ST. GEORGES ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 4666

‘Knowledge, Service, Happiness’ Website: www.stgeorges.vic.edu.au

Week 4 Term 1— Thursday, February 18th 2015

Student Leadership: Has a high focus for us at St Georges Rd and we encourage all of our students to take on responsibilities and aspire to leadership positions. On Monday, Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray; came to school to present us with a new Australian Flag. Rae-Nee Roberts and Noah Celatano accepted the flag on behalf of our school. It now flies proudly at the front of our school. Today, over 30 Grade 6 students presented speeches as part of the election to leadership positions for 2016. A lot of preparation and practice went into the lead-up. We were very proud of the quality of the student’s speeches. We finalised our Junior School Council Representatives last week. This year our JSC reps are: 2 Cameron

2 Campbell

2 Thorne

3 Ivers

3 Lobe

3 Ryan

Amber Morgan Brooklin Lawford Amamaria Falaniko Abida Hashimi

Isabella Johnson Joshua Quilty

Fatima Farhood Blake Wilson

Zhy O’Shea Simaran Singh

Riva Zerbato Barry Duggan

4 Paton

4 Pritchard

5 Coats

5 Halley

5 Mellington

Grade 6s

Hannah Hingston Cael Sheehan

Lily Ballinger Luke Lines

Jacinta Cowles Joe Rumbold Dep: Liliana Jowy Corey Doyle

Mason Lawford Andia Hoxha Latayah Velos Blake Gawne Dep: Scarlett Hamer

To be decided

Grade 1 Gymnastics program: Each Monday over four weeks our Grade 1 students have a gymnastics session at Jets Gymnasium in Mooroopna. The program is focused on developing coordination, fine and gross motor skills and developing an interest disciplines of gymnastics. Our students love this program as you can tell from these photos!

School Council: This year

we have three parent vacancies on our School Council. Being nominated onto school council involves attending monthly school council meetings to be part of the governance of the school. Nomination forms are available at the front office. Our meetings are held of the third Wednesday on the month between 5:15 and 7:00pm. Nominations are now open for parent candidates. At our Annual General Meeting (Wednesday March 16th ) we will be electing a new School Council President and forming our new council for 2016. The period of service is generally 2 years, however, candidates can renominate for another period of service. We encourage all members of our community to consider this opportunity.

School Photos: Our annual school photos will be taken on Friday February 26th. at school early, looking sharp and shiny for the school photos.

Dougie Souter—Principal

It is essential that all children are

St Georges Rd Primary School

School Rules 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Treat everyone with respect Listen to and follow instructions We are polite—by always using our manners We keep our hands, feet and objects to ourselves We take care of ourselves, our classroom, our playground and the environment.

Winners of the Values Awards last week were:

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

Corinthian Morgan 5 Coats

Damien KollosheBeaton 4 Paton

Joshua Matira

Skylah Barrett

1 Taylor

Prep Propsting

PRIDE

EXCELLENCE Jack Brereton 6 Thompson

Samantha Inong

Abida Hashimi

3 Ryan

2 Campbell

Every day, Read away!

Readers of the Week For Friday February 5th, 2016

Prep:

Melesha Garner Prep Rowe

Janat AlHilfi Prep Propsting

Junior: Emily Lewis Grade 1 Rowland

Middle: Roy Atkinson Smith Grade 3 Ivers

Senior: Nick Falaniko Grade 6 Stephens

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Easter Raffle We will be running an Easter Raffle again this year. Donations of Easter Eggs would be greatly appreciated. Please leave at the Front Office.

Head Lice They don't care if the hair is long or short, clean or dirty. Head lice are an unavoidable fact of life for all school-aged kids. The best and cheapest way to remove them is with inexpensive conditioner and a nit comb. You will need to re-treat your child several times before all the eggs will be gone.

CHANGE OF DETAILS Change of Detail Forms were sent home last week. Please update your details in particular if you have new phone numbers. If your details remain the same, please write your childs name on the form and then write across the form ‘No Changes’. Thank you. SCHOOL PHOTOS As mentioned on the front page, our school photos will be taken on Friday 26th February. Please ensure your child/ren is/are dressed in full school uniform. Photo order envelopes were sent home last week. Please confirm your order and place the exact money in the envelope, as we do not always have the required change at the office. The photo order envelopes are due back at the Front office by Thursday 25th February.

ABSENCE NOTES: If your child is going to be/were absent, please fill in an absence note available from the office and occasionally in the newsletter, or using TiqBiz on your phone providing the reason your child was not at school. Thank you

St. Georges Rd. Term 1, 2016 Planner….

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

22 Grade 1 Gymnastics program

23

29 Term 1 Paed catch-up clinic

1 Term 1 Reading Challenge Commences

Feb/ March

Grade 1 Gymnastics program

Gr 2-4 Hockey Clinic

7

Grade 1 Gymnastics program

5

24

Friday 25

26

Coffee Club 9-10am

No Preps Except by appointment

February

6

Thursday

School Photo Day 2

3

4

10

11

17

18 Term 1 Reading Challenge Ends Leaders Badge presentation –Suzanna Sheed

Paed Clinic 2 Coffee Club 9-10am

7

8

9 Coffee Club 9-10am

March

8

14

15

16

LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY

Meet the Teacher Evening

March

9

Coffee Club 9-10am

21

22

23

24 Paed Clinic 3

25 GOOD FRIDAY

Coffee Club 9-10am

March

LAST DAY OF TERM

Attendance Awards: Being at school, on time everyday ensures our students can make the most of every learning opportunity. Students are acknowledged for their attendance achievements each semester. The class with the highest attendance rate each week will get an extra session in the Multimedia program after Friday’s assembly—which is a big incentive for our students! Last week our attendance rates were: Between 85-90% Prep Propsting

1 Taylor

2 Campbell

90–94% Prep Rowe

1 Rowland

3 Ivers

3 Lobe

3 Ryan

4 Pritchard

4 Paton

5 Coats

5 Mellington

5 Thompson

2 Thorne

2 Cameron

6 Stephens

95% and Above 1 Watt

Best Performer was:

5 Halley with 98.0%