wallington primary school 10th august 2017
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Email: [email protected] Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au
Strawberry Fair Feedback Just a reminder that we are still seeking feedback on this year’s Strawberry Fair. Please follow the link below to complete the short survey.
https://goo.gl/forms/Bu85ZWw4eRCgzuDA2
Parent Opinion Survey This week a random selection of parents received an email about the Parent Opinion Survey which embraces many aspects of school operation. The Department of Education creates this survey and also collates the results – issued back to the school in early Term 4. This year the survey is being completed online (previously been paper and pen). If you received an email about the survey during the month of August, please complete it – your feedback is important and helps to deliver the programs and initiatives/support our community expects. In a year of School Review, this is especially the case. All responses to the survey are anonymous and it can be accessed from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.
Tick, Tock, its Learning O’clock In early primary school, your child will learn to tell the time from an analogue clock (a clock with moving hands). Here are some ways you can help them learn to tell the time:
Talk about the time all the time When your child is learning to tell the time, try to talk about the time with your child as much as possible. For instance, you can say, ‘It’s 12 o’clock so it must be lunchtime’, and ‘It’s three o’clock now and your swimming lesson is at four o’clock, so we have an hour to get there.’ As your child develops their understanding of telling the time, you can try asking them to solve simple time problems, for exam-ple, ‘This recipe takes about 45 minutes to make. We are having dinner at 6.30 pm, so what time do we have to start cooking to make dinner on time?’
Count to 60 Practise counting to 60 with your child—both forwards and backwards. The more comfortable your child is with counting to 60, the easier it will be for them to un-derstand and recognise the minutes in an hour.
Counting in fives—skip counting Encourage your child to practise counting by fives with you. Being able to count by fives quickly makes it much easier to learn how to read an analogue clock.
The secret life of numbers An analogue clock uses two numbering systems—one-to-12 for hours and one-to-60 for minutes. The numbers have two meanings—‘three’ can represent ‘three o’clock’ or ‘15 minutes’, depending on the hand that is pointing to it. This can be a very difficult concept for younger children. You can help your child to understand it by talking about the numbers having a secret identity—like superheroes. For example, ‘That six is hiding something. Point the minute hand at it to reveal its secret identity: it’s 30!’
Make your own clock Try making a simple clock with your child. Get your child to fold a paper plate into four sections (in half, then half again), and then unfold it. The folds in the plate should show the centre point (where the two folds cross) and the four points for each quarter of the circle. Ask your child to draw the face of clock on the paper plate—the folds will make it clear where the 12, three, six, and nine should be. Point out that the 12 is opposite the six, and the three is opposite the nine. Get your child to fill in both the real (hour) numbers on the clock and their secret iden-tities (the minute numbers). You can use different coloured pencils to make the hands of the clock and practise telling the time with your child.
Use a real clock Take the batteries out of a wall clock and encourage your child to move the hands. Talk to them about how the big hand represents the minutes and the little hand is the hour. Once your child has mastered this, move onto discussion about how minutes between the numbers 12 and six are referred to as ‘past’ and those between the numbers six and 12 are ‘to’ the hour.
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WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER
Acting Principal: Glen Lauder School Council President: James Watson
Pupil Free Day – Monday 14th August Just a reminder the Monday 14th august is a Pupil Free Day. All staff will be at school undertaking a range of
professional development. We will be enhancing our capacity to deliver a quality maths program by looking at the work of Dr Paul Swan, working on whole school planning documents and spend-ing some time reviewing the direction of professional learning at WPS.
Strawberry Fair We are still looking for a few volunteers to fill organisational roles. If you are able to help out please see the roles below and let me know if you are interested.
Social Media –Update Twitter, Facebook, Instagram accounts Ponies – Co-ordinating & Sourcing ponies Communications – Co-ordinating & distributing Strawberry
Fair Newsletter, Meeting Minutes & Agenda, Co-ordinating SF announcements, the link to P&F/Social Media/Publicity and Graphic Designer
Car Parking – Co-ordinating the involvement of the Bellarine Bears Baseball group, Advising Traffic Management & Set-up, working with Site Co-ordinator
Show Ride & Show bags – Booking show rides, purchasing kids show bags & co-ordinating lucky dip bags
Cake Stall – Co-ordinating & sending out info packs to families, co-ordinate team on day
Market Stalls - administration, communicating and co-ordinating with external market stallholders – begins in August/September
PRINCIPAL NEWS
CALENDAR DATES
Mon 14th Aug Curriculum Day
Tue 15th Aug Athletics 4-6 Landy Field
Wed-Fri Gr 5/6
16th-18 Aug Urban Camp
Fri 18th Aug Parents & Friends Dinner
Wed 23rd Aug School Council Meeting (note date change)
Fri 25th Aug Book Week Parade
Tue 29th Aug Yr 56 Puberty Parent Info 7pm
Wed 30th Aug Fathers Day Stall
Fri 1st Sep Fathers Day Stall
Thu 7th Sep Yr 4 Girls Puberty Parent Info 7pm
Mon 11th Sep School Nurse ~ Preps
Tue 12th Sep Divisional Athletics
Fri 15th Sep Students Disco
Mon 18th Sep P-2 Athletics
Wed 20th Sep School Council Meeting
Special Noodle Lunch Day
Thu 21st Sep Science Day
Fri 22nd Sep End of Term 3
Future event dates are regularly posted on the school website. Go to: http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents
10th August 2017
PARENTS & FRIENDS
Reminder Dinner Meeting Our next meeting is on Friday 18
th August
6.30pm at LeLeans – Ocean Grove Bowling Club. All very welcome to come along for our August P&F meeting along with a social dinner. We especially welcome new faces who cannot usually get to our daytime meetings. Please RSVP to [email protected] for table booking by 11
th August.
Walking Home Congratulations to the parents and students of the “Wallington team” that participated in this event last Saturday. We had walkers take on the 37km, 20km, 11.5km and 3.5km distances finishing at the Geelong waterfront. The team raised a total of $466 for this cause.
Assembly Presentations Term 3
11th Aug Yr 3/4
18th Aug Prep
25th Aug 5/6 Camp Presentation
1st Sep Yr 1/2
8th Sep Yr 3/4
15th Sep Yr 5/6
22nd Sep No Presentation
Star of the Week
Prep
Duckett
BRYN M For fantastic story writing. You were able to create a problem for your character and write
about their feelings. You are a star student!
Prep
Norris
THOMAS A For working really hard on your narrative. You
did beautiful illustrations, which match your writing and you made your story have a great problem too - getting eaten by a bear is a BIG
problem.
ROSE A For feeling comfortable and brave enough to
contribute to class discussions. You are speaking more loudly and confidently. It’s a joy to hear
your ideas and to hear you giggle. Keep it up,Superstar!
1/2S
Stevens
MARCUS B For excelling in all areas of your learning.
Well done Marcus. Keep up the great work.
TAJ W For listening attentively and contributing to discus-
sions on our excursion to the Geelong Regional Library on Wednesday.
1/2M
Moore
BRIELLA C For always giving her best effort in all areas of the Curriculum. You are a role model for everyone in
1/2M . Well done Briella!
SAM P For listening attentively and being excited about reading at our excursion to the Geelong Library
and Heritage Centre.
3/4O
O’Brien
JAKE M For slowing down and following each step when
solving division and long multiplication problems.
Well done Jake! Keep working hard.
5K
King
POPPY T For an informative and carefully planned flow
chart on tornadoes. Well done Poppy.
AUSTIN W For demonstrating good thinking, with thoughtful
responses, when participating in class discussions
about ‘Wonder’. Well done Austin.
Wallington Primary is collect-
ing stickers again. Thank
you to the people who have
already handed in 1,263
stickers. In 2015 we collect-
ed over 10,000 stickers and
was able to purchase great
resources for the students.
Thankyou
On Wednesday, all of the Grade 1/2s went on an excursion to the Geelong Regional Library & Heritage Centre.
Students enjoyed a range of activities at the library such as browsing books, playing games and learning about
some history of the local area.