608-610 Wallington Road Wallington 3222 Ph: 5250 1841 Fax: 5250 1459

Email: wallington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au

WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER

Principal: Glen Lauder School Council President: Kellie Tobin

PRINCIPAL NEWS

Term 1 Calendar Events

Fri 6 Mar First Aid Education Incursion P-6

Parents & Friends Meeting 9 am Paddock

Mon 9 Mar Labour Day Holiday

Tue 10 Mar Yr 6 Parent Info Rotary

Wed 11 Mar Yr 3-6 Kaleidoscope Excursion

Division Swimming @ Kardinia

Fri 13 Mar Ride2school Day

Tue 17 Mar India Day (Bollywood Dancing Incursion)

Wed 18 Mar NO CANTEEN LUNCH ORDERS

Fri 20 Mar Yr 6 Leaders Fundraising Day activities

Family Dance Night @ Club Italia

Tue 24 Mar Yr 5/6 Space & Science Centre Excursion

Wed 25 Mar Bravehearts Incursion P-2

Thu 26 Mar Easter Morning Tea

Fri 27 Mar End of Term 1 Dismissal @ 2.30 pm

Tue 14 Apr Start of Term 2

Calendar of events can be viewed on the school website. Go to:

http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents

5th March 2020

Strawberry Fair Thanks Well the Strawberry Fair has been run and won! The hard work; the many hours of preparation; and the sense of purpose has made the fair a great success. It is

a special community that can pull together successfully an event like the Strawberry Fair and is a testament to the great parents and com-munity we have! Thank you to everyone who contributed prior to and on the day of the fair.

A special thank you to the organising committee who have been meet-ing regularly since July 2019 and to our co-ordinators:

SITE MANAGER -Shaun Altmann AUCTION- Cristelle Gilmour CATERING- Stacey Lincoln

COMMUNICATIONS- Cat Miller ENTERTAINMENT- Paul & Lyndall Watson

JAM PRODUCTION- Kate Fenwick & Katie Buckley LUCKY DIP & SHOW BAGS- Lisa Dyson

MARKET STALL HOLDERS- Jen Absalom PRODUCE- Kat Stamelos & Sarah-Jane Cranna

PROMOTIONAL SIGNS- Amber Todd SITE TUB PREPARATION- Rina Morgan & Kellie Burbridge

SOCIAL MEDIA/MEDIA & PR- Elisha Holt-Canny & Amy Boland VOLUNTEER ROSTERS- Danielle Wilks

EVENT MC- Paul Watson

Thanks also to the team of people who supported our organising committee members.

I would also like to thank the dedicated staff of Wallington PS for their contributions in the lead up to the fair and on the day.

We are still tallying the final profit but it will be a successful year and I will announce the total once all the bills have been received.

Our final meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th March at 6pm in the staffroom. If you were a supervisor for an area please make sure you provide feedback on your area to help us improve for 2021.

School Council Nominations Results We thank individual members of our community for nominat-ing for the recently advertised vacant positions on our School Council. The number of nominations have matched the number of advertised vacancies so we are not required to conduct an election. I would like to welcome aboard Daniel Peyton (new member), Catherine Kjaerstad (continuing) and Glenn Smethurst (continuing). It is also most appropriate to thank our ‘retiring’ Council member and former President Kellie Tobin for her efforts to support school policy, monitoring, planning and improvement actions.

Prep 2020 Enrolments We have begun taking enrolments for Prep for next year – both from siblings of current students and from new families to Wallington. If you have a child currently attending 4 year old kindergarten and are looking to enrol them for Prep 2020, please complete the enrolment forms which are available from the General Office.

Labour Day Long Weekend The school will be closed on Monday 9th March for this public holiday and classes will resume Tuesday 10th March at 9 am. Do our children know what Labour Day is all about? Labour Day is an annual public holiday that celebrates the eight hour working day, a victory for workers in the mid-late 19th century. The argument for the eight-hour day was based on the need for each person to have eight hours labour, eight hours recreation and eight hours rest.

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PARENTS & FRIENDS

INDIA DAY - March 17th (Wear colourful Clothing)

Our whole-school activity day this year will be based on the culture of India, with the theme

of ‘Let’s COLOUR our

World’. We will celebrate Holi Festival with an Incursion of Bollywood Dancing. Students will then complete activities, such as Indian stories and crafts. They will also be invited to taste a tradi-tional Indian sweet. Completed crafts will be displayed around the school to show all the Colours of the day. Please complete the permission notes that students will bring home today. Thank you, Miss MacMillan

Last Chance for Tickets! Family Dance Night Friday 20th March at Club Italia in Moolap. Tickets are $15 Adults and $10 Children which include a meal. Tickets on sale now through QKR. Tickets must be purchased by TODAY!!

Easter Morning Tea Thursday 26th March Ordering is available through QKR now for the special easter morning tea. Orders will be delivered to the students just prior to recess. On offer: Hot Cross Buns for $1.50 and

Flavoured milk for $2.00. Orders must be placed by Wednesday 18th March.

Spring Bulb Orders Catalogues will go home today for Spring Bulbs with Tesselaar. This year bulbs will be fully online ordering with the bulbs delivered directly to your home. Place your orders via Wallington’s exclusive ordering site here: https://www.bulbfundraiser.com.au/WALLINGTONPS Please share the link with any family and friends who may also like to order bulbs this season.

Entertainment Memberships Memberships are now fully digital and your 12 months membership starts from the day you purchase. Order now for early bird bonus offers and up to 4 months free membership! Our link to order is https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/1131b68 Lots of savings for the upcoming school holidays.

Next Meeting Our next P&F Meeting is on Tomorrow at 9.15am At the Paddock Café. All welcome.

Art Smocks Only 3 more weeks of Term 1 and there are a lot of students who still don’t have an art smock at school to wear during their art lessons. It is required that every student has an art smock as we will be painting, printing or using messy materials during the year. If you would rather not buy an art smock you can use an old shirt that has long sleeves. Please re-member to write your child’s full name and class clearly somewhere on the smock. There is a bag or container in each classroom for your child to keep their art smock in during the year. Thanks for your support, Michelle Bishop

Prep K

King

HARLEY C For making good choices in the playground

and playing with lots of friends. Well done Harley!

Prep M

Moore

JORDON H-C For being resilient during our computer

session and an enthusiastic participant at the Teddy Bear Hospital. Well done Jordon!

1/2C Crompton

COOPER V For being resilient during our writing lesson

by continuing to improve your work and

having a growth mindset.

3/4T

Trezise

LINCOLN B For having a go at Bike Ed when you were

not feeling confident. You showed great resilience Lincoln and soon you’ll be riding

your own bike all the time, well done!

3/4V

Vaught

ALLY M You should be proud of yourself for being

brave and attending our excursion to Ecolinc. You had a fantastic day and

participated with enthusiasm in all the activities and you were a fantastic

paleontologist. Awesome stuff Ally.

5/6D Duckett

RUBY G For having such a positive attitude in the classroom and being able to focus on the

good things. You are able to turn around a negative experience and move on. This

shows resilience Ruby. Well done!

5/6O

O’Brien

XAVIER G For demonstrating great resilience. You

have used some good strategies to help you when things got a little difficult.

Well done Xavier, keep working hard!

Positive Behaviour Awards

CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund)

Applications for the CSEF are now open. Parents who

hold a Pension or Concession card are eligible to apply

for the CSEF fund which pays an annual amount of $125

for primary students. Application form is attached and are also available at:

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/

programs/health/CSEF-Application-Form-2020.pdf

or pick up from the office.

Parents who applied in 2019 at Wallington Primary

School and are still eligible in 2020 do not need to sub-

mit a new form UNLESS there has been a change in your

family circumstances.

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10 strategies to try: Start by slowing down Model helpful coping Make time to worry Help your child take charge Climb that ladder Be upfront about scary stuff Encourage positive thinking Be BRAVE Have a go And finally, check your own behaviour