Website: www.portlandsthps.vic.edu.au Email: portland.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Issue No: 27—28th August 2019

Phone : (03) 5523 2911 PO Box 758, PORTLAND, VIC 3305

Portland South Primary School “Reaching for the Stars to Achieve SUCCESS”

Important Dates Thursday 29th August Book Club Due Back!

Friday 30th August Father’s Day Breakfast! Assembly 2.50pm

Thursday 5th September Interschool Basketball—Girls

Monday 9th September School Council Meeting– 6.45pm Finance Meeting –7pm Meeting

Thursday 12th September Interschool Basketball—Boys

Friday 13th September MND SRC Fundraiser—Wear A Beanie Day-Gold Coin Donation

Monday 16th –20th September Melbourne Doxa Camp—Grade 5/6 Students

Wednesday 18th-20th September Grade 3/4 Camp –Naracoorte

Friday 20th September Last Day Term 3—2.30pm Finish

Sunday 3rd November 3 Bays Marathon

Dean Penrose

We have noticed how hard you have been trying to give

your absolute best with reading and maths tasks. Your

handwriting and presentation of work has been

wonderful. Keep it up!

Willow Gadsden

We have noticed that you have been trying so hard to

achieve your goals. Your determination to succeed is

outstanding. Well done Willow!

Assembly this Friday will be at 2.50pm

We Respect, We Challenge, We Achieve, We Believe

From the Principal It’s been a busy start to this week due to our hosting of the Portland & District Music Festival. On the bright side Spring is around the corner.

Portland & District Schools Music Festival Tuesday 27th August & Wednesday 28th August Thank you to all of our performers who represented Portland South PS last night at the Portland & District Schools Music Festival. It was an amazing performance by everyone. It definitely made me very proud to see everyone enjoying themselves and making the most of the opportunity. I even had goose bumps! A special thank you to Mrs April Haby, Mrs Gaye Ryan, Mrs Marni Phillips, Mrs Karyn Barbary and Dianne Rogers, our classroom teachers and helpers who helped make the night one to remember. Lots of time and effort has gone into making this event such a success. Thank you everyone! Wood Raffle….Congratulations Congratulations to Di Rogers who won the trailer of wood on Friday. Di couldn’t believe her luck! Thank you to Mr Craig Surkitt for volunteering his hours and time to collect and chop the wood for us. Thanks also to the Parent’s Club for supporting this fundraiser. Craig you are a CHAMP. We really appreciated all your hard work. We raised close to $700.00. Principal For A Day- ACER (Australian Council of Educational Research) – Tuesday 3rd of September. Next Tuesday, September 3rd we will be welcoming Cr Anita Rank, the Mayor of the Glenelg Shire to Portland South Primary School. Councillor Rank will step out of the council chambers and into Mrs Fisher’s principal seat for the 19th annual Principal For A Day event. Please see the flyer attached to this newsletter for more information. Enrolments for 2020 We are now taking enrolments and school tours for 2020. If you or someone you know has a child who will be in Foundation at Portland South in 2020, we are asking that you enrol your child as soon as possible. Planning for 2020 has begun. If you require an enrolment pack, please see Di or Karyn in the school office. All schools in the Portland and District area encourage students to go to their local school. Your local school can be found at https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

Cheers, Vicki

Thankyou to Kylie at SNAP Fitness for

your wonderful support of the BIG DAY

OUT transition event at Bayview

College last week. All students really

enjoyed the boot camp sessions. They

provide great health and fitness

benefits and we really appreciate your

time and effort.

This week we asked Browdy Smith and Erin McPhee from Grade 4/5/6 what they love about Portland South Primary School.

Browdy : “I love Portland South because we learn lots of good things. I really enjoy Maths, especially real life maths.” Erin: “I love Portland South because it’s a small school. The kids are really well behaved. ”

Ethan Matley

Jennifer Gibbins

Jaxson Heffernan

Trinity Bruton

100 Nights

Quinn Stewart 125 Nights

Maya Dyke

Jack Matley

Mekenzie Barton

Thomas Logan

Alistair Chow

Tomorrow the students will be participating in our ‘Clubs Program’, which will run for a period of 8

weeks. We will be having lunch earlier on these days, starting at 1.00pm.

The Clubs Program will run on the following Thursday afternoons (2.00pm to 3.00pm):

22nd, 29th August/5th September

Children will participate in the following activities over the 8 week program:

1. Table Tennis - with Mr Stannard. The students will be travelling by bus to the

Indoor Squash Club and participating in the game of Table Tennis.

2. Mini Movers – with Mrs Morton. The students will participate in a fun and energetic fitness session in

our hall with Belinda Steadman. 3. Recycled T-shirts – with Mrs Gibbons and Deb Saunders. Students will be making recycled T-shirts

and also making tassels and stick wrapped creations *** Please note students will need to supply an old T-shirt (any colour, size, printed etc.)

4. Gardening—with Mrs Haby. Gardening at the Portland Community Gardens

Parents are welcome and encouraged to join in. Children have been allocated into four multi-aged

groups. See your child’s teacher to find out which group he/she is in.

Q: What do you call a sheep with no legs? A: A cloud!

Practically Perfect: The Songs of Julie Andrew

Monday 2 September 10:30 am |

All Tickets $15 Come enjoy the glorious voice of Karla

Hillam in this tribute to the incredible

career of Dame Julie Andrews. Featuring

some of her best known songs from shows

such as Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The

Sound of Music, Victor Victoria and more,

interwoven with stories of her life both on

and off the

stage, be taken

on an all

singing, all

dancing

journey from

the West End

to Broadway

and on to

Hollywood.

Hoodies are now

available from our

uniform shop

for $40!

ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL Students should arrive at school between

8.40am and 8.50am

Please wait until the 8.50am bell to

enter the school buildings.

Before-School Reading

8.50am—9.00am

Parents, Families & Carers Welcome.

3 Bays Marathon Next term students from grade 1 up to grade 6 will have the opportunity to participate

in the Portland 3 Bays Marathon. The 3 Bays marathon is a wonderful local event held

on Sunday the 3rd of November. Students will be part of the Portland South team and

run a relay from start to finish in 1km blocks.

Students will be required to participate in training each week leading up to the event.

In order to be eligible for the team the students must demonstrate their commitment

to training both during lunch sessions and PE lessons.

On the day of the event, parents will be required to drop their child off at a common

meeting place and the children will be bused around the course. Parents will also be

required to pick up their child at the finish line (Henty Hotel). More information will be

sent home at the beginning of next term.

If your child is interested in participating, please

fill out the form below and return to school by

Friday the 6th of September (end of week 8).

This will give me time to organise the transport

options for the day.

Kind Regards,

Hannah Menzel

___________________________________________________________________________________

3 Bays Marathon 2019 – Registration of Interest

My child ____________________________________would like to participate in

the 3 Bays marathon. I am confident my child can run 1km at a slow

pace.

Signed:______________________________________

Principal For A Day Australian Council For Educational Research

Next Tuesday, we will be welcoming Cr Anita Rank, the Mayor of the Glenelg Shire to Portland South

Primary School. Mayor Rank will step out of the council chambers and into Mrs Fisher’s principal seat

for the 19th annual Principal For A Day event on 3rd September 2019.

Principal For A Day offers a first-hand experience of a ‘day in the life’ of a Victorian government school

principal.

Mrs Fisher says the event provides mutual benefits for schools and business/community leaders. “We

are excited to welcome Mayor Anita Rank to our school and we look forward to exchanging ideas, visit-

ing classes, talking to students and taking part in ‘normal’ daily activities.”

“Principal For A Day provides us with an excellent opportunity to enable Mayor Rank to gain unique

insights into the learning environment at our school.”

Being involved in the Principal for a Day program offers an insight into the future of education and ena-

bles us to work together, share skills, and build an ongoing relationship.

The ‘Principal For A Day’ initiative aims to:

increase understanding and awareness between schools, business and the wider community

promote the work of schools

provide business and community leaders with first-hand and current experiences of schools

enable school principals to develop ongoing relationships with leaders from other spheres

increase opportunities for schools and the community to work together in mutually beneficial ways.

We are really looking forward to participating in the Principal For A Day initiative next Tuesday. It will

be wonderful to have Mayor Rank visit our fantastic school.