AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575

Principal – Lex Johnstone

Email: axedale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

NEWSLETTER No. 35 November 1st 2018

Important dates:

Nov 2nd Bandanna Day-Alopecia Awareness

5th T20 Cricket carnival – Gr. 5/6

6th Melbourne Cup Picnic Lunch &

Hat Parade

7th School Review – Day 1

Nov 8th Kinder/Prep – Picnic in the Park

9th Remembrance Day Ceremony

13-19th Book Fair Buy 1 Get 1 Free

22nd Kinder Transition 2.15pm

28th Parent Teacher Interviews

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Baylee – For being very independent, responsible and

organised when attending swimming lessons.

Jayda – For continuing to display our school values all

week while participating in swimming lessons.

Zaithan – For demonstrating the Axedale PS value of

Resilience in his approach to swimming lessons.

Gr. 3 – For being great role models, showing leadership

and helping the Preps throughout swimming week.

Rhianna – For working cooperatively with her partners to

complete her solar panel diorama.

Luke – For the support and guidance he

provided to younger students when creating

their Cup Day hat during Art. This was a

fantastic example of role modelling within

our school community.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT

AWARDS

Lauren – for writing more during writing

time and spelling some of her colour words

correctly in her sentences. Lauren is now

more confident to share her work with the

group.

Mitchell – For concentrating well and

listening to his swimming instructor to

help improve his skills.

Grace B - For settling into the Grade

2/3 classroom, being a kind and

contributing member of the class,

working hard to complete her work

and following classroom routines.

Paddy – For completing his

homework to a very high standard and

being willing to share his experiment

findings with the rest of the class.

Charlotte – For working hard and cooperatively with

her partner to complete her insulators and conductors

Poster in Science.

Cameron – For his commitment to learning the multiplication facts and improving his personal best time

when recalling them quickly.

HOUSE TROPHY

Our House Point Trophy this week went to Campaspe.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Well done to our Prep grade.

READING AWARDS

Well done to our P/1/2/3 students who have achieved another

level of word recognition this week. Great work!

THANK YOU

A big thank you to Henry Hedger from Mrs. Gentry

for his donation of a range of books to

the MARC Van.

BANDANNA DAY & ALOPECIA AWARENESS

Tomorrow, Friday 2nd November, we will be selling Bandannas

for $5 each as a fundraiser for CanTeen. We will also be

donating money to our local Alopecia awareness group. Thanks

for your support.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

WELCOME

We have recently welcomed two new students to our school.

Grace Bradshaw and Mahli McRorie-Rhodes have joined our

Gr. 2/3 class and we are looking forward to getting to know

them well and enjoy the contribution they can make to our

school.

We also welcome Grace’s parents Fiona & Steven, and Mahli’s mum Ammie to or school community.

SCHOOL REVIEW

Next Wednesday we will be having day one of our School Review. Every four years, school’s take part a

School Review to evaluate a wide range of areas. We will have a number of visitors in our school next

Wednesday. They will be speaking with staff, students, ES staff and looking around the school.

SWIMMING

A big well done to all of our students for their efforts at swimming last week. We have had lots positive

feedback from the instructors about the student’s listening, their work ethic, determination & general

behaviour.

All teachers were very pleased with the way older students helped out our younger students.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Parent Teacher Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28th November. A note with time options and

further details will be sent home next week.

T20 CRICKET CARNIVAL

On Monday 5th November a group of Grade 5/6 students will be participating in a T20 Blast Cricket

Carnival in Bendigo at Biescher Park Strathdale. Travel will be by bus. Good luck to the team.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

On Friday 9th November some of our senior students will be conducting a Remembrance Day ceremony at

school to help inform younger students of the importance of Remembrance Day.

Some of our student leaders will also be involved in the Axedale Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday

11th November.

VOLLEYBALL

Our girl’s volleyball team came runners up at today’s

Volleyball Championship played in Swan Hill. The

team played well in hot conditions.

BENDIGO BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL

The Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival is on Sunday 11th

November. Our school band has been allocated a time

slot. A note will be sent home tomorrow with details of

times and arrangements for those families involved.

WALK TO SCHOOL 2018 – FIRST FOUR

WEEKS OF TERM 4! Our last Walk to School activity is on this Friday

November 2nd – 8.00am start from the old Quarry

Hotel, Inghams Rd. Axedale

Staff will supervise the walks, however parents are most welcome and encouraged to come along and join

in.

LIBRARY BOOKS

We have a lot of books from the library which are missing. Can parents please check at

home and return any books ASAP for our library audit. Thanks for your help with this.

CITY OF GREATER BENDIGO

As part of the roadworks completed at Christmas time, COGB agreed to provide some plants for planting

out the garden beds next to our bus park. These plants arrived just prior to the holidays. We will be planting

them in over the next few weeks. A big thanks to Thomas A-W who has spent some of his lunch and recess

times pre-soaking the beds prior to planting. Great work Thomas – much appreciated.

GRADE 4/5/6 BIKE RIDE

Our Grade 4/5/6 one day Bike Hike will take place on Friday 30th November. Axedale Primary School will

be the start and finish point of the ride. We will be using the Bendigo Heathcote Rail Trail and riding to

Knowsley and return.

Parents are welcome to join the ride with the students.

Thank you to the parents who have offered to help out with support vehicles.

MELBOURNE CUP DAY

On the afternoon of Melbourne Cup Day, we will be holding a family picnic lunch from 1.00, followed by a

Hat Parade at 1.30pm. We will take part in some old time games/activities in rotating groups from 2.00

conducted by some of our senior students before watching the Melbourne Cup just before home time. Students

will be making special fancy hats as part of the Art Program over the coming weeks. Parents who are coming

along for the Picnic Lunch are welcome to bring picnic food along, or can enjoy some yummy sausages from

the BBQ at no cost. The school will set up shade tents and tables and chairs. Families may wish to bring along

a picnic rug.

Miss Mannes would like all students to bring along any sort of hat that is no longer needed. The hats will have

decorations added to them in the weeks leading up to Melbourne Cup Day.

We will also be holding a small plant stall on this day.

PREP PLANTS

Our Preps and Grade 1’s have been very busy planting and raising vegetable seeds. Their seedlings are now

growing and healthy and are for sale on our front verandah. Contact Ms. Saunders or Mrs. Tenace if

interested.

HEALTHY HIPS DAY – Friday 2nd November

Friday 2nd November is Healthy Hips Day. This day is dedicated to raising awareness for hip dysplasia to

improve early diagnosis and support those impacted by the condition. A flyer is at the back of the newsletter

today with common signs and symptoms to be aware of. Thanks to Lizz Shelton for sharing this information.

TERM DATES 2019

Term 1: 29th January (Teachers resume)

30th January (Students) to 5th April

Term 2: 23rd April (Tuesday) to 28th June

Term 3: 15th July to 20th September

Term 4: 7th October to 20th December

FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

Thank you to our volunteers for cutting up fruit each Friday.

Friday 2nd November – Tanya Czuczman & Susie McGrath

Friday 9th November – Samantha Condon & Jodie Black

BREAKFAST CLUB

Thank you to our volunteers.

Tuesday 6th November – Hannelie S

Thursday 8th November – Liz H

Tuesday 13th November – Sam G

Thursday 15th November – Samantha C

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au

This week’s attached article is “Be careful who you take parenting advice from”

Lex Johnstone

Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

PREPARATION FOR PUBERTY – Return permission form by Friday 2nd November

T20 CRICKET CARNIVAL – Permission forms to be returned by Friday 2nd November

CLASSROOMS

PREP/KINDER PICNIC LUNCH

On Thursday 8th November at 11am the Kinder students will be

meeting in the park with our Prep students for a picnic lunch and hat

parade. Students will wear their hats that they have made in Art.

Students will need to bring a cut lunch and a water bottle on the day.

We are looking forward to catching up with our friends prior to

Transition Days.

ART

All grades in Art have been creating and

decorating hats for Tuesday’s Melbourne

Cup Picnic. Our Grade Prep and 1 students

enjoyed having the big kids as helpers. All

students worked wonderfully as ‘buddies’

and produced some creative hats. We are

looking forward to seeing them all at the

picnic!

COMMUNITY NEWS

KINDER ENROLMENT FORMS

We have enrolment forms for 2019 Kinder and Pre-Kinder available at the school office.

Zodiacs Netball Club tryout dates for Season 2019 The Zodiacs Netball Club affiliated with the Bendigo Strathdale Netball Association (BSNA) will hold their

annual tryouts for Season 2019 teams for Grade 6 (2019) and 13/Under (Year 7 in 2019) on the following

dates:

Sunday November 11th

Grade 6: Registrations from 9:45am

Tryouts 10am to 11am

13/Under: Registrations from 10:45am

Tryouts 11am-12:15pm

Monday November 12th

Grade 6: Registrations from 5pm

Tryouts 5:15pm to 6:15pm

13/Under: Registrations from 5:45pm

Tryouts 6pm to 7pm

Attendance at both sessions is preferred for best chance of selection.

Tryouts will take place at our courts located at Strathdale Park, Cnr Reservoir Rd & McIvor Hwy. Please

bring along a drink bottle & be sun smart.

For Further information please email zodiacbgo@yahoo.com.au or contact club mobile 0466 710 559

Thank you in anticipation.

Kind Regards

Jane Bakes

Asst Director of Coaching

0407 357 797

Zodiacs Netball Club

PO Box 579

Bendigo Central 3552

www.zodiacsbendigo.com