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The newsletter of Preston Primary School, 26 February, 2020

Website: www.preston-ps.vic.edu.au

Diary Dates and upcoming events ....

February Thu 27 – Gr 3 Go Climb exc ($12.50 or $25)

Fri 28 – Gr 4 Go Climb exc (25)

Fri 28 - Interschool Sport (am)

Fri 28 – Uniform Shop open, 9.00 am

March

Mon 02 to Fri 06 – Gr 6 Canberra Camp

Thu 05 – Gr 2 Mad About Science Inc (2AA, 2AB, half 2AD ($11)

Fri 06 – Gr Prep Bully Bull Ring Inc ($10)

Fri 06 – Gr 1 Mr Huff Inc ($10)

Fri 06 – Gr 2 Mad About Science Inc (2AC, 2AE, half 2AD ($11)

Fri 06 - Interschool Sport (am)

Fri 06 – Uniform Shop open, 9.00 am

March Mon 09 – Labour Day Public Holiday – no school

Tue 10 - Gr 5AA and 5AC PIRLS

Wed 11 to Fri 13 – Gr 5 Creswick Camp

Fri 13 - Interschool Sport (am)

Fri 13 – Uniform Shop open, 9.00 am

Mon 16 – School Council AGM, 6.30 pm

Wed 18 – School Photos

Fri 20 - Interschool Sport (am)

Fri 20 – Uniform Shop open, 9.00 am

Fri 27 – Uniform shop open, 9.00 am

Fri 27 – LAST DAY OF TERM 1, 2.30 pm finish

From the Principal…. SCHOOL COUNCIL

Elections

This year we will not have to hold an election for School Council as we received four nominations for the four vacant positions.

Congratulations to Slobodanka Stojkovic, Sarah Kitchen, Andrew Sirianni and Emily Waghorne who will all take their

two-year terms as of the next meeting on Monday March 16th. We still have one vacancy that is classed as a community

member. This position can be taken up by any member of our school or broader community. If you are interested in being

considered for this position please let me know.

I would like to thank the retiring members: Sara Reid, Glen Stokes and Kate Wood for the contribution they have made to

School Council over the past two years. Your commitment has been greatly appreciated.

The first meeting of the new School Council is the Annual General Meeting on March 16 and starts at 6.30 pm with the Principal

presiding until the new office bearers are elected.

As School Council is an elected group and must abide by DET regulations visitors are welcome to attend any of the meetings

however you must let me know prior to the meeting that you will be attending. If you would like to attend please email me at

preston.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au.

Meeting

On Monday evening we held the last meeting of the current council. At the meeting we discussed items including:

The Newsletter - Are people reading it and if not, why not? We are going to do a survey for parents to provide us with some

feedback.

Basketball court update - We approved the first section of the works which is the revamping the garden areas to the north and

east of the courts. The works will start towards the end of this term.

Building Update - The tender for the roof works has closed and the architect and the VSBA have made their recommendation for

the preferred contactor. At this stage it is projected that the works will start during the school holidays and take 20 working days

to complete.

Policies - We are continually up dating our policies in line with DET requirements. These policies are uploaded on to the school

website. Recently the Mobile Phone and CCTV policies have been included.

Sustainability - Our sustainability group have developed a document which outlines their commitment to embedding sustainable

practices at school. One of the initiatives is to have the children take home all of their food scraps with them each day; this should

cut down a huge amount of waste within the school.

Wednesday Weekly

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Comedy Night - We have booked our annual Comedy Night for Friday August 21st. At this stage we haven’t locked in the

comedians however once they are booked I will let you know. Keep the date free you don’t want to miss out on a great night!

GRADE 6 CAMP

Next week 88 of our Grade 6 students along with nine staff will be going to Canberra. It will be a jam-packed experience, which

will see us visit many of Canberra’s major attractions. I will be attending the camp with the children. In my absence, our ever

reliable Assistant Principal Mark Smith will be “in charge”, as the Preps say.

CHOOSING A SECONDARY SCHOOL

Time is fast approaching for our Grade 6 parents to make the final decision as to which secondary school their child will attend

next year. All of our local secondary schools send us information about Information Sessions, Open Days and Tours which we put

in our school newsletter. I suggest that parents keep an eye out for the information and ensure that you look at as many schools as

you can before you make the final decision. I strongly suggest that parents of the Grade 5 children also start looking at schools this

year as it will give you time to visit schools before having to make your decision.

Don’t be swayed by what other parents say or past reputations, the best way to make a choice is to be informed and the only way

to do that is to visit the schools yourself.

Regards,

Janet Paterson,

Principal.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS

The Federal Government requires people who are working with children to have a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

All parents who do any type of voluntary work in the school must have a valid WWCC.

You can find the application form online at http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au.

The form needs to be lodged at your local Post Office. When applying please make sure you get a Volunteer WWCC. These

are issued at no cost to parents. When you have applied for the check please send a copy to school so that we can update our

records.

2020 Term Dates

Term 1 – 28 January to 27 March

Term 2 – 14 April (Tuesday) to 26 June

Term 3 – 13 July to 18 September

Term 4 – 5 October to 18 December

Compass Tips and Tricks ……….

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Marilyn H, PAA

Myrna D, 1AA

Bushfire Fundraiser ….

Early in the term, a group of Grade 6 students decided to raise money for the Salvation Army Bushfire

appeal. Archie, Joseph, Sebastian, Barnaby, Charlie, Ned and Max got together to brainstorm

some ideas of how best to raise the money at school. They decided to sell popcorn, soda stream drinks

and Zooper Doopers. They sold these to the Grade 4, 5 and 6 students over three days and raised a

whopping $692.55 for the appeal.

A HUGE thank you to the boys and each of their parents that helped to organise and sell the food and

drinks. Well done!

CHESS Timetable Thu 27 February – Junior 8.00 am

Thu 27 February - Intermediate 3.30 pm

Friday 28 February – Advanced 8.00 am

Senior School, Grade 2 corridor, last room on the right.

SCHOOL VALUES: ● RESPECT ● RESPONSIBILITY ● RESILIENCE ● LEARNING SUCCESS

SCHOOL VALUES: ● RESPECT ● RESPONSIBILITY ● RESILIENCE ● LEARNING SUCCESS