THORPDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2966

NEWSLETTER Our School Values are: Respect, Learning, Honesty, Fairness and Community

Newsletter 22nd of August, 2015 Issue No. 25

Principal’s Prattle

Grant is still off sick again this week after a football

injury left him with a fracture. We wish him a speedy

recovery.

Earn & Learn

It’s been great to see so many

Woolworth’s Earn & Learn stickers

coming into the school. In the past

we have used them to buy much

needed things such as

bookshelves, learning resources

and art supplies. The rewards from

this program have allowed us to stretch our budget

further to provide more things for our students, so

keep the stickers coming. Book Week & Book Fair

Book Week is fast approaching

(August 24th –28th)and we

have lots of fun activities

planned. Starting off Monday

with the opening of our Book

Fair daily from 8:45-9:15am and

3:15-3:45pm. Don’t forget book character dress up

day is on Tuesday and our author visit with Susie

Sarah is on Wednesday. Please return payment for

this by Monday at the latest.

CALENDAR

TERM 3 {July 13 ~ September 18}

August 24th-28th - Book Week

Thurs 27th - 4/5/6 Excursion

Melbourne

Fri 28th - JSC Movie Night

Mon 31st - Pupil free day

September Tues 1st - After School Sport 3-6

Begin

Weekly Class Awards

Weekly awards were presented to the

following children. Congratulations to you

all.

Year Prep/1

Will Donald: Will you have been doing a

great job in Mathematics, it is good to see

you having a go at everything you do.

Fantastic!

Arielle Evans: Arielle your journal writing

was fantastic this week. It showed that you

had a good go at sounding out your

words. Well done.

Year 2/3

Shallimar Halliwell: You have received this

award for the way you have adjusted to

your new school and class. It’s great to see

you working so well with your classmates.

Way to go Shallimar!

Year 4/5/6

Clara Linn– For your spectacular sporting

achievements at the Champions Day.

Keep up the good work!

Sydney Blackshaw– Sydney you have

proven, once again, that you are an

extremely capable person who can be

relied upon to help out. Well done!

Aussie of the Month

August

Kate Lowater: Kate you are our Aussie of the Month.

You are a kind, considerate and thoughtful student.

You are always very friendly towards other students

and staff. Your positive attitude to life makes you a

great role model to others. We love having you here

at Thorpdale Primary School.

Perceptual Motor Program (PMP)

Commencing last term, students in the Prep/One class participated in the

Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) undertaking a range of activities twice

weekly with the assistance of parents and the senior students. The kinder

students also came and joined in each week. Designed by therapists, this

program is beneficial to the younger students because it helps them to be

better learners by strengthening things such as their fine and gross motor skills

and tracking ability. In the classroom, this translates in various ways such as

improvements in the student’s capacity to track words across the page when

reading and more awareness and control over their body which can help

with accuracy in their writing.

Above: Hunter P. and Olive trying out their

jumping skills on the hoops Above: Ian oversees Charley on the ladder

Above: Georgia runs an activity on hand-eye

coordination with Riley L. and Macalla

Above: Jake practises his rolling skills

Pay It Forward

Students in the 4/5/6 class recently participated in a ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative

where they made something for another student in their class. This activity is

designed to encourage students to think beyond themselves and their

needs and do something kind for something else. The range of gifts that

came in was impressive—there were lots of yummy treats made, beautiful

drawings and other handmade creations. This act brought a smile to

everyone’s faces and boosted student self esteem.

Left: Kate with her

lovely drawings

and frog made by

Georgia

Right: Riley looks

pleased with his

Lego car made by

Reid

Left: Chloe holds

her hand-stitched

horse created by

Melinda

Right: Cadyne

can’t wait to try his

lego-shaped

chocolate made

by Campbell

Haiku Poetry

Frost Slippery footsteps.

Crunching under my cold feet. Melting in my hands.

By Lena

Jungle Dampness underneath.

Leopards sleeping high in trees. Parrots whistling call. By Shallimar

Animals

All different types.

Living all over the world.

Some are dangerous.

By Billy

Spring My birthday season.

Baby animals are born. Special time of the year.

By Jett

Jaguar Live on land and trees.

Skilful hunters, carnivores. Tearing meat apart.

By Diesel

Rainbows Big, white, fluffy clouds.

Leprechaun guarding their gold. They are beautiful.

By Keely

Jungle Monkey’s swinging past.

Sometimes jungles are marshy. Trees are very tall.

By Maddison

Rainbows At the end of rain.

Seven different colours. Sparkling in the sky.

By Charlotte

Avalanche Big mountains of snow.

Rushing down the icy slopes. Highly destructive!

By Lucas M

Jaguars Warm-blooded creatures.

Lives in South America. A threat to humans.

By Daniel M

Rivers Habitat for fish . Winding around corners.

Slime on little rocks. By Kaci-Lee

Junior School Council News

Last term, Junior School Council hosted

a Red Nose Day event to raise money

for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(S.I.D.S.) Red noses and other

merchandise were sold to raise money

as well as a bake sale with goods kindly

donated by the Junior School

Councillor's parents/carers. Students

participated in a colouring competition

as part of the events with the chance to

win some awesome prizes. In all, over

$100 was raised.

For their social activity for the term,

Junior School Council held a glow disco

where they sold a range of glow

products and ran lots of fun activities.

One of the favourite events of the night

was glow bowling where water bottles containing glow sticks were used as

tenpins. The students danced the night away, even forming a few conga

lines. Coming up next week we have a movie night on Friday 28th of

August. Permission forms will be going out soon.

Above: Daniel M. and Kaci-Lee with their

prizes for winning the colouring

competition for the 2/3 class.

Above: Conner leading the conga line

Fairy Tale Day

Students in Prep/One class held a fairy tale dress up day as part of their

learning on this topic. The kinder kids were also invited to join in on the fun.

There were princesses, big bad wolves, prince charming and even an ogre;

it was great to see every student participating in the dressing up.

Above: The Prep/One class looking lovely in their costumes

Above: Lilly and Isabella working on their fairy tale

activity

Above: Lincoln looking very

scary as the Big Bad Wolf

Internet Safety

With the increase of students accessing the internet on

a daily basis, there is the danger that they may be

putting themselves at risk by accessing inappropriate

content, being a victim of cyberbullying or even

unknowingly chatting to dangerous individuals who

pose as children. It is important as parents to be aware

of what your child is accessing, whether through the

internet or gaming consoles, so that you can ensure that

it is suitable. Talk to your children about internet safety to

ensure they know how to conduct themselves safely

online. Below is some important information about

internet safety that you may find useful to help protect

your children.

1. Don’t let potential problems stop you from letting your child use technology for

their education and personal interests.

2. Put computers in a communal area of the house and don’t allow portable

internet devices (laptops, phones, tablets, etc) in the bedroom.

3. Find out what your child is doing online. Talk to them regularly about what

websites they visit and take the time to sit with them as they use the internet. Make

sure you’re familiar with how the sites that they visit work.

4. Encourage your child to tell you if they ever have a problem on the internet or if

they’re ever unsure about anything. Reassure them that you won’t take away their

connection to the internet if issues occur.

5. Remind your child to keep personal information private. YAPPY is a useful

acronym to remind children of the personal information they should not share on

public online spaces (blogs, forums etc.) – Your full name, address, phone number,

passwords, your plans.

6. Remind your child that not everything on the internet is true and not all internet

users tell the truth.

7. Don’t support your child to sign up for sites that are 13+ if they are under age

(Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc). Make sure your child sets their online ac-

counts to private to limit access to people they know well (when they are old

enough to sign up).

8. Encourage your child to balance their leisure time so they’re not spending all of

their time online.

9. Create your own internet rules for your household and have your child agree to

adhere to them.

Thorpdale Tennis Club Junior Tennis will start up at the beginning of next term and we are

hoping to have everyone back playing plus it would be great to see lots of new faces.

Training will be Wednesdays at 4.30 starting 24th August. If any children are interested in

playing, please contact Donna on 0438 346322. This year we are offering skills lessons to

any children from grade Prep and above who would like to learn or improve their skills at

tennis. These lessons will also be on a Wednesday night and taken by two yr 11 students

who were LVTA Section 1 finalists last year. The sessions will cost $5 for a group session and

$10 for a one-on-one session. For more information or to book in please contact Donna.

There will be a Tennis Fun Day on the 19th September at 10.30am, the first Saturday of the

school holidays with a free BBQ afterwards. All welcome.

We are also having Twilight Tennis again. Last year we had over 40 players of various ages

and abilities. Twilight tennis is held on a Monday night a the Thorpdale courts. It is a

casual and fun night and a good way to catch up and make new friendships. Our season

starts Monday October 5th and will run for 10 weeks. Anyone interested please contact

Nicole 0408 361955, Rose 0437 466985 or Anna 0447 644266.

On Tuesday, Junior School Council hosted their annual Cupcake Day event to raise much

needed funds for the RSPCA. They organised a load of activities including a piñata,

scavenger hunt, cupcake decorating competition and much more. It was a very

successful day with fun had by all and a total of over $250 raised for this worthwhile

cause. Thank you to all who showed their support.

RSPCA Cupcake Day

Above: Clara and Beau manning the garage sale Above: Chalotte with the giant cupcake she won

Above: Jye, Jessica and Olive winners of the

decorating competition Above: Bianca gets ready to smash the piñata