.00pm – 2.15pm.

‘Lest We Forget.’

Camps A picture tells a thousand words, as you will see from the camp photos which follow. Personally………….I survived the th giant swing (Just!), and my surprise 70 birthday party! (Ha Ha!) The staff and parents who attended the camp deserve a pat on the back for being prepared to put the time and effort into providing such a wonderful experience for our children. Thank you! Maths Champs It was great to hand out another swag of ‘Mathletics’ certificates this week. Independent research shows that schools using ‘Mathletics’ perform significantly better in NAPLAN tests, and our results are certainly reflecting this trend. Keep up the great work, both at home and school. The students pictured below have each accumulated over 20,000 points this year and been awarded gold certificates. Congratulations!

Southern Rural Water Thanks I would like to acknowledge the generous support of Southern Rural Water. They fully funded bus trips for all our Year 5/6 students to the main points of interest in the surrounding Macalister Irrigation District, and provided a barbeque lunch prepared by the Heyfield Lions Club. They also provided a $250 grant which has been used to purchase maths equipment for use by our prep students. Much appreciated!

Swimming Program The Year Prep, 1 and 2 swimming program comes to an end next week. The children have been asked to wear pyjamas (not nighties) over their bathers for this lesson. Students from Years 3-6 will soon have lessons at the Maffra Pool and a letter was sent home this week with full details of dates and costs. Please note that this is an extracurricular activity, so permission notes and payment MUST be received before students can participate.

Transition from Preschool Four down and one to go! Today our 2015 preps left with a complimentary school hat and special book after a picnic lunch. The last transition visit will be an afternoon th classroom experience on December 4 . A parent information evening will follow on the same date.

Transition into Secondary School With most of our Year 6 students visiting Maffra Secondary College today it was a little quieter here. This secondary school experience included lessons in art, maths and English. The afternoon included team building activities. th They will have a further transition day on Tuesday 9 December. We believe we have a very effective transition program which has all Year 6 students well prepared before they leave primary school. There will be an opportunity for 2015 Year 7 students and their parents to provide feedback in a survey to be provided 4 weeks into the new school year. Transition into University No, I’m not kidding! We believe that many students have career aspirations and decisions about tertiary education firmly entrenched before they leave primary school. It is with this in mind that our school council have decided to fully fund a bus trip to Federation University Gippsland next Friday. The day will introduce students to tertiary studies in a fun and exciting way so that they can come away thinking more about university and the options available to them. A parent consent form will be sent home shortly.

Jive for Jordan All students are invited to a special disco event next Wednesday evening. The Year Prep to Year 2 Disco will be held between 4.30pm and 5.30pm. Years 3-6 will have their disco from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. The cost will be $5, and this will include a drink and snack. There will also be a donations box available. All funds raised will go to support the Wain family who are temporarily residing at Ronald McDonald House whilst 12 year old son Jordan has treatment for lymphoma at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The generous support of DJ, Ian Hone, and Woolworths, Maffra is greatly appreciated. Class mates were delighted to have a brief visit from Jordan on Monday. He is unlikely to return this year as his new treatment plan will take him beyond Christmas and his immunity during this period is expected to be very low.

Student Council Carnival The Student Council has been busy organising a carnival of special activities for tomorrow. All students are invited to wear casual dress and bring a small amount of money to spend on novelty food, drinks, games etc, organised and run by the students themselves. Students will need snacks and lunch as normal with the carnival expected to run from 2.00pm to 3.00pm in the school grounds. Parents are welcome to join in the fun. Any profits made will be used to support our World Vision sponsored child, Yadira.

Zooper Doopers for Jack As reported in a past newsletter, Year 5 student Jack Green, has made the Junior State Pool Team for the second consecutive year and will compete in the National Championships at Snooker World in Queensland in January. His class mates want help him to achieve his goal of participating at this level by selling ZOOPER DOOPERS at recess on MONDAY and TUESDAY next week. Zooper Doopers will cost 50c each.

Kanga Cricket Stars Congratulations to our Year 5/6 Girls Kanga Cricket team, which has advanced to the regional competition in Traralgon on Tuesday. Our best wishes go with the team: Janna Hennig, Molly Joiner, Mahli Benson, Meg Stonehouse, Kaitlyn McElroy, Tanika Pratt, Olivia Jansen, Chloe Anderson, and Mahli Oldham. Chet Dervish

SWIMMING A reminder to ALL grades for last session of swimming next week from Kemp Aquatics! Please bring: long sleeved / long pants PJ’s to wear for your last swimming lesson. The aim being to practise being in the water with clothes on. Lost Property Jamie Rohrlach has lost his new beach towel at camp. We think it went home with someone else. It has ROHRLACH on it. If any parent finds an extra towel please send it to school. A ‘Sizzling Start’ from Arzel in Room 9 “AAAAH”! Everyone screams as the sun gets closer and closer burning everything in its path. Everything was covered with black smoke making it hard to breath. It wasn’t meant to end like this, I said to myself.

The 2014 Dodge Ball Champions pictured with their trophy after Tuesday’s win!

Remembrance Day

Maddi and Grace Scott proudly wear their dad’s and great grandad’s medals on Remembrance Day.

Year 3/ 4 Phillip Island Camp Photos

Year 5/ 6 Coonawarra Camp Photos

The second hand Uniform Shop bins are in need of some yellow Maffra Primary School t-shirts. Stocks of these items are low and any shirts that no longer fit and in any size, would be much appreciated.

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognised for their great achievements, behaviour and attitude over the last week. Paul East – always doing his best. Well done! Cal Hennig – great persistence with your biography! Bailey Missen – consistently achieving 8/8 for his weekly spelling tests! Jyden Vilbro – sensational reading. Jordan Gellie – huge improvement in handwriting. Ty Ruthberg – fantastic handwriting – 8x ’10 out of 10’ for the year. Jas Hennig – a perfect score on your KOALAS project. Fabulous work Jas! Nic Johnson – beautiful presentation of all of his project work and book work. Lovely work Nic! Kane Tappenden – great homework and reading this week. Well done Kane! Dallas Bertram – being BRILLIANT with numbers! Jayda Ulph – creating an artistic and informative countries cube in art. Tia Dyce – using great emotion in her writing, leaving the reader with terrific visuals. Genevieve Turnbull – being more independent in her learning. Well done Genevieve! Kane Leighton – fantastic writing ideas!! Grade 3/ 4 R – Eleven Gold Mathletics awards this year…. and more to come! Felicity Nicolaci – always completing all homework to a high standard! Zoe Jacobs – being a great helper and worker in the classroom. Leah Hawthorn – fantastic story writing! Matilda Berns – a fantastic holiday video. It looks like you had a wonderful time! Andrew Crawford – a fantastic project on Scorpions. Milla Oldham – wonderful number writing. Bella Hunt – an amazing clock drawing! Kallam Green – great facts about Ants. Riley Coridas – great work on Lady Bug Topic. Zoe Jacobs – creating a wonderful Henri Matisse inspired spiral collage in art. Isabelle McDonough – wonderful writing! Well done! Mathletics Congratulations to the following students who have achieved certificates in ‘Mathletics’ this week. Gold: Jordan Dorber, Ken Stracey, Aaron Atkinson, Jaliilah Duncan Berkelmans, Tahnee Hibbins, Harry Stables, Silver: Ben Hocking, Cal Hennig, Tristan Bronts, Tallon Dyce, Bevan O’Doherty, Emily Jansen, Brody Veitch, Mac Huts, Jack Green, Bell Deloso, Darcy Whelan, Nic Johnson, Mahli Wellins, Alexis Laskowski, Bronze: Brooklyn Little, Emily Svenson, Saphfire Bassie, Chad West, Jas Toomey, Tamika Hunt, Jordan Hemperger, Patrick Gardiner, Mikeely Hone, Emma Blake, Lucas Simon, Jayda Ulph, Jamie Rohrlach, Jas O’Neill, Tristan Bronts, Keith Vearing, Ty Ruthberg, Ameilia Charlton, Jett Killoran, Bailey Missen, Charlie Giles, Kaleb Steer, Cal Hennig, Makadey Hinsley, Skye Merrett-Creely, Reiley Rhodes, Bayden Dowsett, Annika Hennig, James Ashman, Josh Waddington, Matilda Berns, Mia Gieschen, Cody Wain, Georgie Hrehoresen, Mahli Wellins, Bell Deloso, Katrina Leslie, Kaitlyn McElroy, Ethan Svenson, Kheali Oldham, Kate Harrington, Eve Morcom, Caleb Muir, Harri Spunner, Letisha Rohrlach, Mack Keylock, Quinn Jacobs, Georgie Hrehoresen,

Phillip Island Camp News from Harry in 3/ 4R They were so cute when you look through the eye holes. There were at least one or two chicks in there. The weather was freezing when we got to the penguin parade. There were heaps and heaps and heaps of penguins…. about 100 or 200 of them. The chicks were so noisy in the burrows. They were squawking and squawking. I bet they were hungry. Our ranger got a very soft and smooth stuffed penguin. It was cute.

Phillip Island Camp News from Jasmin in 3/ 4R When we walked into the koala section we saw about eight or nine koalas. Two or three were males. The rest were females. The ranger told us that koalas sleep for twenty hours a day and eat for four hours a day. I saw koalas and I smelled the eucalypt leaves. I could hear rustling. I felt excited as we walked down the boardwalk. After a while, we slowly made our way down the boardwalk to the end of the boardwalk. I had so much fun seeing heaps of koalas. It was so worth it. Parentline Parenting is not always easy. From time to time, all families can benefit from extra support. Parentline is a Department service which began in 1998. It provides information, support, and referral services to parents from 8am to midnight seven days a week. Whether you’re struggling with everyday tasks, or simply wish to discuss parenting ideas, Parentline is a valuable source of counselling and assistance. The qualified and experienced social workers and psychologists who staff the service answer approximately 13,000 calls per year from parents from all backgrounds looking for support and advice. They will work with you to better understand your relationships and personal situations to help you to develop strategies which are tailored to your individual needs. Parenting is challenging, but Parentline can help you to develop positive coping strategies, allowing you more freedom to enjoy your time with your children. You can ring Parentline on 13 22 89. For more information see: Parentline

Santa at IGA Maffra Santa will be in-store on Saturday December 13th from 10am until 2pm. Bring the family down, have your photo taken by local photographer, Tash Dowsett, and then enjoy a sausage from the BBQ. When shopping at Richies IGA, please remember to show your Community Benefits Card so that a percentage of the purchase price comes back to support children at Maffra Primary School.

From, “Sage Stanza’s, or, Poems About Things Which You Should Label With Your Name” ACROSTIC ADVICE Here is a thing which you wear on your head. Apparently stops your skin from going red. Try one today as you go out in the sun. Surely, better than sunburn.

Prep Transition Day Some of our 2015 preps at their transition day today.

Helen Lacey Uniform Coordinator

Year 1 / 2 Melbourne Cup Hat Parade

Friday November 14th

STUDENT COUNCIL’S CARNIVAL DAY COME and ENJOY! 2.00-3.00pm Frog in the pond Cakes Balloons Haunted House Hoop Shooting Treasure Zoopa Doopas Moo Milk Games And many more activities Costs will be $2, $1, 50c, 20c – fundraising for World Vision. Casual Dress Welcome! Parents Welcome!

Making Music with Mrs Monck! St Johns Anglican Church Christmas Fair and Pet Parade Saturday December 6th, 2014 at 10.00am. All animals must be suitably restrained. Dogs on leads and cats in crates. 11.30am – Blessing of Pets by the Rev Graham Knott.

Boisdale P & F Presents

Movie & Pizza Night @ BCS

5/6W arranging chorus bells in order from lowest to highest

Friday 14th Nov 6pm - 8.30pm $5 Film & 5$ Pizza Meal Deal Other snacks and drinks available. RSVP the school 5145 4391 or via Facebook by Thurs 13th

The children from 1/2S playing recorder