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FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Our Leadership Team went for a walk through classrooms in Years 4-6 yesterday and were impressed by how hard students were working. Classrooms were extremely calm and productive, student behaviour was excellent and there was a positive vibe across all classrooms.

The refurbishment of our Administration Block has begun and is scheduled to be completed toward the end of the school holidays. We look forward to having a modernised entry to our school at the completion of the work.

This Friday is a Student-Free day, as our staff will be

participating in a day of professional learning. Staff

from the other schools in our Professional Learning

Community – Lake Boga, Woorinen, Nyah & Swan Hill

Specialist Schools, will come to our school to

participate in the professional learning, along with our

staff.

Hayley Doyle

PRINCIPAL

Term 1, Week 8 — Wednesday 20 March, 2019

What’s Coming up at Swan Hill Primary?

MARCH

Fri 22 STUDENT-FREE DAY

Mon 25

Kaboom Sports Incursion

(Whole School except Year 3)

NO MORNING ASSEMBLY

Regional Tennis Finals

Mon 25-

Wed 27 Year 3 Camp ‘Camp Kookaburra’

Tue 26 Lawn Bowls Championships

School Council Meeting 7:30pm

Wed 27 Year 5 Swimming

Senior Choir Excursion (1:30-3pm)

Fri 29 Mallee Division Summer Sports (Year 5 & 6)

Chocolate House Raffle Tickets due

APRIL

Wed 3 Holiday Hat Parade Chocolate House Raffle Drawn Year 5 Swimming

Fri 5 Last Day of Term 1

Fri 19 Good Friday Public Holiday (School Holidays)

Sun 21 Easter Sunday Public Holiday (School Holidays)

Mon 22 Easter Monday Public Holiday

Tue 23 First Day of Term 2

Wed 24 Year 5 Swimming

Thu 25 ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Mon 29 Year 5 Camp depart

MAY

Wed 1 Year 5 Camp return

Sun 5 School Fete

123 Gray Street / PO Box 798 Swan Hill VIC 3585 Ph: 03 5032 1336 F: 03 5032 4437 E: swan.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.swanhillps.vic.edu.au

School Office Hours 8:30am—4:30pm Mon-Fri

NO ASSEMBLY on MONDAY 25 MARCH due to Kaboom Sports

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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK This Term we are focussing on the school value:

RESPECT Well done to the following students, who were awarded ‘Student of the Week’ for displaying this value last week.

Prep B Chanuli Rajaguru

Prep C Oakley Joyce

Prep N Tanner Pickering

1B Willow Perryman

1G Hyacinth Poh

1M Bella Lu

1W Mollie Beard

2B Halo Turvey

2J Tyrone O’Bree

2R Orla Scott

2S Lacey Callaway

3B Hope Tonkin

3K Poppie Pickering

3O Ruby Ryan

4C Wil Benham

4L Tracy F-C

4S Isla Benbow

5B Starr Kelly

5M Nash Benfield

5S Essa Rubesh

6B Riley Cahill

6H Rio Barry

6K Natalie Cordwell

Music Parker Cox

Computers Leela Godwin-Keune

PE Chayse Poyner

Science Isabella Parkyn

Indonesian Hudson Semiea

Our Year 3 & 4 ‘Student of the Week’ recipients. Back L-R: Wil, Isla, Tracy

Front L-R: Hope, Poppie, Ruby.

KABOOM TABLOID SPORTS On Monday 25 March we will have the return of our

Kaboom Tabloid Sports. Last year was a raging success,

great fun was had by both staff and students.

Please complete the slip below and return TOMORROW,

Thursday 21st March.

NOTE: Year 3 students will not participate as they will

be on camp.

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KABOOM Novelty Tabloid Sports

Eldest Child Name:__________________________

Number of students attending: ______@ $7.50each

Please tick the appropriate box below:

Enclosed is payment of $_____

Please use CSEF to cover this cost, if available.

$_____ paid by EFT (BSB:063529/ACC:10043033)

PARENTS’ CLUB

‘CHOCOLATE HOUSE’ RAFFLE

Parents’ Club is holding a “Chocolate House” Raffle

which will be drawn on Wednesday 3rd April.

The ‘Chocolate House’ has been created and donated

by Helen Smith, along with the 2nd and 3rd prizes.

A booklet of 10 tickets has been sent home today.

Tickets are $1 per ticket, please sell both sides of the

ticket. More tickets available at the Office. Please

return tickets and money by Friday 29 March.

1st Prize— Chocolate House

2nd & 3rd Prizes—Basket of Chocolates

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SPONSORS WANTED If you or somebody close to you own a business, and are willing to donate goods for our Goods & Services Auction, Spinning Wheel etc please contact Mandy Molloy. All Fete Sponsors will be acknowledged in our School Newsletter, The Guardian and on a display board at the Fete.

Donations of

unwanted books

are gratefully

accepted at the

Office for our

Second-Hand Book

Stall at the Fete.

SUNDAY 5 MAY

Fete Plant Stall Make the most of this beautiful

weather and get into your garden. We would love any unwanted plants for our Fete Plant Stall.

Bring them to 2B before the Fete

for us to sell. Happy gardening!

SOLAR BOAT RACES Grade 6 students were involved in their annual Solar Boat Races. Approximately 40 boats raced last week.

Fortunately, the clouds kept away, so that all the boats could travel the length of the pool, powered by solar

energy. This year’s winners were Darcy Butler and Alex Everitt, whose boat, ‘Need for Speed’, travelled the

10 metre pool in a record time of 12.6 seconds. A big thank you to all the families who dropped off soft drink

bottles. Not only was I able to make 40 boats this year, but I now have enough bottles to build boats for next

year’s races.

Lucky Jars 2S will be running the ‘Lucky Jars’ stall at the Fete on Sunday 5th May. We are

looking for donations to fill jars or jars already filled. Examples could be lollies,

Easter eggs, jam, toys etc. Be creative! Use your imagination! Customers pay $3,

take a ticket and win the jar with the corresponding number. Donated items can be

dropped off to 2S’s classroom or the Office. Please contact Tayla Stanley if you have

any questions.

We will also be having some lolly bags on the day and will be looking for donations

to go towards these also. Any donations and help will be greatly appreciated. Thank

you.

Please share

the ‘SHPS

Fete’ event

on Facebook with

friends & family.

This awesome day is

open to our whole

community!

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CANTEEN ROSTER Week 9– March Week 10—March

Mon 25 HELP NEEDED Mon 1 HELP NEEDED

Tue 26 HELP NEEDED Tue 2 HELP NEEDED

Wed 27 HELP NEEDED Wed 3 HELP NEEDED

Thu 28 Greta Benfield Thu 4 Tamika Skelsey

Fri 29 Yolande Logan Fri 5 Sharyn McCann

PE REPORT

Swimming

Summer Sports (Year 5 & 6 Students) Summers Sports will be held in Swan Hill on Friday 29 March. The day begins at 10am and finishes at approximately 2.30pm.

Regional Tennis We wish Max Thompson, Sam Laughlin and Clancy Devlin all the best at Monday’s Regional Tennis which will be held in Swan Hill.

All School Swimming Championships Congratulations to Lisa Bail, Archie Hickox, Iliya Hussain, Hunter Wells, Judson Wells and Kade Wells who represented our school at Friday nights All Schools Swimming Championships.

Date 11am 11.55am

Wed 27/3 5M & 5S 5B

Wed 3/4 5B 5M & 5S

Wed 24/4 (term 2) 5M & 5S 5B

Wed 8/5 5B 5M & 5S

Wed 22/5 5M & 5S 5B

WALK OR RIDE ON WEDNESDAY Today's ‘Walk or Ride on Wednesday’ winners are Myzaiah

from 2S and Dekoda from 6B. They said it was a refreshing

morning to come to school.

AUSSIES OF THE MONTH Well done to these outstanding students, for achieving the

‘Aussie of the Month’ award for February.

Our Junior Aussie, Isabella Parkyn, and our Senior Aussie,

Rosie Russell were chosen for being conscientious,

friendly, helpful students, who are excellent role models

for their peers.

Rosie (left)

and Isabella

(right) were

presented

with their

certificates

at Assembly

on Monday.

This week all over Australia people are celebrating Harmony Day. Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

It’s a day where activities and celebrations help us to learn and understand how people of different backgrounds live together

and make Australia a great place to live.

HARMONY DAY CELEBRATIONS

The message of Harmony Day is …. Everyone Belongs!

We have families who belong to our school, who have come from many different countries. We strive to make our school a welcoming and safe place for every student and family.

At Assembly Essa from India, Sophia from Vietnam and Thinaya from Sri Lanka shared their migration stories with us.

At Lunchtime we had fun in the Courtyard making Chinese Dragon Puppets and Chatterboxes.

We all have a story on how we came to live in the great community of Swan Hill.

This week is a great week to talk about that story with your children.