Newsletter 28th November, 2019

Fri 29 Nov Lady Northcote Grade 2 Day Camp

Special Helpers Morning Tea 10.45am

Tue 3 Dec PFA Meeting 11.30am

Wed 4 Dec School Council 9.15am

Thu 5 Dec THPS Carols Night 6.00pm-8.00pm

Fri 6 Dec Grade 5 Excursion Sovereign Hill NEW DATE

Mon 16 Dec

2020 Class Visits 9.30am-11.00am

Semester 2 Student Reports available to parents on Compass after 11.00am

Tue 17 Dec Grade 6 Graduation 6.45pm

Thu 19 Dec Grade 6 Big Day Out

End of year Class Parties 12.30pm

Fri 20 Dec Last Day School 2019 Students Dismissed 1.30pm

Last Assembly 1.15pm

Thu 30 Jan Students First Day School 2020

Tue 10 Dec Grade 6 to Year 7 Orientation Day

Prep 2020 Final Transition Session 9.15am

PFA Morning Tea & Secondhand Uniform Sale 9.15am

Dates to Remember

40-50 Loddon Drive, Taylors Hill Telephone 9361 4900

PO Box 3665 Caroline Springs 3023 taylors.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

visit our website at : www.taylorshillps.vic.edu.au

Learning, Integrity, Honesty, Personal Best, Positive Relationships

What’s Due ?

− Carols Night Raffle

Tickets ~ Money Due

Mon 2 Dec

− Grade 6 Big Day Out ~

Money Due Wed 4 Dec

Dear Taylors Hill Primary School Community, Learning At THPS Makes For A Very Busy Place! Over the past month, we have had a whole range of activities and special events at Taylors Hill Primary School. Literacy and Numeracy learning in classrooms keeps us very busy, along with excursions, swimming, special events and fundraising. I would like to congratulate all of the students for the way they have conducted themselves throughout all of these activities. It has also been fabulous to see the way they have encouraged each other and had fun with their learning. Well done Taylors Hill Primary School - you are truly amazing! Our Values – INTEGRITY Underpins Them All Our school Values support our students, staff and community to work and learn effectively together. With just three weeks of the school year left, our values are as important as ever to ensure that our school is a safe, happy and focussed place to learn right up until the last day. It’s important for us to keep our focus on the value of Integrity and we refer to this in a simple way with our students: Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching!

This is such an important value and life skill for our students to be able to be intrinsically motivated to make good choices and take action within our community guidelines. This includes small things, like tying their hair back, walking in the slow zones or putting rubbish in the bin, through to larger things to do with how they speak and treat other people. As adults, we also need to be modelling the value of Integrity and keeping this concept part of your family conversations. Our actions often speak louder than words, so things like parking in the correct places, using the right exit doors, speaking to people with respect, being on time for appointments, or helping a stranger can all be used as life lessons for integrity. PFA Carols Night Raffle – Who Wants To Win A Holiday To Queensland? Thank you so much to all families for selling and buying our Carols Night Raffle Tickets. The major prize is very exciting and we want everyone to be in with a chance to win! We are in the last few days of selling, with only one weekend until all ticket stubs, money and unsold tickets need to be returned on Monday, 2nd December. Legally, we need to have ALL TICKETS RETURNED, sold or not. So please make a big effort to return your raffle books and money by the due date. The raffle will be drawn at Carols Night next Thursday, 5th December and I’m very excited to announce the winning entries! Danielle Stella - Principal

ATTENDANCE Thank you to all the THPS community for making an effort to be at school on time, every day.

It would be wonderful over the next 3 weeks to see our attendance data improve and show the high numbers we achieved in week 5 of this term.

We have 17 school days remaining in 2019….

How many days will you be at school and on time?

Thanks For A Great Year Of School Banking We would like to thank all students who have participated in the CommBank School Banking Program this year. The final School Banking day for 2019 will be Tuesday 10th December. If your

child is eligible to order a reward item please ensure that the reward coupon is

completed and returned BY TUESDAY 3rd DECEMBER. Any tokens that have

not been redeemed this year can be used in 2020.

LEARNING CENTRE NEWS!

As Term 4 in the Learning Centre comes to a close students have borrowed for the last time. Next week all books are due to be returned and we will be issuing “Overdue Notices”, so please check your child’s satchel. Books are never lost – they are generally at home or in the car. If the book cannot be found or is damaged we do appreciate a donation of $15.00 to go towards replacement.

Overall borrowing this year has been very good with most students taking home a book to read each week. Reading does not stop, EBooks can be loaned through Orbit by the older students and World Book is available to all.

During the year we have processed a total of 28 107 loans 10 038 were fiction

6565 non-fiction

8625 picture story

AMAZING!

We have added 1000 books to our collection bringing our total resources to: 23 682

Thank you to our wonderful book covering volunteers who have covered many books throughout the year. We would not be able to get the new books on the shelf so quickly without you.

If any graduating Grade 6s have Blue Satchels that are no longer needed please consider donating them to the Learning Centre.

All the best to everyone for the upcoming Festive Season and summer break, (there are still 3 weeks of term to go). Mrs Baron and I will be spending the next few weeks counting books and preparing the Learning Centre and we look forward to seeing everyone back and borrowing in 2020.

Maria Sartori and Ann Baron –

Learning Centre

PFA CAROLS NIGHT RAFFLE

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT!

The response to the Gold Coast Holiday Raffle has been fantas�c – thank you to those families who have already sold their

Raffle Book. We would be grateful if all families sold every raffle �cket supplied, as all money raised will go towards

purchasing books for our classrooms and outdoor equipment.

ONE WEEKEND OF SELLING TO GO!

All money and �ckets (including unsold �ckets) are due back at school by Monday 2nd

December.

If you can’t sell or buy all of your �ckets, please return them back to the office now. Legally we need to account for each

�cket issued, so please do not throw out or lose the Raffle Book or any unsold �ckets.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SELL ANOTHER RAFFLE BOOK?

If you have sold and returned your Raffle Tickets and think you could sell more, we have extra books at the office. Please

just call and go to the office and you will be assigned another book of �ckets.

MAJOR PRIZE – Family Holiday to the Gold Coast!

The raffle prize is for five (5) nights at the world famous 4 ½ star Sea World Resort & Water Park on the Gold Coast for two

(2) adults and two (2) children including unlimited entry to Sea World, Warner Bros Movie World, Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast

and Paradise Country, also including a $1,000 Flight Centre Gi< Voucher and $200 credit for food and beverage at Sea

World Resort and Water Park. The winner will have 12 months to use the prize and it can be used over the school

holidays. Major prize valued at $3300.

There are also nine (9) ‘Family Entertainment Packs’ for second to tenth prize winners – more detail included on the

�ckets.

Thank you in advance for suppor�ng our major fundraiser for the year and Happy Fundraising!

Trudy Smith - Assistant Principal and the THPS Parents and Friends Associa�on

Congratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the Week

Prep A Anand

Prep B Jayson

Prep C Olivia B

Prep D Jaiveer

Prep E Alfrona

1A Jake

1B Isabel

1C Amiyah

1D Emilia

1E Angel

2A Harnoor

2B Maya

2C Alyanna

2D Ghazal

2E Tanvir

3A Lilli-Rose

3B Shania

3C Ashwa

3D Mohammed

3E Brayden

4A Layelle

4B Eva

4C Izzy

4D Aarya

5A Tess

5B Jenica

5C Mason

5D Liana

5E Jacob

6A Christian

6B Aliya

6C Ethan

6D Andres

6E Alana

Science P-2 Annabelle 2A

Science 3-6 Mobina 6A

The Arts P-2 Leah 2D

The Arts 3-6 Isaak 3C

PE Prep-2 Anand, Prep A

PE 3-6 Billy 6D

Italian P-2 Juian 1D

Italian 3-6 Aden 4C

Learning Centre Harvey 4C

Term 4, Week 6 Term 4, Week 7

Prep A Sajjidah

Prep B Alyssa

Prep C Harrison

Prep D Rigels

Prep E Madeline

1A Lilly

1B Jayden

1C Hunter

1D Christopher

1E Haleem

2A Annabel K

2B Isabelle M

2C Remziye

2D Ishan

2E Nupur

3A Cayden

3B Josh

3C Darrick

3D Jagreet

3E Alexie

4A Lucas

4B Xavier

4C Blake

4D Zed

5A Indi

5B Dom

5C Elijah

5D Roman

5E Ethan

6A Aaron

6B Sandra

6C Anas

6D Isabelle

6E Matin

Science P-2 Zeb Prep E

Science 3-6 Mason 6E

The Arts P-2 Ethan C Prep C

The Arts 3-6 Reet 6A

PE Prep-2 Ben 1C

PE 3-6 Massimo 3B

Italian P-2 Jessie Prep D

Italian 3-6 Daniel 3B

Learning Centre Alexandra 5C