Number 1 January 29th 2020

Principal: Mrs Loren Peavey

Ph: 5429 5099 School Council President:

Mrs Elizabeth McDonell Email:

romsey.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website:

www.romseyps.vic.edu.au Our School Values Are: Respect Integrity Responsibility

COMING EVENTS FEBRUARY Monday 3rd: Preps commence 9.00am—see times in the newsletter Tuesday 11th Meet the teacher—3:45pm-8:00pm Wednesday 12th Meet the teacher—3:45pm-6:00pm Thursday 27th Yr 5/6—Immigration Journeys excursion

Friday 28th Yr 1/2—Fairytales excursion

MARCH Monday 2nd Summer Sports Tuesday 3rd Semper Dental Wednesday 4th Semper Dental

Friday 6th Divisional Swimming Monday 9th Labour Day Public Holiday Tuesday 10th Whole School Photos

Romsey Primary School is an inclusive and empowering learning community which fosters confident, creative, caring, curious and collaborative learners who “dare to be excellent”.

Our new School Captains for 2020

Mrs Peavey’s Post

Welcome Back Welcome to the 2020 school year. I hope everybody had a relaxing break and enjoyed the festive season. It was lovely to see all of your smiling faces yesterday. We will be welcoming our new Preps in on Monday for their first day. School Captains announced: At the end of 2019 the new school captains and vice captains were selected and presented to the school com-munity. The new captains are Jeremy B, Seana H, Ryan M and Matlida G-D, I would like to congratulate them on being selected as the school captains and look forward to watching them grow as leaders in 2020.

Staffing 2020

Year Level Specialist Teacher Room

Prep EM Erin Moore (Prep leader) 7

Prep MS Melissa Spiteri 8

P/1 HT Sharon Hoctor-Turner (Kailla Coffey)

4

1/2 MK Marilyn Killender ( ½ leader) 2

1/2 TM Tyler Maslen 3

1/2 AG Amy Green 1

3/4 SD Sally Davies ( Jacinta Perryman) 15

3/4 AG Ashleigh Grech 16

3/4 FH Fiona Holland (3/4 leader) 17

5/6 LS Leanne Stewart 18

5/6 ES Emma Stone 19

5/6 LD Liam Devlin (5/6 leader) 20

Art Casey McGuffie

STEAM Linda Andrea

Phys. Ed. Jarrod Milsom

Intervention Jacinta Perryman and Kailla Coffey

Education Support Staff Denise Polidoro, Nerrida Ellard, Rebecca Cudmore, Carolyn Tuite Office Staff Nicole Alexander (Tues- Frid) Robyn Moore (Mon – Wed) and Jess Gidman (Thurs- Frid) Auslan Auslan lessons will commence in Week 3, Mrs Jess Gidman and the classroom teachers will take lessons on Tuesday and Wednesdays. Acting Principal- Kimberley Nicholls Meet the teacher The meet teacher sessions will take place on Tuesday 11th Feb, 3:45pm – 8pm and Wednesday 12th Feb, 3:45pm – 6pm. Please put these date sin your diary. Interview times will be opened soon.

Learning News Teachers as Learners The teachers spent the first day of the year (Jan 28) welcoming new staff and building on their knowledge and

skills. Over the coming weeks we will inform you of the other pupil free days throughout the year. 2020 is our

review year so at least one day will be used for the formulation of the new Strategic plan for the school.

Mrs Peavey’s Post School Matters. Coronal Virus As the community is aware coronal virus cases have been identified in Victoria as well as across the world. Please follow this link to information on actions to be taken. Coronavirus factsheet - Department of Health and Human Services (docx - 50.68kb) If your child has visited China over the holiday break can you please contact the office as soon as possible. As far as we are aware none of our families have been to China in the last few months. BYOD The BYOD program for Years 3/4 and Yr 1/2 and 5/6 (optional). If you purchased your Chrome Book over the holi-day break please bring the device in for set up with our technician. If you have not yet purchased your device please go to the following website to order https://www.jbeducation.com.au/byod/ password 2020ROMSEYPS, all Year 3 and 4 children are expected to pur-chase a Chrome Book. Attendance- It is not Okay To Be Away All parents need to inform the school by 9am if their child will be absent on a particular day. If you do not contact the school a text will be sent to your phone to remind you to call us. You can contact the school via phone, Updat-ed, email or by letter to inform us of an absence. It is important that we all know where children are on school days. School permission forms and payments I would like to remind parents that is essential that expressions of interest, payments and permission forms for excursions, camps, incursions, meal deals etc be submitted to the school on or before the due date. Due dates are set to enable us to plan effectively for events to meet the number of children attending and to pay for events to be booked in. We will continue to be strict on these timelines. Please make sure you are reading the notes sent home, the newsletter and that you are on Updated to keep yourself informed around events and timelines. We hate it too when children have to miss out as all of our events are designed to grow our learners. Nude Food -We are a nude food school. We encourage all families to continue to support us as try to minimise the packaging and wrappings brought into

and disposed of by the school. This not only helps our school environment but will also decrease the rubbish re-

moval costs which will be a financial saving for the school. Please send food to school in minimal packaging, little

containers are ideal for putting food in for your children. We will be continuing to send home packaging from

lunches in lunch boxes for families to monitor and dispose of.

Mobile Phone Policy and Privacy Policy Our mobile phone policy has been added to our website, please make yourselves familiar with this policy. The De-partment has adopted this policy across all state schools in Victoria. If your child is bringing their mobile phone to school they must sign it in at the office every morning and sign it out at the end of the school day. Children will not be able to access their phone between 9am and 3:30pm. We have also included our new Privacy Policy on the school website. Both policies are linked to the newsletter.

Acting Principal Role A letter has been sent home to all families today informing the community that I have been appointed as the Acting Principal at Roxburgh Primary School for Term 1, 2020. This position commences next Monday the 3rd of February. This is a temporary appointment and I will remain as the substantive Principal at Romsey. In my absence for the immediate future Mrs Kimberley Nicholls will be the Acting Principal at Romsey, an Expression of Interest for the position will be advertised by the Region in the coming days. In my absence the teaching and learning in the school will continue to be driven by the leadership team, staff and school council in line with the School Strategic and Annual Implementation Plans. I wish you all the best for the term ahead and look forward to seeing you all again in Term 2. As always, if you have any questions please come and see me, Mrs Nicholls or our School Council President, Mrs Elizabeth McDonell. Keep on stepping outside of your comfort zone and learn.

Loren Peavey

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate birthdays during this week: Parker A Indi B. Darcy M. Mason K. Noh M.

Prep Times For 2020 Preps commence the 2020 school year on Monday February 3rd. Mon. 3rd—half day Tuesday 4th—half day Wednesday 5th—no school Thursday 6th—full day Friday 7th—full day Monday 10th & Tuesday 11th—full days Wednesday 12th—no school Thursday 13th & Friday 14th—full days From Monday 17th—full time

CANTEEN NEWS Menus were sent home yesterday and also available on Qkr. Canteen is now open, however not all items are available as yet. If you are available to help Trish in the canteen please return the slip on the bottom of the canteen menu. You will need a Working With Children Check to assist. Unfortunately you will not be able to bring along your pre-schoolers due to OHS requirements.

STAFF CAR PARK Please ensure you keep both of the staff carparks free for staff members to use. Parent and guardian parking is located outside of the school gates. Thank you for your cooperation.

Group Piano Lessons All students from grade one up are invited to become part of the highly successful instrumental music pro-gramme run by Peter Hagen here at Romsey Primary School for 21 years. Lessons are mostly in groups of five, but private lessons can also be provided. If you haven’t already received a form, please pick one up from the school office or download on www.peterhagen.com.au and navigate to the educa-tional page. Inquiries on 57843884 or peter@peterhagen.com.au Peter Hagen

SPORTS NEWS Team Vic Registrations Now Open The following sports are now accepting registrations. Several Team Vic State Team reg-istrations have recently opened. Registrations will close 1 March 2020, unless otherwise stated. Please note that there will be a State teams for girls Australian Football. Australian Football 12 Years and Under Girls 12 Years and Under Boys Basketball 12 Years and Under Girls 12 Years and Under Boys Cricket 12 Years and Under Girls 12 Years and Under Boys Football (Soccer) 12 Years and Under Girls 12 Years and Under Boys Netball 12 Years and Under

Please note the key messages for the Team Vic trials program:

Team Vic trials are for gifted and talented students. They are not come ‘n’ try opportu-nities or ‘see how far I can get in the trials’.

The registration link for each sport can be found on the SSV website (Team Vic à

Sport Name) page along with Selection Criteria on the Right Hand Side. The regis-tration button will appear when registrations are live and disappear when they close.

Parents must check with their school principal before registering as the Principal will

be required to endorse the registration to trial. The school must believe that the student has a strong chance of making the Victorian team before endorsing the

SunSmart Hats Please be reminded that Term 1 is a SunSmart term. This means that all students must be wearing an approved SunSmart hat while out-doors at school (recess, lunch time, during sport, gardening and any other outdoor activi-ties). Students who do not have a hat will be required to remain in a shaded area while out-side. Please ensure that your child’s hat is clearly labeed with his/her name. Hats are NOT available for students to borrow from the office.

Book Boxes Payments for book boxes are now being accepted at the office. Please note that your child will not receive their book box until payment has been made, or you have arranged for a payment plan with our new Business Manager Nicole Alexander. Parents are not required to collect book boxes—they are being distributed to students in the classrooms.