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Irymple South Primary School Newsletter, Issue 38, Week 8, Term 4, 2013

NEWSLETTER Irymple

South

Primary

School November 28th, 2013

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CARNIVAL

Last Friday Night was a

wonderful ISPS community

event that was very well

attended. Thanks to

everyone who helped

organise the event and

run the stalls on the

evening. There are

photos of the evening

further on in the

newsletter.

END OF 2013 and START of 2014

The end of Term 4 is coming closer. The school

year ends on Friday 20th of December at 2:15pm. All students are expected to attend

school until this date. In the final week of school

a number of activities are planned to celebrate

the hard work that has been done throughout

the year.

The Grade 6 Graduation presentation is one of

these. On Monday 16th December the whole

school will get together to celebrate the

achievements and successes of many of our

students. All families are invited to attend, have

dinner and celebrate a fantastic year of

learning completed by all of our students.

School resumes in 2014 on Thursday 30th

January, for students. Teachers commence on

Tuesday 28th January and will be involved in

professional learning on this day and on

Wednesday 29th January. All students will commence on Thursday 30th January.

REPORTS

Student reports are being written at the

moment. These will be distributed on Thursday

19th December. All students will receive a hard

copy of their report which will include their

academic level of achievement, their level of

achievement in relation to our core values,

teacher and student reflections and comments

and an overview of the specialist programs that

the students have participated in. The Ultranet

will also provide comments about your child’s

ongoing learning and a copy of their academic

level of achievement.

2013 FAMILY CELEBRATION DINNER

On Monday 16th December the whole school

will get together to celebrate the achievements

and successes of many of our students. This will

include the Grade 6 Graduation, Award

Presentations and Formal Announcements of

2014 School and House Captains. All families are

invited to attend, have dinner and celebrate a

fantastic year of learning completed by all of

our students.

MULTICULTURAL DAY

Yesterday the Grade 6 House and School

Captains attended a Multicultural Day at

Irymple Secondary College They were involved

NEWS FROM

THE PRINCIPAL-

Robyn

Brooks

Responsibility Acceptance Respect Honesty Cooperation Resilience

Office: 50245345

Postal Address: P.O. Box 716, Irymple South 3498

Email: irymple.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.irymplesouthps.vic.edu.au

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY AND BREAKFAST

TOMORROW is ‘Walk to School Day’. Walk to School day aims to promote the health benefits of

walking, safe pedestrian behaviour, reduce car dependency and reduce air pollution caused by

cars.

We will be meeting at the Irymple Post Office at 8am to walk to school. All parents, grandparents

and other family members are welcome to join us on the walk to school. We can transport you

back to the Post Office if needed!

After the walk we will be providing the students with a free healthy breakfast of fruit, toast and

cereal.

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Danica Bradshaw

Prep P

Elana Howard

1T

Jobe Delahunty

1M

Emily Murdoch

2/3C

Patrick McWilliams

2/3G

Mia Andronescu

Jordan Stanbrook

2/3D

Darcy Coppola

4/5S

Patrick Pearce Davis

4/5F

Claudia Cavallo

5/6O

Sophie Thompson

5/6M

Jordan Stephen

Art

Lashaye Farley

Environmental

Kayden Hynes

ICT

Cooper Topp

Music

Matt Gilding

Rueban Shirnack

P.E.

Lily Droffelaar

Principal

Logan Mazza

Nicholas McWilliams

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Oscar Brighton (28th)

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All children who participate in Religious Instruction

are invited to the Christmas Break-up on Monday,

December 9th at 12.30pm in the Multi-Purpose

Room. Parents and grandparents are most

welcome to attend. Could all students attending

please bring a plate to share for lunch and drinks will be

provided.

ACTIVE AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES

The students who are participating in the cricketing sessions are really enjoying

themselves and their skills are developing. They have participated in activities and

games that are improving their batting, bowling and fielding.

There is only one session remaining and this will be held at the Irymple Swimming

Pool on Wednesday 4th December. The students will be transported to the pool by

bus, but will need to be collected from the Irymple pool at 4.30pm.

in a fun day that involved food, dance and

games from different cultures. The day was

organised by the Irymple Secondary Alpine

Leaders.

PREP TRANSITION

Yesterday, in rather hot conditions, 51 new Preps

for 2014 came to school for their second

transition day. The children had a great time

counting, making number placemats, using the

iPads and going outside and participating in

some throwing and

catching activities. They will

be coming back again

next Wednesday to work

with Mrs Rowland and Miss

Piscioneri.

CHOIR

Our carollers will be

performing at the

Irymple Carols by

Candlelight on Sunday

night. They did an

outstanding job at the

Carnival last Friday night.

The Carols are being held at Henshilwood Oval,

Irymple commencing at 5.25pm. Our choir will

be performing at 5.45pm and it would be

wonderful if you could support them by

attending the Carols by Candlelight.

DRESS UP DAY

Next Tuesday 3rd December we will be holding

a Dress Up day and Fun Lunch. Students are

invited to dress up as their favourite book, movie

or TV character. There will be a parade at

9:00am in the assembly area. After recess the

students will be participating in a variety of fun

activities and games. There will be a BBQ lunch.

Order forms for the lunch went home yesterday.

Please return your order by Monday 2nd

December.

T20 BLAST REGIONAL FINALS

On Tuesday 26th November our boys team

competed in the Regional Final in Swan Hill. We

made it to the Grand Final but were beaten by

Cohuna. Well done to Liam Dinnage, Josh

Stanley, Jake Talbot, Vinnie Petrolo, Lachie

Kellett, Bobby Mogford, Billy Phelan and

Anthony Cua. Thanks to Mr Smith for

accompanying the boys to Swan Hill and the

parents who supported the boys.

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Transition

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Ballet

Excursion

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Grade 6

Dinner and

Disco

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Grade 6

Orientation

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Grade 6

Orientation

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Grade 6

Graduation

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End of Term

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Irymple South PS Carnival

What a fantastic night we had! There were lots of activities to keep everyone

entertained and busy, plenty of wonderful food to eat, stalls to visit, carols to

listen to and the amazing Christmas Tree lighting! Santa visited on the Fire truck

and was extremely popular.

Thankyou to the following families for their kind donations to the Fruit and Vegie

Store– Smart Family (Sophie, Maddy & Cooper), Aldamiz Family (Samuel),

Bottams Family (Harry & Ned), Mitchem Family (Lucy & Will), McGregor Family (Brayden, Maya & Tyler)

A HUGE thank you to the following wonderful people that helped the night happen—Janet, Pip, Connie,

Michelle, Jo, Sherrin, Toni, Linda, Sherrie, Sarah, Lara, Kylie, Leanne, Katie & Darren

Also special thanks to the families that

have helped with our amazing

Christmas Tree display - Geister family,

Woolfrey family, Rielley family, Burford

family, Delahunty family, Shirnack family

& Anderson family

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ART EXHIBITION

Our Art Exhibition was opened last Friday night at

the Christmas Carnival. All students have a

number of items on display. There are paintings,

salt dough sculptures, drawings, collages and

3D creations. All the Mildura Show entries and

the winning Water Week Poster entries are

also on display. The Exhibition will be open tomorrow morning,

so come along and take a look at all the wonderful artwork that

the ISPS artists have created after walking to school!

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2013 End of Year Family celebration

Dinner

You are invited to our end of year celebrations!

On Monday 16th December, at 6:00pm, we

will be celebrating the end of the 2013

school year.

The evening will include:

Grade 6 Graduation Speeches

Grade 6 Dance

Award Presentation

Buddy Presentation

Formal announcement of School Captains

Formal announcement of House Captains

Bring your own picnic dinner or purchase dinner

from the Enjoy Wine Catering stall. Soft drinks and

water will be available for purchase. Bring your own

chairs and or picnic rugs.

All members of the school community are invited to

attend.

LIBRARY BOOKS

Please start hunting under

beds and in bookcases for

misplaced Library Books and

take home books. We have many

books missing and we would

appreciate books being returned as

soon as possible. We will be

beginning our stocktake shortly.

In Environmental Science this week both Prep

classes collected nature treasures (leaves, flowers,

weeds, seed pods etc) from the school yard to

make a nature picture. Grade 2/3C

students started to design a simple

board game about how to Reduce,

Reuse and Recycle rubbish. Both

the 4/5 classes have been investigating the

difference between Threatened, Endangered and

Extinct animals.

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2014 SCHOOL TERM DATES

Irymple South Primary School

Term 1

Thursday 30th January to

Friday 4th April

Term 2

Tuesday 22nd April to

Friday 27th June

Term 3

Monday 14th July to

Friday 19th September

Term 4

Monday 6th October to

Friday 19th December

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Last Thursday, Grade One went on our excursion. We went to Coles and got to go into the back to see how our food is stored and moved around. We got given a doughnut, a Twiggy meat stick and a special prize at the end of the trip! Next we went to Woodsies Gem Shop. We had a talk about all the different gems and got to go into the caves. Then we went into the maze and we all got totally lost, even our teachers! After that we went to Jaycee Park for lunch and we played on the playground equipment. Finally we came back to school to play games, have a disco and eat a yummy dinner of pizza and chips. We had a great time!

Grade 1 Excursion

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Last Thursday, Grade One went on our excursion. We went to Coles and got to go into the back to see how our food is stored and moved around. We got given a doughnut, a Twiggy meat stick and a special prize at the end of the trip! Next we went to Woodsies Gem Shop. We had a talk about all the different gems and got to go into the caves. Then we went into the maze and we all got totally lost, even our teachers! After that we went to Jaycee Park for lunch and we played on the playground equipment. Finally we came back to school to play games, have a disco and eat a yummy dinner of pizza and chips. We had a great time!

Grade 1 Excursion