PRINCIPAL’S REPORT NAPLAN Testing All the best to our year 3 and 5 students who will be participating in the NAPLAN testing program next week. These tests include Creative Writing, Language Conventions, Reading Comprehen-sion and a Maths test. We hope that all of our students achieve wonderful results and do the best they can. The NAPLAN tests are one of the measures that the Department uses to assess the performance of our school. (Other measures include the Student Attitudes to School, The Parent Opinion and Staff Opinion Survey). The NAPLAN data is published on the My School Website each year for parents to access. This data gives us a very small snapshot of where our students are at when they sit these tests in May, but we are very proud of all of our students and the terrific effort they display towards their school work.

Prep Tours Term two is the time that we start to get many enquiries about the preps for the following year. At Frankston we conduct individual tours for interested parents and all you have to do is ring the school on 9783 3769 to make an appoint-ment. We have a fabulous facility for our preps with our ‘Early Learning Centre’ that caters for two prep classes. If you have friends or neigh-bours who have a child starting prep next year then please let them know that we are beginning to do our tours. We would love to meet you and show you around our fabulous school.

Family Fun Night - Education Week Once again we are having one of our fabulous “Open Nights” to celebrate our wonderful school. Our Family Fun Night for Education Week will be held on Wednesday 22nd of May from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. On this night we will be cooking dinner for all of you. There will be snags on the BBQ and soft drinks for sale and we invite you all to come and have your dinner at school and enjoy the activities we have planned on the night. We will start the entertainment off with our Choir singing with our performing arts teacher, Sally Grage-Moore. This will be followed by a Human Powered Vehicle demonstration to inform our parents about this exciting extra curricula pro-gram (and we will be giving parents and students a turn in the vehicle.) Following this you are

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2013 TERM DATES Term 1 29th January - 28th March Term 2 15th April - 28th June Term 3 15th July - 20th September Term 4 7th Oct - 19th December (20th December PUPIL FREE DAY)

MONTH OF MAY Tuesday 14th

School Council 7pm 14th, 15th and 16th May NAPLAN-Grades 3 and 5

Mon 20th to Fri 24th Education Week

Wednesday 22nd Education Week Open Night

6:00-8:00pm Friday 31st

PUPIL FREE Reporting Day No students at school on this day

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Prep R, Prep G and 3/4B LAST WEEK’S WINNERS

OF OUR

“IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY” AWARD

WED 22ND MAY ‘EDUCATION WEEK FAMILY FUN NIGHT’ WED 22ND MAY “REMEMBER DURING EDUCATION WEEK WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR ANNUAL FAMILY FUN NIGHT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE BETWEEN 6:00-8:00PM”

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EARN AND LEARN WOOLWORTHS STICKERS

Please collect these ‘Earn and Learn’ stickers each time you shop at any Woolworths Supermarket. Don’t forget to ask for them at the checkout!!! Our school will earn valuable points which enables us to redeem wonderful resources for our school. The drop off box is located at our school office!

invited to a special story telling session in the li-brary with a guest story teller. The year 5/6 stu-dents will also have their models on display from their recent Science Unit on Machines. There were some terrific designs and these are well worth looking at. After these exciting events the classrooms will be open for you to have a wander through. Children’s work will be on display so please take your time and have a good look around our wonderful school. Open night is a great time for prospective parents with kinder aged children to come along and see our school, so if you have friends who are intend-ing on enrolling their children here for prep next year let them know about the 22nd May. Congratulations to our Students Over the last week several of our students have been involved in district trials for various sporting teams. Congratulations to all of our students who were nominated to take part in these trials and well done to Chloe Bellingham (Soccer), Olivia Ballard (Netball) and Beau Dutoit (Football) for being selected for the district teams. Chloe and Beau will be going on to the next round and we wish both of them all the best for the district com-petition. Unfortunately Olivia broke her arm playing netball on the weekend but can look forward to next year as it is a great accomplishment to be selected as a year 5. Mother’s Day Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mums. We hope you have a lovely day celebrating with your chil-dren. For those of you who came to our Mother’s Day breakfast today, this is our small way of say-ing ‘thank you’ for all you do to ensure your chil-dren are well prepared for school each day, and a thank you for all of the hard work you do. Absences We are starting to see an increase in absences related to illness, with the weather becoming cooler. Please ensure that if your child is away from school, that a written note is provided when they return. This MUST be provided for all absences. Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy spending the time with your children.

Morry Rubinstein (Principal)

Frankston Primary School Family & Friends

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14TH,15TH, 16TH MAY ‘NAPLAN TESTING’ 14TH. 15TH,16TH MAY “DON’T FORGET STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 AND 5 HAVE NAPLAN TESTING ON THESE DAYS SO PLEASE ENSURE STUDENTS ARRIVE AT SCHOOL ON TIME!”

NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING Business card size: $15.00 (1x entry)

$110(weekly/1 term)

1/4 page one off ad: $25.00

Distribution of your own flyers $25.00

(Costs include 10%GST)

Please contact Jo Booth (Assist. Principal on 9783 3769 for

further information regarding placing your advertisement.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS

CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY

THIS WEEK

Samuel

Teasha

Jazzmin

Lucia

Jai

Angel

Ruby

Luka

Annastacia

May the year ahead be a great one!

MINESTRONE (Serves 4) A dish made with pasta is an easy way to get carbohydrates for energy, either as recovery food or to load your body up in the days before a big carnival or tournament. But some pasta dishes can load you too quickly and make your energy peek and fade away. So try this tasty soup with pasta, pulses and vegetables for an all-round nutritious meal.

INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 onion, peeled & chopped or grated 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 2 rashers bacon, rind removed and chopped 1 stick celery, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and grated 1 can cooked beans or pulses, drained and rinsed 1 can chopped tomatoes 1 litre chicken stock 1/2 cup (60 grams) dried pasta 3 dried bay leaves small sprig fresh thyme a sprinkle of salt and pepper

Method: 1. Cook potatoes until they are tender (either boil or steam) then drain and set aside to cool. 2. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add bacon, garlic and onion and fry until it is crispy then place it onto pa-per towel to drain the fat. 3. In a large bowl, mix the mayonnaise, apple cider, chopped herbs, salt and pepper together. 4. When the potatoes have cooled, cut or break into bite-sized pieces, add to the bowl with the herbs and dressing, then add the bacon and the egg tossing gently to combine. 5. Add all ingredients to cooked pasta and heat through until

FONERAISER

“KEEP THOSE OLD PHONES

COMING IN!”

2013 collection has now started!

CURRENT TALLY: 44

MONIES RAISED: $132

CELEBRATING MOTHERS DAY

WITH A BREAKFAST TO REMEMBER!

Frankston Primary School celebrated Mothers Day with a yummy breakfast spread that was

prepared and served by all the staff . It was so pleasing to see so many of our Mums and

Grandmothers enjoying time to stop and indulge themselves in a scrumptious breakfast with

their children. This year we served over 200 breakfasts which was our biggest turn out

yet………..it did mean that you had to wait a little longer but we appreciated your patience

and the wonderful compliments many of you gave after you had eaten. We recognise the

wonderful job all our Mums do for their children and we hope you all enjoy a special day

with your families on Sunday. Happy Mothers Day!!!!!!!

RUN AROUND AUSTRALIA 2013 BAYSIDE SHOPPER DOCKETS

Don’t forget we only have until the 26th May to get our Bayside Shopping Dockets in. Remember to drop them in to the school office or customer service desk at Bayside. Watch the leaderboard!!

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SMOOTHIE CLUB AWARDS

The following children were commended for excellent behaviour and attitude OR for achieving personal goals set for them. These students joined in celebrations at Frankston Primary School’s Smoothie Club as part of the ‘YOU CAN DO IT’ program. Commendable Behaviour Awards Jasmine Zern Stephen Oliver Reia Araya Cody Dave Yat Violet Akarsh Jade Tanika Cherry

Personal Goal Awards Jesse Connor Ruby Georgia Carolyne Hussein Congratulations kids keep up the great effort!

Jo Booth (Assistant Principal) ROTARY CLUB RAFFLE BOOKS We only have one more week to sell our Rotary Club Raffle books so please make sure you return your fully sold books to school by next week. If you are able to sell one more book then please collect one from school ASAP. The school receives $1:50 from every $2:00 ticket sold. This is a great fundraiser!!!!

WE ARE IN

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