Newsletter Issue 31 – 8/10/2018 “Bringing Life to Learning”

Kim Franzke

Principal

Mob: 0438 544 468

Ph: 03 5754 4468

Fax: 03 5754 1218

Our Vision:

A meeting place where

students lifelong learning

begins and grows into a

sustainable future.

Message from the Principal:

Email:

tawonga.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.tawongaps.vic.edu.au

OSHC: 0429 018 724

S

O

U

R

C

E

UPPORT Recognising that we all

have different learning

needs and that we need

to assist and help each

other.

PPORTUNITY

Providing every child

a broad range of

possibilities to

achieve success.

NITY

Working as a team

with common beliefs

and understandings.

ESPONSIBILITY

Being accountable

and trustworthy.

OMMUNITY

We have a common

interest in our

students.

XCELLENCE

Striving to be the

best we can be.

Dear Families,

Literacy

Sarah and I have spent some of our holidays

completing a 5 day intensive course - Multisensory

Language Education (Australian Dyslexia Association)

in Wodonga. The course focused on linguistics and

how to teach more systematic and explicitly to all

learners. Research shows that all learners benefit

from a systematic, explicit and sequential teaching

approach when learning to read, write and spell.

Bike Shelter

Our bike shelter now has a roof thanks to George.

We will now be looking into ways to decorate it. We

are also looking at a new bike rack to accommodate

larger bikes (similar to the one near the bakery).

Sunsmart

Spring is here which means it is time to get your hats

out. Please start looking for them, ensure they are

named and bring them to school. Hats are available

from the office for $12. If students do not have a hat

we do not give out spare hats as this encourages the

spread of head lice and does not teach students to

be responsible for their own belongings. If students

do not have a hat then they will only be allowed to

play undercover.

Pupil Free Day

Next Monday is a Pupil Free Day. Staff will be at

school working on professional learning

activities in the teaching of reading, spelling

and writing. The new learning that Sarah and I

have received will be shared with other staff

and planning undertaking to review our

teaching practise and scope and sequence

documents.

Prep Transition

Our Term 4 Prep Transition program will be

running each fortnight on a Friday starting 19th

October 1.30 - 3.30pm. If you know of any new

families please encourage them to come along.

Crossing Supervisors

On Wednesday our crossing supervisors will

begin. This is very exciting and long awaited.

We welcome Leesa and Janet.

Kim Franzke

ASSEMBLY FRIDAY 2.10 pm

Early finish 2.30pn

where possible, please inform us in advance. If a child is absent and we have not been notified prior, when we do the morning roll at 9.05am a call will be made to parents to determine to reason for the absence. If there is no response then we will ring the next emergency contact number which has been provided.

During Term 4 we have 2 Pupil Free days.

Please mark these in your diary. OSHC can

be arranged by prior booking.

MONDAY 15th OCTOBER &

MONDAY 5th NOVEMBER

S UPPORT Recognising that we all have different learning needs and that we need to assist and help each other.

O PPORTUNITY Providing every child a broad range of possibilities to achieve success.

U NITY Working as a team with common beliefs and understandings.

Mathlete of the Week

Congratulations to Sara

who was the Mathlete of

the Week for the last

week of Term 3 with a

whopping 10138 points.

Parent Opinion Survey

New Books for the Library

Emergency Evacuation Drill

In the coming weeks we will be having an emergency evacuation drill with the Kinder students. With summer fast approaching it is time for families to start thinking about what their family response will be in case of the need to evacuated. It is also a timely reminder to ensure that your contact details including emergency contacts are all up to date at the office. Please speak with Lisa to check.

Thanks to Bairnsdale Christian School who have

very generously donated the profits from their

recent Bookfair to our school. They were look-

ing for a small school to assist and the ladies in

the office at Scholastic mentioned our school.

We now have an extra $500 worth of books to

add to our library collection.

HELP NEEDED - Book Covering

If you have some time to cover some books at

home it would assist to get our new books into

the library quicker. Please see Kim or Lisa in the

office and we will get you what you need.

THANK YOU…..

A BIG thank you to the French family (Lilly and Zach) who

have very kindly donated the complete series of the 13

Story Tree House series to our school to say thank you for

the time they spent with us during Term 3. It is likely that

we will see them again in the future.

Final Payments for both the Beechworth 3/4 and

Anglesea 5/6 camp are now due. A final note will be

sent home when finalised shortly.

Camps

Division Athletics

This Friday we have 5 students heading to Albury to

represent the Upper Kiewa Valley Cluster in the Divi-

sion Athletics sports.

Best of Luck to Emma—Triple Jump, Rosie 800m and

1500m , Alec 800m, 1500m and relay, Lily high jump

and Emily R discus and relay.

Off This Planet Incursion

Tomorrow students will participate in 2 x 45 minutes

sessions in our space dome to assist to tune students

into our unit of work this term on Weather and Space . A

note is attached to this newsletter with details. Apologies

for the later notice.

Mob: 0438 544 468 Ph: 03 5754 4468 Fax: 03 5754 1218

E: tawonga.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.tawongaps.vic.edu.au

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT/SUN

9

Library

10

Incursion—Off This

Planet (Space Dome)

11

School Banking

12

Upper Hume Division

Athletics - Albury

13/14

15

PUPIL FREE

DAY

16

Art

17 18

School Banking

19

Prep Transition

Day 1

20/21

22

5/6 Anglesea

Camp

23

5/6 Anglesea Camp

Library

24

5/6 Anglesea Camp

25

5/6 Anglesea Camp

School Banking

26

5/6 Anglesea Camp

27/28

29

School Council

5.15 Finance

5.30 General

30

Art

31 1

School Banking

2

Prep Transition

Day 2

3/4

5

PUPIL FREE

DAY

6

CUP DAY

HOLIDAY

7

Year 3/ 4 Beechworth

Camp

8

Junior Sports Day at

Dederang.

3/ 4 Beechworth

Camp

9

Spelling Bee Year 6

1pm.

3/ 4 Beechworth

Camp

10/11

President Andrew Macklan

macklan.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

Vice President

Yvette Hind 0417 387 112

Buildings & Grounds

Ben Svarc

0419 801 109

Other Councillors

Andrew Macklan, Claire Lucas-Gear, Jess Beveridge

REMINDERS SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

Payments Due - Payments for all camps are now

due. Please either deposit funds via BPay or cash/

cheque payments are to be put in Red Box in

Office.

Dates for the diary Upper Hume Division Athletics - 12th October, Regional Athletics 19th October

5/6 Camp Angelsea 22 - 26th October

3-4 Camp Beechworth 7 - 9th November

Yr 2-6 School of Rock trip 22 - 23rd November

Bookclub - Due back by 26th October.

How to Submit Community News:

Community News

Articles can be sent to tawonga.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au by end of day Monday for

inclusion in Community News.

MOUNT BEAUTY TENNIS CLUB

Mt Beauty Tennis Club are looking for Junior and Senior players for the KTDTA competi-tion, played on Saturday’s (Juniors start 9am, Seniors start 1pm) from mid October to end February.

For more information or to register contact:

Andrea Ph. 0459780097 or

kamoorman@bigpond.com

JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS Term 4, 2018

The Mt Beauty Golf Club will run a series of 7 free golf lessons for girls and boys 6-14 years old, with members coaching.

Equipment will be provided by the club.

Come and Try day and registration is at the golf course, Tawonga Cres., on Sunday, 14th October at 10am for about 1 hour.

Lessons will be 10am -11.30am for the following 6 Sun-days, except for the weekend of Melbourne Cup holiday, finishing with a break-up bar-b-q and party on Sunday,

December 7th.

Cost – Absolutely free!

Enquiries to Liz Harvey 57277466 or e-mail lizh7272@gmail.com

RED CROSS LUNCHEON

Tawonga Hall

Mon 15th October

12 for 12.30

Cold meats, salads and desserts

$25 pp at the door, or an earlybird price of $20 if tickets pur-chased in advance.

Tickets are now on sale at Old Tawonga Store, Tawonga Sth PO and Mt Beauty Hardware & Drapery.

.

mailto:kamoorman@bigpond.com

Heart n Soul Dance Studio Term 4 2018 Focus: Jazz Ballet Commences Monday 8th October Mount Beauty Community Centre Term 4 Fees- $80 or $10 per lesson Minis: 5:00 to 5:45pm Intermediates: 5:30 to 6:30pm Seniors: 5:45 to 6:45pm Facebook: @heartnsouldance 0418 240825 Marie

Ride the Mitta to Mt Beauty for as little as $5

This year Team Mount Beauty is encouraging locals to participate in the iconic Mitta to Mt Beauty mountain bike challenge by offering a big discount to all shire residents who have not entered in the last three years.

The event, sometimes known as the Pub to Pub starts at the Mitta pub at 10am on the last Sunday in October, and makes its way via minor roads, and gravel tracks to finish at the West Peak pub in Mt Beauty.

Entering for the event now will inspire you to get out on the bike and start putting in the k’s. Simply follow these steps:

STEP 1. Go to the MTBA website and sign up for an 8 week free trial membership and race licence – this will give you a race li-cence number and insurance for the event.

mtba .org.au/membership

STEP 2. Go to the Team Mount Beauty website…

tmb.org.au/events/mitta-to-mt-beauty

… read all about the event, and follow the links to enter via “EntryZone”. You will see the normal full prices displayed there, but will receive a $20 discount by applying the promo code “MM_Resident2018” just before paying by card.

This promo code and the free trial licence will reduce your entry cost from $93 to $40 for over 17s and from $45 to $5 for under 17s. If you wish to use the bus to get you over to Mitta on the morning of the event, instead of driving with friends and family, you will need to check and pay the $25 additional bus cost.

STEP 3. Get on your bike!

If you think you’re the type that can manage 50km on dirt, then be one of the 100 extra locals in this year’s event and respond to the “Mitta to Mt Beauty” Challenge” Questions may be asked of Team Mt Beauty members you may know, or ask Bob Flow-er (who is already signed up for the event!).