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Newsletter 23rd August 2018

Issue 2018-26

Acting Principal: Jan Smith

Enquiries: 9773 2055

Argyle Avenue Chelsea Vic 3196

Web: www.chelseaps.vic.edu.au

Melways Reference: 97 C2

News from the Acting Principal By Jan Smith LATE ARRIVALS AT SCHOOL Our school day commences at 9am each day. It is important that students arrive at school before as this enables them to settle in and prepare for the school day. Students who arrive late are immediately at a disadvantage as they miss out on the introduction to lessons and disrupt the class by their late arrival. Students who arrive after 9am are required to report to the office to sign in and obtain a late pass for the class teacher. We appreciate your support. BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS What a fabulous week we’ve had celebrating Book Week. Author visits and great writing and art activities were highlights throughout the week. Our classes have spent time sharing the Book Week winners and continuing to complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge. (We’re nearly there!) Our Dress up parade yesterday, saw our school filled with characters including-Things, Where’s Wallys, witches, princesses, Superheroes, Belles, fairies, Harry Potters and Hermiones, onesie characters and a few very strange looking Crayola crayons! Thank you to our ‘guests of honor’-Our Chelsea Kindergarten children who came along to enjoy the fun! Thank you to everyone for their amazing efforts dressing up and to our families for coming along and joining in the fun. Thank you to our Literacy Team for organising such a fabulous week of fun!

Calendar of Events

August

31st

Father’s and Special Friends breakfast

September

7th

Neon Dance Party Disco

Prep-Yr.2 4:45-6:00,

Yrs.3-6 6:15-7:45

10th

Production rehearsal

13th

‘Hey Hey It’s Chelsea!’ -whole school production

14th

Curriculum day—no students required at school

18th

I Sea I Care Excursion

20th

Footy Colour day

21st

End of term—2.30pm dismissal

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HEY HEY, IT’S CHELSEA!

Staff and students are very excited to be well underway with our Term 3 production, ‘Hey,

Hey it’s Chelsea!’ Lots of singing dancing, auditions and costume planning is already

‘happening’.

Tickets on sale Monday 27th August at 7am via www.trybooking.com/417760

Our production is always a highlight of the school year!

ADDING A NOTE/APPROVAL FOR ABSENCE

Did you know you are now able to enter absences, notes and approvals on Compass if you know that your

child is going to be absent from school?

To do this from your homepage, click on the 'Add Attendance Note/Approval' link listed underneath the

name of the relevant student.

This will take you to the Attendance screen, with a pop-up window to enter details of the

note or approval. Here you can select the applicable date range - in the future if required.

Please do not hesitate to contact the office if you require any further assistance.

GREENING OUR SCHOOL

A huge Chelsea Primary School THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to our Greening Our School cam-

paign so far.

It is not too late to help! Donations can be made via QKR.

Remember, with donations of $50 or more you will qualify to have your family name engraved on to the sponsor’s

plaque.

For further information or if you have any queries, please see Sue Bray or a member of The Green Team

QKR NEWS If a parent who registered prior to July this year gets stuck resetting a forgotten password, the best solution is for them

to ring 1800 689 562 and ask for their account to be deleted.

When they re-register they will be registering as a Card of File Qkr customer rather than as

a Masterpass Qkr customer.

If you never forget your password then no action is required and keep on using Qkr the

same way you always have.

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Community bulletin Mosquito monitoring and control at Seaford Wetlands Melbourne Water is responsible for managing Seaford Wetlands, which naturally attracts large numbers of mosquitos. Though not all mosquitos in the area originate from this wetland.

Annual monitoring and control program Listening and responding to the local community, we have implemented a mosquito larvae monitoring program and coordinate management actions to control mosquito outbreaks during the warmer months of the year. The wetlands are monitored monthly, starting this September and larvacite briquettes are distributed in the wetlands if excessive larvae numbers are present. For the month of August, high volumes of larvae were found, and therefore briquette treatment has taken place. The briquettes mimic the mosquito juvenile hormone and disrupt the development of larvae and pupae in the water with minimal impact on other fauna. They act for up to 150 days. This monitoring is continued during the warmer months until the seasonal conditions no longer favour mosquito development. Activities include: monitoring of adult mosquitos and larvae adult mosquitos will be sent to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) labs

for identification and examination for arboviruses. Inspections will assess the effect of rains on mosquito larvae numbers

treatment and control of mosquito larvae if outbreak numbers are found. Currently, Melbourne is free of dengue fever, chikungunya or yellow fever. This would not be possible without the work of the DOH, DELWP and Melbourne Water. If visiting the wetlands, you are advised to wear long, loose-fitting clothing and use a suitable insect repellent containing picaridin or DEET during the warmer months of the year. For further information and advice visit: Better health—beat the bite website http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/campaigns/beat-the-bite

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SUBWAY LUNCH ORDER REMINDER

Envelopes are available at the office.

Orders must be returned to the office no later than Wednesday morning.

Please ensure that your child’s name, class and selections are clearly printed on the envelopes.

Please insert the correct amount of cash and seal the envelope. No change will be given.

If the order is not legible or the money is incorrect, your child will miss out.

HOT LUNCH ORDER REMINDER Orders must be submitted by 9:30am on Monday mornings for lunch delivered on Wednesdays. Steak pie $4.00 Vegetarian pastie $4.00 Sausage roll $3.00 Meat and vegetable pastie $4.00 Tomato sauce 20c The school receives 50c for every order.