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Principal’s Report

Absences

The Department of Education is requiring schools

to contact families on the same day an absence is

recorded to ask for explanations around absences.

This will not apply to absences where families

have notified us beforehand but will only apply to

‘unexplained’ absences. SMS messages are sent

home every day, through Xuno, to alert families to

absences. Responses to these messages can be

made through Xuno, by ringing the school or

sending along a note when the child returns.

How was your Day?

Last week, I asked families to consider different

questions to ask about school days. The blurb

mentioned is attached in this week’s newsletter.

Student Attitude Survey

Today, all Year 4 - 12 students completed their

Attitude to School surveys for the Department.

The results of this survey will be given to us late in

Term 3.

Thanks

Next week Carol White returns from sick leave.

We would like to thank Fiona Hall for taking over

Carol’s class and working with the Year 2/3

students for the last four weeks. We also look

forward to seeing Carol back, fit and healthy.

Illness

As we move into flu season, I would like to remind all families of the necessity of keeping ill

children at home, particularly if vomiting has occurred. The best way of keeping our community

DIARY DATES

May

23rd – 24th OES Y11 Mt Cole Camp

24th Drama Exc Ulumbarra Theatre

24th Working Bee

27th VCE Drama Performance.

27th – 28th Granites Ride

28th – 30th Driver Ed Program Charlton

29th Year 9, 11 & 12 Defence Force Session

JUNE

3rd Pie Orders returned

4th Cross country run Yr 7 - 12 St Arnaud

5th SRC Biggest Morning Tea

6th – 7th Gateway Exc North East Victoria

7th Whole School Assembly

10th Queen’s Birthday Holiday

12th Finance Meeting

12th Hockey 7’s Bendigo

14th Report writing day – pupil free

17th – 19th Graffiti Camp

17th Grandparents & Friends Day

19th School Council Meeting

21st Try VET day NCTTC Yr 9 & 10

23rd – 28th Year 11 Trip

24th – 28th Bogong Trip

27th Pie Orders Delivered

28th Whole School Assembly

28th Last Day Term 2.30pm Finish

May 22th 2019 Issue 15

Boort District P -12 School 9-27 Malone St

BOORT, 3537

Ph: 03 5455 2201

Mobile 0477 741 594

Email: boort.district.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.boortds.vic.gov.au

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is to empower our students and staff to work together to become active

and valued community members. We provide a safe and supportive learning

environment, which fosters independent, resilient lifelong learners.

BDS Motto: ‘Achieving Excellence Together’

BDS Beliefs and Values: Pursuing Excellence in all Areas

We ask that students are not on the school grounds before 8.40am each day as supervision is not provided

before this time.

healthy is to avoid the spread of germs – wash hands vigorously, rest if ill, stay away from school

for 48 hours if vomiting occurs and keep up the fluids.

Xuno

Remember to keep looking at Xuno for feedback on tasks and assessments completed. Progress

reports are also available from many teachers, especially in the F-6 area. Remember also that

summary reports only will be sent home at the end of this semester, for all students.

Lee-Anne Sherwell

Principal

Principal’s Availability over the Next Week

Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

At School At School At School At School At School

Heywire

The annual Heywire cycle begins with a storytelling competition - open to people aged

16 - 22, living in regional or rural Australia. Heywire encourages young people to tell

stories about their life outside the major cities in text, photo, video or audio format.

Over the past 17 years, more than 9,000 young Australians have taken part.

Entries close 17th September

See Mrs Gould for more information.

Peer Support Week 4

This week in Peer Support students will revise what they have learned about resilience and discuss the

people who show them support. Through a story, the students identify where the character has used her

personal qualities, strengths and skills to help her overcome challenges. They identify times when she

needed support to continue. Students discuss a range of challenges and determine the best person to

approach for support. The students consolidate the protective factors for resilience by revising their own

strengths and skills and identifying five people they can go to for support. Remind your child of their

qualities and skills and encourage them to ask for help in challenging situations.

Save the Date: Grandparents and Special Friends Day F - 6 students will be hosting Grandparents and Special Friends Day Monday, 17th June 9:30 - 11:30am Silver and Grey buildings, Boort District School Morning tea in Silver building 11 - 11:30am

“How was school?”

Instead of asking your children questions such as, “How was school?” and, “What did you do today?” teach

them to reframe their day.

The following is a game which can be played over dinner, in the car or just hanging out. Everyone must

answer three questions:

1) What did someone do today to make you happy?

2) What did you do to make someone else happy?

3) What have you learned today?

This simple exercise helps us all find the positive in every day. It teaches gratitude, nurtures optimism, and

recognises kindness. It doesn’t matter what may have happened at work or school, or how stressed any of us

may have felt, the whole mood seems to lift once we’ve played this game. You learn things about your kids

that they’d probably never have thought to tell you otherwise. Try it. It might just become the highlight of

your day.

Acknowledgement: Principal’s Digest May 2019, Six Ways to Raise a Resilient Child, Dr Rangan Chat-

terjee, author of the Stress Solution

Study Club:

Time for study will be made possible for students who would like to have assistance to complete homework,

missed work or consolidation of their learning. I will be available during the times listed below and would

be pleased to assist in most Educational Domains.

The student is required to:

1. Contact me prior to any one session to inform me of their attendance.

2. Sign in at the front office before attending Study Club.

Days and Venues:

Monday 3.45 to 4.45 pm Venue: Library

Thursday 12.20 to 1:00 pm Venue: C21

Thursday 3.45 to 4.45 pm Venue: Library

Thank you,

Mme Siân

Working Bee Rescheduled

A few jobs to do between 3.45pm and 5.00pm, weeding, cleaning doorways, sweeping paths etc. Bring a

broom, shovel or whipper-snipper if you can. Tools are available! Sign in at the office and then make your

way to The Patch shed for instructions. Afternoon tea will be available. Can’t make it - let us know and

maybe there are things you can help with at another time!

Term 2 Working Bee Roster Friday

May 24th 2019

Caine, Mr G & Mrs F Malone, Mr M and Mrs N

Challis, Ms J Matthews, Ms A

Chasiya, Ms R Perryman, Mr D and Mrs T

Cockerell, Mr R & Mrs F Poxon, Mr H and Mrs A

Doyle, Ms D Ritchie, Miss K

Eldershaw, Mr N and Mrs C Rye, Mr L and Mrs J

Featherby, Mr S and Mrs S Scott, Mr C and Mrs M

Fuller, Mr R and Mrs N Streader, Mr B & Kelly Ms P

Gooding, Mr N and Mrs K Thompson, Mr A and Ms E

Hird, Mr C and Mrs K Trinchi, Mr J and Mrs K

Holland, Mr N and Mrs J Vanderwerf, MS E

Holland, Mrs M Williams, Mr D & Mrs F

Kerr, Mr R & Curtis Ms J Willis, Mr M & Mrs K

Leversha, Mr B and Mrs B Wright, Mrs R

Malcolm, Mrs L Tom Bleicher

SRC- Biggest Morning Tea

S.R.C will be holding its annual Biggest

Morning Tea for 2019 on Wednesday, 5th

June. The Biggest Morning Tea is one of

Cancer Council Australia's major

fundraising events. The theme for our

school’s morning tea this year is

pyjamas/onesies.

It is gold coin donation on the day, and this

will be collected in the morning at home

group. All money goes towards the Cancer Council to help provide funds to

search for a cure for cancer.

Each family is asked to provide plate of food, on a disposable plate please. This will be shared at recess

with all students on the lawn area outside of the Grey building. If the food contains nuts, can you please

label the food item.

2019 BDS PIE DRIVE Pie Drive order forms are attached to this week’s newsletter. All orders need to be returned to the school

office by Monday, 3rd June. Pies will be delivered to the Boort Sporting Club on Thursday 27th June for

collection at 3:30pm. Any further information please contact Sarah Featherby.

The magic of Roald Dahl is now being brought to children throughout Australia thanks to a collaboration

between AUSPELD and McDonald's. Readers have the opportunity to access eight interactive, fun and

educational activity books which have recently been made available at McDonald’s. Readers will have the

opportunity to access the wonderful world of Roald Dahl through a variety of interactive, educational

activity books. Eight of Roald Dahl’s stories have been adapted and are available in a collection case:

Fantabulous BFG, Amazing Matilda, Lucky Charlie Bucket, Brave Little Sophie, Wonderful Mr. Willy

Wonka, Marvelous Miss Honey, Rotsome Giants and Mischievous Chocolate Factory Children.

Twenty-one reasons why Year 2/3 love Boort District School.

1. Teachers are really nice

2. I like P.E.

3. Because it’s good for learning

4. Great friends

5. I get to learn lots

6. I like reading to the teacher

7. I like reading

8. I like drawing

9. I like being with my friends

10. I like footy and lunchtime

11. There are a lot of people to play with, even when my friends aren’t at school

12. Playing on the playground

13. Playing with my friends and helping them if they fall over

14. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

15. Friends

16. I like drama

17. I get to see my friends

18. I learn stuff

19. All the teachers are nice and they help me

20. Playing with other people and making them happy

21. The teachers help me and I like every part of the day.

Year Three and Four

The Year 3 / 4 classroom are on the lookout for any packaging that sheets, doonas or pillows have been in.

We are looking for these to store games we have made in.

Thank you Mrs Featherby and Year 3 / 4

VCE Drama

On Thursday, 9th May the VCE Drama class, Ronan, Chloe, Acacia, Frances and Haley, attended an Ensemble

Exchange workshop at the Malthouse Theatre. They were required to present their original ensemble to the

three other schools who were represented. Our students volunteered to go first, and they proved highly

entertaining, garnering huge laughs from their audience. Their performance was followed by a feedback

session, where they heard ideas from the workshop leaders, as well as the students and teachers from the other

schools. They then watched the performances of the other schools, which was both entertaining and

educational.

After a break, the students were mixed with the students from the other schools and given a stimulus, from

which they developed a short performance. Their topic was Social Media Detox, and all of the performances

were thought-provoking and utilized lessons from the workshop.

We all got a great deal out of the experience, and have taken elements back to our class to improve the

ensemble performance, which is one of the assessment tasks for Drama.

The class is heading to Bendigo on Friday to attend the Melbourne Theatre Company performance of ‘The

Violent Outburst the Drew Me to You’. This will then be analysed by the students as another of their

assessment tasks.

The Ensemble will perform in the Drama Room at 7.30pm on Monday, 27th May, in front of family and friends.

North Central District Cross Country

Well done to the 23 students who competed at the NCD Cross Country in St Arnaud on Monday. There were

some great times ran and everyone tried their best over the hilly terrain.

Congratulations to Ella Lanyon 5th and Kate Beattie 6th, Isabel Coutts 18th and Lily Hosking 19th overall in

the U16 Intermediate female section.

Jake Boyd placed 5th and Elias Lanyon 6th, Fergus Bear 20th and Will Perryman 23rd in the U16 Intermediate

male section.

Well done to Jesse Rye 8th, Jacob Mulquiny 10th, Sam Barraclough 12th and Alex Cockerell 15th and Kobie

Streader 19th, who were very competitive in the U14 Junior Boys section.

Isabelle Hosking finished in 20th place followed closely by Lucy Malone 22nd, Phoebe Malone 28th and

Britney Sykes 29th place.

Thank you to Mr Grogan who undertook time keeping at the finish line on behalf of BDS and to Jacqui Rye

for travelling to St Arnaud to support our students.

Gateways in our Community

The Gateways class recently visited three local businesses with a range of questions about their goods,

services and employment in these areas. We would like to thank Gary and Denise Rhook at Dunn Seeds,

Doug Parker and Jo Junor at NorthWest Ag and Gerard and Charlene Stringer from A. L and N. F. Stringer

Pty Ltd for their time and expertise in talking to our students.

Year 2/3 kindness wall

Year 12 Room

Foundation Amber Furey For her effort and enthusiasm towards learning letters and sounds.

Marcie Foot For a good effort when working with numbers this week.

Alisha Henderson For being willing to try during independent writing.

Year 1 Noah Booby For being a keen contributor to class discussions and being a great

friend to others

Cooper McLaughlin For his lovely neat handwriting in his Big Write this week

Year 2/3 Indi Gooding For always completing her homework tasks early.

Tia Lanyon For completing all of her work to an excellent standard.

Year 3/4 Jesse Fuller For a wonderful Writers Notebook on ‘Spiders’.

Samuel McClelland For awesome help in Partner Reading time.

Brodie McPherson For awesome help in Partner Reading time.

Laci Streader For great work on addition.

Grace Binu For great work on addition.

Preliminary Notice

Fruit Tree Fundraiser

Our annual Fruit and Ornamental Tree Order will be on again this year.

The tree list will be circulated by the end of the month with orders to

be completed by mid-June.

Thanks in advance – Boort DS, Kim and Jo

Community News Earn & Learn Promotion

We are participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn Promotion again this year at Boort Pre-School

As in past years, we are hopeful of collecting enough stickers to get some prizes.

We have a collection box here at Pre-School and there is also one going in the Kerang Woolworths store.

We are encouraging everyone to do their own shopping locally in Boort as usual, but hoping that you all

have family and friends far and wide who would love to send their stickers to us here in Boort (PO Box 5) or

drop off at Pre-School

Stickers will need to arrive by Tuesday, June 25th so we can add them to our tally

Thanks everyone,

Vikki

Golf Clinic

Andrew Kane will run a free golf clinic at the Boort Golf Club on Friday, 24th May, from 4pm-5pm

(weather permitting)

Velocity after School Program The Velocity after School continues each Wednesday from 3:45pm - 5:45pm. All Primary School aged

children are welcome to be a part of it. Contact Suzi Kirkham (0407 282 513) or Ruth Field (0425 743 512)

to have your Primary School aged children registered.

Impact Youth Impact Youth Group is for High School (Years

7 - 1 2) aged youth. There are two upcoming

events:

IMPACTea is on again Friday, 24 May at

6:15pm. We are making and eating pizza

together this week. Cost $5 per person or $10

per family. Please call/msg Suzi (0407 282

513) by Thursday 5pm to RSVP for catering

purposes.

IMPACT Youth will join with Kerang Baptist

Church for their “Game of Life” event on

Friday, 31st May. Meet at Boort Baptist at

6:45pm. Please call Suzi Kirkham (0407 282

513) or Ruth Field (0425 743 512) for further

information. Please RSVP by Wednesday, 29th

May to allow for travel arrangements.

CCS Family & Relationship Services Workshops

CCS deliver workshops that cover a range of topics relating to parenting and family relationships. Our community members

have the opportunity to attend one or two of these valuable workshops in Term 3 in Boort, if there is enough local interest.

CCS can deliver 1 daytime workshop & 1 evening workshop in Boort.

If you are interested in 1 or 2 of these workshops, please contact BRIC or indicate your

preferred topic(s) with a tick or numbers and drop this form into BRIC before May 29th.

Friday September 13th – 10.30 am start – Child-minding will be available

Kids and Worry - (2 ½ hours)

This workshop discusses strategies that may help children worry less; providing information

and practical tools to assist children manage their emotions.

Kids and Anger - (2 ½ hours)

This workshop covers the reasons why children get angry, understanding your own responses to

your children’s anger and ways to help children express their anger appropriately.

Connecting with Kids - (2 ½ hours)

A workshop focusing on using emotional intelligence to understand and guide children’s

behaviour, this workshop covers beliefs around parenting as well as information on brain development

and children’s emotional development.

Toddlers - (1 ½ hours)

This workshop covers information on toddler development and will focus on parenting

strategies you may use for this age group.

Monday September 16th – 6 pm start – Child-minding will be available Knowing your Teenager - (2 ½ hours)

This workshop covers the developmental changes for teenagers, peer relationships, and tips

for building and maintaining positive relationships with teenagers.